CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 17, 2012 among RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. as the Borrower, VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, as the Lenders, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Fronting Bank, LC Administrator and Administrative Agent, CITIBANK,...

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

Published Deal CUSIP: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of May 17, 2012

among

RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.

as the Borrower,

VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,

as the Lenders,

▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Fronting Bank, LC Administrator and Administrative Agent,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent,

and

▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO SECURITIES, LLC and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Lead Bookrunners

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ARTICLE I.

	DEFINITIONS

		Section 1.1	Definitions		1

		Section 1.2	Other Interpretive Provisions		23

		Section 1.3	Accounting Principles		23

		Section 1.4	Rounding		24

		Section 1.5	Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents		24

		Section 1.6	Times of Day		24

		Section 1.7	Letter of Credit Amounts		24

ARTICLE II.

	AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENT

		Section 2.1	Revolving Loan Commitment		24

		Section 2.2	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans		25

		Section 2.3	Payments		26

		Section 2.4	Termination or Reduction of Commitments		27

		Section 2.5	Interest		27

		Section 2.6	Fees		28

		Section 2.7	Computation of Fees and Interest		29

		Section 2.8	Evidence of Debt		29

		Section 2.9	Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback		30

		Section 2.10	Sharing of Payments by Lenders		31

		Section 2.11	Increase of Commitments		32

		Section 2.12	Defaulting Lenders		33

ARTICLE III.

	LETTERS OF CREDIT

		Section 3.1	Letter of Credit Procedures		35

		Section 3.2	Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations		39

		Section 3.3	Repayment of Participations		41

		Section 3.4	Obligations Absolute		41

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		Section 3.5	Role of Applicable Issuing Party		42

		Section 3.6	Cash Collateral		43

		Section 3.7	Applicability of ISP and UCP		45

		Section 3.8	Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to Fronting Bank		45

		Section 3.9	Conflict with Issuer Documents		45

		Section 3.10	Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries		45

		Section 3.11	Substitute Fronting Bank		45

ARTICLE IV.

	TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

		Section 4.1	Taxes		46

		Section 4.2	Illegality		50

		Section 4.3	Inability to Determine Rates		51

		Section 4.4	Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans		51

		Section 4.5	Compensation for Losses		53

		Section 4.6	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders		54

		Section 4.7	Survival		54

ARTICLE V.

	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

		Section 5.1	Due Organization, Authorization, etc		55

		Section 5.2	Statutory Financial Statements		55

		Section 5.3	GAAP Financial Statements		56

		Section 5.4	Litigation and Contingent Liabilities		56

		Section 5.5	ERISA		57

		Section 5.6	Investment Company Act		57

		Section 5.7	Regulations U and X		58

		Section 5.8	Proceeds		58

		Section 5.9	Insurance		58

		Section 5.10	Ownership of Properties		58

		Section 5.11	Accuracy of Information		58

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		Section 5.12	Subsidiaries		58

		Section 5.13	Insurance Licenses		59

		Section 5.14	Taxes		59

		Section 5.15	Securities Laws		59

		Section 5.16	Compliance with Laws		59

		Section 5.17	Bermuda Law		60

ARTICLE VI.

	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

		Section 6.1	Reports, Certificates and Other Information		61

		Section 6.2	Corporate Existence; Foreign Qualification		64

		Section 6.3	Books, Records and Inspections		65

		Section 6.4	Insurance		65

		Section 6.5	Taxes and Liabilities		65

		Section 6.6	Employee Benefit Plans		65

		Section 6.7	Compliance with Laws		65

		Section 6.8	Maintenance of Permits		65

		Section 6.9	Conduct of Business		65

ARTICLE VII.

	FINANCIAL AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS

		Section 7.1	Debt to Capital Ratio		66

		Section 7.2	Net Worth		66

		Section 7.3	Mergers, Consolidations and Sales		66

		Section 7.4	Regulations U and X		67

		Section 7.5	Other Agreements		67

		Section 7.6	Transactions with Affiliates		67

		Section 7.7	Liens		68

		Section 7.8	Restrictions On Negative Pledge Agreements		69

		Section 7.9	No Amendment of Certain Documents		69

		Section 7.10	Dividends, Etc.		69

		Section 7.11	Investments in DaVinci Entities		70

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		Section 7.12	Investments in the ROIHL Entities		70

		Section 7.13	Investments in ILS Fund Group		70

ARTICLE VIII.

	EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND THEIR EFFECT

		Section 8.1	Events of Default		70

		Section 8.2	Remedies Upon Event of Default		72

		Section 8.3	Application of Funds		73

		Section 8.4	Borrower LC Collateral Account		74

ARTICLE IX.

	CONDITIONS

		Section 9.1	Conditions to Occurrence of the Effective Date		74

		Section 9.2	Conditions to All Credit Extensions		77

ARTICLE X.

	THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

		Section 10.1	Appointment and Authority		77

		Section 10.2	Rights as a Lender		78

		Section 10.3	Exculpatory Provisions		78

		Section 10.4	Reliance by Administrative Agent		79

		Section 10.5	Delegation of Duties		79

		Section 10.6	Resignation of Administrative Agent		79

		Section 10.7	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders		80

		Section 10.8	No Other Duties, Etc		80

		Section 10.9	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim		81

		Section 10.10	Syndication Agent; Other Titles		81

ARTICLE XI.

	MISCELLANEOUS

		Section 11.1	Amendments and Waivers		82

		Section 11.2	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication		83

		Section 11.3	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement		85

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Section 11.4	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver		86

Section 11.5	Payments Set Aside		88

Section 11.6	Successors and Assigns		88

Section 11.7	Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality		92

Section 11.8	Right of Setoff		93

Section 11.9	Interest Rate Limitation		94

Section 11.10	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness		94

Section 11.11	Survival of Representations and Warranties		94

Section 11.12	Severability		95

Section 11.13	Replacement of Lenders		95

Section 11.14	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc		95

Section 11.15	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL		97

Section 11.16	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility		97

Section 11.17	Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents		97

Section 11.18	USA PATRIOT Act		98

Section 11.19	Judgment Currency		98

Section 11.20	Entire Agreement		98

SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS


SCHEDULE	1.2	Pricing Grid
SCHEDULE	2.1	Commitments
SCHEDULE	5.2	SAP Exceptions
SCHEDULE	5.3	Adverse Changes
SCHEDULE	5.4	Litigation and Contingent Liabilities
SCHEDULE	5.12	Subsidiaries
SCHEDULE	5.14	Taxes
SCHEDULE	7.7	Liens
SCHEDULE	11.2	Addresses

EXHIBIT A	Loan Notice
EXHIBIT B	Form of Compliance Certificate
EXHIBIT C	Form of Assignment and Assumption
EXHIBIT D	Form of Note
EXHIBIT E	Form of Syndicated Letter of Credit

CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 17, 2012, is entered into by and among RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda company (the “Borrower”), various financial institutions which are parties hereto (the “Lenders”) and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (“▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo”), as Fronting Bank, LC Administrator and Administrative Agent.

W I T N E S S E T H:

The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1 Definitions. When used herein the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Account Designation Letter” means a letter from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, duly completed and signed by an Executive Officer of the Borrower and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, listing any one or more accounts to which the Borrower may from time to time request the Administrative Agent to forward the proceeds of any Loans made hereunder.

“Administrative Agent” means ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, its account as set forth on Schedule 11.2 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

“Alternative Currency” means each of Euro, Sterling and Australian Dollars.

“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.

“Annual Statement” means the annual financial statement of an Insurance Subsidiary as required to be filed with the applicable Governmental Authority of such Insurance Subsidiary’s domicile, together with all exhibits or schedules filed therewith, prepared in conformity with SAP.

“Applicable Commitment Fee Rate” means the rate set forth opposite the “Commitment Fee Rate” on the Pricing Grid for the applicable Pricing Level.

“Applicable Issuing Party” means (a) in the case of Fronted Letters of Credit, the Fronting Bank and (b) in the case of Several Letters of Credit, the LC Administrator.

“Applicable LC Fee Rate” means the rate set forth opposite “LC Fee Rate” on the Pricing Grid for the applicable Pricing Level.

“Applicable Margin” means (a) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, the rate set forth opposite “Eurodollar Rate Margin” on the Pricing Grid for the applicable Pricing Level and (b) in the case of Base Rate Loans, the rate set forth opposite “Base Rate Loan Margin” on the Pricing Grid for the applicable Pricing Level.

“Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.12. If the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and issue Several Letters of Credit and the obligation of the Fronting Bank to issue Fronted Letters of Credit have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.2 or if the Aggregate Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.1 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.

“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.

“Arrangers” means each of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Securities, LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in their respective capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint lead bookrunners.

“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.6(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Australian Dollars” means the lawful currency of Australia.

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.4, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the LC Issuers to make LC Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.2.

“Base Rate” means the highest of (a) the per annum interest rate publicly announced from time to time by ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina, to be its prime rate (which may not necessarily be its best lending rate), as adjusted to conform to changes as of the opening of business on the date of any such change in such prime rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5% per annum, as adjusted to conform to changes as of the opening of business on the date of any such change in the Federal Funds Rate and (c) the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of one month plus 1.00%, as adjusted to conform to changes as of the opening of business on the date of any such change of such Eurodollar Rate.

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

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

“Borrower LC Collateral Account” has the meaning specified in Section 3.6.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.

“Borrower Net Worth” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the consolidated shareholders equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP, plus, without duplication, (b) any preferred shares of the Borrower issued to Persons other than a Subsidiary which are not mandatorily redeemable before the LC Expiration Date.

“Borrower Swap” means any Swap Contract entered into between the Borrower and Renaissance Re for the purpose of providing capital to Renaissance Re with respect to catastrophic risks.

“Borrowing” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Loans of the same Type made to the Borrower on the same day by the Lenders under Article II, and, other than in the case of Base Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, Charlotte, North Carolina or (except in determining applicable rates hereunder) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Bermuda, London, England and/or New York, New York and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank eurodollar market. Each Lender located in Bermuda shall provide the Administrative Agent with a list of Bermuda banking holidays thirty (30) days prior to each January 1.

“Capitalized Lease” means, as to any Person, any lease which is or should be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, together with any other lease which is in substance a financing lease, including any lease under which (a) such Person has or will have an option to purchase the property subject thereto at a nominal amount or an amount less than a reasonable estimate of the fair market value of such property as of the date the lease is entered into or (b) the term of the lease approximates or exceeds the expected useful life of the property leased thereunder.

“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Bank and the Lenders, as collateral for LC Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund or fund participations in respect of Letters of Credit, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Fronting Bank shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the Fronting Bank. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“Catastrophe Bond” means (a) any note, bond or other Debt instrument or any swap or other similar agreement which has a catastrophe, weather or other risk feature linked to payments thereunder and (b) any equity interest in a Person that is not a Subsidiary controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower for the sole purpose of investing in Debt of the type described in clause (a), which, in the case of Catastrophe Bonds purchased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, are purchased in accordance with its customary reinsurance underwriting procedures.

“Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Borrower occurs; (b) any “person” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), is or becomes, directly or indirectly, the “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of securities of the Borrower that represent 51% or more of the combined voting power of the Borrower’s then outstanding securities; or (c) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Borrower (together with any new directors whose nomination by or appointment to the Board of Directors or whose nomination by the stockholders of the Borrower was approved by a vote of the directors of the Borrower then still in office who are either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by the Board of Directors) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Borrower’s Board of Directors then in office.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Effective Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any Law, (b) any change in any Law or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States 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, adopted or issued.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“Commitment” means, as to any Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans to the Borrower and to issue and participate in Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 2.1 in an amount not to exceed the amount set forth on Schedule 2.1 (as such amount may be adjusted under Section 2.4, Section 2.11 or as a result of one or more assignments under Section 11.6).

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B but with such changes as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request for purposes of monitoring the Borrower’s compliance herewith.

“Consolidated Debt” means the consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the principal amount of the Loans and the LC Obligations. For purposes of calculating Consolidated Debt, an amount will be excluded equal to the OL Note Exclusion Amount.

“Contractual Obligation” means, relative to any Person, any obligation, commitment or undertaking under any agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or subject.

“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.

“Credit Extension” means any Borrowing or any LC Credit Extension.

“Debt” means, with respect to any Person, at any date, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or in respect of loans or advances (including any such obligation issued by such Person that qualify as Catastrophe Bonds described in clause (a) of the definition thereof net of any escrow established (whether directly or to secure any letter of credit issued to back such Catastrophe Bonds) in connection with such Catastrophe Bonds); (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (c) all obligations in respect of letters of credit which have been drawn but not reimbursed by the Person for whose account such letter of credit was issued, and bankers’ acceptances issued for the account of such Person; (d) all obligations in respect of Capitalized

Leases of such Person; (e) the Swap Termination Value in respect of Swap Contracts of such Person; (f) whether or not so included as liabilities in accordance with GAAP, all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services; (g) Debt of such Person secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including Debt arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements) whether or not such Debt is limited in recourse (it being understood, however, that if recourse is limited to such property, the amount of such Debt shall be limited to the lesser of the face amount of such Debt and the fair market value of all property of such Person securing such Debt); (h) any Debt of another Person secured by a Lien on any assets of such first Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such first Person (it being understood that if such Person has not assumed or otherwise become personally liable for any such Debt, the amount of the Debt of such Person in connection therewith shall be limited to the lesser of the face amount of such Debt and the fair market value of all property of such Person securing such Debt); (i) any Debt of a partnership in which such Person is a general partner unless such Debt is nonrecourse to such Person; (j) any capital stock or other equity interests issued by such Person that has a mandatory redemption date that may or will occur on or prior to the Maturity Date; and (k) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing (including in respect of the Joint Venture LC) provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Debt shall not include, (w) issued, but undrawn, letters of credit which have been issued to reinsurance cedents in the ordinary course of business, (x) unsecured current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and paid within 90 days after the due date (unless contested diligently in good faith by appropriate proceedings and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, reserved against in conformity with GAAP) other than liabilities that are for money borrowed or are evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments (except as described in clauses (w) or (x) above), (y) any obligations of such Person under any Reinsurance Agreement, Primary Policy, Industry Loss Warranty or Borrower Swap, or (z) any Net Worth Maintenance Agreement.

“Debt to Capital Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt to (b) the sum of Borrower Net Worth plus Consolidated Debt.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States, Bermuda or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

“Default” means any condition or event, which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means when used with respect to (a) a Base Rate Loan, an interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus any Applicable Margin plus 2% per annum, (b) a Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Eurodollar Loan plus 2% per annum, (c) Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable LC Fee Rate plus 2% per annum and (d) any Obligation not covered in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above, an interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus any Applicable Margin plus 2% per annum.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.12, any Lender that (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations or direct obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such obligation is the subject of a good faith dispute or unless such failure has been cured, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Fronting Bank or the Administrative Agent 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 Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with its funding obligations; provided, that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such confirmation by the Administrative Agent, 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 a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; 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 the 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 upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Fronting Bank, each LC Administrator and each Lender.

“Department” has the meaning specified in Section 5.2.

“Dollar(s)” and the sign “$” means lawful money of the United States.

“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions precedent for the effectiveness of this Agreement specified in Section 9.1 are met.

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.6(b)(iii), and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.6(b)(iii)).

“EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.

“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension 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 that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (g) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

“Euro” and “EUR” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.

“Eurodollar Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or, (ii) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by first-tier banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.

“Event of Default” means any of the events described in Section 8.1.

“Excess Catastrophe Losses” means that part of any losses recognized by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under the terms of any Catastrophe Bonds, Reinsurance Agreements or other similar arrangements during any Fiscal Quarter that are in excess of $150,000,000.

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Fronting Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a), (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of Section 4.1(e)(ii), (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 11.13), any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with clause (B) of Section 4.1(e)(ii), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(ii) or (iii) and (e) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, “Excluded Taxes” shall not include any withholding tax imposed at any time on payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower to any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, provided that such Lender shall have complied with Section 4.1(e)(i).

“Executive Officer” means, as to any Person, the president, the chief financial officer, the chief executive officer, the general counsel, the treasurer or the secretary and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II or Article III, any other officer or employee of the Borrower so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by an Executive Officer of the Borrower shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Borrower and such Executive Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Borrower.

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(f).

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended version that is substantively comparable) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating per annum interest rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of one percentage point) equal for each day

during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.

“Fee Letters” means (i) the fee letter, dated April 12, 2012, among the Borrower, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Securities, LLC (the “▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Fee Letter”) and (ii) the fee letter, dated April 12, 2012, between the Borrower and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

“Financial Strength Rating” means (a) the financial strength rating given to Renaissance Re by A.M. Best Company or (b) in the event that A.M. Best Company ceases to exist or to issue financial strength ratings generally, the equivalent financial strength rating given to Renaissance Re by S&P.

“Fiscal Quarter” means any quarter of a Fiscal Year.

“Fiscal Year” means any period of twelve consecutive calendar months ending on the last day of December.

“Foreign Lender” means, with respect to the Borrower, any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of the Fronting Bank). For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

“Foreign Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(c).

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

“Fronted Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit issued by the Fronting Bank in which the Lenders purchase a risk participation pursuant to Section 3.1(b).

“Fronting Bank” means ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo and any other Person that may become the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder pursuant to Section 3.11 or Section 11.6(g).

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the Fronting Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding LC Obligations with respect to Fronted Letters of Credit other than LC 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.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (without duplication) any (a) obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Debt or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Debt or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Debt to obtain any such Lien); provided, however, that obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under Primary Policies, Reinsurance Agreements, Industry Loss Warranties or any Borrower Swap which are entered into in the ordinary course of business (including security posted to secure obligations thereunder) shall not be deemed to be a Guarantee for the purposes of this Agreement. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“ILS Fund Group” means RenaissanceRe Fund Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda company, its Subsidiaries in existence on October 1, 2009 and each Subsidiary (including any Insurance-Linked Securities Fund or Person licensed as an insurance company) formed after October 1, 2009 in connection with the establishment and management of Insurance-Linked Securities Funds.

“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(b).

“Industry Loss Warranty” means an agreement, whether in the form of a reinsurance agreement or a Swap Contract or other similar agreement entered into by any Insurance Subsidiary in accordance with its customary insurance or reinsurance underwriting procedures, which creates a payment obligation arising from an industry-wide loss relating to a catastrophe, weather or other similar risk.

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.7.

“Insurance Code” means, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the Insurance Code or Law of such Insurance Subsidiary’s domicile and any successor statute of similar import, together with the regulations thereunder or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Insurance Code shall be construed to also refer to successor sections.

“Insurance-Linked Securities Fund” means a pooled investment vehicle formed or organized by a member of the ILS Fund Group (i) which is not licensed by a Governmental Authority to engage in the insurance business by issuing Primary Policies or entering into Reinsurance Agreements or Industry Loss Warranties, (ii) which is managed by a Non-Insurance Subsidiary or a member of the ILS Fund Group, (iii) which invests in any or all of the following: bonds and other securities, repurchase agreements, Swap Contracts and other arrangements related to insurance, reinsurance and weather, energy and related commodity derivatives transactions including Industry Loss Warranties or collateralized reinsurance contracts, and (iv) the ownership or profit interests in which may be held by institutional investors and/or one or more members of the ILS Fund Group.

“Insurance Policies” means policies purchased from insurance companies by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, for its own account to insure against its own liability and property loss (including casualty, liability and workers’ compensation insurance), other than Retrocession Agreements.

“Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is licensed by any Governmental Authority to engage in the insurance business by issuing Primary Policies or entering into Reinsurance Agreements.

“Interest Payment Date” means, as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and, as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and the Maturity Date.

“Interest Period” means as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Loan is disbursed or on the date on which the Loan is converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and ending on the date one, two or three months thereafter as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice;

provided that:

(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the following Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the preceding Business Day;

(ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(iii) no Interest Period for any Loan shall extend beyond the scheduled Maturity Date.

“Invested Assets” means cash, cash equivalents, short term investments, investments held for sale, any other assets which are treated as investments under GAAP and shares of RIHL and RIHL II.

“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 or instrument entered into by the Applicable Issuing Party and the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit.

“Joint Venture” means Top Layer Reinsurance Ltd.

“Joint Venture LC” means the $37,500,000 Letter of Credit Facility dated June 13, 2008 between Renaissance Re and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch in connection with the investment in the Joint Venture.

“Laws” means, in respect of any Person, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to such Person and whether or not having the force of law.

“LC Administrator” means ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo, in such capacity, together with any replacement LC Administrator arising under Section 10.6.

“LC Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any LC Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. All LC Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.

“LC Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing. All LC Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.

“LC Credit Extension” means the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the issuance of an amendment to any Letter of Credit which increases the stated amount thereof or the extension of any expiry date of any Letter of Credit.

“LC Expiration Date” means May 17, 2016.

“LC Issuer” means (a) with respect to a Fronted Letter of Credit, the Fronting Bank and (b) with respect to a Syndicated Letter of Credit, each Lender.

“LC Obligations” means, at any time, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus (b) the aggregate unpaid amount of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including LC Borrowings, after giving effect to any LC Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the LC Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts. 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 1.7. 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. For purposes of determining the LC Obligations held by any Lender, a Lender shall be deemed to hold an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of each Lender’s direct obligation, in all outstanding Several Letters of Credit, (ii) its risk participation in all outstanding Fronted Letters of Credit, and (iii) its LC Borrowings. The LC Obligation of the Borrower shall be the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts owed by the Borrower.

“Lender Group” means an Indemnitee, the Lender (or the Arranger) with which such Indemnitee is affiliated, and each Related Person of the foregoing.

“Lenders” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

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

“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder. Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.

“Letter of Credit Application” means a Letter of Credit Application in the form then used by the Applicable Issuing Party for standby letters of credit (with appropriate adjustments to indicate that any letter of credit issued thereunder is to be issued pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement).

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.6(c).

“Lien” means, when used with respect to any Person, any interest in any real or personal property, asset or other right held, owned or being purchased or acquired by such Person for its own use, consumption or enjoyment which secures payment or performance of any obligation and shall include any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, retained title of a conditional vendor or lessor, or other security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, assignment, pledge, retention of title, financing or similar statement or notice, or other encumbrance arising as a matter of law, judicial process or otherwise.

“Lloyd’s” means Lloyd’s of London or members of its syndicate.

“Loan” means a revolving loan by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II, and may be a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan (each, a “Type” of Loan).

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Fee Letters, each Letter of Credit Application, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.6 of this Agreement and all other agreements, instruments, certificates, documents, schedules or other written indicia delivered by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any of the foregoing.

“Loan Notice” means a notice of a (a) Borrowing, (b) conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.2(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation U or X of the FRB.

“Material Adverse Effect” means, the occurrence of an event (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), which has or could reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on:

(a) the assets, business, financial condition or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or

(b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its payment or other material obligations under any of the Loan Documents; or

(c) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower of any Loan Document that by its terms purports to bind the Borrower;

provided that, so long as no violation of the covenants contained in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2 shall have occurred and be continuing as a result thereof, the occurrence of losses that give rise to or result in Excess Catastrophe Losses shall not be deemed to have a Material Adverse Effect.

“Material Insurance Subsidiary” means an Insurance Subsidiary which is also a Material Subsidiary.

“Material Subsidiary” means (a) Renaissance Re and (b) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that either (i) as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year of the Borrower for which audited financial statements are available, has assets that exceed 10% of the total consolidated assets of the Borrower and all its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such period or (ii) for the most recently completed Fiscal Year of the Borrower for which audited financial statements are available, has revenues that exceed 10% of the consolidated revenue of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries for such period.

“Maturity Date” means May 17, 2015; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

“Moody’s” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

“Net Worth Maintenance Agreement” means net worth maintenance agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to a wholly-owned Insurance Subsidiary which are required either by the Governmental Authority regulating such Insurance Subsidiary or a rating agency providing a rating for such Insurance Subsidiary provided such agreements are in favor of either such Insurance Subsidiary or the Governmental Authority regulating such Insurance Subsidiary or beneficiaries of the policies issued by such Insurance Subsidiary.

“Non-Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower (i) that is not an Insurance Subsidiary, (ii) does not own directly or indirectly any outstanding shares or other equity interests of any Insurance Subsidiary and (iii) the outstanding shares or other equity interests of which are not owned directly or indirectly by an Insurance Subsidiary.

“Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit” means $50,000,000. The Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.

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

“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, the Borrower arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Borrower of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming the Borrower as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

“OL Note Exclusion Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the least of (a) the outstanding principal balance of OL Notes, (b) the market value of the

assets on deposit in the Segregated Account and (c) $400,000,000. Assets in the Segregated Account will be valued in accordance with the standard valuation methodology applied by the Borrower from time to time consistent with the manner in which such valuation is reported to S&P or Moody’s with respect to such OL Notes.

“OL Notes” means (a) the $250,000,000 5.75% senior notes due 2020 issued by RenRe North America Holdings Ltd. and (b) all senior unsecured notes issued by the Borrower after the Effective Date to the extent that the principal amount of such notes at the time of issuance was excluded from debt by S&P or Moody’s for purposes of financial leverage (e.g., if $150,000,000 of senior unsecured notes are issued but only $100,000,000 are excluded, then only $100,000,000 of such notes will constitute OL Notes).

“Ordinary Course Litigation” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4.

“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any company or corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the by laws (or equivalent of comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), any certificate of determination or instrument relating to the rights of preferred shareholders of such company or corporation and any shareholder rights agreement; (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any LC Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of such LC Obligations on such date after giving effect to any LC Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the LC Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.

“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

“Participants” has the meaning specified in Section 11.6(d).

“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-280).

“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA.

“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.

“Permitted Investment” means, at any time:

(a) any evidence of Debt issued or guaranteed by the United States Government;

(b) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year from the date of issue, which is issued by

(i) a corporation (except an Affiliate of the Borrower) rated at least A-1 by S&P, P-1 by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or D-2 by FitchIBCA, or

(ii) any Lender (or its holding company);

(d) investments in short-term asset management accounts offered by any Lender for the purpose of investing in loans to any corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized under the Laws of any state of the United States or of the District of Columbia and rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.

“Pricing Grid” means the Pricing Grid set forth on Schedule 1.2.

“Pricing Level” means the Pricing Level on the Pricing Grid which is applicable from time to time and in accordance with Section 2.5(c).

“Primary Policies” means any insurance policies issued by an Insurance Subsidiary.

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.6(c).

“Regulator” means (a) with respect to Bermuda, the Bermuda Monetary Authority and (b) with respect to any other jurisdiction, the similar Governmental Authority in the applicable jurisdiction.

“Reimbursement Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2012, among the Borrower, certain of its Affiliates, the lenders identified therein and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo, as administrative agent, as amended from time to time.

“Reinsurance Agreements” means any agreement, contract, treaty, certificate or other arrangement whereby the Borrower or any Subsidiary agrees to assume from or reinsure an insurer or reinsurer all or part of the liability of such insurer or reinsurer under a policy or policies of insurance issued by such insurer or reinsurer.

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

“Renaissance Re” means Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd., a Bermuda company and wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“Renaissance Re Net Worth” means the consolidated shareholders’ equity of Renaissance Re and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP.

“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30-day notice period has been waived.

“Required Borrower Net Worth” has the meaning specified in Section 7.2(a).

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and to issue Several Letters of Credit and the obligations of the Fronting Bank to issue Fronted Letters of Credit have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.2, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in LC Obligations being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

“Required Renaissance Re Net Worth” has the meaning specified in Section 7.2(b).

“Requirements of Law” for any Person means the Organization Documents of such Person and any Law or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

“Retrocession Agreements” means any agreement, treaty, certificate or other arrangement whereby any Insurance Subsidiary cedes to another insurer all or part of such Insurance Subsidiary’s liability under a policy or policies of insurance reinsured by such Insurance Subsidiary.

“Revaluation Date” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing or decreasing the amount thereof, (iii) each date of any payment by the Fronting Bank under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.

“RIHL” means Renaissance Investment Holdings Ltd.

“RIHL II” means Renaissance Investment Holdings II Ltd.

“ROIHL” means Renaissance Other Investments Holdings Ltd.

“ROIHL Entities” means ROIHL, ROIHL II and ROIHL III.

“ROIHL II” means Renaissance Other Investments Holdings II Ltd.

“ROIHL III” means Renaissance Other Investments Holdings III Ltd.

“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.

“SAP” means, as to each Insurance Subsidiary, the statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Regulator in such Insurance Subsidiary’s domicile for the preparation of Annual Statements and other financial reports by insurance corporations of the same type as such Insurance Subsidiary.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc.

“S&P/▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating” means the unsecured senior, non-credit enhanced, long term debt rating of the Borrower as determined from time to time by S&P and/or ▇▇▇▇▇’▇. In the event of a single split rating, the higher rating will apply and in the event of a double (or more) split rating, one Pricing Level below the higher rating will apply. If at any time no senior unsecured long term debt rating shall be assigned, Pricing Level I shall apply.

“Segregated Account” means a segregated custodial account of the Borrower established in connection with the issuance of OL Notes.

“Spot Rate” means, with respect to any Alternative Currency, the rate quoted by ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo as the spot rate for the purchase by ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo of such Alternative Currency with Dollars through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Fronting Bank may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.

“SPV Restrictions” means restrictions on a Person’s ability to pay dividends, redeem stock, make distributions, sell, transfer, dispose of or grant liens on its assets, incur debt, and other limitations on such Person’s ability to conduct business which are imposed by third parties who have invested in or otherwise provided capital to such Person to ensure that such Person’s assets are used solely to collateralize and make payments under reinsurance or retrocession agreements (or other insurance or reinsurance arrangements containing similar return of capital provisions) issued by such Person and, upon termination of such agreements or arrangements, to return funds to such investors.

“Statutory Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 5.2.

“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

“Subsidiary” means a Person of which the indicated Person and/or its other Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate, own, directly or indirectly, such number of outstanding shares or other equity interests as have at the time of any determination hereunder more than 50% of the ordinary voting power. Unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided, however, that neither DaVinciRe Holdings Ltd. nor DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower nor shall any member of the ILS Fund Group be deemed to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower provided that the Borrower directly owns 100% of the beneficial, economic and voting rights of RenaissanceRe Fund Holdings Ltd.

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by, a long form confirmation 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, including any such obligations or liabilities thereunder and (c) all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against catastrophic events, fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates; provided that for purposes of clause (e) of the definition of the term “Debt”, the term “Swap Contract” shall not include any Retrocession Agreement or Catastrophe Bond or Industry Loss Warranty.

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

“Syndicated Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit issued severally by or on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to which the Lenders are severally liable to the beneficiary which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit E or in such other form as may be agreed by the Borrower and the LC Administrator.

“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.

“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all LC Obligations.

“Trigger Default” means (a) an Event of Default under Section 7.1 (Debt to Capital Ratio), Section 7.2 (Borrower Net Worth/Renaissance Re Net Worth), Section 8.1(a) (Non-Payment of Loan) or Section 8.1(b) (Non-Payment of Interest, Fees, etc.) or (b) a Default or Event of Default under Section 8.1(e) (Bankruptcy, Insolvency, etc.).

“UCP” means the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance of a Letter of Credit or, in the case of Letters of Credit issued to back Reinsurance Agreements, such earlier version thereof as may be required by the applicable Governmental Authority or beneficiary.

“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2(a).

“▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto,” “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, 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, (v) 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, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

SECTION 1.3 Accounting Principles. Unless otherwise defined or the context otherwise requires, all financial and accounting terms used herein or in any of the Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto shall be defined in accordance with GAAP or SAP, as the context may require; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the financial covenants, the financial statements required under Section 6.1(a) shall be adjusted so that DaVinciRe Holdings Ltd., DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. and the ILS Fund Group shall be accounted for under the equity method rather than consolidated as Subsidiaries. When used in this Agreement, the term “financial statements” shall include the notes and schedules thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded. In addition, when used herein, the terms “best knowledge of” or “to the best knowledge of” any Person shall mean matters within the actual knowledge of such Person (or an Executive Officer or general partner of such Person) or which should have been known by such Person after reasonable inquiry.

SECTION 1.4 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

SECTION 1.5 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.

(a) The Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of LC Credit Extensions denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements required to be delivered hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank, as applicable.

(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank, as applicable.

SECTION 1.6 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Charlotte, North Carolina time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

SECTION 1.7 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of 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 Letter of Credit Application 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 Dollar Equivalent of 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.

ARTICLE II.

AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENT

SECTION 2.1 Revolving Loan Commitment. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) each Lender severally and for itself agrees to make revolving loans in Dollars to the Borrower (collectively called the “Loans” and individually called a “Loan”) from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such aggregate amounts as the Borrower may from time to time request, (b) each Lender severally agrees to issue, extend and renew in such Lender’s Applicable

Percentage, Several Letters of Credit at the request of and for the account of the Borrower, any Insurance Subsidiary or, subject to the Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit, Non-Insurance Subsidiaries, from time to time during the Availability Period, and (c) the Fronting Bank agrees to issue, extend and renew Fronted Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, any Insurance Subsidiary or, subject to the Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit, Non-Insurance Subsidiaries from time to time during the Availability Period and each Lender agrees to purchase risk participations in the obligations of the Fronting Bank under the Fronted Letters of Credit as more fully set forth in Section 3.1; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Credit Extension, (x) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amounts of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment and (z) the aggregate LC Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued for the account of Non-Insurance Subsidiaries shall not exceed the Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit. Within the limits of this Section 2.1 and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow Loans under this Section 2.1, prepay Loans under Section 2.3 and reborrow Loans under this Section 2.1.

SECTION 2.2 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

(a) Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 9:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated to Base Rate Loans and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by an Executive Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Subject to Section 3.2, each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (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 Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.

(b) Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Loans, and if no

timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans as described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 12:00 p.m., on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 9.2, the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of any written instructions from any Executive Officer of the Borrower; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated under any circumstances to forward amounts to any account not listed in an Account Designation Letter. The Borrower may at any time deliver to the Administrative Agent an Account Designation Letter listing any additional accounts or deleting any accounts listed in a previous Account Designation Letter.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. No Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans after acceleration or, without the consent of the Required Lenders, during the existence of a Trigger Default.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in the Base Rate.

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

SECTION 2.3 Payments.

(a) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 9:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in Dollars and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 4.5. Subject to Section 2.12, each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.

(b) The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of the Loans.

(c) The Borrower shall, immediately upon any acceleration of the maturity date of the Obligations pursuant to Section 8.2, repay the aggregate principal amount of the Loans and repay or fully Cash Collateralize (in accordance with Section 3.6) the LC Obligations outstanding on such date.

SECTION 2.4 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 9:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date on which such termination or reduction is to be effective, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments, the Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments, the Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

SECTION 2.5 Interest.

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, if any.

(b) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

(c) Any change in the Applicable Margin, Applicable Commitment Fee Rate or Applicable LC Fee Rate resulting from a change in the S&P/▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating shall be effective as of the effective date of the change in the S&P/▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating. The Borrower agrees promptly upon any change in the S&P/▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating to inform the Administrative Agent thereof.

(d) Notwithstanding clause (a) of this Section, after acceleration and, at the election of the Required Lenders while any Trigger Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest (after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent permitted by Law) on all Obligations at the applicable Default Rate, provided, however, that, on and after the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan outstanding on the date of occurrence of an acceleration or, unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, a Trigger Default, such Eurodollar Rate Loan shall automatically be converted to a Base Rate Loan which bears interest at the Default Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.

(e) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of the Borrower to any Lender hereunder shall be subject to the limitation that payments of interest shall not be required for any period for which interest is computed hereunder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that contracting for or receiving such payment by such Lender would be contrary to the provisions of any Law applicable to such Lender limiting the highest rate of interest that may be lawfully contracted for, charged or received by such Lender, and in such event the Borrower shall pay such Lender interest at the highest rate permitted by applicable Law.

SECTION 2.6 Fees.

(a) Fee Letters. The Borrower shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letters. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

(b) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Commitments exceed the Total Outstandings; provided, however, that no commitment fee shall be payable on the Commitment of a Lender to the extent and for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender. The commitment fee shall accrue on such amount during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IX is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Effective Date, and on the expiration of the Availability Period. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Commitment Fee Rate was in effect.

(c) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a letter of credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit requested by the Borrower in an amount per annum equal to the product of the Dollar Equivalent of the actual daily aggregate undrawn stated amount of such Letter of Credit (excluding any Unreimbursed Amount thereunder) and the Applicable LC Fee Rate; provided, however, any

Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the Fronting Bank pursuant to Section 2.12 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Applicable Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.12(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the LC Issuer for its own account. Such Letter of Credit Fee shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December commencing on the Effective Date through the date on which there are no LC Obligations outstanding.

(d) Upfront Fees. On the Effective Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender an upfront fee as agreed to by the Borrower and such Lender. Once paid, such upfront fees shall be nonrefundable.

SECTION 2.7 Computation of Fees and Interest. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate) when the Base Rate is determined by reference to ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo’s prime rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid or pre-paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.9(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.8 Evidence of Debt.

(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower 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 the 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 any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

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

SECTION 2.9 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.

(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date specified herein. Subject to Section 2.12(a)(ii), the Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 11:00 a.m., shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 10:00 a.m. on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.2 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.2) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Fronting Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Fronting Bank, in Same Day Funds 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 the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender to the Borrower as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IX are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund Several Letters of Credit, to purchase participations in Fronted Letters of Credit and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.4(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any Syndicated Letter of Credit, to purchase any participation in any Fronted Letter of Credit or to make any payment under Section 11.4(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to fund a Syndicated Letter of Credit, to purchase its participation in a Fronted Letter of Credit or to make its payment under Section 11.4(c).

(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

SECTION 2.10 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans or LC Obligations held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or LC

Obligations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans or participations or subparticipations in LC Obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Total Outstandings and other amounts owing them, provided that:

(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 3.6, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or LC Obligations to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

SECTION 2.11 Increase of Commitments.

(a) Request for Increase. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrower may from time to time, request an increase in the Aggregate Commitments in increments of $10,000,000 but in no event may the Aggregate Commitments after giving effect to all increases pursuant to this Section 2.11 exceed $250,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).

(b) Lender Elections to Increase. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Percentage of such requested increase. Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment.

(c) Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made

hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Fronting Bank (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(d) Effective Date and Allocations. If the Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date.

(e) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the Increase Effective Date (with sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by an Executive Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties speak as of a specified date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.11, the representations and warranties contained in subsection (a) of Section 5.3 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a)(i) and (ii), respectively, of Section 6.1, and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Borrower shall prepay any Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 4.5) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section.

(f) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.10 or Section 11.1 to the contrary.

SECTION 2.12 Defaulting Lenders.

(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be restricted as set forth in Section 11.1.

(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.8), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any

amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Fronting Bank hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the Fronting Bank, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Fronted Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Syndicated Letter of Credit or Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans and Several Letters of Credit under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the Fronting Bank as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or the Fronting Bank against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or LC Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 9.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.12(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.6 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.6(c).

(iv) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund obligations under or purchase participations in Letters of Credit pursuant to Article III, the “Applicable Percentage” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund obligations under or purchase participations in Letters of Credit shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans of that Lender.

(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Fronting Bank agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.12(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

ARTICLE III.

LETTERS OF CREDIT

SECTION 3.1 Letter of Credit Procedures.

(a) Subject to Section 2.1, each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to (x) the Fronting Bank, in the case of Fronted Letters of Credit and (y) the LC Administrator, in the case of Several Letters of Credit (with a copy in each case to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by an Executive Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the Applicable Issuing Party and the Administrative Agent not later than 9:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the Applicable Issuing Party 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 reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Issuing Party: (A) the name of the account party which, subject to Section 5.8, shall be (i) the Borrower, (ii) an Insurance Subsidiary designated by the Borrower or (iii) subject to the Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit, a Subsidiary which is not an Insurance Subsidiary, (B) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the amount and currency thereof; (D) the expiry date thereof (which shall be the earlier of the date which is twelve months from the date of issuance or the LC Expiration Date); (E) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (F) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (H) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; (I) in the case of Letters of Credit issued for the account of an Insurance Subsidiary, whether such Letter of Credit is to be transferable in whole or in part; (J)

whether such Letter of Credit shall be an be an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit; (K) whether such Letter of Credit is to be a Fronted Letter of Credit or a Syndicated Letter of Credit (it being agreed that all Letters of Credit issued in an Alternative Currency shall be Fronted Letters of Credit); (L) whether such Letter of Credit shall be issued under the rules of the ISP or the UCP; and (M) such other matters as the Applicable Issuing Party 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 the Applicable Issuing Party (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the Applicable Issuing Party may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the Applicable Issuing Party and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, as the Applicable Issuing Party or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving and accordingly the Borrower may during the Availability Period obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

(b) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the Applicable Issuing Party will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the Applicable Issuing Party will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Applicable Issuing Party has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, at least one 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 IX shall not then be satisfied (such conditions, for the avoidance of doubt, being inapplicable to any such amendment that does not constitute an LC Credit Extension), then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Applicable Issuing Party shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the Applicable Issuing Party’s usual and customary business practices. The Applicable Issuing Party will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any LC Credit Extension and any termination of a Letter of Credit prior to its stated expiry date. Immediately upon the issuance of each Fronted Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, without recourse or warranty, purchase from the Fronting Bank a risk participation in such Fronted Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Fronted Letter of Credit.

(c) Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the LC Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in Section 2.1.

(d) The LC Administrator is hereby authorized to execute and deliver each Syndicated Letter of Credit and each amendment to a Syndicated Letter of Credit on behalf of each Lender provided that, upon request of the Borrower, such Syndicated Letter of Credit or amendment will be executed by each Lender. The LC Administrator shall use the Applicable Percentage of each Lender as its “Commitment Share” under each Syndicated Letter of Credit. The LC Administrator shall not amend any Syndicated Letter of Credit to change the

“Commitment Shares” of an LC Issuer or add or delete an LC Issuer liable thereunder unless such amendment is done in connection with an assignment in accordance with Section 11.6, a change in the Lenders and/or the Applicable Percentages as a result of any increase in the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.11 or any other addition or replacement of a Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Each Lender hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the LC Administrator its true and lawful attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of such Lender with full power of substitution and revocation in its own name or in the name of the LC Administrator to issue, execute and deliver, as the case may be, each Syndicated Letter of Credit and each amendment to a Syndicated Letter of Credit and to carry out the purposes of this Agreement with respect to Several Letters of Credit. Upon request, each Lender shall execute such powers of attorney or other document as any beneficiary of any Syndicated Letter of Credit may reasonably request to evidence the authority of the LC Administrator to execute and deliver such Syndicated Letter of Credit and any amendment or other modification thereto on behalf of the Lenders.

(e) The Applicable Issuing Party shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:

(i) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

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

(f) The Applicable Issuing Party shall not be under any obligation to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit if:

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

(ii) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of an LC Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally (it being acknowledged by the Fronting Bank that issuance of Letters of Credit for purposes of supporting reinsurance and insurance obligations or to meet insurance regulatory requirements would not violate any policy);

(iii) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Fronting Bank, such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;

(iv) the Fronting Bank does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency;

(v) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or

(vi) any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the Applicable Issuing Party has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the Fronting Bank (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the Fronting Bank’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.12(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 LC Obligations as to which the Fronting Bank has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.

(g) The Applicable Issuing Party (i) shall not amend any Letter of Credit if such Applicable Issuing Party would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof and (ii) shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (x) such Applicable Issuing Party would have no obligation at such time under this Agreement to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (y) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

(h) The LC Administrator shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Several Letters of Credit issued hereunder and the documents associated thereto and the Fronting Bank shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Fronted Letters of Credit issued by the Fronting Bank hereunder and the documents associated therewith, and each of the LC Administrator and the Fronting Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the LC Administrator or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article X included the LC Administrator and the Fronting Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the LC Administrator and the Fronting Bank. The LC Administrator shall be entitled to issue and amend Several Letters of Credit unless it has received prior written notice from a Lender that a condition to issuance of such Syndicated Letter of Credit has not been satisfied or of the existence of a condition set forth in Section 3.1(f).

(i) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the Applicable Issuing Party may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Applicable Issuing Party to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date

of issuance of such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Applicable Issuing Party, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Applicable Issuing Party 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) the Applicable Issuing Party to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the LC Expiration Date; provided, however, that the Applicable Issuing Party shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Applicable Issuing Party has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3.1(d), (e) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 9.2 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Applicable Issuing Party not to permit such extension.

(j) 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, the Applicable Issuing Party will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

SECTION 3.2 Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

(a) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the Applicable Issuing Party shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof and of the date the Applicable Issuing Party will honor such request (each such date, an “Honor Date”). The Fronting Bank shall notify the Borrower of the amount in Dollars equal to the Dollar Equivalent of each drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Honor Date, the Borrower shall reimburse the Applicable Issuing Party through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such drawing in Dollars. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the Applicable Issuing Party by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.2 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 9.2 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice). Any notice given by the Applicable Issuing Party or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 3.2 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. The proceeds of such Base Rate Loan shall be applied to payment of the Unreimbursed Amount.

(b) Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 3.2(a) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Applicable Issuing Party, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 12:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 3.2(c), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Applicable Issuing Party in Dollars. To the extent that the Administrative Agent has not received funds from a Lender with respect to a Syndicated Letter of Credit, the LC Administrator shall only forward the funds actually received to the beneficiary.

(c) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 9.2 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred an LC Borrowing in the Dollar Equivalent of the Unreimbursed Amount from (x) in the case of Fronted Letters of Credit, the Fronting Bank and (y) in the case of Several Letters of Credit, from the Lenders to the extent that they have provided funds with respect to such Syndicated Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3.2(b). LC Borrowings shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. Each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Fronting Bank pursuant to Section 3.2(b) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such LC Borrowing and shall constitute an LC Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its funding or participation obligation, as applicable, under this Section 3.2. Until each Lender funds its Loan or LC Advance pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) to reimburse the Fronting Bank for any amount drawn under any Fronted Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Unreimbursed Amount shall be solely for the account of the Fronting Bank.

(d) Each Lender’s obligation to make Base Rate Loans or LC Advances to reimburse the Fronting Bank for amounts drawn under Fronted Letters of Credit or to funds its obligations under any Syndicated Letter of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 3.2, 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 Lender may have against the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Bank, the LC Administrator, any Lender, the Borrower, any beneficiary named in any Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferring may be acting) or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, (C) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (D) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any 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, (E) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of the Loan Documents, or (F) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each such Lender’s obligation to make a Base Rate Loan pursuant to this Section 3.2 is subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 9.2 (other than delivery of a Loan Notice). No such making of an LC Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the respective LC Issuers for the amount of any payment made by any of the LC Issuers under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(e) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Fronting Bank any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.2 by the time specified in Section 3.2(b), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the Fronting Bank shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the 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 the Fronting Bank and a rate determined by the Fronting Bank in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Fronting Bank in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount with respect to a Fronted Letter of Credit (with interest and fees as aforesaid) or pays its Applicable Percentage of any Unreimbursed Amount with respect to a Syndicated Letter of Credit, the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Base Rate Loan or LC Advance in respect of the relevant LC Borrowing, as the case may be, with respect to such drawn Letter of Credit. A certificate of the Fronting Bank submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing to it under this Section 3.2(e) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 3.3 Repayment of Participations.

(a) At any time after the Fronting Bank or the LC Administrator has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s LC Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 3.2, if the Administrative Agent receives any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s LC Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(b) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.2(a) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.5 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Fronting Bank or the LC Administrator in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Fronting Bank or the LC Administrator its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 3.4 Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable LC Issuers for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued hereunder and to repay each LC 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:

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

(b) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower, any 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), the Applicable Issuing Party 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;

(c) 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;

(d) any payment by the Applicable Issuing Party 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 the Applicable Issuing Party 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;

(e) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the relevant currency markets generally; or

(f) 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, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

The 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 the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly notify the Applicable Issuing Party. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the Applicable Issuing Party and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

SECTION 3.5 Role of Applicable Issuing Party. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Applicable Issuing Party 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 the Applicable Issuing Parties, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of an Applicable Issuing Party shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Lenders; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of 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 the Borrower from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Applicable Issuing Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of an Applicable Issuing Party shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3.4; provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the Applicable Issuing Party and/or the Lenders, and the Applicable Issuing Party and/or the Lenders may be liable to the Borrower to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the Applicable Issuing Party’s or a Lender’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the Applicable Issuing Party’s or a Lender’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. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Applicable Issuing Party 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 neither the Applicable Issuing Party nor any Lender shall 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.

SECTION 3.6 Cash Collateral.

(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank (i) if the Fronting Bank has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an LC Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Maturity Date, any LC Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize 103% of the then Outstanding Amount of all LC Obligations. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Fronting Bank, such Defaulting Lender shall Cash Collateralize 103% of the then Outstanding Amount of all Fronting Exposure and, if such Defaulting Lender has not provided such Cash Collateral as required hereunder, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover 103% of all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.12(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b) Excess Commitment Collateral. In addition, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all LC Obligations at such time exceeds 103% of the Aggregate Commitments then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the LC Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all LC Obligations exceeds the Commitments (the “Required Amount”). In addition, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all LC Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued for the account of Subsidiaries which are not Insurance Subsidiaries at such time exceeds 103% of the Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize such LC Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all such

LC Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued for the account of Subsidiaries which are not Insurance Subsidiaries exceeds the Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit (the “Required Non-Insurance Amount”). If at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of Cash Collateral, the Cash Collateral is less than the Required Amount or the Required Non-Insurance Amount, the Administrative Agent may request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in an amount equal to such deficiency.

(c) Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained (x) in the case of funds deposited by the Borrower, in a blocked deposit or securities account at the Administrative Agent or such other financial institution as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent (each, a “Borrower LC Collateral Account”) and (y) in the case of funds deposited with respect to a Defaulting Lender, in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Bank and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts, securities accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.12(a). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other Obligations secured thereby, the Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

(d) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 3.6 or Article III, or Section 2.9, 2.12 or 8.2 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific LC 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 be provided for herein.

(e) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or 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 11.6(b)(vi))) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished on behalf of the Borrower shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 3.6 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.3), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the Fronting Bank, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other Obligations.

(f) Investment. The Administrative Agent will invest any funds on deposit from time to time in the Borrower LC Collateral Account in Permitted Investments having a maturity not exceeding 30 days. Funds earned on such Permitted Investments shall be deposited into the Borrower LC Collateral Account.

SECTION 3.7 Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Applicable Issuing Party and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply unless, for regulatory purposes, the rules of the UCP must apply.

SECTION 3.8 Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to Fronting Bank. The Borrower shall pay directly to the Fronting Bank for its own account, in Dollars, a fronting fee with respect to each Fronted Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Fee Letter, or otherwise agreed to by Fronting Bank computed on the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Fronted Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth 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 LC 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 1.7. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the Applicable Issuing Party for its own account, in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the Applicable Issuing Party 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.

SECTION 3.9 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.

SECTION 3.10 Letters of Credit Issued for 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 Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be liable for all Obligations under such Letter of Credit as if it had been issued for its own account, including being obligated to reimburse the applicable LC Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit and provide Cash Collateral for such LC Obligations if required hereunder. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.11 Substitute Fronting Bank. In the event that the Fronting Bank ceases to (i) be rated A- or higher by S&P or (ii) have the authority or capacity to issue Fronted Letters of Credit due to any of the reasons set forth in Section 3.1(e),(f) or (g), the Borrower, at its cost and expense, may request the Fronting Bank to assign its obligations as Fronting Bank hereunder to another financial institution who is rated A- or higher and has the authority and capacity to issue the requested Letters of Credit.

ARTICLE IV.

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

SECTION 4.1 Taxes.

(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.

(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.

(ii) If the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Fronting Bank, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

(iii) If the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws other than the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as required by such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by it to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount so withheld or deducted by it to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with such Laws, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Fronting Bank, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.

(i) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Fronting Bank, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority, except to the extent that such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Fronting Bank; provided, however, that in no event shall the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Fronting Bank have any liability to the Borrower for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages). The Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or the Fronting Bank for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Fronting Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Fronting Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(ii) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and the Fronting Bank shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Borrower or the Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e). Each Lender and the Fronting Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment

of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or the Fronting Bank, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

(d) Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 4.1, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

(i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdictions.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States,

(A) any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and

(B) each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the 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 request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,

(2) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

(3) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,

(4) 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 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or

(5) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

(C) 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the 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 the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’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.

(iii) Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render

invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

(iv) The Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall reasonably request, on or prior to the Closing Date, and in a timely fashion thereafter, such documents and forms required by any relevant taxing authorities under the Laws of any jurisdiction, duly executed and completed by the Borrower, as are required to be furnished by such Lender or the Administrative Agent under such Laws in connection with any payment by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of Taxes or Other Taxes, or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents, with respect to such jurisdiction.

(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or the Fronting Bank, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or the Fronting Bank, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Fronting Bank determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses and net of any loss or gain realized in the conversion of such funds from or to another currency incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Fronting Bank, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Fronting Bank in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Fronting Bank is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Fronting Bank to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

SECTION 4.2 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank eurodollar market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate

Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) 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 Eurodollar Rate 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 the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate 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 the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

SECTION 4.3 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the 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 Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

SECTION 4.4 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(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 (except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 4.4(e)) or the Fronting Bank;

(ii) subject any Lender or the Fronting Bank to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the Fronting Bank in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 4.1 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the Fronting Bank); or

(iii) impose on any Lender or the Fronting Bank or the London interbank eurodollar market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Fronting Bank 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 or the Fronting Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the Fronting Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the Fronting Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the Fronting Bank or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the Fronting Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Fronting Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Fronting Bank’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 the Fronting Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Fronting Bank or such Lender’s or the Fronting Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Fronting Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Fronting Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Fronting Bank or such Lender’s or the Fronting Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the Fronting Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such claim and a calculation of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Fronting Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the

Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof; provided, that such Lender or the Fronting Bank shall only be so reimbursed or compensated to the extent that such Lender or the Fronting Bank is then generally seeking reimbursement or compensation in respect of credit transactions similar to the transactions contemplated hereby from borrowers similarly situation to the Borrower to the extent such Change in Law is applicable thereto.

(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Fronting Bank to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Fronting Bank’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Fronting Bank pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than three months prior to the date that such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Fronting Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the three-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

(e) Additional Reserve Requirements. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurodollar funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurodollar liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Eurodollar Rate Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or costs from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or costs shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.

SECTION 4.5 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the 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 the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;

(c) any failure by the Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency; or

(d) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 11.13;

including any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan, from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 4.5, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the offshore interbank market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

SECTION 4.6 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.4, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, the Fronting Bank, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the Fronting Bank pursuant to Section 4.1, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 4.2, then such Lender or the Fronting Bank shall, as applicable, 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 or the Fronting Bank, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.4, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 4.2, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or the Fronting Bank, as the case may be. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the Fronting Bank in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.4, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.1, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.

SECTION 4.7 Survival. All of the Borrower’ obligations under this Article IV shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, and resignation of the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE V.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make Credit Extensions hereunder, the Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender that:

SECTION 5.1 Due Organization, Authorization, etc. Each of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary (a) is duly organized, validly existing and (to the extent applicable) in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation, (b) is duly qualified to do business and (to the extent applicable) in good standing in each jurisdiction where, because of the nature of its activities or properties, such qualification is required except where the failure to qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) has the requisite corporate power and authority and the right to own and operate its properties, to lease the property it operates under lease, and to conduct its business as now and proposed to be conducted, and (d) has obtained all material licenses, permits, consents or approvals from or by, and has made all filings with, and given all notices to, all Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership, operation and conduct (including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) as to each of the foregoing, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within its corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action (including shareholder approval, if required). Each of the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries has received all other material consents and approvals (if any shall be required) necessary for such execution, delivery and performance, and such execution, delivery and performance do not and will not contravene or conflict with, or create a Lien or right of termination or acceleration under, any Requirements of Law or Contractual Obligation binding upon the Borrower or such Material Subsidiaries. This Agreement and each of the Loan Documents is (or when executed and delivered will be) the legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights against the Borrower generally or by general equitable principles; provided that the Borrower assumes for purposes of this Section 5.1 that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been validly executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto and thereto other than the Borrower.

SECTION 5.2 Statutory Financial Statements. The Annual Statement of each Material Insurance Subsidiary (including the provisions made therein for investments and the valuation thereof, reserves, policy and contract claims and statutory liabilities) as filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority of its jurisdiction of domicile (the “Department”) delivered to each Lender prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as of and for the 2011 Fiscal Year (the “Statutory Financial Statements”), have been prepared in accordance with SAP applied on a consistent basis (except as noted therein). Each such Statutory Financial Statement was in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law when filed. The Statutory Financial Statements fairly present the financial position, results of operations and changes in equity of each Material Insurance Subsidiary as of and for the respective dates and periods indicated therein in accordance with SAP applied on a consistent basis, except as set

forth in the notes thereto or on Schedule 5.2. Except for liabilities and obligations, including reserves, policy and contract claims and statutory liabilities (all of which have been computed in accordance with SAP), disclosed or provided for in the Statutory Financial Statements, the Material Insurance Subsidiaries did not have, as of the respective dates of each of such financial statements, any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute or contingent and whether due or to become due) which, in conformity with SAP, applied on a consistent basis, would have been required to be or should be disclosed or provided for in such financial statements. All books of account of each Material Insurance Subsidiary fully and fairly disclose all of the transactions, properties, assets, investments, liabilities and obligations of such Material Insurance Subsidiary and all of such books of account are in the possession of each Material Insurance Subsidiary and are true, correct and complete in all material respects.

SECTION 5.3 GAAP Financial Statements.

(a) The audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2011 which have been delivered to the Lenders (i) are true and correct in all material respects, and (ii) present fairly in accordance with GAAP (except as disclosed therein) the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such date for the period then ended and the investments and reserves for the period then ended.

(b) With respect to any representation and warranty which is deemed to be made after the date hereof by the Borrower, the balance sheet and statements of operations, of shareholders’ equity and of cash flow, which as of such date shall most recently have been furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to each Lender for the purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby, shall have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except as disclosed therein and, in the case of interim financial statements, for the absence of footnote disclosures), and shall present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the corporations covered thereby as at the dates thereof for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of quarterly financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.

(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.3, there has been no change in the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect since December 31, 2011.

SECTION 5.4 Litigation and Contingent Liabilities. (a) Except as set forth (including estimates of the dollar amounts involved) on Schedule 5.4 hereto and (b) except for claims which are covered by Insurance Policies, coverage for which has not been denied in writing, or which relate to Primary Policies, Reinsurance Agreements or Industry Loss Warranties issued by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or to which it is a party entered into by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (referred to herein as “Ordinary Course Litigation”), no claim, litigation (including derivative actions), arbitration, governmental investigation or proceeding or inquiry is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against the Borrower or any such Subsidiary (i) which would, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) which relates to any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and there is no basis known to the Borrower for any of the foregoing. Other than any liability incident to such claims, litigation or proceedings and as set forth on Schedule 5.4, the Borrower has no material contingent liabilities not provided for or referred to in the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.3.

SECTION 5.5 ERISA.

(a) The Borrower and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, and each Plan is being administered in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law, including without limitation the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) No ERISA Event (A) has occurred and is continuing or (B) to the knowledge of the Borrower, is reasonably expected to occur. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; (ii) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is 60% or higher and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below 60% as of the most recent valuation date; (iii) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither the Borrower nor any 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 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

(c) With respect to each scheme or arrangement mandated by a government other than the United States (a “Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement”) and with respect to each employee benefit plan that is not subject to United States Law maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or with respect to which any Subsidiary may have liability under applicable local Law (a “Foreign Plan”), (i) the Borrower and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with any Requirements of Law applicable to such Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement or Foreign Plan and (ii) each such Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement or Foreign Plan is being administered by the applicable Person in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No event that could reasonably be considered the substantive equivalent of an ERISA Event with respect to any Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement or Foreign Plan (i) has occurred and is continuing, or (ii) to the knowledge of the Borrower, is reasonably expected to occur.

SECTION 5.6 Investment Company Act. None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Borrower is not carrying on investment business in or from Bermuda for the purposes of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ of Bermuda.

SECTION 5.7 Regulations U and X. Neither the Borrower 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. None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, any Affiliate of any of them or any Person acting on their behalf has taken or will take action to cause the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the making or existence of the Credit Extensions or the use of proceeds of the Credit Extensions to violate Regulations U or X of the FRB.

SECTION 5.8 Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used for general corporate purposes. Letters of Credit issued hereunder will be used solely (a) to secure the obligations of the Borrower or the Borrower’s Insurance Subsidiaries or (b) subject to the Non-Insurance Subsidiary Letter of Credit Sublimit, to secure the obligations of a Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Insurance Subsidiary. None of such proceeds will be used in violation of applicable Law, and none of such proceeds will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying any Margin Stock.

SECTION 5.9 Insurance. The Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries are in substantial compliance with all material conditions contained in their Insurance Policies.

SECTION 5.10 Ownership of Properties. Except as otherwise disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.3 and those provided pursuant to Section 6.1(a) and (b) on the date of any Credit Extension, the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries will have good title to or a valid leasehold interest in all of their respective material properties and assets, real and personal, of any nature whatsoever.

SECTION 5.11 Accuracy of Information. All factual written information furnished heretofore or contemporaneously herewith by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, as supplemented to the date hereof, is and all other such factual written information hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such information not misleading in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided. Any projections and pro forma financial information contained in such factual written information are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may materially differ from the projected results.

SECTION 5.12 Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, (a) the Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed on Schedule 5.12 and such schedule correctly indicates which Subsidiaries are Insurance Subsidiaries, Material Insurance Subsidiaries and

Material Subsidiaries, (b) all of the outstanding equity interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Person and in the amounts specified on Schedule 5.12 free and clear of all liens (except in the case of equity interests in RIHL or RIHL II issued to any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates) and (c) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no equity investments in any other corporation or entity which represent 10% or more of the total equity interests of such corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed on Schedule 5.12.

SECTION 5.13 Insurance Licenses. Each Material Insurance Subsidiary has all necessary licenses (including licenses or certificates of authority from applicable Departments), permits or authorizations to transact insurance and reinsurance business, directly or indirectly (collectively, the “Licenses”) in each jurisdiction, where such business requires any such Material Insurance Subsidiary to obtain a License. To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, no such License is the subject of a proceeding for suspension or revocation or any similar proceedings, there is no sustainable basis for such a suspension or revocation, and no such suspension or revocation is threatened by the applicable Department where such suspension or revocation would have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.14 Taxes. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all tax returns that are required to be filed by it, and has paid or provided adequate reserves for the payment of all material taxes, including all payroll taxes and federal and state withholding taxes, and all assessments payable by it that have become due, other than (a) those that are not yet delinquent or that are disclosed on Schedule 5.14 and are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP or (b) those which the failure to file or pay would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.14, on the Effective Date there is no ongoing audit or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, other governmental investigation of the tax liability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and there is no unresolved claim by a taxing authority concerning the Borrower’s or any such Subsidiary’s tax liability, for any period for which returns have been filed or were due. As used in this Section 5.14, the term “taxes” includes all taxes of any nature whatsoever and however denominated, including excise, import, governmental fees, duties and all other charges, as well as additions to tax, penalties and interest thereon, imposed by any Governmental Authority.

SECTION 5.15 Securities Laws. Neither the Borrower nor any Affiliate, nor anyone acting on behalf of any such Person, has directly or indirectly offered any interest in the Loans or any other Obligation for sale to, or solicited any offer to acquire any such interest from, or has sold any such interest to any Person that would subject the issuance or sale of the Loans or any other liability to registration under the Securities Act of 1933.

SECTION 5.16 Compliance with Laws. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Requirements of Law of any Governmental Authority, if the effect of such violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, no such violation has been alleged and each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i) has filed in a timely manner all reports, documents and other materials required to be filed by it with any Governmental Authority, if such failure to so file could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the information contained

in each of such filings is true, correct and complete in all material respects and (ii) has retained all records and documents required to be retained by it pursuant to any Law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, policy, guideline or other requirement of any Governmental Authority, if the failure to so retain such records and documents could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.17 Bermuda Law. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

(a) The Borrower is subject to civil and commercial Laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts. Neither the Borrower nor any of its property has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the Laws of Bermuda in respect of its obligations under the Loan Documents.

(b) The Loan Documents are in proper legal form under the Laws of Bermuda for the enforcement thereof against the Borrower under the Laws of Bermuda, and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Loan Documents. It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Loan Documents that the Loan Documents be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in Bermuda or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of the Loan Documents or any other document, except for (i) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the Loan Document or any other document is sought to be enforced and (ii) any charge or tax as has been timely paid.

(c) There is no tax, levy, impost, duty, fee, assessment or other governmental charge, or any deduction or withholding, imposed by any Governmental Authority in or of Bermuda either (i) on or by virtue of the execution or delivery of the Loan Documents or (ii) on any payment to be made by the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, except as has been disclosed to the Administrative Agent.

(d) The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents executed by the Borrower are, under applicable foreign exchange control regulations of Bermuda, not subject to any notification or authorization except (i) such as have been made or obtained or (ii) such as cannot be made or obtained until a later date (provided that any notification or authorization described in clause (ii) shall be made or obtained as soon as is reasonably practicable).

ARTICLE VI.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Loans and all other Obligations are paid in full, and until the expiration of the Availability Period, the Borrower agrees that, unless at any time the Required Lenders shall otherwise expressly consent in writing, it will:

SECTION 6.1 Reports, Certificates and Other Information. Furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:

(a) GAAP Financial Statements:

(i) Within 50 days after the close of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2012, a copy of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of the close of such quarter and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments and except that footnote and schedule disclosure may be abbreviated) and, with respect to Material Subsidiaries (other than RIHL and RIHL II), the related unaudited consolidating balance sheets and statements of income for such period and accompanied by the certification of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower that all such financial statements are complete and correct in all material respects and present fairly in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments and except that footnote and schedule disclosure may be abbreviated) the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and for the period then ended.

(ii) Within 95 days after the close of each Fiscal Year, a copy of the annual financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, consisting of audited consolidated balance sheet, statements of income, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity, which financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by a certification without material qualification by the independent certified public accountants regularly retained by the Borrower, or any other firm of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders that all such audited financial statements are complete and correct in all material respects and present fairly in accordance with GAAP the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and for the period then ended and, with respect to Material Subsidiaries (other than RIHL and RIHL II), unaudited consolidating balance sheets and statements of income, setting forth in comparative form the consolidated figures for the previous Fiscal Year, which consolidating financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.

(iii) On each date that financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) or (ii), a schedule in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth claims schedule detail with respect to claims of $20,000,000 or more under any single policy and claims aggregating $100,000,000 or more with respect to any single event.

(b) SAP Financial Statements. Within 5 days after the date filed with the Regulator for each of its Fiscal Years, but in any event within 125 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of each Material Insurance Subsidiary a copy of the Annual Statement of such Material Insurance

Subsidiary for such Fiscal Year, if any, required by such Department to be filed, each of which statements delivered to be prepared in accordance with SAP and accompanied by the certification of the chief financial officer or chief executive officer of such Material Insurance Subsidiary that such financial statement is complete and correct in all material respects and presents fairly in accordance with SAP the financial position of such Material Insurance Subsidiary for the period then ended.

(c) OL Note Reporting. Within two (2) Business Days of (i) establishing and funding a Segregated Account, notice of the same, including the amount of the initial deposit thereto, (ii) filing any report or providing information to S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ regarding valuation of or withdrawals from the Segregated Account or other matters relating to the OL Notes, a copy of such report or other information and (iii) withdrawing any funds from a Segregated Account, a calculation of the Debt to Capital Ratio as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter calculated as if the withdrawal had occurred on the last date of such Fiscal Quarter.

(d) Notice of Default, etc. Immediately after an Executive Officer of the Borrower knows or has reason to know of the existence of any Default or Event of Default, or any development or other information which would have a Material Adverse Effect, telephonic, telefax or electronic notice specifying the nature of such Default or Event of Default or development or information, including the anticipated effect thereof, which notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing within two (2) Business Days.

(e) Other Information. The following certificates and other information related to the Borrower:

(i) Within five (5) Business Days of receipt, a copy of any financial examination reports by a Governmental Authority with respect to the Material Insurance Subsidiaries relating to the insurance business of the Material Insurance Subsidiaries (when, and if, prepared); provided, the Borrower shall only be required to deliver any interim report hereunder at such time as Borrower has knowledge that a final report will not be issued and delivered to the Administrative Agent within 90 days of any such interim report.

(ii) Copies of all filings (other than ordinary course requalifications, nonmaterial tax and insurance rate, approvals for dividends or capital distributions and other ministerial regulatory filings) with Governmental Authorities by the Borrower or any Material Insurance Subsidiary not later than five (5) Business Days after such filings are made, including filings which seek approval of Governmental Authorities with respect to transactions between the Borrower or such Material Insurance Subsidiary and its Affiliates.

(iii) Within five (5) Business Days of such notice, notice of proposed or actual suspension, termination or revocation of any material License of any Material Insurance Subsidiary by any Governmental Authority or of receipt of notice from any Governmental Authority notifying the Borrower or any Material Insurance Subsidiary of a hearing relating to such a suspension, termination or revocation, including any request by a Governmental Authority which commits the Borrower or any Material Insurance

Subsidiary to take, or refrain from taking, any action or which otherwise materially and adversely affects the authority of the Borrower or any Material Insurance Subsidiary to conduct its business.

(iv) Within five (5) Business Days of such notice, notice of any pending or threatened investigation or regulatory proceeding (other than routine periodic investigations or reviews) by any Governmental Authority concerning the business, practices or operations of the Borrower or any Material Insurance Subsidiary.

(v) Promptly, notice of any actual or, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, proposed material changes in the Insurance Code governing the investment or dividend practices of any Material Insurance Subsidiary.

(vi) Promptly, notice of any material change in the accounting or financial reporting practices of the Borrower or any Material Insurance Subsidiary.

(vii) Promptly, such additional financial and other information as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

(f) Compliance Certificates. Concurrently with the delivery to the Administrative Agent of the GAAP financial statements under Sections 6.1(a)(i) and 6.1(a)(ii), for each Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal Year of the Borrower, and at any other time no later than thirty (30) Business Days following a written request of the Administrative Agent, a duly completed Compliance Certificate, signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower, containing, among other things, a computation of, and showing compliance with, each of the applicable financial ratios and restrictions contained in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 and to the effect that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, as of such date no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (which delivery may, unless the Administrative Agent, or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or electronic mail and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes).

(g) Reports to SEC and to Shareholders. Promptly upon the filing or making thereof copies of (i) each filing and report made by the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries with or to any securities exchange or the Securities and Exchange Commission and (ii) each communication from the Borrower to shareholders generally.

(h) Notice of Litigation and ERISA. Promptly upon learning of the occurrence of any of the following, written notice thereof, describing the same and the steps being taken by the Borrower with respect thereto: (i) the institution of, or any adverse determination in, any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding (including any Internal Revenue Service or Department of Labor proceeding with respect to any Plan) which could, if adversely determined, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and which is not Ordinary Course Litigation, (ii) an ERISA Event, and an event with respect to any Plan which could result in the incurrence by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary of any material liability (other than a liability for contributions or premiums), fine or penalty, or (iii) the commencement of any dispute which might lead to the modification, transfer, revocation, suspension or termination of this Agreement or any Loan Document.

(i) Other Information. From time to time such other information concerning the Borrower or any Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a), (b) or (f) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.2; or (ii) such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (A) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (B) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the Fronting Bank materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to any of the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Fronting Bank and the Lenders to treat the Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities Laws (provided, however, that to the extent the Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.7); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat the Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.”

SECTION 6.2 Corporate Existence; Foreign Qualification. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 7.3, do and cause to be done at all times all things necessary to (a) maintain and preserve the corporate existence of the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary of

the Borrower (except that inactive Subsidiaries of the Borrower may be merged out of existence or dissolved), and (b) be, and ensure that each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower is, duly qualified to do business and (to the extent applicable) be in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary unless the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6.3 Books, Records and Inspections. (a) Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, materially complete and accurate books and records in accordance with GAAP and in addition, with respect to each Insurance Subsidiary, SAP, (b) permit, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, access at reasonable times and, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon reasonable notice, by the Administrative Agent to its books and records, (c) permit, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, the Administrative Agent or its designated representative to inspect at reasonable times and, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon reasonable notice, its properties and operations, and (d) permit, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, the Administrative Agent to discuss its business, operations and financial condition with its officers and its independent accountants.

SECTION 6.4 Insurance. Maintain, and cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to maintain, Insurance Policies to such extent and against such hazards and liabilities as is required by Law or customarily maintained by prudent companies similarly situated.

SECTION 6.5 Taxes and Liabilities. Pay, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, when due all material taxes, assessments and other material liabilities except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings with respect to which reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP except where failure to pay would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6.6 Employee Benefit Plans. Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, each Plan and Foreign Plan in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law except where failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6.7 Compliance with Laws. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, (a) with all Requirements of Law related to its businesses (including the establishment of all insurance reserves required to be established under SAP and applicable Laws restricting the investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), and (b) with all Contractual Obligations binding upon such entity, except in each of clauses (a) and (b) where failure to so comply would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6.8 Maintenance of Permits. Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, all permits, licenses and consents as may be required for the conduct of its business by any Governmental Authority except (x) for such permits, licenses and consents related to assets which are sold in accordance with Section 7.3 or (y) where failure to maintain the same would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6.9 Conduct of Business. Engage, and cause each Material Subsidiary (other than RIHL and RIHL II) to engage, primarily in the business of insurance and reinsurance

activities and in reasonable extensions thereof (including the management of Insurance-Linked Securities Funds through a Non-Insurance Subsidiary or through the ILS Fund Group) and other businesses that are complimentary or reasonably related to the activities described in the Borrower’s 10-K filing for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2011.

ARTICLE VII.

FINANCIAL AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Loans and all other Obligations are paid in full and until the expiration of the Availability Period, the Borrower agrees that, unless at any time the Required Lenders shall otherwise expressly consent in writing, it will:

SECTION 7.1 Debt to Capital Ratio. Not permit the Debt to Capital Ratio to exceed .35:1.

SECTION 7.2 Net Worth.

(a) Borrower Net Worth. Not permit Borrower Net Worth to be less than an amount equal to the Required Borrower Net Worth. The initial Required Borrower Net Worth shall be 60% of Borrower Net Worth as of December 31, 2011, as reflected on the audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ending on such date. On the date that financial statements of the Borrower are delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(ii) and effective as of the date of such financial statements, the Required Borrower Net Worth will be recalculated to be the greater of (x) the Required Borrower Net Worth in effect immediately prior to such Fiscal Year end and (y) 60% of the Borrower Net Worth as of such Fiscal Year end, with such recalculated Required Borrower Net Worth taking effect as of such Fiscal Year end.

(b) Renaissance Re Net Worth. Not permit Renaissance Re Net Worth to be less than an amount equal to the Required Renaissance Re Net Worth. The initial Required Renaissance Re Net Worth shall be $1,080,000,000. On the date that financial statements of Renaissance Re are delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(ii) and effective as of the date of such financial statements, the Required Renaissance Re Net Worth will be recalculated to be the greater of (x) the Required Renaissance Re Net Worth in effect immediately prior to such Fiscal Year end and (y) 60% of the Renaissance Re Net Worth as of such Fiscal Year end, with such recalculated Required Renaissance Re Net Worth taking effect as of such Fiscal Year end.

SECTION 7.3 Mergers, Consolidations and Sales. Not, and not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) merge or consolidate, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person (other than a newly formed Subsidiary or the acquisition of a Subsidiary which complies with clause (ii) of this Section 7.3 or the acquisition of shares of a Subsidiary held by minority shareholders), or (b) sell, transfer, convey or lease all or any substantial part of its assets other than any sale, transfer, conveyance or lease in the ordinary course of business or any sale or assignment of receivables except for (i) any such merger or consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or assignment of (x) any wholly owned Subsidiary into, with or to any other wholly owned Subsidiary or (y) any wholly owned Subsidiary into, with or to the Borrower (so long as the Borrower is the surviving or continuing entity), (ii) purchases or acquisitions which

comply with Section 6.9 provided (x) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) the purchase price for any single purchase or acquisition does not exceed 50% of Borrower Net Worth as of the date of such purchase or acquisition minus all amounts which in accordance with GAAP would be characterized as intangible assets (including goodwill) as of the date of such purchase or acquisition (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to such acquisition or purchase) and (z) the aggregate purchase price of all purchases and acquisitions after December 31, 2011 does not exceed 100% of Borrower Net Worth as of the date of such purchase or acquisition minus all amounts which in accordance with GAAP would be characterized as intangible assets (including goodwill) and (iii) sales of assets and capital stock and other ownership or profit interests (including partnership, member or trust interest therein) of Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries, provided no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 7.4 Regulations U and X. Not, and not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, hold Margin Stock having a value in excess of 20% of the value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after taking into account the application of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions.

SECTION 7.5 Other Agreements. Not, and not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement containing any provision which would be violated or breached by the performance of obligations hereunder or under any instrument or document delivered or to be delivered by it hereunder or in connection herewith.

SECTION 7.6 Transactions with Affiliates. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into, or cause, suffer or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any arrangement, transaction or contract with any of its Affiliates unless such arrangement, transaction or contract is on an arm’s length basis; provided that there shall be excluded from the foregoing restrictions (a) transactions between the Borrower and the Joint Venture, between the Borrower and any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, between any wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower or between any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and the Joint Venture, (b) transactions expressly contemplated by written contracts between (i) the Borrower or any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, on the one hand, and any non-wholly owned Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower (other than a member of the ILS Fund Group) on the other hand or (ii) any non-wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than a member of the ILS Fund Group); provided the aggregate net amount paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries thereunder does not exceed $30,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, and (c) transactions between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and a member of the ILS Fund Group provided such transaction is (i) related to the business of the Borrower as set forth in Section 6.9, (ii) in compliance with the Borrower’s then-existing underwriting and investment guidelines (collectively, the “Guidelines”) and (iii) conducted on an arms’ length basis. For the avoidance of doubt, each transaction between the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries and a member of the ILS Fund Group must meet the Guidelines as well as any related transaction entered into by the Borrower or such Subsidiary with a third party for the benefit or on behalf of such ILS Fund Group member. By way of example, an Insurance Subsidiary may not act as a fronting reinsurer on behalf of a member of the ILS Fund Group with respect to a reinsurance risk unless such Insurance Subsidiary would have been in compliance with the Guidelines had such Insurance Subsidiary taken the reinsurance risk directly.

SECTION 7.7 Liens. Not, and not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or permit to exist any Lien with respect to any assets now or hereafter existing or acquired, except the following: (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP; (ii) easements, party wall agreements, rights of way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar Liens not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary course of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iii) Liens in connection with the acquisition of fixed assets after the date hereof and attaching only to the property being acquired; (iv) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits and Liens pursuant to letters of credit or other security arrangements in connection with such insurance or benefits; (v) mechanics’, workers’, materialmen’s, landlord liens and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP; (vi) Liens on Invested Assets pursuant to trust, letter of credit or other security arrangements in connection with Reinsurance Agreements, Primary Policies, or Industry Loss Warranties or regulatory requirements (for insurance licensing purposes), including, without limitation, Liens under the Reimbursement Agreement; (vii) Liens listed on Schedule 7.7 in effect on the date hereof; (viii) attachments, judgments and other similar Liens for sums of $75,000,000 or less (excluding (A) any portion thereof which is covered by insurance so long as the insurer is reasonably likely to be able to pay and has accepted a tender of defense and indemnification without reservation of rights and (B) all such Liens on assets of Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries) provided the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and have been bonded off; (ix) Liens pursuant to the Loan Documents; (x) Liens granted in connection with a letter of credit facility entered into by the Borrower or Renaissance Re in connection with the investment in the Joint Venture provided the value of the collateral in which Liens are granted thereunder does not exceed 110% of the amount secured; (xi) Liens that are deemed to have arisen under GAAP by virtue of the sale of securities to a purchaser who obligates the seller of such securities to repurchase such securities; (xii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in favor of financial intermediaries and clearing agents pending clearance of payments for investment or in the nature of set-off, banker’s liens or similar rights as to deposit accounts or other funds; (xiii) Liens in the Organization Documents of Persons in whom the Borrower or a Non-Insurance Subsidiary has invested in the ordinary course of business or any related subscription agreements with respect to such investment; (xiv) Liens granted by the Borrower to secure its obligations under any Borrower Swap; (xv) Liens granted by any Subsidiary which is a Lloyd’s syndicate or which is the owner of a Subsidiary which is a Lloyd’s syndicate to secure standby letters of credit issued to provide funds at Lloyd’s or to support such Subsidiary’s Lloyd’s syndicate commitments; (xvi) Liens granted by Renaissance Trading Ltd. in its assets to secure Swap Contracts in favor of the Borrower or a Non-Insurance Subsidiary or a third party; (xvii) restrictions on the ability of the Person who owns, directly or indirectly, the equity interests of an Insurance Subsidiary to sell such equity interests under any Net Worth Maintenance Agreement; and (xiii) Liens not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.7 provided that at any time the Debt secured by such Liens does not exceed $100,000,000; provided, however, that, no Lien shall be permitted to exist on the shares of stock of any Insurance Subsidiary (other than those restrictions permitted under Section 7.7(xvii)).

SECTION 7.8 Restrictions On Negative Pledge Agreements. Not, and not permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into or assume any agreement which places any restrictions upon the right of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any material portion of its properties now owned or hereafter acquired other than as permitted under Section 7.7 (with respect to the property subject to such Lien) and other than SPV Restrictions, except for (a) such restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) applicable Law, (ii) this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (iii) any agreement required by applicable insurance regulations; (b) such restrictions and conditions on the transfer of any asset pending the close of the sale of such asset (provided such sale is permitted hereunder), (c) such restrictions and conditions on the transfer of or granting of a Lien on any asset subject to a Lien permitted by Section 7.7, (d) such restrictions contained in any agreement entered into by an Insurance Subsidiary with any insurance regulatory authority; (e) such restrictions in the Organization Documents of Persons in whom the Borrower or a Non-Insurance Subsidiary has invested in the ordinary course of business or any related subscription agreements with respect to such investment, (f) such restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth requirements imposed by counterparties under Insurance Policies, Reinsurance Agreements, Retrocession Agreements and Industry Loss Warranties entered into in the ordinary course of business provided that in the case of this clause (f) (1) the encumbrances and restrictions contained in such agreement or net worth requirements taken as a whole are not materially more favorable to the beneficiary thereof than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in this Agreement, or (2) if such encumbrance or restriction is not materially more disadvantageous to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than is customary in comparable transactions and such encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the ability of the Borrower to pay the Obligations, (g) restrictions contained in a Net Worth Maintenance Agreement that limit the ability of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to sell any capital stock or equity interests in the Insurance Subsidiary for which such Net Worth Maintenance Agreement is issued, (h) such restrictions imposed by any senior unsecured issuance of Debt with an original principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 provided such restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in the Indenture dated July 1, 2001 between the Borrower and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (f/k/a Bankers Trust Company), as Trustee and the Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 31, 2003 relating to the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2013 and (i) such restrictions contained in the Reimbursement Agreement.

SECTION 7.9 No Amendment of Certain Documents. Not enter into or permit to exist any amendment, modification or waiver of the Organization Documents of the Borrower as in effect on the Effective Date which would in any manner be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

SECTION 7.10 Dividends, Etc.. Not, and not permit its Subsidiaries to, (a) declare or pay any dividends on any of its capital stock (other than pro rata payments of dividends by a Subsidiary to the Borrower and such Subsidiary’s other shareholders), (b) purchase or redeem any capital stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any warrants, options or other rights in respect of such stock (other than the pro rata purchase or redemption by a Subsidiary of its capital stock, warrants, options or other rights in respect of such stock and redemptions by RIHL,

RIHL II or the ROIHL Entities of their respective redeemable preference shares), (c) purchase or redeem or prepay, prior to its scheduled payment date, any Debt (other than the Credit Extensions), or (d) set aside funds for any of the foregoing (collectively “Restricted Payments”); except that (i) the Borrower may declare or pay any Restricted Payment described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above provided no acceleration or Trigger Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such declaration or payment, and (iii) any Insurance Subsidiary may pay any Restricted Payment described in clause (a) and clause (b) above on a non pro rata basis provided no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such payment.

SECTION 7.11 Investments in DaVinci Entities. Not, and not permit its Subsidiaries to, (i) incur contingent liabilities or otherwise provide credit support (including granting a Lien on any of its assets) for the Debt of DaVinciRe Holdings Ltd. or DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. at any time or (ii) make any loans to purchase or redeem any capital stock of or otherwise make any investment in DaVinciRe Holdings Ltd. or DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. during the existence or continuation of any Default or Event of Default.

SECTION 7.12 Investments in the ROIHL Entities. Not, and not permit its Subsidiaries to make any loans to or purchase or redeem any capital stock of or otherwise make any investment in any ROIHL Entity during the existence or continuation of any Default or Event of Default; provided, however, that the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower which own preferred shares of any ROIHL Entity may require redemption of such preferred shares to the extent such ROIHL Entity has funds available to make such redemption.

SECTION 7.13 Investments in ILS Fund Group. Not, and not permit its Subsidiaries to, (i) incur contingent liabilities or otherwise provide credit support (including granting a Lien on any of its assets) for the Debt of or enter into any net worth maintenance agreements with respect to any member of the ILS Fund Group at any time or (ii) make any loans to purchase or redeem any capital stock of or otherwise make any investment in any member of the ILS Fund Group during the existence or continuation of any Default or Event of Default.

ARTICLE VIII.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND THEIR EFFECT

SECTION 8.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement:

(a) Non-Payment of Loan. Default in the payment when due of any principal on the Loans or any Unreimbursed Amount.

(b) Non-Payment of Interest, Fees, etc. Default, and continuance thereof for three (3) Business Days, in the payment when due of interest on the Credit Extensions, fees or of any other amount payable hereunder or under the Loan Documents.

(c) Non-Payment of Other Debt. (i) Default in the payment when due and continuance of such default after any applicable grace period (whether or not such Debt is accelerated) of any other Debt (or any letter of credit facility) of, or guaranteed by, the Borrower

or any of its Material Subsidiaries if the aggregate amount of Debt (or, in the case of any letter of credit facility, the issued letters of credit) of the Borrower and/or any of its Material Subsidiaries which is due and payable or which is or may be accelerated, by reason of such default or defaults is $75,000,000 or more, or (ii) default in the performance or observance of any obligation or condition and continuance of such default after any applicable grace period with respect to any such other Debt (or any letter of credit facility) of, or guaranteed by, the Borrower and/or any of its Material Subsidiaries if the effect of such default or defaults is to accelerate or permit the acceleration of the maturity of any such Debt (or, in the case of any letter of credit facility, the issued letters of credit) of $75,000,000 or more in the aggregate prior to its expressed maturity.

(d) Other Material Obligations. Except for obligations covered under other provisions of this Article VIII, default in the payment when due, or in the performance or observance of, any material obligation of, or material condition agreed to by, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries with respect to any material purchase or lease obligation of $75,000,000 or more (unless the existence of any such default is being contested by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary has established, and is maintaining, adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP) which default continues for a period of 30 days.

(e) Bankruptcy, Insolvency, etc. (i) The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary becomes insolvent or generally fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay, debts as they become due; (ii) there shall be commenced by or against any such Person any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future Law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, supervision, conservatorship, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, conservation, supervision, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, obligations or liabilities, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, rehabilitator, conservator, supervisor, liquidator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, in each case which (1) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (2) if filed against such Person, remains undismissed, undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against any such Person any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any of such Persons shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (ii) or (iii) above; or (v) any Governmental Authority shall issue any order of conservation, supervision or any other order of like effect relating to any of such Persons.

(f) Non-compliance With Certain Covenants. Failure by the Borrower to comply with its covenants set forth in Section 7.1, 7.2, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10 , 7.11 , 7.12 or 7.13.

(g) Non-compliance With Other Provisions. Failure by the Borrower to comply with or to perform any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (and not constituting an Event of Default under any of the other provisions of this Article VIII) and

continuance of such failure for 30 days from the earlier of (i) the date an Executive Officer has knowledge of such failure and (ii) the date the Administrative Agent has given notice of such failure to the Borrower.

(h) Warranties and Representations. Any warranty or representation made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary herein is inaccurate or incorrect or is breached or false or misleading in any material respect as of the date such warranty or representation is made; or any schedule, certificate, financial statement, report, notice, or other instrument furnished by or on behalf of Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders is false or misleading in any material respect on the date as of which the facts therein set forth are stated or certified.

(i) ERISA. Any ERISA Event shall occur or exist with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan of the Borrower and, as a result thereof, together with all other ERISA Events then existing, the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates have incurred or would be reasonably likely to incur liability to any one or more Plans or Multiemployer Plans or to the PBGC (or to any combination thereof) in excess of $75,000,000.

(j) Loan Documents. Any action shall be taken by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof to discontinue any of the Loan Documents or to contest the validity, binding nature or enforceability of any thereof.

(k) Change in Control. A Change in Control occurs.

(l) Judgments. A final judgment or judgments which exceed an aggregate of $75,000,000 (excluding any portion thereof which is covered by insurance so long as the insurer is reasonably likely to be able to pay and has accepted a tender of defense and indemnification without reservation of rights) shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and shall not have been discharged or vacated or had execution thereof stayed pending appeal within 45 days after entry or filing of such judgment(s).

(m) Change in Law. Any change is made in the Insurance Code which affects the dividend practices of any Insurance Subsidiary and which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Agreement and such circumstances shall continue for 120 days.

SECTION 8.2 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:

(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and LC Credit Extensions and any obligation of the Fronting Bank to make LC Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;

(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the Fronting Bank all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the Fronting Bank under the Loan Documents;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and LC Credit Extensions and any obligation of the Fronting Bank to make LC Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the LC Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

SECTION 8.3 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.2 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the LC Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.2), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.12 and Section 3.6, be applied by the 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 the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article IV) payable to the 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 the Lenders and the Fronting Bank (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the Fronting Bank and amounts payable under Article IV), 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, LC Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the Fronting Bank 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 LC Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders and the Fronting Bank in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Fronting Bank and the Lenders, to Cash Collateralize that portion of LC Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise cash collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.6; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

Subject to Sections 3.2 and 3.6, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above and the balance paid to the Borrower.

SECTION 8.4 Borrower LC Collateral Account.

(a) If at any time after the Borrower has been required to deposit amounts in the Borrower LC Collateral Account, the Administrative Agent determines that the amount on deposit in the Borrower LC Collateral Account is less than the amount required under Section 3.6, the Administrative Agent may demand the Borrower to pay, and the Borrower shall, upon such demand and without any further notice, pay to the Administrative Agent for deposit in the Borrower LC Collateral Account, funds necessary to cure any shortfall.

(b) The Administrative Agent may, at any time or from time to time, after funds are deposited in the Borrower LC Collateral Account apply such funds to the payment of the Obligations then due and payable by the Borrower to the Lenders or the Fronting Bank under the Loan Documents.

(c) Neither the Borrower nor any Person claiming on behalf of or through the Borrower shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds held in the Borrower LC Collateral Account until all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated and all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired, at which time any funds remaining in the Borrower LC Collateral Account shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower.

ARTICLE IX.

CONDITIONS

SECTION 9.1 Conditions to Occurrence of the Effective Date. The occurrence of the Effective Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Receipt by the Administrative Agent of all of the following, each duly executed and dated the Effective Date (or such earlier date as shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (with such copies as the Administrative Agent shall request):

(i) This Agreement and Certain Related Documents. This Agreement and such other Loan Documents as are required to be delivered by the terms of this Agreement.

(ii) Resolutions. Certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance, respectively, of those documents and matters required of it with respect to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

(iii) Incumbency and Signatures. A certificate of an Executive Officer certifying the names of the individual or individuals authorized to sign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with a sample of the true signature of each such individual. (The Lenders may conclusively rely on each such certificate until formally advised by a like certificate of any changes therein.)

(iv) Opinion of Counsel. The opinion of (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, New York counsel to the Borrower, (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, general counsel to the Borrower, and (iii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Limited, Bermuda counsel to the Borrower, in each case addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Bank and the Lenders in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(v) Officer’s Certificate. A certificate of an Executive Officer and the secretary or an any assistant secretary of the Borrower certifying as to (1) a true and correct copy of the Organizational Documents of the Borrower as in effect on the date on which the resolutions referred to in Section 9.1(a)(ii) were adopted and on the Effective Date, (2) the due incorporation and good standing or valid existence of the Borrower as a company or corporation organized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and the absence of any proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of the Borrower, (3) the truth of the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the Loan Documents as though made on and as of the Effective Date, (4) compliance by the Borrower as of the Effective Date with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, (5) the absence of any event occurring and continuing, or resulting from the Effective Date, that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, provided that the secretary or assistant secretary need certify only as to the matters in items (1) and (2) above.

(vi) Insurance Proceedings. A certificate of an Executive Officer that there are no material insurance regulatory proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any Material Insurance Subsidiary in any jurisdiction.

(vii) Material Adverse Effect Certificate. An officer’s certificate, signed by an Executive Officer, certifying that to such officer’s best knowledge, since December 31, 2011, there has not occurred a Material Adverse Effect.

(viii) Fees. The fees referred to in Section 2.6 which are due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent, where applicable, for the benefit of the Lenders.

(ix) Notes. A Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note.

(x) Account Designation Letter. An Account Designation Letter, together with written instructions from an Executive Officer of the Borrower, including wire transfer information, directing the payment of the proceeds of any Loans to be made hereunder.

(xi) Financial Statements. Copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 5.3 and the audited consolidated balance sheet of Renaissance Re and its Subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2011 and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such date, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as disclosed therein), all in form and substance satisfactory in all respects to the Administrative Agent.

(xii) PATRIOT Act Information. All documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent that is required to satisfy applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT Act.

(xiii) Other. Such other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(b) Renaissance Re shall have a Financial Strength Rating of “A+” or higher with a “stable” outlook.

(d) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the consummation of the Loan Documents and the other transactions contemplated thereby shall have been obtained and remain in effect (with copies thereof delivered to the Administrative Agent) and shall be satisfactory in all respects to the Administrative Agent and no law or regulation shall be applicable or events have occurred which restrain the consummation of, or impose materially adverse conditions upon, the transactions under the Loan Documents.

(e) There shall not be any pending or threatened litigation, action, suit, investigation, proceeding, bankruptcy or insolvency, injunction, order or claim with respect to the Borrower or its subsidiaries or the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) Concurrently with the Effective Date, (i) all amounts outstanding under the credit agreement dated as of April 22, 2010, among the Borrower, the lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (as amended, the “Existing Credit Agreement”) shall be repaid and satisfied in full, and (ii) all commitments to extend credit under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be terminated; and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of the foregoing satisfactory to it, including a payoff letter executed by the parties to the Existing Credit Agreement.

SECTION 9.2 Conditions to All Credit Extensions. The obligation of the Lenders to make all Credit Extensions (including any Credit Extension made on the Effective Date) shall be subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction (in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) of each of the conditions precedent set forth below:

(a) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result from the making of the Credit Extensions.

(b) Warranties and Representations. (i) All warranties and representations contained in this Agreement (other than Section 5.4 except in the case of the initial Borrowing) shall be true and correct (if qualified as to materiality) or true and correct in all material respects (if not so qualified) as of the date of any Credit Extension, with the same effect as though made on the date of and concurrently with the making of such Credit Extension (except where such representation speaks as of a specified date) and (ii) all covenants contained herein and in such documents to be performed by each of the parties thereto (other than the Administrative Agent or the Lenders) prior to the date of any Credit Extension shall have been performed.

(c) Litigation. (i) No litigation (including derivative actions), arbitration, governmental investigation or proceeding or inquiry shall be, on the date of any Loan, pending, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or to obtain material relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereunder or, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, could be reasonably expected to be materially adverse to any of the parties to this Agreement and which is not Ordinary Course Litigation, and (ii) in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, no material adverse development shall have occurred in any litigation (including derivative actions), arbitration, government investigation or proceeding or inquiry disclosed in Schedule 5.4 which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Fees. The fees referred to in Section 2.6 which are due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date or the date of any Loan shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent, where applicable, for the benefit of the Lenders.

(e) Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Loan Notice in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE X.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

SECTION 10.1 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders and the Fronting Bank hereby irrevocably appoints ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Fronting Bank, and the Borrower shall not have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

SECTION 10.2 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the 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 the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

SECTION 10.3 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) 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 the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law; and

(c) 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 any of the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

The 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 the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.1 and 8.2) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the Fronting Bank.

The Administrative Agent shall not 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 or Event of 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 IX or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The 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 been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The 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 Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Fronting Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Fronting Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Fronting Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

SECTION 10.5 Delegation of Duties. The 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 the Administrative Agent. The 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 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

SECTION 10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Fronting Bank and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, 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 Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, the Fronting Bank and the LC Administrator, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the

Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Fronting Bank under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender, the Fronting Bank and the LC Administrator directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. 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 (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.4 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.

Any resignation by ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as the Fronting Bank and the LC Administrator. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Fronting Bank and LC Administrator, (b) the retiring Fronting Bank and LC Administrator shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor Fronting Bank and LC Administrator 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 the retiring Fronting Bank and LC Administrator to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Fronting Bank and LC Administrator with respect to such Letters of Credit.

SECTION 10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender, the Fronting Bank and the LC Administrator acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent 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 and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender, the Fronting Bank and the LC Administrator also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent 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 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.

SECTION 10.8 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunners or Arrangers 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 the Administrative Agent, a Lender, Fronting Bank or LC Administrator hereunder.

SECTION 10.9 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 the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or LC Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Fronting Bank and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Fronting Bank and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Fronting Bank and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.6, 3.8 and 11.4) 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 Fronting Bank or LC Administrator to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, Fronting Bank or LC Administrator, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.6 and 11.4.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender, Fronting Bank or LC Administrator any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender, Fronting Bank or LC Administrator to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender, Fronting Bank or LC Administrator in any such proceeding.

SECTION 10.10 Syndication Agent; Other Titles. The Lenders identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as “syndication agent” or “documentation agent” shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender so identified as a “syndication agent” or “documentation agent” shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.

ARTICLE XI.

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.1 Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent with respect to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent at the written request of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such waiver, amendment or consent shall:

(a) waive any conditions set forth in Section 9.1(a)(i) without the written consent of each Lender;

(b) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.2 without the consent of such Lender or extend the expiry date of any Letter of Credit to a date after the LC Expiration Date without the written consent of each Lender;

(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, Unreimbursed Amount, LC Borrowing, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or LC Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.1) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or any provision relating to Defaulting Lenders (including the definition thereof);

(e) change Section 2.10 or Section 8.3 in a manner which would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; or

(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Applicable Issuing Party in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Applicable Issuing Party under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application or other document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iii) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto whose rights and privileges are affected thereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender

may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

SECTION 11.2 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.

(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the LC Administrator or the Fronting Bank, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.2; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).

Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders, the LC Administrator and the Fronting Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including electronic mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the Applicable Issuing Party pursuant to Article III if such Lender or the Applicable Issuing Party, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an electronic mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return electronic mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its electronic mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the Fronting Bank or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the Fronting Bank or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Fronting Bank may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Fronting Bank. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available

through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities Laws.

(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, LC Administrator, Fronting Bank and Lenders.The Administrative Agent, the LC Administrator, the Fronting Bank and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the LC Administrator, the Fronting Bank, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower, except to the extent that such losses, costs, expenses or liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

SECTION 11.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. No failure by any Lender, any Applicable Issuing Party or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges 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 Borrower shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at Law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.2 for the benefit of all the Lenders, the LC Administrator and the Fronting Bank; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the 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) either Applicable Issuing Party from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as an Applicable Issuing Party) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.8 (subject to the terms of Section 2.10), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to the Borrower 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 the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.2 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.10, 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 11.4 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable documented expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates (including the reasonable documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates (including the allocated costs of internal counsel)), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, due diligence, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable documented expenses incurred by an Applicable Issuing Party in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable documented expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Lender or an Applicable Issuing Party (including the reasonable documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or Affiliate thereof, any Lender, any Arranger or an Applicable Issuing Party (including the allocated costs of internal counsel)), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

(b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Arranger, each Lender, the LC Administrator and the Fronting Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee (including the allocated costs of internal counsel for such Indemnitee), and settlement costs incurred by such Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 4.1), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an Applicable Issuing Party or LC 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 (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to

the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any member of its Lender Group, (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of the obligations of such Indemnitee or of any member of its Lender Group hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) result from any dispute solely between or among Indemnitees other than (1) any claims against any Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, any Fronting Bank or any LC Administrator in their capacities as such or in fulfilling their customary duties with respect thereto or any similar role or under any other Loan Document and (2) any claims arising out of any act or omission on the part of the Borrower or its Affiliates.

(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Fronting Bank, the LC Administrator or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Fronting Bank, the LC Administrator or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, 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 the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or an Applicable Issuing Party in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or an Applicable Issuing Party in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.9(d).

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.

(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the LC Administrator and the Fronting Bank, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

SECTION 11.5 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, an Applicable Issuing Party or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, an Applicable Issuing Party or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, such Applicable Issuing Party or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and each Applicable Issuing Party severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the Applicable Issuing Parties under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 11.6 Successors and Assigns.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the 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 subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (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 subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the LC Administrator, the Fronting Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Lenders. 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 and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), direct obligations under and participations in LC Obligations) 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 Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it 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 subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance 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 the 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 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.

(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned;

(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof;

(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; and

(C) the consent of the Fronting Bank (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding) of which the Fronting Bank is the issuer.

(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a natural person.

(vi) 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 the assignment shall have made such additional payments to the 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 the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans, obligations under Several Letters of Credit and participations in Fronted Letters of Credit in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, and 11.4 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.

(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and LC Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) 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 (including such Lender’s participations in LC Obligations) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the LC Administrator and the Fronting Bank shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 11.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.1, 4.4 and 4.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.8 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.10 as though it were a Lender.

(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 4.1 or 4.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.1 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 4.1(e) as though it were a Lender.

(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note(s), if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g) Resignation as LC Administrator and Fronting Bank after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo may, upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as the Fronting Bank and LC Administrator. In the event of any such resignation as the Fronting Bank and LC Administrator, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Fronting Bank and LC Administrator hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo as the Fronting Bank and LC Administrator. If ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo resigns as the Fronting Bank and LC Administrator, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the Fronting Bank and LC Administrator hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding and issued by it as of the effective date of its resignation as the Fronting Bank and LC Administrator and all LC Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 3.2). Upon the appointment of a successor Fronting Bank and LC Administrator, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Fronting Bank and LC Administrator, and (b) the successor Fronting Bank and LC Administrator shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession and issued by the retiring Fronting Bank and LC Administrator or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Fronting Bank and LC Administrator to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Fronting Bank and LC Administrator with respect to such Letters of Credit.

SECTION 11.7 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Fronting Bank agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this

Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(c) or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower, (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Fronting Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower, (i) to any rating agency when required by it, provided that, prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any Information received by it from the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Bank or any Lender, or (j) on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Loans, provided that such disclosure shall be limited to the Information required by the CUSIP Service Bureau or similar agency. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Fronting Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Fronting Bank acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.

SECTION 11.8 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Fronting Bank, the LC Administrator and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the LC Administrator, the Fronting Bank or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, the LC Administrator or the Fronting Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, the LC Administrator or the Fronting Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender, the LC Administrator or the Fronting Bank different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.12 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the

Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, the LC Administrator, the Fronting Bank and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the LC Administrator, the Fronting Bank or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender, the LC Administrator and the Fronting Bank agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

SECTION 11.9 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

SECTION 11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 9.1, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 11.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

SECTION 11.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Bank or the LC Administrator, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

SECTION 11.13 Replacement of Lenders. If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.4, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.1, (iii) a single Lender does not consent to an amendment or waiver which, pursuant to Section 11.1, requires the consent of all Lenders, or (iv) any Lender is an Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the 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 11.6), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

(a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 11.6(b);

(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and LC Borrowings, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 4.5) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.4 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.1, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

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 the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

SECTION 11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER, THE LC ADMINISTRATOR OR THE FRONTING BANK MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL DIRECTED TO IT AT THE ADDRESS OF ITS AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ATTN: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, AT ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE (3) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID AND PROPERLY ADDRESSED. IN ADDITION, EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.2. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

SECTION 11.15 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 11.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers, are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) 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; (ii) (A) each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers 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 and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender nor any Arranger 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 Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender nor any Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

SECTION 11.17 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state Laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

SECTION 11.18 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into Law October 26, 2001)) (the “PATRIOT Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

SECTION 11.19 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in such currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Law).

SECTION 11.20 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the final agreement among the parties and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements among the parties.

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RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.

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		Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
		Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION., as Administrative Agent, Fronting Bank, LC Administrator and Lender

By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
		Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
		Title: Director

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CITIBANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent and Lender

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		Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
		Title: Authorized Signatory

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BARCLAYS BANK plc, as a Lender

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		Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
		Title: Director and Head of Insurance, North America

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a Lender

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		Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
		Title: Managing Director

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 17, 2012 among RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. as the Borrower, VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, as the Lenders, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Fronting Bank, LC Administrator and Administrative Agent, CITIBANK,...

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