CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of October 30, 2012 among FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG & CO. KGAA, FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. AND THE OTHER BORROWERS AND GUARANTORS IDENTIFIED HEREIN, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as...

Exhibit 2.25

Published CUSIP Numbers:
Deal: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
USD Revolver: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Multi-Currency Revolver:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Term Loan A: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of October 30, 2012

among

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG & CO. KGAA,
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
AND THE OTHER BORROWERS AND GUARANTORS IDENTIFIED HEREIN,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Sole Syndication Agent,

COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
SUNTRUST BANK,

UNICREDIT BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH

and

▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents,

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LYNCH, PIERCE, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ INCORPORATED,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES LLC
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
SUNTRUST ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, INC.,

UNICREDIT BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH

and

▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
as Mandated Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Running Managers

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Credit Agreement”) is entered into as of October 30, 2012, among FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG & Co. KGaA, a German partnership limited by shares, FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC., a New York corporation, and the other Borrowers identified herein, the Guarantors identified herein, the Lenders party hereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders provide revolving credit facilities and term loan facilities, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

In consideration of these premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01        Defined Terms.  As used in this Credit Agreement, the following terms have the meanings provided below:

“Absolute Rate” means a fixed rate of interest expressed in multiples of 1/100th of one basis point.

“Absolute Rate Loan” means a Competitive Revolving Loan that bears interest at a rate determined with reference to an Absolute Rate.

“Acquisition” means a purchase or acquisition by any Person (a) that after giving effect thereto first results in such Person owning more than 50% of the Capital Stock with ordinary voting power of another Person or (b) of all or any substantial portion of the property (other than Capital Stock) of another Person, whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such Person.  “Acquire” shall have a correlative meaning.  For the avoidance of doubt, once a Person owns more than 50% of the Capital Stock with ordinary voting power of another Person, additional purchases or acquisitions of additional Capital Stock of such other Person will be considered Investments and not Acquisitions.

“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders under any of the Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 (as may be updated from time to time) 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 the Borrowers and the Lenders.

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

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in relation to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, the term

“Affiliate” shall not include (i) the UK government or any member or instrumentality thereof, including Her Majesty’s Treasury and UK Financial Investments Limited (or any directors, officers, employees or entities thereof) or (ii) any persons or entities controlled by or under common control with the UK government or any member or instrumentality thereof (including Her Majesty’s Treasury and UK Financial Investments Limited) and which are not part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and its subsidiaries or subsidiary undertakings.

“Aggregate Commitments” means the aggregate principal amount of the Commitments.

“Aggregate Euro Revolving Commitment” means the Euro Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders.

“Aggregate Euro Revolving Committed Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(b)(i).

“Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders.

“Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c)(i).

“Aggregate Revolving Commitment” means the Aggregate Euro Revolving Commitment, the Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment and the Aggregate USD Revolving Commitment.

“Aggregate USD Revolving Commitment” means the USD Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders.

“Aggregate USD Revolving Committed Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a)(i).

“Agreement Currency” has the meaning provided in Section 11.19.

“Alternative Currency” means

(i)            for Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations, Euros, British Pounds Sterling, Swiss francs, Japanese yen and Canadian dollars, and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.06;

(ii)           for Competitive Revolving Loans, Euros, British Pounds Sterling, Swiss francs, Japanese yen, Canadian dollars and Mexican pesos, and any other currency (other than Dollars) that a Lender is willing to provide; and

(iii)          for other purposes hereunder, including “Cash Equivalents”, Euros, British Pounds Sterling, Swiss francs, Japanese yen, Canadian dollars and any other currency that is approved by the Required Lenders.

“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable foreign currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, 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 foreign currency with Dollars.

“Applicable Currency” means Dollars or the applicable Alternative Currency.

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“Applicable Percentage” means the following percentages per annum:

APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES FOR REVOLVING LOANS AND TRANCHE A TERM LOAN

Applicable Percentages for the Loan Obligations, the Letter of Credit Fee and the Commitment Fee will be based on the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.02(b), except that Pricing Level I shall be in effect for a period of six months from the Closing Date.  Any increase or decrease in such Applicable Percentage resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(b); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance therewith, then Pricing Level I shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered until the first Business Day immediately following delivery thereof.

The Applicable Percentages for any Incremental Loan Facility will be as provided in the Incremental Loan Facility Joinder Agreement relating thereto.

Determinations by the Administrative Agent of the appropriate Pricing Level shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Percentage for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b).

“Applicable Required Lenders” means the Required USD Revolving Lenders, Required Euro Revolving Lenders, Required Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders and/or the Required Tranche A Term Lenders, as applicable.

“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any Borrowings and 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, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Competitive Bid Agent, 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 settlement, as previously notified in writing to FME and FMCH.

“Applicant Borrower” has the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

“Approved Bank” means (a) any Lender, (b) any commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million in the case of a U.S. commercial bank and $250 million (or the U.S. Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of any other bank, or (c) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof or from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ is at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof.

“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.

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“Approved Jurisdiction” means each of Australia, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States (including any of its States and the District of Columbia) and the member states of the European Union, and any other jurisdiction approved by the Required Lenders.

“Arrangers” means MLPF&S, DBSI, Commerzbank AG, New York Branch, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities LLC, The Bank of Nova Scotia, SunTrust ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc., UniCredit Bank AG, New York Branch and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Securities, LLC, in their capacity as mandated lead arrangers and joint book running managers.

“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 Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit 11.06 or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Attributable Principal Amount” means (a) in the case of capital leases, the amount of capital lease obligations determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) in the case of Synthetic Leases, an amount determined by capitalization of the remaining lease payments thereunder as if it were a capital lease determined in accordance with GAAP, (c) in the case of Securitization Transactions, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve amounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent after consultation with the Lenders and (d) in the case of Sale and Leaseback Transactions, the present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the term of such lease).

“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(b)(iii).

“Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(b)(iv).

“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A., together with its successors.

“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to, in the case of Loan Obligations denominated in Dollars, the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus one-half of one percent (0.5%), (b) the Prime Rate and (c) except during a Fixed LIBOR Rate Unavailability Period, the Fixed LIBOR Rate for Dollars plus one-half of one percent (0.50%).

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.  All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.

“Bid Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Competitive Revolving Loans of the same Type from each of the Revolving Lenders whose offer to make one or more Competitive Revolving Loans as part of such borrowing has been accepted under the auction bidding procedures described in Section 2.18.

“Bid Request” means a written request for one or more Competitive Revolving Loans substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.18-1.

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“Borrower Joinder Agreement” means a Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement or other joinder agreement satisfactory to the Administrative Agent whereby an additional party is joined as a Borrower hereunder under Section 2.14(a) or otherwise.

“Borrowers” means:

(i)            for Credit Extensions under the USD Revolving Commitments (other than USD Swingline Loans), (a) FME, (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers and (c) the other Designated Borrowers in respect thereof;

(ii)           for Credit Extensions under the Euro Revolving Commitments, (a) FME, (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers and (c) the other Designated Borrowers in respect thereof;

(iii)          for Credit Extensions under the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments (other than Multi-Currency Swingline Loans), (a) FME, (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers and (c) the other Designated Borrowers in respect thereof;

(iv)          for USD Swingline Loans, (a) FME and (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers;

(v)           for Multi-Currency Swingline Loans, (a) FME and (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers; and

(vi)          for the Tranche A Term Loan, FMCH and the Co-Borrowers;

and, in each case, including their successors and permitted assigns, subject to the provisions for designation and removal of Borrowers in Section 2.14.

“Borrowing” means (a) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type, in the same currency and having the same Interest Period, (b) a Bid Borrowing or (c) a Swingline Borrowing, as appropriate.

“Borrowing Limit” means, for any Primary Borrower, the full amount of the applicable Revolving Commitment, and for any Applicant Borrower that becomes a Borrower hereunder in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.14(a), the amount identified in the Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement.  The Borrowing Limit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.

“British Pounds Sterling”, “Sterling” and “£” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

“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, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located or in the State of New York, and:

(a)           if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in respect of any such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan, any such day that is also a London Banking Day;

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(b)           if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in respect of any such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan, a TARGET Day;

(c)           if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and

(d)           if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in respect of any such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.

“Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership (including, without limitation, a KGaA (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien)), partnership interests (whether general or limited) or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests and (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

“Captive Insurance Company” means any Affiliate of the Credit Parties primarily engaged in the business of providing insurance, reinsurance and insurance-related services to the Credit Parties, their Affiliates and associated healthcare practices.

“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers or Swingline Lenders (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swingline Loans, or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the applicable L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender benefitting from such collateral 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 applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swingline Lender (as applicable). “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“Cash Equivalents” means (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by (i) the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) or (ii) the governments of Germany or the United Kingdom, or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of Germany or the United Kingdom, as the case may be, is pledged in support thereof), in each case having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar or Alternative Currency denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of any Approved Bank, in each case with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition and, solely with respect to members of the Consolidated Group located outside of the US, UK and Germany, time deposits and certificates of deposit with local banks denominated in local currency in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50 million at any time,

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(c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by (i) the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) or (ii) the governments of Germany or the United Kingdom or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of Germany or the United Kingdom, as the case may be, is pledged in support thereof), in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the repurchase obligations and (e) Investments (classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets) in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500 million and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subclauses hereof.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Credit Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ 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, implemented, adopted or issued.

“Change of Control” means if the general partner of the KGaA charged with management of FME shall at any time fail to be a Subsidiary of FSE, or if FSE shall fail at any time to own and control more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Capital Stock with ordinary voting power in FME.

“Closing Date” means October 30, 2012, being the first date all conditions precedent in Section 5.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01.

“CMS” means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, any successor thereof and any predecessor thereof, including the United States Health Care Financing Administration.

“Co-Borrowers” means the Subsidiaries of FMCH that are identified as “Co-Borrowers” on the signature pages hereto and other such Subsidiaries joined as “Co-Borrowers” hereunder in accordance with Section 2.14(a).  Co-Borrowers are Primary Borrowers with joint and several obligations in respect of the respective Loan Obligations as provided in Section 2.15(a).

“Collateral” means the collateral identified in, and at any time covered by, the Collateral Documents.

“Collateral Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as collateral agent for the holders of the Obligations, the guaranties relating thereto and the other secured obligations identified in the Collateral Documents, and any successor in such capacity.

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“Collateral Documents” means a collective reference to the Pledge Agreements and any pledge agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or document granting a lien on or security interest in Collateral provided by any Credit Party in connection with the Obligations.

“Commitment Percentages” means the Revolving Commitment Percentage and/or the Tranche A Term Loan Commitment Percentage, as context requires.

“Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to (i) in the case of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans, the Revolving Termination Date, and (ii) in the case of Letters of Credit, the L/C Expiration Date, or, in any case, any earlier date on which the Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated.

“Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments, and the L/C Commitments and the Swingline Commitments, as applicable, thereunder, and the Term Loan Commitments.

“Competitive Bid” means a written offer by a Multi-Currency Revolving Lender to make one or more Competitive Revolving Loans, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.18-2, duly completed and signed by a Revolving Lender.

“Competitive Bid Agent” means (a) any Multi-Currency Revolving Lender that agrees to act as Competitive Bid Agent or any successor thereto in such capacity or (b) if at any time no Multi-Currency Revolving Lender is willing or available to serve in such capacity, FMCH.

“Competitive Revolving Loan Maximum Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(d).

“Competitive Revolving Loans” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(d).

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 7.02.

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

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group, the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income, plus (ii) to the extent deducted in determining net income, (A) Consolidated Interest Expense, (B) tax expense based on income and (C) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges (but not including, for purposes hereof, restructuring charges which do not initially involve a cash payment but as for which there will be a subsequent cash payment), in each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.  Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable period shall be the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date of determination.

“Consolidated Funded Debt” means, for the Consolidated Group, Funded Debt determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding for purposes hereof Indebtedness in respect of convertible bonds referred to in Sections 8.01(i) and 8.03(e).

“Consolidated Group” means FME and its Subsidiaries.

“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ending, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA to (ii) the sum of Consolidated Interest Expense minus interest income for the Consolidated Group determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

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“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group, all interest expense, including the amortization of debt discount and premium, the interest component under capital leases and the implied interest component under Securitization Transactions, in each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.  Except as expressly provided otherwise, the applicable period shall be the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date of determination.

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) the sum of Consolidated Funded Debt on such day minus the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents held by members of the Consolidated Group on such day, to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of such day.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group, net income (or loss) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding for purposes of determining the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, extraordinary gains and losses and gains and losses from discontinued operations, and, in each such case, related tax effects thereon.  Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable period shall be the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date of determination.

“Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of any day for the Consolidated Group, net worth determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding, for purposes hereof, (i) foreign currency translation adjustments of up to $100 million at any time and (ii) the fair value of Swap Contracts.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

“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.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.

“Credit Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as defined in the preamble hereto, as the same may be amended and modified from time to time.

“Credit Documents” means this Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Fee Letters, the Issuer Documents, any Borrower Joinder Agreements, any Guarantor Joinder Agreements, any Incremental Loan Facility Joinder Agreements, the Parallel Debt Agreement, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 of this Credit Agreement and all other documents, instruments or agreements from time to time executed by any Responsible Officer or duly authorized signatory of a member of the Consolidated Group and delivered in connection with this Credit Agreement.

“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing, (b) the conversion or continuation of a Borrowing, and (c) an L/C Credit Extension.

“Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Borrowers and the Guarantors.

“Credit Party Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.

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“DBSI” means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., together with its successors.

“Debt Rating” means the long term secured senior, non-credit enhanced debt ratings for FME provided by the Rating Services.

“Debt Transactions” means, with respect to any member of the Consolidated Group, the sale, issuance or placement of Funded Debt other than as permitted under Section 8.01.

“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 or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

“Default” means any event, act or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means

(a)           in the case of the Letter of Credit Fee, an interest rate equal to the sum of (i) the Applicable Percentage, plus (ii) two percent (2.0%) per annum;

(b)           in the case of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, an interest rate equal to the sum of (i) the Fixed LIBOR Rate therefor, plus (ii) the Applicable Percentage, plus (iii) Mandatory Cost, if any, plus (iv) two percent (2.0%) per annum; and

(c)           in all other cases, including Base Rate Loans, an interest rate equal to the sum of (i) the Base Rate, plus (ii) the Applicable Percentage, plus (iii) two percent (2.0%) per annum.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(d), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such failure is due to such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer, a Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or a Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect unless such failure is due to such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding has not been satisfied, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers), 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, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; 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

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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, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(d)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the L/C Issuers, the Swingline Lenders and the other Lenders promptly following such determination.

“Defaulting Lender Account” has the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a)(iv).

“Designated Borrower Notice” has the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

“Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement” has the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

“Designated Borrowers” means the Subsidiaries of FME that are joined as “Designated Borrowers” hereunder in accordance with Section 2.14(a).  Designated Borrowers that are Primary Borrowers have joint and several obligations in respect of the respective Loan Obligations as provided in Section 2.15(a).  Designated Borrowers that are not Primary Borrowers have several, and not joint, obligations in respect of the respective Loan Obligations as provided in Section 2.15(b).

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith; provided, that for purposes of the definition of Pro Forma Basis, “Disposition” shall mean any Disposition to a Person that is not a member of the Consolidated Group of (i) more than 50% of the Capital Stock of any member of the Consolidated Group, (ii) all or any substantial portion of the property of any member of the Consolidated Group or (iii) any business unit.

“Dollar”, “U.S. Dollar”, “$” and “USD” mean the lawful currency 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 other currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, 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 other currency.

“Domestic Credit Party” means any Credit Party that is organized under the laws of any State of the United States or the District of Columbia.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any State of the United States or the District of Columbia.

“EIB Loan” means the loan facilities provided by the European Investment Bank to FME pursuant to loan documentation dated as of July 13, 2005, December 19, 2006 and December 23, 2009, and any Support Obligations of FMCH and FMCD in respect thereof, as amended or modified and as in effect from time to time and obligations of FME and its Subsidiaries in respect of the bank guaranties issued in support of such loan facilities.

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“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).

“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

“Equity Transaction” means, with respect to any member of the Consolidated Group, any issuance or sale of shares of its Capital Stock, other than an issuance (a) to a member of the Consolidated Group, (b) in connection with a conversion of debt securities to equity, (c) in connection with the exercise by a present or former employee, officer or director under a stock incentive plan, stock option plan or other equity-based compensation plan or arrangement, and (d) in connection with any Permitted Acquisition hereunder.

“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 FMCH within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).

“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by FMCH 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 FMCH 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 Sections 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 that would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) 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 FMCH or any ERISA Affiliate.

“Euro”, “EUR” or “€” mean the single currency of the Participating Member States.

“Euro Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Euro, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any other currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Euro as determined by the Administrative Agent (or, with respect to Letters of Credit, as determined by the L/C Issuer) at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined as of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Euro with such Foreign Currency.

“Euro Revolving Commitment” means, for each Euro Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Euro Revolving Loans (and to share in Euro Revolving Loan Obligations) hereunder.  The initial Euro Revolving Commitments are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“Euro Revolving Commitment Percentage” means, for each Euro Revolving Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s

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Euro Revolving Committed Amount and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Euro Revolving Committed Amount.  The initial Euro Revolving Commitment Percentages are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“Euro Revolving Committed Amount” means, for each Euro Revolving Lender, the amount of such Lender’s Euro Revolving Commitment.  The initial Euro Revolving Committed Amounts are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“Euro Revolving Lenders” means those Lenders with Euro Revolving Commitments, together with their successors and permitted assigns.  The initial Euro Revolving Lenders are identified on the signature pages hereto and are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“Euro Revolving Loan” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(b)(i), including any additional loans and commitments established in respect thereof as Incremental Loan Facilities hereunder.

“Euro Revolving Loan Obligations” means the Euro Revolving Loans.

“Euro Revolving Notes” means the promissory notes, if any, given to evidence the Euro Revolving Loans, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.  A form of Euro Revolving Note is attached as Exhibit 2.13-3.

“Event of Default” has the meaning provided in Section 9.01.

“Excluded Securitization Transactions” means (a) the accounts receivable financing facility of NMC contemplated by the Fifth Amended and Restated Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of November 17, 2009, among NMC Funding Corporation, as transferor, NMC, as initial collection agent, Compass US Acquisition LLC and other conduit investors party thereto, the financial institutions party thereto, as bank investors, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Agricole Credit and Investment Bank, New York Branch, Royal Bank of Canada and WestLB AG, New York Branch, as administrative agents for the bank investors, as amended, modified, renewed or supplemented from time to time, and any Permitted Receivables Financing entered into in replacement thereof, and (b) any other Permitted Receivables Financing, but only to the extent that the aggregate Attributable Principal Amount of the foregoing Securitization Transactions described in clause (a) and clause (b) hereof shall not exceed $1,000 million.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrowers under Section 11.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

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“Exclusion Event” means an event or events where (a) one or more members of the Consolidated Group other than any member of the Consolidated Group that either ceased operations or discontinued a material portion of its business or operations before September 30, 1999 are excluded from participation in any state or federal Medical Reimbursement Program and (b) in the prior fiscal year revenues from such excluded programs generated by the members of the Consolidated Group excluded from such programs represented more than five percent (5%) of consolidated revenues for the Consolidated Group.

“Existing Bank Credit Agreement” means that certain Bank Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2006 among FME, FMCH and certain of their subsidiaries and affiliates, as borrowers, certain subsidiaries and affiliates of FME, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as agent, as the same has been amended or modified from time to time, as in effect on the Closing Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement.

“Existing Multi-Currency Letters of Credit” means those letters of credit outstanding on the Closing Date and identified as such on Schedule 2.03.

“Existing Senior Notes” means:

(i)            the €250 million aggregate principal amount of 5.50% senior notes due 2016 of FMC Finance VI S.A.,

(ii)           the €300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due 2021 of FMC Finance VII S.A.,

(iii)          the €100 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2016, the €400 million aggregate principal amount of 6.5% senior notes due 2018 and the €250 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due 2019 of FMC Finance VIII S.A.,

(iv)          the $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2017 and the $650 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior notes due 2021 of Fresenius Medical Care US Finance, Inc., and

(v)           the $400 million aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior notes due 2018, the $800 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2019 and the $700 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior notes due 2022 of Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc.,

and, in each case, related Support Obligations.

“Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2006 among FME, FMCH and certain of their subsidiaries and affiliates, as borrowers, certain subsidiaries and affiliates of FME, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as agent, as the same has been amended or modified from time to time, as in effect on the Closing Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement.

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

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Credit Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not

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materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100th of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“Fee Letters” means (i) that certain letter agreement, dated as of September 28, 2012, among FME, FMCH, MLPF&S and DBSI, (ii) that certain letter agreement, dated as of September 28, 2012 among FME, FMCH and the Administrative Agent, and (iii) that certain letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date among FME, FMCH and Bank of America, as L/C Issuer, in each case as amended or supplemented and as in effect from time to time.

“First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means any Foreign Subsidiary that is owned directly by FMCH or a Domestic Subsidiary of FMCH.

“Fixed LIBOR Rate” means:

(a)           for any Interest Period with respect to a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan, if in relation to an advance denominated in Euros, the interest rate appearing on the relevant Reuters screen (as of the Closing Date, Reuters page EURIBOR 01) or if such page is not available, Telerate screen page 248 (or any successor thereto) as an annual interest rate, determined by the Banking Federation of the European Union, for deposits in Euro, as of 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or if in relation to an advance denominated in any other currency, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate or the successor thereto if the British Bankers Association is no longer making a LIBOR rate available (“LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of 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 deposits in the relevant currency (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 the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or other Bank of America branch or Affiliates) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and

(b)           for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two London Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not

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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 date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank Eurocurrency market at their request at the date and time of determination;

provided, that (A) the Fixed LIBOR Rate shall not be less than zero, and (B) under , in each case, if the Borrowers request and the Administrative Agent approves any Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan having an Interest Period with a duration other than one, two, three or six months (but not longer than six months), the applicable interest rate for such period shall be the rate determined by the Administrative Agent by means of straight-line interpolation of (i) the rate that would be applicable for the next closest Interest Period otherwise available with a duration shorter than the requested period, and (ii) the rate that would be applicable for the next closest Interest Period otherwise available with a duration longer than the requested period, provided, that if the requested period extends over any year end, the higher of the two rates will apply.

“Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid” means the margin above or below the Fixed LIBOR Rate to be added to or subtracted from the Fixed LIBOR Rate, which margin shall be expressed in multiples of 1/100th of one basis point.

“Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loan” means a Competitive Revolving Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Fixed LIBOR Rate.

“Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Fixed LIBOR Rate”.  Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.  All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans.

“Fixed LIBOR Rate Unavailability Period” means any period of time during which a notice delivered to the Borrower in accordance with clauses (a) and (b) of Section 3.03 shall remain in force and effect.

“FMC BetGes” means Fresenius Medical Care Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, a German limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung).

“FMCD” means Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, a German limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung).

“FMCH” means Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., a New York corporation.

“FME” means Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, a German partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien).

“Foreign Currencies” means lawful currencies other than Dollars (including Alternative Currencies).

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

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definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

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

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s pro rata share of the outstanding L/C Obligations (with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer) other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s pro rata share of Swingline Loans (with respect to the Swingline Loans issued by such Swingline Lender) other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

“FSE” means Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, a German partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien).

“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.

“Funded Debt” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a)           all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the Obligations hereunder), and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b)           all purchase money indebtedness (including indebtedness and obligations in respect of conditional sales and title retention arrangements, except for customary conditional sales and title retention arrangements with suppliers that are entered into in the ordinary course of business) and all indebtedness and obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable on customary trade terms and deferred compensation arrangements with employees);

(c)           the Attributable Principal Amount of capital leases and Synthetic Leases;

(d)           the Attributable Principal Amount of Securitization Transactions;

(e)           all preferred stock and comparable equity interests providing for mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other like payments issued to a Person that is not a member of the Consolidated Group;

(f)            Support Obligations in respect of Funded Debt of another Person; and

(g)           Funded Debt of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as such, has personal liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof.

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For purposes hereof, the amount of Funded Debt shall be determined based on the outstanding principal amount in the case of borrowed money indebtedness under clause (a) and purchase money indebtedness and the deferred purchase obligations under clause (b), and based on the amount of Funded Debt that is the subject of the Support Obligations in the case of Support Obligations under clause (f).

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States unless and until election by FME of IFRS as provided in Section 1.03(e) and thereafter, IFRS, subject in each case, to the provisions of Section 1.03.

“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).

“Governmental Reimbursement Program Costs” means with respect to and payable by members of the Consolidated Group the sum of:

(a)           all amounts (including punitive and other similar amounts) agreed to be paid in settlement or payable as a result of a final, non-appealable judgment, award or similar order relating to Medical Reimbursement Programs;

(b)           all final, non-appealable fines, penalties, forfeitures or other amounts rendered pursuant to criminal indictments or other criminal proceedings relating to Medical Reimbursement Programs; and

(c)           the amount of final, non-appealable recovery, damages, awards, penalties, forfeitures or similar amounts rendered in any litigation, suit, arbitration, investigation or other legal or administrative proceeding of any kind relating to Medical Reimbursement Programs;

provided, however, that Governmental Reimbursement Program Costs for purposes of this Credit Agreement shall not include any judgments, awards, fines, penalties or similar amounts that total less than $5 million in the aggregate.

“Guarantor Joinder Agreement” means a Guarantor Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 7.12.

“Guarantors” means (a) FME, (b) FMCH, (c) NMC, (d) RCG, (e) FMCD, (f) FMC BetGes, (g) those other Subsidiaries identified on the signature pages hereto as “Guarantors” and (h) any other Person that becomes a Guarantor after the Closing Date, in each case together with their successors and permitted assigns and subject to the provisions of Sections 8.04 and 8.05.

“Guaranty” means (a) the guaranty provided pursuant to Article IV hereof, and/or (b) any other guaranty agreement in respect of the Obligations given by any Person, whether by way of Guarantor Joinder Agreement or otherwise, in each case as the same may be amended and modified from time to time.

“Honor Date” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(c)(i).

“IFRS” means international financial reporting standards as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board and in effect from time to time.

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“Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary” means a Foreign Subsidiary of FME that is not a Credit Party and owns assets with a fair market value of less than $50 million.

“Incremental Loan Facilities” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(f).

“Incremental Loan Facility Joinder Agreement” means any joinder agreement entered into in connection with the Incremental Loan Facilities.

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a)           all Funded Debt;

(b)           all contingent obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments (including bank guaranties, surety bonds, comfort letters, keep-well agreements and capital maintenance agreements to the extent such instruments or agreements support financial, rather than performance, obligations);

(c)           net obligations under any Swap Contract;

(d)           Support Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of another Person; and

(e)           Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as such, has personal liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof.

For purposes hereof, the amount of Indebtedness shall be determined (i) based on Swap Termination Value in the case of net obligations under Swap Contracts under clause (c) and (ii) based on the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness that is the subject of the Support Obligations in the case of Support Obligations under clause (d).

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

“Indemnitee” has the meaning provided in Section 11.04(b).

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Base Rate Loan (including Swingline Loans), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, the Revolving Termination Date and the date of the final principal amortization payment on any Term Loan and, in the case of any Swingline Loan, any other dates as may be mutually agreed upon by the applicable Borrowers and the Swingline Lender, and (b) as to any Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each Interest Period for such Loan, the date of repayment of principal of such Loan, the Revolving Termination Date and the date of the final principal amortization payment on any Term Loan, and in addition, where the applicable Interest Period exceeds three months, the date every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period.  If an Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be deemed to be the next succeeding Business Day.

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“Interest Period” means, (a) as to each Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan and ending on (i) the date one, two, three or six months and, in the case of Revolving Loans and the Tranche A Term Loan, with the prior written consent of all applicable Lenders, nine and twelve months thereafter, as selected by the applicable Borrower in its Loan Notice, or (ii) such other date not more than six months from the commencement date thereof as requested by the Borrower in its Loan Notice and approved by the Administrative Agent and (b) as to each Absolute Rate Loan, a period of not less than seven days and not more than 180 days as selected by the applicable Borrower in the Bid Request; provided that:

(a)           any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(b)           any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

(c)           no Interest Period with respect to any Revolving Loan shall extend beyond the Revolving Termination Date; and

(d)           no Interest Period with respect to any Term Loan shall extend beyond any principal amortization payment date, except to the extent that the portion of such Loan comprised of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans that is expiring prior to the applicable principal amortization payment date plus the portion comprised of Base Rate Loans equals or exceeds the principal amortization payment then due.

“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guaranty or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in (including by way of repurchase arrangements), another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Investments made by any rabbi trust or other similar employee benefit or retirement arrangements of FMCH and its Subsidiaries.  For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

“IP Rights” has the meaning provided in Section 6.18.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“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 of such Letter of Credit).

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

“Judgment Currency” has the meaning provided in Section 11.19.

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

“L/C Advance” means a USD L/C Advance and/or a Multi-Currency L/C Advance, as appropriate.

“L/C Application” means a USD L/C Application and/or a Multi-Currency L/C Application, as appropriate.

“L/C Borrowing” means a USD L/C Borrowing and/or a Multi-Currency L/C Borrowing, as appropriate.

“L/C Combined Sublimit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a).

“L/C Commitment” means the USD L/C Commitment and/or a Multi-Currency L/C Commitment, as appropriate.

“L/C Credit Extension” means a USD L/C Credit Extension and/or a Multi-Currency L/C Credit Extension, as appropriate.

“L/C Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the Revolving Termination Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).

“L/C Issuer” means the USD L/C Issuer and/or the Multi-Currency L/C Issuer, as appropriate.

“L/C Obligations” means the USD L/C Obligations and/or the Multi-Currency L/C Obligations, as appropriate.

“L/C Sublimit” means the USD L/C Sublimit or the Multi-Currency L/C Sublimit, as appropriate.

“L/C Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(c)(i).

“Lenders” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders, the USD Revolving Lenders, the Euro Revolving Lenders and/or the Tranche A Term Loan Lenders, as appropriate.

“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender (or an Affiliate thereof) set forth in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

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“Letter of Credit” means a USD Letter of Credit and/or a Multi-Currency Letter of Credit, as appropriate.

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning provided in Section 2.09(b)(i).

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Loans (including Swingline Loans), (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.02.

“Loan Obligations” means the Revolving Loan Obligations and the Term Loans.

“Loans” means any Revolving Loan and/or any Term Loan, and the Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans comprising such Loans.

“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in deposits in the Applicable Currency are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

“Mandatory Cost” means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01(a).

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any of the Borrowers (taken as a whole) or the Consolidated Group taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Credit Document to which it is a party.

“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means (i) FMCH, (ii) NMC and (iii) any Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary that, on an unconsolidated basis, has at least $300 million in assets or generates at least $60 million of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended; provided, however, that for purposes hereof (a) Securitization Subsidiaries and Captive Insurance Companies shall not be considered to be “Material Domestic Subsidiaries” and (b) for purposes of determining whether any special purpose Subsidiary of FME that issues or assumes senior notes is a Material Domestic Subsidiary hereunder, the proceeds of such senior notes shall not be considered for the purpose of determining assets of such Subsidiary to the extent such proceeds have been lent as permitted intercompany indebtedness, or contributed to another member of the Consolidated Group, and any interest in respect of any such loan shall not be considered for the purpose of determining Consolidated EBITDA of such Subsidiary.

“Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of FMCH that is owned directly by FMCH or one of its Domestic Subsidiaries that, taken together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, has at least $300 million in assets or generates at least $60 million in Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended; provided, however, that for purposes hereof Securitization Subsidiaries and/or other similar finance special purpose Subsidiaries

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and Captive Insurance Companies shall not be considered to be “Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiaries”.

“Material Subsidiary” means a Material Domestic Subsidiary or a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary.

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.09.

“Medicaid” means that means-tested entitlement program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, which provides federal grants to states for medical assistance based on specific eligibility criteria, as set forth at Section 1396, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.

“Medicaid Provider Agreement” means an agreement entered into between a state agency or other such entity administering the Medicaid program and a health care provider or supplier, under which the health care provider or supplier agrees to provide services for Medicaid patients in accordance with the terms of the agreement and Medicaid Regulations.

“Medicaid Regulations” means, collectively, (a) all federal statutes (whether set forth in Title XIX of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting the medical assistance program established by Title XIX of the Social Security Act and any successor statutes thereto; (b) all applicable provisions of all federal rules, regulations, manuals and orders of all Governmental Authorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (a) above and all federal administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the force of law promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (a) above; (c) all state statutes and plans for medical assistance enacted in connection with the statutes and provisions described in clauses (a) and (b) above; and (d) all applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders of all Governmental Authorities promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (c) above and all state administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines of all Governmental Authorities having the force of law promulgated pursuant to or in connection with the statutes described in clause (b) above, in each case as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Medical Reimbursement Programs” means a collective reference to the Medicare, Medicaid, CHAMPUS and TRICARE programs and any other health care program operated by or financed in whole or in part by any foreign or domestic federal, state or local government and any other non-government funded third party payor programs.

“Medicare” means that government-sponsored entitlement program under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, which provides for a health insurance system for eligible elderly and disabled individuals, as set forth at Section 1395, et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.

“Medicare Provider Agreement” means an agreement entered into between CMS (or other such entity administering the Medicare program on behalf of the CMS) and a health care provider or supplier, under which the health care provider or supplier agrees to provide services for Medicare patients in accordance with the terms of the agreement and Medicare Regulations.

“Medicare Regulations” means, collectively, all federal statutes (whether set forth in Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or elsewhere) affecting the health insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act and any successor statutes thereto; together with all

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applicable provisions of all rules, regulations, manuals and orders and administrative, reimbursement and other guidelines having the force of law of all Governmental Authorities (including CMS, the OIG, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or any Person succeeding to the functions of any of the foregoing) promulgated pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing having the force of law, as each may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 103% of the Fronting Exposure of the L/C Issuers with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, and (ii) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.

“MLPF&S” means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Lynch, Pierce, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Incorporated, together with its successors.

“Moody’s” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“Multi-Currency L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any Multi-Currency L/C Borrowing.  All Multi-Currency L/C Advances must be denominated in Dollars or Alternative Currencies.

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

“Multi-Currency L/C Borrowing” means any extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Multi-Currency Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed or refinanced as a Borrowing of Multi-Currency Revolving Loans.  All Multi-Currency L/C Borrowings will be denominated in Alternative Currencies.

“Multi-Currency L/C Commitment” means, with respect to the Multi-Currency L/C Issuer, the commitment of the Multi-Currency L/C Issuer to issue and to honor payment obligations under Multi-Currency Letters of Credit, and, with respect to each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Lender to purchase its pro rata share of participation interests in Multi-Currency L/C Obligations.  The Multi-Currency L/C Commitment of any Multi-Currency L/C Issuer may not be increased or extended without the prior written consent of such Multi-Currency L/C Issuer.

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

“Multi-Currency L/C Issuer” means (a) for Existing Multi-Currency Letters of Credit, Bank of America as shown on Schedule 2.03 and (b) for Multi-Currency Letters of Credit issued on and after the Closing Date, (i) Bank of America, and (ii) any other Multi-Currency Revolving Lender that may agree to become a Multi-Currency L/C Issuer and that the Administrative Agent may approve in its reasonable discretion, in each case in their capacity as issuer of Multi-Currency Letters of Credit hereunder, together with their successors in such capacity.

“Multi-Currency L/C Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum amount available to be drawn under Multi-Currency Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with

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all requirements for drawings referenced therein, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all Multi-Currency L/C Unreimbursed Amounts, including Multi-Currency L/C Borrowings.  For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Multi-Currency Letter of Credit, the amount of such Multi-Currency Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09.  For all purposes of this Credit Agreement, if on any date of determination a Multi-Currency 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 Multi-Currency Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“Multi-Currency L/C Sublimit” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c)(ii).

“Multi-Currency L/C Unreimbursed Amount” means an L/C Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Multi-Currency Letter of Credit.

“Multi-Currency Letter of Credit” means each standby letter of credit issued or existing under Section 2.01(c)(ii).  Multi-Currency Letters of Credit will be issued in Dollars and Alternative Currencies.

“Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment” means, for each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Multi-Currency Revolving Loans (and to share in Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations) hereunder.  The initial Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment Percentage” means, for each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount.  The initial Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment Percentages are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount” means, for each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender, the amount of such Lender’s Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment.  The initial Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amounts are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders” means those Lenders with Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments, together with their successors and permitted assigns.  The initial Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders are identified on the signature pages hereto and are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“Multi-Currency Revolving Loan” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c)(i), including any additional loans and commitments established in respect thereof as Incremental Loan Facilities hereunder.

“Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Loans, Multi-Currency L/C Obligations and Multi-Currency Swingline Loans.

“Multi-Currency Revolving Notes” means the promissory notes, if any, given to evidence the Multi-Currency Revolving Loans, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.  A form of Multi-Currency Revolving Note is attached as Exhibit 2.13-4.

“Multi-Currency Swingline Commitment” means, with respect to each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Lender to purchase its pro rata share of participation interests in Multi-Currency Swingline Loans.

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“Multi-Currency Swingline Lender” means (i) Bank of America and (ii) any other Multi-Currency Revolving Lender that agrees to act as a Multi-Currency Swingline Lender hereunder, in each case, in its capacity as such, together with any successor in such capacity.

“Multi-Currency Swingline Loan” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c)(iii).  All Multi-Currency Swingline Loans will be denominated in Dollars.

“Multi-Currency Swingline Note” means the promissory note given to evidence the Multi-Currency Swingline Loans, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.  A form of Multi-Currency Swingline Note is attached as Exhibit 2.13-5.

“Multi-Currency Swingline Sublimit” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c)(iii).  The Multi-Currency Swingline Sublimit is a part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which FMCH 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 Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate proceeds paid in cash or Cash Equivalents received by any member of the Consolidated Group in connection with any Disposition, Debt Transaction or Securitization Transaction, net of (a) direct costs (including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, sales commissions, and underwriting discounts) and (b) estimated taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.  For purposes hereof, “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the disposition of any non-cash consideration received by any member of the Consolidated Group in any Disposition, Equity Transaction or Debt Transaction.

“NMC” means National Medical Care, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning provided in Section 11.13.

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

“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(b)(iii).

“Non-Reinstatement Deadline” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(b)(iv).

“Notes” means the Revolving Notes, the Swingline Notes and the Term Loan Notes.

“Obligations” means, without duplication, (a) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit 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 any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, and (b) all obligations under any Swap Contract of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party to which a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender is a party.

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“OIG” means the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or any other regulatory body which succeeds to the functions thereof.

“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); 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 Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document).

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06).

“Outstanding Amount” means, on any day,

(a)           with respect to USD Revolving Loan Obligations, Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations and Competitive Revolving Loans, with respect to Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans thereunder, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings, prepayments and repayments on such date, and with respect to L/C Obligations thereunder, the Dollar Equivalent amount thereof after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension, reimbursements and reductions in amounts available to be drawn under Letters of Credit thereunder;

(b)           with respect to Euro Revolving Loan Obligations, with respect to Revolving Loans thereunder, the Euro Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings, prepayments and repayments on such date; and

(c)           with respect to the Tranche A Term Loan, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate principal amount thereof after giving effect to any prepayments or repayments on such date.

“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) the overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any other currency, the greater of (i) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (ii)

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the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of Bank of America in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.

“Parallel Debt Agreement” means that certain Parallel Debt Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between the Collateral Agent (and, pursuant to the powers of attorney granted by the Lenders pursuant to Section 11.20 hereof, each of the Lenders) and FME (and, pursuant to the power of attorney granted to FME by the other Credit Parties pursuant to Section 11.20 hereof, each other Credit Party), or any substantially similar agreement that creates an obligation of the Credit Parties (as debt acknowledgement or abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis) in favor of the Collateral Agent under this Credit Agreement under the Law of Germany, in each case as amended or modified from time to time.

“Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.06(d).

“Participant Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.06(d).

“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

“Patriot Act” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.18.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“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 FMCH or any ERISA Affiliate or to which FMCH 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 Acquisitions” means  any Acquisition that satisfies the following conditions:

(a)           the aggregate cost of any individual Acquisition shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of (A) $900 million, plus (B) the fair value of Capital Stock given as part of the purchase price plus (C) any portion of Net Cash Proceeds retained by members of the Consolidated Group from any Equity Transaction and used therefor occurring no more than three months prior to or three months after the respective individual Acquisition plus (D) any portion of Net Cash Proceeds of any Dispositions that are permitted to be reinvested or retained pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii);

(b)           the aggregate cost of all such Acquisitions in any calendar year shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of (A) $1,800 million plus (B) the fair value of Capital Stock given as part of the purchase price plus (C) any portion of Net Cash Proceeds retained by the members of the Consolidated Group from any Equity Transaction and used therefor occurring no more than three months prior to or three months after the respective Acquisition plus (D) any portion of Net Cash Proceeds of any Dispositions that are permitted to be reinvested or retained pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii);

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(c)           in the case of an Acquisition of the Capital Stock, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of such other Person shall have approved the Acquisition; and

(d)           (A) no Default or Event of Default shall then exist and be continuing immediately before or immediately after giving effect thereto, (B) the Consolidated Group shall be in compliance with the financial covenants hereunder after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, and (C) with respect to any Acquisition (or series of related Acquisitions) for which cash consideration together with the principal amount of Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith exceeds $200 million in the aggregate, a Responsible Officer of FME shall provide a compliance certificate, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, affirming the matters under the foregoing subclauses.

“Permitted Receivables Financings” means (a) the Securitization Transactions described in clause (a) of the definition of “Excluded Securitization Transactions” and (b) other Securitization Transactions, in each case as amended and in effect from time to time; provided that (i) with respect to all such Securitization Transactions described in clause (b) that are entered into after the Closing Date, (A) each such Securitization Transaction relating to accounts receivable originating in or payable in the United States or any state thereof, and (B) each such Securitization Transaction exceeding $50 million in any instance or $150 million in the aggregate, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied with the structure and documentation thereof and shall be reasonably satisfied that the terms thereof, including the discount applicable to the subject accounts receivable and the termination events, are (in the good faith understanding of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders) consistent with those prevailing in the market at the time of commitment thereto for similar transactions involving a receivables originator/servicer of similar credit quality and a receivables pool of similar characteristics; and (ii) with respect to all such Permitted Receivables Financings, the documentation therefor shall not be amended or modified in a way that is materially detrimental to the Lenders without the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

“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 FMCH or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

“Platform” has the meaning provided in Section 7.02.

“Pledge Agreement” means those pledge agreement(s) given by the members of the Consolidated Group identified therein, as pledgors, to the Collateral Agent, to secure the Obligations hereunder, and any other pledge agreements that may be given by any Person pursuant to the terms hereof, as such pledge agreements may be amended and modified from time to time.

“Primary Borrowers” means:

(i)            for Credit Extensions under the USD Revolving Commitments (other than USD Swingline Loans), (a) FME, (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers and (c) the other Designated Borrowers identified as “Primary Borrowers” in respect thereof;

(ii)           for Credit Extensions under the Euro Revolving Commitments, (a) FME, (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers and (c) the other Designated Borrowers identified as “Primary Borrowers” in respect thereof;

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(iii)          for Credit Extensions under the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments, (a) FME, (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers and (c) the other Designated Borrowers identified as “Primary Borrowers” in respect thereof;

(iv)          for USD Swingline Loans, (a) FME and (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers;

(v)           for Multi-Currency Swingline Loans, (a) FME and (b) FMCH and the Co-Borrowers; and

(vi)          for the Tranche A Term Loan, FMCH and the Co-Borrowers.

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate.”  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in the “prime rate” announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

“Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of determining (a) the applicable Pricing Level under the definition of “Applicable Percentage,” (b) compliance with the financial covenants hereunder, (c) Permitted Acquisitions hereunder, and (d) making Restricted Payments hereunder, that the event or transaction relevant to the applicable calculation shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which annual or quarterly financial statements shall have been delivered in accordance with the provisions hereof.  Further, for purposes of making calculations on a “Pro Forma Basis” hereunder, (i) in the case of any Disposition, (A) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property, entities or business units that are the subject of such Disposition shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period prior to the date of such Disposition, and (B) Indebtedness paid or retired in connection with such Disposition shall be deemed to have been paid and retired as of the first day of the applicable period; and (ii) in the case of any Acquisition, (A) income statement items (whether positive or negative, but excluding transaction expenses and any one-time expenses incurred in connection with the Acquisition) attributable to the property, entities or business units that are the subject of such Acquisition shall be included to the extent relating to any period prior to the date of such Acquisition, and (B) Indebtedness incurred in connection with the subject transaction shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period (and interest expense shall be imputed for the applicable period assuming prevailing interest rates hereunder); provided, that where the aggregate consideration paid or payable by any member of the Consolidated Group in connection with such Disposition or Acquisition is reasonably expected (taking the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents and the fair market value of any non-cash consideration paid or payable and the amount of debt assumed, as reasonably determined by FME) to be $50 million or less, FME may elect whether or not to make the adjustments otherwise required pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) hereof, as applicable.

“Property” means an interest of any kind in any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.

“Rating Services” means S&P and ▇▇▇▇▇’▇.

“RCG” means Renal Care Group, Inc.

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“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder.

“Register” has the meaning provided in Section 11.06(c).

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

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

“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans (including Swingline Loans) or the conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, an L/C Application.

“Required Euro Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Euro Revolving Commitments, or if the Euro Revolving Commitments have expired or been terminated, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Euro Revolving Loan Obligations; provided that the Commitments of, and the portion of the Euro Revolving Loan Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of “Required Euro Revolving Lenders”.

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Loan Obligations (expressed in Dollar Equivalents at the applicable Spot Rate as of the most recent Revaluation Date for any Loan Obligations denominated in a currency other than Dollars) including, in each case, the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans; provided that the Commitments of, and the portion of the Loan Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

“Required Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments, or if the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments have expired or been terminated, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations (expressed in Dollar Equivalents at the applicable Spot Rate as of the most recent Revaluation Date for any Loan Obligations denominated in a currency other than Dollars) including, in each case, the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in Multi-Currency L/C Obligations; provided that the Commitments of, and the portion of the Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of “Required Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders”.

“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, or if the Revolving Commitments have expired or been terminated, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Revolving Loan Obligations (expressed in Dollar Equivalents at the applicable Spot Rate as of the most recent Revaluation Date for any Loan Obligations denominated in a currency other than Dollars) including, in each case, the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations; provided that the Commitments of, and the portion of the Revolving Loan Obligations held or deemed

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held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of “Required Revolving Lenders”.

“Required Tranche A Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the Tranche A Term Loan; provided that the portion of the Tranche A Term Loan held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Tranche A Term Lenders.

“Required USD Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate USD Revolving Commitments, or if the USD Revolving Commitments have expired or been terminated, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the USD Revolving Loan Obligations (including, in each case, the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in USD L/C Obligations and USD Swingline Loans); provided that the commitments of, and the portion of the USD Revolving Loan Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of “Required USD Revolving Lenders”.

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, senior vice president-finance, treasurer, assistant treasurer, managing director, management board member or director of a Credit Party (or in the case of a Credit Party that is a partnership, limited liability company or similarly organized entity, including without limitation FME, a Responsible Officer of its general partner, other managing entity or other person authorized to act on its behalf, and if such Person is also a partnership, limited liability company or similarly organized entity, a Responsible Officer of the entity that may be authorized to act on behalf of such Person), and, in the case of a company formed under Luxembourg law, any person(s) authorized under the relevant corporate body.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Credit Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Credit Party.

“Restricted Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class to the holders of that class, of FME, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of FME now or hereafter outstanding, and (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of FME.

“Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following:  (i) each date of a Borrowing of a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars pursuant to Section 2.02, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the respective Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following:  (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (iii) each date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars, (iv) in the case of the Existing Multi-Currency Letters of Credit, the Closing Date and (v) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer shall determine or the respective Required Lenders shall require.

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“Revolving Commitment Percentage” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment Percentage, the USD Revolving Commitment Percentage and/or the Euro Revolving Commitment Percentage, as appropriate.

“Revolving Commitments” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments, the USD Revolving Commitments and the Euro Revolving Commitments.

“Revolving Committed Amount” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount, the USD Revolving Committed Amount and/or the Euro Revolving Committed Amount.

“Revolving Lenders” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders, the USD Revolving Lenders and/or the Euro Revolving Lenders, as appropriate.

“Revolving Loan Obligations” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations, the USD Revolving Loan Obligations, the Euro Revolving Loan Obligations and/or Competitive Revolving Loans, as appropriate.

“Revolving Loans” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Loans, the USD Revolving Loans, the Euro Revolving Loans and/or Competitive Revolving Loans, as appropriate.

“Revolving Notes” means the Multi-Currency Revolving Notes, the USD Revolving Notes and/or the Euro Revolving Notes.

“Revolving Termination Date” means October 30, 2017.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Borrower or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person (other than another member of the Consolidated Group) whereby such Borrower or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

“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 currencies other than Dollars, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, 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 currency.

“Schuldscheindarlehen” means the senior notes issued by FME, in an aggregate principal amount of up to €200 million, and the guarantee by FMCH and FMCD of such notes, pursuant to agreements dated as of April 17, 2009, as amended or modified and as in effect from time to time.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“Securitization Subsidiary” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Securitization Transaction.”

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“Securitization Transaction” means any financing or factoring or similar financing transaction (or series of such transactions) entered by any member of the Consolidated Group pursuant to which such member of the Consolidated Group may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate (a “Securitization Subsidiary”) or any other Person; provided, that, for the purposes of clarification, sales of accounts, payments, receivables and similar rights of payment on a non-recourse basis by Foreign Subsidiaries of FME to Persons that are not members of the Consolidated Group in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150 million in any fiscal year that are treated as Dispositions under Section 8.05(h) shall not constitute Securitization Transactions.

“Social Security Act” means the Social Security Act of 1965.

“Special Notice Currency” means at any time any currency other than (i) Dollars, (ii) Euros and (iii) currency of a country that is a member of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.

“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Competitive Bid Agent, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Competitive Bid Agent, as applicable, may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Competitive Bid Agent, as applicable, if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that the applicable L/C Issuer 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 a currency other than Dollars.

“Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness of a member of the Consolidated Group that by its terms is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of the Loan Obligations hereunder and is in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of FME.

“Support Obligations” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection), 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 Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial

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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 Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness 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) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person.  The amount of any Support Obligations (subject to any limitations set forth therein) 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 Support Obligation 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.

“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 or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, that are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

“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 values determined in accordance therewith, such termination values, and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amounts determined as the ▇▇▇▇-to-market values 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).

“Swingline Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swingline Loan hereunder.

“Swingline Combined Sublimit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a).

“Swingline Commitment” means the USD Swingline Commitment, the Multi-Currency Swingline Commitment and/or any other commitments to make Swingline Loans established in respect of other Revolving Commitments hereunder.

“Swingline Lender” means the USD Swingline Lender, the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender and/or the lender identified as the swingline lender in the case of any other Swingline Loans established hereunder.

“Swingline Loans” means the USD Swingline Loans, the Multi-Currency Swingline Loans and/or any other swingline loan established in respect of the other Revolving Commitments hereunder.

“Swingline Notes” means the USD Swingline Note, the Multi-Currency Swingline Note and/or any other promissory notes given to evidence Swingline Loans hereunder.

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“Swingline Sublimit” means the USD Swingline Sublimit, the Multi-Currency Swingline Sublimit and/or any other sublimit for other swingline loans established hereunder.

“Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement that is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease under GAAP.

“TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET2 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.

“TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.

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

“Term Loan” means the Tranche A Term Loan and any other term loan established under the Incremental Loan Facilities.

“Term Loan Commitments” means the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments and any term loan commitments established under the Incremental Loan Facilities; provided that, in any such case, after funding of the term loan determinations of “Required Lenders” shall be based on the outstanding principal amount thereof.

“Term Notes” means the Tranche A Term Notes and Notes evidencing any other term loan that may be established under the Incremental Loan Facilities.

“Tranche A Term Lenders” means, prior to the funding of the initial Tranche A Term Loan, those Lenders with Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, and after funding of the Tranche A Term Loan, those Lenders holding a portion of the Tranche A Term Loan, together with their successors and permitted assigns.  The initial Tranche A Term Lenders are identified on the signature pages hereto and are set forth on Schedule 2.01.

“Tranche A Term Loan” means the term loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(e), including any increase thereto pursuant to any Incremental Loan Facility.

“Tranche A Term Loan Commitment” means, for each Tranche A Term Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a portion of the Tranche A Term Loan hereunder; provided that, at any time after funding of the Tranche A Term Loan, determinations of “Required Lenders” and “Required Tranche A Term Lenders” shall be based on the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan.

“Tranche A Term Loan Commitment Percentage” means, for each Tranche A Term Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is, prior to funding, such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Committed Amount, and after funding, the principal amount of such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan, and the denominator of which is, prior to funding, the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, and after funding, is the Outstanding Amount of the Tranche A Term Loan.  The initial Tranche A Term Loan Commitment Percentages are set forth on Schedule 2.01.

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“Tranche A Term Loan Committed Amount” means, for each Tranche A Term Lender, the amount of such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment.  The initial Tranche A Term Loan Committed Amounts are set forth on Schedule 2.01.

“Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.05(d).

“Tranche A Term Note” means the promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-6, if any, given to evidence the Tranche A Term Loans, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.

“TRICARE” means the United States Department of Defense health care program for service families (including TRICARE Prime, TRICARE Extra and TRICARE Standard), and any successor or predecessor (including CHAMPUS) thereof.

“Type” means, (a) with respect to any Revolving Loan or any Term Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan and (b) (ii) with respect to a Competitive Revolving Loan, its character as an Absolute Rate Loan or a Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loan.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any applicable jurisdiction from time to time.

“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

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

“USD L/C Advance” means, with respect to each USD Revolving Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any USD L/C Borrowing.  All USD L/C Advances must be denominated in Dollars.

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

“USD L/C Borrowing” means any extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any USD Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed or refinanced as a Borrowing of USD Revolving Loans.  All USD L/C Borrowings will be denominated in Dollars.

“USD L/C Commitment” means, with respect to the USD L/C Issuer, the commitment of the USD L/C Issuer to issue and to honor payment obligations under USD Letters of Credit, and, with respect to each USD Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Lender to purchase its pro rata share of participation interests in USD L/C Obligations.  The USD L/C Commitment of any USD L/C Issuer may not be increased or extended without the prior written consent of such USD L/C Issuer.

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

“USD L/C Issuer” means (i) Bank of America, and (ii) any other USD Revolving Lender that shall agree to become a USD L/C Issuer and that the Administrative Agent may approve in its reasonable discretion, in each case in their capacity as issuer of USD Letters of Credit hereunder, together with their successors in such capacity.

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“USD L/C Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum amount available to be drawn under USD Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements for drawings referenced therein, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all USD L/C Unreimbursed Amounts, including USD L/C Borrowings.  For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any USD Letter of Credit, the amount of such USD Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09.  For all purposes of this Credit Agreement, if on any date of determination a USD 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 USD Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“USD L/C Sublimit” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a)(ii).

“USD L/C Unreimbursed Amount” means an L/C Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a USD Letter of Credit.

“USD Letter of Credit” means each standby letter of credit issued or existing under Section 2.01(a)(ii).  USD Letters of Credit will be issued in Dollars.

“USD Revolving Commitment” means, for each USD Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make USD Revolving Loans (and to share in USD Revolving Loan Obligations that are not USD Revolving Loans) hereunder.  The initial USD Revolving Commitments are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“USD Revolving Commitment Percentage” means, for each USD Revolving Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s USD Revolving Committed Amount and the denominator of which is the Aggregate USD Revolving Committed Amount.  The initial USD Revolving Commitment Percentages are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“USD Revolving Committed Amount” means, for each USD Revolving Lender, the amount of such Lender’s USD Revolving Commitment.  The initial USD Revolving Committed Amounts are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“USD Revolving Lenders” means those Lenders with USD Revolving Commitments, together with their successors and permitted assigns.  The initial USD Revolving Lenders are identified on the signature pages hereto and are set out in Schedule 2.01.

“USD Revolving Loan” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a)(i), including any additional loans and commitments established in respect thereof as Incremental Loan Facilities hereunder.

“USD Revolving Loan Obligations” means the USD Revolving Loans, the USD L/C Obligations and the USD Swingline Loans.

“USD Revolving Notes” means the promissory notes, if any, given to evidence the USD Revolving Loans, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.  A form of USD Revolving Note is attached as Exhibit 2.13-1.

“USD Swingline Commitment” means, with respect to each USD Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Lender to purchase its pro rata share of participation interests in USD Swingline Loans.

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“USD Swingline Lender” means (i) Bank of America and (ii) any other USD Revolving Lender that agrees to act as a USD Swingline Lender hereunder, in each case, in its capacity as such, together with any successor in such capacity.

“USD Swingline Loan” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a)(iii).

“USD Swingline Note” means the promissory note given to evidence the USD Swingline Loans, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.  A form of USD Swingline Note is attached as Exhibit 2.13-2.

“USD Swingline Sublimit” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a)(iii).  The USD Swingline Sublimit is a part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate USD Revolving Commitments.

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

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning provided in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(B)(III).

“Wholly Owned” means, with respect to any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Person, that one hundred percent (100%) of the Capital Stock with ordinary voting power issued by such Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law) is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

1.02        Interpretive Provisions.  With reference to this Credit Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit 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 Credit 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 Credit Document, shall be construed to refer to such Credit Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Credit Document to “Articles”, “Sections”, “Exhibits” and “Schedules” shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Credit 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 assets and property of whatever kind, real and personal, tangible and intangible, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

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(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 Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.

1.03        Accounting Terms and Provisions.

(a)           All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, the effects of FASB ASC 825 (Financial Instruments) and FASB ASC 470-20 (Debt) on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

(b)           Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, determinations of (i) the applicable Pricing Level under the definition of “Applicable Percentage” and (ii) compliance with the financial covenants shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.

(c)           To the extent not otherwise described in the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) or the other materials and information provided pursuant to Section 7.02, FME will provide a written summary of material changes in GAAP or in the consistent application thereof to the extent that either affects the numeric value of any financial ratio or requirement herein or in any other Credit Document and material changes in accounting policies or financial reporting practices with each annual and quarterly Compliance Certificate delivered in accordance with Section 7.02(b).  If there is any change in GAAP (or the Borrowers’ adoption of IFRS as provided in Section 1.03(e) below) or in the consistent application thereof after the date hereof that would affect the computation of any financial covenant, ratio or requirement set forth in any Credit Document, and either FME or the Required Lenders shall so request, then the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and FME agree to endeavor, in good faith, to agree upon an amendment to this Credit Agreement that would adjust such financial covenants, ratio or requirement in a manner that would preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders), but would allow compliance therewith to be determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b), provided that, until so amended (i) such financial covenants, ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrowers shall provide the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Credit Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, it is understood and agreed that for purposes of this Credit Agreement, operating leases (as determined in accordance with GAAP on the Closing Date) will not be recharacterized as a capital lease or other obligation that would constitute Funded Debt hereunder, except for purposes of financial statement deliveries under Section 7.01.

(d)           For purposes of determining compliance with any levels and tests set forth in Articles VII, VIII and/or IX, amounts shall be converted into Dollars or Euros, as appropriate, on the

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basis of the exchange rates (as shown on Reuters ECB page 37 or, if the same does not provide such exchange rates, on such other basis as is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or other exchange rates used in preparing the annual audited financial statements under Section 7.01(a), as appropriate) as in effect on the date of measurement.

(e)           At any time after the Closing Date, FME may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references in the Credit Documents to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except as otherwise provided in this Credit Agreement); provided that (1) any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable, (2) FME may not make such election unless all other members of the Consolidated Group simultaneously make such election and (3) FME will provide a reconciliation statement identifying the changes based on application of IFRS.  FME shall give the Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of any such election.

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

1.05        Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.

(a)           The Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Competitive Bid Agent, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in currencies other than Dollars.  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.

(b)           Wherever in this Credit Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan or 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 Borrowing, Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in currencies other than Dollars, 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, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Competitive Bid Agent, as the case may be.

1.06        Additional Alternative Currencies.

(a)           FME may from time to time request that Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency;” provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars.  In any such case, the request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the respective Lenders, and the L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender, as applicable, in their discretion.

(b)           Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, the applicable L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender, in any such case, in its or their sole discretion).  In the case of any such request pertaining to Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters

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of Credit or Swingline Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender, respectively, thereof.  Each Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans) or the applicable L/C Issuer (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) or Swingline Lender (in the case of a request pertaining to Swingline Loans) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., seven (7) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, the issuance of Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, as the case may be, in such requested currency.

(c)           Any failure by a Lender, the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swingline Lender, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender, the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swingline Lender, as the case may be, to permit Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans to be made, Letters of Credit to be issued or Swingline Loans to be made in such requested currency.  If the Administrative Agent and all the Lenders consent to making Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify FME and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans; if the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify FME and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances, and if the Administrative Agent and the applicable Swingline Lender shall consent to making Swingline Loans in the requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall notify FME and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency for any such Swingline Loan Borrowings. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.06, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify FME.

1.07        Change of Currency.

(a)           Each obligation of the Borrowers to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption.  If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Credit Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.

(b)           Each provision of this Credit Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.

(c)           Each provision of this Credit Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.

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

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1.09        Letter of Credit Amounts.  Unless otherwise specified herein (including, without limitation, as otherwise specified in Sections 1.05(a) and (b)), 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 Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the 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

COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01        Commitments.

(a)           USD Revolving Commitments.  During the Commitment Period,

(i)            USD Revolving Loans.  The USD Revolving Lenders severally agree to make revolving credit loans (the “USD Revolving Loans”) to the applicable Borrowers in Dollars, from time to time, on any Business Day, in an aggregate principal amount of up to TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) (as such amount may be increased or decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “Aggregate USD Revolving Committed Amount”);

(ii)           USD Letters of Credit.  The USD L/C Issuer, in reliance upon the commitments of the USD Revolving Lenders set forth herein, agrees (I) to issue USD Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for the account of the applicable Borrowers and other members of the Consolidated Group on any Business Day, (II) to amend or extend USD Letters of Credit previously issued hereunder, and (III) to honor drawings under USD Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal amount up to TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) (as such amount may be decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “USD L/C Sublimit”), provided that (i) the Outstanding Amount of USD L/C Obligations shall not exceed the USD L/C Sublimit, (ii) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed the L/C Sublimit, and (iii) for any USD L/C Issuer, the Outstanding Amount of USD L/C Obligations shall not exceed the amount of such USD L/C Issuer’s USD L/C Commitment;

(iii)          USD Swingline Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in reliance on the agreements of the other USD Revolving Lenders set forth herein, the USD Swingline Lender agrees to make revolving credit loans (the “USD Swingline Loans”) to the applicable Borrowers in Dollars on any Business Day in an aggregate principal amount of up to TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) (as such amount may be decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “USD Swingline Sublimit”), provided that (A) that the Outstanding Amount of USD Swingline Loans shall not exceed the USD Swingline Sublimit, and (B) the USD Swingline Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any USD Swingline Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or may have, Fronting Exposure;

and, provided further that, in each case, (A) the Outstanding Amount of USD Revolving Loan Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate USD Revolving Committed Amount, (B) the Outstanding Amount of USD L/C Obligations plus the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency L/C Obligations shall not exceed FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($400,000,000) (the “L/C Combined Sublimit”), (C) the Outstanding Amount of USD Swingline Loans plus the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency

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Swingline Loans shall not exceed TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) (the “Swingline Combined Sublimit”), (D) with regard to each USD Revolving Lender individually, the Outstanding Amount of such Lender’s USD Revolving Commitment Percentage of USD Revolving Loan Obligations shall not exceed its respective USD Revolving Committed Amount, and (E) for any particular Borrower, the Outstanding Amount of all USD Revolving Loan Obligations to or for such Borrower shall not exceed its respective Borrowing Limit.

(iv)          Additional Provisions Relating to USD Revolving Loans.  USD Revolving Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans and Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as the applicable Borrowers may request, and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.

(v)           Additional Provisions Relating to USD Letters of Credit.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each applicable Borrower’s ability to obtain USD Letters of Credit for itself or for other members of the Consolidated Group shall be fully revolving, and accordingly each such applicable Borrower may obtain USD Letters of Credit to replace USD Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

(vi)          Additional Provisions Relating to USD Swingline Loans.  USD Swingline Loans shall be comprised solely of Base Rate Loans and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.  Immediately upon the making of a USD Swingline Loan, each USD Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the USD Swingline Lender a participation interest in such USD Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s USD Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof.

(b)           Euro Revolving Commitments.  During the Commitment Period,

(i)            the Euro Revolving Lenders severally agree to make revolving credit loans (the “Euro Revolving Loans”) to the applicable Borrowers in Euros, from time to time, on any Business Day, in an aggregate principal amount of up to FIVE HUNDRED MILLION EUROS (€500,000,000) (as such amount may be increased or decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “Aggregate Euro Revolving Committed Amount”);

and, provided that, in each case, (A) the Outstanding Amount of Euro Revolving Loan Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate Euro Revolving Committed Amount, (B) with regard to each Euro Revolving Lender individually, the Outstanding Amount of such Lender’s Euro Revolving Commitment Percentage of Euro Revolving Loan Obligations shall not exceed its respective Euro Revolving Committed Amount and (C) for any particular Borrower the Outstanding Amount of all Euro Revolving Loan Obligations to or for such Borrower shall not exceed its respective Borrowing Limit.

(ii)           Additional Provisions Relating to Euro Revolving Loans.  Euro Revolving Loans shall consist of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, as the applicable Borrowers may request, and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.

(c)           Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments.  During the Commitment Period,

(i)            Multi-Currency Revolving Loans.  The Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders severally agree to make revolving credit loans (the “Multi-Currency Revolving Loans”) to the applicable Borrowers in Dollars and Alternative Currencies, from time to time, on any Business Day, in an aggregate principal amount of up to FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS

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($400,000,000) (as such amount may be increased or decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount”); and

(ii)           Multi-Currency Letters of Credit.  (A) The Multi-Currency L/C Issuer, in reliance upon the commitments of the Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders set forth herein, agrees (I) to issue Multi-Currency Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars and Alternative Currencies for the account of the applicable Borrowers and other members of the Consolidated Group on any Business Day, (II) to amend or extend Multi-Currency Letters of Credit previously issued hereunder, and (III) to honor drawings under Multi-Currency Letters of Credit; and (B) the Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders severally agree to purchase from the Multi-Currency L/C Issuer a participation interest in the Existing Multi-Currency Letters of Credit and Multi-Currency Letters of Credit issued hereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof, in an aggregate principal amount up to FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($400,000,000) (as such amount may be decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “Multi-Currency L/C Sublimit”), provided that (i) the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Multi-Currency L/C Sublimit, (ii) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed the L/C Sublimit,  and (iii) for any Multi-Currency L/C Issuer, the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency L/C Obligations shall not exceed the amount of such Multi-Currency L/C Issuer’s Multi-Currency L/C Commitment;

(iii)          Multi-Currency Swingline Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in reliance on the agreements of the other Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders set forth herein, the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender agrees to make revolving credit loans (the “Multi-Currency Swingline Loans”) to the applicable Borrowers in Dollars on any Business Day in an aggregate principal amount of up to TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) (as such amount may be decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “Multi-Currency Swingline Sublimit”), provided that (A) the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency Swingline Loans shall not exceed the Multi-Currency Swingline Sublimit, and (B) the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Multi-Currency Swingline Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or may have, Fronting Exposure;

and, provided further that, in each case, (A) the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations plus the Outstanding Amount of Competitive Revolving Loans shall not exceed the Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount, (B) the Outstanding Amount of USD L/C Obligations plus the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency L/C Obligations shall not exceed the L/C Combined Sublimit, (C) the Outstanding Amount of USD Swingline Loans plus the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency Swingline Loans shall not exceed the Swingline Combined Sublimit, (D) with regard to each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender individually, the Outstanding Amount of such Lender’s Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment Percentage of Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations shall not exceed its respective Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount, and (E) for any particular Borrower, the Outstanding Amount of all Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations to or for such Borrower will not exceed its respective Borrowing Limit.

(iv)          Additional Provisions Relating to Multi-Currency Revolving Loans.  Multi-Currency Revolving Loans shall consist of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans and, solely for Loans denominated in Dollars, Base Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as the applicable Borrowers may request, and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.

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(v)           Additional Provisions Relating to Multi-Currency Swingline Loans.  Multi-Currency Swingline Loans shall be comprised solely of Base Rate Loans and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.  Immediately upon the making of a Multi-Currency Swingline Loan, each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender a participation interest in such Multi-Currency Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Multi-Currency Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof.

(vi)          Additional Provisions Relating to Multi-Currency Letters of Credit.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each applicable Borrower’s ability to obtain Multi-Currency Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly each such applicable Borrower may obtain Multi-Currency Letters of Credit to replace Multi-Currency Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.  Existing Multi-Currency Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued hereunder and shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

(d)           Competitive Revolving Loans.  During the Commitment Period, any Borrower or Borrowers may request the Revolving Lenders to submit offers to make loans, issue letters of credit or bank guaranties, or make other financial accommodations (collectively, the “Competitive Revolving Loans”) in Dollars, Euros, Alternative Currencies or other currencies; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Revolving Loans shall not exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($250,000,000) (as such amount may be decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “Competitive Revolving Loan Maximum Amount”), and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations plus the Outstanding Amount of Competitive Revolving Loans shall not exceed the Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount.  Competitive Revolving Loans may be comprised of Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans and Absolute Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as the applicable Borrower may request, and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.  There shall not be more than five separate Competitive Revolving Loans outstanding at any time.

(e)           Tranche A Term Loan.  On the Closing Date, each of the Tranche A Term Loan Lenders severally agrees to make its portion of a term loan (in the amount of its respective Tranche A Term Loan Committed Amount) in a single advance in Dollars, in an aggregate principal amount of TWO BILLION SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($2,600,000,000) (the “Tranche A Term Loan”), to the applicable Borrowers, jointly and severally, as borrowers therefor.  The Tranche A Term Loan may consist of Base Rate Loans, Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans or a combination thereof, as such Borrower may request.  The aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan may be increased as provided in Section 2.01(f).  Amounts repaid on the Tranche A Term Loan may not be reborrowed.

(f)            Incremental Loan Facilities.  At any time on or after the Closing Date, the Borrowers may, on written notice to the Administrative Agent, establish additional credit facilities (collectively, the “Incremental Loan Facilities”) by increasing the aggregate commitments under the existing revolving credit facilities, increasing the amount of existing term loans or establishing new revolving credit and term loan facilities; provided that:

(i)            the aggregate principal amount of loans and commitments for all the Incremental Loan Facilities established after the Closing Date will not exceed $600 million (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof);

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(ii)           no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately before or immediately after giving effect thereto (assuming that all commitments are fully drawn) and the conditions to the making of Credit Extensions under Section 5.02 have been satisfied;

(iii)          the lenders providing commitments for the Incremental Loan Facilities must be Eligible Assignees and otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and will provide lender joinder agreements or other agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent giving effect to the Incremental Loan Facilities;

(iv)          if loans are outstanding under a respective credit facility at the time of any such increase, the Borrowers will make such payments and adjustments on the subject Loans (including payment of any break-funding amounts owing under Section 3.05) as may be necessary and appropriate to give effect to the revised commitment amounts and percentages, it being agreed that the Administrative Agent shall, in consultation with the Borrowers, manage the allocation of the revised Commitment Percentages to the existing Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans in such a manner as to minimize the amounts so payable by the Borrowers;

(v)           in the case of an increase in a term loan amount after the first principal amortization payment date, adjustments will be made to the schedule of amortization payments provided therefor, as appropriate, to give effect thereto such that the interest of Lenders in such principal amortization payments will not be less than would have been received if the Incremental Loan Facilities had not been established;

(vi)          the Borrowers will provide (A) a compliance certificate from a Responsible Officer confirming that no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately before or after giving effect to the establishment of the Incremental Loan Facilities and demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants hereunder  after giving effect to the Incremental Loan Facilities, assuming in each case, that all commitments, including the existing Commitments and those being established, are fully drawn, (B) confirmation that the Incremental Loan Facilities constitute “Senior Indebtedness” under any Subordinated Debt and (C) supporting resolutions, legal opinions, promissory notes and other items as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing commitments for the Incremental Loan Facilities;

(vii)         payment by the Borrowers of upfront fees, arrangement fees and other fees, if any, payable in respect of the Incremental Loan Facilities; and

(viii)        to the extent reasonably necessary in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, amendments to each foreign Pledge Agreement and the Parallel Debt Agreement and/or delivery of any substantially similar agreement that creates an obligation of the Credit Parties (as debt acknowledgment or abstraktes Schuldanerkenntnis), in each case in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

In connection with the establishment of any Incremental Loan Facility, (A) none of the Lenders, nor any of the Arrangers, shall have any obligation to provide commitments or loans for any Incremental Loan Facility without their prior written approval and (B) Schedule 2.01 hereto will be revised to reflect the Lenders, Loans, Commitments, committed amounts and Commitment Percentages after giving effect to the establishment of any Incremental Loan Facility.

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2.02        Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations.

(a)           Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans shall be made upon a Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice. Each such irrevocable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than:

(i)            USD Revolving Loans.  (A) 1:00 p.m. on the day of the requested Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing of, or conversion into, USD Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans; and (B) 11:30 a.m. three Business Days prior to the requested date of a Borrowing of, or conversion into, USD Revolving Loans that are Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans.

(ii)           Euro Revolving Loans.  11:30 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of a Borrowing of, or conversion into, Euro Revolving Loans that are Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans.

(iii)          Multi-Currency Revolving Loans.  (A) 11:30 a.m. on the day of the requested Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing of, or conversion into, Multi-Currency Revolving Loans in Dollars that are Base Rate Loans; (B) 11:30 a.m. three Business Days prior to the requested date of a Borrowing of, or conversion into, Multi-Currency Revolving Loans in Dollars that are Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, (C) 11:30 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of a Borrowing of, or conversion into, Multi-Currency Revolving Loans in currencies other than Special Notice Currencies, and (D) 11:30 a.m. five Business Days prior to the requested date of a Borrowing of, or conversion into, Multi-Currency Revolving Loans in Special Notice Currencies.

(iv)          Term Loans.  (A) 1:00 p.m. on the day of the requested Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing of, or conversion into, Term Loans in Dollars that are Base Rate Loans; and (B) 11:30 a.m. three Business Days prior to the requested date of a Borrowing of, or conversion into, Term Loans in Dollars that are Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans.

(b)           Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(a), each Borrowing, conversion or continuation shall be a minimum principal amount of:

(i)            USD Revolving Loans.  (A) $500,000 and whole multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof in the case of USD Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (B) $2 million and whole multiples of $1 million in excess thereof in the case of USD Revolving Loans that are Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans.

(ii)           Euro Revolving Loans.  €5 million and whole multiples of €500,000 in excess thereof in the case of Euro Revolving Loans.

(iii)          Multi-Currency Revolving Loans.  $1 million and whole multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof in the case of Multi-Currency Revolving Loans.

(iv)          Term Loans.  $5 million and whole multiples of $1 million in excess thereof in the case of Term Loans.

Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the applicable Borrower’s request is with respect to USD Revolving Loans, Euro Revolving Loans, Multi-Currency Revolving Loans or Tranche A Term Loan, (ii) whether such request is for a Borrowing, conversion, or continuation, (iii) the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation (which shall be a

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Business Day), (iv) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (v) the Type of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (vi) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto and (vii) the currency of the Loans to be borrowed.  If a Borrower fails to specify a currency in a Loan Notice for Loans (other than Euro Revolving Loans) requesting a Borrowing, then the Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars. If a Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if a 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; provided, however, that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Loans denominated in currencies other than Dollars, such Loans shall be continued as Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period of one month.  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 Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans.  If a Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, the Interest Period will be deemed to be one month.  No Loan may be converted into or continued as a Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be repaid in the original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.

(c)           Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender of the amount (and currency) of its pro rata share of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by a Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Loans denominated in a currency other than Dollars, in each case 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 for the Applicable Currency not later than 1:00 p.m. (or 2 hours after delivery of the Loan Notice by the Borrower as provided above, if later), in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Loan in currencies other than Dollars, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the applicable Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by such Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date of such Borrowing denominated in Dollars there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to such Borrower as provided above.

(d)           Except as otherwise provided herein, without the consent of the Applicable Required Lenders, (i) a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan and (ii) any conversion into, or continuation as, a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in Dollars may be made only if the conditions to Credit Extensions in Section 5.02 have been satisfied.  During the existence of a Default or Event of Default, without the consent of the Applicable Required Lenders, (i) Base Rate Loans may not be converted into Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, and (ii) Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans denominated in Dollars may not be requested, and may not be continued as Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, and any such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans denominated in Dollars shall be converted to Base Rate Loans on the last date of the Interest Period with respect thereto.

(e)           The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  The determination of the Fixed LIBOR Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be

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conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

(f)            After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Loans as the same Type, at any time there shall not be more than (i) ten (10) Interest Periods in effect, in the case of USD Revolving Loans, (ii) ten (10) Interest Periods in effect, in the case of Euro Revolving Loans, (iii) ten (10) Interest Periods in effect, in the case of Multi-Currency Revolving Loans, (iv) ten (10) Interest Periods in effect, in the case of the Tranche A Term Loan, and (v) the number of Interest Periods for any Incremental Loan Facility provided in the joinder agreement therefor, or if not provided, five Interest Periods.

Each Lender, at its option, may make any Loans by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan.

2.03        Additional Provisions with respect to Letters of Credit.

(a)           Obligation to Issue or Amend.

(i)            The L/C Issuers shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A)          subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), 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 Applicable Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

(B)          the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the L/C Expiration Date, unless all the respective Lenders have approved such expiry date;

(ii)           The L/C Issuers shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

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

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

(C)          except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $500,000;

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(D)          except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than (i) Dollars, in the case of Letters of Credit issued under the USD Revolving Commitments, and (ii) Dollars or Alternative Currencies, in the case of Letters of Credit issued under the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments;

(E)           the applicable L/C Issuer does not as of the issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency; or

(F)           any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer in (its sole discretion) with the Borrowers or such Defaulting Lender to eliminate L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(b)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the applicable L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.

(iii)          The L/C Issuers shall not be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if:

(A)          the applicable L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof; or

(B)          the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.

(iv)          The L/C Issuers shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by them and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuers 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 L/C Issuers in connection with Letters of Credit issued by them or proposed to be issued by them and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article X included the L/C Issuers with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuers.

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

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

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

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

(iii)          If a Borrower so requests in any applicable L/C Application, the applicable L/C Issuer 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 L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, such Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the L/C Expiration Date; provided, however, that the applicable L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the applicable L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted or would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required USD Revolving Lenders or Required Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders, as appropriate,  have elected not to

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permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any USD Revolving Lender or Multi-Currency Revolving Lender, as appropriate, or any Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, and in each case directing the applicable L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

(iv)          If a Borrower so requests in any applicable L/C Application, the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an “Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit”).  Unless otherwise directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, such Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the applicable L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement.  Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the applicable L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the “Non-Reinstatement Deadline”), the applicable L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required USD Revolving Lenders or Required Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders, as appropriate, have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any USD Revolving Lender or Multi-Currency Revolving Lender, as appropriate, or any Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing the applicable L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.

(v)           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 L/C Issuer will also deliver to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c)           Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

(i)            Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof.  In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer in the same such currency, unless (A) such L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, such Borrower shall have notified such L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that such Borrower will reimburse such L/C Issuer in Dollars.  In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the applicable Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof.  Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in a currency other than Dollars (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the applicable Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C

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Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the Applicable Currency.  If the applicable Borrower fails to so reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender of the Honor Date, 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 “L/C Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s pro rata share thereof.  In such event, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans with an Interest Period of one month, as appropriate, to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the L/C Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for such Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice).  Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(ii)           Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its pro rata share of the L/C Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each of the respective Lenders that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan or Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month, as appropriate, to the respective Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer in the Applicable Currency (or, if requested by the applicable L/C Issuer, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate as of the funding date).

(iii)          With respect to any L/C Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing because the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the L/C Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the applicable Default Rate.  In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

(iv)          Until each respective Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s pro rata share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer.

(v)           Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuers for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender may have against any L/C Issuer, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason

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whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than delivery of a Loan Notice).  No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the applicable Borrowers to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi)          If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Credit Agreement, the applicable L/C Issuer 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 applicable L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the applicable L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing.  If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be.  A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d)           Repayment of Participations.

(i)            At any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related L/C Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from a Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its pro rata share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii)           If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the applicable L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer its pro rata share 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 Overnight 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 Credit Agreement.

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

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

(ii)                                  the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that a Borrower or 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), any L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Credit Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

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

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

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

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

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

(viii)                        any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant currency to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or

(ix)                              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, any Borrower or any Subsidiary.

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

(f)                                   Role of the L/C Issuers in such Capacity.  Each of the Lenders and the Borrowers agrees that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuers shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the

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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 L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any L/C Issuer 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 Lenders or the Applicable Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document.  Each Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to such Borrower’s use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude such Borrower from pursuing such rights and remedies as such Borrower may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (ix) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and the applicable L/C Issuer may be liable to such Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by such Borrower that such Borrower proves were caused by the applicable L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the applicable L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuers 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 the L/C Issuers shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, that may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.  The L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.

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

(h)                                 Letters of Credit Issued for Members of Consolidated Group.  Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, any Subsidiary, the applicable Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit.  Each applicable Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of any Subsidiary inures to the benefit of such applicable Borrower, and that such applicable Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiary.

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(i)                                     Letter of Credit Fees.  The Borrowers shall pay Letter of Credit fees as set forth in Section 2.09(b).

(j)                                    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.

2.04                        Additional Provisions with respect to Swingline Loans.

(a)                                 Borrowing Procedures.

(i)                                     USD Swingline Loans.  Each USD Swingline Borrowing shall be made in Dollars upon a Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the USD Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the USD Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum principal amount of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the USD Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower.  Promptly after receipt by the USD Swingline Lender of any telephonic Loan Notice, the USD Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Loan Notice and, if not, the USD Swingline Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless the USD Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any USD Revolving Lender) prior to 3:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed USD Swingline Borrowing (A) directing the USD Swingline Lender not to make such USD Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in this Article II, or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article V is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the USD Swingline Lender will, not later than 4:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Loan Notice, make the amount of its USD Swingline Loan available to the applicable Borrower at its office by crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of the USD Swingline Lender in immediately available funds.

(ii)                                  Multi-Currency Swingline Loans.  Each Multi-Currency Swingline Borrowing shall be made in Dollars upon a Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000 and integral multiples in excess thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery of the executed notice to the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender.  Unless the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Multi-Currency Revolving Lender) prior to 3:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Multi-Currency Swingline Borrowing (A) directing the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender not to make such Multi-Currency Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in this Article II, or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article V is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender will, not later than 4:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Loan Notice, make the amount of its Multi-Currency Swingline Loan available to the applicable Borrower at its office by crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of the

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Multi-Currency Swingline Lender (or otherwise transfer amounts per the Borrower’s payment instructions) in immediately available funds.

(b)                                 Refinancing.

(i)                                     USD Swingline Loans.

(A)                               The USD Swingline Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the applicable Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the USD Swingline Lender to so request on its behalf), that each USD Revolving Lender make a USD Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan or a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month, as appropriate, in an amount equal to such Lender’s pro rata share of USD Swingline Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate USD Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02.  The USD Swingline Lender shall furnish the applicable Borrowers with a copy of the applicable Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.  Each USD Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its pro rata share of the amount specified in such Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply for Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swingline Loan) for the account of the USD Swingline Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(i)(B), each USD Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a USD Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan or a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month, as appropriate, in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the USD Swingline Lender.

(B)                               If for any reason any USD Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing of USD Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.04(b)(i)(A), the request for USD Revolving Loans submitted by the USD Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the USD Swingline Lender that each of the USD Revolving Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant USD Swingline Loan and each USD Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the USD Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i)(A) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

(C)                               If any USD Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the USD Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such USD Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(b)(i) by the time specified in Section 2.04(b)(i)(A), the USD Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such USD Revolving 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 USD Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the USD Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing.  If such USD Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid),

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the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s USD Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant USD Swingline Loan, as the case may be.  A certificate of the USD Swingline Lender submitted to any USD Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (C) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(D)                               Each USD Revolving Lender’s obligation to make USD Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in USD Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(i) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (1) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender may have against the USD Swingline Lender, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (2) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, (3) non-compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 5.02, or (4) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided however, that each USD Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(i) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02.  No such purchase or funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to repay USD Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(ii)                                  Multi-Currency Swingline Loans.

(A)                               The Multi-Currency Swingline Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the applicable Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender make a Multi-Currency Revolving Loan in Dollars that is a Base Rate Loan or a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month, as appropriate, in an amount equal to such Lender’s pro rata share of Multi-Currency Swingline Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02.  The Multi-Currency Swingline Lender shall furnish the applicable Borrowers with a copy of the applicable Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.  Each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its pro rata share of the amount specified in such Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender at (i) the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii)(B), each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Multi-Currency Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan or a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month, as appropriate, in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender.

(B)                               If for any reason any Multi-Currency Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing of Multi-Currency Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.04(b)(ii)(A), the request for Multi-Currency Revolving Loans submitted by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender that each of the Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders

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fund its risk participation in the relevant Multi-Currency Swingline Loan and each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(ii)(A) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

(C)                               If any Multi-Currency Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such Multi-Currency Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(b)(ii) by the time specified in Section 2.04(b)(ii)(A), the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Multi-Currency Revolving 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 Multi-Currency Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing.  If such Multi-Currency Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Multi-Currency Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Multi-Currency Swingline Loan, as the case may be.  A certificate of the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender submitted to any Multi-Currency Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (C) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(D)                               Each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Multi-Currency Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Multi-Currency Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(ii) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (1) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender may have against the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (2) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, or (3) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided however, that each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(ii) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02.  No such purchase or funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to repay Multi-Currency Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(c)                                  Repayment of Participations.

(i)                                     USD Swingline Loans.

(A)                               At any time after any USD Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a USD Swingline Loan, if the USD Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such USD Swingline Loan, the USD Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its pro rata share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the USD Swingline Lender.

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(B)                               If any payment received by the USD Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any USD Swingline Loan is required to be returned by the USD Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the USD Swingline Lender in its discretion), each USD Revolving Lender shall pay to the USD Swingline Lender its pro rata share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate.  The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the USD Swingline Lender.  The obligations of the USD Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the USD Revolving Loan Obligations and the termination of this Credit Agreement.

(ii)                                  Multi-Currency Swingline Loans.

(A)                               At any time after any Multi-Currency Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Multi-Currency Swingline Loan, if the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Multi-Currency Swingline Loan, the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its pro rata share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender.

(B)                               If any payment received by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Multi-Currency Swingline Loan is required to be returned by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender in its discretion), each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender shall pay to the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender its pro rata share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate.  The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender.  The obligations of the Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations and the termination of this Credit Agreement.

(d)                                 Interest for Account of Swingline Lender.  The Swingline Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for interest on the Swingline Loans.  Until each Lender funds its Revolving Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s pro rata share of any Swingline Loan, interest in respect thereof shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.

(e)                                  Payments Directly to Swingline Lender.  The Borrowers shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swingline Loans directly to the Swingline Lender.

2.05                        Repayment of Loans.

(a)                                 Revolving Loans.  The Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans shall be repaid in full on the Revolving Termination Date.

(b)                                 USD Swingline Loans.  The Outstanding Amount of USD Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full on the earlier to occur of (i) the date of demand by the USD Swingline Lender, and (ii) the Revolving Termination Date.

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(c)                                  Multi-Currency Swingline Loans.  The Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full on the earliest to occur of (i) the date ten Business Days after the loan is made, (ii) the date of demand by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender, and (iii) the Revolving Termination Date.

(d)                                 Tranche A Term Loan.  The principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan shall be repaid in eighteen (18) consecutive quarterly installments on the last Business Day of each July, October, January and April, beginning July 30, 2013 and ending on October 30, 2017 (the “Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date”) when the remaining principal amount will be due and payable in full.  The first seventeen installments will each be in the principal amount of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) and the eighteenth (18th) and final installment on the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date will be in the remaining principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan.

(e)                                  Incremental Loan Facilities.  The principal amount of any Incremental Loan Facility established hereunder shall be as provided in the Incremental Loan Facility Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such loan is established.

2.06                        Prepayments.

(a)                                 Voluntary Prepayments.  The Loans may be repaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except, in the case of Loans other than Base Rate Loans, amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.05); provided that:

(i)                                     in the case of Loans other than Swingline Loans, (A) notice thereof must be received by 12:00 noon by the Administrative Agent at least

(1)                                 three Business Days prior to the date of prepayment of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, and shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1 million and whole multiples of $1 million;

(2)                                 four Business Days prior to the date of prepayment of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans denominated in currencies other than Dollars and Special Notice Currencies, and shall be a minimum principal amount of the equivalent of $1 million and whole multiples of $1 million, in the case of Loans other than Euro Revolving Loans, and €1 million and whole multiples of €1 million, in the case of Euro Revolving Loans;

(3)                                 five Business Days prior to the date of prepayment of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies, and shall be in a minimum principal amount of the equivalent of $1 million and whole multiples of $1 million;

(4)                                 one Business Day prior to of the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans, and shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1 million and whole multiples of $1 million; and

or, in any such case, the entire remaining principal amount thereof, if less;

(ii)                                  in the case of USD Swingline Loans, (A) notice thereof must be received by the USD Swingline Lender by 2:00 p.m. on the date of prepayment (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), and (B) any such prepayment shall be in the same minimum principal amounts as for advances thereof (or any lesser amount that may be acceptable to the USD Swingline Lender); and

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(iii)                               in the case of Multi-Currency Swingline Loans, (A) notice thereof must be received by the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender by 10:00 a.m. on the date of prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in the same minimum principal amounts as for advances thereof (or lesser amount that may be acceptable to the Multi-Currency Swingline Lender);

Each such notice of voluntary prepayment hereunder shall be irrevocable and shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and the Loans and Type(s) of Loans that are being prepaid and, if Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans.  The Administrative Agent will give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of any prepayment on the Loans and the Lender’s interest therein.  If such notice is given by a Borrower, such Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Prepayments of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans hereunder shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid and breakage or other amounts due, if any, under Section 3.05.

(b)                                 Mandatory Prepayments.

(i)                                     Revolving Commitments.  If at any time (A) the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency Revolving Loan Obligations and Competitive Revolving Loans shall exceed the Aggregate Multi-Currency Revolving Committed Amount, (B) the Outstanding Amount of USD L/C Obligations plus the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency L/C Obligations shall exceed the L/C Combined Sublimit, (C) the Outstanding Amount of USD Swingline Loans plus the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency Swingline Loans shall exceed the Swingline Combined Sublimit, (D) the Outstanding Amount of USD Revolving Loan Obligations shall exceed the Aggregate USD Revolving Committed Amount, (E) the Outstanding Amount of Euro Revolving Loan Obligations shall exceed the Aggregate Euro Revolving Committed Amount, (F) the Outstanding Amount of USD L/C Obligations shall exceed the USD L/C Sublimit, (G) the Outstanding Amount of USD Swingline Loans shall exceed the USD Swingline Sublimit, (H) the Outstanding Amount of Multi-Currency Swingline Loans shall exceed the Multi-Currency Swingline Sublimit, (I) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loan Obligations owing by any Borrower shall exceed its respective Borrowing Limit, or (J) the Outstanding Amount of Competitive Revolving Loans shall exceed the Competitive Revolving Loan Maximum Amount, then the applicable Borrowers shall make an immediate prepayment on or in respect of the respective Revolving Loan Obligations in an amount equal to the difference; provided, however, that, except with respect to clauses (B) and (F) above, L/C Obligations will not be Cash Collateralized hereunder until the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans in respect thereof have been paid in full.

(ii)                                  Dispositions.  Prepayment will be made on the Loan Obligations on the Business Day following receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds required to be prepaid pursuant to the terms of clauses (A) and (B) hereof in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds received from any Disposition by any member of the Consolidated Group (other than in connection with a Disposition permitted by Section 8.05(a) or (g), a Securitization Transaction permitted by Section 8.01(f), or Sale and Leaseback Transaction permitted by Section 8.05(d) or any Disposition to another member of the Consolidated Group permitted by subsections (e) or (f) of Section 8.05) to the extent (A) such proceeds are not reinvested in the same or similar properties or assets within twelve months of the date of such Disposition and (B) the aggregate amount of such proceeds that are not reinvested in accordance with clause (A) hereof exceeds $20 million in any fiscal year.

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(iii)                               Debt Transactions.  Prepayment will be made on the Loan Obligations in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Net Cash Proceeds from any Debt Transactions on the Business Day following receipt thereof (but excluding any refinancings unless Net Cash Proceeds are generated therefrom) occurring after the Closing Date.

(c)                                  Application.  Within each Loan, prepayments will be applied first to Base Rate Loans, then to Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities.  In addition:

(i)                                     Voluntary Prepayments.  Voluntary prepayments on the Term Loans may be applied to the Tranche A Term Loan or any other Term Loan established hereunder as the Borrower may direct; provided that any such prepayment on a Term Loan will be applied to such Term Loan, first, in forward order of maturity to the principal amortization payments coming due within the next twelve months in direct order of maturity and, second, pro rata to the remaining principal amortization installments on such Term Loan, as the case may be.  Voluntary prepayments will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective interests therein.

(ii)                                  Mandatory Prepayments.  Mandatory prepayments on the Loan Obligations will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective interests therein; provided that:

(A)                               Mandatory prepayments in respect of the Revolving Commitments under subsection (b)(i) above shall be applied to the respective Revolving Loan Obligations as appropriate.

(B)                               Mandatory prepayments in respect of Dispositions under subsection (b)(ii), and Debt Transactions under subsection (b)(iii), shall be applied pro rata to the Term Loans with application, first, in forward order to the principal amortization payments coming due within the next twelve months in direct order of maturity and, second, pro rata to the remaining principal amortization installments on such Term Loan, as the case may be, until paid in full, then to the Revolving Loan Obligations.

2.07                        Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

(a)                                 Voluntary Reductions.  The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate or permanently reduce, in whole or in part, the aggregate amount of USD Revolving Commitments, Euro Revolving Commitments and/or the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments hereunder by notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) any such notice thereof must be received by 11:00 a.m. at least three Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction and any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5 million and integral multiples of $1 million in excess thereof, or €5 million and integral multiples of €1 million in excess thereof, as appropriate; (ii) the aggregate amount of the respective Revolving Commitments may not be reduced to an amount less than the Revolving Loan Obligations in respect thereof then outstanding, and (iii) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the aggregate amount of the applicable Revolving Commitments, the L/C Sublimit, the Borrowing Limit or the Swingline Sublimit shall exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments in respect thereof, such sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of the difference.  The Administrative Agent will give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of any such termination or reduction in the aggregate amount of such Revolving Commitments.  Any reduction of the aggregate amount of USD Revolving Commitments, Euro Revolving Commitments and/or Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments shall be applied ratably to the applicable Revolving Commitments of

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the respective Lenders, as appropriate.  All commitment or other fees accrued with respect thereto through the effective date of any termination of the aggregate amount of USD Revolving Commitments, Euro Revolving Commitments and/or Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

(b)                                 Mandatory Reductions.  The Revolving Commitments will not be reduced by the amounts paid on the Revolving Loan Obligations under Section 2.06(b).

2.08                        Interest.

(a)                                 Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Fixed LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Percentage plus (in the case of a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan of any Lender which is lent from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) the Mandatory Cost, if any; and (ii) each Loan that is a Base Rate Loan (including USD Swingline Loans and Multi-Currency Swingline Loans) 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 Percentage.

(b)                                 (i)                                     If any amount of principal of any Loan or L/C Borrowing is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

(ii)                                  If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable under any Credit Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

(iii)                               Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder shall bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

(iv)                              Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due amounts) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c)                                  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 after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

2.09                        Fees.

(a)                                 Commitment Fees.  The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each of the Revolving Lenders their respective pro rata share of a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage times (ii) the actual daily amount by which the aggregate amount of the respective Revolving Commitments exceed the Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loan Obligations in respect thereof, subject, in each case, to adjustment for Defaulting Lenders as provided in Section 2.17.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swingline

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Loans and Competitive Bid Loans shall not be counted towards or considered usage of the respective Revolving Commitments for purposes of determining the Commitment Fee.  The Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times during the Commitment Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V shall not have been 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 Closing Date (and on the last day of the Commitment Period).  The Commitment Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Percentage during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Percentage separately for each period during such quarter that the Applicable Percentage was in effect.  The Commitment Fee payable in respect of the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments and the USD Revolving Commitments will be payable in Dollars, and the Commitment Fee payable in respect of the Euro Revolving Commitments will be payable in Euro.

(b)                                 Letter of Credit Fees.

(i)                                     Letter of Credit Fees.  The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each of the Revolving Lenders their pro rata share of a fee in respect of Letters of Credit under the respective Revolving Commitments, as applicable (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Percentage times (ii) the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit, subject, in each case, to adjustment for Defaulting Lenders under Section 2.17.  For purposes of determining 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 1.09.  The Letter of Credit Fee 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 Closing Date (and on the last day of the L/C Expiration Date).  The Letter of Credit Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Percentage during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Percentage separately for each period during such quarter that the Applicable Percentage was in effect.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Letter of Credit Fee shall accrue at the Default Rate after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default whenever the Default Rate shall be in effect for Loan Obligations under Section 2.08(b).  The Letter of Credit Fee payable in respect of the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments and the USD Revolving Commitments, in either case, if applicable, will be payable in Dollars, and the Letter of Credit Fee payable in respect of the Euro Revolving Commitments, if applicable, will be payable in Euro.

(ii)                                  Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers.  The Borrowers shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee (the “Fronting Fee”) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it at the rate and at the times specified in the applicable Fee Letter, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit.  For purposes of determining 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 1.09.  Unless otherwise agreed, the Fronting Fee 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 Closing Date (and on the last day of the L/C Expiration Date).  In addition, the Borrowers shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.  Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.  Unless otherwise provided, Fronting Fees and other amounts payable hereunder

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in respect of the Multi-Currency Revolving Commitments and the USD Revolving Commitments, in either case, if applicable, will be payable in Dollars, and the Letter of Credit Fee payable in respect of the Euro Revolving Commitments, if applicable, will be payable in Euro.

(c)                                  Other Fees.

(i)                                     The Borrowers 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.

(ii)                                  The Borrowers shall pay to the Competitive Bid Agent, for its own account, such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

(iii)                               The Borrowers shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

2.10                        Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate.

(a)                                 All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Fixed LIBOR 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), or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in (x) British Pounds Sterling, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be and (y) currencies other than Dollars and British Pounds Sterling, as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice.  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, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.11(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.

(b)                                 If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrowers or for any other reason, the Borrowers or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrowers as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrowers shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period.  This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under Section 2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(j), 2.08(b), 2.09 or under Article IX.  The Borrowers’ obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

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2.11                        Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.

(a)                                 General.  All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in currencies other than Dollars, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in such other currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Credit Agreement be made in the United States.  If, for any reason, a Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in the Applicable Currency, such Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent thereof.  The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its pro rata share of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of payments in currencies other than Dollars, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.  Subject to the definition of “Interest Period”, if any payment to be made by a 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 Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to the time such Borrowing is to be made) 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 2.02 (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 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable 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 applicable Borrowers 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 such 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 a Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.  If such 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 such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such 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 a Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

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(ii)                                  Payments by Borrowers; Presumptions by Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or any L/C Issuer hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due.  In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or L/C Issuer, 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 any 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 a Borrower as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to such Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V 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)                                 Obligation of the Lenders Several.  The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(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 purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(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.

2.12                        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 made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swingline Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations 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 and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans 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 Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:

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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 a Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Credit Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.16, 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 subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than as assignment to a Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

Each Credit Party 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 such Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Credit Party in the amount of such participation.

2.13                        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 Borrowers 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 Borrowers 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, each applicable Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Note for such Lender, 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 and Swingline Loans.  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.

2.14                        Designated Borrowers.

(a)                                 The Borrowers may at any time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from FME to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), designate any additional Subsidiary (an “Applicant Borrower”) as a Designated Borrower for and in respect of the Commitments and Loan Obligations hereunder and requesting that the Applicant Borrower be a Primary Borrower and/or Co-Borrower hereunder, as appropriate, and specifying the applicable Loan Obligations or portion thereof by delivering to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver counterparts thereof to each Lender) a duly executed notice and agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit 2.14-1 (a “Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement”).  The Borrowing Limit for any Applicant Borrower that becomes a Primary Borrower (including the Co-

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Borrowers) shall be the same as the Borrowing Limit in effect for FMCH.  The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that prior to any Applicant Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary becoming a Borrower entitled to utilize the credit facilities provided for herein, the Administrative Agent shall have received the written consent from all of the Lenders providing such credit facilities to such Foreign Subsidiary being made a Designated Borrower.  Designation of any Applicant Borrower as a Designated Borrower and approval of its Borrowing Limit is subject, in each case, to (i) the prior consent of the Required USD Revolving Lenders, the Required Euro Revolving Lenders, the Required Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders or the Required Tranche A Term Lenders, as applicable, in their sole discretion; (ii) delivery of an executed promissory note as may be requested by any applicable Lender in connection therewith; (iii) delivery of supporting resolutions, articles of incorporation and bylaws (or their equivalents), incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and such other items as the Administrative Agent and the Required USD Revolving Lenders, the Required Euro Revolving Lenders, the Required Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders or the Required Tranche A Term Lenders, as applicable, may request; and (iv) receipt of any “know your customer” or similar information reasonably requested by any such Lender.  If the Administrative Agent and the Required USD Revolving Lenders, the Required Euro Revolving Lenders, the Required Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders or the Required Tranche A Term Lenders, as applicable and to the extent required, agree that an Applicant Borrower may become a Borrower hereunder entitled to the respective Commitments and Loan Obligations hereunder, then promptly following receipt of all such requested resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents or information, the Administrative Agent shall send a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit 2.14-2 (a “Designated Borrower Notice”) to the Borrowers and the Lenders specifying the effective date upon which the Applicant Borrower shall constitute a Designated Borrower for purposes hereof, whereupon each of the Lenders agrees to permit such Designated Borrower to receive the respective Commitments and Loan Obligations hereunder, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and each of the parties agrees that such Designated Borrower otherwise shall be a Borrower for all purposes of this Credit Agreement; provided that no Loan Notice or L/C Application may be submitted by or on behalf of such Designated Borrower until the date which is five Business Days after such effective date.

(b)                                 Each Subsidiary that is or becomes a “Designated Borrower” pursuant to this Section 2.14 hereby irrevocably appoints FME as its agent, in each case for all purposes relevant to this Credit Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents, including (1) the giving and receipt of notices, (2) except for amendments, waivers and consents covered by Section 11.01, the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein, and (3) the receipt of the proceeds of any Loans made by the Lenders, to any such Designated Borrower hereunder.  Except for amendments, waivers and consents covered by Section 11.01, any acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken by all Borrowers, or by each Borrower acting singly, shall be valid and effective if given or taken only by FME, whether or not any such other Borrower joins therein.  Any such notice, demand, consent, acknowledgement, direction, certification or other communication delivered to such agent, as applicable, for the Designated Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Designated Borrower.

(c)                                  FME may request that any Borrower (other than FME and FMCH) cease to be a Borrower by delivering to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver copies thereof to each Lender) a written notice to such effect.  If such Borrower is a Primary Borrower (including the Co-Borrowers), it shall cease to be a Borrower on the date the Administrative Agent receives such written notice.  If such Borrower is a Designated Borrower (unless it is a Primary Borrower or Co-Borrower), it shall cease to be a Borrower on the later to occur of (i) the date the Administrative Agent receives such written notice, and (ii) the date such Designated Borrower has paid all of its obligations (including

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payment of Cash Collateral in respect of any L/C Obligations outstanding for its benefit) and all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and other obligations hereunder or in connection herewith.

2.15                        Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers.

(a)                                 The obligations of each of the Primary Borrowers, as borrowers hereunder, shall be joint and several in nature for all Loan Obligations and other obligations owing hereunder or under the other Credit Documents; provided that:  (i) the obligations of any Primary Borrower as a joint and several obligor hereunder in respect of such obligations shall not in any event exceed an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law, (ii) none of the Primary Borrowers shall exercise any right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against any other Borrower or Guarantor until such time as the Loan Obligations and the other obligations owing hereunder and under the other Credit Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and the Commitments relating thereto have expired or been terminated, and (iii) each Primary Borrower expressly waives any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any of their officers, agents or representatives, exhaust any right, power or remedy or first proceed under any of the Credit Documents or against any other Borrower, Guarantor, other Person or Collateral.

(b)                                 The obligations of each of the Designated Borrowers that are not Primary Borrowers, as borrowers hereunder, shall be several (and not joint) in nature and shall be limited in each case to the obligations borrowed by such Designated Borrower hereunder.

2.16                        Cash Collateral.

(a)                                 Certain Credit Support Events.  If (i) the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, (ii) as of the L/C Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (iii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02(c), or (iv) there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, the Borrowers shall immediately (in the case of clause (iii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any request by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iv) above, after giving effect to Section 2.17(b) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender) or such lesser amount as may be agreed with the L/C Issuer, in its sole discretion.

(b)                                 Grant of Security Interest.  The Borrowers, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, subject to any lien of the Administrative Agent as depository bank for unpaid fees and similar charges, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.16(c).  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 or the L/C Issuer as herein provided or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrower 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.  All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts with, and subject to the control of, the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall pay on demand

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therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.

(c)                                  Application.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Credit Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or or 9.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swingline Loans, 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.

(d)                                 Release.  Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 11.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Credit Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Credit Documents, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

2.17                        Defaulting Lenders.

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

(i)                                     A Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent, and to participate in the process of any such amendment, waiver or consent, with respect to this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be suspended as provided in the definition of “Required Lenders” and in Section 11.01.

(ii)                                  A Defaulting Lender may be replaced and its interests assigned or Commitments terminated as provided in Section 11.13.

(iii)                               The L/C Issuers and Swingline Lender may require Cash Collateral or other assurance in respect of Fronting Exposure as a condition to Credit Extensions.

(iv)                              all payments of principal, interest and other amounts owing to a Defaulting Lender will be paid into an account or subaccount with the Administrative Agent (collectively, the “Defaulting Lender Account”) to secure the Defaulting Lender’s obligations under this Credit Agreement.  Amounts held in the Defaulting Lender Account 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 such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuers or Swingline Lenders hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by an L/C Issuer or a Swingline Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Borrowers may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Credit Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if

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so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Credit Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 2.16; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers or Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, an L/C Issuer or a Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Credit Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Credit Agreement; and eighth, to such 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 L/C Borrowings in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, such Defaulting Lender.

(v)                                 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 2.17(a)(v) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto;

(A)                               No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fees under Section 2.09(a) 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).

(B)                               Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees under Section 2.09(b) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its pro rata share of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral as provided in Section 2.16.

(C)                               With respect to any Letter of Credit Fee under Section 2.09(b) not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (B) above, the Borrowers shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans that have been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (b) below, (y) pay to the L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such L/C Issuer’s or Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

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to terminate the Commitments of the Defaulting Lender, and repay its share of outstanding Revolving Loan Obligations on a non-pro rata basis.

(b)           Reallocation of Pro Rata Share to Reduce Fronting Exposure.  All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata shares (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrowers shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate amount of any Non-Defaulting Lender’s share of Revolving Loan Obligations to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment in respect thereof.  No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(c)           Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans.  If the reallocation described in Section 2.17(b) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable Law, (x) first, prepay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lenders’ Fronting Exposure, and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.16.

(d)           Defaulting Lender Cure.  If the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lenders and the L/C Issuers 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 at par 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 and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata shares (without giving effect to Section 2.17(b)), 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 Borrowers 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.

(e)           New Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit.  So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender (i) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is satisfied that there will be no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loans, and (ii) no L/C Issuer shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

2.18        Additional Provisions Relating to Competitive Revolving Loans.

(a)           Requesting Competitive Bids.  The Borrowers may request the submission of Competitive Bids by delivering a Bid Request to the Competitive Bid Agent and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Dollars, (ii) four Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute

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Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies other than Special Notice Currencies and (iii) five Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies.  Each Bid Request shall specify (A) the kind of financial accommodation requested, (B) the Borrower or Borrowers therefor, (C) the requested date of the Bid Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (D) the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Revolving Loans requested (which must be in the amount of ten million units of the Applicable Currency and integral multiples of one million units of the Applicable Currency in excess thereof), (E) the Type of Competitive Revolving Loans requested, (F) the currency of the requested Competitive Revolving Loan, and (G) the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, and shall be signed by a Responsible Officer or duly authorized signatory of the applicable Borrower.  No Bid Request shall contain a request for (1) more than one Type of Competitive Revolving Loan, (2) Competitive Revolving Loans denominated in more than one currency or (3) Competitive Revolving Loans having more than three different Interest Periods.  Bid Requests may be grouped and submitted together, but not more frequently than twice in any calendar week.  Each such submission may contain up to five separate Bid Requests.  Unless the Competitive Bid Agent otherwise agrees in its sole and absolute discretion, the Borrowers may not submit a Bid Request if another Bid Request has been submitted within the preceding five Business Days.

(b)           Submitting Competitive Bids.

(i)            After confirming with the Administrative Agent that the applicable Bid Request complies with the provisions of Section 2.01(d), the Competitive Bid Agent shall notify each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender of each Bid Request received by it from the Borrowers and the contents of such Bid Request not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date it receives such Bid Request.

(ii)           Each Multi-Currency Revolving Lender may (but shall have no obligation to) submit a Competitive Bid containing an offer to make one or more Competitive Revolving Loans in response to such Bid Request.  Such Competitive Bid must be delivered to the Competitive Bid Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (A) two Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Dollars, (B) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies other than Special Notice Currencies and (C) four Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies; provided, however, that any Competitive Bid submitted by the Competitive Bid Agent in its capacity as a Multi-Currency Revolving Lender in response to any Bid Request must be submitted to the Competitive Bid Agent not later than 10:15 a.m. on the date on which Competitive Bids are required to be delivered by the other Multi-Currency Revolving Lenders in response to such Bid Request.  Each Competitive Bid shall specify (1) the proposed date of the Bid Borrowing; (2) the principal amount of each Competitive Revolving Loan for which such Competitive Bid is being made, which principal amount (I) may be equal to, greater than or less than the Revolving Commitment of the bidding Lender, (II) must be in the amount of five million units of the Applicable Currency and integral multiples of one million units of the Applicable Currency in excess thereof, and (III) may not exceed the principal amount of Competitive Revolving Loans for which Competitive Bids were requested; (3) if the proposed Bid Borrowing is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans, the Absolute Rate offered for each such Competitive Revolving Loan and the Interest Period applicable thereto; (4) if the proposed Bid Borrowing is to consist of Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans, the Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid with respect to each

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such Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loan and the Interest Period applicable thereto; and (5) the identity of the bidding Lender.

(iii)          Any Competitive Bid shall be disregarded if it (A) is received after the applicable time specified in clause (ii) above, (B) is not substantially in the form of a Competitive Bid as specified herein, (C) contains qualifying, conditional or similar language, (D) proposes terms other than or in addition to those set forth in the applicable Bid Request, or (E) is otherwise not responsive to such Bid Request.  Any Multi-Currency Revolving Lender may correct a Competitive Bid containing a manifest error by submitting a corrected Competitive Bid (identified as such) not later than the applicable time required for submission of Competitive Bids.  Any such submission of a corrected Competitive Bid shall constitute a revocation of the Competitive Bid that contained the manifest error.  The Competitive Bid Agent may, but shall not be required to, notify any Multi-Currency Revolving Lender of any manifest error it detects in such Lender’s Competitive Bid.

(iv)          Subject only to the provisions of Sections 3.02, 3.03 and 5.02 and clause (iii) above, each Competitive Bid shall be irrevocable.

(c)           Notice to Borrowers of Competitive Bids.  Not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) two Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Dollars, (ii) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies other than Special Notice Currencies and (iii) four Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies, the Competitive Bid Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower or Borrowers of the identity of each Lender that has submitted a Competitive Bid that complies with the foregoing subsection (b) and of the terms of the offers contained in each such Competitive Bid.

(d)           Acceptance of Competitive Bids.  Not later than 11:30 a.m. (i) two Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Dollars, (ii) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies other than Special Notice Currencies and (iii) four Business Days prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies, the Borrowers shall notify the Competitive Bid Agent of its acceptance or rejection of the offers notified to it pursuant to the foregoing subsection (c).  The Borrowers shall be under no obligation to accept any Competitive Bid and may choose to reject all Competitive Bids.  In the case of acceptance, such notice shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bids for each Interest Period that is accepted.  The Borrowers may accept any Competitive Bid in whole or in part; provided that:

(A)          the aggregate principal amount of each Bid Borrowing may not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the related Bid Request;

(B)          the principal amount of each Competitive Revolving Loan must be in the amount of five million units of the Applicable Currency and integral multiples of one million units of the Applicable Currency in excess thereof;

(C)          the acceptance of offers may be made only on the basis of ascending Absolute Rates or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bids within each Interest Period; and

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(D)          the Borrowers may not accept any offer that is described in the foregoing subsection (b)(iii) above or that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements hereof.

(e)           Procedure for Identical Bids.  If two or more Lenders have submitted Competitive Bids at the same Absolute Rate or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid, as the case may be, for the same Interest Period, and the result of accepting all of such Competitive Bids in whole (together with any other Competitive Bids at lower Absolute Rates or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bids, as the case may be, accepted for such Interest Period in conformity with the requirements of the foregoing subsection (d) above) would be to cause the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the applicable Bid Borrowing to exceed the amount specified therefor in the related Bid Request, then, unless otherwise agreed by the Borrowers, the Competitive Bid Agent and such Lenders, such Competitive Bids shall be accepted as nearly as possible in proportion to the amount offered by each such Lender in respect of such Interest Period, at such Absolute Rate or Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid, without regard to the requirements of foregoing subsection (d) above.

(f)            Notice to Lenders of Acceptance or Rejection of Bids.  The Competitive Bid Agent shall promptly notify each Lender having submitted a Competitive Bid (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) whether or not its offer has been accepted and, if its offer has been accepted, of the amount of the Competitive Revolving Loan or Competitive Revolving Loans to be made by it on the date of the applicable Bid Borrowing.  Any Competitive Bid or portion thereof that is not accepted by the Borrowers by the applicable time specified in foregoing subsection (d) above shall be deemed rejected.

(g)           Notice of Fixed LIBOR Rate.  If any Bid Borrowing is to consist of Fixed LIBOR Margin Bid Loans, the Competitive Bid Agent shall determine the Fixed LIBOR Rate for the relevant Interest Period, and promptly after making such determination, shall notify the applicable Borrower and the Lenders that will be participating in such Bid Borrowing of such Fixed LIBOR Rate.

(h)           Funding of Competitive Revolving Loans.  Each Lender that has received notice pursuant to foregoing subsection (f) above that all or a portion of its Competitive Bid has been accepted by the Borrowers shall make the amount of its Competitive Revolving Loan(s) available to the Competitive Bid Agent in Same Day Funds at the Competitive Bid Agent’s Lending Office (or such other office as provided to the Revolving Lenders by the Competitive Bid Agent) for the Applicable Currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any Competitive Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Competitive Bid Agent in the case of any Competitive Revolving Loan in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the date of the requested Bid Borrowing.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 and after the Competitive Bid Agent has received confirmation from the Administrative Agent that such Competitive Bid complies with the provisions of Section 2.01(d), the Competitive Bid Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrowers in like funds as received by the Competitive Bid Agent.

(i)            Notice of Range of Bids.  After each Competitive Bid auction pursuant to this Section 2.18, the Competitive Bid Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender that submitted a Competitive Bid in such auction of the ranges of bids submitted (without the bidder’s name) and accepted for each Competitive Revolving Loan and the aggregate amount of each Bid Borrowing.

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ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.01        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 any Credit Party under any Credit Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws.  If any applicable Laws (as determined in the good faith discretion of the Administrative Agent) require the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Administrative Agent or a Credit Party, then the Administrative Agent or such Credit Party shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.

(ii)           If any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Internal Revenue 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 Internal Revenue Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Credit Parties 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 3.01) the applicable Recipient, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

(iii)          If any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws other than the Internal Revenue Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Credit Party 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) such Credit Party 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, the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party 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 3.01) the applicable Recipient 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 Credit Parties.  Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Credit Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

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(c)           Tax Indemnifications.

(i)            Each of the Credit Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each of the Credit Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to Section 3.01(c)(ii) below.

(ii)           Each Lender and L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender or L/C Issuer (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender or L/C Issuer, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Credit Party in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).

(d)           Evidence of Payments.  Upon request by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, the Borrowers shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrowers, 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 Law to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

(e)           Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

(i)            Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Credit Document shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the

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Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

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

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

(B)          any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to 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 Credit Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

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

(II)          executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(III)        in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal

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Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or

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

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

(D)          if a payment made to a Lender under any Credit 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 Internal Revenue 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 Internal Revenue 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 Credit Agreement.

(iii)          Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(f)            Treatment of Certain Refunds.  Unless required by applicable Law, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be.  If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Credit Party or with respect to which any Credit Party

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has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to the Credit Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by a Credit Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred by such Recipient, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Credit Party, upon the request of the Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Credit Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Recipient in the event the Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will the applicable Recipient be required to pay any amount to the Credit Party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Recipient would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This subsection shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Credit Party or any other Person.

(g)           Survival.  Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

3.02        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 Fixed LIBOR Rate (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Fixed LIBOR 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 or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the applicable Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, in the case of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans in Dollars, to convert Base Rate Loans to Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans shall be suspended and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Fixed LIBOR 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 Fixed LIBOR Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable and such Loans are denominated in Dollars, convert all of such Lender’s Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans 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 Fixed LIBOR 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 Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Fixed LIBOR Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Fixed LIBOR Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Fixed LIBOR Rate.  Upon any such prepayment or

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conversion, the applicable Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

3.03        Inability to Determine Rates.  If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) deposits in the Applicable Currency are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for the Applicable Currency, the applicable amount or the applicable Interest Period for such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Fixed LIBOR Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan (whether denominated in Dollars or another currency or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan that is determined by reference to the Fixed LIBOR Rate), or (c) the Fixed LIBOR Rate for the Applicable Currency for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan, or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan which is based on the Fixed LIBOR Rate, does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the affected Borrowers and Lenders.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain such Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies shall be suspended and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Fixed LIBOR Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Fixed LIBOR 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 Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies in respect thereof or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or unaffected Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans, as appropriate, in the amount specified therein.

3.04        Increased Cost; Capital Adequacy.

(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 (A) any reserve requirement reflected in the Fixed LIBOR Rate or contemplated by Section 3.04(e) hereof) and (B) the requirements of the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank reflected in the Mandatory Cost, other than as set forth below) or an L/C Issuer;

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

(iii)          result in a failure of the Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, to represent the cost to any Lender of complying with the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank in relation to its making, funding or maintaining Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans; or

(iv)          impose on any Lender or L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Credit Agreement or Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

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

(b)           Capital Requirements.  If any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Credit Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the applicable Borrower will pay or cause to be paid to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

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

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

(e)           Reserves on Fixed LIBOR Rate Loans.  The Borrowers shall pay, or cause to be paid, 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 Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Fixed LIBOR 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 absent manifest error), 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

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Commitments or the funding of the Fixed LIBOR 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 thereof allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), which, in each case, shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrowers shall have received at least fifteen (15) 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 fifteen (15) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or costs shall be due and payable fifteen (15) days from receipt of such notice.

3.05        Compensation for Losses.  Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrowers shall promptly compensate, or cause to be compensated, 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 any 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 such Borrower;

(c)           any failure by any 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 Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by any 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 or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract.  The Borrowers shall also pay, or cause to be paid, any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrowers to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan made by it at the Fixed LIBOR Rate used in determining the Fixed LIBOR 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 Fixed LIBOR Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

3.06        Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a)           Designation of a Different Lending Office.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender, L/C Issuer or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender or L/C Issuer gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then at the request of the Borrower such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall 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 L/C Issuer,

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as applicable, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be.  The Borrowers hereby agree to pay, or cause to be paid, all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b)           Replacement of Lenders.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different Lending Office in accordance with Section 3.06(a), the Borrowers may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.

3.07        Survival Losses.  All of the Credit Parties’ obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Commitments hereunder and repayment of the Loan Obligations and resignation of the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE IV

GUARANTY

4.01        The Guaranty.

(a)           Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally irrevocably guarantees to the Administrative Agent and each of the holders of the Obligations as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.  The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

(b)           Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Credit Documents, Swap Contracts or other agreements or documents relating to the Obligations, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law.

(c)           The liability of a German Guarantor shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11.22 hereof.

(d)           The liability of any entity incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (a “Luxembourg Guarantor”) for obligations of any entity of which such Luxembourg Guarantor is a Subsidiary and/or for obligations of any of such Luxembourg Guarantor’s Affiliates (other than its own Subsidiaries) in respect of the guaranty set forth in this Article IV shall be limited at any time to an aggregate amount not exceeding ninety five percent (95%) of the greater of the sum of such Luxembourg Guarantor’s own funds (capitaux propres) and the debt owed bythe Luxembourg Guarantor

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to its direct and indirect shareholders as determined by Article 34 of the Luxembourg Law of 19 December 2002 on the register of commerce and companies, accounting and companies annual accounts, as amended, (i) as set forth in its most recently approved financial statements or (ii) existing as of the Closing Date.  This limitation does not apply to any amounts borrowed under any facility and in each case made available, in any form whatsoever, to such Luxembourg Guarantor or its Subsidiaries.

4.02        Obligations Unconditional.

(a)           The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 are joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents or other documents relating to the Obligations, or any substitution, compromise, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.  Each Guarantor agrees that it shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrowers or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full and the Commitments relating thereto have expired or terminated.

(b)           Without limiting the generality of the foregoing subsection, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

(i)            at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

(ii)           any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Credit Documents, or other documents relating to the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein shall be done or omitted;

(iii)          the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Credit Documents or any other document relating to the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;

(iv)          any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any holder of the Obligations as security for any of the Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or

(v)           any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including any creditor of any Guarantor).

(c)           With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest, notice of acceptance of the guaranty given hereby and of extensions of credit that may constitute obligations guaranteed hereby, notices of amendments, waivers, consents and supplements to the Credit Documents and other documents relating to the Obligations, or the compromise, release or exchange of collateral or security, and all other notices

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whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any holder of the Obligations exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Credit Documents or any other document relating to the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.

4.03        Reinstatement.  Neither the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder nor any remedy for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, changed or released in any manner whatsoever by an impairment, modification, change, release or limitation of the liability of the Borrowers, by reason of any Borrower’s bankruptcy or insolvency or by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of all or any portion of the Obligations.  In addition, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each holder of the Obligations on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such holder of the Obligations in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any Debtor Relief Law.

4.04        Certain Waivers.  Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that (a) the guaranty given hereby may be enforced without the necessity of resorting to or otherwise exhausting remedies in respect of any other security or collateral interests, and without the necessity at any time of having to take recourse against the Borrowers hereunder or against any collateral securing the Obligations or otherwise, and (b) it will not assert any right to require the action first be taken against the Borrowers or any other Person (including any co-guarantor) or pursuit of any other remedy or enforcement any other right, and (c) nothing contained herein shall prevent or limit action being taken against the Borrowers hereunder, under the other Credit Documents or the other documents and agreements relating to the Obligations or from foreclosing on any security or Collateral interests relating hereto or thereto, or from exercising any other rights or remedies available in respect thereof, if neither the Borrowers nor the Guarantors shall timely perform their obligations, and the exercise of any such rights and completion of any such foreclosure proceedings shall not constitute a discharge of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder unless as a result thereof, the Obligations shall have been paid in full and the Commitments relating thereto shall have expired or terminated, it being the purpose and intent that the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder be absolute, irrevocable, independent and unconditional under all circumstances.  Each Guarantor agrees that it shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.06.

4.05        Remedies.  The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and holders of the Obligations, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances specified in Section 9.02) for purposes of Section 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.01.  The Guarantors acknowledge and agree that their obligations hereunder are secured in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and that the holders of the Obligations may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof.

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4.06        Rights of Contribution.  The Guarantors hereby agree as among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have a right of contribution from each other Guarantor in accordance with applicable Law.  Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the Obligations until such time as the Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full and the Commitments relating thereto shall have expired or been terminated, and none of the Guarantors shall exercise any such contribution rights until the Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full and the Commitments relating thereto shall have expired or been terminated.

4.07        Guaranty of Payment; Continuing Guaranty.  The guarantee given by the Guarantors in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.

ARTICLE V

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

5.01        Conditions of Effectiveness.  This Credit Agreement shall be effective upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent in each case in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a)           Executed Credit Documents.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) multiple counterparts of this Credit Agreement, (ii) executed Notes for those Lenders requesting them, (iii) multiple counterparts of the Pledge Agreements, the Parallel Debt Agreement and any other Collateral Documents, in each case properly executed by a Responsible Officer or duly authorized signatory.

(b)           Financial Information.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent of, with respect to FME and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (A) unaudited company-prepared financial statements, including a balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows (excluding notes) for the fiscal period ending June 30, 2012, and (B) audited financial statements, including balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows (excluding notes) for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

(c)           Collateral.  Receipt by the Collateral Agent of the following:

(i)            UCC Financing Statements.  UCC financing statements for each jurisdiction as necessary or appropriate, in the Collateral Agent’s discretion, to perfect the security interest in the Collateral granted under the Pledge Agreements.

(ii)           Certificated Interests.  Where required for perfection under applicable Law, original certificates evidencing the Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents (to the extent such Capital Stock is certificated), together with undated stock transfer powers executed in blank.

(d)           Corporate Documents.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate of a Responsible Officer or duly authorized signatory of each Credit Party attaching each of the following documents and certifying that each is true and correct and complete and in full force and effect as of the Closing Date:

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(i)            Charter Documents.  Copies of its certificate of organization or equivalent, certified to be true and correct as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its organization.

(ii)           Bylaws.  Copies of its bylaws, operating agreement or partnership agreement or the equivalent.

(iii)          Resolutions.  Copies of its resolutions approving and adopting the Credit Documents to which it is a party, the transactions contemplated herein and therein, and authorizing the execution and delivery thereof.

(iv)          Incumbency.  Original incumbency certificates identifying the officers thereof authorized to act on its behalf in connection with the Credit Documents (if available from the applicable jurisdiction).

(v)           Good Standing.  Certificates of good standing or the equivalent (if available from the applicable jurisdiction), certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authorities from the state or other jurisdiction of its organization, and such other states or jurisdictions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and, in relation to a Luxembourg Guarantor, a confirmation by a manager that the company is not (A) subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, voluntary or judicial liquidation, composition with creditors, reprieve from payment, controlled management or (B) on the date of the confirmation, in a state of cessation or payments and has not lost its commercial creditworthiness except if otherwise provided for in the relevant charter documents.

(e)           Legal Opinions.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent of favorable legal opinions from counsel to FME, FMCH and other members of the Consolidated Group in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent regarding, among other things, existence and due authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the Credit Documents, no violations of Organization Documents, certain material agreements or applicable Law caused by the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents, and the attachment and perfection of security interests in the Collateral pledged to secure the Loans and Obligations hereunder (including local counsel opinions).

(f)            Replacement of the Existing Credit Agreements.  Evidence of repayment of the loans and obligations owing by FME, FMCH and the other Borrowers and Guarantors under the Existing Bank Credit Agreement and the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement, and, in each case, termination of the commitments thereunder and release of the security interests relating thereto.

(g)           Fees.  Payment of all fees and expenses required to be paid on or before the Closing Date, including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and Collateral Agent.  As used herein, “documented” means such documentation as may be customary, reasonable and appropriate in light of the circumstances, but which, for purposes of closing, may include a summary statement with estimates of fees and expenses through a reasonable post-closing period.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that has signed this Credit Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or

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satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

5.02        Conditions to all Credit Extensions.  The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a)           The representations and warranties of each Credit Party contained in Article VI or any other Credit Document, or that are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 5.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (A) and (B) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01.

(b)           No Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension.

(c)           The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

Each Borrowing pursuant to any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversions or continuations) submitted by the Borrowers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Borrowers that the conditions specified in Section 5.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Borrower and each other Credit Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the following (provided, only the Borrowers (and not the other Credit Parties) represent and warrant as to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.21(b)):

6.01        Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws.  Each Credit Party (a) is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the applicable jurisdiction and except to the extent that the failure to be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the applicable jurisdiction) under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, (d) is in compliance with all Laws and (e) has, to the extent applicable: (i) entered into and maintains in good standing its Medicare Provider Agreements and Medicaid Provider Agreements and (ii) ensured that all such required licenses are in full force and effect on the date hereof and have not been revoked or suspended or otherwise limited; except in the case of clauses (b)(i), (b)(ii),

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(c), (d) and (e), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.02        Authorization; No Contravention.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of each Credit Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) materially conflict with or result in any material breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, (i) any material Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or (ii) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; (c) violate any Law; or (d) except to the extent it would not have a Material Adverse Effect, result in a limitation on any licenses, permits, certificates or determinations of need or other approvals applicable to the business, operations or properties of any Credit Party or adversely affect the ability of any Credit Party to participate in any Medical Reimbursement Programs.

6.03        Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.  No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Credit Party of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document other than (i) those that have already been obtained and are in full force and effect and (ii) filings to perfect the Liens created by the Collateral Documents.

6.04        Binding Effect.  This Credit Agreement and each other Credit Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is party thereto.  This Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles of law (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).

6.05        Financial Statements.  The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Consolidated Group for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, including the notes thereto (A) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (B) fairly present the financial condition of the Consolidated Group as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (C) reflect all material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent, as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group.

6.06        No Material Adverse Effect.  Since December 31, 2011, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.07        Litigation.  There are no actions, suits, investigations, criminal prosecutions, civil investigative demands, imposition of criminal or civil fines or penalties, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers after due and diligent investigation, threatened, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any member of the Consolidated Group or against any of their respective properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or

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pertain to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, or (b) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.08        No Default.  No member of the Consolidated Group is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.

6.09        Ownership of Property; Liens.  Each member of the Consolidated Group has good record and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The property of the Consolidated Group is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 8.02.

6.10        Environmental Compliance.  No member of the Consolidated Group has any liability or responsibility under any claim in respect of the violation of any Environmental Laws, except for such claims that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.11        Insurance.  The properties of the Consolidated Group are insured pursuant to self-insurance arrangements or with financially sound and reputable insurance companies that are not Affiliates of the Borrowers or with Captive Insurance Companies, in each case in such kinds, types, amounts and with such deductibles and self-insurance retentions as are in accordance with sound business practice.

6.12        Taxes.  Each member of the Consolidated Group has filed all material federal, state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all taxes shown thereon to be due and has paid all other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.  There is no proposed tax assessment against the Borrowers or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.13        ERISA Compliance.

(a)           Each Plan of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state Laws, except where a failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Plan of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently pending before the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of Responsible Officers of the Credit Parties, nothing has occurred that would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.  Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such Credit Party and each of its ERISA Affiliates have made all required contributions to each Plan of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code has been made with respect to such Plan.

(b)           There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any

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Plan of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)           Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries; (ii) no Pension Plan of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries is in “at risk” status under Section 430(i)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA; (iii) neither such Credit Party nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither such Credit Party nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred that, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries; and (v) neither Such Credit Party nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has engaged in a transaction that would reasonably be expected to subject such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

6.14        Jurisdiction of Organization, Capital Stock and Ownership of Credit Parties.

(a)           As of the Closing Date, set forth on Schedule 6.14, with respect to each Credit Party, is the jurisdiction of organization, and, for Credit Parties other than FME, classes of Capital Stock (including options, warrants, rights of subscription, conversion, exchangeability and other similar rights), ownership and ownership percentages thereof.  Such outstanding shares of Capital Stock have been validly issued, fully paid and are non-assessable and owned free of Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 8.02.  The outstanding shares of Capital Stock shown are not the subject of buy sell, voting trust or other shareholder agreement except as identified on Schedule 6.14.

(b)           Each of the Borrowers (other than FME) is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of FME.

6.15        Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

(a)           The Credit Parties are not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of their important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying “margin stock” (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.  Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the assets subject to the provisions of Section 8.02 or Section 8.05 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between a Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness will be margin stock.

(b)           None of the Credit Parties, any Person Controlling a Credit Party, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

6.16        Disclosure.    Each Credit Party has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No report, financial statement, certificate or other information (other than information of a general economic nature) furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Credit Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Credit Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) taken as a

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whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time, it being understood that projections are subject to uncertainties and contingencies beyond the control of the Credit Parties and that no assurance can be given that such projections will be realized.

6.17        Compliance with Laws.  Each member of the Consolidated Group is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions, settlements or other agreements with any Governmental Authority and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.18        Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.  Except to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Consolidated Group owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person, (b) to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any member of the Consolidated Group infringes upon any rights held by any other Person, and (c) no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened.

6.19        Pledge Agreements.  Each Pledge Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral identified therein on the terms set forth therein, except to the extent the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles of law (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law) and, when such Collateral is delivered to the Collateral Agent or such other perfection requirements as set forth in the applicable Pledge Agreement are complied with, each Pledge Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the pledgors thereunder in such Collateral, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Lien.

6.20        Reimbursement from Medical Reimbursement Programs.  The accounts receivable of each of the Domestic Credit Parties have been and will continue to be adjusted in all material respects to reflect the reimbursement policies (both those most recently published in writing as well as those not in writing that have been verbally communicated) of any Medical Reimbursement Program (including Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, private insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, alternative delivery systems, managed care systems, government contracting agencies and other third party payors) applicable to such Credit Party.  In particular, such accounts receivable relating to any Medical Reimbursement Program do not and shall not exceed amounts any obligee is entitled to receive under any capitation arrangement, fee schedule, discount formula, cost-based reimbursement or other adjustment or limitation to its usual charges, in each case to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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6.21        Anti-Corruption and Sanctions Compliance.

(a)           FME and its Subsidiaries have established policies and practices reasonably designed to promote compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws.

(b)           The Borrowers have not, and covenant and agree that they will not, knowingly use any proceeds of any Loan or extensions of credit hereunder, or knowingly make any such proceeds or extensions of credit available to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, or knowingly lend or contribute any such loan proceeds or extensions of credit to any such Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person in violation of sanctions applicable to them administered or enforced by the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury, except to the extent that this provision would expose any Person or any director, officer or employee thereof to any liability under EU Regulation (EC) 2271/96 or Section 4a of the German Foreign Trade Regulation.

ARTICLE VII

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Loan Obligations hereunder shall have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied, and the Commitments hereunder shall have expired or been terminated, the Credit Parties will, and will cause members of the Consolidated Group to:

7.01        Financial Statements.  Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a)           as soon as available, and in any event within five days after the date such information is required to be delivered to the SEC (but not in any event more than ninety-five days after the end of any fiscal year), consolidated balance sheets of FME and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012), and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, and the related statements of shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall state that such accountants conducted their audit of such financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit or other material qualification or exception of any kind; and

(b)           as soon as available, and in any event within five days after the date such information is required to be delivered to the SEC (but not in any event more than fifty days after the end of any fiscal quarter), consolidated balance sheets of FME and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of for each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, and the related statements of shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer thereof as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

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As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 7.02(c), the Borrowers shall not be separately required to furnish such information under subsections (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrowers to furnish the information and materials described in subsections (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.

7.02        Certificates; Other Information.  Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a)           concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.01(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants certifying such financial statements and stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default or, if any such Default or Event of Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;

(b)           concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer (i) setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants, (ii) demonstrating compliance with certain other covenants contained herein (including certain Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01, certain Investments permitted under Section 8.03 and certain Restricted Payments permitted under Section 8.06), (iii) certifying that no Default or Event of Default exists as of the date thereof (or the nature and extent thereof and proposed actions with respect thereto) and (iv) to the extent necessary pursuant to Section 1.03, including a summary of all material changes in or the consistent application of GAAP affecting the numeric value of the financial covenants, and a reconciliation between calculation of the financial covenants (and determination of the applicable pricing level under the definition of “Applicable Percentage”) before and after giving effect to such changes;

(c)           promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of FME, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements that FME may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto; and