FIRST AMENDMENT Dated June 12, 2018 to NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT Dated April 20, 2017

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION COPY

CORESITE, L.P.

FIRST AMENDMENT

Dated June 12, 2018

to

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated April 20, 2017

Re:                         $175,000,000 3.91% Senior Notes due April 20, 2024

FIRST AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT, dated June 12, 2018 (this “First Amendment”), to the Note Purchase Agreement (as defined below) is among CoreSite, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), CoreSite Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Parent”), and each of the institutions which is a signatory to this First Amendment (collectively, the “Noteholders”).

RECITALS:

A.             The Issuer, the Parent and each of the Noteholders, together with the other purchasers named on the Purchaser Schedule thereto, entered into that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2017 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”). The Issuer has heretofore issued $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.91% Senior Notes due April 20, 2024 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement. The Noteholders are the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes.

B.            Capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Note Purchase Agreement unless herein defined or the context shall otherwise require.

C.            The Issuer, the Parent and the Noteholders now desire to amend the Note Purchase Agreement in the respects, but only in the respects, hereinafter set forth.

D.             All requirements of law have been fully complied with and all other acts and things necessary to make this First Amendment a valid, legal and binding instrument according to its terms for the purposes herein expressed have been done or performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, upon the full and complete satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this First Amendment set forth in Section 3.1 hereof, and in consideration of good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuer, the Parent and the Noteholders do hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1.                                        AMENDMENTS.

Section 1.1.                  Effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below), the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in Exhibit A as: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in Exhibit A as: double-underlined text) as set forth in the conformed copy of the Note Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.

SECTION 2.                                        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER AND THE PARENT.

Section 2.1.                  To induce the Noteholders to execute and deliver this First Amendment (which representations shall survive the execution and delivery of this First Amendment), each of the Issuer and the Parent represents and warrants to each holder of a Note with respect to itself that as of the date hereof:

(a)                           this First Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all necessary limited partnership or corporate action, as the case may be, of the Issuer and the Parent, and this First Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and the Parent enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) (the “Enforceability Exceptions”);

(b)                            the Note Purchase Agreement, as amended by this First Amendment, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and the Parent enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions;

(c)                            the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer and the Parent of this First Amendment (i) will not require the consent or approval of any Governmental Authority and (ii) will not (A) violate (1) any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation applicable to the Issuer or the Parent or its certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, bylaws or limited partnership agreement, as the case may be, (2) any order of any court or (3) any provision of any material indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which its properties or assets are or may be bound or (B) result in a breach or constitute a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument referred to in clause (ii)(A)(3) of this Section 2.1(c);

(d)                               as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this First Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred which is continuing; and

(e)                            as of the date hereof no “Default” or “Event of Default” under the Primary Credit Facility (each as defined under the Primary Credit Facility) has occurred which is continuing.

SECTION 3.                                        CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS FIRST AMENDMENT.

Section 3.1.                  This First Amendment shall not become effective until, and shall become effective when, each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a)                           executed counterparts of this First Amendment, duly executed by the Issuer, the Parent and the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, shall have been delivered to the holders of the Notes;

(b)                            each of holders of the Notes shall have received a copy, certified by a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or Parent as being true, correct and complete, of (i) the Primary Credit Facility and (ii) the first amendment to the note purchase agreement dated June 15, 2016 among the Issuer and the parties thereto; and

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(c)                            the Noteholders shall have received the favorable opinion of counsel to the Issuer and the Parent as to the matters set forth in Sections 2.1(a), 2.1(b) and 2.1(c) hereof, which opinion shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Noteholders.

Upon receipt of all of the foregoing (the “Effective Date”), this First Amendment shall become effective.

SECTION 4.                                        MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 4.1.                  Without limiting Section 15.1 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Issuer agrees to pay the fees and expenses of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the Noteholders, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, approval, execution and delivery of this First Amendment.

Section 4.2.                  This First Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of each of the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes, and except as modified and expressly amended by this First Amendment, all terms, conditions and covenants contained in the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes are hereby ratified and shall be and remain in full force and effect.  Except as expressly set forth herein, this First Amendment shall not be deemed (a) to be a waiver of, consent to, or modification or amendment of, any other term or condition of the Note Purchase Agreement or any other document executed in connection therewith, (b) to prejudice any other right or rights which a party may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Note Purchase Agreement, the other documents executed in connection therewith or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, (c) to be a commitment or any other undertaking or expression of any willingness to engage in any further discussion with any party with respect to any waiver, amendment, modification or any other change to the Note Purchase Agreement or the documents executed in connection therewith or any rights or remedies arising in favor of the holders of the Notes, or any of them, under or with respect to any such documents, or (d) to be a waiver of, consent to, or modification or amendment of, any other term or condition of any other agreement by and among the parties, on the one hand, and the holders of the Notes, on the other hand.

Section 4.3.                  Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other instruments executed and delivered after the execution and delivery of this First Amendment may refer to the Note Purchase Agreement without making specific reference to this First Amendment but nevertheless all such references shall include this First Amendment unless the context otherwise requires.  References in the Note Purchase Agreement to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder,” “hereby,” “herein” and “hereof”) and in any document executed in connection therewith shall be deemed to be references to the Note Purchase Agreement as modified hereby.

Section 4.4.                  The descriptive headings of the various Sections or parts of this First Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

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Section 4.5.                  This First Amendment shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

Section 4.6.                  The execution hereof by you shall constitute a contract between us for the uses and purposes set forth herein, and this First Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original, but all together only one agreement.

Section 4.7.                  A facsimile, telecopy, pdf or other reproduction of this First Amendment may be executed by one or more parties hereto, and an executed copy of this First Amendment may be delivered by one or more parties hereto by facsimile or similar instantaneous electronic transmission device pursuant to which the signature of or on behalf of such party can be seen, and such execution and delivery shall be considered valid, binding and effective for all purposes. At the request of any party hereto, all parties hereto agree to execute an original of this First Amendment as well as any facsimile, telecopy, pdf or other reproduction hereof.

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Ratification and Confirmation of Guaranty Agreement. By executing below, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors consents to this Amendment (including Exhibit A attached hereto), agrees to its terms and conditions, and confirms that all terms, conditions and covenants contained in the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of April 20, 2017, relating to the Note Purchase Agreement and each of the Notes issued thereunder, are hereby ratified and confirmed, remain in full force and effect and are legal, valid and binding obligations of the undersigned enforceable against the undersigned in accordance with their terms.

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Exhibit A

CORESITE, L.P.

$175,000,000 3.91% Senior Notes due April 20, 2024

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated April 20, 2017

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CORESITE, L.P.

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$175,000,000 3.91% Senior Notes due April 20, 2024

April 20, 2017

TO EACH OF THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN

THE PURCHASER SCHEDULE HERETO:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Each of CORESITE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), and CORESITE REALTY CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the “Parent”) (in respect of Sections 22.6, 22.7 and 23 hereof), agrees with each of the Purchasers as follows:

SECTION 1.            AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.

The Issuer will authorize the issue and sale of $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.91% Senior Notes due April 20, 2024 (the “Notes”).  The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1.  Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule A and, for purposes of this Agreement, the rules of construction set forth in Section 22.4 shall govern.

SECTION 2.            SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES.

Section 2.1.         Notes.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Issuer will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Issuer, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in the Purchaser Schedule at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof.  The Purchasers’ obligations hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or non--performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder.

Section 2.2.         Parent Guaranty.  The payment by the Issuer of its obligations hereunder and under the Notes and the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under this Agreement will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent, pursuant and subject to the terms of the parent guaranty contained in Section 23 hereof (the “Parent Guaranty”).

Section 2.3.         Subsidiary Guaranties.  The payment by the Issuer of all amounts due on the Notes and all of its other payment obligations under this Agreement may from time to time be absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Subsidiary Guaranty of each Subsidiary Guarantor, which shall be substantially in the form of Schedule 2.3 attached hereto (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to

time, each a “Subsidiary Guaranty,” and collectively, the “Subsidiary Guaranties”), and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.8 hereof.

SECTION 3.            CLOSING.

The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, at 10:00 a.m., Central time, at a closing (the “Closing”) on April 20, 2017 or on such other Business Day thereafter on or prior to April 24, 2017 as may be agreed upon by the Issuer and the Purchasers.  At the Closing the Issuer will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Issuer or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Issuer set forth in the funding instructions delivered by the Issuer in accordance with Section 4.11.  If at the Closing the Issuer shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure by the Issuer to tender such Notes or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 not having been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction.

SECTION 4.            CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.

Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions:

Section 4.1.         Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Issuer in this Agreement and of each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor in the Subsidiary Guaranty shall be correct when made and at the Closing.

Section 4.2.         Performance; No Default.  The Parent and the Issuer shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement, and each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in the Subsidiary Guaranty, in each case, required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing.  Before and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.  None of the Parent, the Issuer nor any Subsidiary shall have entered into any transaction since the date of the Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10--K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 that would have been prohibited by Section 10 had such Section applied since such date.

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Section 4.3.         Compliance Certificates.

(a)         Officer’s Certificate.  The Parent, on behalf of the Issuer and each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor, shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.

(b)         Secretary’s Certificate.  The Parent, on behalf of the Issuer and each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor, shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated the date of the Closing, certifying as to (i) the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company proceedings, as applicable, relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes, this Agreement and the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable, and (ii) such entity’s organizational documents as then in effect.

Section 4.4.         Opinions of Counsel.  Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the date of the Closing (a) from (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Parent, the Issuer and the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors, covering the matters set forth in Schedule 4.4(a)(i) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request and (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special Maryland counsel for the Parent, covering the matters set forth in Schedule 4.4(a)(ii) and covering such other customary matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Parent, the Issuer and the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors hereby instruct their counsels to deliver such opinions to the Purchasers) and (b) from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, the Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may reasonably request.

Section 4.5.         Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc.  On the date of the Closing such Purchaser’s purchase of Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date hereof.  If requested by such Purchaser at least ten Business Days prior to the date of the Closing, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.

Section 4.6.         Sale of Other Notes.  Contemporaneously with the Closing the Issuer shall sell to each other Purchaser and each other Purchaser shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing as specified in the Purchaser Schedule.

Section 4.7.         Payment of Special Counsel Fees.  Without limiting Section 15.1, the Issuer shall have paid on or before the Closing the reasonable and documented fees, charges and

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disbursements of the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Issuer at least one Business Day prior to the Closing.

Section 4.8.         Private Placement Number.  A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the SVO) shall have been obtained for the Notes.

Section 4.9.         Changes in Corporate Structure.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.9, none of the Parent, the Issuer or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor shall have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable, or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.

Section 4.10.       Subsidiary Guaranty.  Each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered the Subsidiary Guaranty and such Purchaser shall have received a copy thereof.

Section 4.11.       Funding Instructions.  At least three Business Days prior to the date of the Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Issuer directing the manner of payment of the purchase price for the Notes and setting forth (a) the name and address of the transferee bank, (b) such transferee bank’s ABA number and (c) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited.

Section 4.12.       Most Favored Lender Notice.  Each Purchaser shall have received a Most Favored Lender Notice with respect to any AdditionalMost Favored Covenants as of the date of the Closing.

Section 4.13.               Proceedings and Documents.  All corporate, limited partnership, limited liability company and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such special counsel may reasonably request.

SECTION 5.            REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER.

The Issuer represents and warrants to each Purchaser that:

Section 5.1.         Organization; Power and Authority.  (a) The Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Parent has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts

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and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform the provisions hereof.

(b)         The Issuer is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign limited partnership and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Issuer has the limited partnership power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.

(c)         Each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor is a limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor has the limited liability company or limited partnership power and authority, as the case may be, to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver the Subsidiary Guaranty and to perform the provisions thereof.

Section 5.2.         Authorization, Etc.  (a) This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Parent, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parent enforceable against the Parent in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) (the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

(b)         This Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action on the part of the Issuer, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

(c)         The Subsidiary Guaranty has been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company or limited partnership action, as the case may be, on the part of each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor, and the Subsidiary Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Initial Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against such Initial Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

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Section 5.3.         Disclosure.  The public filings of the Parent made with the SEC since December 31, 2016 fairly describe, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries.  The financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 and the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers, including any public filings made with the SEC by the Parent since December 31, 2016, in each case identified in Schedule 5.3 hereof (collectively, the “Disclosure Documents”), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided that, with respect to projections, estimates and other forward--looking information, the Issuer represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by it to be reasonable at the time.  Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2016, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business or properties of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary except changes that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There is no fact known to the Issuer that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents.

Section 5.4.         Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates.  (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) as of the date hereof complete and correct lists of (i) of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar Equity Interests outstanding owned by the Issuer and each Subsidiary and whether such Subsidiary is an Initial Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) the Issuer’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries and (iii) the directors and senior officers of the Parent and the Issuer.

(b)         All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar Equity Interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non--assessable and are owned by the Issuer or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien that is prohibited by this Agreement.

(c)         Each Subsidiary is a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity and, where applicable, is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each such Subsidiary has the corporate, limited partnership, limited liability company or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.

(d)         No Subsidiary of the Issuer is subject to any legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes and customary limitations imposed by the terms of agreements governing Non--Recourse Indebtedness) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any

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other similar distributions of profits to the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar Equity Interests of such Subsidiary.

Section 5.5.         Financial Statements; Material Liabilities.  The Issuer has delivered or made available to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5.  All of such financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year--end adjustments and the absence of footnotes).  The Parent and its Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed in the Disclosure Documents.

Section 5.6.         Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Parent of this Agreement, the Issuer of this Agreement and the Notes and each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor of the Subsidiary Guaranty will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of the Parent, the Issuer or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by--laws, shareholders agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which the Parent, the Issuer or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor is bound or by which the Parent, the Issuer or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Parent, the Issuer or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor or (iii) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Parent, the Issuer or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor.

Section 5.7.         Governmental Authorizations, Etc.  No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by (a) the Parent of this Agreement or (b) the Issuer of this Agreement and the Notes, in each case except for consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings and declarations which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect.

Section 5.8.         Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders.  (a) All Material litigation affecting the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary is disclosed in “Part I—Item 3.  Legal Proceedings” of the Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10--K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and listed in Schedule 5.3 hereto.  Except as disclosed thereon, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of the Issuer, threatened in writing against or affecting the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary or any property of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(b)         None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary is (i) in default under any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, (ii) in violation of any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or (iii) in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority (including Environmental Laws, the USA PATRIOT Act or any of the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16), which default or violation could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.9.         Taxes.  Each of the Parent, the Issuer and each Subsidiary has filed all material tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (i) the amount of which, individually or in the aggregate, is not Material or (ii) the amount, applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Parent, the Issuer or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.  The Issuer knows of no reasonable basis for any other tax or assessment that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of each of the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries in respect of U.S. federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate in all Material respects.  The U.S. federal income tax liabilities of the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries have been finally determined (whether by reason of completed audits or the statute of limitations having run) for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

Section 5.10.       Title to Property; Leases.  The Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective owned properties that individually or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary after such date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement.  All leases that individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects.

Section 5.11.       Licenses, Permits, Etc.  (a) The Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others.

(b)         To the best knowledge of the Issuer, no product or service of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary infringes in any material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service ▇▇▇▇, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person.

(c)         To the best knowledge of the Issuer, there is no Material violation by any Person of any right of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary with respect to any license, permit, franchise,

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authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service ▇▇▇▇, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary.

Section 5.12.       Compliance with Employee Benefit Plans.  (a) The Issuer and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Issuer nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under section 4007 of ERISA) or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to section 430(k) of the Code or to any such penalty or excise tax provisions under the Code or federal law or section 4068 of ERISA or by the granting of a security interest in connection with the amendment of a Plan, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material.

(b)         The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities.  The term “benefit liabilities” has the meaning specified in section 4001 of ERISA and the terms “current value” and “present value” have the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA.

(c)         The Issuer and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred withdrawal liabilities under section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material.

(d)         The expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of the Issuer’s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715--60, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Parent and its Subsidiaries is not Material.

(e)         The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code.  The representation by the Issuer to each Purchaser in the first sentence of this Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of such Purchaser’s representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds to be used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser.

(f)         The Parent, the Issuer and their Subsidiaries do not have any Non--U.S. Plans.

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Section 5.13.       Private Offering by the Issuer.  None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor nor anyone acting on their behalf has offered the Notes, the Parent Guaranty, the Subsidiary Guaranty or any similar Securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy the Notes, the Parent Guaranty, the Subsidiary Guaranty or any similar Securities from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and not more than ten other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment.  None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes or the execution and delivery of the Parent Guaranty or the Subsidiary Guaranty to the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

Section 5.14.       Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.  The Issuer will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes hereunder to repay certain outstanding Indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.  No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any Securities under such circumstances as to involve the Issuer in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220).  Margin stock does not constitute more than 10% of the value of the consolidated assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and the Issuer does not have any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 25% of the value of such assets.  As used in this Section, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.

Section 5.15.       Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens.  (a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 (including descriptions of the obligors and obligees (or the agent, trustee or other entity acting in a similar capacity on behalf of the obligees), principal amounts outstanding, any collateral therefor and any Guaranties thereof), since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the Parent, the Issuer or the Subsidiaries.  None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness of the Parent, the Issuer or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

(b)        Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, none of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that secures Indebtedness or to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that secures Indebtedness.

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(c)                           None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Parent, the Issuer or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including its charter or any other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Issuer, except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15.

Section 5.16.                    Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.  (a) None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Controlled Entity (i) is a Blocked Person, (ii) has been notified that its name appears or may in the future appear on a State Sanctions List or (iii) is a target of sanctions that have been imposed by the United Nations or the European Union.

(b)                          None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Controlled Entity (i) has violated, been found in violation of, or been charged or convicted under, any applicable U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Ant--Money Laundering Laws or Anti--Corruption Laws or (ii) to the Issuer’s knowledge, is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for possible violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti--Money Laundering Laws or Anti--Corruption Laws.

(c)                           No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder:

(i)                                                 constitutes or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used by the Issuer or any Controlled Entity, directly or indirectly, (A) in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person, (B) for any purpose that would cause any Purchaser to be in violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or (C) otherwise in violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws;

(ii)                                              will be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of, or cause any Purchaser to be in violation of, any applicable Anti--Money Laundering Laws; or

(iii)                                           will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of making any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official or commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in each case which would be in violation of, or cause any Purchaser to be in violation of, any applicable Anti--Corruption Laws.

(d)                          Each of the Parent and the Issuer has established procedures and controls which its reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Parent, the Issuer and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti--Money Laundering Laws and Anti--Corruption Laws.

Section 5.17.                    Status under Certain Statutes.  None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, the ICC Termination Act of 1995 or the Federal Power Act.

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Section 5.18.                    Environmental Matters.  (a) None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary have knowledge of any claim or has received any written notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted asserting any claim against the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary or any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)                          None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary have knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)                           None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary have stored any Hazardous Substances on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d)                          None of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary have disposed of any Hazardous Substances in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)                           All buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.19.                    Notes and Guaranties Rank Pari Passu.  The payment obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement and, upon issuance, the Notes and the payment obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guaranty will rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness (actual or contingent) of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, including, without limitation, all Unsecured Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, described on Schedule 5.15 hereto, which is not therein designated as subordinated Indebtedness.

Section 5.20.                    Real Estate Investment Trust Status.  The Parent is qualified as a Real Estate Investment Trust under the Code.  The shares of common Equity Interests of the Parent are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Section 5.21.                    Solvency.  As of the date of the Closing and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Note Guaranties, including issuance of the Notes hereunder, the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

Section 5.22.                    No Bankruptcy Filing.  None of the Parent, the Issuer nor any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor is contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal

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bankruptcy or insolvency laws or the liquidation of its assets or property, and the Issuer has no knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it, the Parent or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor.

Section 5.23.                    No Fraudulent Intent.  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Note Guaranties nor the performance of any actions required hereunder or thereunder is being undertaken by the Parent, the Issuer or any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor with or as a result of any actual intent by any of such Persons to hinder, delay or defraud any entity to which any of such Persons is now or will hereafter become indebted.

SECTION 6.                                   REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS.

Section 6.1.                           Purchase for Investment.  (a) Each Purchaser severally represents that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or their property shall at all times be within such Purchaser’s or their control.  Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Issuer is not required to register the Notes.

(b)                          Each Purchaser severally represents that it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act acting for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others are also “accredited investors”). Each Purchaser further severally represents that such Purchaser has had the opportunity to ask questions of the Issuer and received answers concerning the terms and conditions of the sale of the Notes.

Section 6.2.                           Source of Funds.  Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:

(a)                           the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95--60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the NAIC (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95--60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile; or

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(b)                            the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or

(c)                            the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90--1 or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91--38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Issuer in writing pursuant to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or

(d)                            the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84--14 (the “QPAM Exemption”)) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part VI of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are managed by the QPAM in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, represent more than 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a Person controlling or controlled by the QPAM maintains an ownership interest in the Issuer that would cause the QPAM and the Issuer to be “related” within the meaning of Part VI(h) of the QPAM Exemption and (i) the identity of such QPAM and (ii) the names of any employee benefit plans whose assets in the investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization, represent 10% or more of the assets of such investment fund, have been disclosed to the Issuer in writing pursuant to this clause (d); or

(e)                            the Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Part IV(h) of PTE 96--23 (the “INHAM Exemption”)) managed by an “in--house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV(a) of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a Person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Part IV(d)(3) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 10% or more interest in the Issuer and (i) the identity of such INHAM and (ii) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Issuer in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or

(f)                           the Source is a governmental plan; or

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(g)                             the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Issuer in writing pursuant to this clause (g); or

(h)                            the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

As used in this Section 6.2, the terms “employee benefit plan,” “governmental plan,” and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA.

SECTION 7.                                   INFORMATION AS TO THE PARENT AND THE ISSUER.

Section 7.1.                           Financial and Business Information.  The Issuer shall deliver to each holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor:

(a)                           Quarterly Statements — within 60 days (or such shorter period as is the earlier of (x) 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Parent’s Quarterly Report on Form 10--Q (the “Form 10--Q”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Parent is subject to the filing requirements thereof and (y) the date by which such financial statements are required to be delivered under the Primary Credit Facility or the date on which such corresponding financial statements are delivered under the Primary Credit Facility if such delivery occurs earlier than such required delivery date) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Parent (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), copies of,

(i)                                     a consolidated unaudited balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and

(ii)                                  consolidated unaudited statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer of the Parent as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year--end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, provided that delivery within the time period specified above of copies of the Parent’s Form 10--Q prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC in accordance with Section 7.4 shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(a);

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(b)                            Annual Statements — within 120 days (or such shorter period as is the earlier of (x) 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10--K (the “Form 10--K”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Parent is subject to the filing requirements thereof and (y) the date by which such financial statements are required to be delivered under the Primary Credit Facility or the date on which such corresponding financial statements are delivered under the Primary Credit Facility if such delivery occurs earlier than such required delivery date) after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent, copies of

(i)                                     a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and

(ii)                                  consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such year,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon (without a “going concern” or similar qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of the audit on which such opinion is based (except for a qualification or an exception to the extent related to the maturity or refinancing of the loans under the Primary Credit Facility or the Notes)) of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances; provided that delivery within the time period specified above of copies of the Parent’s Form 10--K for such fiscal year prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC in accordance with Section 7.4, together with an opinion of independent public accountants as described above, shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b);

(c)                            SEC and Other Reports — if, and for so long as, (i) the Parent is not required to file reports with the SEC or (ii) a Default or Event of Default exists, promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i) each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary (x) to its principal lending banks as a whole (excluding information sent to such banks in the ordinary course of administration of a bank facility, such as information relating to pricing and borrowing availability) or (y) to its public Securities holders generally, and (ii) each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such holder), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press releases and other statements made available generally by the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material;

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(d)                            Notice of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within five days after a Responsible Officer of the Issuer becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice, or taken any action with respect to, a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

(e)                            ERISA Matters — if, and for so long as, (i) the Parent is not required to file reports with the SEC or (ii) a Default or Event of Default exists, promptly, and in any event within five days after a Responsible Officer of the Issuer becoming aware of any of the following, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Issuer or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto:

(i)                                     with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof;

(ii)                                  the institution by the PBGC, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or

(iii)                               any event, transaction or condition that results in the incurrence of any liability by the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under section 4007 of ERISA) or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(f)                           Notices from Governmental Authority — if, and for so long as, (i) the Parent is not required to file reports with the SEC or (ii) a Default or Event of Default exists, promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary from any Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(g)                             Resignation or Replacement of Auditors — if, and for so long as, (i) the Parent is not required to file reports with the SEC or (ii) a Default or Event of Default exists, within ten days following the date on which the Parent’s auditors resign or the Parent elects to change auditors, as the case may be, notification thereof, together with such further information as the Required Holders may reasonably request; and

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(h)                            Requested Information — with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary or relating to the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes or any Guarantor to perform its obligations under its Note Guaranty as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of a Note; provided that, except as set forth in Section 22.2 or as would otherwise be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(c), so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, none of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary shall be required to prepare or deliver monthly financial statements or any other financial statements other than those (i) described in Section 7.1(a) and (b) above, or (ii) included in the Parent’s Form 10--Q and Form 10--K.

Section 7.2.                           Officer’s Certificate.  Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of a Note pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer of the Parent:

(a)                           Covenant Compliance — setting forth: the information from such financial statements that is required in order to establish whether the Issuer was in compliance with the requirements of Sections 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12 and any Incorporated Covenant during the quarterly or annual period covered by the financial statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such provision that involves mathematical calculations, the information from such financial statements that is required to perform such calculations), and; detailed calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Section, and; the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in existence and; a list of properties included in the Unencumbered Asset Pool; and the amount, if any, and description of extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges, expenses, losses or gains excluded from the determination of Net Operating Income for such period.  In the event that the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary has made an election to measure any financial liability using fair value (which election is being disregarded for purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement pursuant to Section 22.2) as to the period covered by any such financial statement, such Senior Financial Officer’s certificate as to such period shall include a reconciliation from GAAP with respect to such election;

(b)                            Event of Default — certifying that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists (including any such event or condition resulting from the failure of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Parent, the Issuer or such Subsidiary shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto; and

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(c)                            Subsidiary Guarantors — setting forth a list of all Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Guarantors and certifying that each Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.8 is a Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case, as of the date of such Senior Financial Officer’s certificate.

Section 7.3.                           Visitation.  The Issuer shall permit, and will cause the Parent to permit, the representatives of each holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor:

(a)                           No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice to the Parent or the Issuer, as the case may be, to visit the principal executive offices of the Parent or the Issuer, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries with the Parent’s or the Issuer’s officers, and (with the consent of the Parent or the Issuer, as the case may be, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) its independent public accountants (it being understood and agreed that only one such request for a discussion with the Parent’s independent public accountants shall be made per fiscal year by all holders of Notes and such discussion shall be held on or around the end of the SAS 100 review period and that a Senior Financial Officer of the Parent or the Issuer, as the case may be, shall receive reasonable prior notice of, and shall be entitled (but not required) to be present at, any such meeting), and (with the consent of the Parent or the Issuer, as the case may be, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of the Parent, the Issuer and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested in writing; provided that only one such visit or one such discussion shall be made per fiscal year by each holder of Notes; and

(b)                            Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Issuer to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Issuer authorizes and has caused the Parent to authorize said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries (provided, that representatives of the Parent and the Issuer shall receive reasonable prior notice of, and shall be entitled (but not required) to be present at, any such discussion), all at such times and as often as may be requested.

Section 7.4.                     Electronic Delivery.  Financial statements, opinions of independent certified public accountants, other information and Officer’s Certificates that are required to be delivered by the Issuer pursuant to Sections 7.1 and 7.2 shall be deemed to have been delivered if the Issuer satisfies or causes to be satisfied any of the following requirements with respect such financial statements, opinions of independent certified public accountants, other information and Officer’s Certificates, as the case may be:

(a)                           such financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or (b) and related Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 and any other information required under paragraphs (c) through (h) of Section 7.1 are delivered to

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each holder of a Note by e--mail at the e--mail address set forth in such holder’s Purchaser Schedule or as communicated from time to time in a separate writing delivered to the Issuer;

(b)                                  the Parent shall have timely filed such Form 10--Q or Form 10--K, satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b), as the case may be, with the SEC on ▇▇▇▇▇ and shall have made such form available on its home page on the Internet, which is located at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ as of the date of this Agreement;

(c)                                  such financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) and related Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 and any other information required under paragraphs (c) through (h) of Section 7.1 are timely posted by or on behalf of the Parent on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access; or

(d)                                  the Parent shall have filed any of the items referred to in Section 7.1(c) with the SEC on ▇▇▇▇▇ and shall have made such items available on its home page on the Internet or on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access;

provided, however, that in no case shall access to such financial statements, other information and Officer’s Certificates be conditioned upon any waiver or other agreement or consent (other than confidentiality provisions consistent with Section 20 of this Agreement); provided further, that in the case of any of paragraphs (b), (c) or (d), the Issuer shall have given each holder of a Note prior written notice, which may be by e--mail or in accordance with Section 18, of such posting or filing in connection with each delivery; provided further, that upon request of any holder to receive paper copies of such forms, financial statements, other information and Officer’s Certificates or to receive them by e--mail, the Issuer will promptly e--mail them or deliver such paper copies, as the case may be, to such holder.

SECTION 8.                                   PAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES.

Section 8.1.                     Maturity.  As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of each Note shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date thereof.

Section 8.2.                     Optional Prepayments with Make--Whole Amount.  The Issuer may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, and the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount (provided that no Make--Whole Amount shall be due if such Notes are prepaid during the last 30 days prior to the Maturity Date of such Notes).  The Issuer will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than ten days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment unless the Issuer and the Required Holders agree to another time period pursuant to Section 17.  Each such notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on

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such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3) and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer of the Issuer as to the estimated Make--Whole Amount, if any, for such Notes due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation.  Any such notice of prepayment delivered in connection with a refinancing, the proceeds of which are to be used to make such prepayment, may be made, if expressly so stated in such notice to be, contingent upon the consummation of such refinancing and may be revoked by the Issuer in the event such refinancing is not consummated; provided that such notice of revocation is in writing. Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Issuer shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer of the Issuer specifying the calculation of such Make--Whole Amount, if any, as of the specified prepayment date.

Section 8.3.                           Allocation of Partial Prepayments.  (a) In the case of each partial prepayment of Notes pursuant to Section 8.2, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment.

(b)                           Any prepayments pursuant to Section 8.7 shall be applied only to the Notes of the holders electing to participate in such prepayment.

Section 8.4.                     Maturity; Surrender, Etc.  In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall, subject to the penultimate sentence of Section 8.2, mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make--Whole Amount, if any.  From and after such date, unless the Issuer shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make--Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue.  Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Issuer and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

Section 8.5.                     Purchase of Notes.  The Issuer will not and will not permit any of its Affiliates to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notes or (b) pursuant to a written offer to purchase any outstanding Notes made by the Issuer or an Affiliate pro rata to the holders of the Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions.  Any such offer shall provide each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least ten Business Days.  If the holders of more than 50% of the principal amounts of the Notes then outstanding accept such offer, the Issuer shall promptly notify the remaining holders of Notes of such fact and the expiration date for the acceptance by holders of Notes of such offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary to give each such remaining holder at least five Business Days from its receipt of such notice to accept such offer.  The Issuer will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase

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of Notes pursuant to this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.

Section 8.6.                     Make--Whole Amount.

“Make--Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make--Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero.  For the purposes of determining the Make--Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Called Principal” means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on such Note is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the sum of (a) 0.50% plus (b) the yield to maturity implied by the “Ask Yield(s)” reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or such other display as may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively traded on--the--run U.S. Treasury securities (“Reported”) having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date.  If there are no such U.S. Treasury securities Reported having a maturity equal to such Remaining Average Life, then such implied yield to maturity will be determined by (a) converting U.S. Treasury ▇▇▇▇ quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between the “Ask Yields” Reported for the applicable most recently issued actively traded on--the--run U.S. Treasury securities with the maturities (1) closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life.  The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

If such yields are not Reported or the yields Reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), then “Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the sum of (x) 0.50% plus (y) the yield to maturity implied by the U.S. Treasury constant maturity yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for the U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date.  If there is no such U.S. Treasury constant maturity

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having a term equal to such Remaining Average Life, such implied yield to maturity will be determined by interpolating linearly between (1) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life.  The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

“Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years, computed on the basis of a 360--day year comprised of twelve 30--day months and calculated to two decimal places, that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under such Note, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 12.1.

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

Section 8.7.                     Change of Control.

(a)                          Notice of Change of Control.  The Issuer will, no later than ten Business Days after any Responsible Officer of the Issuer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Change of Control give written notice of such Change of Control to each holder of Notes.  If a Change of Control Prepayment Event has occurred, such notice shall contain and constitute an offer by the Issuer to prepay Notes as described in paragraph (b) of this Section 8.7 and shall be accompanied by the certificate described in paragraph (e) of this Section 8.7.

(b)                           Offer to Prepay Notes.  The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by paragraph (a) of this Section 8.7 shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to this Section 8.7, all, but not less than all, the Notes held by each holder (in this case only, “holder” in respect of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean such beneficial owner) on a date (which date shall be a Business Day) specified in such offer (the “Proposed Prepayment Date”).  Such date shall be not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days after the date of such offer (if the Proposed Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Proposed Prepayment Date shall be the Business Day nearest to the 45th day after the date of such offer).

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(c)                           Acceptance; Rejection.  A holder of Notes may accept or reject the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 by causing a notice of such acceptance or rejection to be delivered to the Issuer at least ten Business Days prior to the Proposed Prepayment Date.  A failure by a holder of Notes to respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7, or to accept an offer as to all of the Notes held by the holder, in each case on or before the tenth Business Day preceding the Proposed Prepayment Date shall be deemed to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder.

(d)                           Prepayment.  Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon (but without any make--whole, premium, penalty or Make--Whole Amount whatsoever or howsoever described).

(e)                           Officer’s Certificate.  Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be accompanied by a certificate, executed by a Senior Financial Officer of the Issuer and dated the date of such offer, specifying: (i) the Proposed Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this Section 8.7; (iii) the principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid; (iv) the interest that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to the Proposed Prepayment Date; (v) that the conditions of this Section 8.7 required to be fulfilled prior to the giving of notice have been fulfilled; and (vi) in reasonable detail, the nature and date or proposed date of the Change of Control Prepayment Event.

Section 8.8.                    Payments Due on Non--Business Days.  Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, (x) except as set forth in clause (y), any payment of interest on any Note that is due on a date that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; and (y) any payment of principal of or Make--Whole Amount on any Note (including principal due on the Maturity Date of such Note) that is due on a date that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

SECTION 9.                                   AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

The Issuer covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

Section 9.1.                     Compliance with Laws.  Without limiting Section 10.4, the Issuer will, and will cause the Parent and each Subsidiary to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject (including ERISA, Environmental Laws, the USA PATRIOT Act and the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16) and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non--compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental

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authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.2.                     Insurance.  The Issuer will, and will cause the Parent and each Subsidiary to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co--insurance and self--insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated to the extent necessary to ensure that non--maintenance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.3.                     Maintenance of Properties.  The Issuer will, and will cause the Parent and each Subsidiary to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times in all Material respects; provided that this Section 9.3 shall not prevent the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Issuer has concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.4.                     Payment of Taxes and Claims.  The Issuer will, and will cause the Parent and each Subsidiary to, file all material tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary, provided that none of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Parent, the Issuer or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Parent, the Issuer or such Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Parent, the Issuer or such Subsidiary or (ii) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.5.                     Legal Existence, Etc.  Subject to Section 10.2, the Issuer will, and will cause the Parent to, at all times preserve and keep its limited partnership or corporate existence, as the case may be, in full force and effect.  Subject to Sections 10.2 and 10.6, the Issuer will, and will cause the Parent to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the limited liability company, limited partnership or other organizational existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Parent, the Issuer, a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Parent, the Issuer and Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Parent or the Issuer, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect

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such corporate existence, right or franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.6.                     Books and Records.  The Issuer will, and will cause the Parent and each Subsidiary to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity with GAAP and in conformity in all material respects with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Parent, the Issuer or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.  The Issuer will, and will cause the Parent and each Subsidiary to, keep books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately reflect in all material respects all transactions and dispositions of assets.  theThe Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries have devised a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that their respective books, records, and accounts accurately reflect all transactions and dispositions of assets and the Issuer will, and will cause the Parent and each Subsidiary to, continue to maintain such system.

Section 9.7.                    Pari Passu Ranking. The Issuer will ensure that its payment obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, and the payment obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guaranty, will at all times rank at least pari passu, without preference or priority, with all other unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer and such Guarantor, as applicable.

Section 9.8.                     Subsidiary Guarantors.  (a) The Issuer may, and may cause the Parent to, at its election (but subject to Section 9.8(c)), at any time or from time to time, cause any Subsidiary which is not then a Subsidiary Guarantor to become a Subsidiary Guarantor if the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)                                     each holder of a Note shall have received an executed Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder to an existing Subsidiary Guaranty from such Subsidiary Guarantor;

(ii)                                  to the extent required by or otherwise delivered pursuant to a Principal Credit Facility, each holder of a Note shall have received an opinion or opinions of counsel in all applicable jurisdictions to the combined effect that such Subsidiary Guaranty of such Subsidiary Guarantor has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary Guarantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, all as subject to any exceptions and assumptions of the type set forth in the opinions referenced in Section 4.4 and as are reasonable under the circumstances;

(iii)                               to the extent required by or otherwise delivered pursuant to a Principal Credit Facility, each holder of a Note shall have received a certificate of the Secretary (or other appropriate officer or person) of the new Subsidiary Guarantor as to due authorization, charter documents, board resolutions and the incumbency of officers and containing representations and warranties on behalf of such Subsidiary Guarantor to the same effect, mutatis mutandis, as those contained in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.6, 5.7, 5.19, 5.21 and 5.22 of this Agreement (but with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor and such Subsidiary Guaranty rather than the Issuer);

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(iv)                              to the extent required to be paid pursuant to a Principal Credit Facility, all reasonable fees and expenses of the holders of the Notes, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees of not more than one special counsel representing all of the holders of the Notes in all applicable jurisdictions, incurred in connection with the execution and delivery of the Subsidiary Guaranty shall be paid or payable by the Issuer; and

(v)                                 to the extent required by or otherwise delivered pursuant to a Principal Credit Facility, each holder of a Note shall have received a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer of the Issuer that at such time and immediately after giving effect to such Subsidiary Guaranty no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b)                           Subject to Section 9.8(c), at the election of the Issuer and by written notice to each holder of Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantor, including any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor, may be discharged from all of its obligations and liabilities under its Subsidiary Guaranty and shall be automatically released from its obligations thereunder without the need for the execution or delivery of any other document by the holders or any other Person,; provided, in each case, that (i) after giving effect to such release and discharge no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) no amount is then due and payable under such Subsidiary Guaranty and (iii) within ten Business Days after such occurrence, each holder of Notes shall have received a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer of the Issuer to the foregoing effect and setting forth the information (including reasonably detailed computations) reasonably required to establish compliance with the foregoing requirements; provided further that, in the event that at any time after a Subsidiary Guarantor has been released from its Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.8 and such Subsidiary thereafter becomes obligated on any Indebtedness under or with respect to any Principal Credit Facility, its Subsidiary Guaranty shall be automatically reinstated and the Issuer shall, within ten Business Days after such occurrence (or such later date as agreed by the Required Holders), cause such Subsidiary so required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver the documents required in Section 9.8(a); provided further, however, that in the event that at any time, a Pool Owner that is not otherwise obligated on any Indebtedness under or with respect to any Principal Credit Facility (and is not therefore otherwise required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this Section 9.8) becomes obligated on any Indebtedness (other than ordinary course operating Indebtedness of such Pool Owner that is otherwise permitted under the terms of clause (d), (f), (g), (h) or (i) of Section 10.7), the Issuer shall, within ten Business Days after such occurrence (or such later date as agreed by the Required Holders), cause such Pool Owner to become a Subsidiary Guarantor and to execute and deliver the documents required in Section 9.8(a).

(c)                           The Issuer agrees that so long as any Subsidiary is a guarantor or borrower under or with respect to any Principal Credit Facility, such Subsidiary shall at all such times be a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.8(a); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a guarantor or borrower under or with respect to any Principal Credit Facility if such Subsidiary is released from its obligations thereunder simultaneously with the release from its Subsidiary Guaranty.

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the Code and to remain in compliance in all material respects with all provisions necessary to the qualification of the Parent as a Real Estate Investment Trust under the Code.

Section 9.10.             Most Favored Lender Status.  (a) If at any time the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party to, shall enter into or shall assume or otherwise become bound or obligated under any Principal Credit Facility (or any amendment thereto) that contains an Additionala Most Favored Covenant, then the Issuer shall provide a Most Favored Lender Notice in respect of such AdditionalMost Favored Covenant.  Such AdditionalMost Favored Covenant shall be deemed automatically incorporated by reference into this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, as if set forth in full herein, effective as of the date when such AdditionalMost Favored Covenant shall have become effective under such Principal Credit Facility (unless such date is prior to the date of the Closing, in which case such covenant will be deemed incorporated effective as of the date of the Closing) and any event of default in respect of any such AdditionalMost Favored Covenant so included herein shall be deemed to be an Event of Default under Section 11(c) (after giving effect to any grace or cure provisions under such Principal Credit Facility).  Thereafter, upon the request of any holder of a Note, the Issuer shall enter into any additional agreement or amendment to this Agreement reasonably requested by such holder to further evidence any of the foregoing.

(b)                           (i) Any AdditionalSubject to clause (d) below, (i) any Most Favored Covenant incorporated into this Agreement (herein referred to as an “Incorporated Covenant”) pursuant to this Section 9.10 shall be deemed automatically amended herein to reflect any subsequent amendments made to such AdditionalMost Favored Covenant under the applicable Principal Credit Facility (provided that, if a Default or an Event of Default then exists and the amendment of such Incorporated Covenant would make such covenant less restrictive on the Issuer, then the prior written consent thereto of the Required Holders shall be required as a condition to such amendment) and (ii) any Incorporated Covenant shall be deemed automatically deleted from this Agreement at such time as such AdditionalMost Favored Covenant is deleted or otherwise removed from the applicable Principal Credit Facility or such applicable Principal Credit Facility shall be terminated (provided that, if a Default or an Event of Default then exists, then the prior written consent thereto of the Required Holders shall be required as a condition to such deletion or removal); provided, however, that if any fee or other consideration is paid to the lenders under such Principal Credit Facility for such amendment or deletion, the equivalent of such fee or other consideration shall be paid to the holders of the Notes upon the effectiveness of such amendment or deletion.  Upon the occurrence of any event described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence, upon the request of the Issuer or any holder of Notes, the holders of Notes and the Issuer shall enter into any additional agreement or amendment to this Agreement reasonably requested by the Issuer or a holder of Notes, as the case may be, evidencing the amendment of any such Incorporated Covenant.  Upon the occurrence of any event described in clause (ii) of the second preceding sentence, upon the request of the Issuer, the holders of Notes shall enter into any additional agreement or amendment to this Agreement reasonably requested by the Issuer evidencing the deletion and termination of any such Incorporated Covenant.

(c)                           “Most Favored Lender Notice” means, in respect of any AdditionalMost Favored Covenant, a written notice to each of the holders of the Notes (and in the case of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner, to such beneficial owner,

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rather than such nominee, on the date of such notice) delivered promptly, and in any event within ten Business Days after the inclusion of such AdditionalMost Favored Covenant in any Principal Credit Facility, from a Responsible Officer referring to the provisions of this Section 9.10 and setting forth a reasonably detailed description of such AdditionalMost Favored Covenant and related explanatory calculations, as applicable.

(d)                           For the avoidance of doubt, inIn no event shall the financial covenants herein or the related definitions used therein contained in this Agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement(x) on the First Amendment Effective Date or (y) after any further amendments or other modifications to this Agreement other than by operation of this Section 9.10, as the case may be (a “Baseline Financial Covenants”), be deemed or construed to be modified, excluded or terminated by operation of the terms of this Section 9.10, and, in the event an Additional9.10 to be less restrictive than as set forth in the Baseline Financial Covenants or to be inoperative.  In the event a Most Favored Covenant, other than a Baseline Financial Covenant, is modified, excluded or terminated under the applicable Principal Credit Facility to be less restrictive or to be inoperative, only any such Incorporated Covenant so modified, excluded or terminated under the applicable Principal Credit Facility and related definitions used therein shall be so modified, excluded or terminated pursuant to the terms hereof; provided that

(i)                                     the multiplier set forth in clause (b) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value” may be modified by operation of the terms of this Section 9.10 to be less restrictive on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, but in no event shall such multiplier exceed 11; and

(ii)                                  the multiplier set forth at the end of the definition of “Leased Asset NOI Amount” may be modified by operation of the terms of this Section 9.10 to be less restrictive on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, but in no event shall such multiplier exceed six;

provided further that, if at any time after the date of this Agreement a change or modification, or proposed change or modification, of an accounting principle or standard, including GAAP, results or would result in a classification or reclassification of an obligation, including in connection with the implementation of Accounting Standards Update 2016--02, Leases (Topic 842), issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or any successor provision thereto, and the Primary Credit Facility is amended as a result, each financial covenant herein and the related definitions used therein shall be deemed automatically amended, mutatis mutandis, to reflect all changes and modifications made to the respective covenant under the Primary Credit Facility that corresponds to such financial covenant.  In connection with any amendment to this Agreement pursuant to this paragraph (d), the Issuer shall provide a Most Favored Lender Notice which meets the requirements of paragraph (c) of this Section 9.10.

For the avoidance of doubt, as used in this paragraph (d), the term “financial covenant” shall mean the covenants of the Issuer contained in Sections 10.6 through 10.12 hereof as in effect on the date of this Agreement.

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Section 9.11.                      Parent Covenants.  The Issuer shall cause the Parent to comply with the following covenants:

(a)                           The Parent shall have as its sole business purpose owning ownership interests of the Issuer, performing duties as the general partner of the Issuer, making equity investments in the Issuer and doing and performing any and all acts and things in service of the foregoing, and shall not engage in any business or activities other than those described in this Section 9.11(a); provided that the Parent may make additional investments in other entities at any time; provided further, that if investments by the Parent (exclusive of ownership interests in the Issuer) in the aggregate at any time exceed 5% of the Parent’s gross assets (defined as consolidated total assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries plus accumulated depreciation), the Issuer shall (i) so notify the holders of the Notes in connection with its delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 7.1(a) and (b), making reference in such notice to this Section 9.11(a), and (ii) upon the written request of the Required Holders, thereafter provide to each holder of a Note which is an Institutional Investor, for such time as the Parent’s investments (exclusive of ownership interests in the Issuer) exceed such threshold (together with each delivery of financial statements required by Sections 7.1(a) and (b)) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet and an unaudited consolidated statement of operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, excluding footnotes, for the relevant date and period.

(b)                            The Parent shall promptly contribute or otherwise downstream to the Issuer any net assets received by the Parent from third parties (including, without limitation, the proceeds from any Equity Offering).

(c)                            The Parent shall not make or permit to be made, by voluntary or involuntary means, any transfer or encumbrance of its interest in the Issuer, or any dilution of its interest in the Issuer; provided, however, that the interests of the Parent in the Issuer may be diluted as a direct result of the acquisition by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries of additional Real Estate, either by acquiring title to such Real Estate directly in the name of the Issuer or any such Subsidiary or by acquiring direct or indirect ownership interests in a partnership, corporation or limited liability company that owns directly such Real Estate (subject in all respects to compliance by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries with the terms of this Agreement), the sales price of which is paid in whole or in part by the issuance of additional interests in the Issuer so long as the Parent at all times owns not less than 33% of the economic, voting and beneficial interest in the Issuer and shall be the sole general partner of the Issuer; provided further, that this paragraph shall not apply to any Plan of the Parent or any unit redemptions of the Issuer by The Carlyle Group.

(d)                            The Parent shall not dissolve, liquidate or otherwise wind up its business, affairs or assets.

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SECTION 10.                            NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Issuer covenants that:

Section 10.1.                    Transactions with Affiliates.  The Issuer will not, and will not permit the Parent or any Subsidiary to, enter into directly or indirectly any Material transaction or Material group of related transactions (including the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than (x) the Parent, the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor or, in the case of a Subsidiary which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, another Subsidiary which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or (y) following the release of all Subsidiary Guaranties pursuant to Section 9.8(b), the Parent, the Issuer or a Subsidiary), except in the ordinary course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Parent’s, the Issuer’s or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms not materially less favorable to the Parent, the Issuer or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s--length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.

Section 10.2.                    Merger, Consolidation, Etc.  The Issuer will not, and will not permit the Parent to, consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease (as lessor) all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person except:

(a)                           the Parent may consolidate with or merge with, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of related transactions to, any other Person if (i) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent as an entirety, as the case may be (the “Surviving Parent”), shall be a solvent corporation, business, trust, limited partnership or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (including the District of Columbia), (ii) if the Parent is not the Surviving Parent, such Surviving Parent shall have executed and delivered to each holder of any Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement to be performed or observed by the Parent, (iii) such Surviving Parent shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, (iv) each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have confirmed and ratified in writing reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders its obligations under its Subsidiary Guaranty, and (v) immediately before and after giving effect to any such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(b)                            the Issuer may consolidate with or merge with, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of related transactions to, any other Person if (i) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer as an entirety, as the case may be (the “Surviving Company”),

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shall be a solvent corporation, business trust, limited partnership or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (including the District of Columbia), (ii) if the Issuer is not the Surviving Company, the Surviving Company shall have executed and delivered to each holder of any Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of the this Agreement and the Notes to be performed or observed by the Issuer, (iii) such Surviving Company shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, (iv) each of the Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have confirmed and ratified in writing reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders its obligations under the Parent Guaranty and Subsidiary Guaranty, respectively, and (v) immediately before and after giving effect to any such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

No such conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent or the Issuer shall have the effect of releasing the Parent, the Issuer or any Surviving Parent or Surviving Company or any other Person that becomes the surviving or continuing Person in the manner prescribed in this Section 10.2 from its liability under this Agreement, a Note Guaranty and the Notes, as applicable.

Section 10.3.                    Line of Business.  The Issuer will not, and will not permit the Parent or any Subsidiary to, engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business in which the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business in which the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the date of this Agreement.

Section 10.4.                    Terrorism Sanctions Regulations.  The Issuer will not, and will not permit the Parent or any Controlled Entity to (a) become (including by virtue of being owned or controlled by a Blocked Person), own or control a Blocked Person or (b) directly or indirectly have any investment in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Notes) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (i) would cause any Purchaser or any holder to be in violation of, or subject to sanctions under, any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or any similar laws, regulations or orders adopted by any state within the United States of America, or (ii) is prohibited by or subject to sanctions under any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws.

Section 10.5.                    Liens.  The Issuer will not, and will not permit the Parent or any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset included in the Unencumbered Asset Pool (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Parent, the Issuer or any such Subsidiary,) whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits, except:

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(a)                           Liens securing Indebtedness of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary outstanding under or pursuant to the Primary Credit Facility so long as the Notes (and any Guaranty delivered in connection therewith) shall concurrently be secured equally and ratably with such Indebtedness pursuant to documentation reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders in substance and in form, including an intercreditor agreement and opinions of counsel to the Issuer and/or any such Subsidiary, as the case may be, from counsel that is reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders; provided, that in the case of other cash collateral required to be provided under the Primary Credit Facility in respect of loans, swing line loans and/or exchange rate fluctuations with respect to credit extensions under the Primary Credit Facility (other than any cash collateral established for the purposes of securing obligations in respect of loans, swing line loans thereunder pursuant to a customary “defaulting lender” provision), the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of this clause (a) if cash collateral in an amount proportional (based on the then-outstanding principal amount of the credit extensions under the Primary Credit Facility and the then-outstanding principal amount of the Notes) to the amount of cash collateral so provided under the Primary Credit Facility is concurrently pledged to the holders of Notes or their designee pursuant to documentation reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders in substance and in form; provided, further that in the case of other cash collateral required to be provided under the Primary Credit Facility in respect of letters of credit (other than any cash collateral established for the purposes of securing obligations in respect of letters of credit pursuant to a customary “defaulting lender” provision), the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of this clause (a) if cash collateral in an amount equal to the amount of cash collateral so provided under the Primary Credit Facility is concurrently pledged to the holders of Notes or their designee pursuant to documentation reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders in substance and in form;

(b)                                  Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges which are not yet due and payable or the payment of which is not at the time required by Section 9.4;

(c)                                  carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested by the Parent, the Issuer or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings in compliance with Section 9.4;

(d)                                  pledges and deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, pensions or other employee benefits and other social security laws or regulations;

(e)                                  other Liens incidental to the normal course of the business of the Parent, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries or the ownership of their property, including deposits and Liens with respect to the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case which are not securing Indebtedness;

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(f)                                  covenants, easements, zoning restrictions, rights of way, governmental permitting and operation restrictions, restrictions on the use of real property and defects and irregularities in the title thereto, landlord’s or lessor’s liens, purchase money security interests and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law incidental to the ownership of property or assets or as arising in the ordinary course of business that do not materially detract from the value of the affected property;

(g)                                   any attachment or judgment Lien, unless the judgment it secures shall not, within 60 days after entry thereof, have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or shall not have been discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay;

(h)                                 the rights of tenants or subtenants under Leases in the ordinary course of business;

(i)                                     any option, contract or other agreement to sell an asset, provided such sale is otherwise permitted by this Agreement; and

(j)                                    with respect to any Leased Asset, any (x) reversionary interest or title of lessor or sublessor under the applicable Lease or (y) Lien, easement, restriction or encumbrance to which the interest or title of such lessor or sublessor may be subject.

Section 10.6.                    Sales of Assets.  Except as permitted in Section 10.2, the Issuer will not, and will not permit the Parent or any Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of (including by way of merger, consolidation or amalgamation) any of the assets of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary included in the Unencumbered Asset Pool; provided, however, that any Subsidiary may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of such assets if (a) such assets are sold, leased or otherwise disposed of to the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary or (b) at such time and after giving effect thereto (including (i) any concurrent repayment of unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Parent, the Issuer and/or a Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness owing to the Parent, the Issuer or a Subsidiary)) or (ii) the acquisition of productive assets used or useful in carrying on the business of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 10.7.                    Limitation on Subsidiary Indebtedness.   The Issuer will not, and will cause the Parent not to, permit any Subsidiary (which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor) to create, assume, incur or guarantee or otherwise be or become liable in respect of any Indebtedness other than:

(a)                                 Indebtedness of any Subsidiaries outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 5.15 hereto;

(b)                                 Indebtedness of any Person which becomes a Subsidiary of the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary after the date of Closing and which is outstanding on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or such Person is at such time contractually bound, in writing to incur such Indebtedness);

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(c)                                  any replacement, extension or renewal of any Indebtedness permitted by paragraphs (a) or (b) above (without increase in the principal amount thereof);

(d)                                 any Indebtedness of Subsidiaries owing to the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

(e)                                  any classification or reclassification of an obligation, including a lease, as debt as a result of a change or modification of an accounting principal or standard, including GAAP;

(f)                                   current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business but not incurred through (i) the borrowing of money, or (ii) the obtaining of credit except for credit on an open account basis customarily extended and in fact extended in connection with normal purchases of goods and services;

(g)                                  Indebtedness in respect of taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies and claims for labor, materials and supplies to the extent that payment therefor shall not at the time be required to be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.4;

(h)                                 Indebtedness in respect of judgments only to the extent, for the period and for an amount not resulting in an Event of Default;

(i)                                     endorsements for collection, deposit or negotiation and warranties of products or services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

(j)                                    Unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted by the foregoing, provided that after giving effect thereto the aggregate principal amount of all unpaid Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this clause (j) does not exceed 10% of Gross Asset Value determined as of the date of such creation, assumption, incurrence or guarantee.

Section 10.8.                    Consolidated Total Unsecured Indebtedness.  The Issuer shall not permit at any time Consolidated Total Unsecured Indebtedness to exceed Unencumbered Asset Pool Availability.

Section 10.9.                    Minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.  The Issuer shall not permit Consolidated Tangible Net Worth to be less than the sum of (i) $1,277,009,816.00,2,274,892,911.00, plus (ii)  8075% of the sum of (A) any additional Net Offering Proceeds after the date of the Closing,December 31, 2017, plus (B) the value of interests in the Issuer or interests in the Parent issued upon the contribution of assets to the Issuer or its Subsidiaries after the date of the ClosingDecember 31, 2017 (with such value determined at the time of contribution).

Section 10.10.             Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Gross Asset Value.  (a) The Issuer shall not permit at any time Consolidated Total Indebtedness to exceed 60% of Gross Asset Value; provided that, at the Issuer’s election, for an Elevated Period, Consolidated Total Indebtedness

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may exceed 60% of Gross Asset Value but in no event may Consolidated Total Indebtedness exceed 65% of Gross Asset Value (the “Elevated Leverage Ratio”).

(b)                          For any fiscal quarter in which the Elevated Leverage Ratio is utilized, the Issuer shall be obligated to pay to each holder of a Note additional interest (the “Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest”) comprising the product of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Notes held by such holder (or its predecessor(s) in interest) as of the first day of the relevant fiscal quarter for which Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest is due, (ii) 0.25% and (iii) 0.25 (to reflect that the Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest is payable quarterly); provided that for any fiscal quarter in which the Elevated Period has commenced, the Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest for any such Note shall be reduced by an amount equal to such Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is equal to 90 minus the number of days (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) from the beginning of the related fiscal quarter to the start of the Elevated Period and (ii) the denominator of which is 90. Such Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest shall be payable on each June 15 or December 15 next succeeding the completion of the relevant Elevated Period together with the regularly scheduled interest due on such holder’s Notes.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest shall not be payable for any quarterly period for which the Issuer has paid or is paying the Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest (as defined below).

(c)                           Together with or prior to delivery of the Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest as contemplated by paragraph (b) of this Section 10.10, the Issuer shall deliver to each of the holders of the Notes a written notice from a Senior Financial Officer of the Issuer or Parent (a) stating that the Issuer has applied the Elevated Leverage Ratio to a calendar quarter (and specifying the applicable calendar quarter) and (b) confirming that the applicable Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest is being paid with respect to such calendar quarter.  The notice provided for in this paragraph (c) of this Section 10.10 may be the same notice as provided under paragraph (c) of Section 10.11.

(d)                          In determining the Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest with respect to any fiscal quarter during which any Note is paid in full, the Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest for any such Note shall be reduced to an amount equal to such Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is equal to 90 minus the number of days (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) from such payment in full to the end of the related fiscal quarter and (ii) the denominator of which is 90.  In the event of a partial prepayment of any Note during a fiscal quarter, the Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest shall be similarly prorated with respect to the principal amount of Notes prepaid.

Section 10.11.             Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Fixed Charges.  (a) The Issuer shall not permit the ratio of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA determined for the most recently ended calendar quarter to Consolidated Fixed Charges for the most recently ended calendar quarter annualized, to be less than 1.701.50 to 1.00.

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Fixed Charges Ratio”), the Issuer shall pay to each holder of a Note additional interest (the “Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest”) comprising the product of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Notes held by such holder (or its predecessor(s) in interest) as of the first day of the relevant calendar quarter for which Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest is due, (ii) 0.25% and (iii) 0.25 (to reflect that the Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest is payable quarterly). Such Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest shall be payable on each June 15 or December 15 next succeeding the completion of the calendar quarter for which Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest is due together with the regularly scheduled interest due on such holder’s Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest shall not be payable for any quarterly period for which the Issuer has paid or is paying the Elevated Leverage Ratio Interest.

(c)                           Together with or prior to delivery of the Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest as contemplated by paragraph (b) of this Section 10.11, the Issuer shall deliver to each of the holders of the Notes a written notice from a Senior Financial Officer of the Issuer or Parent (a) stating that the Issuer has applied the Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio to a calendar quarter (and specifying the applicable calendar quarter) and (b) confirming that the applicable Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest is being paid with respect to such calendar quarter.  The notice provided for in this paragraph (c) of this Section 10.11 may be the same notice as provided under paragraph (c) of Section 10.10.

(d)                          In determining the Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest with respect to any calendar quarter during which any Note is paid in full, the Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest for any such Note shall be reduced to an amount equal to such Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is equal to 90 minus the number of days (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) from such payment in full to the end of the related calendar quarter and (ii) the denominator of which is 90.  In the event of a partial prepayment of any Note during a calendar quarter, the Elevated Fixed Charges Ratio Interest shall be similarly prorated with respect to the principal amount of Notes prepaid.

Section 10.12.             Secured Indebtedness to Gross Asset Value.  The Issuer shall not permit at any time Secured Indebtedness to exceed 40% of Gross Asset Value.

SECTION 11.                                   EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

An “Event of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing:

(a)                           the Issuer defaults in the payment of any principal or Make--Whole Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or

(b)                            the Issuer defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; provided that such failure shall not be an Event of Default if it occurs solely from any technical or administrative

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difficulties relating solely to the transfer of such amount and such failure is remedied within seven Business Days after the due date for payment; or

(c)                            the Issuer defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 7.1(d) or Section 10 or any Incorporated Covenant; or

(d)                            the Issuer or any Guarantor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in Sections 11(a), (b) and (c)) or in any Note Guaranty and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (ii) the Issuer receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to refer specifically to this Section 11(d)); or

(e)                            (i) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Parent or the Issuer or by any officer of the Parent or the Issuer in this Agreement or any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made, or (ii) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor or by any officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor in any Subsidiary Guaranty or any writing furnished in connection with such Subsidiary Guaranty proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or

(f)                           (i) the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or make--whole amount or interest (in an amount of at least $100,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment)) on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder and under any Subsidiary Guaranty) that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) in the case of Recourse Indebtedness or $50,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) in the case of Non--Recourse Indebtedness beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder and under any Subsidiary Guaranty) in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) in the case of Recourse Indebtedness or $50,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) in the case of Non--Recourse Indebtedness or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared (or one or more Persons are entitled to declare such Indebtedness to be), due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Indebtedness to convert such Indebtedness into Equity Interests), (x) the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder and under and Subsidiary Guaranty) before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the

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relevant currency of payment) in the case of Recourse Indebtedness or $50,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) in the case of Non--Recourse Indebtedness, or (y) one or more Persons have the right to require the Parent, the Issuer or any Subsidiary so to purchase or repay such Indebtedness; or

(g)                             the Parent, the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or

(h)                            a court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by either the Parent, the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding--up or liquidation of the Parent, the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary, or any such petition shall be filed against the Parent, the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or

(i)                            any event occurs with respect to the Parent, the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary which under the laws of any jurisdiction is analogous to any of the events described in Section 11(g) or Section 11(h), provided that the applicable grace period, if any, which shall apply shall be the one applicable to the relevant proceeding which most closely corresponds to the proceeding described in Section 11(g) or Section 11(h); or

(j)                           one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $50,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) (to the extent not covered by independent third--party insurance), including any such final order enforcing a binding arbitration decision, are rendered against one or more of the Parent, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or

(k)                            if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the

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Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed $50,000,000, (iv) the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan or (vi) the Issuer or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post--employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  As used in this Section 11(k), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA; or

(l)                            any Note Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect, any Note Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any Note Guarantor shall contest in any manner in writing the validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Note Guaranty, or the obligations of any Guarantor under any Note Guaranty are not or cease to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with the terms of such Note Guaranty.

SECTION 12.                                   REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.

Section 12.1.                    Acceleration.  (a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Issuer described in Section 11(g), (h) or (i) (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i) of Section 11(g) or described in clause (vi) of Section 11(g) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of Section 11(g)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable.

(b)                           If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Holders may at any time at their option, by notice or notices to the Issuer, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.

(c)                           If any Event of Default described in Section 11(a) or (b) has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Issuer, declare all the Notes held by it or them to be immediately due and payable.

Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus (x) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including interest accrued thereon in respect of any Notes at the Default Rate) and (y) the Make--Whole Amount, if any, determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived.  The Issuer acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from

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repayment by the Issuer (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of a Make--Whole Amount by the Issuer in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.

Section 12.2.                    Other Remedies.  If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note or Note Guaranty, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise.