NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement; Effect of this Agreement; No Impairment; Early Opt-in Election.
(a) Subject to the occurrence of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement is, as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text or stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text or double-underlined text) as set forth in a conformed copy of the Existing Credit Agreement attached as Annex A hereto (the credit agreement attached hereto as Annex A being referred to herein as the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
(b) Schedules 2.01, 7.01, 7.03, and 10.02 to the Existing Credit Agreement are amended to read in the forms of Schedules 2.01, 7.01, 7.03 and 10.02 attached hereto, respectively. Schedules 5.12, 5.16, 7.08(e) and 7.09 to the Existing Credit Agreement are deleted.
(c) Exhibits A, B, C-1, C-2, D, E, G-1, G-2, H-1, H-2, I-1, I-2, I-3, and I-4 to the Existing Credit Agreement are amended to read in the forms of Exhibits A, B, C-1, C-2, D, E, G-1, G-2, H-1, H-2, I-1, I-2, I-3 and I-4 attached hereto, respectively.
(d) Except as expressly modified and amended in this Agreement, all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. The Loan Documents and any and all other documents heretofore, now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby amended so that any reference to the Existing Credit Agreement shall mean a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement. The Amended Credit Agreement is not a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement.
(e) Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, any L/C Issuer or any Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified hereby, are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.
(f) With respect to LIBOR for Dollars and Sterling, the Administrative Agent has determined that syndicated credit facilities denominated in Dollars or Sterling, as applicable, are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR with respect to Dollars and Sterling. In connection with such determination, the Administrative Agent has elected to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred. The Benchmark Transition Start Date with respect to such Early Opt-in Election shall be the Fourth Amendment Effective Date. In connection with such Early Opt-in Election, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.03(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement, LIBOR with respect to Dollars and Sterling are replaced with the applicable Benchmark Replacements as set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement; and, in connection with the implementation of such Benchmark Replacements, and in accordance with Section 3.03(b)(ii) of the Existing Credit Agreement, the
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