Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-249831

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 2

(to prospectus dated November 16, 2020)

 

Summit Midstream Partners, LP

 2,306,972 Common Units

Representing Limited Partner Interests

This prospectus supplement is being filed to update and supplement information contained in the prospectus dated November 16, 2020 (the “prospectus”), relating to up to 2,306,972 common units representing limited partner interests in Summit Midstream Partners, LP (34,604,581 common units prior to the Partnership’s 1-for-15 reverse unit split on its common units, effective after the market closed on November 9, 2020) to be offered on a secondary basis by the selling unitholders named in the prospectus, with information contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2020, which is set forth below.

This prospectus supplement updates and supplements the information in the prospectus and is not complete without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in combination with, the prospectus, including any amendments or supplements thereto. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with the prospectus and if there is any inconsistency between the information in the prospectus and this prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Limited partnerships are inherently different from corporations. You should review carefully the risk factors described under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 9 of the prospectus for a discussion of important risks you should consider before you make an investment in our securities.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if the prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus supplement is December 18, 2020.

 

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18, 2020

 

Summit Midstream Partners, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

910 Louisiana Street, Suite 4200

Houston, TX 77002

(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)

 

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code): (832) 413-4770

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Act:

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) (the “Partnership”) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, has entered into amendments to its revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”).  The amendments to the Revolver include reducing the Revolver commitments from $1.25 billion to $1.1 billion and eliminated the $250 million accordion feature; adding up to $400 million of junior lien indebtedness; revising restrictions on the Partnership’s ability to use operating cash flow to repurchase junior debt and equity securities; increasing the total leverage covenant from 5.50x to 5.75x at all times going forward; replacing the 3.75x senior secured leverage covenant with a new 3.50x first lien leverage covenant; adding a new pricing tier of L + 325 bps if the total leverage ratio is greater than 5.00x; and restricting the Partnership’s ability to resume distributions on preferred and common units, subject to achieving certain financial and liquidity thresholds.

The foregoing description of the amendments to the Revolver does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT

AND
THIRD AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THIRD AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 18, 2020, is made by and among Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Borrower”), each of the other Loan Parties party hereto, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) under the hereinafter-defined Credit Agreement, and the Lenders party hereto.

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and the other parties from time to time party thereto have entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2017 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2017, that certain Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2019, that certain Third Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2019, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto from time to time and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2017 (as amended by that certain Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2019, that certain Third Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2019, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Collateral Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders agree to make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agreement; and

 

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WHEREAS, the Lenders party hereto have agreed to such amendments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements, representations and warranties herein set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party hereto, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the undersigned Required Lenders do hereby agree as follows:

Article IAmendments to Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below):

Section 1.01The Credit Agreement (other than the Exhibits and Schedules thereto) is amended to read as set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

Section 1.02Schedule 2.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read as set forth on Exhibit B hereto.

Article II  Amendment to Collateral Agreement. Section 4.01(a) of the Collateral Agreement is amended by replacing the words “no Pledgor shall be required to take any action with respect to the perfection of security interests in motor vehicles, cash or assets in Deposit Accounts (and no Grantor shall be required to enter into any control agreements with respect to cash or assets in Deposit Accounts, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.05(j) of the Credit Agreement)” therein with “no Pledgor shall be required to take any action with respect to the perfection of security interests in motor vehicles and any other assets subject to a certificate of title statute (except to the extent perfection of a security interest therein may be accomplished by filing of financing statements in appropriate form in a central filing office located in the jurisdiction in which the granting Pledgor is organized, formed or incorporated).”

Article III  Revolving Facility Commitments Reduction.

Section 3.01Effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments of all Revolving Facility Lenders shall be reduced to $1,100,000,000 (such reduction to be made ratably in accordance with each Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage), and the Commitments of each Revolving Facility Lender shall be as set forth under “Fourth Amendment Effective Date Commitments” on Exhibit B hereof.

Section 3.02The Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby waive the notice requirements set forth in Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement in connection with the reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments provided for in clause (a) of this Section 3.

Article IV  Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date (the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”) that each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived by (a) Required Lenders and (b) each other Person required to consent to such waiver pursuant to and in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement):

Section 4.01The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party hereto and the Required Lenders either (x) an original

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counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (y) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile copy or PDF copy of each signed signature page) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.

Section 4.02The Administrative Agent shall have received, to the extent invoiced, all amounts due and payable pursuant to the Credit Agreement and Loan Documents on or prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent) that are required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, hereunder or under any Loan Document.

Section 4.03The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date pursuant to that certain Fee Letter, dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, by and between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Section 4.04The representations and warranties in Section 5 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.

Article V  Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders that:

Section 5.01all of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar materiality language in the text thereof, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date hereof except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date in which case they shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar materiality language in the text thereof, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date, except that the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.05 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements furnished pursuant to Sections 5.04(a) and (b) of the Credit Agreement, respectively;

Section 5.02no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof under any Loan Document;

Section 5.03this Amendment is within such Loan Party’s organizational powers and has been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action on the part of such Loan Party;

Section 5.04this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of

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equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing; and

Section 5.05this Amendment will not violate any applicable law in any material respect, will not violate or result in a default or require any consent or approval under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or its property, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party, except for violations, defaults or the creation of such rights that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Article VI  Ratification. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect. The Credit Agreement, as hereby amended, and all rights and powers created thereby or thereunder and under the other Loan Documents are in all respects ratified and confirmed and remain in full force and effect. The Collateral Agreement, as hereby amended, and all rights and powers created thereby or thereunder are in all respects ratified and confirmed and remain in full force and effect.

Article VII  Reaffirmation of Collateral Documents. In connection with this Amendment, each Loan Party party hereto, as debtor, grantor, pledgor, guarantor, or another similar capacity in which such Loan Party grants Liens or security interests or otherwise acts as a guarantor, joint or several obligor or other accommodation party, as the case may be, in each case under the Collateral Documents heretofore executed and delivered in connection with or pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as such Collateral Documents may have been heretofore, or are hereby, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified), hereby (a) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under such Collateral Documents to which it is a party, (b) to the extent such Loan Party granted Liens on or security interests in any of its properties pursuant to such Collateral Documents, hereby ratifies and reaffirms such grant of security and confirms that such Liens and security interests continue to secure the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) thereunder and (c) to the extent such Loan Party guaranteed, was joint or severally liable, or provided other accommodations with respect to, the Obligations or any portion thereof, hereby ratifies and reaffirms such guaranties, liabilities and other accommodations.

Article VIII  Definitions and References. Any term used in this Amendment that is defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meaning therein ascribed to it. The terms “Agreement”, “Credit Agreement” and “Collateral Agreement” as used in the Loan Documents or any other instrument, document or writing furnished to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders by the Borrower and referring to the Credit Agreement or the Collateral Agreement, as applicable, shall mean the Credit Agreement as hereby amended or the Collateral Agreement as hereby amended, as applicable.

Article IX  Miscellaneous.

Section 9.01This Amendment (i) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns (provided, however, no party may assign its rights hereunder except in accordance with the Credit Agreement); (ii) may be modified or amended only

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in accordance with the Credit Agreement; (iii) may be executed in several counterparts, and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, and each counterpart, when so executed and delivered, shall constitute an original agreement, and all such separate counterparts shall constitute but one and the same agreement; and (iv) together with the other Loan Documents, embodies the entire agreement and understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, consents and understandings relating to such subject matter.

Section 9.02Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telecopy or as an attachment to an email shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery” and words of like import in or related to this Amendment or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures or execution in the form of an Electronic Record, and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Each party hereto agrees that any Electronic Signature or execution in the form of an Electronic Record shall be valid and binding on itself and each of the other parties hereto to the same extent as a manual, original signature. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the parties of a manually signed paper which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed paper converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature from any party hereto, the Administrative Agent and the other parties hereto shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the executing party without further verification and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by an original manually executed counterpart thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby (A) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any of the Loan Parties, electronic images of this Amendment (in each case, including with respect to any signature pages thereto) shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, and (B) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the validity or enforceability of this Amendment based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Amendment, including with respect to any signature pages hereto. For purposes of this clause (b), (1) “Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. 7006 and (2) “Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. 7006.

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Article X  Loan Document. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents. On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, this Amendment shall for all purposes constitute a Loan Document.

Article XI  Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

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The parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

BORROWER:

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM HOLDINGS, LLC

By:______________________
Name:

 

 

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OTHER LOAN PARTIES:

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP

By:______________________
Name:

 

DFW MIDSTREAM SERVICES LLC

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM FINANCE CORP.

GRAND RIVER GATHERING, LLC

RED ROCK GATHERING COMPANY, LLC

MOUNTAINEER MIDSTREAM COMPANY, LLC

BISON MIDSTREAM, LLC

POLAR MIDSTREAM, LLC

EPPING TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM MARKETING, LLC

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PERMIAN, LLC

MEADOWLARK MIDSTREAM COMPANY, LLC

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM UTICA, LLC

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PERMIAN FINANCE CORP.

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM NIOBRARA, LLC

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PERMIAN II, LLC

 

By:______________________
Name:

 

 

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SUMMIT MIDSTREAM OPCO, LP

By:______________________
Name:

 

 

 

 

 

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BMO HARRIS FINANCING, INC., as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

 

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ING CAPITAL LLC, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

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toronto-dominion bank, new york branch, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

 

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COMPASS BANK, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

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REGIONS BANK, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

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Name:
Title:

 

 

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CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

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CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

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ZIONS BANCORPORATION, N.A. DBA AMEGY BANK, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

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TRUIST BANK, as a Lender



By:
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Title:

 

 

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CITIZENS BANK, N.A., as a Lender



By:
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Title:

 

 

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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender



By:
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Title:

 

 

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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

By:
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Title:

 

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

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MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

 

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MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender



By:
Name:
Title:

 

 

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CADENCE BANK, as a Lender



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Title:

 

 

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COMERICA BANK, as a Lender



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EXHIBIT A

CREDIT AGREEMENT

[See Attached.]

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

SCHEDULE 2.01

[See Attached.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 2.01

 

Pre-Fourth Amendment Effective Date Commitments;

Fourth Amendment Effective Date Commitments

 

Pre-Fourth Amendment Effective Date Commitments

 

 

 

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Fourth Amendment Effective Date Commitments

 

 

 

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U.S. $1,100,000,000

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 26, 2017

among

SUMMIT MIDSTREAM HOLDINGS, LLC,

as Borrower,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

BANK OF MONTREAL,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH,

COMPASS BANK,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and

REGIONS BANK,

as Issuing Banks,

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

ING CAPITAL LLC,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC,

BBVA COMPASS,

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, and

REGIONS BANK,

as Joint Lead Arrangers,

 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

as Sole Bookrunner,

BMO HARRIS FINANCING, INC.,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

ING CAPITAL LLC,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, and

TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Co-Syndication Agents,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMPASS BANK,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and

REGIONS BANK

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

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Table of Contents

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Article I DEFINITIONS  2

Article II THE CREDITS  59

Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES  85

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Article IV CONDITIONS TO CREDIT EVENTS  97

Article V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS  101

Article VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS  112

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Article VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT  133

Article VIII THE AGENTS  136

Article IX MISCELLANEOUS  144

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Exhibits and Schedules

 

Exhibit AForm of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit BForm of Prepayment Notice

Exhibit C-1Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C-2Form of Swingline Borrowing Request

Exhibit DForm of Interest Election Request

Exhibit EForm of Collateral Agreement

Exhibit FIntentionally Omitted

Exhibit GForm of Revolving Note

Exhibit HForm of Non-U.S. Lender Tax Certificate

 

Schedule 1.01(a)Exception to Collateral and Guarantee Requirement

Schedule 1.01(b)Restatement Date Mortgaged Gathering Stations Real Property

Schedule 1.01(c)Restatement Date Mortgaged Pipeline Systems Real Property

Schedule 3.04Governmental Approvals

Schedule 3.07(d)Subsidiaries and Included Entities

Schedule 3.07(e)Subscriptions

Schedule 3.08Litigation

Schedule 3.12Taxes

Schedule 3.15Environmental Matters

Schedule 3.17(a)Real Property

Schedule 3.17(b)Gathering System Liens

Schedule 3.17(d)Deeds

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Schedule 3.20Insurance

Schedule 3.22Material Contracts

Schedule 6.01Indebtedness

Schedule 6.02Liens

Schedule 6.04Investments

Schedule 6.07Transactions with Affiliates

Schedule 9.01Notice Addresses of Borrower, Administrative Agent,

Issuing Banks and Lenders

Annex APerfection Certificate

 

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This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 26, 2017 (as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is by and among SUMMIT MIDSTREAM HOLDINGS, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (together with any permitted successors or assigns pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.05(b)(vi), the “Borrower”), the LENDERS party hereto from time to time, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. (“Wells”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with any successor administrative agent appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII, the “Administrative Agent”), Wells, BANK OF MONTREAL, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH, COMPASS BANK, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and REGIONS BANK, each as an Issuing Bank (each as an “Issuing Bank”), Wells, as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with any successor collateral agent appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII, the “Collateral Agent”), WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, ING CAPITAL LLC, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, TD Securities (USA) LLC, BBVA COMPASS, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement), and REGIONS BANK, as joint lead arrangers (in such capacity, the “Joint Lead Arrangers”), WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, as sole bookrunner (in such capacity, the “Sole Bookrunner”), BMO HARRIS FINANCING, INC., DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, ING CAPITAL LLC, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, and TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH, as co-syndication agents (in such capacity, the “Co-Syndication Agents”), and COMPASS BANK, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and REGIONS BANK, as co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the “Co-Documentation Agents”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Wells, as administrative agent, collateral agent and an issuing bank, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the agents from time to time party thereto entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 1, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein, and, in connection therewith, the Borrower has requested that (i) the Lenders provide Commitments to make Loans and participate in Letters of Credit from time to time during the Availability Period and (ii) the Issuing Banks commit to issue Letters of Credit from time to time during the Availability Period, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, (i) the Lenders and each Issuing Bank are willing to extend Commitments and make Loans to the Borrower and issue (or participate in) Letters of Credit, as applicable, and (ii) Wells is willing to serve as the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank and the Collateral Agent;

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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Article XII
DEFINITIONS

Section 12.01Defined Terms

. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

“2016 Contribution Agreement” shall mean that certain Contribution Agreement dated as of February 25, 2016 by and between Topco and the MLP Entity.

“2020 MLP Entity Preferred Units Tender Offer” means the offer announced on November 10, 2020 (as amended on November 24, 2020 and December 10, 2020 and as may be further supplemented and amended from time to time) by the MLP Entity to purchase for cash up to $25.0 million aggregate purchase price of the MLP Entity Preferred Units on the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated November 10, 2020 and the related letter of transmittal (in each case, as amended on November 24, 2020 and December 10, 2020 and as may be further supplemented and amended from time to time).

“2022 Senior Notes” shall mean the 5½% Senior Notes of the Borrower and Summit Midstream Finance Corp. due 2022.

“2025 Senior Notes” shall mean the 5.75% Senior Notes of the Borrower and Summit Midstream Finance Corp. due 2025.

“ABR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.

“ABR Loan” shall mean any Loan (including any Swingline Loan) bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

“Additional Equity Contribution” shall mean an amount equal to the amount of cash that is (a) received by the MLP Entity from a source other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof and (b) contributed by the MLP Entity to the Borrower in exchange for the issuance by the Borrower of additional Equity Interests in the Borrower (or otherwise as an equity contribution), in each case after the Restatement Date; provided, that (i) the Borrower shall deliver written notice to the Administrative Agent concurrently with the receipt of such cash, which such notice shall (1) state that the Borrower has elected to treat such equity contribution as an Additional Equity Contribution and (2) clearly set forth the amount of such Additional Equity Contribution; (ii) any Equity Interests issued by the Borrower to the MLP Entity in connection with an Additional Equity Contribution shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and (iii) any Additional Equity Contributions shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants and for all other purposes for which EBITDA is calculated under this Agreement.

“Additional Improved Real Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(i).

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“Adjusted Eurodollar Rate” shall mean for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1.00%) equal to (a) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserves.

“Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

“Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

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

“Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

“Agency Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d).

“Agent Default Period” shall mean, with respect to any Agent, any time when such Agent is a Defaulting Lender and is not performing its role as such Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

“Agent Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(c).

“Agents” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

“Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.

“Alternate Base Rate” shall mean the greatest of (a) the per annum rate of interest most recently published in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal from time to time as the prime rate for U.S. Dollar loans in the United States for such day (the “Prime Rate”), (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50% per annum, and (c) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate as of such date for a one-month Interest Period plus 1.00% per annum. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate shall be effective from and including the date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, respectively.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or money laundering.

“Applicable Margin” shall mean for any day (a) with respect to any Revolving Facility Loan or Swingline Loan then outstanding, the applicable per annum percentage set forth below under the caption “Revolving Facility ABR Loans”, “Revolving Facility Eurodollar Loans” or “Swingline Loans”, as applicable, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last date of the

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most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (b) with respect to any Commitment Fee, the applicable per annum percentage set forth below under the caption “Commitment Fee”, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last date of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower:

 

For purposes of the foregoing, (i) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower’s fiscal year based upon the consolidated financial information of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) (and for the period commencing on the Restatement Date and continuing until the compliance certificate for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, is delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c)(i)(B), the Applicable Margin in effect for Eurodollar Loans shall be 2.50%, for ABR Loans shall be 1.50% and for the Commitment Fee shall be 0.50%), and (ii) each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall be effective on the first Business Day after the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial information indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided, that the Total Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1 at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, at any time during which the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial information when required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial information is delivered.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the computation of the Total Leverage Ratio set forth in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Total Leverage Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all

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purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Margin” for any day occurring within the period covered by such certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Total Leverage Ratio for such period, and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofor paid by the Borrower for the relevant period pursuant to Section 2.12 and Section 2.13 as a result of the miscalculation of the Total Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable under the relevant provisions of Section 2.12 or Section 2.13, as applicable, at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid pursuant to said Section (and shall remain due and payable until paid in full), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 7.01(h) or (i) has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable five Business Days following the determination described above.

“Approved Fund” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

“Asset Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition of any material assets of, or all of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, a Person or any division or line of business of a Person.

“Asset Disposition” shall mean any sale, transfer or other disposition by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Included Entity to any Person other than the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or an Included Entity to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder of any material asset or group of related assets (other than inventory or other assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business) in one or a series of related transactions.

“Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required pursuant to Section 9.04(b)), in substantially the form of Exhibit A or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Availability Period” shall mean the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Stated Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments.

“Available Cash” shall mean, for any period, “Available Cash” as defined in the MLP Entity’s Partnership Agreement that is attributable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

“Available Unused Commitment” shall mean, with respect to a Revolving Facility Lender, at any time of determination, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time exceeds (b) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time.

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from

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time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

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

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

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

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

“Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(b).

“Borrower’s Presentation” shall mean the presentation entitled “Summit Midstream Holdings, LLC” distributed to Initial Lenders on May 3, 2017, as modified or supplemented prior to the Restatement Date.

“Borrowing” shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type made on a single date to the Borrower and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

“Borrowing Minimum” shall mean (a) in the case of a Revolving Facility Borrowing comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans, U.S.$1,000,000, (b) in the case of a Revolving Facility Borrowing comprised entirely of ABR Loans, U.S.$1,000,000 and (c) in the case of a Swingline Borrowing, U.S.$500,000.

“Borrowing Multiple” shall mean (a) in the case of a Revolving Facility Borrowing comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans, U.S.$500,000, (b) in the case of a Revolving Facility Borrowing comprised entirely of ABR Loans, U.S.$100,000 and (c) in the case of a Swingline Borrowing, U.S.$100,000.

“Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.

“Business Day” shall mean any day of the year, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized to close in New York, New York or Houston, Texas, and, where used in the context of Eurodollar Loans, is also a day on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market.

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“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate amount of all expenditures of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for fixed or capital assets made during such period which, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as capital expenditures.

“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person shall mean the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense for such period, less, for each of clauses (a), (b), (c) and (e) below, to the extent included in the calculation of such Interest Expense, the sum of (a) pay-in-kind Interest Expense or other noncash Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of purchase accounting), (b) the amortization of any financing fees or breakage costs paid by, or on behalf of, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including such fees paid in connection with the Transactions or any amendments, waivers or other modifications of this Agreement, (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap Agreements, (d) cash interest income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (other than interest income pursuant to IRB Transactions) and (e) all nonrecurring cash Interest Expense consisting of liquidated damages for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations and financing fees, all as calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that Cash Interest Expense shall exclude, without duplication of any exclusion set forth in clause (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above, annual agency fees paid to the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent and one-time financing fees or breakage costs paid in connection with the Transactions or any amendments, waivers or other modifications of this Agreement.

“Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer, automated clearinghouse transfers of funds and other cash management arrangements.

“Cash Management Bank” shall mean any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender, an Agent, or a Joint Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent or a Joint Lead Arranger, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

“Casualty/Condemnation Event” means any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

“Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (a) a “Change in Control”, as defined in any document pursuant to which Permitted Junior Debt that is Material Indebtedness has been issued, shall have occurred, (b) a “Change in Control”, as defined in any document pursuant to which secured Indebtedness under Section 6.01(j) that is Material Indebtedness has been issued, shall have occurred, (c) a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the General Partner shall at any time be occupied by Persons who were not appointed by the Sponsor or a Permitted Holder, (d) the Permitted Holders shall fail

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to own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Restatement Date), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate Equity Interests representing more than 50% of (i) the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the General Partner or (ii) the economic interest represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the General Partner, (e) at any time, the General Partner shall cease to be the sole general partner of the MLP Entity or (f) the MLP Entity shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

“Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption or implementation of any treaty, law, rule or regulation after the Restatement Date, (b) any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Restatement Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or Issuing Bank or by such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law, then being one with which the relevant party would customarily comply) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Restatement Date; provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or any United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

“Closing Date” shall mean November 1, 2013, and “Closing” shall mean the making of the initial Loans on the Closing Date hereunder.

“Co-Documentation Agents” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

“Co-Syndication Agents” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

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

“Collateral” shall mean all the “Collateral” as defined in the Collateral Agreement, all “Mortgaged Property” as defined in the Mortgages and “Collateral” as defined in any other Collateral Document.

“Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

“Collateral Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, executed pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee

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Requirement, and any other guarantee and collateral agreement (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) that may be executed after the Restatement Date in favor of, and in form and substance acceptable to, the Collateral Agent.

“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” shall mean the requirement that:

(a) on the Restatement Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received from each entity that is a Loan Party on the Restatement Date a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Loan Party and pursuant to which (i) each such Loan Party (other than, prior to the effectiveness of the springing guarantee in Section 5.10(e), the Specified Subsidiaries) shall unconditionally guarantee, on a joint and several basis, all Obligations; (ii) each Loan Party (other than the MLP Entity) shall grant a first priority lien on and security interest in all of its personal property (except as specified therein); and (iii) each Loan Party shall have granted a first priority lien on and security interest in all Equity Interests in any other Loan Party and any Included Entity held or owned by it on the Restatement Date;

(b) on the Restatement Date, the Collateral Agent shall be the beneficiary of a pledge of all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of (i) each Loan Party (other than the MLP Entity) and (ii) each Included Entity and each Ohio Joint Venture to the extent directly owned by any Loan Party, and the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank, or shall have otherwise received a security interest over such Equity Interests satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

(c) in the case of any Person that is required to become a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Restatement Date pursuant to Section 5.10(e) or the definition of “Opt-In Conditions”, the Collateral Agent shall have received a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person, on or before the date required in Section 5.10(e) or the Opt-In Time, as applicable;

(d) all Equity Interests of (i) each Loan Party (other than the MLP Entity), (ii) each Included Entity and (iii) each Ohio Joint Venture and, from and after the Opt-In Time, the Double E Joint Venture (in the case of this clause (iii), to the extent directly owned by any Loan Party) shall have been pledged (or shall be pledged concurrently with the actions making such Equity Interests subject to this provision) in accordance with the Collateral Agreement, except, in each case, to the extent that a pledge of such Equity Interests is not permitted under Section 9.21, and the Collateral Agent shall have received (or shall receive concurrently with the actions making such Equity Interests subject to this provision) all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank, or shall have otherwise received a security interest over such Equity Interests satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

(e) on or prior to the Restatement Date and on each date thereafter during the Availability Period, (i) all Indebtedness of the MLP Entity, the Borrower and each

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Subsidiary of the Borrower that is owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party shall have been pledged in accordance with the Collateral Agreement, (ii) all Indebtedness for borrowed money of the MLP Entity, the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower having an aggregate principal amount in excess of U.S.$10.0 million that is owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note or an instrument (other than global intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) and (iii) the Collateral Agent shall have, in respect of all such Indebtedness described in clause (ii), received originals of all such promissory notes or instruments, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(f) on or prior to the Restatement Date and concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of any Collateral Document delivered at any time thereafter, all documents and instruments, required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be executed, filed, registered or recorded to create, evidence or perfect the Liens intended to be created by the Collateral Documents, including UCC financing statements and UCC transmitting utility filings, to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Collateral Documents or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or recording;

(g) on or prior to the Restatement Date and concurrently with the execution and delivery of any Collateral Document delivered at any time thereafter, each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of each Collateral Document to which it is a party and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder and the performance of its obligations thereunder;

(h) the Collateral Agent shall have received the following documents and instruments from the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties, as applicable, on or before the Restatement Date or any date thereafter required by Section 5.10(b), as applicable (or in the case of any Restatement Date Mortgage Amendments, as provided in Section 5.12), with respect to any Material Gathering Station Real Property:

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provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges that the requirements of this clause (h) were satisfied prior to the Restatement Date with respect to the Material Gathering Station Real Property owned, held or leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party on the Restatement Date (subject to the execution and delivery of any amendments, supplements or other modifications to the applicable Mortgages that may be necessary or advisable in light of the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement (each, a “Restatement Date Mortgage Amendment”) and any other deliverables contemplated by Section 5.12);

(i) the Collateral Agent shall have received from the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties, as applicable, on or before the Restatement Date or any date thereafter required by Section 5.10(d), as applicable, one or more Mortgages duly authorized, executed and notarized (with sufficient counterparts thereof to file an original in each applicable jurisdiction), in form for recording in the recording office of each jurisdiction where any Restatement Date Mortgaged Pipeline Systems Real Property (or, after the Restatement Date, any Gathering Systems Real Property required to be mortgaged pursuant to the terms of Section 5.10(d)) to be encumbered thereby is situated, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, together with such other instruments as shall be necessary or appropriate (in the reasonable judgment of the Collateral Agent) to create a Lien under applicable law, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, which Mortgage and other

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instruments shall be effective to create and/or maintain a first priority Lien on the applicable Pipeline Systems Real Property (or, after the Restatement Date, any Gathering Systems Real Property required to be mortgaged pursuant to the terms of Section 5.10(d)), subject to no Liens other than Permitted Real Property Liens applicable to such Pipeline Systems Real Property (or, after the Restatement Date, any Gathering Systems Real Property required to be mortgaged pursuant to the terms of Section 5.10(d));

provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges that the requirements of this clause (i) were satisfied prior to the Restatement Date with respect to the Pipeline Systems Real Property owned, held or leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party on the Restatement Date (subject to the execution and delivery of any Restatement Date Mortgage Amendment and any other deliverables contemplated by Section 5.12);

(j) to the extent required by Section 5.10, the Collateral Agent shall receive such documents and instruments required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.10 at the times described in Section 5.10 with respect to any Gathering System Real Property acquired, leased, constructed, built or required to be mortgaged hereunder (in each case after the Restatement Date);

(k) the Borrower is in compliance with Section 5.13; and

(l) with respect to each of the items identified in this definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” that are required to be delivered on a date after the Restatement Date, the Administrative Agent, in each case, may but shall not be obligated to (in its sole discretion without obtaining the consent of the Lenders) extend any such date on two separate occasions by up to 30 days on each such occasion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” (i) shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents and (ii) shall not contravene Section 9.21, (b) in no event shall the Administrative Agent or the Lenders require the Pipeline Systems (and, for the avoidance of doubt, any Pipeline Systems Real Property) to be subject to a Mortgage, except as required by clause (i) and (j) above or Section 5.10(d), (c) in no event shall any Loan Party be required to take any action with respect to the perfection of security interests in motor vehicles (it being understood that compression units, whether or not skid-mounted, shall not be deemed to be motor vehicles), (d) in no event shall the Collateral include any Excluded Assets and (e) prior to the springing of the guaranty in accordance with Section 5.10(e), the Specified Subsidiaries shall not be required to guarantee the Obligations and shall be deemed to not constitute Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Collateral Agreement). If the Administrative Agent determines (in its reasonable discretion without the consent of the Required Lenders) that the cost of taking the actions required to obtain a first priority security interest in any of the Properties described in this definition materially and substantially exceeds the value to the Secured Parties of obtaining such security interest, then the Loan Parties shall not be required to take such actions to the extent of such determination, provided, however that no such determination may be made by the Administrative Agent with respect to Properties described in clause (c). Notwithstanding the

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foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent determines (in its reasonable discretion without the consent of the Required Lenders) that the cost of taking the actions required to obtain a first priority security interest in any “Building” or “Manufactured (Mobile) Home” (each, as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Laws) acquired after the Restatement Date exceeds the value to the Secured Parties of obtaining such security interest, then the Loan Parties shall not be required to take such actions to the extent of such determination.

“Collateral Documents” shall mean the Mortgages, the Collateral Agreement and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or Section 5.10 and each amendment, supplement or modification to any of the foregoing.

“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).

“Commitments” shall mean (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment, (b) with respect to any Lender that is a Swingline Lender, its Swingline Commitment, and (c) with respect to each Issuing Bank, its Revolving L/C Commitment.

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

“Communications” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(a).

“Consolidated Debt” at any date shall mean (without duplication) (i) all Indebtedness consisting of Capital Lease Obligations, (ii) Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than letters of credit and performance bonds to the extent undrawn), (iii) Indebtedness consisting of Letters of Credit issued at the request of a Loan Party on the behalf of an entity that is neither a Loan Party nor a Restricted Subsidiary and (iv) Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services, in each case determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date; provided, that, Consolidated Debt shall not include any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the IRB Transactions (such excluded Indebtedness not to exceed the amount of the IRBs outstanding at such time).

“Consolidated First Lien Net Debt” at any date shall mean (a) Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date that is secured by a Lien on all or any portion of the Collateral, minus (b) any portion of such Consolidated Debt that is secured by Liens junior or expressly subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, minus (c) Unrestricted Cash on such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed U.S.$50.0 million.

“Consolidated Net Debt” at any date shall mean (a) Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date minus (b) Unrestricted Cash on such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed U.S.$50.0 million (provided, that solely for the purpose of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio (but not the First Lien Leverage Ratio), if the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Facility Loans outstanding at such time and the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time are zero (but for the avoidance of doubt, not taking into account any Revolving L/C Exposure), then the maximum amount of Unrestricted Cash that may be subtracted from Consolidated Debt at such time for such purpose shall be U.S.$200.0 million).

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“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Included Entities for such period determined on a consolidated basis; provided, that

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   (iii)  the Double E Joint Venture (such amount for such period is hereinafter referred to as the “Double E Joint Venture Distribution Amount”); provided, that (A) the inclusion of this clause (e)(iii) for such calculation period is subject to the final sentence in the definition of “EBITDA”, (B) the Double E Joint Venture Distribution Amount for any quarter shall include cash dividends, cash distributions and other payments paid in cash to (or converted into cash by) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (e)(iii) in respect of such period whether such amount was actually received during the period or thereafter, but only to the extent received prior to the date of calculation, and (C) (1) prior to the Opt-In Time, clause (b)(iv) of the definition of “Double E Joint Venture Conditions” shall be satisfied for such calculation period and (2) after the Opt-In Time, the Double E Joint Venture Conditions shall be satisfied for such calculation period; provided further, that in no event shall any distribution by the Double E Joint Venture of the Exxon Equity Option Price (as defined in the Double E LLC Agreement on the Second Amendment Effective Date) to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary be included in Consolidated Net Income for any calculation period,

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“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date, the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP, in each case as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet as of such date of the MLP Entity (or, if the MLP Entity has any direct operating Subsidiary other than the Borrower as of such date, of the Borrower).

“Consolidator Partnership” means Summit Midstream OpCo, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

“Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

“Controlled Account” means (a) each deposit account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement and (b) each securities account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is subject to a Securities Account Control Agreement.

“Covered Entity” shall mean any of the following:

“Covered Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.26.

“Credit Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the initial paragraph of Article IV.

“deeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(d).

“Default” shall mean any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

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“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“Defaulting Lender” shall mean, subject to Section 2.22(e), any Lender that (a) has failed to perform its funding obligations under this Agreement with respect to (i) Loans, within two Business Days of the date such obligations were required to be funded, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, and (ii) participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to such effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement (and such notice or public statement has not been withdrawn), unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenders’ obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent (whether acting on its own behalf or at the reasonable written request of the Borrower (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall comply with any such reasonable request)), to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), (d) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute or subsequently cured, or (e) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that, other than via an Undisclosed Administration, has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided, that a Lender shall not become a Defaulting Lender solely as the result of the acquisition or maintenance of an ownership interest in such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company or the exercise of control over a Lender or its direct or indirect parent company by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof to the extent such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender hereunder shall be made by the Administrative Agent acting reasonably, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank and each Lender until such time as Section 2.22(e) is satisfied.

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“De Minimis Casualty Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Net Proceeds”.

“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent establishing the Collateral Agent’s Control with respect to any deposit account. For purposes of this definition, “Control” means “control” within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC.

“Disposition Event” means any Casualty/Condemnation Event, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets) to any Person of any asset or assets (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any interests in joint ventures) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than those pursuant to Section 6.05(a), (b), (c), (e), (h), (i) or (j) of this Agreement. Any series of related transactions that would each constitute a Disposition Event shall constitute a single Disposition Event for purposes of determining the amount of the Disposition Event Net Proceeds with respect thereto pursuant to the definition of “Net Proceeds” and Section 2.08(d).

“Disposition Event Net Proceeds” shall mean the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Disposition Event, net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, sales commissions, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset (other than any obligation pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to Permitted Junior Debt) and any cash reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset established in accordance with GAAP, including without limitation, pension and post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such Disposition Event (provided, that upon termination of any such reserve, the amount of funds from such reserve that are released to the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to constitute Disposition Event Net Proceeds), other customary expenses and reasonable brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, and (ii) Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, including pursuant to Section 6.06. For purposes of calculating the amount of Disposition Event Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and expenses payable to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates shall be disregarded, except for financial advisory fees customary in type and amount paid to Affiliates of the Sponsor.

“Distribution EBITDA Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “EBITDA”.

“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

“Double E Construction Management Agreement” shall mean that certain Construction Management Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2019, by and between Summit Midstream Permian II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the Double E Joint Venture.

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“Double E Contribution Agreement” shall mean that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2019, by and among Summit Permian Transmission, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ExxonMobil Permian Double E Pipeline LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the Double E Joint Venture.

“Double E Guaranty” shall mean that certain Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2019, by the MLP Entity in respect of the Double E Joint Venture.

“Double E Joint Venture” shall mean Double E Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Double E Joint Venture Conditions” shall mean, (a) the Opt-In Time has occurred, (b) at all times in the relevant calculation period (for clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), other than prior to the Opt-In Time), (i) the Double E Joint Venture does not at any time incur or have, (x) in the aggregate, greater than U.S.$20.0 million of indebtedness for borrowed money or (y) material Liens other than Liens permitted by the limited liability company agreement of the Double E Joint Venture in existence on the Second Amendment Effective Date; provided that from and after the Opt-In Time no Loan Party, in its role as member or manager of the Double E Joint Venture, shall vote to approve any Lien on any assets of the Double E Joint Venture if the imposition or existence of such Lien would result in Liens approved pursuant to this proviso in excess of U.S.$20.0 million at any time on assets of the Double E Joint Venture in the aggregate, (ii) the Equity Interests of the Double E Joint Venture that are not owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary have no preferential rights to dividends or other distributions over the Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than any preferential rights to dividends or other distributions set forth in the Double E LLC Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date), (iii) the Borrower’s and each applicable Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests in the Double E Joint Venture are pledged in accordance with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and (iv) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall own Equity Interests in the Double E Joint Venture sufficient to retain negative control with respect to matters requiring Required Approval (as defined in the Double E LLC Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date) (but in no event to be less than a 20% Percentage Interest (as defined in the Double E LLC Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date)) and (c) none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has taken any action that would result in a breach of Section 6.09(f) on or after the Opt-In Time.

“Double E Joint Venture Distribution Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”.

“Double E LLC Agreement” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Double E Joint Venture, dated as of June 26, 2019.

“Double E Operations and Maintenance Agreement” shall mean that certain Operations and Maintenance Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2019, by and between Summit Midstream Permian II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the Double E Joint Venture.

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“Double E Transaction Documents” shall mean the Double E Contribution Agreement, the Double E LLC Agreement, the Double E Construction Management Agreement, the Double E Operations and Maintenance Agreement and the Double E Guaranty.

“EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Included Entities on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Persons for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (xii) of this clause (a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined (but excluding any noncash item to the extent it represents an accrual or reserve for a potential cash charge in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period)):

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minus (b) to the extent such amounts increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined, noncash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (but excluding any such items which represent the reversal in such period of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period where such accrual or reserve is no longer required), including, without limitation, any income or gains resulting from prepayments, redemptions, purchases or other satisfaction prior to the scheduled maturity thereof of Permitted Junior Debt at a discount from face value; provided that EBITDA for any period may include, at the Borrower’s option, Material Project EBITDA Adjustments for such period.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the sum of (A) all Material Project EBITDA Adjustments for any period, (B) all EBITDA for such period that is attributable to Included Entities and (C) all payments described in clause (e)(i) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” included in EBITDA for such period, shall not exceed 20% of Unadjusted EBITDA for such period.

For each calculation period, in order to determine EBITDA for such period, the Borrower shall make two separate calculations of EBITDA, with the first (x) to include in such calculation an amount equal to the Ohio Joint Venture Aggregate EBITDA for such calculation period, but excluding the Ohio Joint Venture Distribution Amount for such calculation period; provided, that (A) the sum of (i) all Material Project EBITDA Adjustments for such calculation period, (ii) all EBITDA for such calculation period that is attributable to Included Entities, (iii) all payments described in clause (e)(i) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” included in EBITDA for such calculation period and (iv) the Ohio Joint Venture Aggregate EBITDA for such calculation period shall not exceed 30% of Unadjusted EBITDA for such period and, for the avoidance of doubt, if the sum of clauses (i) through (iv) of this clause (A) exceeds 30% of Unadjusted EBITDA for such period, the calculated amount pursuant to this clause (A) shall be deemed to be the amount equal to 30% of Unadjusted EBITDA (such amount calculated pursuant to clause (A) means the “Initial Adjusted EBITDA Calculation”) and (B) the sum of (i) the Initial Adjusted EBITDA Calculation for such calculation period and (ii) the Double E Joint Venture Distribution Amount for such calculation period shall not exceed 50% of Unadjusted EBITDA for such period and, for the avoidance of doubt, if the sum of clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (B) exceeds 50% of Unadjusted EBITDA for such period, the calculated amount pursuant to this clause (x) shall be deemed to be the amount equal to 50% of Unadjusted EBITDA (such amount calculated pursuant to this clause (x) means the “Proportional EBITDA Amount”), and the second (y) to include in such calculation the Ohio Joint Venture Distribution Amount for such calculation period, but excluding the Ohio Joint Venture Aggregate EBITDA for such calculation period; provided, that the sum of (i) the Ohio Joint Venture Distribution Amount for such calculation period, (ii) the Double E Joint Venture Distribution Amount for such calculation period and (iii) the amount of Material Project EBITDA Adjustment attributable to the Double E Joint Venture, pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Material Project EBITDA for such calculation period shall not exceed 50% of Unadjusted EBITDA for such period and, for

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the avoidance of doubt, if the sum of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) exceeds 50% of Unadjusted EBITDA for such period, the calculated amount pursuant to this clause (y) shall be deemed to be the amount equal to 50% of Unadjusted EBITDA (such amount calculated pursuant to this clause (y) means the “Distribution EBITDA Amount”). The EBITDA of the Borrower for such calculation period shall be the greater of (A) Proportional EBITDA Amount for such calculation period and (B) the Distribution EBITDA Amount for such calculation period.

“Eddy County” shall mean Eddy County, New Mexico.

“Eddy County Project” shall mean the Gathering Station(s) and related gathering pipelines and other equipment located in, or to be constructed in, Eddy County.

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

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

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country.

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

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

“Engagement Letter” shall mean that certain Engagement Letter dated May 3, 2017, by and between the Borrower and Wells.

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“Environment” shall mean ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata or sediment, natural resources such as flora and fauna or as otherwise similarly defined in any Environmental Law.

“Environmental Claim” shall mean any and all actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of non-compliance or violation, notices of liability or potential liability, investigations, proceedings, consent orders or consent agreements relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Law or any Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Material.

“Environmental Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01(m).

“Environmental Law” shall mean, collectively, all federal, state, provincial, local or foreign laws, including common law, ordinances, regulations, rules, codes, orders, judgments or other requirements or rules of law that relate to (a) the prevention, abatement or elimination of pollution, or the protection of the Environment, natural resources or human health, or natural resource damages, and (b) the use, generation, handling, treatment, storage, disposal, Release, transportation or regulation of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq., the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq., and the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq., each as amended, and their foreign, state, provincial or local counterparts or equivalents.

“Equity Interests” of any Person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participation or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest, any limited liability company membership interest and any unlimited liability company membership interests.

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, the regulations promulgated thereunder and any successor thereto.

“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“ERISA Event” shall mean: (a) a Reportable Event; (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Sections 302 or 303 of ERISA with respect to any Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code or Section 303(j) of ERISA with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) a determination that any Plan is, or

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is expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA) or any lien shall arise with respect to any Plan on the assets of the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA; (e) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan, or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (f) a determination that any Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “critical” or “endangered” status under Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (g) the withdrawal or partial withdrawal by the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan which could reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; (h) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower, a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (i) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower; (j) the filing of an application for a minimum funding waiver under Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Plan; or (k) the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower incurs any liability or contingent liability for providing, under any employee benefit plan or otherwise, any post-retirement medical or life insurance benefits, other than statutory liability for providing group health plan continuation coverage under Part 6 of Title I of ERISA and section 4980B of the Code or applicable state law.

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

“Eurodollar Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.

“Eurodollar Loan” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

“Eurodollar Rate” shall mean for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan the rate per annum equal to the rate (rounded upward to the next 1/100^th of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on Reuters or such other commercially available source as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time (or any successor thereto) that displays the British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate (or its successor) for deposits in U.S. Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of clause (c) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate, approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date referenced

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in such clause (c)); provided, however, that in no event shall the Eurodollar Rate be less than zero percent (0%).

“Eurodollar Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Excluded Accounts” shall mean (a) any bank account that is used solely to fund payroll, employee benefit or tax withholding obligations of the MLP Entity, the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the  other Subsidiaries of the MLP Entity (other than any Excluded MLP Operating Subsidiaries and any Unrestricted Subsidiaries), (b) “zero balance” deposit accounts, (c) escrow, fiduciary or trust accounts, (d) any deposit account that solely holds amounts, and is used solely, to purchase the IRBs from time to time in accordance with the IRB Indenture (to the extent such purchases are not prohibited hereunder) and (e) any other deposit account, so long as the aggregate balance under all such deposit accounts under this clause (e) does not exceed $2,500,000 for any period of three (3) consecutive Business Days or $5,000,000 at any time.

“Excluded Assets” shall mean (a) Equity Interests in any Person (other than (i) the Borrower, any Subsidiary Loan Party, any Wholly Owned Subsidiary or any Included Entity, (ii) the Ohio Joint Ventures, to the extent owned by a Loan Party and (iii) the Double E Joint Venture, to the extent owned by a Loan Party) to the extent not permitted to be pledged by the terms of such Person’s constitutional or joint venture documents (and, to the extent any such prohibition or limitation is removed or the applicable Person has obtained any required consents to eliminate or waive any such restrictions, such Equity Interests shall cease to be Excluded Assets), (b) Equity Interests constituting an amount greater than 65% of the voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or any Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of which Subsidiary’s assets consist of the Equity Interest in “controlled foreign corporations” under Section 957 of the Code, (c) Equity Interests or other assets that are held directly by a Foreign Subsidiary and (d) any “intent to use” applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051, unless and until an “Amendment to Allege Use” or a “Statement of Use” under Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act has been filed, solely to the extent that such a grant of a security interest therein prior to such filing would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such “intent to use” application.

“Excluded MLP Operating Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the MLP Entity (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) that owns any operating assets or Equity Interests in any Subsidiary or other Person (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) that owns any operating assets.

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

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thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

“Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes, in either case imposed on (or measured by) net income, net profits or capital by the United States of America (or any State or other subdivision thereof) or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or any jurisdiction in which such recipient has a present or former connection (other than any such connection arising solely from the Loan Documents and the transactions herein) or, in the case of any Lender or Issuing Bank, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits tax or any similar tax that is imposed by any jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) other than in the case of an assignee pursuant to a request by a Loan Party under Section 2.19(b), (i) any federal withholding tax imposed by the United States or (ii) a withholding tax imposed by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender is organized or in which its principal office or applicable lending office (or other place of business) is located, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), pursuant to applicable requirements of law in effect at the time such Agent, Lender, Issuing Bank or other recipient becomes a party to any Loan Document (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Lender or Issuing Bank or other recipient (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a) or Section 2.17(c), (d) any withholding taxes attributable to such Lender’s or such other recipient’s failure (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 2.17(e), and (e) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.

“Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital of this Agreement.

“Existing Lenders” shall mean the Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement, immediately prior to the Restatement Date.

“Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean the Letters of Credit listed on Schedule 1.01(d).

“Existing Obligations” shall mean the “Obligations” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement outstanding on the Restatement Date.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Restatement Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

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

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“Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that if such rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the Revolving L/C Participation Fees, the Issuing Bank Fees, the Agency Fee and any other fees payable under the Engagement Letter.

“FERC” shall mean the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and any successor agency thereto.

“Finance Co” shall mean a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower incorporated to become or otherwise serving as a co-issuer or co-borrower with the Borrower of Permitted Junior Debt permitted by this Agreement, which Subsidiary meets the following conditions at all times: (a) the provisions of Section 5.10 have been complied with in respect of such Subsidiary, and such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Loan Party, (b) such Subsidiary shall be a corporation, (c) such Subsidiary shall not own or Control any portion of the Equity Interests of any other Person, including the Equity Interests of any other Subsidiary Loan Party or other Subsidiary of the Borrower and (d) such Subsidiary has not (i) incurred, directly or indirectly any Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability whatsoever other than the Indebtedness that it was formed to co-issue or co-borrow and for which it serves as co-issuer or co-borrower, (ii) engaged in any business, activity or transaction, or owned any property, assets or Equity Interests other than (A) performing its obligations and activities incidental to the co-issuance or co-borrowing of the Indebtedness that it was formed to co-issue or co-borrower and (B) other activities incidental to the maintenance of its existence, including legal, Tax and accounting administration, (iii) consolidated with or merged with or into any Person, or (iv) failed to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons.

“Financial Officer” of any Person shall mean (a) the sole member or sole manager of such Person or (b) the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of (i) such Person or, (ii) to the extent such Person is a limited partnership, the general partner of such Person.

“Financial Officer of the Borrower” shall be the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of the General Partner.

“Financial Performance Covenants” shall mean the covenants of the Borrower set forth in Sections 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12.

“First Amendment” shall mean that certain First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2017, by and among the Borrower, the

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Subsidiary Loan Parties, the MLP Entity, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

“First Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the first date on which all of the conditions specified in Section 2 of the First Amendment have been satisfied.

“First Lien Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Net Debt as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the applicable Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that to the extent any Asset Disposition or any Asset Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or a consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or Section 6.05) or incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes) has occurred during the relevant Test Period, the First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis for such occurrences.

“Flood Insurance Laws” shall mean, collectively, (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (amending 42 USC 4001, et seq.), as the same may be amended or recodified from time to time, (d) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and (e) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is (a) incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than an entity that is disregarded for U.S. federal tax purposes and is a direct Subsidiary of an entity organized in the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia), or (b) any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary.

“Fourth Amendment” shall mean that certain Fourth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2020, by and among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the MLP Entity, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

“Fourth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the first date on which all of the conditions specified in Section 4 of the Fourth Amendment have been satisfied, which date is December 18, 2020.

“GAAP” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.02.

“Gathering Agreements” shall mean each contract pertaining to the provision of gathering and compression services by any Subsidiary Loan Party or the Borrower (including any such contracts entered into after the Restatement Date) as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified as permitted hereunder.

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“Gathering Station Real Property” shall mean, on any date of determination, any Real Property on which any Gathering Station owned, held or leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party at such time is located (including, without limitation, as of the Restatement Date, all Restatement Date Mortgaged Gathering Station Real Property).

“Gathering Stations” shall mean, collectively, (a) each location, now owned or hereafter used, acquired, constructed, built or otherwise obtained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, where the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party uses, holds, stores or maintains compression and dehydration equipment, other than any such compression and dehydration equipment that, as of the applicable date of determination, (i) has not been used by Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the conduct of its Midstream Activities for a period of at least thirty (30) days, and (ii) neither Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary intends to use for the conduct of Midstream Activities, and (b) any other processing plants and terminals, now or hereafter owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, that are connected to (or are intended to be connected to) the Pipeline Systems.

“Gathering System” shall mean, collectively, the Gathering Stations and the Pipeline Systems.

“Gathering System Real Property” shall mean, collectively, the Gathering Station Real Property and the Pipeline Systems Real Property.

“General Partner” shall mean Summit Midstream GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the general partner of the MLP Entity.

“Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, provincial, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body, or central bank.

“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) shall mean (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or otherwise) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness, (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (v) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness, or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the guarantor; provided, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include

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endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Restatement Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement.

“Hazardous Materials” shall mean all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates or breakdown constituents, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas, of any nature, in each case subject to regulation pursuant to, or which can give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law.

“Improvements” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Mortgages.

“Included Entity” shall mean each Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owns at least 50% of the Equity Interests in such Person and has voting Control over such Person, (ii) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary is the operator of such Person’s assets, (iii) such Person has no outstanding Indebtedness for borrowed money, (iv) such Person is not engaged in any line of business other than those that the Borrower may engage in as provided in Section 6.08, (v) the Equity Interests of such Person that are not owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary have no preferential rights to dividends or other distributions over the Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and (vi) the Equity Interests of such Person are pledged in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the Obligations (it being understood that if such Equity Interests cannot be so pledged after giving effect to Section 9.21 or otherwise, such entity shall not constitute an Included Entity).

“Increasing Lender” shall mean an Existing Lender who will provide a Commitment under this Agreement which is greater than such Existing Lender’s Commitment under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Restatement Date.

“Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade liabilities and intercompany liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing within 365 days after the incurrence thereof), (e) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (f) all Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Obligations of such Person, (g) all payments that such Person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such Person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap Agreements (such payments in respect of any Swap Agreement with a counterparty being calculated subject to and in accordance with any netting provisions in such Swap Agreement), (h) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) as an account party in respect of letters of credit (other than any letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instrument in respect of which a back-to-back letter of credit has been issued under or permitted by this Agreement) and (ii) in respect of banker’s acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner,

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other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such Person in respect thereof.

“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean all Taxes which arise from the transactions contemplated in, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement, other than Excluded Taxes.

“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).

“Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.13(a).

“Initial Adjusted EBITDA Calculation” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “EBITDA”.

“Initial Lenders” shall mean the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders listed on the signature pages hereof as the Lenders on the Restatement Date.

“Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Cash Interest Expense, in each case for the applicable Test Period ended on such date, or if such date of determination is not the end of a fiscal quarter, the applicable Test Period ended most recently prior to the date on which such determination is to be made; provided, that to the extent any Asset Disposition or any Asset Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions for which a waiver or a consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or 6.05 has been obtained) or incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes) has occurred during the relevant Test Period, the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis for such occurrences.

“Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07, in substantially the form of Exhibit D.

“Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to Swap Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense, (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense, and (iv) redeemable preferred stock dividend expenses, and (b) capitalized interest of such Person; provided, that, Interest Expense shall not include any interest expense or capitalized interest paid or accrued pursuant to IRB Transactions. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received and costs incurred by such Person with respect to Swap Agreements.

“Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and, in addition, the date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing of a different Type, (b) with respect to any

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ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Swingline Loan is required to be repaid pursuant to Section 2.09(a).

“Interest Period” shall mean, as to any Borrowing consisting of a Eurodollar Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or 12 months or less than one month, if at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all Lenders make interest periods of such length available), as the Borrower may elect, or the date any Eurodollar Borrowing is converted to an ABR Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 or repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11; provided, that, (a) if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, and (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Stated Maturity Date. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

“Investment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

“IRB” shall mean each of those industrial revenue bonds issued from time to time by Eddy County to Summit Permian Finance Co in an aggregate principal amount of up to $500.0 million pursuant to the IRB Indenture and IRB Purchase Agreement, and “IRBs” shall mean all of them collectively.

“IRB Indenture” shall mean one or more Indentures with respect to the IRBs to be entered into by and among Eddy County, Summit Permian Finance Co and the other parties party thereto.

“IRB Lease Agreement” shall mean one or more Lease Agreements to be entered into by and between Eddy County and Summit Permian with respect to the Eddy County Project.

“IRB Purchase Agreement” shall mean one or more Bond Purchase Agreements to be entered into by and among Eddy County, Summit Permian and Summit Permian Finance Co.

“IRB Transaction Documents” shall mean, collectively, the IRB Indenture, the IRB Purchase Agreement, the IRB Lease Agreement and the bonds issued under the IRB Indenture.

“IRB Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions to occur on or after the First Amendment Effective Date as contemplated by the IRB Transaction Documents, including (a) the execution and delivery of the IRB Transaction Documents by the parties thereto, (b) the sale by Summit Permian to Eddy County of any Property constituting, or intended to constitute, part of the Eddy County Project, (c) the purchase of the IRBs by Summit Permian Finance Co, (d) the lease of the Eddy County Project (or any portion thereof) and incurrence of the obligations pursuant to the IRB Lease Agreement by Summit Permian and (e) the payments by Summit Permian to Summit Permian Finance Co pursuant to the IRB Lease Agreement; provided, for the

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avoidance of doubt, that the IRB Transactions shall not include any Borrowings and Loans the proceeds of which are used in connection with the IRB Transactions.

“Issuing Bank” shall mean Wells, Bank of America, N.A., Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch, Regions Bank, Bank of Montreal, Compass Bank, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, and Royal Bank of Canada, in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(i). An Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

“Issuing Bank Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).

“Joint Lead Arrangers” shall mean, collectively, each joint lead arranger contained in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

“Lender” shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (and any foreign branch of such Lender), as well as any Person (other than a natural person) that becomes a “Lender” hereunder pursuant to Section 9.04 (and any foreign branch of such Person), any Person (other than a natural person) holding outstanding Revolving Facility Loans or any Person (other than a natural person) holding outstanding Swingline Loans. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.

“Letter of Credit” shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.05, together with the Existing Letters of Credit deemed issued hereunder pursuant to Section 2.05(m), in each case, including all extensions, renewals, supplements, amendments or other modifications thereto.

“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any Property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such asset, (b) any arrangement to provide priority or preference, (c) any financing statement filed in any jurisdiction in the nature of or evidencing a security interest or any other similar notice of lien under any similar notice or recording statute of any Governmental Authority, including any easement, right or way or other encumbrance on any Real Property, including any portion of or all of the Gathering System, in each of the foregoing cases described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) whether voluntary or involuntary or imposed by law, and any agreement to give any of the foregoing; (d) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such Property and (e) in the case of securities (other than securities representing an interest in a joint venture that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower), any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

“Liquidity” shall mean, on any date, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate Available Unused Commitments that would be permitted to be drawn on such date in compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for such maximum permitted Borrowing, plus (b) all cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower on such date.

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“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the Collateral Documents, and any promissory note issued under Section 2.09(e), as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Loan Document Obligations” shall mean all amounts owing to any of the Agents, any Issuing Bank or any Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or pursuant to the terms of any Guarantee thereof, including, without limitation, with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, together with the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower and each other Loan Party under or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Borrower and any other Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

“Loan Party” shall mean the Borrower, the MLP Entity and each Subsidiary Loan Party.

“Loans” shall mean the Revolving Facility Loans and the Swingline Loans.

“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean the existence of events, circumstances, conditions and/or contingencies that have had or are reasonably likely to have, with the passage of time (a) a materially adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) a material impairment of the validity or enforceability of the rights, remedies or benefits available to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Agents under any Loan Document.

“Material Contracts” shall mean, collectively, (a) each Gathering Agreement, (b) each Ohio Joint Venture’s articles or certificate of formation or the limited liability company agreement, (c) the IRB Transaction Documents and (d) any contract or other arrangement, whether written or oral, to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party is a party as to which (individually or together with all contracts that have been terminated, cancelled or not renewed or are reasonably expected to be breached, not performed, cancelled or not renewed as of any date of determination) the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified as permitted hereunder, and whether such contract or arrangement exists as of the Restatement Date or is entered into thereafter.

“Material Gathering Station Real Property” shall mean, on the date of any determination, any Gathering Station Real Property acquired (whether acquired in a single transaction or in a series of transactions) or owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party having a fair market value (including the fair market value of improvements owned by the Borrower or by any Subsidiary Loan Party and located thereon or thereunder) on such date of determination exceeding U.S.$15.0 million.

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“Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans and Letters of Credit) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party in an aggregate principal amount exceeding U.S.$40.0 million.

“Material Project” shall mean the construction or expansion of any capital project by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or the Double E Joint Venture, the aggregate capital cost of which (inclusive of capital costs expended prior to the acquisition thereof) is reasonably expected by the Borrower to exceed, or exceeds, $10,000,000.

“Material Project EBITDA Adjustment” shall mean with respect to each Material Project:

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Notwithstanding the foregoing: no such Material Project EBITDA Adjustment shall be allowed with respect to a Material Project unless: (x) at least 30 days (or such lesser period as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) prior to the last day of the fiscal quarter for which Parent desires to commence inclusion of such Material Project EBITDA Adjustment in EBITDA (the “Initial Quarter”), Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent written pro forma projections of EBITDA attributable to such Material Project EBITDA Adjustments, and (y) prior to the last day of the Initial Quarter, Administrative Agent shall have approved (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) such projections and shall have received such other information (including updated status reports summarizing each Material Project currently under construction and covering original anticipated and current projected cost, Capital Expenditures (completed and remaining), the anticipated Commercial Operation Date, total Material Project EBITDA Adjustments and the portion thereof to be added to EBITDA and other information regarding projected revenues, customers and contracts supporting such pro forma projections and the anticipated Commercial Operation Date) and documentation as Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

“Material Subsidiary” shall mean (a) each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that (i) is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower now existing or hereafter acquired or formed by the Borrower which on a consolidated basis for such Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries for the applicable Test Period, accounted for more than 5% of EBITDA, or (ii) becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party as required pursuant to Section 5.10(f) and (b) the Consolidator Partnership.

“Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

“Midstream Activities” shall mean with respect to any Person, collectively, the treatment, processing, gathering, dehydration, compression, blending, transportation, terminalling, storage, transmission, marketing, buying or selling or other disposition, whether for such Person’s own account or for the account of others, of oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, including that used for fuel or consumed in the foregoing activities, and water gathering and related activities in connection therewith; provided, that “Midstream Activities” shall in no event include the drilling, completion or servicing of oil or gas wells, including, without limitation, the ownership of drilling rigs.

“MLP Entity” means Summit Midstream Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

“MLP Entity Preferred Units” means the Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units of the MLP Entity.

“MLP Entity’s Partnership Agreement” shall mean that certain First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the MLP Entity, dated as of October 3, 2012.

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.

“Mortgaged Properties” shall mean all Real Property that is subject to a Mortgage.

“Mortgages” shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust and assignments of leases and rents delivered pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and pursuant to Section 5.10, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, encumbering any Gathering

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System Real Property or other real property and assets related thereto, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, including all such changes as may be required to account for local law matters.

“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA to which the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability or contingent liability.

“Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

“Net Proceeds” shall mean:

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For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds of the type set forth in clause (c) above, fees, commissions and other costs and expenses payable to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates shall be disregarded, except for financial advisory fees customary in type and amount paid to Affiliates of the Sponsor.

“New Lender” shall mean a Lender under this Agreement who is not an Existing Lender.

“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(c).

“Non-Recourse Debt” shall mean Indebtedness (a) as to which neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (ii) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise or (iii) constitutes the lender; (b) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of such Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit, upon notice, lapse of time or both, any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and (c) as to which the lenders of such Indebtedness have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the Equity Interests or other Property of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may pledge the Equity Interests it owns in any Subsidiary that is not (x) a Restricted Subsidiary, (y) an Included Entity or (z) from and after the Opt-In Time, the Double E Joint Venture, in order to secure such Indebtedness.

“Non-U.S. Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(e).

“Obligations” shall mean all amounts owing to any of the Agents, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Secured Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including all Loan Document Obligations), all amounts owing to any Cash Management Bank pursuant to the terms of any Secured Cash Management Agreement, all Secured Swap Obligations owing to any Secured Swap Agreement Counterparty pursuant to the

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terms of any Secured Swap Agreement, all amounts owing pursuant to the terms of any Guarantee of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and all amounts owing pursuant to the terms of any Guarantee of any Secured Swap Obligations or Secured Cash Management Agreement (to the extent such Guarantee of such Secured Swap Obligations or such Secured Cash Management Agreement is otherwise permitted hereunder), together with the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower and each Loan Party under or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Secured Cash Management Agreement and any Secured Swap Agreement, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

“Ohio Joint Venture Aggregate EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of the “Ohio Joint Venture EBITDA” for both Ohio Joint Ventures for such period. As used in this definition, the term “Ohio Joint Venture EBITDA” means, for any Ohio Joint Venture for any period, the product of (a) the aggregate percentage of Equity Interests held by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Ohio Joint Ventures during such period multiplied by (b) such Ohio Joint Venture’s Other Entity Unadjusted EBITDA for such period, calculated as if it were a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that the Ohio Joint Venture Conditions shall have been satisfied.

“Ohio Joint Venture Conditions” shall mean, (a) at all times in the relevant calculation period, (i) the Ohio Joint Ventures do not at any time incur or have, (x) in the aggregate, greater than U.S.$5.0 million of indebtedness for borrowed money or (y) material Liens other than Liens permitted by the limited liability company agreements of the Ohio Joint Ventures in existence on the Restatement Date; provided that no Loan Party, in its role as member or manager of any Ohio Joint Venture, shall vote to approve any Lien on any assets of any Ohio Joint Venture if the imposition or existence of such Lien would result in Liens approved pursuant to this proviso in excess of U.S.$10 million at any time on assets of the Ohio Joint Ventures in the aggregate, (ii) the Equity Interests of the Ohio Joint Ventures that are not owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary have no preferential rights to dividends or other distributions over the Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) the Borrower’s and each applicable Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests in the Ohio Joint Ventures are pledged in accordance with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, (iv) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall own Equity Interests in each Ohio Joint Venture sufficient to retain negative control with respect to Requisite Board Approval (as defined in such Ohio Joint Venture’s relevant constitutional documents) (but in no event to be less than 30% of the Equity Interests eligible to appoint a member of the board in each Ohio Joint Venture) and (v) the operator of each Ohio Joint Venture’s assets or Affiliates of such operator shall own in the aggregate at least 20% of the Equity Interests in such Ohio Joint Venture and (b) none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has taken any action that would result in a breach of Section 6.09(e) at any time prior to the date of determination.

“Ohio Joint Venture Distribution Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”.

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“Ohio Joint Ventures” shall mean, collectively, Ohio Gathering Company, L.L.C. and Ohio Condensate Company, L.L.C., and each individually, an “Ohio Joint Venture”.

“Opt-In Conditions” means, as of the date of determination, that (i) the Double E Joint Venture does not have, (x) in the aggregate, greater than U.S.$20.0 million of indebtedness for borrowed money or (y) Liens other than Liens permitted by the limited liability company agreement of the Double E Joint Venture in existence on the Second Amendment Effective Date not in excess of U.S.$20.0 million in the aggregate, (ii) the Equity Interests of the Double E Joint Venture that are not owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary have no preferential rights to dividends or other distributions over the Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than any preferential rights to dividends or other distributions set forth in the Double E LLC Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date), (iii) the Borrower’s and each applicable Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests in the Double E Joint Venture are pledged in accordance with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, (iv) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall own Equity Interests in the Double E Joint Venture sufficient to retain negative control with respect to matters requiring Required Approval (as defined in the Double E LLC Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date) (but in no event to be less than a 20% Percentage Interest (as defined in the Double E LLC Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date)), (v) the Double E Joint Venture’s relevant constitutional documents on such date, when compared against such documents as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date, do not contain any material amendments or modifications adverse to the Lenders to (1) the Double E Joint Venture’s distribution policies, (2) the ability of the Double E Joint Venture to incur Indebtedness and Liens (other than to the extent permitted under the definition of “Double E Joint Venture Conditions”), (3) the ability of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to pledge the Equity Interests in the Double E Joint Venture as Collateral securing the Obligations, (4) the voting provisions in the Double E Joint Venture’s relevant constitutional documents (other than any amendment or modification thereto so long as the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owns Equity Interests in the Double E Joint Venture sufficient to retain negative control with respect to matters requiring Required Approval (as defined in the Double E LLC Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date)) or (5) the change of control provisions in the Double E Joint Venture’s relevant constitutional documents, and (vi) each Subsidiary directly or indirectly owning Equity Interests in the Double E Joint Venture shall (1) be a Restricted Subsidiary and (2) become a Subsidiary Loan Party by joining the Collateral Agreement and otherwise causing the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to it.

“Opt-In Time” means the time when a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifies in writing to the Administrative Agent that the Opt-In Conditions are satisfied as of such time, which certificate shall be accompanied by reasonably detailed information demonstrating the satisfaction of the Opt-In Conditions.

“Other Entity Unadjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for any Person for any period, the EBITDA for such Person for such period, determined in accordance with the definition of EBITDA mutatis mutandis for such Person but without including, in each case for such period, (a) any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments, (b) any EBITDA attributable to an Included Entity, (c) any Specified Equity Contribution, (d) any adjustments related to the Ohio Joint Ventures described in (i) clause (e)(ii) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” or (ii) the last

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paragraph of the definition of “EBITDA” or (e) any adjustments related to the Double E Joint Venture described in (i) clause (e)(iii) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” or (ii) the last paragraph of the definition of “EBITDA”.

“Other Swap Agreement” shall mean any Swap Agreement permitted by Section 6.13 that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Person that is not a Lender, an Agent or a Joint Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent or a Joint Lead Arranger, on the other hand.

“Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property, intangible or mortgage recording taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents.

“Parent Company” shall mean the Sponsor, the MLP Entity, the General Partner or any Subsidiary of any of the foregoing that, directly or indirectly, owns any of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower.

“Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

“Participant Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d).

“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

“Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form of Annex A hereto, or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent.

“Permitted Business Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of or Equity Interests in (including an acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of or all the Equity Interests in) a Person or division or line of business of a Person, other than such acquisition of the assets of or Equity Interests in any Loan Party, if (a) such acquisition was not preceded by, or effected pursuant to, an unsolicited or hostile offer, (b) such acquired Person, division or line of business of a Person is, or is engaged in, any business or business activity conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Restatement Date, Midstream Activities and any business or business activities incidental or related thereto, or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto; provided, that no such activity or expansion shall in any event include the drilling, completion or servicing of oil or gas wells, including the ownership of drilling rigs, (c) all transactions related to such acquisition shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws, (d) both immediately before and after giving effect thereto: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition with the Financial Performance Covenants, each recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (e) all actions (if any) required, necessary or appropriate to comply with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement with respect to such acquired assets, or Equity Interests shall have been taken on or prior to the consummation of such acquisition, (f) to the extent required

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by Section 5.04(e), the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent the relevant certification, documentation and financial information for such Restricted Subsidiary or assets and (g) any acquired Person shall not be liable for any Indebtedness (except for Permitted Indebtedness).

“Permitted Indebtedness” shall mean all Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01.

“Permitted Holder” shall mean each of the Sponsor and the Sponsor Affiliates.

“Permitted Investments” shall mean:

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“Permitted Junior Debt” shall mean collectively, Permitted Unsecured Junior Debt and Permitted Secured Junior Debt.

“Permitted Real Property Liens” shall mean with respect to any Real Property (including any Gathering System Real Property), the Liens and other encumbrances described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (v), (w), (x), (y), (aa), (bb), (cc), (ee) or (hh) of Section 6.02.

“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided, that (a) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, with the Financial Performance Covenants recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest, breakage costs and premium thereon), (c) the average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to that of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (e) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have additional obligors, Guarantees or security than the Indebtedness being Refinanced, and (f) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral on terms no less favorable to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced.

“Permitted Secured Junior Debt” shall mean secured Indebtedness issued or incurred by the Borrower or the Borrower and Finance Co, as co-issuers or co-borrowers; provided that (a) the terms of such Indebtedness (i) do not provide for a final maturity date, scheduled amortization or any other scheduled repayment, mandatory prepayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity Date (provided, that (A) the terms of such Indebtedness may require the payment of interest from time to time, (B) the terms of such Indebtedness may include customary mandatory redemptions, prepayments or offers to purchase with proceeds of asset sales or upon the occurrence of a change of control and (C)  with respect to any such Indebtedness that is not incurred in exchange for any 2022 Senior Notes or 2025 Senior Notes, the terms of such Indebtedness may require scheduled amortization not in excess of 1.00% per annum of the original principal amount of such Indebtedness), (ii) do not contain covenants, events of default and other terms and conditions that, taken as a whole, are more restrictive than the covenants, Events of Default, and other terms and conditions set forth in

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this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (iii) provide for covenants and events of default customary for indebtedness of a similar nature as such Indebtedness, (b) such Indebtedness is secured solely by Liens on Property upon which there exist (or on which the Borrower or relevant Loan Parties contemporaneously place, on the date of the Borrower’s incurrence of such Indebtedness or on the date of the Borrower’s granting of a Lien securing such Indebtedness) first priority Liens securing the Obligations (in each case, subject only to Liens permitted under Section 6.02 (other than Section 6.02(j))), (c) the liens securing such Indebtedness shall be junior and subordinate to the liens securing the Obligations on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (d) the collateral agent or trustee under, or the holders of, such Indebtedness shall have entered into an intercreditor agreement on terms and conditions acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (e) no Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an obligor under the Loan Documents shall be an obligor in respect of such Indebtedness; provided, further, that immediately prior to and after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to any incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and the Borrower would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenants as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available.

“Permitted Unsecured Junior Debt” shall mean (a) unsecured subordinated Indebtedness issued or incurred by the Borrower or the Borrower and Finance Co, as co-issuers or co-borrowers, and (b) unsecured senior Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or the Borrower and Finance Co, as co-issuers or co-borrowers, the terms of which, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), (i) (A) do not provide for a final maturity date, scheduled amortization or any other scheduled repayment, mandatory prepayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity Date (provided, that (x) the terms of such Indebtedness may require the payment of interest from time to time and (y) the terms of such Indebtedness may include customary mandatory redemptions, prepayments or offers to purchase with proceeds of asset sales or upon the occurrence of a change of control), (B) do not contain covenants and events of default that, taken as a whole, are more restrictive than the covenants and Events of Default set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (C) provide for covenants and events of default customary for indebtedness of a similar nature as such Indebtedness and (D) in the case of unsecured subordinated Indebtedness, provide for subordination of payments in respect of such Indebtedness to the Obligations and guarantees thereof under the Loan Documents customary for high yield securities and (ii) in respect of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an obligor under the Loan Documents is an obligor; provided, that immediately prior to and after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to any incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and the Borrower would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenants as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available.

“Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, individual or family trusts, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Pipeline Systems” shall mean, collectively, (a) the natural gas gathering pipelines and other appurtenant facilities such as meters and valve yard facilities owned by one or more of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with its or their Midstream Activities and (b) any other pipelines and other appurtenant facilities such as meters and valve yard facilities, located in Texas, Colorado or any other state, now or hereafter owned by one or more of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with its or their

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Midstream Activities.

“Pipeline Systems Real Property” shall mean, on any date of determination, any Real Property on which any Pipeline System owned, held or leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party at such time is located.

“Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and to which the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability or contingent liability.

“Platform” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(b).

“Pledged Collateral”, with respect to particular Collateral, shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Document applicable to such Collateral.

“Power Purchase Agreements” shall mean those one or more agreements entered into for the purpose of (a) minimizing exposure to the volatility in power prices associated with operating electric-drive compression in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, and/or (b) purchasing power for use in the ordinary course of business, in each case, along with any related schedules or confirmations and as amended, supplements, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“primary obligor” shall have the meaning given such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”

“Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, in connection with any calculation of compliance with any financial covenant or term, the calculation thereof after giving effect on a pro forma basis to the change in such calculation required by the applicable provision hereof, and otherwise on a basis in accordance with GAAP as used in the preparation of the latest financial statements provided pursuant to Section 5.04 and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to the Transactions, any Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition, in each case, consummated at any time on or after the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event thereof (the “Reference Period”) as if the Transactions, such Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition had been consummated on the first day of such Reference Period:

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For the avoidance of doubt, when making a determination on a Pro Forma Basis, any Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition involving Equity Interests (including any Equity Interests in an Included Entity) owned by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Included Entity shall be treated as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of the applicable Reference Period. Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and, for any fiscal period ending on or prior to the first anniversary of an Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition (or any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or 6.05), may include adjustments to reflect operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from such Asset Acquisition, Asset Disposition or other similar transaction, to the extent that the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent (A) a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth such operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies and (B) information and calculations supporting in reasonable detail such estimated operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies.

“Projections” shall mean the projections of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries included in the Borrower’s Presentation and any other projections and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to the Restatement Date.

“Property” shall mean any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible.

“Proportional EBITDA Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “EBITDA”.

“Purchase Money Obligation” shall mean, for any Person, the obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of any Property (including Equity Interests of any Person) or the cost of installation, construction or improvement of any property and any refinancing thereof; provided, that (a) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to, contemporaneously with or within 270 days after such acquisition, installation, construction or improvement and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed 100% of the cost of such acquisition,

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installation, construction or improvement, as the case may be, including related transaction costs, fees and expenses.

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

“QFC Credit Support” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.26.

“Qualifying Disposition Event” shall mean any Disposition Event other than (a) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of the Equity Interests in the Double E Joint Venture (or in any direct or indirect parent company of the Double E Joint Venture that is not a Restricted Subsidiary) and (b) any Casualty/Condemnation Event.

“Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in and to any and all parcels of real property owned or leased by, or subject to any rights of way, easements, servitudes, permits, licenses or other instruments in favor of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary together with all Improvements and appurtenant fixtures, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease, occupancy, use or operation thereof.

“Red Rock Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition by the MLP Entity, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Equity Interests in any Red Rock Entity or any Red Rock Properties.

“Red Rock Entity” shall mean Red Rock Gathering Company, LLC or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Red Rock Properties” shall mean all right, title and interest of any Red Rock Entity in and to any and all parcels of real property owned or leased by, or subject to any rights of way, easements, servitudes, permits, licenses or other instruments in favor of, such Red Rock Entity together with all Improvements and appurtenant fixtures, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease, occupancy, use or operation thereof.

“Redemption” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the repurchase, redemption, prepayment, repayment (other than scheduled mandatory payments), defeasance or any other acquisition or retirement for value (other than scheduled mandatory payments) of such Indebtedness. “Redeem” has the correlative meaning thereto.

“Reference Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis.”

“Refinance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,” and “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have a meaning correlative thereto.

“Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

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“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

“Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

“Reinvestment Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Net Proceeds”.

“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

“Release” shall mean any placing, spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or depositing in, into or onto the Environment.

“Remaining Present Value” shall mean, as of any date with respect to any lease, the present value as of such date of the scheduled future lease payments with respect to such lease, determined with a discount rate equal to a market rate of interest for such lease reasonably determined at the time such lease was entered into.

“Reportable Event” shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period has been waived, with respect to a Plan.

“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having (a) Loans (other than Swingline Loans) outstanding, (b) Revolving L/C Exposures, (c) Swingline Exposures and (d) Available Unused Commitments, that taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all (i) Loans (other than Swingline Loans) outstanding, (ii) Revolving L/C Exposures, (iii) Swingline Exposures, and (iv) the total Available Unused Commitments at such time; provided, that the Loans, Revolving L/C Exposures, Swingline Exposures and Commitments of, held by or deemed to be held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Required Lenders.

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

“Responsible Officer” of any Person shall mean any executive officer, Financial Officer, director, general partner, managing member or sole member of such Person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such Person in respect of this Agreement.

“Restatement Date” shall mean May 26, 2017.

“Restatement Date Mortgage Amendment” shall have the meaning set forth in clause (h) of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.

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“Restatement Date Mortgaged Gathering Station Real Property” shall mean the Real Property listed on Schedule 1.01(b), which such Schedule sets forth all Real Property subject to a Mortgage on the Restatement Date on which Gathering Stations are located.

“Restatement Date Mortgaged Pipeline Systems Real Property” shall mean the Real Property listed on Schedule 1.01(c), which such Schedule sets forth all Real Property subject to a Mortgage on the Restatement Date on which Pipeline Systems are located and which, together with the Restatement Date Mortgaged Gathering Station Real Property, constitutes a substantial majority (as mutually agreed by the Borrower and the Collateral Agent each acting reasonably and in good faith) of the value (including the fair market value of improvements owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and located thereon or thereunder) of the Gathering System Real Property as of the Restatement Date.

“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean all Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

“Revolving Facility” shall mean the Revolving Facility Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Facility Lenders.

“Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Facility Loans.

“Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender to make Eurodollar Loans and ABR Loans pursuant to Section 2.01 representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 9.04 and (c) otherwise modified as permitted by this Agreement. The amount of each Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date is set forth under the caption “Fourth Amendment Effective Date Commitments” on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date is U.S.$1.10 billion.

“Revolving Facility Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Facility Loans outstanding at such time, (b) the Swingline Exposure at such time and (c) the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall be the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Loans outstanding at such time and (b) such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the Swingline Exposure and Revolving L/C Exposure at such time.

“Revolving Facility Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Revolving Facility Loans.

“Revolving Facility Loan” shall mean a Revolving Credit Loan made to the Borrower by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01. Each Revolving Facility Loan shall be a Eurodollar Loan or an ABR Loan.

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“Revolving Facility Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Facility Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment. If the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Facility Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to Section 9.04.

“Revolving L/C Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Issuing Bank, severally and not jointly, the commitment of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05, as such commitment may be (a) ratably reduced from time to time upon any reduction in the Revolving Facility Commitments pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Issuing Bank under Section 9.04 and (c) otherwise modified as permitted by this Agreement. The amount of each Issuing Bank’s Revolving L/C Commitment as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date is set forth under the caption “Fourth Amendment Effective Date Commitments” in Schedule 2.01. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the aggregate amount of the Revolving L/C Commitment of the Issuing Banks shall not exceed U.S.$100.0 million.

“Revolving L/C Disbursement” shall mean a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit, including, for the avoidance of doubt, a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit upon or following the reinstatement of such Letter of Credit.

“Revolving L/C Exposure” shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The Revolving L/C Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure at such time.

“Revolving L/C Participation Fees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(b).

“Revolving L/C Reimbursement Obligation” shall mean the Borrower’s obligation to repay Revolving L/C Disbursements as provided in Sections 2.05(e) and (f).

“rights of way” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(c).

“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, Inc., a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.

“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.

“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a region, country or territory which is, or whose government is, the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the date of this Credit Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, the European Union or any EU

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member state or any Person that is the subject of any Sanctions, (b) any Person located, operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person controlled by any such Person.

“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.

“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

“Second Amendment” shall mean that certain Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2019, by and among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the MLP Entity, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

“Second Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the first date on which all of the conditions specified in Section 4 of the Second Amendment have been satisfied.

“Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank, in connection with which such Cash Management Bank obtains the benefits of the Collateral Documents by virtue of the provisions hereof.

“Secured Parties” shall mean (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) the Collateral Agent, (d) each Issuing Bank, (e) each Secured Swap Agreement Counterparty, (f) each Cash Management Bank and (g) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.

“Secured Swap Agreement” shall mean any Swap Agreement permitted by Section 6.13 that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and a Secured Swap Agreement Counterparty.

“Secured Swap Agreement Counterparty” shall mean each Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (a) at the time such Person enters into a Secured Swap Agreement or (b) on the Restatement Date and is a party to a Secured Swap Agreement on such date.

“Secured Swap Obligations” shall mean all amounts owing to any Secured Swap Agreement Counterparty pursuant to the terms of any Secured Swap Agreement, but excluding all Excluded Swap Obligations.

“Securities Account Control Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent establishing the Collateral Agent’s Control with respect to any securities account. For purposes of this definition, “Control” means “control” within the meaning of Section 8-106 of the UCC.

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Sole Bookrunner” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

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“Specified Equity Contribution” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal quarter, an amount equal to the amount of cash that is (a) received by the MLP Entity from a source other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof and (b) contributed by the MLP Entity to the Borrower in exchange for the issuance by the Borrower of additional Equity Interests in the Borrower (or otherwise as an equity contribution), in each case during the period between (and inclusive of) the first day of such fiscal quarter and the day that is ten days after the day on which financial statements with respect to such fiscal quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) (provided, that with respect to the fiscal quarter in which the Restatement Date occurs, such amount shall include only any equity contribution that has been received after the Restatement Date); provided, that (i) the Borrower delivers written notice to the Administrative Agent concurrently with delivery of a timely delivered certificate required by Section 5.04(c) that it has elected to treat such equity contribution as a Specified Equity Contribution and clearly setting forth such equity contribution in the computation required by clause (ii) of such Section 5.04(c); (ii) there is at least one fiscal quarter in each four consecutive fiscal quarter period in which no Specified Equity Contribution has been made; (iii) the amount of the equity contribution deemed to be a Specified Equity Contribution shall not be greater than the amount required (in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent) to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants; (iv) there shall be no more than five Specified Equity Contributions in the aggregate during the Availability Period; and (v) any additional Equity Interests in the Borrower issued to the MLP Entity in connection with a Specified Equity Contribution shall upon such issuance be pledged to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.

“Specified Subsidiaries” shall mean, collectively, Meadowlark Midstream Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Tioga Midstream, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Summit Utica and Consolidator Partnership.

“Sponsor Affiliate” shall mean each Affiliate of the Sponsor that is neither a portfolio company nor a company controlled by a portfolio company.

“Sponsor” shall mean Summit Midstream Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Stated Maturity Date” shall mean May 13, 2022 (or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

“Statutory Reserves” shall mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan or issuing a Letter of Credit) is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any

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Issuing Bank under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

“Subordinated Intercompany Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(e).

“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

“Subsidiary Loan Party” shall mean (a) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to the Collateral Agreement as of the Restatement Date and (b) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that joins the Collateral Agreement after the Restatement Date pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 5.10(e) or otherwise; provided, that in no event shall an Unrestricted Subsidiary be a Subsidiary Loan Party.

“Summit Permian” shall mean Summit Midstream Permian, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Summit Permian Finance Co” shall mean Summit Midstream Permian Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation.

“Summit Utica” shall mean Summit Midstream Utica, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Supplemental Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.13(a).

“Supported QFC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.26.

“Swap Agreement” shall mean (a) any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations that are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement to the extent relating to any of the transactions described in the preceding clause (a), in each case, together with any related schedules or confirmations and as amended, supplements, restated or otherwise modified from time to time; provided, that in no event shall any agreement for the sale of retainage gas in the ordinary course of business be deemed to be a “Swap Agreement.”

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

“Swingline Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Swingline Loans.

“Swingline Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.

“Swingline Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Swingline Lender, the commitment of such Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. The aggregate amount of the Swingline Commitments on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date is U.S.$50.0 million.

“Swingline Exposure” shall mean at any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Borrowings at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.

“Swingline Lender” shall mean Wells, in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans, and/or any other Revolving Facility Lender as successor or lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

“Swingline Loans” shall mean the swingline loans made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.04.

“Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, charges (including ad valorem charges) or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority and any and all additions to tax, interest and penalties related thereto.

“Test Period” shall mean, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending on or prior to such date.

“Third Amendment” shall mean that certain Third Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 24, 2019, by and among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the MLP Entity, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

“Topco” shall mean Summit Midstream Partners Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Total Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the applicable Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that to the extent any Asset Disposition or any Asset Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or a consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or Section 6.05) or incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes) has occurred during the relevant Test Period, the Total

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Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis for such occurrences.

“Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions to occur on or prior to the Restatement Date pursuant to the Loan Documents, including (a) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents; (b) any Borrowings on the Restatement Date; and (c) the payment of all fees and expenses owing in connection with the foregoing.

“Trigger Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(e).

“Type,” when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall include the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.

“UCC” shall mean (a) the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction and (b) certificate of title or other similar statutes relating to “rolling stock” or barges as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.

“U.K. Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

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

“U.S. Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

“U.S. Dollars”, “U.S.$” or “$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.26.

“U.S.A. PATRIOT Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.08(c).

“Unadjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, the EBITDA for such period, determined without including any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments, any EBITDA attributable to an Included Entity, any Specified Equity Contribution, any EBITDA attributable to any Ohio Joint Venture, any EBITDA attributable to the Double E Joint Venture or any EBITDA attributable to any payment described in clause (e) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”, in each case for such period.

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“Undisclosed Administration” shall mean, in relation to a Lender, the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such Lender is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.

“Unrestricted Cash” means, on any date, the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, but only to the extent such cash or Permitted Investments (i) are not being held as cash collateral for any purpose, including as cash collateral for any Letters of Credit under Section 2.05(j), (ii) do not constitute escrowed funds for any purpose, (iii) do not represent a minimum balance requirement and (iv) are not subject to other restrictions on withdrawal (other than restrictions arising under Deposit Account Control Agreements and Securities Account Control Agreements).  It is understood and agreed that (x) cash and Permitted Investments that would appear as “restricted” on a balance sheet solely because such cash and Permitted Investments are held in a Controlled Account shall not constitute restricted cash and Permitted Investments for purposes of this definition and (y) cash and Permitted Investments that constitute Collateral but are not being held specifically as cash collateral for any purpose shall not constitute restricted cash and Permitted Investments for purposes of this definition.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower:

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If reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have provided appropriate evidence demonstrating its compliance with the certifications set forth in the foregoing clause (a). If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary ceases to comply with the requirements set forth in clauses (b) through (d) of this definition, the applicable Unrestricted Subsidiary shall immediately thereupon be deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including that any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to have been incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as of such date. The Borrower may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in an amount equal to the outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary on such date of designation and such designation will only be permitted if no Default or Event of Default would be in existence after giving effect to such designation. On the date of any designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (or on the date any Subsidiary is deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the second sentence of this paragraph), to the extent that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or Section 5.10 requires such Subsidiary that has been redesignated or deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary to take certain actions or enter into certain documents, such Subsidiary shall promptly (and in any event within 60 days or such longer period of time as the Collateral Agent may consent to in its sole discretion) comply therewith.

“Wells” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

“Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part 1 of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any U.K. Financial

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Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

Section 12.02Terms Generally

. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document or any other agreement or contract shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and (ii) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis (“GAAP”) and all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, that to the extent GAAP shall change after the Restatement Date, the parties hereto agree to negotiate in good faith to modify the covenants herein so that they may be construed and interpreted in accordance with GAAP as then in effect, provided that until such modification has been agreed, the covenants herein shall be interpreted, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective.

Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, (A) without giving effect to any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein, (B) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof, and (C) without giving effect to any change to GAAP occurring after the Restatement Date as a result of the adoption of any proposals set forth in the Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 842), issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board on February 25, 2016, or any other updates or proposals issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in connection therewith, in each case if such change would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or such similar arrangement) was not required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on the Restatement Date.

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Section 12.03Effectuation of Transfers

. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.

Section 12.04Existing Credit Agreement

. This Agreement restates and replaces, in its entirety, the Existing Credit Agreement. Any reference in any of the other Loan Documents to the Existing Credit Agreement (howsoever defined) shall mean this Agreement.

Section 12.05Divisions

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

Article XIII
THE CREDITS

Section 13.01Revolving Facility Commitments

. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Facility Lender agrees to make Revolving Facility Loans, in each case from time to time during the Availability Period, comprised of Eurodollar Loans and ABR Loans to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Facility Loans. The Revolving Facility shall be available as ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans.

(a)As of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date but immediately prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Fourth Amendment, each of the Lenders has such Commitments in such aggregate principal amount as set forth under the caption “Pre-Fourth Amendment Effective Date Commitments” on Schedule 2.01.

(b)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Fourth Amendment and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth therein and herein, each of the Lenders shall have, on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, such Commitments in such aggregate principal amount as set forth under the caption “Fourth Amendment Effective Date Commitments” on Schedule 2.01.

Section 13.02Loans and Borrowings

. (a) Each Loan to the Borrower shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type, (i) in the event of Revolving Facility Loans made by the Revolving Facility Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages on the date such Loans are made hereunder, (ii) in the event of Swingline Loans, made by the Swingline Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Swingline Commitments, and (iii) in any other event, made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments; provided, that the Loans to be made on the Restatement Date shall be

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sized such that, after giving effect thereto, each of the Revolving Facility Lenders will have Revolving Facility Loans outstanding proportionate to its Revolving Facility Percentage. In the event that the Borrower requests a Borrowing that, after giving effect thereto, would cause the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure to exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments, then the request for such Borrowing shall be deemed to be reduced to an amount equal to the difference between the total Revolving Facility Commitments and the Revolving Credit Exposure. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided, that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(a)Each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith.

(b)At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided, that a Eurodollar Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments. At the time that each ABR Borrowing by the Borrower is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided, that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of a Revolving L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Swingline Borrowing by the Borrower shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided, that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) Interest Periods in respect of Borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Facility.

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Stated Maturity Date.

Section 13.03Requests for Borrowings

. To request a Revolving Facility Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Loans, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of ABR Loans, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing, or (c) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of ABR Loans to occur on the Restatement Date or the next succeeding Business Day, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Restatement Date. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, facsimile or email of a properly executed PDF to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i)the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

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(ii)the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii)whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

(iv)in the case of a Borrowing consisting of a Eurodollar Loan, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto; and

(v)the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

Section 13.04Swingline Loans

. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in U.S. Dollars, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding the Swingline Commitment, (ii) the outstanding Swingline Loans of such Swingline Lender exceeding such Swingline Lender’s Swingline Commitments or (iii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that no Swingline Lender shall be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Borrowing. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans. All Swingline Loans shall be ABR Loans under this Agreement.

(a)To request a Swingline Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Swingline Lenders of such request by telephone (confirmed by a Swingline Borrowing Request by facsimile a copy of which shall also be delivered to the Administrative Agent) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the day of the proposed Swingline Borrowing. Each such notice and Swingline Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i)the requested date (which shall be a Business Day),

(ii)the amount of the requested Swingline Borrowing,

(iii)the term of such Swingline Loan, and

(iv)the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.

Each Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan to be made by it hereunder in accordance with Section 2.02(a) on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately

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available funds by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Borrower (or, in the case of a Swingline Borrowing made to finance the reimbursement of a Revolving L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank).

(b)A Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent (and to the other Swingline Lenders) not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time on any Business Day, require the Revolving Facility Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the outstanding Swingline Loans made by it. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loans in which the Revolving Facility Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each such Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Swingline Lender, such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its respective obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Facility Lender shall comply with its payment obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Facility Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to such payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Facility Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph (c), and thereafter payments by the Borrower in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the applicable Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by a Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or any other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by such Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be remitted promptly to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be remitted promptly by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Facility Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to such Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided, that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to such Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.

(c)Each Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that, in making any Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation and warranty of the Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 4.01 unless, at least one Business Day prior to the time such Swingline Loan was made, the Required Lenders shall have notified the Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in writing that, as a result of one or more events or circumstances described in such notice, one or more of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.01 would not be satisfied if such Swingline Loan were then made (it being understood and agreed that, in the event the Swingline

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Lender shall have received any such notice, it shall have no obligation to make any Swingline Loan until and unless it shall be satisfied that the events and circumstances described in such notice shall have been cured or otherwise shall have ceased to exist).

Section 13.05Letters of Credit

. (a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in U.S. Dollars for its own account or on behalf of any Restricted Subsidiary in a form, and containing terms, acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period and prior to the date that is five Business Days prior to the Stated Maturity Date. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement or instrument submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

(a)Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal (other than an automatic renewal in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section) or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall deliver by hand or facsimile (or transmit by other electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent two Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to issue, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments, (ii) the aggregate available amount of all Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank shall not exceed such Issuing Bank’s Revolving L/C Commitment without the applicable Issuing Bank’s prior written approval and (iii) the aggregate available amount of all Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Banks in the aggregate shall not exceed $100,000,000.

(b)Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) unless the applicable Issuing Bank agrees to a later expiration date, the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Stated Maturity Date; provided, that any Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may provide for the automatic renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which, in no event, shall extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) of this paragraph (c)).

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on the Restatement Date, and in each case without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Revolving Facility Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Facility Lender, and each Revolving Facility Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, in U.S. Dollars such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of each Revolving L/C Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(d)Reimbursement. If the applicable Issuing Bank shall make any Revolving L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such Revolving L/C Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such Revolving L/C Disbursement in U.S. Dollars, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the date the Borrower receives notice under paragraph (g) of this Section of such Revolving L/C Disbursement; provided, that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with an ABR Loan in an equivalent amount, and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Loan or Borrowing, as applicable. If the Borrower fails to reimburse any Revolving L/C Disbursement when due, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank and each other Revolving Facility Lender of the applicable Revolving L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower and, in the case of a Revolving Facility Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Facility Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in U.S. Dollars its Revolving Facility Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Facility Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank in U.S. Dollars the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Facility Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Facility Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any Revolving L/C Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and (other than the funding of an ABR Loan as contemplated above) shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Revolving L/C Disbursement.

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(e)Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse Revolving L/C Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder; provided, that, in each case, payment by the applicable Issuing Bank shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank; provided, that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the applicable Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are determined by the non-appealable judgment of a court having competent jurisdiction to have been caused by (A) such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise reasonable care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof or (B) such Issuing Bank’s refusal to issue a Letter of Credit to the extent that all conditions to issuance have been fully satisfied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in each such determination and each refusal to issue a Letter of Credit shall not result in any liability or responsibility. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit, and any such acceptance or refusal shall be deemed not to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(f)Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of such demand for payment and whether

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such Issuing Bank has made or will make a Revolving L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided, that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Facility Lenders with respect to any such Revolving L/C Disbursement.

(g)Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any Revolving L/C Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such Revolving L/C Disbursement in full on the date such Revolving L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such Revolving L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such Revolving L/C Disbursement in full, at the rate per annum equal to the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans; provided, that, if such Revolving L/C Disbursement is not fully reimbursed by the Borrower when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Revolving Facility Lender to the extent of such payment.

(h)Replacement of an Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12. From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(i)Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (i) in the case of an Event of Default described in Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i), as provided in the following proviso or (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default or to the extent required by Section 2.11(b), on the second Business Day following the date on which the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Facility Lenders with Revolving L/C Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent (or an account in the name of the Administrative Agent with another institution designated by the Administrative Agent), in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash in U.S. Dollars equal to the Revolving L/C Exposure in respect of the Borrower as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided, that, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01, the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit

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shall become immediately due and payable in U.S. Dollars, without demand or other notice of any kind. The Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by Sections 2.11(b) or 2.22(b). Each such deposit pursuant to this paragraph or pursuant to Sections 2.11(b) or 2.22(b) shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent and its bailees for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders a security interest in such deposits (including all interest thereon and all proceeds thereof) and any deposit or securities accounts in which such deposits are held to secure the repayment of the Obligations under and in connection with the Letters of Credit and all other Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of (A) for so long as an Event of Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent and (B) at any other time, the Borrower, in each case, in term deposits constituting Permitted Investments and at the risk and expense of the Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for Revolving L/C Disbursements for which such Issuing Bank has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the Revolving L/C Reimbursement Obligations of the Borrower for the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans to the Borrower has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Facility Lenders with Revolving L/C Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Sections 2.11(b) or 2.22(b), such amount together with interest thereon (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower as and to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Borrower would remain in compliance with Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.22(b), respectively, and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(j)Reporting. Each Issuing Bank shall (i) provide to the Administrative Agent copies of any notice received from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05(b) promptly upon receipt thereof, (ii) provide the Administrative Agent with a copy of the Letter of Credit, or the amendment, renewal or extension of the Letter of Credit, as applicable, on the Business Day on which such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, (iii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any Revolving L/C Disbursement, advise the Administrative Agent of the date of such Revolving L/C Disbursement and the amount of such Revolving L/C Disbursement, (iv) furnish the Administrative Agent with such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and (v) on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse a Revolving L/C Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, notify the Administrative Agent of the date of such failure and the amount of such Revolving L/C Disbursement. If requested by any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall provide copies to such Lender of the documents referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence.

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(k)L/C Exposure Determination. For purposes of determining availability under this Agreement, the amount of a Letter of Credit that, by its terms, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at the time of determination.

(l)Transitional Provision. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in Sections 4.01 and 4.02, from and after the Restatement Date the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.05.

Section 13.06Funding of Borrowings

. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it to the Borrower hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided, that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to such account of the Borrower as is designated by the Borrower in the Borrowing Request; provided, that ABR Loans made to finance the reimbursement of a Revolving L/C Disbursement and reimbursements as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.

(a)Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed time of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

Section 13.07Interest Elections

. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

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(a)To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, facsimile or email of a properly executed PDF to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.

(b)Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i)the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii)the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii)whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

(iv)if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election.

If any such Interest Election Request made by the Borrower requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(c)Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(d)If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to one of its Eurodollar Loans prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Loan is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, such Eurodollar Loan shall be continued as a Eurodollar Loan with the same Interest Period as previously was applicable thereto; provided that if such continuation would result in a violation of Section 2.02(d), then such Eurodollar Loan shall instead be converted to an ABR Loan at the end of the immediately preceding Interest Period. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders (unless such Event of Default is an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i), in which case no such request shall be required), so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

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(e)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest election made by the Borrower as of the date of its last Interest Election Request pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, shall remain in effect until the Borrower delivers an Interest Election Request pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.07.

Section 13.08Termination and Reduction of Commitments

. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Facility Commitments shall terminate on the Stated Maturity Date.

(a)The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of U.S.$500,000 and not less than U.S.$2.0 million (or, if less, the remaining amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments), and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Facility Loans by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.11, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure would exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments.

(b)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided, that a notice of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be permanent.

(c)Upon the occurrence of any Qualifying Disposition Event, (i) to the extent that the amount of Disposition Event Net Proceeds with respect to such Qualifying Disposition Event is greater than or equal to $50,000,000, the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be automatically reduced by an amount (rounded to the nearest million) equal to 50% of the amount of such Disposition Event Net Proceeds and (ii) to the extent that (x) the amount of Disposition Event Net Proceeds with respect to such Qualifying Disposition Event is less than $50,000,000 and (y) the aggregate amount of Disposition Event Net Proceeds with respect to such Qualifying Disposition Event and all other Disposition Events (other than, with respect to any Casualty/Condemnation Event, (x) the amount of Reinvestment Proceeds in respect thereof outstanding on the date of such Qualifying Disposition Event and (y)  any De Minimis Casualty Proceeds) consummated since the beginning of the then-current fiscal year is greater than or equal to $50,000,000 (the amount of such excess, the “Excess Disposition Event Net Proceeds Amount”), the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be automatically reduced by an amount (rounded to the nearest million) equal to 50% of the lesser of (A) the Excess Disposition Event Net Proceeds Amount and (B) the amount of such Disposition Event Net Proceeds.

(d)Each reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Commitments.

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Section 13.09Promise to Repay Loan; Evidence of Debt

. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Facility Loan on the Stated Maturity Date and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Stated Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15^th or last day of a calendar month and is at least seven Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided, that on each date that a Revolving Facility Borrowing (other than a Borrowing that is required to finance the reimbursement of a Revolving L/C Disbursement contemplated by Section 2.05(e)) is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.

(a)Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(b)The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Facility and the Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable to each Lender hereunder, and (iii) any amount received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(c)The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d)Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit G. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including, to the extent requested by any assignee, after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

Section 13.10Repayment of Loans

. (a) All Loans shall be due and payable as set forth in Section 2.09(a).

(a)(i) all prepayments of Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(c) and all repayments or prepayments of Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(e) shall be (A) first, applied ratably among the Swingline Lenders to prepay any outstanding Swingline Loans and (B) second, if any excess remains after prepaying all Swingline Loans then outstanding, applied ratably among the Revolving Facility Lenders to prepay any Revolving Facility Loans then outstanding (without any corresponding required reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments, except as provided for in

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Section 2.08(d)); (ii) any optional prepayments of the Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or mandatory prepayments of the Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) shall be applied ratably among the Revolving Facility Lenders; and (iii) any mandatory payments or prepayments pursuant to Section 2.11(e) shall be applied as set forth in Section 9.23. For the avoidance of doubt, the phrase “ratably among the Swingline Lenders” shall mean ratably based upon the respective Swingline Exposures of the Swingline Lenders at the time of such prepayment, and the phrase “ratably among the Revolving Facility Lenders” shall mean ratably based upon the respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of the Revolving Facility Lenders at the time of such prepayment.

(b)Prior to any repayment of any Borrowing, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of such selection not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, (i) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one Business Day before the scheduled date of such repayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied to the Revolving Facility Loans included in the repaid Borrowing such that each Lender receives its ratable share of such repayment (based upon the respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of the Lenders at the time of such repayment). To the extent that Section 2.04(c) permits the Borrower to repay a Swingline Borrowing directly to the Swingline Lender (and the Borrower does make repayment directly to the Swingline Lender), prior to any repayment of a Swingline Borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed promptly in writing) of such selection not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the scheduled date of such repayment, and to the extent that Section 2.04(c) requires the Borrower to make repayments of Swingline Borrowings directly to the Administrative Agent, the procedure and timing set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall control.

(c)All mandatory prepayments and, to the extent that the Borrower fails to make the selection required by Section 2.10(c) above, any payment, repayment, or voluntary prepayment shall be applied: first, ratably among any Revolving Facility Loans constituting ABR Loans, if any, until repaid in full, and second, to any Revolving Facility Loans constituting Eurodollar Loans having the same Interest Period, beginning with such Eurodollar Loans having the shortest remaining Interest Period, until repaid in full; provided, that to the extent amounts are being applied in accordance with Section 9.23(d), such amounts shall first be applied ratably among all Swingline Loans then proceeding as set forth above in this Section 2.10(d).

Section 13.11Prepayment of Loans

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(a)The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay Revolving Facility Loans in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.16), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to prior notice in the form of Exhibit B hereto provided in accordance with Section 2.10(c).

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Lenders on such date (for any reason, including (i) a partial reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments or (ii) an automatic reduction of Revolving Facility Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.08(d)), the Borrower shall, as soon as practicable and in any event within two Business Days following such date, prepay the outstanding principal amount of any Revolving Facility Loans (and, to the extent after giving effect to such prepayment, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure still exceeds the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments of the Lenders, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent (or an account in the name of the Administrative Agent with another institution designated by the Administrative Agent) pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) such that the aggregate amount so prepaid by the Borrower and cash collateral so deposited shall be sufficient to reduce the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure to an amount not to exceed the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments of the Lenders on such date together with any interest accrued to the date of such prepayment on the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Facility Loans prepaid. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice of any prepayment required under this Section 2.11(b) to the Borrower and the Lenders.

(c)The Borrower shall apply all Net Proceeds received by it or its Restricted Subsidiaries promptly upon (and in any event within three Business Days of) receipt thereof to prepay any outstanding Loans in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 2.10.

(d)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Loans required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.11 at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of the contents of the Borrower’s prepayment notice and of such Lender’s pro rata share of the prepayment.

(e)In the event of any termination of all the Revolving Facility Commitments, the Borrower shall, on the date of such termination, repay or prepay all its outstanding Revolving Facility Loans and all its outstanding Swingline Loans and terminate all its outstanding Letters of Credit and/or cash collateralize such Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.05(j).

Section 13.12Fees

. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), without duplication of any other amounts paid to such Lender, on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December in each year, and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) on the daily amount of the Available Unused Commitment of such Lender during the preceding quarter up until the last day of such quarter (or other period commencing with the Restatement Date (or the last date on which such fee was paid) and ending with the last day of such quarter or the Stated Maturity Date or the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated, as applicable) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin.

All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. For the purpose of calculating any Lender’s Commitment Fee, the outstanding Swingline Loans during the period for which such Lender’s Commitment Fee is calculated shall be deemed to be zero. The Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall begin to

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accrue on the Restatement Date and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein.

(a)The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee (a “Revolving L/C Participation Fee”) on such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the daily aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed Revolving L/C Disbursements), during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Restatement Date, or the last date on which such fee was paid and ending with the last day of the quarter in which such date occurs, the Stated Maturity Date or the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be terminated, as applicable) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Revolving Facility Borrowings effective for each day in such period.

(b)The Borrower from time to time agrees to pay to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, (i) on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall terminate as provided herein, a fronting fee in an amount equal to the greater of (A) $500 and (B) 0.125% per annum of the daily average stated amount of such Letter of Credit, in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including the termination of such Letter of Credit, plus (ii) in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any such Letter of Credit or any Revolving L/C Disbursement thereunder, such Issuing Bank’s customary documentary and processing charges (collectively, “Issuing Bank Fees”). All Revolving L/C Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees that are payable on a per annum basis shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

(c)The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, an agency fee (the “Agency Fee”), in the amount, and on the terms and conditions, set forth in the Engagement Letter (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).

(d)All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that Issuing Bank Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable Issuing Bank. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

Section 13.13Interest

. (a) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

(a)The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Eurodollar Loan plus the Applicable Margin.

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(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, the Borrower shall pay interest on such overdue amount, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.00% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.00% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans in paragraph (a) of this Section; provided, that this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Default or Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.08.

(c)Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable by the Borrower in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, and upon the earlier of the Stated Maturity Date and the termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(d)All computations of interest shall be made by the Administrative Agent taking into account the actual number of days occurring in the period for which such interest is payable pursuant to this Section, and (i) if based on the Alternate Base Rate (if based on the Prime Rate), a year of 365 days or 366 days, as the case may be; or (ii) otherwise, on the basis of a year of 360 days.

Section 13.14Alternate Rate of Interest

. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

(a)the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period; or

(b)the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing or shall be made as a Borrowing bearing interest at such rate as the Required Lenders shall agree adequately reflects the costs to the Revolving Facility Lenders of making the Loans comprising such Borrowing.

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Section 13.15Increased Costs

. (a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i)impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, compulsory loan, special deposit, liquidity, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate) or Issuing Bank; or

(ii)impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any tax, costs, expenses or other condition affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein (including a condition similar to the events described in clause (i) above in the form of a tax, cost or expense) (except in each case (A) for Indemnified Taxes indemnified pursuant to Section 2.17 and Excluded Taxes and (B) for changes in the rate of tax on the overall rate of net income of such Lender);

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) to the Borrower or to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) (except in each case (A) for Indemnified Taxes indemnified pursuant to Section 2.17 and Excluded Taxes and (B) for changes in the rate of tax on the overall rate of net income of such Lender), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable (for the account of such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable), such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered in connection therewith.

(b)If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or any of the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank or as a consequence of the Commitments to make any of the foregoing, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered in connection therewith.

(c)A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten days after receipt thereof.

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(d)As promptly as possible after any Lender or any Issuing Bank has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15, such Lender or Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided, that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

Section 13.16Break Funding Payments

. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Eurodollar Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurodollar Loan, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in U.S. Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

Section 13.17Taxes

. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Taxes, except to the extent such withholding or deduction is required by applicable law. If a Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or any other Person acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent in regards to payments hereunder shall be required to deduct Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments by applicable law, then (i) the sum payable by the Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender, or Issuing Bank, as applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes been made, (ii) such Loan Party, Administrative Agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent shall make such deductions and (iii) such Loan Party, Administrative Agent or other Person

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acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower or Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.

(a)In addition, each Loan Party shall pay any Other Taxes payable on account of any obligation of such Loan Party and upon the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents, to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b)Each Loan Party shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (other than Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank as determined in the final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) without duplication of any amounts indemnified under Section 2.17(a)) imposed or assessed on (and whether or not paid directly by) the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such Loan Party under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided, that a certificate as to the amount of such payment, liability, imposition or assessment and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation for such payment or liability delivered to such Loan Party by a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the Lender, an Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as applicable.

(c)As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(d)Each Lender or Issuing Bank that is not a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (claiming the benefits of an applicable income tax treaty), W-8EXP, W-8IMY (together with any required attachments) or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest,” a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit H and a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender (with any other required forms attached) claiming complete exemption from or a reduced rate of U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by or on behalf of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender or Issuing Bank that is not a Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two copies of U.S. Internal Revenue

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Service Form W-9, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender or Issuing Bank, claiming complete exemption (or otherwise establishing an exemption) from U.S. backup withholding on all payments under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Lender or Issuing Bank, to the extent it may lawfully do so, on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Lender or Issuing Bank, to the extent it may lawfully do so, shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Lender or Issuing Bank. Each Lender or Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Without limiting the foregoing, any Lender or Issuing Bank that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax otherwise indemnified against by a Loan Party pursuant to this Section 2.17 with respect to payments under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower or the relevant Governmental Authority (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), to the extent such Lender or Issuing Bank is legally entitled to do so, at the time or times prescribed by applicable law such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to permit such payments to be made without such withholding tax or at a reduced rate; provided, that in such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice such Lender or Issuing Bank.

(e)The Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, on or before the Restatement Date, two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY certifying that it is a “U.S. branch” and that the payments it receives for the account of others are not effectively connected with the conduct of its trade or business in the United States and that it is using such form as evidence of its agreement with the Borrower to be treated as a United States person with respect to such payments (and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to so treat the Administrative Agent as a United States person with respect to such payments), with the effect that the Borrower can make payments to the Administrative Agent without deduction or withholding of any Taxes imposed by the United States.

(f)If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines, in good faith and in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which a Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by

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such Loan Party under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) as is determined by the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank in good faith and in its sole discretion, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank, agrees to repay as soon as reasonably practicable the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank in the event such Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the Loan Parties or any other Person.

Section 13.18Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

. (a) Unless otherwise specified, the Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of Revolving L/C Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to each Issuing Bank or the applicable Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder of (i) principal or interest in respect of any Loan or (ii) Revolving L/C Reimbursement Obligations shall in each case be made in U.S. Dollars. All payments of other amounts due hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made in U.S. Dollars. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.

(a)If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed Revolving L/C Disbursements, interest, fees and other amounts then due from the Borrower hereunder, such funds shall be applied first, to Administrative Agent’s fees and reimbursable expenses then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents; second, to all reimbursable expenses of the Lenders and all fees and reimbursable expenses of each Issuing Bank then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, ratably among the Lenders and each Issuing Bank in proportion to the respective amounts of such fees and expenses payable to them; third, to interest

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and fees then due and payable hereunder, ratably among the Lenders and each Issuing Bank in proportion to the respective amounts of such interest and fees payable to them; fourth, to the principal balance of the Loans, until the same shall have been paid in full, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage; and fifth, after the Loans have been paid in full and to the extent otherwise required under this Agreement, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount in cash equal to the Revolving L/C Exposures as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid fees thereon.

(b)If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim, through the application of any proceeds of Collateral or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in Revolving L/C Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in Revolving L/C Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in Loans and participations in Revolving L/C Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in Revolving L/C Disbursements; provided, that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Revolving L/C Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as to which the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

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

(d)If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b) or 2.18(d), then the Administrative Agent may,

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in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

(e)None of the funds or assets of the Borrower that are used to pay any amount due pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute, to the Borrower’s knowledge, funds obtained from transactions with or relating to Anti-Corruption Laws or Sanctions.

Section 13.19Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower or any other Loan Party is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(a)If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower or any other Loan Party is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04, all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided, that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and, solely in the case of an assignment of Revolving Facility Commitments and/or Revolving Facility Loans, each Issuing Bank and each Swingline Lender, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in Revolving L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. Nothing in this Section 2.19 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender.

(b)If any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination, which pursuant to the terms of Section 9.08 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then provided no Event of Default then exists, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its

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Loans and Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, solely in the case of an assignment of Revolving Facility Commitments and/or Revolving Facility Loans, each Issuing Bank and each Swingline Lender, provided, that: (i) all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, and (ii) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04 (it being understood that, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the Replacement Lender or the Borrower shall be responsible for paying the processing and recordation fee described in Section 9.04(b)(v)); provided that the assignment shall be effective regardless of whether the Non-Consenting Lender executes the applicable Assignment and Acceptance.

Section 13.20[Reserved]

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Section 13.21Illegality

. If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Restatement Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make or maintain any Eurodollar Loans, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Loans or to convert ABR Borrowings to Eurodollar Borrowings, as the case may be, shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), convert all such Eurodollar Borrowings of such Lender to ABR Borrowings on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Borrowings to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

Section 13.22Defaulting Lenders

. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a)Fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a).

(b)If any Swingline Exposure or Revolving L/C Exposure exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i)all or any part of such Swingline Exposure or Revolving L/C Exposure shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages but only to the extent (A) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and (B) the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 are satisfied at such time. Subject to Section 9.25, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a

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waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation;

(ii)if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within five Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent (A) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (B) second, cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (A) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(j) for so long as such Revolving L/C Exposure is outstanding;

(iii)if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure pursuant to Section 2.22(b)(ii)(B), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure is cash collateralized;

(iv)if the Swingline Exposure or Revolving L/C Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to Section 2.22(b)(i), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.12 shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Facility Percentage; and

(v)if any Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure is neither cash collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to Section 2.22(b)(i) or (ii), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the applicable Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder, but subject Section 2.22(e) below, all facility fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Commitment that was utilized by such Revolving L/C Exposure) and all Revolving L/C Participation Fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure shall be payable to the applicable Issuing Bank until such Revolving L/C exposure is cash collateralized and / or reallocated.

(c)So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Swingline Lender shall be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Facility Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders or cash collateral has been provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.22(b), and participating interests in any such newly issued or increased Letter of Credit or newly made Swingline Loan shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.22(b)(i) (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein).

(d)Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender shall be applied at such time or

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times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, (iii) third, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, (iv) fourth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by an Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender in respect of any existing or future participating interest in any Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit, (v) fifth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as a result of any then final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, an Issuing Bank or such Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, (vi) sixth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any then final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement and (vii) seventh, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction, provided, that with respect to this clause (vii), that if such payment is (A) a prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which a Defaulting Lender has funded its participation obligations and (B) made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 2.11 are satisfied, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans of, and reimbursement obligations owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata prior to being applied to the prepayment of any Loans, or reimbursement obligations owed to, any Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(j) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(e)In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, each Issuing Bank and each Swingline Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and Revolving L/C Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Revolving Facility Percentage.

Article XIV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders with respect to itself and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (except as otherwise noted below), that:

Section 14.01Organization; Powers

. The Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party (a) is duly organized, and validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is in good standing (to the extent that such concept is applicable

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in the relevant jurisdiction) and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction (including its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation) where such qualification is required, except where the failure, individually or in the aggregate, to so qualify or to be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.

Section 14.02Authorization

. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party, and the Borrowings hereunder and the Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, stockholder, limited liability company or partnership action required to be obtained by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (B) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture, lease, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective property is or may be bound, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture, lease, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clauses (i)(C) or (ii) of this clause (b), could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (c) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than the Liens permitted by Section 6.02.

Section 14.03Enforceability

. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against each such Person in accordance with its terms, subject to (a) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

Section 14.04Governmental Approvals

. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions except for (a) the filing of UCC financing statements, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office or, with respect to intellectual property which is the subject of registration or application for registration outside the United States, such applicable patent, trademark or copyright office or other intellectual property authority, (c) recordation of the Mortgages and (d) such consents, authorizations, filings or other actions that have either (i) been made or obtained and are in full force and effect or (ii) are listed on Schedule 3.04, and (iii) such actions, consents, approvals, registrations or filings, the failure to be obtained or made which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For the avoidance of doubt this Section 3.04 in no way limits Section 3.08(e).

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Section 14.05Financial Statements

. There has heretofore been furnished to the Lenders the following (and the following representations and warranties are made with respect thereto):

(a)the audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2016 and the related audited statements of operations and retained earnings, comprehensive income and cash flows of the MLP Entity for the year ended December 31, 2016, which were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied not only during such periods but also as compared to the periods covered by the financial statements referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.05 (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present the financial position of the MLP Entity as of the dates thereof and its consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the period then ended; and

(b)the pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the MLP Entity as of March 31, 2017, prepared giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred on such date, which such balance sheet (i) was prepared in good faith based on assumptions that are believed by the MLP Entity to be reasonable as of the Restatement Date (it being understood that such assumptions are based on good faith estimates with respect to certain items and that the actual amounts of such items on the Restatement Date is subject to variation), (ii) accurately reflects all adjustments necessary to give effect to the Transactions and (iii) presents fairly, in all material respects, the pro forma financial position of the MLP Entity as of March 31, 2017, as if the Transactions had occurred on such date.

Section 14.06No Material Adverse Effect

. Since December 31, 2016, there has been no event or occurrence which has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, any Material Adverse Effect.

Section 14.07Title to Properties (Other than Real Property); Possession Under Leases Other than Real Property Leases

. This Section 3.07 pertains to all Property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Real Property (which is specifically addressed below in Section 3.17).

(a)The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have good and valid title to all Property (other than Real Property), subject solely to Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and except where the failure to have such title could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have maintained, in all material respects and in accordance with normal industry practice, all of the machinery, equipment, vehicles, facilities and other tangible personal property now owned or leased by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is necessary to conduct their business as it is now conducted.

(b)The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply could not have a Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

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(c)The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries own or possess, or have the right to use or could obtain ownership or possession of or a right to use, on terms not materially adverse to it, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights (collectively, as used in this paragraph, the “intellectual property”) reasonably necessary for the present conduct of their business, without any known conflict with the rights of others, and free from any burdensome restrictions, except where such conflicts and restrictions could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The use of intellectual property by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary does not infringe on the rights of any Person in any material respect.

(d)Schedule 3.07(d) sets forth as of the Restatement Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organi