Exhibit 10.3

NINTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

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This NINTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of August 28, 2020, is entered into by and among (a) AT HOME HOLDING III INC. (formerly known as GRD Holding III Corporation), a Delaware corporation, and AT HOME STORES LLC (successor in interest to Garden Ridge, L.P.), a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), (b) AT HOME HOLDING II INC. (formerly known as GRD Holding II Corporation), a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), (c) the other Guarantors (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below) party hereto, (d) the Lenders (as defined below) party hereto, and (e) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent for all Lenders (in such capacities, including any successor thereto in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

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WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2011 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2012, as further amended by the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2013, as further amended by the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2014, as further amended by the Assumption and Ratification Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2014, as further amended by the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2015, as further amended by the Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2016, further amended by the Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2017, as further amended by the Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2017, as further modified by a certain commitment increase letter agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019, as further amended by the Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2020, as further amended from time to time by certain joinder agreements, and as otherwise amended, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time and in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the “Existing Credit Agreement”, and the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among (a) the Borrowers, (b) the Guarantors party thereto, (c) the lenders from time to time party thereto (each, individually, a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), (d) the Administrative Agent, and (e) and the other agents and arrangers from time to time party thereto;

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WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended to extend the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Facility and amend certain other provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement; and

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WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto are willing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment, to amend the Existing Credit Agreement as provided herein.

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

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1.         Defined Terms; Amendment as Loan Document.  All capitalized terms used in this Amendment, including in the preamble and recitals hereto, and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement.  This Amendment constitutes a “Loan Document” under the Amended Credit Agreement.

2.         Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement.  As of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date:

(a)        Amended Credit Agreement.  The Existing Credit Agreement (excluding the schedules and exhibits thereto, which shall remain in full force and effect) is hereby amended as set forth in Annex A attached hereto such that all of the newly inserted double underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) and any formatting changes attached hereto shall be deemed to be inserted and all stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) shall be deemed to be deleted therefrom.

3.         Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall not be effective until the date that each of the following conditions precedent has been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent (such date, the “Ninth Amendment Effective Date”):

(a)        Amendment.  This Amendment shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers, the Guarantors and the Revolving Credit Lenders.

(b)        Intercreditor Agreement.  The Intercreditor Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent and the Senior Notes Trustee, and duly acknowledged by the Borrowers and the Guarantors.

(c)        Collateral Matters.

(i)         Lien Searches.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of (A) searches of the Uniform Commercial Code filings (or equivalent filings) and (B) judgment and tax lien searches, made with respect to the Loan Parties in, with respect to searches in respect of clause (A), the states or other jurisdictions of organization, incorporation or formation of such Loan Parties and, with respect to searches in respect of clause (B), such other locations as are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with copies of the financing statements (or, in the case of clause (B), similar or equivalent documents or filings) disclosed by such searches.

(d)        Borrowing Base Certificate.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate, dated as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, setting forth a calculation of the Revolving Borrowing Base as of July 25, 2020, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers, and such Borrowing Base Certificate shall demonstrate that Availability, as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date and after giving pro forma effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, is not less than $75,000,000.

(e)        Solvency Certificate.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate

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from the chief financial officer of Holdings and the Borrowers certifying that after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, the Loan Parties, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

(f)        Officer’s Closing Certificate.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 3(i) and (j) hereof have been satisfied.

(g)        Corporate Authority.  The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the Organization Document of each Loan Party filed in connection with such Loan Party’s organization, incorporation or formation, including all amendments thereto, certified, if applicable, as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or similar Governmental Authority) in the jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation of such Loan Party, and a certificate as to the good standing (or local equivalent) of each Loan Party as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State (or similar Governmental Authority) in the jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation of such Loan Party; (ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or equivalent Responsible Officer) of each Loan Party, dated as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of all Organization Documents of such Loan Party as in effect on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or similar governing body or entity) of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the other Amendment Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, and (C) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each Responsible Officer executing this Amendment, any other Amendment Document, or any other Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party; and (iii) for each Loan Party, a certificate of another Responsible Officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or equivalent Responsible Officer) executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above.

(h)        Legal Opinions.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a customary written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders and dated as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date) of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, as counsel for the Loan Parties in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. The Loan Parties hereby request such counsel to deliver such opinions.

(i)         Representations and Warranties. On the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct.

(j)         No Material Adverse Effect.  Since January 25, 2020, there shall have been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could

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reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(k)        Projections.  The Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably detailed projections, including an Availability model, prepared by management of the Borrowers in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(l)         Fees and Expenses.  The Borrowers shall have (i) paid all fees required to be paid pursuant to that certain fee letter agreement, dated as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (the “Ninth Amendment Fee Letter”), and (ii) reimbursed the Administrative Agent for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, in connection with or relating to this Amendment.

(m)       KYC. The Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, to the extent requested in writing not less than five (5) days prior to the Ninth Amendment Effective Date.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04 of the Amended Credit Agreement, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 3, each Lender, to the extent such Person has signed this Amendment, shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Person, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Person prior to the proposed Ninth Amendment Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.

4.         Representations and Warranties.  Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders that as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date:

(a)        Representations and Warranties; No Defaults.  The following statements shall be true on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment (including the making of any Credit Extensions made on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date and the application of the proceeds thereof):

(i)         the representations and warranties of the Borrowers and each other Loan Party contained in Article 5 of the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) on and as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material

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respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this clause (i), the representations and warranties contained in the first sentence of Section 5.05(a) of the Amended Credit Agreement and in Section 5.05(e) of the Amended Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.01(a) of the Amended Credit Agreement, in the case of the first sentence of Section 5.05(a) of the Amended Credit Agreement, and Section 6.01(b) or (c) Amended Credit Agreement, in the case of Section 5.05(e) of the Amended Credit Agreement; and

(ii)       no Default or Event of Default under the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, as amended hereby, shall exist or would result therefrom.

(b)        Authorization; No Contravention.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Amendment and all other instruments and agreements required to be executed and delivered by such Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or referred to herein (collectively, the “Amendment Documents”), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Amendment Documents, are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents, (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than as permitted by Section 7.01 of the Amended Credit Agreement), or require any payment to be made under (A) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (iii) violate any Law; except with respect to any conflict, breach, contravention or payment (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (ii)(A), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)        Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with (i) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Amendment, any other Amendment Document, the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(d)        Binding Effect. This Amendment, each other Amendment Document, the Amended Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto.  This Amendment, each other Amendment Document, the Amended Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

5.         Effect on Loan Documents.  After giving effect to this Amendment on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms and are hereby ratified and confirmed by the Loan Parties in all respects.  Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, after giving effect to this Amendment, all of its obligations and liabilities under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, as such obligations and liabilities have been amended by this Amendment, are reaffirmed and remain in full force and effect.  All references to the “Credit Agreement” in any Loan Document or other document or instrument delivered in connection therewith shall be deemed to refer to the Amended Credit Agreement.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a novation of the Obligations outstanding under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified and amended hereby.  Each Loan Party hereby further acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Documents continue to secure the Obligations, as modified pursuant to this Amendment, to the same extent as prior to giving effect to this Amendment.

6.         Limited Effect.  This Amendment relates only to the specific matters expressly covered herein, shall not be considered to be an amendment or waiver of any rights or remedies that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or a consent to any transaction thereunder (in each case, except as expressly set forth herein) or under applicable Law, and shall not be considered to create a course of dealing or to otherwise obligate in any respect the Administrative Agent or any Lender to execute similar or other amendments, waivers or consents or grant any amendments, waivers or consents under the same or similar or other circumstances in the future.

7.         Binding Effect.  The terms and provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, representatives, successors and assigns.

8.         Multiple Counterparts.   This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and together which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif” via e-mail) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

9.         Governing Law.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND

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CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF, BUT INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

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[Signature Page to Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement]

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[Signature Page to Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement]

ANNEX A

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AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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[see attached]

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of October 5, 2011,

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AT HOME HOLDING III INC. and AT HOME STORES LLC,

as Borrowers,

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AT HOME HOLDING II INC.,

as Holdings,

The GUARANTORS party hereto,

The LENDERS party hereto,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer,

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TCG SENIOR FUNDING L.L.C.,

as FILO Agent

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BofA SECURITIES, INC.

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners,

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Syndication Agent

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SCHEDULES

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EXHIBITS

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[EXECUTION COPY]

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Composite Credit Agreement reflecting changes pursuant to

First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 9, 2012,

Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 23, 20132013,

Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 28, 2014,

Assumption and Ratification Agreement dated as of September 29, 2014,

Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 5, 2015,

Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 16, 2016,

Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 2, 2017,

Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 27, 2017,

Commitment Increase Letter Agreement dated as of June 14, 2019,

and Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2020

and Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 28, 2020

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on October 5, 2011 among (a) AT HOME HOLDING III INC. (formerly known as GRD Holding III Corporation), a Delaware corporation, and AT HOME STORES LLC (as successor in interest to Garden Ridge, L.P.), a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, and jointly and severally, the “Borrower” and each individually, a “Borrower”), (b) AT HOME HOLDING II INC. (formerly known as GRD Holding II Corporation), a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), (c) each other Guarantor (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto, (d) each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), (e) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent for all Lenders (in such capacities, including any successor thereto in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”), Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer, and (f) TCG SENIOR FUNDING L.L.C., as agent for the FILO Lenders (in such capacity, including any successor thereto in such capacity, the “FILO Agent”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

A.        Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2011 (the “Acquisition Agreement”), among Garden Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the sellers named therein (the “Sellers”), and the Borrower, the Borrower acquired on the Closing Date (in part directly and in part through an indirect contribution of rollover equity by the Sellers to the Borrower, as contemplated by the contribution agreement referred to in the Acquisition Agreement) 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company (the “Acquisition”) in accordance with the terms thereof.

B.         The Borrower has requested that the Lenders make available to the Borrower a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $425,000,000¹ for the making of revolving loans and the issuance of letters of credit for the account of the Borrower, from time to time.

C.         The Borrower has requested that the FILO Lenders (as hereinafter defined) extend a “first-in, last-out” term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $35,000,000, as of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date.

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¹ After giving effect to the commitment increase letter agreement dated June 14, 2019.

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

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Section 1.01.        Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“ABL License” shall mean the irrevocable license granted by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10(f) of the Security Agreement.

“ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning specifiedmeans the “ABL Priority Collateral” as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Acceptable Credit Card Processor” means any major credit or debit card processor (including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, and other processors reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion).

“Acceptable Document of Title” means, with respect to any Inventory, a bill of lading or other Document (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) that (a) is issued by a common carrier which is not an Affiliate of any Loan Party which is in actual possession of such Inventory, (b) is issued to the order of the Borrower or Procurement Company, as applicable, or, if so requested by the Administrative Agent, to the order of the Administrative Agent, (c) names the Administrative Agent as a notify party and bears a conspicuous notation on its face of the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein, (d) is not subject to any Lien (other than in favor of the Administrative Agent or a Term Loan AgentLiens permitted by Section 7.01(a) or (w)), and (e) is on terms otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

“Account” means “accounts” or “payment intangibles” (each as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), and also means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (a) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for services rendered or to be rendered or (c) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.

“ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.

“Acquisition” as defined in the Preliminary Statements to this Agreement.

“Acquisition Agreement” as defined in the Preliminary Statements to this Agreement.

“Adjustment Date” means the first day of each fiscal quarter, commencing with the first fiscal quarter beginning after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date.

“Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

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“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.

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

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

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.  “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(c).

“Agent-Related Persons” means each Agent, together with its Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, trustees and advisors of such Persons and Affiliates.

“Agents” means, collectively, Bank of America, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent.

“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving Credit Lenders.  The Aggregate Revolving Commitment of all Revolving Credit Lenders is $425,000,000 as of the EighthNinth Amendment Effective Date, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; (b) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, as amended; and (c) any other anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, regulations or ordinances in any jurisdiction in which a Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof is located or doing business.

“Applicable Rate” means, with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit:

(i)           from and after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date until the first Adjustment Date occurring after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, the percentages set forth in Level I of the pricing grid below; and

(ii)          from and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date and on each Adjustment Date thereafter, the Applicable Rate shall be determined from the following pricing grid based upon the Average Daily

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Availability for the most recent fiscal quarter ended immediately preceding such Adjustment Date.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, including in this definition, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the direction of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall, immediately increase the Applicable Rate to that set forth in Level I (even if the Average Daily Availability requirements for a different Level have been met); provided, further that, if any Borrowing Base Certificates are at any time restated or otherwise revised (including as a result of an audit) or if the information set forth in any Borrowing Base Certificates otherwise proves to be false or incorrect such that the Applicable Rate determined pursuant to clause (ii) of this definition would have been higher than was otherwise in effect during any period, without constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default arising as a result thereof, interest due under this Agreement shall be immediately recalculated at such higher rate for any applicable periods and shall be due and payable on demand.

“Appraisal Percentage” means 90.0%; provided that, so long as no amount in respect of the FILO Loans remains outstanding, during the period beginning August 15 and ending on November 30 of each year, Appraisal Percentage shall mean 92.5%.

“Appraised Value” means the appraised orderly liquidation value, net of costs and expenses to be incurred in connection with any such liquidation, which value is expressed as a percentage of Cost of Eligible Inventory as set forth in the Inventory stock ledger of the Borrower or Procurement Company, as applicable, which value shall be determined from time to time by reference to the most recent appraisal undertaken by an independent appraiser engaged by the Administrative Agent.

“Approved Domestic Bank” has the meaning specified in clause (b) of the definition of “Cash Equivalents”.

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“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.

“Arrangers” means each of BofA Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in their capacities as exclusive lead arrangers and bookrunners.

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

“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

“At Home III” means At Home Holding III Inc. (formerly known as GRD Holding III Corporation), a Delaware corporation.

“At Home Stores” means At Home Stores LLC (as successor in interest to Garden Ridge, L.P.), a Delaware limited liability company.

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2012 and the related consolidated statement of income or operations and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

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

“Availability” means, as of any date of determination thereof by the Administrative Agent, the result, if a positive number, of:

(a)        the Loan Cap,

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(b)        the Total Revolving Outstandings.

Except as otherwise permitted in writing by the Administrative Agent, in calculating Availability at any time and for any purpose under this Agreement, the Borrower shall certify to the Administrative Agent that all accounts payable and Taxes are being paid on a timely basis.

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“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.

“Availability Reserves” means, without duplication of any other Reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria or in the determination of Appraised Value, such Reserves as the Administrative Agent from time to time determines in its Permitted Discretion as being appropriate (a) to reflect the impediments to the Administrative Agent’s ability to realize upon the Collateral, (b) to reflect claims and liabilities that the Administrative Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon the Collateral, (c) to reflect criteria, events, conditions, contingencies or risks which adversely affect any component of any portion of the Borrowing Base or the assets, business, financial performance or financial condition of any Loan Party, (d) to reflect that a Default or an Event of Default then exists or (e) to reflect any restrictions in the Term LoanSenior Notes Documents or the Senior Secured Debt Documents on the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Loan Parties, but only to the extent that such restrictions reduce, or with the passage of time could reduce, the amounts available to be borrowed hereunder in order for the Loan Parties to comply with the Term LoanSenior Notes Documents or the Senior Secured Debt Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Availability Reserves may include, in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion, (but are not limited to) Reserves based on: (i) rent (not to exceed two months’ rent for each location plus any past due rent) (A) for any Store locations and (B) for each distribution center leased by a Loan Party unless, in each case, the applicable lessor has delivered to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, a Collateral Access Agreement; (ii) customs duties, and other costs to release Inventory which is being imported into the United States; (iii) outstanding Taxes and other governmental charges, including, without limitation, ad valorem, real estate, personal property, sales, claims of the PBGC and other Taxes which may have priority over the interests of the Administrative Agent in any Collateral; (iv) salaries, wages, vacation pay and benefits due and owing to employees of any Loan Party, (v) Customer Credit Liabilities, (vi) customer deposits, (vii) reasonably anticipated changes in the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory between appraisals, (viii) warehousemen’s, carrier’s or bailee’s charges which may have priority over the interests of the Administrative Agent in any Collateral, (ix) amounts due to vendors on account of consigned goods, and (x) (I) so long as any amount in respect of the FILO Loans remains outstanding, upon the direction of the FILO Agent in accordance with Section 9.15(a) and (II) when no amount in respect of the FILO Loans remains outstanding, at any time that Availability is less than 25.0% of the Loan Cap, Reserves to reflect the reasonably anticipated liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof with respect to any Secured Bank Product Agreement, Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement then provided or outstanding, and (xi) the FILO Loan Maturity Reserve.  The amount of any Availability Reserve established by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter which is the basis for such Availability Reserve.

“Average Daily Availability” means the average daily Availability for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter.

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“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, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from 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).

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

“Bank Product Agreement” means any agreement relating to services or facilities provided on account of (a) purchase cards, (b) credit cards or debit cards, (c) leasing, (d) factoring, (e) supply chain finance services (including, without limitation, trade payable services and supplier accounts receivable purchases), and (f) merchant services constituting a line of credit to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, but excluding any Cash Management Agreement.

“Bank Product Provider” means any Person that (i) at the time it enters into a Bank Product Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) is, as of the Closing Date, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Bank Product Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Bank Product Agreement.

“Bankers’ Acceptance” means a time draft or bill of exchange or other deferred payment obligation relating to a commercial Letter of Credit which has been accepted by the L/C Issuer.

“Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate”, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%; provided that, if the Base Rate as so determined shall be less than 1.00%, then the Base Rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.  If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 3.03(a), then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.

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

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

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

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“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

“Blocked Account” has the meaning provided in Section 6.15(b).

“Blocked Account Agreement” means, with respect to an account established by a Loan Party, an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, establishing control (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) of such Blocked Account by the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of itself and the other Secured Parties) and whereby the bank maintaining such account agrees, during a Cash Dominion Trigger Period, to comply only with the instructions originated by the Administrative Agent without the further consent of any Loan Party.

“Blocked Account Bank” means each bank with whom deposit accounts are maintained in which any funds of any of the Loan Parties from one or more DDAs are concentrated and with whom a Blocked Account Agreement has been, or is required to be, executed in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02(m).

“Borrower Parties” means the collective reference to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and “Borrower Party” means any one of them.

“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a FILO Borrowing, as the context may require.

“Borrowing Base” means, collectively, the Revolving Borrowing Base and the FILO Borrowing Base.

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate which sets forth the calculation of the Revolving Borrowing Base and the FILO Borrowing Base, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto (with such changes therein as may be required by the Administrative Agent to reflect the components of, and Reserves against, the Revolving Borrowing Base and/or the FILO Borrowing Base, including the FILO Deficiency Reserve and the FILO Seasonal Reserve, as provided for hereunder from time to time), executed and certified as accurate and complete by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, and which shall include appropriate exhibits, schedules, supporting documentation, and additional reports as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

“Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral” means cash that is unrestricted and in the Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral Account.

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“Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral Account” means a segregated deposit account in the name of the Borrower subject to a Blocked Account Agreement, in which only Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral shall be deposited.

“Borrowing Base Reporting Recovery Event” shall mean Availability is at least the greater of (i) $40,000,000 and (ii) 12.5% of the Combined Loan Cap for thirty (30) consecutive days and no Event of Default is outstanding during such thirty (30) day period.

“Borrowing Base Reporting Trigger Event” means either (i) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (ii) the failure of the Borrower to maintain Availability, at any time, of at least the greater of (x) $40,000,000, and (y) 12.5% of the Combined Loan Cap.

“Borrowing Base Reporting Trigger Period” shall mean the period after a Borrowing Base Reporting Trigger Event and prior to a Borrowing Base Reporting Recovery Event.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.

“Capital Expenditures” means, as of any date for the applicable period then ended, all capital expenditures of the Borrower Parties on a consolidated basis for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.

“Carve Out” means, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any Loan Party, any carve out amount granted with respect to professional fees and expenses, court costs, filing fees, and fees and costs of the Office of the United States Trustee as granted by the court or as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“Cash Collateral Account” means a blocked, non-interest bearing deposit account at Bank of America in the name of the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, and otherwise established in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral for L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender (as applicable).  “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

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“Cash Dominion Recovery Event” shall mean Availability is at least the greater of (i) $35,000,000 and (ii) 10.0% of the Combined Loan Cap for thirty (30) consecutive days and no Event of Default is outstanding during such thirty (30) day period; provided that for the purposes of Section 6.15 a Cash Dominion Trigger Event may be discontinued only two (2) times in any twelve (12) month period, and the termination of a Cash Dominion Trigger Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Cash Dominion Trigger Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

“Cash Dominion Trigger Event” means either (i) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (ii) the failure of the Borrower to maintain Availability, at any time, of at least the greater of (x) $35,000,000, and (y) 10.0% of the Combined Loan Cap.

“Cash Dominion Trigger Period” shall mean the period after a Cash Dominion Trigger Event and prior to a Cash Dominion Recovery Event.

“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

(a)          readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than twenty four months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided, that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof;

(b)          time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Revolving Credit Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated at least P-1 (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade by S&P), and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000 (any such bank being an “Approved Domestic Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than three hundred and sixty (360) days from the date of acquisition thereof;

(c)          commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Domestic Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate note issued by, or guaranteed by a domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in each case with maturities of not more than three hundred and sixty (360) days from the date of acquisition thereof;

(d)          marketable short-term money market and similar funds (including such funds investing a portion of their assets in municipal securities) having a rating of at least P-1 or A-1 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower);

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(e)          repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Revolving Credit Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations;

(f)           Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as Current Assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250,000,000, and the portfolios of which are limited such that at least 95% of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), through (e) of this definition;

(g)          investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types (including as to credit quality and maturity) described in clauses (a) through (f) above; and

(h)          solely with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary, (x) such local currencies in those countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary transacts business from time to time in the ordinary course of business and (y) investments of comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (g) customarily utilized in countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates for short term cash management purposes.

“Cash Flow Forecast” means a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast, in a form consistent with the form of Cash Flow Forecast delivered to the Administrative Agent and the FILO Agent prior to the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, prepared by the Borrower in good faith based on assumptions the Borrower believes to be reasonable, which shall include a weekly cash forecast and weekly projections of cash receipts, disbursements (including ordinary course operating expenses, Capital Expenditures, fees and expenses) and total available liquidity (including forecasts of the Revolving Borrowing Base, the FILO Borrowing Base, and Availability) on a reasonably detailed line-item basis, and which is otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the FILO Agent.

“Cash Flow Variance Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(e).

“Cash Interest Charges” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to the Borrower Parties on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Interest Charges that have been paid or are payable in cash during such period net of cash interest income.

“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, but excluding (i) credit and debit cards, (ii) purchase cards, and (iii) any other merchant service constituting a line of credit.

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“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that (i) at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) is, as of the Closing Date, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Cash Management Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any casualty insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any asset, including but not limited to Inventory, equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon).

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.

“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of:

(a)        the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the SecuritySecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)), other than the Permitted Holders, shall have the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of securities having a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings or, after a Consolidating Merger, the Consolidated Entity; or

(b)        the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) other than one or more Permitted Holders; or

(c)        any “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) in any document pertaining to the Term Loan FacilitiesSenior Notes Document or any Senior Secured Debt Document, in each case with an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or

(d)        other than in the case of a Consolidating Merger, At Home III shall cease to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of Holdings.

“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Article 4 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Article 4.

“Closing Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(e).

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property and assets that are or are required under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

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“Collateral Access Agreement” means an agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent executed by (a) a bailee or other Person in possession of Collateral or (b) any landlord of real property leased by any Loan Party, pursuant to which such Person (i) acknowledges the Administrative Agent’s Lien on the Collateral, (ii) releases or subordinates such Person’s Liens in the Collateral held by such Person or located on such real property, (iii) provides the Administrative Agent with access to the Collateral held by such bailee or other Person or located in or on such real property, (iv) as to any landlord, provides the Administrative Agent with a reasonable time to sell and dispose of the Collateral from such real property, and (v) makes such other agreements with the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, IP Security Agreement Supplements, the Blocked Account Agreements, the Credit Card Notifications, security agreements, pledge agreements, control agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.12, and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“Combined Loan Cap” means, at any time of determination, the sum of (a) the Loan Cap and (b) the Total FILO Outstandings at such time.

“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its Revolving Commitment or FILO Commitment, as applicable.

“Commitment Fee” means 0.25% per annum.

“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (b) a FILO Borrowing, (c) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (d) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

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

“Communication” has the meaning specified in Section 10.28.

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements.

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

“Concentration Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.15(d).

“Conforming DIP” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.06(a).

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“Consolidated Cash Balance” means, at any time, (a) the aggregate amount of the cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries, less (b) an amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents necessary for the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries to satisfy the current liabilities incurred by them in the ordinary course of their business and without acceleration of the satisfaction of such current liabilities within the following five (5) Business Days, including amounts held for the purpose of (i) paying any taxes, payroll, employee wage and benefit payments and trust and fiduciary obligations or (ii) making principal and interest payments on any permitted Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries (including the Loans and the Term Loans). Consolidated Cash EBITDA” has the meaning specified in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Senior Notes Debt and any Senior Secured Debt).

“Consolidated Cash Taxes” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to the Borrower Parties on a consolidated basis, the aggregate of all income, franchise and similar taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent the same are payable in cash with respect to such period.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Consolidated Net Income, plus (b) an amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been deducted for, without duplication,

(i)           total interest expense determined in accordance with GAAP (including, to the extent deducted and not added back in computing Consolidated Net Income, (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments, (d) the interest component of Capitalized Leases, (e) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received) pursuant to interest rate Swap Contracts with respect to Indebtedness, (f) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, and (g) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees) and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations,

(ii)          provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise and similar taxes (such as Delaware franchise tax, Pennsylvania capital tax or Texas margin tax) and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations,

(iii)         depreciation and amortization expense (including amortization of intangible assets),

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(iv)         non-cash expenses resulting from any employee benefit or management compensation plan or the grant of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs to employees of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a written plan or agreement or the treatment of such options under variable plan accounting,

(v)          any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Equity Interests),

(vi)         all extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual charges,

(vii)        costs and expenses in connection with store openings; provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (vii) shall not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (vii)),

(viii)       cash expenses and employee bonuses incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, the Transaction,

(ix)         cash restructuring charges or reserves and business optimization expense, including any restructuring costs and integration costs incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions after the Closing Date, project start-up costs, costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, retention charges, contract termination costs, recruiting, retention, relocation, severance and signing bonuses and expenses, transaction fees and expenses (including those in connection with, to the extent permitted hereunder, any Investment, any Debt Issuance, any Equity Issuance, any Disposition, or any Casualty Event, in each case, whether or not consummated), systems establishment costs, conversion costs and excess pension charges, consulting fees and any one-time expense relating to enhanced accounting function, or costs associated with becoming a public company or any other costs (including legal services costs) incurred in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (ix) when added to the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to clause (xix) below, shall not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (ix) or clause (xix) below);

(x)          any losses (or minus any gains) realized upon the disposition of property outside of the ordinary course of business,

(xi)         any (x) expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment, Permitted Acquisition or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement or (y) expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or

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business interruption covered by insurance, in each case to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that reasonable evidence exists that such indemnification or reimbursement will be made, and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable indemnifying party, obligor or insurer in writing and (B) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within eighteen (18) months of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such eighteen (18) months),

(xii)        to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied in writing by the applicable insurer and (B) in fact reimbursed within three hundred and sixty-five (365) days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such three hundred and sixty-five (365) days), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption,

(xiii)       management fees permitted under Section 7.08(d),

(xiv)       any non-cash purchase accounting adjustment and any step-ups with respect to re-valuing assets and liabilities in connection with the Transaction or any Investment permitted under Section 7.02,

(xv)        non cash-losses from Joint Ventures and non-cash minority interest reductions,

(xvi)       fees and expenses in connection with the exchanges or refinancings permitted by Section 7.14,

(xvii)      expenses representing the implied principal component under Synthetic Lease Obligations,

(xviii)     other expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period,

(xix)       the amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and acquisition synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized during such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such items had been realized on the first day of such period) as a result of actions taken or to be taken in connection with the Transaction, any acquisition or disposition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any operational changes (including, without limitation, operational changes arising out of the modification of contractual arrangements (including, without limitation, renegotiation of lease agreements, utilities and logistics contracts and insurance policies, as well as purchases of leased real properties)) or headcount reductions, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period that are otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA from such actions, provided that (A) a duly

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completed certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent together with the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02, certifying that (x) such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are reasonably expected and factually supportable as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and (y) such actions are to be taken within (I) in the case of any such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies in connection with the Transaction, twelve (12) months after the Closing Date and (II) in all other cases, within twelve (12) months after the consummation of the acquisition or disposition, which is expected to result in such cost savings, expense reductions or synergies, (B) no cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (xix) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added to Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such period, (C) to the extent that any cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are not associated with the Transaction, all steps shall have been taken for realizing such savings, (D) projected amounts (and not yet realized) may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (xix) to the extent occurring more than four (4) full fiscal quarters after the specified action taken in order to realize such projected cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies and (E) the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (xix), when added to the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to clause (ix) above, shall not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (xix) or clause (ix) above),

(xx)        the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option holders of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (xx) shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any four (4) fiscal quarter period, and

(xxi)       costs of surety bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities; provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (xxi) when added to the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to clause (ix) and (xix) above, shall not exceed an amount equal to 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (xxi) or clauses (ix) and (xix) above), minus

(c)          an amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, has been included for

(i)           all extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains and non cash income during such period, and

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(ii)          any gains realized upon the disposition of property outside of the ordinary course of business, plus/minus

(d)          unrealized losses/gains in respect of Swap Contracts, all as determined in accordance with GAAP, minus

(e)          the amount of Restricted Payments made in reliance on Sections 7.06(e)(i), 7.06(e)(ii), Section 7.06(e)(vii) or 7.06(h) (except to the extent that (x) the amount paid with such Restricted Payments by Holdings would not, if the respective expense or other item had been incurred directly by the Borrower, have reduced Consolidated EBITDA determined in accordance with this definition or (y) such Restricted Payment is paid by the Borrower in respect of an expense or other item that has resulted in, or will result in, a reduction of Consolidated EBITDA, as calculated pursuant to this definition).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) obligations under any Swap Contracts or (iii) other derivative instruments.

“Consolidated Entity” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidating Merger.”

“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such period minus (ii) all Consolidated Cash Taxes, minus (iii) Unfinanced Capital Expenditures made during such period to (b) the sum of all Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments of the Borrower Parties for the most recently completed Measurement Period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of a Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but (x) excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transaction or any Permitted Acquisition and (y) any Indebtedness that is issued at a discount to its initial principal amount shall be calculated based on the entire principal amount thereof), excluding (i) net obligations under any Swap Contract, (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of the applicable Person and is expected to be paid in a fiscal quarter immediately following the date of determination of the Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, (iii) any deferred compensation arrangements, (iv) any non-compete or consulting obligations incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, or (v) obligations in respect of letters of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder; provided that any unreimbursed amount under commercial letters of credit shall not be counted as Consolidated Funded Indebtedness until three (3) Business Days after such amount is drawn.  The amount of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness for which recourse is limited either to a specified amount or to an identified asset of such Person shall be deemed to be equal to such specified amount (or, if less, the fair market value of such identified asset).

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“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, interest expense (including the amortization of debt discount and premium, the interest component under Capitalized Leases and the implied interest component under Synthetic Lease Obligations, but excluding, to the extent included in interest expense, (i) fees and expenses associated with the consummation of the Transaction, (ii) annual agency fees paid to the Administrative Agent or to a Term Loan Agentthe Senior Notes Trustee, (iii) costs associated with obtaining Swap Contracts and (iv) fees and expenses associated with any Investment permitted under Section 7.02, Equity Issuance or Debt Issuance (whether or not consummated)), as determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent the same are payable in cash with respect to such period.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, net income (excluding, without duplication, (i) extraordinary items, (ii) any amounts attributable to Investments in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture to the extent that either (x) such amounts have not been distributed in cash to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the applicable period, (y) such amounts were not earned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture during the applicable period or (z) there exists in respect of any future period any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture to pay dividends or make any other distributions in cash on the Equity Interests of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) the cumulative effect of foreign currency translations during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (iv) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent required for any calculation of Consolidated EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis) and (v) net income of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Loan Party) for any period to the extent that, during such period, there exists any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of such Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distributions in cash on the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent that such net income is distributed in cash during such period to such Person or to a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not itself subject to any such encumbrance or restriction) as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to the Borrower Parties on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Cash Interest Charges during such period plus (b) all scheduled payments of principal (and with respect to any Term Loan, as such payments may be adjusted in accordance with the applicable Term Loan Documents as a result of any prepayment of the Term Loans) during such period on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that constitutes Funded Debt (including the implied principal component of payments due on Capitalized Leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations during such period), as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidating Merger” means a merger of any combination of At Home III, Holdings, and At Home Group Inc. (formerly known as GRD Holding I Corporation), a Delaware corporation, into a single entity (the “Consolidated Entity”) in contemplation of an issuance by the Consolidated Entity of its common Equity Interests in a public offering; provided that (i) upon

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any Consolidating Merger involving (x) At Home III, references to the “Borrower” in this Agreement shall mean the Consolidated Entity and/or At Home Stores LLC, as applicable, and (y) Holdings, references to “Holdings” in this Agreement shall, to the extent applicable, mean the Consolidated Entity, and to the extent not applicable, be disregarded; (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Article 5, to the extent applicable, shall be true with respect to the Consolidated Entity; (iii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Consolidating Merger, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iv) upon request by the Administrative Agent, At Home III and Holdings shall deliver such certifications, certificates, joinders, agreements, financial information, or opinions of counsel, that the Administrative Agent deems necessary to confirm (x) the continuing validity and perfection of the Secured Parties’ security interests in the Collateral and (y) the enforceability of the Loan Documents.

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

“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”

“Cost” means the lower of cost or market value of Inventory, based upon the Borrower’s accounting practices, known to the Administrative Agent, which practices are in effect on the Closing Date as such calculated cost is determined from invoices received by the Borrower or Procurement Company, as applicable, the Borrower’s or Procurement Company’s purchase journals or the Borrower’s or Procurement Company’s stock ledger.  “Cost” does not include Inventory capitalization costs, other non- purchase price charges (such as freight) used in the Borrower’s calculation of cost of goods sold or any costs related to the transfer of Inventory between Procurement Company and the Borrower.

“Credit Card Advance Rate” means 90.0%.

“Credit Card Notifications” has the meaning provided in Section 6.15(a).

“Credit Card Receivables” means each “payment intangible” (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), together with all income, payments and proceeds thereof, owed by an Acceptable Credit Card Processor to the Borrower resulting from charges by a customer of the Borrower on credit or debit cards issued by such Acceptable Credit Card Processor in connection with the sale of goods by the Borrower, or services performed by the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of its business.

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

“Credit Extension Conditions” means, in relation to any determination thereof at any time, the requirements that:

(a)        the Total Outstandings at such time shall not exceed the Combined Loan Cap at such time (other than as a result of any Permitted Overadvance or Protective Advance);

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(b)        the Total Revolving Outstandings at such time shall not exceed the Loan Cap at such time (other than as a result of any Permitted Overadvance or Protective Advance);

(c)        the sum of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Revolving Credit Lender, (ii) such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, and (iii) such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed (other than in the case of the Revolving Credit Lender acting as the Swing Line Lender) such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Commitment;

(d)        solely in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations at such time shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit;

(e)        solely in connection with the making of any Swing Line Loans, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans at such time shall not exceed the Swing Line Sublimit; and

(f)        solely in connection with the making of any Loans, the Consolidated Cash Balance shall not exceed $35,000,000;

“Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person, all assets of such Person that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as current assets on the balance sheet of a company conducting a business the same as or similar to that of such Person, after deducting appropriate and adequate reserves therefrom in each case in which a reserve is proper in accordance with GAAP.

“Customer Credit Liabilities” means at any time, the aggregate remaining value at such time of (a) outstanding gift certificates and gift cards relating to the Borrower or Procurement Company entitling the holder thereof to use all or a portion of the certificate or gift card to pay all or a portion of the purchase price for any Inventory, and (b) outstanding merchandise credits relating to the Borrower or Procurement Company.

“Customs Broker/Carrier Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent among the Borrower (or Procurement Company, as applicable), a customs broker, freight forwarder, consolidator, or carrier, and the Administrative Agent, in which the customs broker, freight forwarder, consolidator, or carrier acknowledges that it has control over and holds the documents evidencing ownership of the subject Inventory for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and agrees, upon notice from the Administrative Agent, to hold and dispose of the subject Inventory solely as directed by the Administrative Agent.

“DDA” means each checking, savings or other demand deposit account maintained by any of the Loan Parties, other than any such account used solely for payroll, taxes, pension, medical and other ERISA benefit funds.  All funds in each DDA shall be conclusively presumed to be Collateral and proceeds of Collateral and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire as to the source of the amounts on deposit in any DDA.

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“Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness for borrowed money.

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

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

“Default Rate” means, when used with respect to Revolving Obligations, (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate applicable to Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.00% per annum; provided that, with respect to the outstanding principal amount of any Revolving Credit Loan (including any Swing Line Loan), the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Revolving Credit Loan plus 2.00 % per annum, in any case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16, any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements generally in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within two (2) Business Days after reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action, (iii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iv) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.

“DIP Financing” means, in connection with a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws with respect to a Loan Party, the consensual use of cash collateral by, or the provision of financing or financial accommodations to, such Loan Party (including, in either event, all of the terms and conditions established and/or approved in connection with the consensual use of cash collateral, financing or financial accommodations).

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise) of any property by any Person (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person), including any sale,

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assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith; provided, however, that “Disposition” and “Dispose” shall not be deemed to include any issuance by Holdings of any of its Equity Interests to another Person.

“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligations or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or if its Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

“Dividing Person” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Division.”

“Division” means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.

“Division Successor” means any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division.  A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division.

“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any other Subsidiary that is not a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Code.

“EBITDA Condition” means that the actual Consolidated EBITDA for the twelve (12) consecutive months ending on December 31 of the applicable year, or, if such actual Consolidated EBITDA is not achieved for such period, such later twelve (12) consecutive month period prior to September 30 of the immediately succeeding year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to this Agreement, shall be not less than (x) with respect to the FILO Seasonal

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Reserve for the fiscal year ending on January 30, 2021, the amount set forth as the section entitled “EBITDA Amount” in the calculations delivered to the Administrative Agent and the FILO Agent prior to the Eighth Amendment Effective Date (the “EBITDA Threshold Calculations”) for the applicable Test Date (as defined in the EBITDA Threshold Calculations) and (y) with respect to the FILO Seasonal Reserve for the fiscal year ending on January 29, 2022, the amount set forth as the EBITDA Amount in the EBITDA Threshold Calculations for the applicable Test Date.  Notwithstanding the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” as set forth herein or anything else herein to the contrary, for purposes of determining compliance with the EBITDA Condition, addbacks made in cash to Consolidated EBITDA shall not exceed those set forth in the EBITDA Threshold Calculations.

“EBITDA Threshold Calculations” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “EBITDA Condition.”

“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 EEA Financial Institution.

“Eighth Amendment” means Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2020.

“Eighth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Eighth Amendment.

“Electronic Copy” has the meaning specified in Section 10.28.

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.07(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.07(b)(iii)); provided that “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any natural person, the Loan Parties or any of their Affiliates, any Permitted Holder or any Affiliate of a Permitted Investor.

“Eligible Credit Card Receivables” means at the time of any determination thereof, each Credit Card Receivable that satisfies the following criteria at the time of creation and continues to meet the same at the time of such determination: such Credit Card Receivable (i) has been earned by performance and represents the bona fide amounts due to the Borrower from an Acceptable Credit Card Processor or a credit card payment processor, and in each case originated in the

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ordinary course of business of the Borrower, and (ii) is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of any portion of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a) through (i) below.  Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an Eligible Credit Card Receivable, an Account shall indicate no Person other than the Borrower as payee or remittance party.  In determining the amount to be so included, the face amount of an Account shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that the Borrower may be obligated to rebate to a customer, a credit card payment processor, or Acceptable Credit Card Processor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the Borrower to reduce the amount of such Credit Card Receivable.  Except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, any Credit Card Receivable included within any of the following categories shall not constitute an Eligible Credit Card Receivable:

(a)        Credit Card Receivables which do not constitute an Account;

(b)        Credit Card Receivables that have been outstanding for more than five (5) Business Days from the date of sale;

(c)        Credit Card Receivables (i) that are not subject to a perfected first-priority security interest and Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, or (ii) with respect to which the Borrower does not have good, valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any Lien (other than Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and Permitted Liens);

(d)        Credit Card Receivables which are disputed, are with recourse, or with respect to which a claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been asserted (to the extent of such claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback);

(e)        Credit Card Receivables with respect to which the Acceptable Credit Card Processor has recourse to the Borrower in the event of non-payment by the holder of the applicable credit card;

(f)        Credit Card Receivables due from an issuer or payment processor of the applicable credit card which (i) is the subject of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or (ii) is a target of Sanctions;

(g)        Credit Card Receivables which are not a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the applicable credit card issuer with respect thereto;

(h)        Credit Card Receivables which do not conform in all material respects to all representations, warranties or other provisions in the Loan Documents relating to Credit Card Receivables; or

(i)         Credit Card Receivables which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion to be uncertain of collection or which do not meet such other reasonable eligibility criteria for Credit Card Receivables as the Administrative Agent may determine;

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provided that the Administrative Agent may not change any of the eligibility criteria for Eligible Credit Card Receivables unless the Borrower is given at least three (3) days prior written notice of the implementation of such change and, upon delivery of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss the proposed change with the Borrower to afford the Borrower an opportunity to take such action as may be required so that the event condition or circumstance that is a basis for such change no longer exists in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided that, during such three (3) day period, Credit Extensions hereunder shall be subject to the Borrowing Base as if such change in eligibility criteria were given effect.

“Eligible In-Transit Inventory” means, as of any date of determination thereof, without duplication of other Eligible Inventory, In-Transit Inventory:

(a)        Which has been shipped from a foreign location for receipt by the Borrower or Procurement Company, but which has not yet been delivered to the Borrower or Procurement Company, which In-Transit Inventory has been in transit for forty-five (45) days or less from the date of shipment of such Inventory;

(b)        For which the purchase order is in the name of the Borrower or Procurement Company and title and risk of loss has passed to the Borrower or Procurement Company;

(c)        For which an Acceptable Document of Title has been issued, and as to which the Administrative Agent has control (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) over the documents of title which evidence ownership of the subject Inventory;

(d)        For which, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent has received a Customs Broker/Carrier Agreement;

(e)                    Which is insured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, marine cargo insurance);

(f)        For which payment of the purchase price has been made by the Borrower or Procurement Company or the purchase price is supported by a commercial Letter of Credit, unless the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees; and

(g)        Which otherwise would constitute Eligible Inventory (except with respect to the requirements in clause (c) of the definition thereof);

provided that, the Administrative Agent may, in its Permitted Discretion, exclude any particular Inventory from the definition of “Eligible In-Transit Inventory” in the event (i) the Administrative Agent determines that such Inventory is subject to any Person’s right of reclamation, repudiation, stoppage in transit or (ii) any event has occurred or is reasonably anticipated by the Administrative Agent to arise which may otherwise adversely impact the value of such Inventory or the ability of the Administrative Agent to realize upon such Inventory; provided further that, in the case of clause (ii) hereof, the Administrative Agent shall give at least three (3) days prior written notice of the implementation of the exclusion of any particular Inventory from the definition of “Eligible In-Transit Inventory” (and, upon delivery of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall be

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available to discuss the proposed change with the Borrower to afford the Borrower an opportunity to take such action as may be required so that the event condition or circumstance that is a basis for such exclusion no longer exists in the manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion); provided further that, during such three (3) day period, Credit Extensions hereunder shall be subject to the Borrowing Base as if such change in eligibility criteria were given effect.

“Eligible Inventory” means, as of the date of determination thereof, without duplication, (i) Eligible In-Transit Inventory (provided that, in no event shall Eligible In-Transit Inventory included in Eligible Inventory exceed 20% of the Eligible Inventory included in the sum of the Revolving Borrowing Base and the FILO Borrowing Base), and (ii) items of Inventory of the Borrower and Procurement Company that are finished goods, merchantable and readily saleable to the public in the ordinary course of business, in each case that, (A) comply in all material respects with each of the representations and warranties respecting Inventory made by the Borrower and Procurement Company in the Loan Documents, and (B) are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the criteria set forth below.  The following items of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory:

(a)        Inventory that is not solely owned by the Borrower or Procurement Company or the Borrower or Procurement Company does not have good, marketable and valid title thereto;

(b)        Inventory that is leased by or is on consignment to the Borrower or Procurement Company or which is consigned by the Borrower or Procurement Company to a Person which is not a Loan Party;

(c)        Inventory that is not located in the United States of America (excluding territories or possessions of the United States) either (i) at a location that is owned or leased by the Borrower or Procurement Company, except Inventory in transit between such owned or leased locations of any such Person or (ii) in-transit from a domestic location for receipt by the Borrower or Procurement Company at a domestic location that is owned or leased by the Borrower or Procurement Company within twenty-one (21) days of the date of shipment, which Inventory is fully insured (as required by this Agreement) for Cost of such Inventory and with respect to which the title has passed to the Borrower or Procurement Company;

(d)        Inventory that is comprised of goods which (i) are damaged, defective, “seconds,” or otherwise unmerchantable, (ii) are to be returned to the vendor, (iii) are obsolete or slow moving, or custom items, work-in-process, raw materials, or that constitute, spare parts, promotional, marketing, packaging and shipping materials or supplies used or consumed in the Borrower’s or Procurement Company’s business, (iv) are seasonal in nature and which have been packed away for sale in the subsequent season (except to the extent the existence of such Inventory is accounted for in the most recent Inventory appraisal conducted pursuant to this Agreement), (v) are not in compliance with all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Inventory, its use or sale, or (vi) are bill and hold goods;

(e)        Inventory that is not subject to a perfected first-priority security interest and Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;

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(f)        Inventory that consists of samples, labels, bags, and other similar non-merchandise categories;

(g)        Inventory that is not insured in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.07 hereof;

(h)        Inventory that has been sold to a buyer but not yet delivered to such buyer;

(i)         Inventory that is subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreement with any third party which would require the payment of fees or royalties to, or the consent of, the licensor under such agreement for any sale or other disposition of such Inventory by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall have determined in its Permitted Discretion that it cannot sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory in accordance with Article 8 without violating any such licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreement;

(j)         [reserved];

(k)        Inventory acquired in a Permitted Acquisition and which is not of the type usually sold in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s and Procurement Company’s business, unless and until the Administrative Agent has completed or received (A) an appraisal of such Inventory from appraisers satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and establishes Inventory Reserves (if applicable) therefor, and otherwise agrees that such Inventory shall be deemed Eligible Inventory, and (B) such other due diligence as the Administrative Agent may require, all of the results of the foregoing to be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; or

(l)         Inventory which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion does not meet such other reasonable eligibility criteria for Inventory as the Administrative Agent may determine; provided that, the Administrative Agent may not change any of the eligibility criteria for Eligible Inventory unless the Borrower is given at least three (3) days prior written notice of the implementation of such change and, upon delivery of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss the proposed change with the Borrower to afford the Borrower an opportunity to take such action as may be required so that the event condition or circumstance that is a basis for such change no longer exists in the manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided that, during such three (3) day period, Credit Extensions hereunder shall be subject to the Borrowing Base as if such change in eligibility criteria were given effect.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable Laws, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, licenses, or governmental restrictions, in each case relating to pollution or the protection of the environment or the release into the environment of, or exposure to, any pollutant, contaminant or toxic or hazardous substance or waste, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly

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resulting from or based upon (a) any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any action, suit, investigation or proceeding, or contract, agreement or other binding consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

“Equity Contribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(l).

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities).

“Equity Issuance” means any issuance for cash by any Person to any other Person of (a) its Equity Interests, (b) any of its Equity Interests pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants, (c) any of its Equity Interests pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity or (d) any options or warrants relating to its Equity Interests.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code).

“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan or the receipt by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice relating to the intent to terminate such plan; (f) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is or is reasonably expected to be considered an “at-risk plan” or a plan in “endangered status” or “critical status” within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA, as applicable; (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA,

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other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; (i) the conditions for the imposition of a lien under Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of  ERISA shall have been or are reasonably expected to be met with respect to any Pension Plan; (j) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) with respect to a Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (k) the filing pursuant to Section 431 of the Code or Section 304(d) of ERISA of an application for the extension of any amortization period; (l) the failure to timely make a contribution required to be made with respect to any Pension Plan; (m) the filing pursuant to Section 302(c) of ERISA or Section 412(c) of the Code of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan or (n) the occurrence of a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” with respect to which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates is a “disqualified person” (each within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code).

“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 Rate” means:

(a)        for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

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“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the Ice Benchmark Administration Limited LIBOR Rate (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period) (“LIBOR”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;

(b)        for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

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“Eurodollar Base Rate” means the rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, determined two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits

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being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one (1) month commencing that day; and

(c)        if the Eurodollar Rate, as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of this definition, shall be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate.”

“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental, marginal or other reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”).  The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Excluded Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (a) that is (i) a Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iii) an Immaterial Subsidiary, (iv) prohibited by applicable Laws, regulation or by any Contractual Obligation existing on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date as set forth on Schedule E-1 or on the date after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (as long as such Contractual Obligation was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary) from granting a Subsidiary Guaranty or that would require a governmental (including regulatory) or third party consent, approval, license or authorization in order to grant such Subsidiary Guaranty (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received or to the extent that the Borrower has used commercially reasonable efforts (not involving spending money in excess of de minimis amounts) to obtain such consent, approval, license or authorization), (v) a direct or indirect Subsidiary if substantially all of its assets consist of Equity Interests of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries, (vi) a not-for-profit Subsidiary, or (vii) not wholly owned directly by the Borrower or one or more of its wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries, or (b) to the extent that the burden or cost (including any material adverse tax consequences) of obtaining a Subsidiary Guaranty therefrom outweighs the benefit afforded thereby (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation in respect of a Secured Hedge Agreement if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a Lien to secure, such obligation arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement (or any guaranty 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 thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) (determined after giving

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effect to Section 10.25 and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s obligations in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements by any Borrower or other Loan Party) at the time the guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant of such Lien becomes effective with respect to such obligation under any Secured Hedge Agreement. If any obligation under any Secured Hedge Agreement arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(c).

“Existing Letters of Credit” means the Letters of Credit described on Schedule 2.03 under the heading “Existing Letters of Credit”.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided that, if the Federal Funds Rate as so determined would be less than 1.00%, then the Federal Funds Rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for the purposes of this Agreement.

“Fee Letter” means, collectively, the Fee Letter, dated July 12, 2011, among the Borrower, Bank of America, MLPFS, and the other parties thereto, the “Second Amendment Fee Letter” referred to in the Second Amendment, the “Third Amendment Fee Letter” referred to in the Third Amendment, the “Fifth Amendment Fee Letter” referred to in the Fifth Amendment, the “Seventh Amendment Fee Letter” referred to in the Seventh Amendment and the “SeventhNinth Amendment Fee Letter” referred to in the SeventhNinth Amendment.

“Fifth Amendment” means the Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2016.

“FILO Agent” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“FILO Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of the FILO Loans made on the Eighth Amendment Effective Date by a FILO Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii).

“FILO Borrowing Base” means, at any time of calculation, an amount (not less than zero) equal to:

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(a)        the face amount of Eligible Credit Card Receivables, multiplied by 10.0%;

plus

(b)        the Cost of Eligible Inventory, net of Inventory Reserves, multiplied by the product of (i) 10.0% multiplied by (ii) the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory;

minus

(c)        with duplication of Availability Reserves maintained against the Revolving Borrowing Base, Availability Reserves with respect to Secured Bank Products and Secured Hedge Agreements pursuant to the last sentence of Section 9.15(a);

provided that, for every $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the FILO Loans prepaid or repaid by the Borrower, the advance rate applicable to Eligible Inventory included in the FILO Borrowing Base, as set forth in clause (b)(i) above shall be reduced based on a rate of 25 basis points for every $1,000,000 (e.g., if the amount of such repayment or prepayment was $1,000,000, and the relevant advance rate, prior to such prepayment was 10.0%, such advance rate will be reduced to 9.75%); provided, further that under no circumstances shall the advance rate applicable to Eligible Inventory included in the FILO Borrowing Base be reduced to a rate below 0%.  Such reduction shall be effective on the next succeeding date following the date of the relevant prepayment on which a Borrowing Base Certificate is required to be delivered under Section 6.02(c).

The FILO Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent and the FILO Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(c), as adjusted to give effect to any Availability Reserve implemented or modified following such delivery as contemplated by clause (c) above.

“FILO Commitment” means, as to any FILO Lender, the commitment of such FILO Lender to make FILO Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii).  The amount of each FILO Lender’s FILO Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01(a)(ii).  The aggregate amount of the FILO Lenders’ FILO Commitments on the Eighth Amendment Effective Date is $35,000,000.

“FILO Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any applicable margin) otherwise applicable to such FILO Loan plus 2.00% per annum, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

“FILO Deficiency Reserve” means, at any time, the amount, if any, by which the then outstanding FILO Loans exceeds the FILO Borrowing Base.

“FILO Deficiency Reserve Correction Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.15(c).

“FILO Event of Default” means (i) an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) with respect to the FILO Loans or any other FILO Obligations, (ii) an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) with respect to the Obligations (other than the FILO Obligations) as a result of failure of the

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Borrowers to pay all such Obligations then due and owing due on the earlier of the Maturity Date or the date on which the maturity of such Obligations is accelerated pursuant to Section 8.02(a)(ii), and (iii) an Event of Default under Section 8.01(b) or Section 8.01(c), as applicable, but only to the extent such Event of Default arises from the Loan Parties’ failure to comply with the provisions of Section 6.02(c) or Section 7.11.  Each determination of whether a FILO Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be made without giving effect to any waiver or modification of any such provision effected pursuant to the terms hereof without the consent of the FILO Agent.

“FILO Facility” means the FILO Commitments and the FILO Loans made pursuant thereto on the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, as provided in this Agreement.

“FILO Fee Letter” means the Fee Letter, dated as of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, among the Borrower and the FILO Agent.

“FILO Lenders” means Lenders holding FILO Commitments and/or FILO Loans.

“FILO Loan Maturity Reserve” means, at any time of determination during a FILO Loan Maturity Reserve Period, an Availability Reserve in an amount equal to the outstanding principal balance of the FILO Loans at such time.  For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of the FILO Loan Maturity Reserve shall be reduced from time to time during any FILO Loan Maturity Reserve Period to give effect to any payments of the FILO Loans made during such FILO Loan Maturity Reserve Period (including any payments made with the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans hereunder) to the extent such payments are permitted hereunder.

“FILO Loan Maturity Reserve Period” means the period commencing on the 91st day prior to the stated maturity date of the FILO Loans and ending on the date that is the earlier to occur of (a) the repayment in full of the FILO Loans and (b) the date that the stated maturity date of the FILO Loans is extended to a date that is at least 91 days after the then Latest Maturity Date.

“FILO Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)(ii).

“FILO Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2, in favor of a FILO Lender, evidencing the FILO Loans made by such FILO Lender to the Borrower.

“FILO Obligations” means all advances to, and debts (including principal, interest, fees (including, without limitation, the FILO Prepayment Premium, if applicable), costs, and expenses), liabilities, obligations, covenants and indemnities of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document with respect to the FILO Loans, 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, fees, costs and expenses that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

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“FILO Rate” means, the higher of (a) 1.00% per annum, and (b) the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th), determined on the first day of each calendar month, appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service as determined by the FILO Agent) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars for an interest period of three (3) months as of such date (but if more than one rate is specified on such page, the rate will be an arithmetic average of all such rates).

“FILO Seasonal Reserve” means, (a) for the one-month period commencing on October 1^st and ending on October 31^st of each year, an amount equal to $5,000,000, (b) for the one-month period commencing on November 1^st and ending on November 30^th of each year, an amount equal to $10,000,000 and (c) for the period commencing on December 1^st of each year and ending on the date, if any, that the EBITDA Condition is satisfied prior to September 30 of the immediately following calendar year, an amount equal to $15,000,000.

“FILO Secured Parties” means, collectively, the FILO Agent and the FILO Lenders.

“FILO Standstill Period” means, with respect to a FILO Event of Default, the period commencing on the date of the Administrative Agent’s and Borrowers’ receipt of written notice from the FILO Agent that a FILO Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the FILO Agent is requesting the Administrative Agent to accelerate the FILO Obligations or otherwise commence the enforcement of remedies, and ending on the date that is (i) forty-five (45) days after receipt of such notice with respect to a FILO Event of Default arising under Section 8.01(a) and (ii) sixty (60) days after such receipt of such notice with respect to any other FILO Event of Default.

“Financial Officer” means, with respect to any Loan Party, the chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of such Loan Party.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Financial Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Financial Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

“First Amendment” means the First Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2012.

“First Lien Administrative Agent” means the “Administrative Agent” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Collateral Agent” means the “Collateral Agent” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Credit Agreement” means the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and with the terms hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the First Lien Lenders, the First Lien Administrative Agent and

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the First Lien Collateral Agent, including any replacement thereof entered into in connection with one or more Permitted Refinancings thereof.

“First Lien Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement and (ii) any “Loan Documents” (or alternative definition serving an equivalent purpose) in respect of any Incremental First Lien Term Loan or Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement).

“First Lien Loans” means the “Term Loans” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement and shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include Incremental First Lien Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement).

“Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.15(a)(i).

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Foreign Vendor” means a Person whose place of business is outside of the United States that sells In-Transit Inventory to the Borrower or Procurement Company.

“Fourth Amendment” means the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2015.

“Fourth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Amendment.

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

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

“Funded Debt” of any Person means Indebtedness of such Person that by its terms matures more than one (1) year after the date of its creation or matures within one (1) year from any date of determination but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one (1) year after such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one (1) year after such date.

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

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or Disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness).  The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.  The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantors” means, collectively, Holdings and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule I and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that shall be required to execute and deliver a guaranty or guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Guaranty” means, collectively, the Holdings Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranty.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, toxic mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon

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gas and infectious or medical wastes, and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated as “hazardous” or “toxic,” or as a “pollutant” or a “contaminant,” pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Hedge Bank” means any Person that (i) at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) is, as of the Closing Date, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Secured Hedge Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Secured Hedge Agreement.

“Holdings” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Holdings Guaranty” means the Holdings Guaranty made by Holdings in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1.

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

“ICC” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary designated as such by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing that meets all of the following criteria as of the date of the most recent balance sheet required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01: (a) the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of such date do not exceed an amount equal to 5.0% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; and (b) the revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for the fiscal quarter ending on such date do not exceed an amount equal to 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that (x) the aggregate assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries and their Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of such date may not exceed an amount equal to 10.0% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; and (y) the aggregate revenues of all Immaterial Subsidiaries and their Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for the fiscal quarter ending on such date may not exceed an amount equal to 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

“Impacted Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).

“Impositions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

“Increased Collateral Monitoring Trigger Event” means (a) so long as any amount in respect of the FILO Loans remains outstanding, the failure of the Borrower to maintain Availability, at any time, of at least the greater of (i) $105,000,000 and (ii) 30.0% of the Combined Loan Cap, and (b) when no amount in respect of the FILO Loans remains outstanding, the failure of the Borrower to maintain Availability, at any time, of at least 20.0% of the Loan Cap.

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

(a)        all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b)        the maximum amount of all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;

(c)        net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

(d)        all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (w) any purchase price adjustment pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, (x) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business, (y) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (z) expenses accrued in the ordinary course of business);

(e)        indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(f)        all Attributable Indebtedness;

(g)        all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and

(h)        all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing;

provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include Attributable Indebtedness, if any, arising out of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 7.05(e).

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.  The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.  The amount of Indebtedness of any Person that is non-recourse to such Person, for purposes of clause (e), shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.

“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.

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“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.08.

“Insolvency Increase Amount” means, during any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws, an amount equal to the result of (x) 5.00% of the sum of the Revolving Borrowing Base (calculated without giving effect to any FILO Seasonal Reserve), minus (y) any then outstanding Permitted Overadvances or Protective Advances made pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Maximum Revolving Insolvency Amount (subject to the limitations set forth therein), whether such Permitted Overadvance or Protective Advance is made prior to or during any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws; provided that such result shall not be less than zero.

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“Intellectual Property” means all present and future: trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information; trademarks, Internet domain names, service marks, trade dress, trade names, business names, designs, logos, slogans (and all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations of the foregoing), indicia and other source and/or business identifiers, all of the goodwill related thereto, and all registrations and applications for registrations thereof; works of authorship and other copyrighted works (including copyrights for computer programs), and all registrations and applications for registrations thereof; inventions (whether or not patentable) and all improvements thereto; patents and patent applications, together with all continuances, continuations, divisions, revisions, extensions, reissuances, and reexaminations thereof; industrial design applications and registered industrial designs; books, records, writings, computer tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, computer software, source codes, object codes, executable code, data, databases and other physical manifestations, embodiments or incorporations of any of the foregoing; all other intellectual property; all rights to sue and recover at law or in equity for any past, present or future infringement, dilution or misappropriation, or other violation thereof; and all common law and other rights throughout the world in and to all of the foregoing.

“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means, collectively, the intellectual property security agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto together with each intellectual property security agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means the ABL/Termthat certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, betweenAugust 20, 2020, by and among the Administrative Agent and the Senior Notes Trustee, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and acknowledged and agreed to by the Borrower, Holdings and the other Guarantors, as it may be futher by the Loan Parties, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, replaced, restructured, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance withtherewith and this Agreement.

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the first (1^st) day after the end of calendar month and the Maturity Date.

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“Interest Payment Date for FILO Loans” means with respect to any FILO Loan, the first day of each calendar month.

“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or to the extent consented to by all Lenders, nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided, that:

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

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

(c)        no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

“In-Transit Inventory” means Inventory of the Borrower or Procurement Company which is in the possession of a common carrier and is in transit from a Foreign Vendor of the Borrower or Procurement Company from a location outside of the continental United States to a location of the Borrower or Procurement Company that is within the continental United States.

“Inventory” has the meaning given that term in the Uniform Commercial Code, and shall also include, without limitation, all: (a) goods which (i) are leased by a Person as lessor, (ii) are held by a Person for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service, (iii) are furnished by a Person under a contract of service, or (iv) consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a business; (b) goods of said description in transit; (c) goods of said description which are returned, repossessed or rejected; and (d) packaging, advertising, and shipping materials related to any of the foregoing.

“Inventory Reserves” means, without duplication of any other Reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria or in the determination of Appraised Value, such Reserves as may be established from time to time by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion with respect to the determination of the saleability, at retail, of the Eligible Inventory, or which reflect such other factors as affect the market value of the Eligible Inventory or which reflect claims and liabilities that the Administrative Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon the Inventory. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Inventory Reserves may, in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion, include (but are not limited to) Reserves based on:

(a)        obsolescence;

(b)        seasonality;

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(c)        shrink;Shrink;

(d)        imbalance;

(e)        change in Inventory character;

(f)        change in Inventory composition;

(g)        change in Inventory mix;

(h)        mark-downs (both permanent and point of sale);

(i)         retail mark-ons and mark-ups inconsistent with prior period practice and performance, industry standards, current business plans or advertising calendar and planned advertising events;

(j)         out-of-date and/or expired Inventory; and

(k)        seller’s reclamation or repossession rights under any Debtor Relief Laws.

The amount of any Inventory Reserve established by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter which is the basis for such Inventory Reserve.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor incurs debt of the type referred to in clause (h) of the definition of “Indebtedness” set forth in this Section 1.01 in respect of such Person, (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person, or (d) the Disposition of any property for less than the fair market value thereof (other than Dispositions under Sections 7.05(d), (g) and (i)).  For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

“IP Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16.

“IP Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

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“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

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

“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement, in substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

“Joint Venture” means (a) any Person which would constitute an “equity method investee” of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (b) any Person in whom the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries beneficially owns any Equity Interest that is not a Subsidiary.

“Junior Financing” has the meaning specified in Section 7.14(a).

“Junior Financing Documentation” means the documentation governing any Junior Financing.

“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.

“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.

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

“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America and each other Lender reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that agrees to issue Letters of Credit pursuant hereto, in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.  For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Commitment hereunder at such time.

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

“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.

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

“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.  A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit (including, without limitation, Bankers’ Acceptances) or a standby letter of credit.

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

“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Latest Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $50,000,000.  The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.

“LIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of Eurodollar Rate.

“LIBOR Screen Rate” means the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).

“LIBOR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(c).

“LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definition of Base Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative

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Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).

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

“Liquidation” means the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent of those rights and remedies accorded to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents and applicable Laws as a creditor of the Loan Parties with respect to the realization on the Collateral, including (after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default) the conduct by the Loan Parties acting with the consent of the Administrative Agent, of any public, private or “going-out-of-business”, “store closing” or other similar sale or any other disposition of the Collateral for the purpose of liquidating the Collateral.  Derivations of the word “Liquidation” (such as “Liquidate”) are used with like meaning in this Agreement.

“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article 2, including in the form of a Revolving Credit Loan, a Swing Line Loan or a FILO Loan.

“Loan Cap” means, at any time of determination, the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments at such time and (ii) the Revolving Borrowing Base at such time.

“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (a) for purposes of this Agreement and the Notes and any amendment, supplement or other modification hereof or thereof and for all other purposes other than for purposes of the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes, (iii) the Guaranty, (iv) the Collateral Documents, (v) the Fee Letter, (vi) the Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) all Borrowing Base Certificates, (viii) the Credit Card Notifications, (ix) all Compliance Certificates, and (x) the FILO Fee Letter and (b) for purposes of the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes, (iii) the Guaranty, (iv) the Collateral Documents, (v) the Fee Letter, (vi) the Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) all Borrowing Base Certificates, (viii) the Credit Card Notifications, (ix) all Compliance Certificates, (x) the FILO Fee Letter, (xi) each Secured Bank Product Agreement, (xii) each Secured Cash Management Agreement, and (xiii) each Secured Hedge Agreement.

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.

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

“Management Agreement” means that certain Management Agreement, dated as October 5, 2011, by and among GRD Holding I Corporation, AEA Investors LP, Three Cities Research, Inc. and Knowles Holdings LLCone or more management services or consulting services agreements, entered into between the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company or any Restricted Subsidiary and the Sponsor and any other beneficial owner in the equity in the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, as amended, supplemented or otherwise

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modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, but only to the extent that such amendment, supplement or modification (i) does not increase the obligations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiariesthe Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company or any Restricted Subsidiary to make payments thereunder from the obligations under that certain Management Agreement, dated as October 5, 2011, by and among GRD Holding I Corporation, AEA Investors LP, Three Cities Research, Inc. and Knowles Holdings LLC and (ii) is otherwise permitted under the terms of the Loan Documents.

“Management Investor” means any Person who is a director, officer or otherwise a member of management of Holdings on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date.

“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract”.

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their respective payment obligations under any Loan Document to which the Borrower or any of the Loan Parties is a party or (c) a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Lenders under any Loan Document.

“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the earliestearlier of (i) July 27, 2022,August 28, 2025 and (ii) the date of termination in whole of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06(a) or Section 8.02, and (iii) the date that is ninety-one (91) days prior to the maturity date (as such date may be extended) of the First Lien Loans unless the First Lien Loans have been defeased, repaid, repurchased, or refinanced pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing prior to such date (and as a result of such Permitted Refinancing, the maturity date of the First Lien Loans is at least ninety-one (91) days after July 27, 2022) and (b) with respect to the FILO Facility, the earlier of (i) the date provided by the immediately preceding clause (a) as in effect from time to time and (ii) July 27, 2022.

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.10.

“Maximum Revolving Insolvency Amount” means an amount equal to the sum of (a) the result of (i) the Revolving Borrowing Base (calculated without giving effect to any FILO Deficiency Reserve), plus (ii) the FILO Borrowing Base, minus (iii) the sum of (x) the amount of Availability required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.11, and (y) the Total FILO Outstandings, plus (b) without duplication, Permitted Overadvances and/or Protective Advances that satisfy the requirements contained in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (b) of each such definition (subject to the aggregate caps set forth in clause (b) of each such definition), plus (c) in addition to the Permitted Overadvances and Protective Advances described in clause (b) above, without duplication, Permitted Overadvances and/or Protective Advances in an aggregate amount up to the sum of (x) an amount up to the aggregate amount equal to payroll of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries for a two-week period, (y) an additional amount not to exceed $1,500,000 solely to the extent used to fund payroll of the Loan Parties and (z) an amount equal to one months’ rent and charges at all of the Loan Parties’ leased distribution centers and third party warehouse and bailee locations, plus (d) all then outstanding Unintentional Overadvances, plus (e) the Insolvency Increase Amount, plus (f) Revolving Credit Loans (including loans made pursuant to a DIP

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Financing that is a Conforming DIP) to fund the Carve Out; provided that the agent under such DIP Financing shall implement, and maintain, at all times, a borrowing base reserve in the full amount of the applicable Carve Out (as calculated from time to time during such proceeding).

“Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed twelve (12) fiscal months (or, if only quarterly financial statements are then required to be delivered, on a rolling four (4) quarter basis) of the Borrower Parties for which financial statements have been or, if a Default under Section 6.01 then exists, were required to have been, delivered.

“MLPFS” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and its successors.

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

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA and to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five (5) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two (2) or more contributing sponsors (including a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates) at least two (2) of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Sections 4063 and 4064 of ERISA.

“Ninth Amendment” means that certain Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2020.

“Ninth Amendment Effective Date” means August 28, 2020.

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(d).

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

“Note” means a Revolving Credit Note or a FILO Note, as applicable.

“NPL” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.

“Obligations” means, collectively, the Revolving Obligations and the FILO Obligations.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, the Obligations shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligation.

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

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applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

“Other Equity” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(l).

“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).

“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans ((including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date); (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date; and (c) with respect to the FILO Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments thereof.

“Overadvance” means any extension of credit hereunder (whether in the form of a Credit Extension, or advance made by the Administrative Agent), to the extent that, immediately after its having been made (or deemed made), Availability is less than zero (or, solely, for purposes of determining the existence of a Protective Advance or Unintentional Overadvance, any such Credit Extension, advance, or providing of credit support resulting in Availability being less than the amount required pursuant to Section 7.11).

“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).

“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(h).

“PATRIOT Act” has the meaning specified in Section 10.22.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as amended.

“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained,

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sponsored or contributed to by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (or to which any such party would be deemed to be a “contributing sponsor” or “employer” if such plan were terminated) and which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA.

“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(i).

“Permitted Discretion” means the commercially reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent exercised in good faith in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions.  In exercising such judgment, the Administrative Agent may consider any factors which it reasonably determines: (a) with respect to any Collateral issues, will or reasonably could be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the value of the Collateral, the enforceability or priority of the Administrative Agent’s Liens thereon or the amount which the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the L/C Issuer would be likely to receive (after giving consideration to delays in payment and costs of enforcement) in the liquidation of such Collateral, (b) is evidence that any collateral report or financial information delivered to the Administrative Agent by any Person on behalf of the applicable Borrower is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect, or (c) creates or reasonably could be expected to create a Default or Event of Default.  In exercising such judgment, the Administrative Agent may also consider, without duplication, such factors already included in or tested by the definitions of Eligible Inventory or Eligible Credit Card Receivables, as well as any of the following: (i) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in demand for, pricing of, or product mix of Inventory; (ii) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in any concentration of risk with respect to Accounts or Credit Card Receivables; (iii) any other factors or circumstances that will or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) any other factors arising after the Closing Date that change in any material respect the credit risk of lending to the Borrowers on the security of the Collateral.

“Permitted Equity Issuance” means any sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings, the proceeds of which are contributed to the common equity of the Borrower.

“Permitted Holders” means (a) the Sponsor, Three Cities and the management of the Company(b) the Management Investors; provided that in no event shall management of the CompanyManagement Investors, when taken together, be treated as Permitted Holders with respect to more than fifteentwenty percent (1520%) of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of Holdings or with respect to their ability to designate, or to vote or direct the voting of securities having the power to elect, more than fifteentwenty percent (1520%) of the board of directors of Holdings, and (c) subject to the Administrative Agent’s and each Lender’s completion (and satisfactory review) of all applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering diligence, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation diligence, (i) any Person (each, a “Successor Holding Company”) that has no material assets other than the Equity Interests of Holdings and, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires 100% of the total voting power of the voting Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent holding company, and of which no other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended, or any successor provision), other than any Permitted Holder specified in clause (a) above, holds more than 49% of the total voting

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power of the voting Equity Interests thereof; provided that any such Successor Holding Company or each Subsidiary thereof that owns the Equity Interests of Holdings shall be joined as a Guarantor hereunder and shall also be deemed to be “Holdings” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) [reserved] and (iii) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended, or any successor provision) the members of which include any Permitted Holder specified in clauses (a)or (b) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the voting Equity Interests of Holdings or any Permitted Holder specified in clause (i) above (a “Permitted Holder Group”), so long as no Person or other “group” (other than any Permitted Holders specified in clauses (a) or (b) above (subject in the case of clause (b) above, to the limitations set forth therein)) beneficially owns more than 49% on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests held by the Permitted Holder Group.  Any Person or group, together with its Affiliates, whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer (as defined in the Senior Notes Indenture) is made in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Notes Indenture will thereafter constitute an additional Permitted Holder, provided that all Secured Obligations shall be paid in full in cash and all commitments of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder shall be terminated substantially contemporaneously in connection with the occurrence of such Change of Control.

“Permitted InvestorsHolder Group” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Permitted Holders.”

“Permitted Investor” means the Sponsor and Three Cities.

“Permitted Liens” means those Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01.

“Permitted Overadvance” means any Overadvance made (or deemed to exist) by the Administrative Agent, in its discretion, and which:

(a)        is made to:

(i)         maintain, protect or preserve the Collateral and/or the Secured Parties’ rights under the Loan Documents or which is otherwise for the benefit of the Secured Parties; or

(ii)       enhance the likelihood of, or to maximize the amount of, repayment of any Obligation; or

(iii)      is made to pay any other amount chargeable to any Loan Party hereunder; and

(b)        together with all other Permitted Overadvances then outstanding, shall not (i) exceed 5.00% of the Revolving Borrowing Base at any time or (ii) unless a Liquidation is occurring, remain outstanding for more than forty-five (45) consecutive Business Days;

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2.04 regarding the Revolving Credit Lenders’ obligations with respect to Swing Line Loans, or (ii) result in any claim or liability against the Administrative Agent (regardless of the amount of any Overadvance) for Unintentional Overadvances, and such Unintentional Overadvances shall not reduce the amount of Permitted Overadvances allowed hereunder, and further provided that in no event shall the Administrative Agent make an Overadvance, if after giving effect thereto, the principal amount of the Credit Extensions would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (as in effect prior to any termination of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 or 8.02).

“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended except by an amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest and a reasonable premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder; (b) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has (i) a final maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final maturity date of, and has the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended and (y) 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date, and (ii) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended; (c) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms as favorable in all material respects to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended; (d) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended Indebtedness are either (i) customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions  or (ii) not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set out in the foregoing clause (d), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period); provided that, in all events (including in the event such Permitted Refinancing pertains to Senior Secured Debt) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended Indebtedness, are not more restrictive as to the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents  and the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and other Secured Parties hereunder and thereunder, or as to the ABL Priority Collateral, than those set forth in the Term Loan FacilitiesSenior Notes Documents; (e) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being

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modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended; and (f) at the time thereof, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

“Permitted Store Closings” means sales or other dispositions of the Inventory not in the ordinary course of business in connection with Store closures (a) which Store closures do not exceed (i) in any fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, ten percent (10%) of the number of the Loan Parties’ Stores as of the beginning of such fiscal year (net of Store relocations and new Store openings) and (ii) in the aggregate from and after the Third Amendment Effective Date, twenty-five percent (25%) of the greater of (x) the number of the Loan Parties’ Stores in existence as of the Third Amendment Effective Date (net of Store relocations and new Store openings) and (y) the number of the Loan Parties’ Stores as of the beginning of any fiscal year beginning after the Third Amendment Effective Date (net of Store relocations and new Store openings) and (b) which sales of Inventory in connection with such Store closures shall, to the extent the Cost of such Inventory being sold (in any one transaction or series of related transactions) is in excess of $10,000,000, be in accordance with liquidation agreements and with professional liquidators reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Permitted Surviving Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(c).

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

“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or any such plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates on behalf of any of its employees.

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Pledged Debt” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“Pledged Interests” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“Procurement Company” means At Home Procurement Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, in respect of a Specified Transaction or incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions, that such Specified Transaction or incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions and the following transactions in connection therewith (to the extent applicable) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such covenant:  (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person, if any, subject to such Specified Transaction or incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all

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of the property and assets or business of any Person, or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests in a Person, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination.

“Pro Forma Excess Availability” shall mean, as of any date of calculation, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the transaction then to be consummated or payment to be made, Availability as of the date of such transaction or payment and for each of the sixty (60) days prior thereto.

“Pro Rata Share” means, (a) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth (9^th) decimal place, and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16), the numerator of which is the amount of the Revolving Commitments of such Revolving Credit Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments at such time; provided, that if the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, then the Pro Rata Share of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof and (b) in respect of the FILO Facility, with respect to any FILO Lender (i) on the Eighth Amendment Effective Date immediately prior to the making of the FILO Loans, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth (9^th) decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the FILO Commitments of such FILO Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the FILO Commitments of all FILO Lenders at such time and (ii) thereafter, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth (9^th) decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the FILO Loans of such FILO Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the FILO Commitments of all FILO Lenders at such time.  The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.  The Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined by the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

“Protective Advance” means any extension of credit hereunder (whether in the form of a Credit Extension, or advance made by the Administrative Agent) that is made (or deemed to exist) by the Administrative Agent, in its discretion, and which:

(a)        is made to:

(i)         maintain, protect or preserve the Collateral and/or the Secured Parties’ rights under the Loan Documents or which is otherwise for the benefit of the Secured Parties; or

(ii)       enhance the likelihood of, or to maximize the amount of, repayment of any Obligation; or

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(iii)      is made to pay any other amount chargeable to any Loan Party hereunder; and

(b)        together with all other Protective Advances then outstanding, shall not (i) exceed, at any time, the result of (A) 5.00% of the Revolving Borrowing Base (calculated without giving effect to any FILO Seasonal Reserve), minus (B) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Permitted Overadvances at such time or (ii) unless a Liquidation is occurring, remain outstanding for more than forty-five (45) consecutive Business Days, unless in each case, the Required Lenders otherwise agree;

provided that the foregoing shall not (i) modify or abrogate any of the provisions of Section 2.03 regarding the Revolving Credit Lenders’ obligations with respect to Letters of Credit or Section 2.04 regarding the Revolving Credit Lenders’ obligations with respect to Swing Line Loans, or (ii) result in any claim or liability against the Administrative Agent (regardless of the amount of any Overadvance) for Unintentional Overadvances, and such Unintentional Overadvances shall not reduce the amount of Protective Advances allowed hereunder.

“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Purchase Option Event” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01-B(a).

“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means in respect of any obligation under any Secured Hedge Agreement, each Guarantor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant guaranty, keepwell, or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such obligation under such Secured Hedge Agreement or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” 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 thereof) promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“Qualified Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests of such Person that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.

“Recovery” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.08.

“Refinancing” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(c).

“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(c).

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

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“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the purpose of recommending a benchmark rate to replace LIBOR in loan agreements similar to this Agreement.

“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived, with respect to a Pension Plan.

“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

“Required FILO Lenders” means, as of any date of determination FILO Lenders holding more than 50% of the Outstanding Amount of the FILO Loans; provided, that the portion of the Total FILO Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required FILO Lenders.

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, at least two unaffiliated Lenders (if there is more than one Lender) having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) unless terminated, the aggregate unused Commitments; provided, that the unused Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, at least two unaffiliated Revolving Credit Lenders (if there is more than one Revolving Credit Lender) having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Revolving Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) unless terminated, the aggregate unused Revolving Commitments; provided, that the unused Revolving Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Credit Lenders.

“Required Supermajority Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, at least two unaffiliated Lenders (if there is more than one Lender) having more than 66⅔% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) unless terminated, the aggregate unused Commitments; provided, that the unused Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Supermajority Lenders.

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“Reserves” means all (if any) Inventory Reserves and Availability Reserves.

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

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, or Financial Officer of a Loan Party and, solely for the purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates from time to time, any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party, and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article 2, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of any Person, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Person’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).

“Restricted Payment Conditions” means, at the time of determination, with respect to any Restricted Payment subject to the Restricted Payment Conditions, the requirements that: (a) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of the making of such payment, (b) after giving effect to such payment, (i) Pro Forma Excess Availability shall be equal to or greater than 15.0% of the Combined Loan Cap and (ii) if the Pro Forma Excess Availability is less than 20.0% of the Combined Loan Cap, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as determined on a Pro-Forma Basis for the twelve (12) fiscal months (or, if only quarterly financial statements are then required to be delivered, on a rolling four (4) quarter basis) preceding such payment, is equal to or greater than 1.00:1.00.  Prior to undertaking any Restricted Payment which is subject to the Restricted Payment Conditions, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower evidencing satisfaction of the conditions contained in clause (b) above, if applicable, on a basis (including, without limitation, giving due consideration to results for prior periods) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in good faith (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Revolving Borrowing Base” means, at any time of calculation, an amount equal to:

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(b)        the Cost of Eligible Inventory, net of Inventory Reserves, multiplied by the product of (i) the Appraisal Percentage multiplied by (ii) the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory;

plus

(c)        at any time other than during a Cash Dominion Trigger Period, the lesser of (x) 100% of Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral and (y) $20,000,000;

minus

(d)        the FILO Deficiency Reserve;

minus

(e)        the FILO Seasonal Reserve in effect at such time;

minus

(f)        without duplication, the then amount of all Availability Reserves.

The Revolving Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent and the FILO Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(c), as adjusted to give effect to any Reserves, any FILO Deficiency Reserve or any FILO Seasonal Reserve, in each case, implemented or modified following such delivery.

“Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01(a)(i) under the caption “Revolving Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the revolving credit facility provided in this Agreement for the making of Revolving Credit Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount equal to the Aggregate Revolving Commitments at such time.

“Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).

“Revolving Credit Lenders” means Lenders holding Revolving Commitments and/or Revolving Credit Loans.

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“Revolving Credit Loan” means any portion of an advance made hereunder by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i), for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any FILO Loan.

“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1, in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender, evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrower.

“Revolving Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Revolving Credit Loan, Letter of Credit, Secured Bank Product Agreement, Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge 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, expense reimbursement, indemnities and other charges that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees, expense reimbursement, indemnities and other charges are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Revolving Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Loan Documents) include (a) the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, L/C Borrowings, Letter of Credit commissions, charges, expenses, fees, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiary to any Revolving Secured Party under any Loan Document, including commissions, charges, expenses, fees, indemnities and other amounts that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such commissions, charges, expenses, fees, indemnities and other amounts are allowed claims in such proceeding and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Revolving Secured Party, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, the Loan Documents.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, the Revolving Obligations shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligation.

“Revolving Purchase Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01-B(a).

“Revolving Purchase Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01-B(a).

“Revolving Purchasing Creditors” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01-B(a).

“Revolving Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Hedge Banks, the Bank Product Providers, the Cash Management Banks and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.01(d).

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.

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“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.

“Sanctioned Country” means at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions.

“Sanctioned Person” means at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person majority-owned or otherwise controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

“Sanctions” means all 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 the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.

“Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(c)(ii).

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

“Second Amendment” means Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 24, 2013.

“Second Lien Administrative Agent” means the “Administrative Agent” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“Second Lien Collateral Agent” means the “Collateral Agent” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“Second Lien Credit Agreement” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and with the terms hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Second Lien Lenders, the Second Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, including any replacement thereof entered into in connection with one or more Permitted Refinancings thereof.  As of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, the Loan Parties confirm that the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the commitments thereunder have been terminated and all Second Lien Loans and all other obligations thereunder have been repaid in full in cash.

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“Second Lien Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (ii) any “Loan Documents” (or alternative definition serving an equivalent purpose) in respect of any Incremental Second Lien Term Loan or Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).  As of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, all Second Lien Loan Documents have been terminated and all obligations thereunder have been repaid in full in cash.

“Second Lien Loans” means the “Term Loans” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include Incremental Second Lien Term Loans (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).  As of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, the Loan Parties confirm that all Second Lien Loans have been repaid in full in cash.

“Secured Bank Product Agreement” means any Bank Product Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party (or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party) and any Bank Product Provider.

“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party (or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party) and any Cash Management Bank.

“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted under Article 7 that is entered into by and between any Loan Party (or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party) and any Hedge Bank.

“Secured Net Leverage Ratio” has the meaning specified in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.

“Secured Obligations” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Revolving Secured Parties and the FILO Secured Parties.  Where reference is made to the applicable Secured Parties, such reference shall mean, as the context requires, the Revolving Secured Parties or the FILO Secured Parties.

“Security Agreement” means, collectively, the Security Agreement dated the date hereof executed by the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, together with each other security agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“Sellers” as defined in the Preliminary Statements to this Agreement.

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“Senior Facilities” means the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility².Notes” means, collectively, any senior notes or senior secured notes issued by the Senior Notes Issuer, in favor of the holders thereof pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture.

“Senior Notes Debt” means the Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary under the Senior Notes Documents; provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $275,000,000.

“Senior Notes Documents” means, collectively, (a) the Senior Notes Indenture, (b) the Senior Notes, (c) any offering memorandum relating to the Senior Notes, (d) the purchase agreement relating to the Senior Notes, (e) each Senior Notes Security Document, (f) the Guarantees in respect of the Senior Notes Debt and (g) the other documents, instruments or agreement entered into in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced in accordance therewith and with this Agreement.

“Senior Notes Indenture” means any indenture by and among the Senior Notes Issuer, the other Loan Parties party thereto as guarantors and the Senior Notes Trustee, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or replaced in accordance therewith and with this Agreement, pursuant to which the Senior Notes shall be issued.

“Senior Notes Issuer” means, collectively, the Borrower, in its capacity as the issuer of Senior Notes.

“Senior Notes Security Documents” means, collectively, any security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, control agreements, guarantees, notes and any other documents or instruments now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Loan Party to secure any Senior Notes Debt or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or replaced in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Senior Notes Trustee” means the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent and/or similar agent under the Senior Notes Indenture and the other Senior Notes Documents, together with any of their respective successors or assigns in such capacities.

“Senior Secured Debt” means Indebtedness that is either unsecured or secured by Senior Secured Debt Liens; provided that (Aa) (1i) unless such Senior Secured Debt is incurred in the form of secured term loans on terms customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions, the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Latest Maturity Date (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) and (2ii) the covenants, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of such Indebtedness are customary for similar senior secured debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions (it being understood that, unless such Senior Secured Debt is incurred

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in the form of secured term loans on terms customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions, such Indebtedness shall not include any financial maintenance covenants that are more restrictive than the provisions of this Agreement) and in any event, when taken as a whole (other than interest rate, fees, other economic terms, prepayment terms and redemption premiums), (x) are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those set forth in the Term Loan FacilitySenior Notes Documents (unless such Senior Secured Debt is incurred in the form of secured term loans on terms customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions) and (y) are not more restrictive as to the terms of this Agreement (except, in the case of Senior Secured Debt that is incurred in the form of secured term loans, financial maintenance covenants customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions) and the other Loan Documents and the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and other Secured Parties hereunder and thereunder, or as to the ABL Priority Collateral, than those set forth in the Term Loan FacilitySenior Notes Documents (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set out in the foregoing clause (2ii), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period); and (Bb) immediately before and immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

“Senior Secured Debt Documents” means, collectively, (a) the indenture or credit agreement governing any Senior Secured Debt, (b) the Guarantees in respect of the Senior Secured Debt and (c) the other documents, instruments or agreement entered into in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced in accordance therewith and with this Agreement.

“Senior Secured Debt Liens” means Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness that constitutes Senior Secured Debt, which Liens are either junior or pari passu to the Lien of the First Lien Administrative AgentSenior Noted Trustee on the Collateral (and which are junior and subordinate to the Lien of the Administrative Agent with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral),; provided that such Liens are granted under security documents to a collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of such indebtedness and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or another customary intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and that is entered into between the Administrative Agent (as collateral agent for the Lenders), such other collateral agent and the Loan Parties and which provides for lien sharing and for the junior or pari passu treatment of such Liens with the Liens securing the Obligations, as applicable.

“Settlement Date” has the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

“Seventh Amendment” means the Seventh Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2017.

“Seventh Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Seventh Amendment.

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“Shrink” means Inventory which has been lost, misplaced, stolen, or is otherwise unaccounted for.

“SOFR” with respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website and that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.

“SOFR-Based Rate” means SOFR or Term SOFR.

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital.  The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“Specified Incurrence Conditions” means, at the time of determination, with respect to any incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions, the requirements that: (a) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (b) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (i) Pro Forma Excess Availability shall be equal to or greater than 12.5% of the Combined Loan Cap and (ii) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as determined on a Pro-Forma Basis for the twelve (12) fiscal months (or, if only quarterly financial statements are then required to be delivered, on a rolling four (4) quarter basis) preceding such transaction or payment, is equal to or greater than 1.00:1.00.  Prior to undertaking any incurrence of Indebtedness which is subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower evidencing satisfaction of the conditions contained in clause (b) above, if applicable, on a basis (including, without limitation, giving due consideration to results for prior periods) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in good faith (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

“Specified Release Paragraph” has the meaning provided in Section 10.01-A.

“Specified Transaction” means any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (other than for working capital purposes) or Investment that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary, any Permitted Acquisition or any Disposition that results in a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower, any Investment constituting an acquisition of assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of another Person or any Disposition of a business unit, line of business or division of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case whether by merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise or any material restructuring of the Borrower

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or implementation of initiative not in the ordinary course of business and described in reasonable detail in the officer’s certificate of the Borrower that, by the terms of this Agreement, requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be tested on a “Pro Forma Basis” or after giving “Pro Forma Effect”.

“Specified Transaction Conditions” means, at the time of determination, with respect to any specified transaction or payment that is subject to the Specified Transaction Conditions, the requirements that: (a) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of entering into such transaction or the making of such payment, and (b) after giving effect to such transaction or payment, (i) Pro Forma Excess Availability shall be equal to or greater than 12.5% of the Combined Loan Cap and (ii) if the Pro Forma Excess Availability is less than 17.5% of the Combined Loan Cap, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as determined on a Pro-Forma Basis for the twelve (12) fiscal months (or, if only quarterly financial statements are then required to be delivered, on a rolling four (4) quarter basis) preceding such transaction or payment, is equal to or greater than 1.00:1.00.  Prior to undertaking any transaction or payment which is subject to the Specified Transaction Conditions, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower evidencing satisfaction of the conditions contained in clause (b) above, if applicable, on a basis (including, without limitation, giving due consideration to results for prior periods) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in good faith (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

“Sponsor” means, collectively, as of the Closing Date (i) AEA Investors LP, and its affiliates and associated funds of each such Person listed in this clause (i), (ii) Starr Investment Fund II, LLC, and affiliates and associated funds of each such Person listed in this clause (ii), and (iii) SPH GRD Holdings, LLC, and affiliates and associated funds of each such Person listed in this clause (iii), other than (x), other than any portfolio company of any of the foregoing or (y) any Debt Fund Affiliate (as defined in the Term Loan Facilities as in effect on the date hereof) of any of the foregoing.

“Store” means any retail Store (which may include any real property, fixtures, equipment, Inventory and other property related thereto) operated, or to be operated, by any Loan Party.

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

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means, collectively, the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are Guarantors.

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substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2, together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Supplemental Administrative Agent” has the meaning provided in Section 9.14(a).

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

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

“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.

“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower..

“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $20,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Commitments.  The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Commitments.

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“Syndication Agent” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent under the Loan Documents.

“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease.

“Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).

“Term Loan Agents” means, collectively, the  First Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, each individually, a “Term Loan Agent”.

“Term Loan Documents” means, collectively, the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents, or any documents governing the Permitted Refinancing of a Term Loan Facility, and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any obligations in connection therewith, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any such obligations, together with any amendments, replacements, modifications, extensions, renewals or supplements to, or restatements of, any of the foregoing in accordance with the terms hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Term Loan Facilities” means, collectively, the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement, each individually, a “Term Loan Facility”.

“Term Loans” means, collectively, the First Lien Loans and the Second Lien Loans, each individually, a “Term Loan”.

“Term SOFR” means the forward-looking term rate for any period that is approximately (as determined by the Administrative Agent”) as long as any of the Interest Period options set forth in the definition of “Interest Period” and that is based on SOFR and that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body, in each case as published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion.

“Third Amendment” means the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2014.

“Third Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Third Amendment.

“Three Cities” means Three Cities Research, Inc., and its affiliates and associated funds.

“Threshold Amount” means $20,000,000.

“Total FILO Outstandings” means, at any time of determination, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all FILO Loans.

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“Total Revolving Outstandings” means, at any time of determination, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.

“Transaction” means, collectively, (i) the Acquisition, (ii) the Equity Contribution, (iii) the Refinancing and (iv) the payment of all fees, premiums and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

“Unfinanced Capital Expenditures” means Capital Expenditures other than those made, as permitted hereunder, through (i) any purchase money financing or other financing secured by real properties (other than from Credit Extensions hereunder), (ii) capital lease transactions, (iii) equity contributions, (iv) the proceeds of any casualty insurance, condemnation or eminent domain, (v) the proceeds of any sale of assets (in the case of each of (iv) and (v), other than Inventory, Accounts and Credit Card Receivables), or (vi) the proceeds of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction; provided that, in the case of (iv) through (vi), such proceeds are applied within twelve (12) months after the receipt thereof.

“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.

“Unintentional Overadvance” means an Overadvance, which, to the Administrative Agent’s knowledge, did not constitute an Overadvance when made but which has become an Overadvance resulting from changed circumstances beyond the control of the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, (a) a reduction in the Appraised Value of property or assets included in the Revolving Borrowing Base or the FILO Borrowing Base, (b) components of the Revolving Borrowing Base or the FILO Borrowing Base on any date thereafter being deemed ineligible, (c) the imposition of, or increase in, any Reserve, the FILO Deficiency Reserve or the FILO Seasonal Reserve or a reduction in advance rates after the funding of any Loan or advance or the issuance, renewal or amendment of a Letter of Credit, (d) the return of uncollected checks or other items of payment applied to the reduction of Loans or other similar involuntary or unintentional actions, or (e) any misrepresentation by the Loan Parties.

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

“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and so long as (a) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.11, (c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Borrower or any of its

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Restricted Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 7.02, (d) without duplication of clause (c), any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 7.02, (e) such Subsidiary shall have been or will promptly be designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under the Term Loan Facilities and allSenior Notes Documents and the Senior Secured Debt Documents (and including, in each case, any documentation in respect of any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof) and (f) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (a) through (e), and containing the calculations and information required by the preceding clause (b), and (2) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.  The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Redesignation”); provided, that (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such Subsidiary Redesignation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.11 and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) and (ii), and containing the calculations and information required by the preceding clause (ii); provided, further, that no Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Subsidiary Redesignation may again be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to 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.

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

“U.S. Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.15(b).

“U.S. Tax Law Change” means, as applied in respect of any Lender or Agent, as the case may be, the occurrence after the date it first became a party to this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by means of assignment) of the enactment of any applicable United States federal tax law or promulgation of any United States Treasury regulation or the entry into force, revocation or change or modification of any income tax convention to which the United States is a party, or change in the administrative application or administrative or judicial interpretation of any of the foregoing.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:  (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number

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of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

“wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

“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 UK Financial 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 1.02.       Other Interpretive Provisions.  With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a)          The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b)          (i)           The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(ii)          Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.

(iii)         The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

(iv)         The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

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

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

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Section 1.03.        Accounting Terms.

(a)          All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, as in effect for the period to which the Audited Financial Statements relate, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

(b)          If at any time any change in GAAP or the application thereof would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP or the application thereof (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided, that (A) no such amendment may be requested by the Required Lenders in connection with the adoption or issuance of any accounting standards after the Closing Date that may result in the reclassification, in whole or in part, of leases that were treated as operating leases on the Closing Date into Capitalized Leases and (B) until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP or the application thereof prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP or the application thereof.

Section 1.04.        Rounding.  Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one (1) place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

Section 1.05.        References to Agreements and Laws.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

Section 1.06.        Times of Day.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

Section 1.07.        Timing of Payment or Performance.  When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as specifically provided in Section 2.12 or as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

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Section 1.08.        Currency Equivalents Generally.  Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles 2, 9 and 10) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount to be determined at the rate of exchange quoted by Bank of America at the Administrative Agent’s Office at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding any date of determination thereof, to prime banks in New York, New York for the spot purchase in the New York foreign exchange market of such amount in Dollars with such other currency.

Section 1.09.        Letter of Credit Amounts.  Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one (1) or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit 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 such time.

Section 1.10.       Interest Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” or with respect to any rate that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any of such rate (including, without limitation, any LIBOR Successor Rate) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes.

Section 1.11.        Divisions.  For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any Division: (a) if as a result of such Division 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 as a result of such Division 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 2

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Section 2.01.        Credit Facilities; Reserves.

(a)          The Credit Facilities.

(i)           Revolving Credit Facility.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make revolving loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided that each of the applicable Credit Extension Conditions shall be satisfied after giving effect to any such Revolving Credit Loans.  Within the limits of each Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01.  Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

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(ii)          FILO Facility.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each FILO Lender severally agrees to make a term loan to the Borrowers (such loans, collectively, “FILO Loans”) on the Eighth Amendment Effective Date in an amount equal to such FILO Lender’s FILO Commitment; provided that, after giving effect to any such FILO Loans, (A) each of the applicable Credit Extension Conditions shall be satisfied and (B) the Total FILO Outstandings shall not exceed the FILO Borrowing Base, except to the extent a FILO Deficiency Reserve has been established in the amount of such excess.  Upon each applicable FILO Lender’s making of its portion of the FILO Loan on the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, the FILO Commitment of such FILO Lender shall be terminated.

(b)          The Administrative Agent shall have the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date in its Permitted Discretion to establish, modify or eliminate Reserves upon three (3) days’ prior notice to the Borrower (during which period the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss any such proposed Reserve with the Borrower to afford the Borrower an opportunity to take such action as may be required so that the event condition or circumstance that is a basis for such Reserve no longer exists in the manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion); provided that, during such three (3) day period, Credit Extensions hereunder shall be subject to the Borrowing Base as if such new or modified Reserves were given effect.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no such prior notice of Reserves shall be required for (A) changes to any Reserves resulting solely by virtue of mathematical calculations of the amount of the Reserve in accordance with the methodology of calculation previously utilized (such as, but not limited to, rent and Customer Credit Liabilities), or (B) any changes to Reserves during the continuance of any Event of Default or (C) the implementation of any FILO Loan Maturity Reserve, and (ii) subject to Section 9.15, the Administrative Agent shall implement and maintain the FILO Loan Maturity Reserve during any FILO Loan Maturity Reserve Period, and (iii) the Administrative Agent may not implement Reserves with respect to matters which are already specifically reflected as ineligible Credit Card Receivables or ineligible Inventory or criteria deducted in computing the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory.

Section 2.02.        Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

(a)          Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (Boston, Massachusetts time) (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion of Base Rate Loans to, or continuation of, Eurodollar Rate Loans, or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, (ii) on the day of any requested Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided that the Borrower shall deliver a notice to Administrative Agent in respect of the FILO Borrowing one (1) Business Day prior to the Eighth Amendment Effective Date (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) ; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Loans comprising Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (Boston,

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Massachusetts time) four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them.  Not later than 11:00 a.m. (Boston, Massachusetts time) three (3) Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all Lenders.  Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.  Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.  Except as provided in Section 2.03(c) and Section 2.04(c), each Borrowing of, or conversion to, Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $50,000 or a whole multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof.  Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Revolving Credit Borrowing or, on the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, the FILO Borrowing, a conversion of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.  If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Revolving Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans.  Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans.  If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swing Line Loan may not be converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

(b)          Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a).  In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than (i) with respect to any Base Rate Loans, 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice and (ii) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, in the case of the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower;

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provided, however, that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to any such Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, to the Borrower as provided above.

(c)          Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due under Section 3.05 in connection therewith.  During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.

(d)          The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

(e)          After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect.

(f)           The failure of any Lender to make any Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.

(g)          The Administrative Agent, without the request of the Borrower, may advance any interest, fee, service charge, expenses, or other payment to which any Secured Party is entitled from the Loan Parties pursuant hereto or any other Loan Document and may charge the same to the account of the Borrower referenced in Section 2.11(a), notwithstanding that an Overadvance may result thereby.  The Administrative Agent shall advise the Borrower of any such advance or charge promptly after the making thereof.  Such action on the part of the Administrative Agent shall not constitute a waiver of the Administrative Agent’s rights and the Borrower’s obligations under Section 2.05(b)(ii).  Any amount which is added to the principal balance of the account of the Borrower as provided in this Section 2.02(g) shall bear interest at the interest rate then and thereafter applicable to Base Rate Loans.

(h)          The Administrative Agent, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer shall have no obligation to make any Loan or to provide any Letter of Credit if an Overadvance would result.  The Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, make Permitted Overadvances, including at any time that any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 has not been satisfied or waived, without the consent of the Borrower, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer and the Borrower and each such Lender and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer shall be bound thereby.  Any Permitted Overadvance may constitute a Swing Line Loan. A Permitted Overadvance is for the account of the Borrowers and shall constitute a Base

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Rate Loan and an Obligation and shall be repaid by the Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.05(b)(ii) and (iv).  The making of any such Permitted Overadvance on any one occasion shall not obligate the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender to make or permit any Permitted Overadvance on any other occasion or to permit such Permitted Overadvances to remain outstanding. The making by the Administrative Agent of a Permitted Overadvance shall not modify or abrogate any of the provisions of Section 2.03 regarding the Revolving Credit Lenders’ obligations to purchase participations with respect to Letter of Credits or of Section 2.04 regarding the Revolving Credit Lenders’ obligations to purchase participations with respect to Swing Line Loans.  The Administrative Agent shall have no liability for, and no Loan Party or Secured Party shall have the right to, or shall, bring any claim of any kind whatsoever against the Administrative Agent with respect to Unintentional Overadvances regardless of the amount of any such Overadvance(s).  Upon the making of a Permitted Overadvance by the Administrative Agent (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default), each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, unconditionally and irrevocably to have purchased from the Administrative Agent without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Permitted Overadvance in proportion to its Pro Rata Share of such Permitted Overadvance.  From and after the date, if any, on which any Revolving Credit Lender is required to fund its participation in any Permitted Overadvance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Permitted Overadvance. At any time that the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 have been satisfied or waived, the Administrative Agent may request that the Revolving Credit Lenders make a Revolving Credit Loans to repay a Permitted Overadvance.  At any other time, the Administrative Agent may require the Revolving Credit Lenders to fund their risk participations in such Permitted Overadvances.

(i)           The Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, without duplication of Permitted Overadvances made pursuant to clause (h) above, make Protective Advances, including at any time that any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 has not been satisfied or waived, without the consent of the Borrower, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer and the Borrower and each Revolving Credit Lender shall be bound thereby.  Any Protective Advance may constitute a Swing Line Loan. A Protective Advance is for the account of the Borrowers and shall constitute a Base Rate Loan and an Obligation and shall be repaid by the Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.05(b)(ii) and (iv).  The making of any such Protective Advance on any one occasion shall not obligate the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender to make or permit any Protective Advance on any other occasion or to permit such Protective Advances to remain outstanding. The making by the Administrative Agent of a Protective Advance shall not modify or abrogate any of the provisions of Section 2.03 regarding the Revolving Credit Lenders’ obligations to purchase participations with respect to Letter of Credits or of Section 2.04 regarding the Revolving Credit Lenders’ obligations to purchase participations with respect to Swing Line Loans.  The Administrative Agent shall have no liability for, and no Loan Party or Secured Party shall have the right to, or shall, bring any claim of any kind whatsoever against the Administrative Agent with respect to Unintentional Overadvances regardless of the amount of any such Overadvance(s).  Upon the making of a Protective Advance by the Administrative Agent (whether before or after the occurrence of a

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Default), each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, unconditionally and irrevocably to have purchased from the Administrative Agent without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Protective Advance in proportion to its Pro Rata Share of such Protective Advance.  From and after the date, if any, on which any Revolving Credit Lender is required to fund its participation in any Protective Advance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Protective Advance. At any time that the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 have been satisfied or waived, the Administrative Agent may request that the Revolving Credit Lenders make a Revolving Credit Loans to repay a Protective Advance.  At any other time, the Administrative Agent may require the Revolving Credit Lenders to fund their risk participations in such Protective Advances.

(j)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all of the portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and such Lender.

Section 2.03.        Letters of Credit.

(a)          The Letter of Credit Commitment.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or the other Loan Parties and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or the other Loan Parties and any drawings thereunder; provided, that no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit if, as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension and after giving effect thereto, each of the applicable Credit Extension Conditions shall not be satisfied.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.  All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

(i)           No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A)         any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any

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Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which, in each case, such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B)         subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than (x) in the case of commercial letters of credit, one hundred and eighty (180) days and (y) in the case of standby Letters of Credit, twelve (12) months, in each case, after the date of issuance or last renewal, unless the L/C Issuer of such Letter of Credit has approved such expiry date;

(C)         the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless at the time of issuance, such Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof;

(D)         the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one (1) or more policies of such L/C Issuer; or

(E)          any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.

(ii)          No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

(iii)         Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article 9 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article 9 included each L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to each L/C Issuer.

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

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(i)           Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.  Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be.  In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer:  (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may reasonably request.  In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may reasonably request.

(ii)          Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Upon receipt by such L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or the other Loan Parties or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be.  Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

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Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C Issuer to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such renewal if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a)(ii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Nonrenewal Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to permit such renewal or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower that one (1) or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.

(iv)         Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also (A) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment, and (B) notify each Revolving Credit Lender of such issuance or amendment and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender's Pro Rata Share therein, and upon a specific request by any Revolving Credit Lender, furnish to such Lender a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c)          Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

(i)           Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof.  Within one (1) Business Day after the L/C Issuer notifies the Borrower of any payment by such L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such payment date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.  If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof.  In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice).  Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided, that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

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Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer.

(iii)         With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02  cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.  In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

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

(v)          Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02  (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice ).  No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi)         If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect and a rate reasonably determined by such L/C Issuer in accordance with

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banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any reasonable administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing.  If such Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be.  A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d)          Repayment of Participations.

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

(ii)          If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

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

(i)           any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(ii)          the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the applicable L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

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

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

(v)          any exchange, release or nonperfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit; or

(vi)         any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower.

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

(f)           Role of L/C Issuer.  Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.  None of the applicable L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the applicable L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application.  The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  None of the applicable L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of such L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against such L/C Issuer,

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and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the applicable L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and such L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

(g)          Applicability of ISP98 and UCP.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance) shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”) at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

(h)          Letter of Credit Fees.  The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate then in effect for Eurodollar Rate Loans with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility times the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit); provided, however, that any Letter of Credit fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Shares allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the L/C Issuer for its own account.  Such letter of credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears.  Such letter of credit fees shall be due and payable on the first (1^st) day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first (1^st) such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand.

(i)           Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to an L/C Issuer.  The Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee (i) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, at a rate to be separately agreed between the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (but in any event not to exceed 0.125% per annum), computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit, and payable upon the issuance thereof, (ii) with respect to any amendment of a commercial Letter of Credit increasing the stated

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amount of such Letter of Credit, at a rate to be separately agreed between the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer (but in any event not to exceed 0.125% per annum), computed on the amount of such increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such amendment, and (iii)  with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, at a rate to be separately agreed between the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (but in any event not to exceed 0.125% per annum), computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears.  Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the on the first (1^st) day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand.  For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09.  In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.  Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within five (5) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.

(j)           Conflict with Letter of Credit Application.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.

Section 2.04.        Swing Line Loans.

(a)          The Swing Line.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, may in its sole discretion make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that, after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, each of the applicable Credit Extension Conditions shall be satisfied; provided, further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04.  Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest only at a rate based on the Base Rate.  Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

(b)          Borrowing Procedures.  Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed

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promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.  Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one (1) or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article 4 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.

(c)          Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.

(i)           The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.  Such request may be made telephonically, so long as promptly followed by writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02.  The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.  Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

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

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(iii)         If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect and a rate reasonably determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any reasonable administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing.  If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s committed Loan included in the relevant committed Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be.  A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv)         Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02.  No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d)          Repayment of Participations.

(i)           At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

(ii)          If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate.  The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.

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The obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e)          Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender.  The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans.  Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

(f)           Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender.  The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

Section 2.05.        Prepayments.

(a)          Optional.

(i)           Revolving Credit Loans.  The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty (subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.05(a)(i)); provided that (1) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (Boston, Massachusetts time) (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) one (1) Business Day prior to the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; and (2) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of 500,000 in excess thereof; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding).  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Revolving Credit Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share).  If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.

(ii)          Swing Line Loans.  The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided, that (A) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (Boston, Massachusetts time) on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

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(iii)         FILO Loans.  Subject to satisfaction of the Specified Transaction Conditions with respect to any applicable prepayment, the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and the FILO Agent, from time to time voluntarily prepay FILO Loans; provided that (1) such written notice must be received by the Administrative Agent and the FILO Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (Boston, Massachusetts time) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of the FILO Loans and (2) any prepayment of FILO Loans shall be in a principal amount of at least $1,000,000.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment of FILO Loans.  The FILO Agent will promptly notify each FILO Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such FILO Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such FILO Lender’s Pro Rata Share).  If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, subject to compliance with the Specified Transaction Conditions. Each prepayment of FILO Loans permitted under this clause (iii) shall (x) be accompanied by the applicable FILO Prepayment Premium, if any, required by the FILO Fee Letter and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, and (y) be applied to reduce the scheduled repayments required pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii) in direct order of maturity.

(iv)         Recission of Certain Prepayment Notices.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under Section 2.05(a)(i), Section 2.05(a)(ii) or Section 2.05(a)(iii) if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of the Revolving Credit Facility, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.

(b)          Mandatory.

(i)           If for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time exceed the Loan Cap then in effect (other than as a result of a Permitted Overadvance or a Protective Advance), the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Credit Loans and Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Loan Cap then in effect.  In addition, prior to the termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the repayment in full of all Revolving Credit Loans, if at any time (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations is greater than zero and (ii) the Consolidated Cash Balance exceeds $35,000,000, then the Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days thereafter, use the amount of such excess, first, to prepay Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, and, second, upon the request of, and for so long as may be required by, the Administrative Agent, to Cash Collateralize the outstanding L/C Obligations.

(ii)          During a Cash Dominion Trigger Period, the Borrower shall prepay the Revolving Credit Loans and Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.15; and thereafter, prepay the outstanding principal amount of the FILO Loan (which prepayments of principal shall be applied in direct order of maturity).

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(iii)         Commencing on September 30, 2020, the principal amount of the FILO Loans shall be repaid on each of March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day), in equal quarterly installments of $875,000.  If not previously repaid or prepaid, the remaining Outstanding Amount of the FILO Loans shall be repaid in full on the Maturity Date with respect to the FILO Facility.

(iv)         Permitted Overadvances and Protective Advances shall be payable as provided in Section 2.05(b)(ii) and upon demand by the Administrative Agent.

(c)          Funding Losses, Etc.  All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be made together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurodollar Rate Loan pursuant to Section 3.05.  Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of Section 2.05(b), so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans is required to be made under Section 2.05(b)(i) and Section 2.05(b)(ii), other than on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder into a Cash Collateral Account until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i) and Section 2.05(b)(ii).  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of the outstanding Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i) and Section 2.05(b)(ii).

Section 2.06.        Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments.

(a)          Optional.  The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Revolving Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Revolving Commitments; provided, that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction and (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $2,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility.

(b)          Mandatory.  If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of unused Revolving Commitments under this Section 2.06, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.

(c)          Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the unused portions of the Revolving Commitments under this Section 2.06.  Upon any reduction of unused Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be reduced by

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such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which the Revolving Commitments are reduced (other than the termination of the Revolving Commitment of any Revolving Credit Lender as provided in Section 3.07).   All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

Section 2.07.   Repayment of Loans.

The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on such date.

Section 2.08.        Interest.

(a)          Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b) and Section 2.08(c), (x) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, plus (B) the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate, plus (B) the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate plus (B) the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans, and (y) each FILO Loan shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the FILO Rate, plus (ii) 9.00% per annum; provided that, if the FILO Agent cannot determine the FILO Rate as provided in Section 3.03, then such rate shall be a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Base Rate, plus (ii) 8.00% per annum. The FILO Rate for any monthly payment shall be determined on the first day of the calendar month for which such rate is applicable and will apply for the month then being paid.

(b)          The Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all overdue Obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, following the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01(f)) at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to (i) with respect to the Revolving Obligations, the Default Rate, and (ii) with respect to the FILO Obligations, the FILO Default Rate, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.  Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c)          During the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall, (x) effective upon notice from the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be given only upon instruction by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders), pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, and (y) effective upon notice from the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be given only upon instruction by the Required FILO Lenders), pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding FILO Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the FILO Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

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(d)          Interest on each Loan other than FILO Loans shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and in the case of FILO Loans, all accrued interest thereon shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for FILO Loans and, in each case, at such other times as may be specified herein.  All interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

Section 2.09.        Fees.  In addition to certain fees described in Section 2.03(h) and Section 2.03(i):

(a)          Commitment Fee.  The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, the Commitment Fee times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitments exceed the average Total Revolving Outstandings (excluding the principal amount of Swing Line Loans) for the immediately preceding quarter, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16.  The Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times from the date hereof until the Maturity Date, including at any time during which one (1) or more of the conditions in Article 4 is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the on the first (1^st) day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first (1^st) such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date.  The Commitment Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears.

(b)          Fee Letters.  The Borrower shall pay to (i) the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent, the fees specified in the Fee Letter and (ii) the FILO Agent, the fees specified in the FILO Fee Letter, in each case as and when payments of such fees is due as set forth therein and for the account of the parties specified therein.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

Section 2.10.        Computation of Interest and Fees.  All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) or three hundred and sixty-six (366) days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day year).  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided, that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

Section 2.11.        Evidence of Indebtedness.

(a)          The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one (1) or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one (1) or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103 1(c), as agent for the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the

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Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note payable to such Lender, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records.  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.  Upon receipt of an affidavit of a Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Lender’s Note and upon cancellation of such Note, the Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, upon receipt of an indemnity bond or a satisfactory indemnity agreement, a replacement Note in favor of such Lender, in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.

(b)          In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Revolving Credit Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, entries in the Register, evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Revolving Credit Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

(c)          Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and (b), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and (b), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided, that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 2.12.        Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.

(a)          General.  All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein, except that all payments of principal, interest, fees and premiums in respect of the FILO Loans shall be made to the FILO Agent for application to the FILO Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and which FILO Obligations shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, be invoiced by the FILO Agent. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to

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such Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.  If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

(b)          (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any reasonable administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.  If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.  Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

(ii)          Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or an L/C Issuer 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 L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer in immediately

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available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(c)          Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent.  If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article 2, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article 2 are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender on demand, without interest.

(d)          Obligations of the Lenders Several.  The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Revolving Credit Loans and FILO Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 9.07 are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 9.07 on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, or to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 9.07.

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

(f)           Insufficient Funds.  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal of Revolving Credit Loans, FILO Loans, L/C Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.

(g)          Unallocated Funds.  If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Advances outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.

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Section 2.13.        Sharing of Payments.  If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans funded by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans funded by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing  Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon.  The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.  The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.  For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.15 or to the assignments and participations described in Section 10.07.

Section 2.14.        Increase in Revolving Credit Facility.

(a)          Upon notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may from time to time, after the Seventhdate after the Ninth Amendment Effective Date and when no amount in respect of the FILO Loans remain outstanding (unless the Required FILO Lenders have consented thereto), request an increase in the Commitments by an amount not exceeding $75,000,000; provided that any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) the entire remaining amount of increases available under this Section 2.14.  At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender or proposed Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).

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(b)          Any proposed increase in the Commitments may be requested from the existing Lenders and new prospective Lenders who are Eligible Assignees (which additional Eligible Assignees shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld and each of whom shall execute a customary joinder agreement) or a combination thereof, as selected by, and with such allocations of committed amounts as may be determined by, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (regardless of a Pro Rata Share of any individual Lender); provided that, any such request shall be made concurrently to the existing Lenders and such new prospective Lenders.  Any Lender approached to provide all or any portion of the increased Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such an increase. Any Lender not responding within the time period set forth in Section 2.14(a) shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment.

(c)          If the Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section 2.14, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date.  In connection with any increase in the Commitments, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be amended in a writing (executed and delivered by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each Lender participating in such increased Commitments) to reflect any technical changes necessary to give effect to such Commitment increases in accordance with the terms as set forth herein.

(d)          As conditions precedent to such increase, (i) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party, certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and certifying that the conditions precedent set out in the following subclauses (ii) through (iv) have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01, (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such increase, and (iii) before and after giving effect to such increase, the representations and warranties contained in Article 5 and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) on and as of the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this subclause (iii), the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.05(a) and (b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and (b), respectively, (iv) [reserved], and (v) clause (i) of the ABL Cap (as defined in the Term Loan Facilities) shall have been amended to reflect an amount equal to the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (after giving effect to the increase in Commitments contemplated hereby).  The amendment to this Agreement providing for the increase if the Commitments shall contain provisions that may be necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, L/C Advances or Swing Line Loans (to the extent participated to Lenders), as the case may be, ratable with any revised Pro Rata Share of a Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility arising from any nonratable increase in the

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Commitments under this Section 2.14, including, without limitation, provisions providing for the reallocation of the Commitments and Loans among Lenders.

Section 2.15.        Cash Collateral.

(a)          Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, in any amount not less than 100% of the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations unless an Event of Default exists, in which case the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations in any amount not less than 103% of the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.  At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b)          All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.  The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.15(c).  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

(c)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.15 or Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.06, Section 2.16 or Section 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

(d)          Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral

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furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.15(d) may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.04), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

Section 2.16.        Defaulting Lenders.

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

(i)           That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.

(ii)          Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article 8 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to  Section 10.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows:  first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, 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, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans, participations in Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02  were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis

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prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii)         That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(h).

(iv)         During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.03 and Section 2.04, the “Pro Rata Share” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans of that Lender.

(v)          All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. Subject to Section 10.24, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(b)          If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that

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except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

Section 2.17.        Settlement Amongst Revolving Credit Lenders.