LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT among STAR MOUNTAIN LOWER MIDDLE | Star Mountain Lower Middle-Market Capital Corp

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

among

STAR MOUNTAIN LOWER MIDDLE-MARKET CAPITAL CORP.,

as the Borrower,

Each of the Lenders from time to time party hereto,

STERLING NATIONAL BANK,

as the Collateral Agent,

and

STERLING NATIONAL BANK,

as the Administrative Agent

STERLING NATIONAL BANK,

as Sole Lead Arranger

Dated as of July 2, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

			Page

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS			1
	SECTION 1.01	Certain Defined Terms	1
	SECTION 1.02	Other Terms	36
	SECTION 1.03	Computation of Time Periods	36
	SECTION 1.04	Interpretation	36

ARTICLE II. THE FACILITY			37
	SECTION 2.01	Advances	37
	SECTION 2.02	Procedure for Advances	38
	SECTION 2.03	Determination of Interest Rate; Conversions of Advances; Limitations on Advances	39
	SECTION 2.04	Payment Procedures	39
	SECTION 2.05	Borrowing Base Deficiency Payments	39
	SECTION 2.06	Substitution and Sale of Loan Assets	40
	SECTION 2.07	Payments and Computations, Etc.	42
	SECTION 2.08	Non-Utilization Fee	43
	SECTION 2.09	Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy	43
	SECTION 2.10	Taxes	44
	SECTION 2.11	Collateral Assignment of Agreements	46
	SECTION 2.12	Grant of a Security Interest	46
	SECTION 2.13	Evidence of Debt	47
	SECTION 2.14	[Reserved]	47
	SECTION 2.15	Release of Loan Assets	47
	SECTION 2.16	Treatment of Amounts Deposited by the Borrower	48
	SECTION 2.17	Mandatory and Voluntary Prepayments; Reduction of Aggregate Commitments; Termination	48
	SECTION 2.18	Increase of Aggregate Commitments	49
	SECTION 2.19	Collections and Allocations	50
	SECTION 2.20	Reinvestment of Principal Collections	51
	SECTION 2.21	Defaulting Lenders	51

ARTICLE III. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT			52
	SECTION 3.01	Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness	52
	SECTION 3.02	Conditions Precedent to All Advances	53
	SECTION 3.03	Advances Do Not Constitute a Waiver	55
	SECTION 3.04	Conditions to Transfers of Loan Assets	55

ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES			56
	SECTION 4.01	Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Agreement and the Collateral	56
	SECTION 4.02	Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Agreement and the Collateral	63
	SECTION 4.03	Representations and Warranties of each Lender	64

ARTICLE V. GENERAL COVENANTS			64

	SECTION 5.01	Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower	64
	SECTION 5.02	Negative Covenants of the Borrower	69
	SECTION 5.03	Financial Covenants	71

ARTICLE VI. ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF CONTRACTS			71
	SECTION 6.01	Appointment and Designation	71
	SECTION 6.02	Loan Asset Servicing Duties of the Borrower	73
	SECTION 6.03	Authorization of the Borrower	76
	SECTION 6.04	Collection of Payments; Accounts	76
	SECTION 6.05	Realization Upon Loan Assets	78
	SECTION 6.06	Payment of Certain Expenses by Borrower	78
	SECTION 6.07	Reports to the Administrative Agent Account Statements; Servicing Information	78
	SECTION 6.08	[Reserved]	80
	SECTION 6.09	Annual Independent Public Accountant’s Servicing Reports	80

ARTICLE VII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT			80
	SECTION 7.01	Events of Default	80
	SECTION 7.02	Additional Remedies of the Administrative Agent	84

ARTICLE VIII. INDEMNIFICATION			86
	SECTION 8.01	Indemnities by the Borrower	86
	SECTION 8.02	Legal Proceedings	89
	SECTION 8.03	After-Tax Basis	90

ARTICLE IX. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT			90
	SECTION 9.01	The Administrative Agent	90
	SECTION 9.02	The Collateral Agent	93

ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS			95
	SECTION 10.01	Amendments and Waivers	95
	SECTION 10.02	Notices, Etc.	95
	SECTION 10.03	No Waiver Remedies	96
	SECTION 10.04	Binding Effect; Assignability; Multiple Lenders	97
	SECTION 10.05	Term of This Agreement	98
	SECTION 10.06	GOVERNING LAW; JURY WAIVER	98
	SECTION 10.07	Costs, Expenses and Taxes	98
	SECTION 10.08	Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration	99
	SECTION 10.09	Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process	99
	SECTION 10.10	Confidentiality	99
	SECTION 10.11	Non-Confidentiality of Tax Treatment	100
	SECTION 10.12	Waiver of Set Off	101
	SECTION 10.13	Headings and Exhibits	101
	SECTION 10.14	Ratable Payments	101
	SECTION 10.15	Failure of Borrower to Perform Certain Obligations	101
	SECTION 10.16	Power of Attorney	101
	SECTION 10.17	Delivery of Termination Statements, Releases, etc	102
	SECTION 10.18	“KYC” Requirements; USA PATRIOT Act	102

LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1.01(a)	Commitments
SCHEDULE 1.01(b)	Eligibility Criteria
SCHEDULE 1.01(c)	Industry Categories
SCHEDULE 3.01(a)	Conditions Precedent Documents
SCHEDULE 4.01(q)	Prior Names, Tradenames, Fictitious Names and “Doing Business As” Names

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A	Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
EXHIBIT B	[Reserved]
EXHIBIT C	Form of Joinder Supplement
EXHIBIT D	Form of Notice of Borrowing
EXHIBIT E	Form of Notice of Reduction (Reduction of Advances Outstanding)
EXHIBIT F	[Reserved]
EXHIBIT G	Form of Quarterly Servicing Report
EXHIBIT H	Form of Quarterly Servicing Report Certificate
EXHIBIT I	Form of Transferee Letter
EXHIBIT J	Form of Loan Asset Register Certificate ()
EXHIBIT K	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
EXHIBIT L	Form of Revolving Note

ANNEXES

ANNEX A	Borrowing Base Model

LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of July 2, 2021, by and among:

(1) STAR MOUNTAIN LOWER MIDDLE-MARKET CAPITAL CORP., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “

Borrower

”);

(2) EACH OF THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, as a Lender (as defined herein);

(3) STERLING NATIONAL BANK, as the Collateral Agent (as defined herein); and

(4) STERLING NATIONAL BANK, as the Administrative Agent (as defined herein).

The Lenders have agreed, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to provide a senior secured revolving credit facility, which shall provide for Advances from time to time in the amounts and in accordance with the terms set forth herein.

Accordingly, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01

Certain Defined Terms

(a)Certain capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined above or in this

Section 1.01

(b) As used in this Agreement and the exhibits, schedules and annexes hereto (each of which is hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof), the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

“

1940 Act

” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“

ABL Loan

” means a loan that is an asset-based financing secured by working-capital assets such as inventory, equipment and accounts receivable and that utilizes a borrowing base formula for determining availability of advances thereunder.

“

Action

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 8.03

“

Additional Amount

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.10(a)

“

Adjusted Assigned Value

” means, with respect to any Loan Asset included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base of any date following the occurrence of an Assigned Value Adjustment Event, the value (expressed as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance) of such Loan Asset established by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of any change to Assigned Value it may establish from time to time (an “

Assigned Value Notice

”), determined as follows:

(1)

with respect to any Assigned Value Adjustment Event under clause (iv), (v) or (vi) of the definition thereof, the Adjusted Assigned Value shall be an amount equal to the Assigned Value of such Loan Asset prior to such Assigned Value Adjustment Event times the Assigned Value Adjustment Factor thereof; and

(2)

with respect to any other Assigned Value Adjustment Event, the Adjusted Assigned Value shall initially equal the value established by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion and set forth in a written notice thereof sent to the Borrower); and

(3)

if the Borrower disagrees with the determination established under

clause(2)

above, the Borrower may (at its sole expense) retain an Approved Valuation Firm selected by the Borrower to obtain a Valuation Price for such Loan Asset, and if such Valuation Price (i) is obtained within 30 days of the Assigned Value Notice, and (ii) is greater than the Adjusted Assigned Value established under

clause(2)

above, then, effective as of the date of delivery of the Valuation Price report from the Approved Valuation Firm to the Administrative Agent, the “Adjusted Assigned Value” shall equal such Valuation Price.

provided, in no event shall the Adjusted Assigned Value exceed the Assigned Value in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of the Assigned Value Adjustment Event or the value that is reflected, as of the relevant date of determination, on the books and records of the Borrower and Investment Manager and maintained in compliance GAAP.

“

Adjusted Borrowing Value

” means for any Loan Asset for any date of determination, an amount equal to the Assigned Value of such Loan Asset at such time multiplied by the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Loan.

“

Assigned Value Notice

” has the meaning assigned to that term in the defined term “Adjusted Assigned Value”.

“

Adjusted Pro Rata Share

” means, (i) with respect to each Lender that is a Non-Defaulting Lender, (x) with respect to the determination of Advances, the Pro Rata Share with respect to each Lender determined when assessing a value of zero to the “Undrawn Amount” of all Defaulting Lenders in the calculation thereunder, and (y) with respect to the allocation of Collections on any Payment Date or otherwise in connection with any distribution hereunder, the Pro Rata Share with respect to each Lender determined when assessing a value of zero to the “Advances Outstanding” of all Defaulting Lenders in the calculation thereunder, and (ii) with respect to each Defaulting Lender, 0%.

“

Administrative Agent

” means Sterling National Bank, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders, together with its successors and assigns, including any successor appointed pursuant to Article IX.

“Administrative Agent Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Borrower and SNB, in its capacities as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

“

Advance

” means each loan advanced by the Lenders to the Borrower on an Advance Date pursuant to

Article II

(including any Interest Reserve Amount advanced pursuant to

Section 2.04(a))

“

Advance Date

” means, with respect to any Advance, the Business Day during the Revolving Period on which such Advance is made.

“

Advance Rate

” means,

(i) with respect to First Lien Loan Assets for which the applicable Obligor has EBITDA of:

(1)greater than $20,000,000, 67.5%;

(2)greater than $10,000,000 but less than or equal to $20,000,000, 65.0%;

(3)less than or equal to $10,000,000, 62.5%;

(ii) with respect to First Lien Last Out Loan Assets for which the Senior Net Leverage Ratio is:

(1)less than 0.75 to 1.00, 62.5%;

(2)greater than or equal to 0.75 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 1.25 to 1.00, 57.5%;

(3)greater than 1.25 to 1.00, 45.0%;

(iii) with respect to Second Lien Loan Assets, 45.0%;

“

Advances Outstanding

” means, at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amounts of Advances loaned to the Borrower for the initial and any subsequent borrowings pursuant to

Sections 2.01

and

2.02

as of such time.

“

Affected Party

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.09(a)

“

Affiliate

” means with respect to a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, or is a director, officer or manager of such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote 25% or more of the voting securities of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

“

Aggregate Commitments

” means, for all Lenders as of any date of determination, the aggregate of the Commitments of all Lenders as of such date, as such amounts may be decreased pursuant to

Section 2.17(c)

or increased pursuant to

Section 2.18

by a Lender executing and delivering a Joinder Supplement to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as contemplated by

Section 10.04(a)

. The Aggregate Commitments on the Closing Date are set forth in

Schedule 1.01(a)

and equal $50,000,000, being the Initial Commitment.

“

Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance

” means the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets.

“

Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Amount

” means, on any date of determination, the sum of the Unfunded Exposure Amounts of all Loans included in the Collateral.

“

Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount

” means, on any date of determination, the sum of the Unfunded Exposure Equity Amounts of all Loans included in the Collateral.

“

Agreement

” means this Loan and Servicing Agreement.

“

Amortization Reduction Amount

” means, with respect to each Payment Date occurring on or after the Commitment Termination Date, an amount equal to 100% of Available Collections received or otherwise deposited into the Collection Account during the related Interest Period.

“

Applicable Collateral Value

” means, with respect to Eligible Loan Assets relating to (i) Tier 3 Obligors, 85.00%, (ii) Tier 2 Obligors, 92.50%, and (iii) Tier 1 Obligors, 100.00%.

“

Applicable Law

” means for any Person all existing and future laws, rules, regulations (including temporary and final income tax regulations), statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders, licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person (including, without limitation, predatory lending laws, usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulations “B” and “Z”, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003 and applicable state adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and all other consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws) and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.

“

Applicable Spread

” means (i) -0.35%, plus (ii) following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, 2.00%

“

Approved Valuation Firm

” means (i) Lincoln International LLC, (ii) Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, (iii) Valuation Research Corporation, and (iv) any other nationally recognized accounting firm or valuation firm recommended by the Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole reasonable discretion.

“

Anti-Money Laundering Laws

” means the PATRIOT Act, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, the Bank Secrecy Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“

Assigned Value

” means, with respect to any Loan Asset, as of any date of determination and expressed as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Loan Asset,

(A) prior to the occurrence of an Assigned Value Adjustment Event (and the determination of an Adjusted Assigned Value), the lesser of (i) the Applicable Collateral Value and (ii) the Fair Market Value thereof as of such date of determination, and

(B) following the occurrence of an Assigned Value Adjustment Event (and the determination of an Adjusted Assigned Value), the most recently determined Adjusted Assigned Value of such Loan Asset;

provided (i) in no event shall any Assigned Value exceed 100%, (ii) the Assigned Value of any Loan Asset that is not an Eligible Loan Asset shall be zero, and (iii) any portion of a First Lien Loan Asset that causes the Senior Net Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such Loan Asset to be equal to or greater than 5.00 to 1.00, and any portion of a First Lien Last Out Loan Asset or Second Lien Loan Asset that causes the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such Loan Asset to be equal to or greater than 5.00 to 1.00, shall in each case be deemed to have an Assigned Value of zero.

“

Assigned Value Adjustment Event

” means, with respect to any Loan Asset, the occurrence of one or more of the following events (any of which, for the avoidance of doubt, may occur more than once):

(i) the failure to report the test of the Cash Interest Coverage Ratio under the Loan Agreement as of the most recent fiscal quarter of such Obligor in the most recent Quarterly Servicing Report, or the Cash Interest Coverage Ratio (as reported in such Quarterly Servicing Report) (a) declines to 75.0% of the applicable Original Cash Interest Coverage Ratio, or (b) is less than 1.50 to 1.00;

(ii) with respect to any First Lien Loan Asset or First Lien Last Out Loan Asset, the failure to report the test of the Senior Net Leverage Ratio under the Loan Agreement as of the most recent fiscal quarter of such Obligor in the most recent Quarterly Servicing Report, or the Senior Net Leverage Ratio (as reported in such Quarterly Servicing Report) (a) increases by 0.75 times as compared to the applicable Original Total Net Leverage Ratio, or (b) is greater than 4.00 to 1.00;

(iii) with respect to any Second Lien Loan Asset, the failure to report the test of the Total Net Leverage Ratio under the Loan Agreement as of the most recent fiscal quarter of such Obligor in the most recent Quarterly Servicing Report, or the Total Net Leverage Ratio (as reported in such Quarterly Servicing Report) (a) increases by 0.50 times as compared to the applicable Original Senior Net Leverage Ratio, or (b) is greater than 4.25 to 1.00;

(iv) the failure to deliver (i) with respect to quarterly reports required to be delivered by the Obligor by the terms of the applicable Loan Documents, any financial statements (including unaudited financial statements) to the Administrative Agent by the date that is no later than sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal quarter, and (ii) with respect to annual reports required to be delivered by the Obligor by the terms of the applicable Loan Documents any audited financial statements to the Administrative Agent by the date that is no later than one hundred fifty (150) days after the end of any fiscal year;

(v) a Material Modification with respect to the Loan Agreement or other Loan Documents governing such Loan Asset;

(vi) an Obligor payment default (as to principal, interest or any fee) under any Loan Asset (without consideration of waivers but after giving effect to any grace or cure period set forth in the applicable Loan Agreement, but not to exceed three days);

(vii) any other Obligor default under any Loan Asset (i) that continues for 60 days from the date of occurrence thereof without such default being waived, or (ii) for which the

Borrower (or agent or required lenders pursuant to the Loan Agreement, as applicable) has elected to accelerate the loan relating thereto; or

(viii) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related Obligor.

“

Assigned Value Adjustment Factor

”: means (a) with respect to an Assigned Value Adjustment Event of the types described in clause (iv) in the definition thereof, 80%; (b) with respect to an Assigned Value Adjustment Event of the types described in clause (v) in the definition thereof, 85%; provided, that with respect to any Material Modification under clause (i) or (ii) of the definition thereof, the Assigned Value Adjustment Factor under this clause (b) shall be automatically and immediately reduced to (x) 42.5% on the date that is six-months after the occurrence of Assigned Value Adjustment Event, and (y) 0% on the one-year anniversary of such Assigned Value Adjustment Event, and (c) with respect to an Assigned Value Adjustment Event of the types described in clause (vii) in the definition thereof, 75%;

“

Assuming Lender

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.18(a)

“

Assumption Date

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 6.01(d)(i)

“

Available Collections

” means all cash Collections with respect to any Loan Asset deposited in the Collection Account, all other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time, and all proceeds of Permitted Investments with respect to the Collection Account.

“

Bankruptcy Code

” means Title 11, United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.

“

Bankruptcy Event

” shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if either:

(i) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or substantially all of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under the Bankruptcy Laws, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect;

(ii) such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any Bankruptcy Laws now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or all or substantially all of its assets under the Bankruptcy Laws, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts generally as they become due, or, if a corporation or similar entity, its board of directors or members shall vote to implement any of the foregoing; or

(iii) with respect to an insured depository institution, including a national banking association, the appointment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as a conservator or receiver of such bank pursuant to Section 11(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

“

Bankruptcy Laws

” means the Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments, or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.

“

Bankruptcy Proceeding

” means any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to any Bankruptcy Event.

“

Basel III

” means the consultative papers of The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision of December 2009 entitled “Strengthening the resilience of the banking sector” and “International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring”, in each case together with any amendments thereto.

“

Borrower

” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.

“

Borrowing Base

” means, as of any date of determination, an amount (calculated under the Borrowing Base Model set forth as

Annex A

) equal to (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets as of such date minus (ii) the Excess Concentration Amount as of such date; provided that any Loan Asset which at any time is no longer an Eligible Loan Asset shall not be included in the calculation of “Borrowing Base”. For purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base, (a) any Eligible Loan Asset in respect of which the Borrower has entered into a binding and unconditional (other than standard conditions precedent) commitment to originate or acquire which has not yet settled shall be included for the purposes of such calculation, and (b) any Loan Asset in respect of which the Borrower has entered into a binding and unconditional (other than standard conditions precedent) commitment to sell which has not yet settled shall not be included for the purposes of such calculation.

“

Borrowing Base Certificate

” means a certificate setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base as of the applicable date of determination substantially in the form of

Exhibit A

hereto, prepared by the Borrower.

“

Borrowing Base Deficiency

” means, as of any date of determination, the extent to which the aggregate Advances Outstanding on such date exceeds the Borrowing Base.

“

Business Day

” means a day of the year other than (i) Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) any other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or the city in which the offices of the Administrative Agent are authorized or required by Applicable Law, regulation or executive order to close.

“

Capital Lease Obligations

” means, with respect to any entity, the obligations of such entity to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such entity under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

“

Cash Interest Coverage Ratio

”: With respect to any Loan Asset for any relevant test period under the related Loan Agreement, either (a) the meaning of “Cash Interest Coverage Ratio” or comparable definition set forth in the related Loan Agreement, or (b) in the case of any Loan Asset with respect to which the related Loan Agreement does not include a definition of “Cash Interest Coverage Ratio” or comparable definition, the ratio of (i) EBITDA to (ii) the amount which, in conformity with GAAP, would be set forth as “interest expense” or any similar reference reflected on the most recent

financial statements delivered by such Obligor to the Borrower for such relevant test period, as calculated by the Borrower in good faith; provided that in calculating “Cash Interest Coverage Ratio” under either of clause (a) or clause (b) above, EBITDA of the applicable Obligor shall in any event be deemed to be no greater than EBITDA of such Obligor as computed in accordance with the definition of “EBITDA” hereunder; provided, further, that, for the purposes of calculating Cash Interest Coverage Ratio for any Obligor in any relevant test period in which such Obligor issued or originated Indebtedness, the Cash Interest Expense resulting from such Indebtedness shall be annualized based on the period from the date on which such Indebtedness was originated or issued to the last day of such relevant test period.

“

Change of Control

” shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following occur:

(i) the Investment Manager ceases to be the investment advisor of the Borrower; oe

(ii) the dissolution, termination or liquidation in whole or in part, transfer or other disposition, in each case, of all or substantially all of the assets of, the Borrower.

“

Charged-Off Asset

” means a Loan Asset with respect to which either of the following occurs: (i) the Borrower has classified such Loan Asset as “charged-off” pursuant to criteria consistent with the Servicing Standard, or (ii) all or any portion of one or more principal or interest payments (other than in respect of default rate interest thereon) under such Loan Asset remains unpaid for at least 60 days from the original due date for such payment.

“

Clearing Agency

” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

“

Closing Date

” means July 2, 2021.

“

Code

” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“

Collateral Agent

” means Sterling National Bank, not in its individual capacity, but solely as collateral agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“

Collateral

” means all right, title, and interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and wherever located) of the Borrower in all assets of the Borrower, including the property identified below in

clauses (i)

through

(v)

and all accounts, cash, chattel paper, tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, copyrights, copyright licenses, equipment, fixtures, contract rights, general intangibles, instruments, certificates of deposit, certificated securities, uncertificated securities, financial assets, securities entitlements, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, inventory, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, software, supporting obligations, accessions, in each case, as defined in the UCC, or other property consisting of, arising out of, or related to any of the following:

(i) the Loan Assets, and all monies due or to become due in payment under such Loan Assets on and after the related Cut-Off Date, including, but not limited to, all Available Collections and other payments thereon or with respect thereto;

(ii) the Portfolio Assets with respect to the Loan Assets referred to in

clause (i)

;

(iii) the Collection Account, and all cash and Financial Assets credited thereto and all income from the investment of funds therein;

(iv) all Permitted Investments purchased with funds on deposit in the Collection Account;

(v) all income and Proceeds of the foregoing;

provided, that the Collateral does not include any Loan Assets that were sold, substituted or purchased in accordance with the requirements of

Section 2.06

hereof effective as of its applicable Release Date; provided, further, that in no event shall the Collateral include any Excluded Assets.

“

Collection Account

” means the deposit account (account number 11742640) at the Custodian in the name of the Borrower and subject to the Collection Account Agreement.

“

Collection Account Agreement

” means that certain Deposit Account Control Agreement, among the Borrower, the Custodian and the Collateral Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

“

Collection Date

” means the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances has been repaid in full in cash (other than contingent obligations that survive the termination of any Transaction Document and for which no underlying claim has been asserted) and all interest and Fees and all other Obligations have been paid in full in cash, the commitments of the Lenders hereunder have been terminated and the Borrower shall have no further right to request any additional Advances.

“

Collections

” means all collections and other cash proceeds with respect to any Loan Asset (including, without limitation, payments on account of interest, principal, prepayments, fees, guaranty payments and all other amounts received in respect of such Loan Asset), all Recoveries, all Insurance Proceeds, and proceeds of any liquidations, sales or dispositions, in each case, attributable to such Loan Asset, and all other proceeds or other funds of any kind or nature received by the Borrower from any member of an Obligor Group with respect to any Loan Asset or any Underlying Collateral, but excluding any Excluded Amounts.

“

Commitment

” means, with respect to each Lender, (i) prior to the end of the Revolving Period, the dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on

Schedule 1.01(a)

hereto (as such amount may be revised from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, including pursuant to

Section2.17(c)

hereof) or the amount set forth as such Lender’s “Commitment” on

Schedule 1.01(a)

to the Joinder Supplement relating to such Lender as its “Commitment”, and (ii) on or after the Revolving Period, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Advances Outstanding.

“

Commitment Increase

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.18(a)

“

Commitment Increase Date

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.18(a)

“

Commitment Percentage

” means, with respect to each Lender as of any date of determination, the amount (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (i) the Commitment of such Lender, by (ii) the Aggregate Commitments at such time.

“

Commitment Termination Date

” means the earliest to occur of (i) the Scheduled Commitment Termination Date, (ii) an Event of Default under

Section 7.01(e)

Section 7.01(f)

, (iii) the date on which the Administrative Agent has declared an Event of Default and has notified Borrower that the Commitment Termination Date or the Final Maturity Date has occurred, (iv) the occurrence of a Keyman Event, and (v) the occurrence of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to

Section 2.17(d)

hereof.

“

Concentration Limits

” means, as of any date of determination for purposes of determining the Excess Concentration Amount and the Borrowing Base, the concentration limitations set forth below:

(a)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets with Obligors:

(i)

in the Industry with the highest aggregate Outstanding Loan Balances shall not exceed 25.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets;

(ii)

in the Industry with the second highest aggregate Outstanding Loan Balances shall not exceed 15.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets;

(iii)

in any Industry (other than the Industries considered under

clauses (i)

and

(ii)

above) shall not exceed 10.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets;

(b)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balance of the Eligible Loan Assets of each Obligor Group shall each not exceed 7.5% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets;

(c)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets that are either (i) First Lien Last Out Loan Assets that are subordinated to indebtedness (including any asset- based financing revolver) that is equal to or more than 2.00x of the related Obligor’s EBITDA or (ii) Second Lien Loan Assets, in the aggregate for the foregoing clause (i) and (ii), shall not exceed 25.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets;

(d)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets that are Second Lien Loans shall not exceed 15.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets;

(e)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets that are not First Lien Loan Assets shall not exceed 45.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets; provided, that, for purposes of this clause (e), any First Lien Last Out Loan Asset that is subordinated to indebtedness (including any asset-based financing revolver) that is less than 0.75x of the related Obligor’s EBITDA, shall constitute a First Lien Loan Asset;

(f)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets with Obligors with EBITDA of less than $5,000,000 shall not exceed 15.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets;

(g)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets that are Fixed Rate Loan Assets shall not exceed 10.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets;

(h)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets with Obligors who derive a material portion of their business from energy, travel, hospitality, and leisure Industries, shall not exceed 10.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets;

(i)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets that are Revolving Loan Assets or Delayed Draw Loan Assets shall not exceed 15.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets; and

(j)

the sum of Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets that are obligations of Obligors that are non-sponsor owned shall not exceed (i) 15.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets, or (ii) 10.0% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets to the extent the Loan Agreement permits more than 25.0% of the proceeds of such Loan Asset to be used to pay dividends, distributions and other restricted payments.

“

Connection Income Taxes

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

“

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.

“

Cov-Lite Loan Asset

” means a Loan Asset that does not require the Obligor to maintain compliance during any reporting period applicable to such Loan Asset with any maximum total leverage, maximum senior leverage, maximum first lien leverage, minimum fixed charge coverage, minimum debt service coverage, minimum EBITDA, or other customary financial covenants, regardless of whether any action by, or event relating to, the Obligor has occurred. For the avoidance of doubt, Loan Assets that are cross-defaulted to other debt or other obligations of the Obligor that is pari passu or senior to such Loan Assets that contain any of the foregoing financial covenants shall not be considered Cov-Lite Loan Assets hereunder.

“

Custodial Agreements

” means (i) the Custody Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2021 (the “

Custody Agreement

”), between the Borrower and the Custodian, (ii) the Custodial Pledge Agreement and (iii) any other related documents.

“

Custodial Pledge Agreement

” means a pledge agreement or a control agreement in connection with the Custody Agreement, among the Borrower, the Custodian and the Collateral Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

“

Custodian

” means State Street Bank and Trust Company, or any other financial institution mutually agreeable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower. The term “Custodian” includes any agent or sub-custodian acting on behalf of the Custodian in accordance with the terms of the Collection Account Agreement.

“

Cut-Off Date

” means, with respect to each Loan Asset, either (i) the date (which may be the Closing Date) such Loan Asset is Transferred and an Advance based on a Borrowing Base including such Loan Asset is funded hereunder, or (ii) with respect to a Loan Asset that is part of the Collateral and the term of the Loan Agreement thereunder has been extended during the Revolving Period, the effective date of the amendment extending the term of such Loan Agreement.

“

Default Excess

” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to (i) such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Advances Outstanding (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (including such Defaulting Lender) had funded all of their respective Advances, including Advances not funded by such Defaulting Lender which resulted in such Defaulting Lender being deemed a Defaulting Lender), minus (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Advances Outstanding of such Defaulting Lender.

“

Default Period

” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of the applicable Funding Default and ending on the earliest of the following dates: (i) the date on which all Commitments are cancelled or terminated or the Obligations are declared or become immediately due and payable; (ii) with respect to any Funding Default (other than any such Funding Default arising pursuant to

clause (iv)

of the defined term “Funding Default”), the date on which (A) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender has been reduced to zero (whether by the funding by such Defaulting Lender of all payments resulting in such Funding Default of such Defaulting Lender, the non-pro rata application of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or any combination thereof) and (B) such Defaulting Lender has delivered to the Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations under this Agreement with respect to its Commitment; and (iii) the date on which the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Majority Lenders waive all Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in writing.

“

Defaulting Lender

” means any Lender as to which a Funding Default has occurred.

“

Delayed Draw Loan Asset

” means a Loan Asset that is fully committed on the initial funding date of such Loan Asset and is required to be fully funded in one or more installments on draw dates to occur after the initial funding of such Loan but which, once all such installments have been made, has the characteristics of a Term Loan Asset; provided, that any such Loan Asset will be a Delayed Draw Loan Asset only to the extent of undrawn commitments of the Borrower and solely until all commitments by the Borrower to make advances on such Loan Asset to the Obligor under the related Loan Agreement expire or are terminated or are reduced to zero.

“

Delinquent Asset

” means, as of any date of determination, a Loan Asset that is not a Charged- Off Asset and as to which either (i) the Borrower has classified (and continues, as of such date of determination, to classify) such Loan Asset, as “delinquent” pursuant to criteria consistent with the Servicing Standard, or (ii) all or any portion of one or more principal or interest payments (other than in respect of default rate interest) under such Loan Asset remain, as of such date of determination, unpaid for at least 30 days from the original due date for such payment.

“

Determination Date

” means the first day of each Quarter (commencing on October 1, 2021).

“

DIP Loan Asset

” means any loan for which the Obligor thereunder is a Chapter 11 debtor-in- possession under the Bankruptcy Code.

“

Dispute

” means any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than the discharge in bankruptcy of an Obligor) to the payment of any Loan Asset included in the Collateral based upon such payment (or the Loan Agreement or other Loan Documents) not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; provided, that a Dispute shall not arise solely as a result of a Loan Asset being uncollectible due to the Obligor’s financial inability to pay.

“

Disqualified Stock

” means any Equity Interest that, 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 non-Disqualified Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation 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 Advances 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 (other than solely for non-Disqualified Stock), 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 Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Scheduled Maturity Date.

“

Dodd-Frank

” means the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203 (2010).

“

EBITDA

” means, with respect to any period and any Loan Asset, the meaning of “EBITDA”, “Adjusted EBITDA” or any comparable definition in the Loan Agreement for each such Loan Asset (together with all add-backs and exclusions as designated in such Loan Agreement), and in any case that “EBITDA”, “Adjusted EBITDA” or such comparable definition is not defined in such Loan Agreement, an amount, for the principal Obligor on such Loan Asset and any of its parents or Subsidiaries that are obligated pursuant to the Loan Agreement for such Loan Asset (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) equal to earnings from continuing operations for such period

plus

interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization for such period (to the extent deducted in determining earnings from continuing operations for such period), and any other item the Borrower and the Administrative Agent mutually deem to be appropriate.

“

Eligibility Criteria

” means, with respect to any Loan Asset, (i) each of the representations and warranties contained in

Section 4.02

hereto, and (ii) the standards set forth

Schedule 1.01(b)

“

Eligible Assignee

” means (i) any Lender or any of its Affiliates, or (ii) any financial or other institution reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (other than the Borrower or an Affiliate thereof).

“

Eligible Bid

” means a bid made in good faith (and acceptable as a valid bid in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion) by a bidder for all or any portion of the Collateral in connection with a sale of the Collateral in whole or in part pursuant to

Section 7.02(i)

“

Eligible Loan Asset

” means, at any time a Loan Asset for which the Eligibility Criteria are true and correct or satisfied in full unless otherwise waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

“

Environmental Laws

” means any and all foreign, federal, State and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or

Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of human health or the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials. Environmental Laws include, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601

et seq.

), the Hazardous Material Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 331

et seq.

), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901

et seq.

), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251

et seq.

), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401

et seq.

), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601

et seq.

), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300,

et seq.

), the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations relating to underground storage tanks (40 C.F.R. Parts 280 and 281), and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651

et seq.

), and the rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended or supplemented from time to time.

“

Equity Interests

” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing.

“

ERISA

” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

“

ERISA Affiliate

” means (a) any corporation that is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) as a specified Person, (b) a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code) with such Person, or (c) a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as such Person, any corporation described in

clause (a)

above or any trade or business described in

clause (b)

above.

“

Event of Default

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 7.01

“

Excepted Persons

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 10.10(a)

“

Excess Concentration Amount

” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the amounts, if any, by which the Outstanding Loan Balance of any Loan Asset exceeds the applicable Concentration Limit, as applied sequentially and without duplication in accordance with the Borrowing Base Model set forth in

Annex A

“

Exchange Act

” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“

Excluded Assets

” means (i) any Excluded Amounts, (ii) any Retained Interest, (iii) other than with respect to the Portfolio Assets, any assets to the extent the burden or cost (including any material adverse tax consequences) of obtaining or perfecting a lien therein outweighs the benefit of the security afforded thereby as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent after consultation with the Borrower or if the granting of a Lien in such asset would be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of contracts or applicable law or with respect to any assets to the extent such a security interest would violate the terms of any contract with respect to such assets or would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization, or the consent of one or more third parties or would trigger termination pursuant to any “change of control” or similar provision (in each case, after

giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law), and (iv) any assets securing a Permitted Capital Call Facility permitted pursuant to clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”.

“

Excluded Amounts

” means (a) any amount received in the Collection Account with respect to any Loan Asset included as part of the Collateral, which amount is attributable to the payment of any Tax, fee or other charge imposed by any Governmental Authority on such Loan Asset or on any Underlying Collateral, and (b) any amount received in the Collection Account representing (i) any amount representing a reimbursem*nt of insurance premiums, (ii) any escrows relating to Taxes, insurance and other amounts in connection with Loan Assets which are held in an escrow account for the benefit of the Obligor and the secured party pursuant to escrow arrangements under a Loan Agreement, (iii) any amount received in the Collection Account with respect to any Loan Asset retransferred, substituted for or that is otherwise replaced by a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset, or that is otherwise sold or transferred by the Borrower pursuant to

Section 2.06

, to the extent such amount is attributable to a time after the effective date of such replacement, transfer or sale, and (iv) any amount received in the Collection Account not relating to a Loan Asset and certified by the Borrower as being received in error.

“

Excluded Taxes

” means, with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under this Agreement, any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Lender (a) any Taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and any branch profits Taxes, in each case (i) by the United States of America, (ii) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender is organized, conducts business, in which its principal office is located, or in which its applicable lending office is located or (iii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any United States federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, (c) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to

Section 2.10

, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, and (d) Taxes attributable to a Lender’s failure to comply with

Section 2.10(d)

Section 2.10(e)

, or

Section 2.10(g)

“

Fair Market Value

” means for any Loan Asset either (a) if such Loan Asset is a “Level 3” asset (as determined in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard 157, (i) the most recent fair market value approved by the Investment Manager based on the valuations included in a report prepared by the Borrower’s Approved Valuation Firm; provided that for purposes of determining Fair Market Value under clause (i), if the Approved Valuation Firm provides a range of market values, the Fair Market Value shall not exceed the mid-point of such range of market values reported by the Approved Valuation Firm or (ii) if prior to the Borrower’s first fair market valuation for such Loan Asset, the fair market value of such Loan Asset as determined by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP and the Servicing Standard, and (b) for any other Loan Asset, the quoted value of such Loan Asset determined by the Borrower in accordance with pursuant to a quotation methodology reasonably satisfactory to Agent; provided, that in no event shall the Fair Market Value of any Loan Asset exceed the par value thereof.

“

FATCA

” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as in effect on the date hereof (or any amended version that is substantively comparable), together with any current or future regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof, and any agreements entered into pursuant

to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into among Governmental Authorities implementing such Sections of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement, or any treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing the foregoing.

“

FDIC

” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and any successor thereto.

“

Fee Letters

” means the Administrative Agent Fee Letter and each other fee letter agreement that shall be entered into by and among the Borrower, the applicable Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

“

Fees

” means (i) the Non-Utilization Fee and (ii) the fees payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, or any Lender pursuant to the terms of the Fee Letters.

“

Final Maturity Date

” means the earliest to occur of (i) the Scheduled Maturity Date, (ii) the date of the automatic occurrence of an Event of Default, or the date of the declaration of the Final Maturity Date upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, or (iii) the occurrence of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to

Section 2.17(d)

hereof.

“

Financial Asset

” has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.

“

Financial Covenant

” means each of the financial covenants set forth in

Section 5.03

“

First Lien Last-Out Loan Asset

” means any Loan Asset that would be classified as a First Lien Loan Asset but may, any time prior to and/or after an event of default under the related Loan Agreement by its terms, become subordinate in right of payment to (i) one or more tranches of such First Lien Loan Asset, or (ii) any other obligation of the Obligor of the Loan Asset, in either case in accordance with a specific waterfall of payments or other priority of payments.

“

First Lien Loan Asset

” means any Loan Asset (i) that is secured by a valid and perfected first priority Lien on substantially all of the Obligor’s assets constituting Underlying Collateral for the Loan Asset, and any Liens on such Underlying Collateral that secures any other outstanding Indebtedness of the Obligor is expressly subject to and contractually or structurally subordinate to the priority claim under the Loan Agreement governing such Loan Asset, subject to any “permitted liens” as defined in the applicable Loan Agreement for such Loan Asset or such comparable definition if “permitted liens” is not defined therein (including, without limitation, priority Liens on certain current assets, including accounts receivable, to secure working capital facilities or other ABL Loan set forth in “permitted liens” as defined in such Loan Agreement or such comparable definition or provision if “permitted liens” is not defined therein, so long as (A) the aggregate commitment amount of such working capital loan does not exceed an amount equal to the applicable Obligor’s EBITDA, and (B) such working capital loan is not secured by any assets other than such current assets) that are reasonable and customary for similar loans (provided that such permitted liens do not secure indebtedness for borrowed money except as set forth above), (ii) that provides that the payment obligation of the Obligor on such Loan Asset is either senior to, or pari passu with, and is not (and cannot by its terms become) subordinate in right of payment to, all other Indebtedness of such Obligor, including in any proceeding related to a Bankruptcy Event, (iii) for which the principal Underlying Collateral is not comprised of equity interests in the Obligor’s subsidiaries and Affiliates, (iv) the Investment Manager has determined in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner that the enterprise value of the related Obligor or the Underlying Collateral securing the Loan Asset on or about the Cut-Off Date thereof equals or exceeds the outstanding principal balance

of the Loan Asset plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other loans of equal or higher seniority secured by the same collateral, and (v) that is not a First Lien Last-Out Loan Asset or a Second Lien Loan Asset.

“

Fixed Rate Loan Asset

” means a Loan Asset other than a Floating Rate Loan Asset.

“

Floating Rate Loan Asset

” means a Loan Asset (i) that provides for scheduled payments of floating-rate interest in cash on a semi-annual or more frequent basis, (ii) under which the interest rate payable by the Obligor thereof is based on a prime rate or the London Interbank Offered Rate or any successor thereto (including the Secured Overnight Financing Rate) (subject, if applicable, to an interest rate floor), plus some specified interest percentage in addition thereto, and (iii) that provides that such interest rate will reset immediately (or at the end of the designated interest period) upon any change in the related prime rate or the London Interbank Offered Rate or any successor thereto (including the Secured Overnight Financing Rate).

“

Funding Default

” means, which respect to any Lender, a determination by Administrative Agent that such Lender has (i) failed to make available its ratable share of any Advance as required to be funded under

Section 2.02(b)

or failed to make any other payment or provide funds to the Administrative Agent as required under this Agreement, and such failure has not been cured within two Business Days; (ii) notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit; (iii) failed, within one Business Day after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund Advances under this Agreement; or (iv) become, or has a parent company that has become, the subject of any Bankruptcy Event.

“

GAAP

” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States.

“

Governmental Authority

” means, with respect to any Person, any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to a nation or government and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person.

“

Hazardous Materials

” means all materials subject to any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, materials listed in 49 C.F.R. § 172.010, materials defined as hazardous pursuant to § 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, flammable, explosive or radioactive materials, hazardous or toxic wastes or substances, lead-based materials, petroleum or petroleum distillates or asbestos or material containing asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, urea formaldehyde and any substances classified as being “in inventory”, “usable work in process” or similar classification that would, if classified as unusable, be included in the foregoing definition.

“

Highest Required Investment Category

” means (i) with respect to ratings assigned by Moody’s, “Aa2” or “P-1” for one month instruments, “Aa2” and “P-1” for three month instruments, “Aa3” and “P- 1” for six month instruments and “Aa2” and “P-1” for instruments with a term in excess of six months

and (ii) with respect to ratings assigned by S&P, “A-1” for short-term instruments and “A” for long-term instruments.

“

Increasing Lender

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.18(a)

“

Indebtedness

” means:

(i) with respect to any Obligor under any Loan Asset, the meaning of “Indebtedness” or any comparable definition in the Loan Agreement for each such Loan Asset, and in any case that “Indebtedness” or such comparable definition is not defined in such Loan Agreement, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such entity for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such entity evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such entity under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such entity, (d) all obligations of such entity in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such entity, whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all guarantees by such entity of indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such entity, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such entity as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such entity in respect of bankers’ acceptances; and

(ii) for all other purposes, with respect to any Person at any date, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary trade practices) or that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument or other evidence of indebtedness customary for indebtedness of that type, (b) all obligations of such Person under leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (c) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person, (d) all liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, (e) all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of that Person in respect of derivatives, and (f) all obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or to otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kind referred to in

clauses (a)

through

(e)

of this

clause (ii)

“

Indemnified Amounts

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 8.01(a)

“

Indemnified Party

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 8.01(a)

“

Indemnified Taxes

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

“

Indemnifying Party

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 8.03

“

Indorsem*nt

” has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(11) of the UCC, and “

Indorsed

” has a corresponding meaning.

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Industry

” means the industry categories listed on

Schedule 1.01(c)

hereto.

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Initial Advance

” means the first Advance made pursuant to

Article II

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Initial Commitment

” means the aggregate Commitments in effect on the Closing Date, being $50,000,000.

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Initial Payment Date

” means October 10, 2021.

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Instrument

” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC.

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Insurance Policy

” means, with respect to any Loan Asset, an insurance policy covering liability and physical damage to, or loss of, the Underlying Collateral.

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Insurance Proceeds

” means any amounts received on or with respect to a Loan Asset under any Insurance Policy or with respect to any condemnation proceeding or award in lieu of condemnation, other than any such amount received which is required to be used to restore, improve or repair the related real estate or other assets or required to be paid to the Obligor under the Loan Agreement.

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Interest Collections

” means, (i) with respect to any Loan Asset, all cash Collections attributable to interest on such Loan Asset, including, without limitation, all scheduled payments of interest and payments of interest relating to principal prepayments, all guaranty payments attributable to interest and proceeds of any liquidations, sales or dispositions attributable to interest on such Loan Asset and (ii) amendment fees, late fees, waiver fees, prepayment fees or other amounts (other than amounts expressly designed as Principal Collections) received in respect of Loan Assets.

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Interest Coverage Ratio

” means as of any Reporting Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction (i) the numerator of which is equal to the sum of Interest Collections deposited in the Collection Account during the immediately preceding three-Month period, and (ii) the denominator of which is equal to the sum of the payments of interest required to be made pursuant to

Section 2.04(a)

hereof on the related Payment Date, all as set forth in the latest Quarterly Servicing Report.

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Interest Period

” means, with respect to any Payment Date, (i) as to the Initial Payment Date, the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on, but excluding, the Determination Date immediately preceding such Payment Date, and (ii) as to any subsequent Payment Date, the period beginning on, and including, the first day of the Month immediately preceding Payment Date and ending on, but excluding, either (x) the Determination Date immediately preceding such Payment Date, or (y) with respect to the final Interest Period, the Collection Date.

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Interest Rate

” means, as of any date of determination, an interest rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate for such date plus the Applicable Spread.

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Interest Reserve Amount

” means an amount estimated by the Administrative Agent and reported to the Borrower on each Determination Date in an amount not to exceed the amount of interest payable on the Advance Outstanding over the next three-Month period pursuant to

Section2.02(c)

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Investment Manager

” means Star Mountain Fund Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

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Joinder Supplement

” means an agreement among the Borrower, a Lender and the Administrative Agent in the form of

Exhibit C

to this Agreement (appropriately completed) delivered in connection with a Person becoming a Lender hereunder after the Closing Date.

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Keyman Event

” means any two of Brett Hickey, Stephen Paras, Christopher Gimbert, and Christopher Birosak are no longer employed by the Borrower or a member thereof, or is no longer actively involved in the management of the Borrower.

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Lender

” means each financial institution listed on

Schedule 1.01(a)

as providing a “Commitment”, as

Schedule 1.01(a)

may be revised to reflect any assigns of any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms of

Section 10.04

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Lien

” means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, claim, preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale, lease or other title retention agreement, sale subject to a purchase obligation, any easem*nt, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) or the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement perfecting a security interest under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction.

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Loan Agreement

” means the loan agreement, credit agreement or other agreement pursuant to which a Loan Asset has been issued or created and each other agreement that governs the terms of or secures the obligations represented by such Loan Asset or of which the holders of such Loan Asset are the beneficiaries.

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Loan Asset

” means any loan originated or acquired by the Borrower in the ordinary course of its business, which loan includes, without limitation, (i) the Required Loan Documents and Loan Asset File, and (ii) all right, title and interest in and to the loan and any Underlying Collateral, but excluding, in each case, any Retained Interest and any Excluded Amounts.

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Loan Asset Checklist

” means an electronic or hard copy, as applicable, of a checklist delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Collateral Agent for each Loan Asset, of all Required Loan Documents to be included within the respective Loan Asset File, which shall specify whether such document is an original or a copy.

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Loan Asset File

” means, with respect to each Loan Asset, a file containing (a) each of the documents and items as set forth on the Loan Asset Checklist with respect to such Loan Asset and (b) duly executed originals (to the extent required by the Servicing Standard) and copies of any other Records relating to such Loan Assets and Portfolio Assets pertaining thereto and contained therein.

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Loan Asset Register

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 6.02(f)

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Loan Asset Schedule

” means the schedule of Loan Agreements evidencing Loan Assets and related information delivered by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent.

Each such schedule shall set forth, as to any Eligible Loan Asset to be Transferred hereunder, the applicable information specified on the Borrowing Base Certificate, which shall also be provided to the Collateral Agent in electronic format acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

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Loan Asset Servicing

” means the duties and obligations to service and administer the Loan Assets and as set forth in Section 6.02

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Loan Documents

” means all Required Loan Documents and all other agreements, including security agreements, financing statements and guaranties, and other instruments evidencing, securing, guaranteeing or otherwise relating to any Loan Asset or security of the Borrower or other investment with respect to or otherwise relating to any Underlying Collateral or proceeds thereof.

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Majority Lenders

” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding an aggregate of more than 50% of the Drawn Percentages at such time (which, so long as there exists at least two unaffiliated Lenders, shall be comprised of at least two Lenders that are not Affiliates); provided, that the Commitments of Defaulting Lenders shall be excluded for the purposes of making a determination of Majority Lenders.

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Margin Stock

” means “

margin stock

” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

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Material Adverse Effect

” means, with respect to any event or circ*mstance, a material adverse effect on (a) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance or properties of the Borrower (b) the validity, enforceability or collectability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the validity, enforceability or collectability of the Loan Assets generally or any material portion of the Loan Assets, (c) the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, any Lender and the Secured Parties with respect to matters arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (d) the ability of any of the Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, or (e) the status, existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Collateral Agent’s, the Administrative Agent’s or the other Secured Parties’ lien on the Collateral.

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Material Modification

” means any amendment or waiver of, or modification or supplement to, a Loan Agreement or other Loan Document governing a Loan Asset executed or effected on or after the Cut-Off Date for such Loan Asset which:

(i)

reduces, forgives or delays any or all of the principal amount due under such Loan Asset;

(ii)

waives, delays, postpones or extends the maturity date or any other due date for any payment under such Loan Asset;

(iii)

waives one or more cash interest payments, permits any interest due in cash to be deferred or capitalized and added to the principal amount of such Loan Asset, or reduces the cash spread or cash coupon with respect to such Loan Asset (other than any deferral or capitalization either (x) already allowed by the terms of the Loan Agreement of any Loan Asset as of the Cut-Off Date thereof with respect to interest that is payable “in kind”, or (y) in addition to existing interest payments), or reduces the amount of interest due;

(iv)

contractually or structurally subordinates such Loan Asset by operation of a priority of payments, turnover provisions, the transfer of assets in order to limit recourse to the related Obligor or the granting of Liens (other than any expressly permitted Liens, including “permitted liens” as defined in the applicable Loan Agreement for such Loan Asset, or such comparable definition if “permitted liens” is not defined therein) on any of the Underlying Collateral securing such Loan Asset;

(v)

substitutes, alters or releases the Underlying Collateral securing such Loan Asset and each such substitution, alteration or release, as determined in the sole reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, materially and adversely affects the value of such Loan Asset (other than releases expressly permitted by the Loan Documents related to such Loan Asset for value with application of 100% of net proceeds in permanent reductions of amounts outstanding under the Loan Asset (or in the case of a Second Lien Loan Asset, under such Loan Asset or the related first lien loan asset) as may be permitted in the underlying Loan Agreement as of the Cut-Off Date thereof); or

(vi)

amends, waives, forbears, supplements or otherwise modifies in any way for more than one calendar quarter the definition of “Senior Net Leverage Ratio”, “Total Net Obligor Leverage Ratio”, “Cash Interest Coverage Ratio”, “EBITDA” or definition of “permitted lien” or “indebtedness” (or any similar term) (or any respective comparable definitions in the underlying Loan Agreement as of the Cut-Off Date thereof) or the definition of any component thereof, in each case, in a manner that, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, is materially adverse to the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

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Maximum Availability

” means the lesser of:

(i) the Maximum Facility Amount;

(ii) (a) the product of (x) the Borrowing Base multiplied by (y) the Weighted Average Advance Rate, minus (b) the Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount, minus (c) the Interest Reserve Amount, plus (d) the amount of Available Collections on deposit in the Principal Collection Account as of such date; and

(iii) (a) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets as of such date minus (b) the Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount, plus (c) the amount of Available Collections on deposit in the Principal Collection Account as of such date, minus (d) the Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount, minus (e) the Interest Reserve Amount

For purposes of calculating the Maximum Availability, (a) any Eligible Loan Asset in respect of which the Borrower has entered into a binding and unconditional (other than standard conditions precedent) commitment to acquire which has not yet settled shall be included for the purposes of such calculation and the Available Collections to be used to acquire such Loan Asset shall be excluded from the calculation as if such origination or acquisition had been completed, and (b) any Loan Asset in respect of which the Borrower has entered into a binding and unconditional (other than standard conditions precedent)commitment to sell which has not yet settled shall not be included for the purposes of such calculation and the Available Collections to be received from the sale of such Loan Asset shall be included in the calculation as if such sale had been completed.

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Maximum Facility Amount

” means the Aggregate Commitments as then in effect, which amount on the Closing Date shall equal the Initial Commitment and may be increased pursuant to

Section 2.18

to $125,000,000; provided that at all times after the Revolving Period, the Maximum Facility Amount shall mean the aggregate Advances Outstanding at such time.

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Minimum Equity Amount

” means the greater of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Loan Balances of the three largest Eligible Loan Assets (and, for the purpose of this calculation, all Eligible Loan Assets funded to a single Obligor Group shall constitute a single Eligible Loan Asset); and (ii) $15,000,000.

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Month

” means a calendar month.

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Moody’s

” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or its successors in interest).

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Multiemployer Plan

” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower, contributed or had any obligation to contribute on behalf of its employees at any time during the current year or the preceding five years.

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Non-Defaulting Lender

” means any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.

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Non-U.S. Lender

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.10(d)

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Non-Utilization Fee

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.08(a)

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Non-Utilization Payment Date

” means (i) each Payment Date during the Revolving Period, and (ii) the Payment Date immediately following the Commitment Termination Date.

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Non-Utilization Period

” means, (i) as to the initial Non-Utilization Payment Date, the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on, but excluding, the Determination Date immediately preceding such Non-Utilization Payment Date and (ii) as to any subsequent Non-Utilization Payment Date, the period beginning on, and including, the Determination Date prior to the immediately preceding Non-Utilization Payment Date and ending on, but excluding, the Determination Date immediately preceding such Non-Utilization Payment Date, or, with respect to the final Non-Utilization Period, the Commitment Termination Date.

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Non-Utilization Fee Rate

” with respect to any Lender, means the “Non-Utilization Fee Rate” as set forth in such Lender’s Fee Letter.

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Noteless Loan Asset

” means a Loan Asset with respect to which the Loan Agreements (i) do not require the Obligor to execute and deliver a promissory note to evidence the indebtedness created under such Loan Asset or (ii) require any holder of the indebtedness created under such Loan Asset to affirmatively request a promissory note from the related Obligor.

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Notice of Borrowing

” means an irrevocable written notice of borrowing from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in the form attached hereto as

Exhibit D

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Notice of Exclusive Control

” has the meaning specified in the Collection Account Agreement, or if not defined therein, means a notice delivered by the Collateral Agent to the Custodian in accordance with the terms of the Collection Account Agreement notifying the Custodian to cease following instructions of the Borrower with respect to the Collection Account.

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Notice of Reduction

” means a notice of a reduction of the Advances Outstanding pursuant to

Section 2.17

, in the form attached hereto as

Exhibit E

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Obligations

” means all present and future indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations (howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or due or to become due) of the Borrower to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and shall include, without limitation, all liability for principal of and interest on the Advances, Fees, indemnifications and other amounts due or to become due by the Borrower to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any Fee Letter, any Prepayment Premium and costs and expenses payable by the Borrower to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses of outside counsel, including without limitation, interest, fees and other obligations that accrue after the commencement of an insolvency proceeding (in each case whether or not allowed as a claim in such insolvency proceeding).

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Obligor

” means, collectively, each Person obligated to make payments under a Loan Agreement, including any guarantor thereof.

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Obligor Group

” means, collectively, each Obligor and its direct corporate or entity parents and subsidiaries; provided, that Obligors will not be considered members of the same Obligor Group solely as a result of a relationship based on the direct or indirect ownership of, or control by, a common owner which is a financial institution, asset manager, private equity sponsor, fund, investment vehicle or similar entity which is in the business of making diversified investments.

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Offering Memorandum

” means that certain Confidential Private Placement Memorandum of the Borrower, dated May 2021.

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Officer’s Certificate

” means a certificate signed by the president, the secretary, an assistant secretary, the chief financial officer or any vice president, as an authorized officer, of any Person.

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Operating Agreement

” means the By-Laws of the Borrower.

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Original Cash Interest Coverage Ratio

” means, with respect to any Loan Asset, the Cash Interest Coverage Ratio for such Loan Asset on (i) the Cut-Off Date for such Loan or (ii) if applicable, the date such Loan Asset was most recently assigned a new Assigned Value by the Administrative Agent as a result of an Assigned Value Adjustment Event under clause (i) of the definition thereof, as set forth in the applicable Assigned Value Notice with respect to such Loan Asset.

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Original Senior Net Leverage Ratio

”: With respect to any Loan Asset, the Senior Net Leverage Ratio for such Loan Asset on (i) the Cut-Off Date for such Loan or (ii) if applicable, the date such Loan Asset was most recently assigned a new Assigned Value by the Administrative Agent as a result of an Assigned Value Adjustment Event under clause (ii) of the definition thereof, as set forth in the applicable Assigned Value Notice with respect to such Loan Asset.

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Other Connection Taxes

” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent or each Lender, Taxes that are imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Person and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Person having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or

perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Transaction Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Advance or Transaction Document).

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Other Taxes

” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.

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Outstanding Loan Balance

” means for any Loan Asset, for any date of determination, an amount equal to the Assigned Value of such Loan Asset at such time multiplied by the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Loan Asset; provided that the parties hereby agree that the Outstanding Loan Balance of any Loan Asset that is no longer an Eligible Loan Asset shall equal zero.

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Outstanding Principal Balance

” means the principal balance of a Loan Asset, expressed exclusive of the portion of the outstanding principal balance of a Loan Asset, if any, that represents interest which has accrued in kind and has been added to the principal balance of such Loan Asset, and any accrued interest.

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Partial PIK Loan Asset

” means any Loan Asset that provides for payments of a portion of scheduled interest in cash on a current basis, the remainder of which is or can be payable “in kind” and not in cash; provided the portion of such Loan Asset that is accruing interest that is required to be paid in cash pursuant to the terms of the related Loan Agreement is at an interest rate that is at least 300 basis points higher than the Interest Rate hereunder.

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Participant Register

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.13

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Payment Date

” means the 10^th day of each of Quarter, commencing on the Initial Payment Date, or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day; provided that the final Payment Date shall occur on the Collection Date.

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Pension Plan

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 4.01(aa)

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Permitted Capital Call Facility

” means Indebtedness of the Borrower pursuant to a capital call loan facility (i) pursuant to which advances are made based on the unused capital commitments of the eligible investors in the Borrower, and (ii) secured solely by any capital commitments of the Borrower’s investors and assets directly related thereto (including any deposit account the sole purpose of which is for the deposit of capital contributions made from the Borrower’s investors); provided that, in no event shall such facility be secured by any Loan Asset, Portfolio Assets or any other assets listed in clauses (i) through (v) in the definition of “Collateral”.

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Permitted Investments

” means U.S. Dollar denominated negotiable instruments or securities or other investments (which may include securities or investments in which SNB, the Collateral Agent or their respective Affiliates provide services or receive compensation) that (i) except in the case of demand or time deposits and investments in money market funds, are represented by instruments in bearer or registered form or ownership of which is represented by book entries by a Clearing Agency or by a Federal Reserve Bank in favor of depository institutions eligible to have an account with such Federal Reserve Bank who hold such investments on behalf of their customers, (ii) as of any date of determination, mature by their terms on or prior to the Business Day preceding the next Payment Date, and (iii) evidence:

(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to full and timely payment by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States);

(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of depository institutions or trust companies incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities; provided that at the time of the Borrower’s investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper, if any, and short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligation whose rating is based on the credit of a Person other than such institution or trust company) of such depository institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in the Highest Required Investment Category granted by such Rating Agency;

(c) commercial paper, or other short-term obligations, having, at the time of the Borrower’s investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating in the Highest Required Investment Category granted by each Rating Agency;

(d) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit that are fully insured by the FDIC and either have a rating on their certificates of deposit or short-term deposits from Moody’s and S&P of “P-1” and “A-1”, respectively;

(e) notes that are payable on demand or bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in

clause (b)

above;

(f) investments in taxable money market funds or other regulated investment companies having, at the time of the Borrower’s investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating of the Highest Required Investment Category from each Rating Agency; or

(g) time deposits (having maturities of not more than 90 days) by an entity the commercial paper of which has, at the time of the Borrower’s investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating of the Highest Required Investment Category granted by each Rating Agency.

In connection with the acquisition or disposition of Permitted Investments pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Collateral Agent may pursuant to the direction of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, purchase or sell to itself or an Affiliate, as principal or agent, the Permitted Investments described above.

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Permitted Liens

” means any of the following as to which no enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding shall have been commenced (a) Liens for state, municipal or other local Taxes if such Taxes shall not at the time be due and payable or if a Person shall currently be contesting the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of such Person, (b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen’s, warehousem*n’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar Liens, arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business for sums that are not overdue or are being contested in good faith, (c) Liens granted pursuant to or by the Transaction Documents, including restrictions on transfer with respect to any Loan Asset, either imposed by law or

contained in the Loan Agreements, that are customary qualifications for instruments similar to such Loan Asset (including consent of the relevant agent or Obligor), (d) Liens (including the right of set-off) in favor of a bank or other depository institution arising as a matter of law and/or pursuant to customary custodial, banking or cash management arrangements encumbering deposits solely to the extent incurred in connection with maintenance of securities accounts or deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business and not involving the borrowing of money or the granting of collateral, (e) any Liens set forth on

Schedule 5.02(d

), and (f) Liens on capital commitments of the Borrower’s investors and assets directly related thereto (including any deposit account the sole purpose of which is for the deposit of capital contributions made from the Borrower’s investors) (other than any Loan Asset, Portfolio Assets or any other assets listed in clauses (i) through (v) in the definition of “Collateral”) pledged to secure a Permitted Capital Call Facility.

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Person

” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a statutory or business trust), limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, sole proprietorship, joint venture, government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity.

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PIK Loan Asset

” means any Loan Asset that provides that payments of scheduled interest may be payable “in kind” and not in cash (other than a Partial PIK Loan Asset).

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Portfolio Assets

” means all Loan Assets owned by the Borrower, together with all proceeds thereof and other assets or property related thereto, including all right, title and interest of the Borrower in and to:

(a) any amounts on deposit in any cash reserve, collection, custody or lockbox accounts securing the Loan Assets;

(b) all rights with respect to the Loan Assets to which the Borrower is entitled as lender under the applicable Loan Agreement;

(d) any Lien in the Underlying Collateral securing a Loan Asset and all Recoveries related thereto, all payments paid in respect thereof and all monies due, to become due and paid in respect thereof accruing after the applicable Cut-Off Date and all liquidation proceeds;

(e) all Required Loan Documents, the Loan Asset Files related to any Loan Asset, any Records, and the documents, agreements, and instruments included in the Loan Asset Files or Records;

(f) all Insurance Policies with respect to any Loan Asset;

(g) all Liens, guaranties, indemnities, warranties, letters of credit, accounts, bank accounts and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure or support payment of any Loan Asset, together with all UCC financing statements, mortgages or similar filings signed or authorized by an Obligor relating thereto;

(h) all UCC financing statements;

(i) all records (including computer records) with respect to the foregoing; and

(j) all Collections, income, payments, proceeds and other benefits of each of the foregoing.

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Prepayment Premium

” means, for the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the one year anniversary thereof, an amount equal to 1.00% of the amount of the reduction of the Maximum Facility Amount, whether pursuant to

Section 2.17

or otherwise, other than any reduction in connection with the payment of the applicable Amortization Reduction Amount following the Commitment Termination Date.

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Prime Rate

” means the greater of (i) the rate of interest most recently published in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal from time to time as the Prime Rate in the United States of America or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by Agent in a commercially reasonable manner) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by Agent in a commercially reasonable manner) and (ii) 3.25%. Any change in such prime rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

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Principal Collections

” means (i) any cash Collections deposited by the Borrower into the Collection Account in accordance with

Section 2.05

Section 2.06

with respect to any Loan Asset, all cash Collections received which are not Interest Collections, including, without limitation, all Recoveries, all Insurance Proceeds, all scheduled payments of principal and principal prepayments and all guaranty payments and proceeds of any liquidations, sales or dispositions, in each case, attributable to the principal of such Loan Asset.

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Pro Rata Share

” means, with respect to each Lender, (1) at any time during the Revolving Period (i) with respect to the determination of Advances, the Undrawn Percentage of such Lender, and (ii) with respect to the allocation of Collections on any Payment Date or otherwise in connection with any distribution hereunder, the Drawn Percentage of such Lender, and (2) after the Revolving Period, with respect to the allocation of Available Collections on any Payment Date or otherwise in connection with any distribution hereunder, such Lender’s Drawn Percentage,

where:

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Drawn Amount

” of each Lender, means the Advances Outstanding of such Lender.

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Drawn Percentage

” for any Lender as of any date of determination, means the amount, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (i) the Drawn Amount of such Lender, by (ii) Advances Outstanding of all Lenders.

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Undrawn Amount

” for any the Lender as of any date of determination, means the positive difference, if any, between (i) the Commitment of such Lender, and (ii) the Drawn Amount of such Lender.

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Undrawn Percentage

” for any Lender as of any date of determination, means the amount, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (i) the Undrawn Amount of such Lender, by (ii) the aggregate Undrawn Amounts of all Lenders.

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Proceeds

” means, with respect to any Collateral, all property that is receivable or received when such Collateral is collected, sold, liquidated, foreclosed, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes all rights to payment with respect to any insurance relating to such Collateral.

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Quarter

” means each calendar quarter.

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Quarterly Reporting Date

” means the date that is two Business Days prior to each Payment Date.

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Quarterly Servicing Report

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 6.07(b)(ii)

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Quarterly Servicing Report Certificate

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 6.07(c)

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Rating Agency

” means each of DBRS, S&P and Moody’s, or any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization identified as such by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Records

” means all documents relating to the Loan Assets, including books, records and other information executed in connection with the origination or acquisition of the Collateral or maintained with respect to the Collateral and the related Obligors that the Borrower or has generated, in which the Borrower has originated or has otherwise obtained an interest.

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Recoveries

” means, as of the time any Underlying Collateral with respect to any Loan Asset that is subject to any Assigned Value Adjustment Event is sold, discarded or abandoned (after a determination by the Borrower that such Underlying Collateral has little or no remaining value) or otherwise determined to be fully liquidated by the Borrower in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the proceeds from the sale of the Underlying Collateral, the proceeds of any related Insurance Policy, any other recoveries with respect to such Loan Asset, as applicable, the Underlying Collateral, and amounts representing late fees and penalties, net of any amounts received that are required under such Loan Asset, as applicable, to be refunded to the related Obligor.

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” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.13

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Release Date

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.06(d)

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Replacement Servicer

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 6.01(c)

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Reportable Event

” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than an event for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

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Reporting Date

” means October 7, 2021, and thereafter on the second Business Day immediately preceding the 10th day of each succeeding Quarter.

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Required Loan Documents

” means, for each Loan Asset, originals (except as otherwise indicated) of the following documents or instruments, all as specified on the related Loan Asset Checklist:

(a) (i) the original executed promissory note or, in the case of a lost note, a copy of the executed underlying promissory note accompanied by an original executed affidavit and indemnity endorsed by the Borrower in blank (and an unbroken chain of endorsem*nts from each prior holder of such promissory note to the Borrower), or (ii) if such promissory note is not issued in the name of the Borrower or if such Loan Asset is a Noteless Loan Asset, each assignment and assumption agreement, transfer document or instrument relating to such Loan Asset evidencing the assignment of such Loan Asset from any prior third party owner thereof to the Borrower and from the Borrower in blank (which shall be the original executed copies, in case of documents or instruments evidencing the transfer from the Borrower in blank, and otherwise may be copies of the executed versions); and

(b) to the extent applicable to the related Loan Asset, copies of the executed (a) guaranty, (b) credit agreement, (c) loan agreement, (d) note purchase agreement, (e) sale and servicing agreement, (f) acquisition agreement (or similar agreement) and (g) security agreement or mortgage, in each case as set forth on the Loan Asset Checklist.

“

Required Reports

” means, collectively, the Quarterly Servicing Report required pursuant to

Section 6.07(b)

, the Quarterly Servicing Report Certificate required pursuant to

Section 6.07(c)

, the financial statements of the Borrower required pursuant to

Section 6.07(d)

and

(e)

, the tax returns required pursuant to

Section 6.07(f)

, the financial statements and valuation reports of each Obligor required pursuant to

Section 6.07(g)

, the annual statements as to compliance required pursuant to

Section 6.09

, and the annual independent public accountant’s report required pursuant to

Section 6.10

“

Responsible Officer

” means, with respect to any Person, any duly authorized officer of such Person with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other duly authorized officer of such Person to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“

Restricted Junior Payment

” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interests in the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; (ii) any management fees and incentive payments (in cash) to the general partner of the Borrower or the Investment Manager, (iii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of Equity Interests in the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, (iv) any payment made to redeem, purchase, purchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire Equity Interests in the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, and (v) any payment of management fees by the Borrower.

“

Retained Interest

” means with respect to any Revolving Loan Asset or Delayed Draw Loan Asset, all obligations to provide additional funding (in excess of principal amounts outstanding) with respect to such Loan Asset.

“

Revolving Loan Asset

” means a Loan Asset that is not a Term Loan Asset and that is a senior secured obligation (including revolving loans, funded and unfunded portions of revolving credit lines and letter of credit facilities, unfunded commitments under specific facilities, letter of credit facilities and other similar loans and investments) that contains an unfunded commitment arising from an extension

of credit to an Obligor, pursuant to the terms of which amounts borrowed may be repaid and subsequently reborrowed; provided that a Loan Asset will be a Revolving Loan Asset only to the extent of undrawn commitments of the Borrower and until all commitments to make advances to the related Obligor expire or are terminated or irrevocably reduced to zero.

“

Revolving Note

” means a revolving note in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L.

“

Revolving Period

” means the date commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Commitment Termination Date.

“

Rule 17g-5

” means Rule 17g-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as such rule may be amended from time to time, and subject to the interpretations provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff from time to time.

“

S&P

” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business (or its successors in interest).

“

Sanctions

” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01.

“

Scheduled Commitment Termination Date

” means July 2, 2024.

“

Scheduled Maturity Date

” means July 2, 2025.

“

Scheduled Payment

” means each scheduled payment of principal or interest required to be made by an Obligor on the related Loan Asset, as adjusted pursuant to the terms of the related Loan Agreement.

“

Second Lien Loan Asset

” means any Loan Asset that does not satisfy the requirements set forth in the definition of First Lien Loan Asset and First Lien Last Out Loan Asset and that (i) is secured by a valid and perfected Lien on substantially all of the Obligor’s assets constituting Underlying Collateral for the Loan Asset, subject only to the prior lien provided to secure the obligations under a “first lien” loan pursuant to customary commercial terms, and any other “permitted liens” as defined in the applicable Loan Agreement for such Loan Asset or such comparable definition if “permitted liens” is not defined therein (including, without limitation, priority Liens on certain current assets, including accounts receivable, to secure working capital facilities) that are reasonable and customary for similar loans (provided such liens do not directly secure indebtedness for borrowed money except as otherwise provided in this definition), (ii) provides that the payment obligation of the Obligor on such Loan Asset is “senior debt” and, except for the express priority provisions under the documentation of the “first lien” lenders (including customary terms applicable to a second lien lender under customary intercreditor provisions, including such as after an event of default in connection with a first priority lien or with respect to the liquidation of the Obligor or certain specified collateral for such Loan), is either senior to, or pari passu with, all other Indebtedness for borrowed money of such Obligor, (iii) for which the principal Underlying Collateral is not comprised of equity interests in the Obligor’s subsidiaries and Affiliates, and (iv) the Investment Manager has determined in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner that the enterprise value of the related Obligor or the Underlying Collateral securing the Loan Asset on or about the Cut-Off Date thereof equals or exceeds the outstanding principal balance of the Loan Asset plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other loans of equal or higher seniority secured by the same collateral.

“

Secured Party

” means each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender (together with its successors and assigns), the Collateral Agent, and solely with respect to its rights hereunder, each Affected Party and each Indemnified Party.

“

Senior Net Leverage Ratio

” means, with respect to any Loan Asset for any relevant test period under the related Loan Agreement, the meaning of “Senior Net Leverage Ratio”, “Senior Leverage Ratio”, “First Lien Net Leverage Ratio”, “First Lien Leverage Ratio”, or any comparable term relating to senior secured indebtedness defined in the related Loan Agreement, and in any case not so defined, the ratio of (a) first lien or senior secured indebtedness (as defined in the related Loan Agreement or comparable term thereof, including such Loan Asset) of the applicable Obligor as of the date of determination, excluding any junior indebtedness and any unsecured indebtedness of such Obligor, minus the Unrestricted Cash of such Obligor as of such date to (b) EBITDA as calculated by the Borrower in good faith using information from and calculations consistent with the relevant financial models, pro forma financial statements, compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor; provided, that in calculating “Senior Net Leverage Ratio” in any case, EBITDA of the applicable Obligor shall in any event be deemed to be no greater than EBITDA of such Obligor as computed in accordance with the definition of “EBITDA” hereunder.

“

Servicing Termination Notice

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 6.01(b)

“

Servicing File

” means, for each Loan Asset, (a) copies of each of the Required Loan Documents and (b) any other portion of the Loan Asset File which is not part of the Required Loan Documents.

“

Servicing Standard

” means, with respect to any Loan Assets included in the Collateral, to service and administer such Loan Assets on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with Applicable Law, the terms of this Agreement, the Loan Agreements, all customary and usual servicing practices for loans like the Loan Assets and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, (1) utilizing the standards, policies and procedures that the Borrower reasonably believes to be customarily followed by institutional managers of similar standing relating to assets of the nature and character of the Collateral, (2) utilizing the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Borrower services and administers loans for its own account or for the account of others; and (3) with a view to maximize the value of the Loan Assets; and without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower may have with any Obligor or any Affiliate of any Obligor, (ii) the Borrower’s obligations to incur servicing and administrative expenses with respect to a Loan Asset, (iii) the Borrower’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction, (iv) the ownership by the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof of any Loan Assets, (v) the ownership, servicing or management for others by the Borrower of any other loans or property by the Borrower or (vi) any relationship that the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower may have with any holder of other loans of the Obligor with respect to such Loan Assets.

“

SNB

” means Sterling National Bank, a national banking association, together with its successors and assigns.

“

Solvent

” means, as to any Person at any time, having a state of affairs such that all of the following conditions are met: (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is

not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts and other liabilities as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and does not propose to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property assets would constitute unreasonably small capital.

“

State

” means one of the fifty states of the United States or the District of Columbia.

“

Structured Finance Obligation

” means any obligation issued by a special purpose vehicle secured directly by, referenced to, or representing ownership of the cash flows of a pool of receivables or other financial assets, either fixed or revolving, including (but not limited to) collateral debt obligations, collateral loan obligations, asset backed securities and mortgage backed securities or any resecuritization thereof, synthetic variants of any of the foregoing (where relevant), credit-linked notes and credit-linked loans, or any similar obligation deemed to be a “Structured Finance Obligation” for regulatory purposes by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“

Subsidiary

” means with respect to a person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such person.

“

Substitute Eligible Loan Asset

” means each Eligible Loan Asset Transferred by the Borrower to the Custodian, on behalf of the Secured Parties and subject to the Custodial Agreement, pursuant to

Section 2.06(a)

Section 2.06(c)(ii)

“

Substitution

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 2.06(a)

“

Synthetic Security

” means a security or swap transaction (other than a letter of credit or a Participation) that has payments of interest or principal on one or more reference obligations or the credit performance of one or more reference obligations.

“

Taxes

” means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, assessments or fees of any nature (including interest, penalties, and additions thereto) that are imposed by any Governmental Authority.

“

Term Loan Asset

” means a Loan Asset that is a term loan that has been fully funded and does not contain any unfunded commitment on the part of the Borrower arising from an extension of credit by the Borrower to an Obligor.

“

Tier 1 Obligor

”: (a) With respect to First Lien Loan Assets, Obligors for which the Senior Net Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such First Lien Loan Asset is less than 3.25 to 1.00, and (b) with respect to First Lien Last Out Loan Assets and Second Lien Loan Assets, Obligors for which the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such First Lien Last Out Loan Asset and Second Lien Loan Asset is less than 3.75 to 1.00.

“

Tier 2 Obligor

”: (a) With respect to First Lien Loan Assets, Obligors for which the Senior Net Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such First Lien Loan Asset is less than 4.00 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00, and (b) with respect to First Lien Last Out Loan Assets and Second Lien Loan Assets, Obligors for which the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such First Lien Last Out Loan Asset and Second Lien Loan Asset is less than 4.25 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 3.75 to 1.00.

“

Tier 3 Obligor

”: (a) With respect to First Lien Loan Assets, Obligors for which the Senior Net Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such First Lien Loan Asset is less than 5.00 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00, and (b) with respect to First Lien Last Out Loan Assets and Second Lien Loan Assets, Obligors for which the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such First Lien Last Out Loan Asset and Second Lien Loan Asset is less than 5.00 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00.

“

Total Net Leverage Ratio

” means, with respect to any Loan Asset for any relevant test period under the related Loan Agreement, the meaning of “Total Net Leverage Ratio”, “Total Leverage Ratio”, or any comparable term relating to total indebtedness defined in the related Loan Agreement, and in any case not so defined, the ratio of (a) total indebtedness (as defined in the related Loan Agreement or comparable term thereof, including such Loan Asset) of the applicable Obligor as of the date of determination, minus the Unrestricted Cash of such Obligor as of such date to (b) EBITDA as calculated by the Borrower in good faith using information from and calculations consistent with the relevant financial models, pro forma financial statements, compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor; ; provided, that in calculating “Total Net Leverage Ratio” in any case, EBITDA of the applicable Obligor shall in any event be deemed to be no greater than EBITDA of such Obligor as computed in accordance with the definition of “EBITDA” hereunder.

“

Transaction Documents

” means this Agreement, the Collection Account Agreement, the Fee Letters, the Sale Agreement, each collateral assignment agreement and each document, instrument or agreement related to any of the foregoing.

“

Transferee Letter

” has the meaning assigned to that term in

Section 10.04(a)

“

Transfer

” means the inclusion (by acquisition, transfer, assignment or otherwise) of any Eligible Loan Asset or other Portfolio Asset in the Collateral pursuant to

Article II

“

UCC

” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the state of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the security interests in the Collateral.

“

Underlying Collateral

” means, with respect to a Loan Asset any property or other assets designated and pledged or mortgaged as collateral to secure repayment of such Loan Asset, as applicable, including, without limitation, mortgaged property or a pledge of the stock, membership or other ownership interests in the related Obligor and all proceeds from any sale or other disposition of such property or other assets.

“

Underwriting File

” means, with respect to each Loan Asset, copies of, or online access to, the underwriting memorandum of the Borrower, including the internal monitoring “dashboard” relating to such Loan Asset.

“

Unfunded Exposure Amount

” means, on any date of determination, with respect to any Loan Asset, the aggregate amount (without duplication) of the unfunded Revolving Commitment and unfunded Delayed Draw Commitments associated with such Loan Asset.

“

Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount

” means, on any date of determination, with respect to any Loan Asset, an amount equal to (a) the Unfunded Exposure Amount with respect to such Loan Asset minus (b) the product of (i) the Unfunded Exposure Amount with respect to such Loan Asset multiplied by (ii) the Assigned Value of such Loan Asset and multiplied by (iii) the Advance Rate applicable to such Loan Asset.

“

United States

” means the United States of America.

“

Unmatured Event of Default

” means any event that, if it continues uncured, will, with lapse of time, notice or lapse of time and notice, constitute an Event of Default.

“

Unrestricted Cash

” has the meaning assigned to the term “Unrestricted Cash” or any comparable term defined in the related Loan Agreement, and in any case not so defined, means all cash of the applicable Person available for use for general corporate, partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company purposes and not held in any reserve account or legally or contractually restricted for any particular purposes or subject to any Lien (other than blanket liens permitted under or granted in accordance with such Loan Agreement) as reflected on the most recent financial statements of the relevant Obligor that have been delivered to the Borrower.

“

Valuation Price

” means, with respect to any Loan Asset as of any date, the fair market value (expressed as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance) of such Loan Asset based on a valuation provided by an Approved Valuation Firm selected and approved by the Borrower that is valuing such Loan Asset.

“

Volcker Rule

” means Section 419 of Dodd-Frank, together with the interpretations, regulations, rules and pronouncements of any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.

“

Warranty Event

” means, as to any Loan Asset, the discovery (i) that as of the related Cut-Off Date for such Loan Asset there existed a breach of any representation or warranty relating to such Loan Asset (other than any representation or warranty that the Loan Asset satisfies the criteria of the defined term “Eligible Loan Asset”), or (ii) following the Cut-Off Date for such Loan Asset, of a Dispute.

“

Warranty Loan Asset

” means (i) any Loan Asset that fails to satisfy any Eligibility Criteria as of the Cut-Off Date for such Loan Asset or a Loan Asset with respect to which a Warranty Event has occurred, or (ii) any Loan Asset, or if not affecting the full Loan Asset, the portion thereof, subject to a Dispute following the Cut-Off Date.

“

Weighted Average Advance Rate

” means, as of any date of determination, the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to (1) the sum of the products for each Eligible Loan Asset of (i) the Advance Rate for such Eligible Loan Asset as of such date multiplied by (ii) (a) the Adjusted Borrowing Value of such Eligible Loan Asset as of such date minus (b) the Excess Concentration Amount attributable to such Eligible Loan Asset on such date, divided by (2) (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loan Assets minus (ii) the Excess Concentration Amount as of such date; provided as of such date; provided that if the calculation of “Weighted Average Advance Rate” equals greater than:

(i)

65% at any time that the Borrowing Base contains 20 or more Eligible Loan Assets the Weighted Average Advance Rate shall be deemed to equal (and in no event shall ever exceed) 65%,

(ii)

62.5% at any time that the Borrowing Base contains less than 20, but 12 or more, Eligible Loan Assets, the Weighted Average Advance Rate shall be deemed to equal (and in no event shall ever exceed) 62.5%, and

(iii)

55% at any other time, the Weighted Average Advance Rate shall be deemed to equal (and in no event exceed) 55%.

For the purpose of determining the number of Eligible Loan Assets for the purpose of the foregoing proviso, all Eligible Loan Assets to a single Obligor Group shall be treated as one Eligible Loan.

SECTION 1.02

Other Terms

. All accounting terms used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and used but not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.

SECTION 1.03

Computation of Time Periods

. Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.”

SECTION 1.04

Interpretation

In each Transaction Document, unless a contrary intention appears:

(a) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;

(b) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by the Transaction Documents;

(d) reference to day or days without further qualification means calendar days;

(e) reference to any time means New York, New York time;

(f) the term “or” is not exclusive;

(g) reference to the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”;

(h) reference to any agreement (including any Transaction Document), document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms of the other Transaction Documents, and reference to any promissory note includes any promissory note that is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor; and

(i) reference to any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and reference to any Section or other provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such Section or other provision.

ARTICLE II.

THE FACILITY

SECTION 2.01

Advances

(a)

Advances

. On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Borrower may at its option, by delivery of a Notice of Borrowing to the Administrative Agent from time to time on any Business Day from the Closing Date until the end of the Revolving Period, request that the Lenders make Advances to it in an amount which after giving effect to such Advances, would not cause the aggregate Advances Outstanding to exceed the Maximum Availability on such date; provided that no more than two Advances may be made in any one week and no more than seven Advances may be made in any one Month (unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion). Upon receipt of such Notice of Borrowing, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the requested Advance. Under no circ*mstances shall any Lender be required to make any Advance if after giving effect to such Advance and the addition to the Collateral of the Eligible Loan Assets being acquired by the Borrower using the proceeds of such Advance, (i) an Event of Default has occurred or would result therefrom or an Unmatured Event of Default exists or would result therefrom or (ii) the aggregate Advances Outstanding would exceed the Maximum Availability. Notwithstanding anything contained in this

Section 2.01

or elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary (i) no Lender shall be obligated to make any Advance in an amount that would, after giving effect to such Advance, exceed such Lender’s Commitment less the aggregate outstanding amount of any Advances funded by such Lender, and (ii) no Lender shall be required to make any Advance if after giving effect to such Advance, the aggregate amount of Advances Outstanding would exceed the Maximum Availability. Subject to

Section 2.02(g)

, each Advance to be made hereunder shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their Commitments.

(b)

Notes; Notations

. Each Lender may request that its Advances hereunder be evidenced by a Revolving Note, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L, or such other form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, and the Borrower agrees to execute deliver such revolving note to any requesting Lender. Each such Lender is hereby authorized to enter on a schedule attached to such note a notation (which may be computer generated) with respect to each Advance under such note made by the applicable Lender of: (i) the date and principal amount thereof, and (ii) each repayment of principal thereof, and any such recordation, absent manifest error, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information so recorded. The failure of any Lender to make any such notation on the schedule attached to any such note shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Advances in accordance with their respective terms as set forth herein.

SECTION 2.02

Procedure for Advances

(a) On any Business Day during the Revolving Period, the Borrower may request that the Lenders make Advances, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of

Sections 2.01

and

2.02

and subject to the provisions of

Section 3.02

hereof.

(b) Each Advance shall be made upon delivery (which may be by electronic mail) of an irrevocable Notice of Borrowing from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (who shall deliver a copy to each Lender), no later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, one Business Day (or such shorter time as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Lenders) immediately prior to the proposed date of such Advance (which shall be a Business Day), in the form of a Notice of Borrowing. Each Notice of Borrowing shall include a duly completed Borrowing Base Certificate (updated to the date such Advance is requested and giving pro forma effect to the Advance requested and the use of the proceeds thereof), and shall specify:

(i) the aggregate amount of such Advance, which amount shall not cause the Advances Outstanding to exceed the Maximum Availability; provided that the amount of such Advance must be at least equal to $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof;

(ii) the proposed date of such Advance; and

(iii) a representation that all conditions precedent for an Advance described in

Article III

hereof have been satisfied.

No later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of each Advance, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in

Section 3.02

, each Lender shall, in accordance with instructions received from the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, make available to the Borrower, in same day funds, an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such Advance, by payment into the account which the Borrower has designated in writing.

(c) The Advances shall bear interest during the Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the Interest Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (ii) the weighted average daily Advances Outstanding for such Interest Period. Interest shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring during the Interest Period over a year comprised of 360 days.

(d) Subject to

Section 2.17

and the other terms, conditions, provisions and limitations set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, repay or prepay and reborrow Advances without any penalty, fee or premium on and after the Closing Date and prior to the end of the Revolving Period.

(e) The obligation of each Lender to remit its Pro Rata Share of any Advance shall be several from that of each other Lender and the failure of any Lender to so make such amount available to the Borrower shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder.

SECTION 2.03

Determination of Interest Rate; Conversions of Advances; Limitations onAdvances

. The Administrative Agent shall determine the Interest Rate for the Advance Outstanding (including unpaid interest due and payable on a prior Payment Date) to be paid by the Borrower on each Payment Date for the related Interest Period and shall advise the Borrower thereof.

SECTION 2.04

Payment Procedures

(a) On each Payment Date, the Borrower shall pay, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender for the account of the applicable Lender, pro rata, in accordance with the amounts due to the Lenders under this clause (a), all interest accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the related Interest Period as determined by the Administrative Agent and provided to the Borrower. If the Borrower is unable on any Payment Date to pay all interest amounts in full due and payable on such Payment Date, the Administrative Agent may make such payments from the Interest Reserve Amount up to such shortfall amount under this

Section 2.04(a)

, which amounts shall be deemed to be an Advance made hereunder.

(b) On each Payment Date prior to the occurrence of the Commitment Termination Date the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender for the account of the applicable Lender, pro rata, in accordance with the amounts due to the Lenders under this clause (b) any Non-Utilization Fee that is accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the related Non-Utilization Period.

(c) On each Payment Date following the Commitment Termination Date or, in any case, after the declaration, or automatic occurrence, of the Final Maturity Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender, pro rata, to pay an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Amortization Reduction Amount, and (ii) Advances Outstanding (together with any accrued and unpaid Prepayment Premium), until Advances Outstanding (together with any accrued and unpaid Prepayment Premium) are paid in full. All Advances Outstanding shall be immediately due and payable on the Final Maturity Date and the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender, pro rata, all Advances Outstanding on the Final Maturity Date.

(d)The parties hereby agree that if the funds on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient to pay any amounts due and payable on a Payment Date or otherwise, the Borrower shall nevertheless remain responsible for, and shall pay when due, all amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, together with interest accrued as set forth in

Section 2.07(a)

, from the Payment Date when due and unpaid hereunder.

SECTION 2.05

Borrowing Base Deficiency Payments

(a) In addition to any other obligation of the Borrower to cure any Borrowing Base Deficiency pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, if, on any day prior to the Collection Date, any Borrowing Base Deficiency exists, then the Borrower shall within three Business Days of the occurrence thereof, eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency in its entirety by effecting one or more (or any combination thereof) of the following actions in order to eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency as of such date of determination: (i) repay Advances (together with all accrued and unpaid costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, in each case in respect of the amount so prepaid), (ii) sell Eligible Loan Assets in accordance with

Section 2.06

, or (iii) during the Revolving Period, Transfer additional Eligible Loan Assets; provided, that if (1) the Borrower requires additional capital in order to eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency in its entirety; (2) the Borrower has the right, at such time,

under its Operating Agreement to call capital from its members or partners in amount sufficient, to fund such amount in its entirety; and (3) the Borrower makes such capital call provides evidence thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders within three Business Days of the occurrence of such Borrowing Base Deficiency, any payment due under this

Section 2.05(a)

shall not be considered due until the date that is the earlier of (x) the date that is 10 Business Days after the occurrence of such Borrowing Base Deficiency and (y) the Business Day following the date upon which the Borrower has received capital in an amount sufficient to make such payment in full. The Borrower agrees to provide prompt notice to the Administrative Agent if any member or partner rejects or otherwise does not agree to fund any such capital call.

(b)No later than 12:00 p.m. on the Business Day prior to the proposed repayment of Advances or Transfer of additional Eligible Loan Assets pursuant to

Section 2.05(a)

, the Borrower shall deliver (i) to the Administrative Agent, notice of such repayment or Transfer and a duly completed Borrowing Base Certificate, updated to the date such repayment or Transfer is being made and giving pro forma effect to such repayment or Transfer, and (ii) to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, if applicable, a description of any Eligible Loan Asset and each Obligor of such Eligible Loan Asset to be Transferred and added to the updated Loan Asset Schedule. Any notice pertaining to any repayment or any Transfer pursuant to this

Section 2.05

shall be irrevocable.

(c)Until such time as any Borrowing Base Deficiency has been cured in full and no other Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred, other than a sale under

Section 2.06

to the extent set forth therein, the Borrower shall not request the right to transfer (by sale, dividend, distribution or otherwise), and the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall not grant the release of Lien or the transfer of any Eligible Loan Asset from the Collateral.

SECTION 2.06

Substitution and Sale of Loan Assets

(a)

Substitutions

. The Borrower may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, prior to the Scheduled Commitment Termination Date, replace any Loan Asset (a “

Substitution

”) so long as no Event of Default has occurred or would result from such Substitution, and no event has occurred or would result from such Substitution, which constitutes an Unmatured Event of Default or a Borrowing Base Deficiency; provided that the Borrower may effect a Substitution as necessary to cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency and any related Unmatured Event of Default arising therefrom; and (iii) simultaneously therewith, the Borrower Transfers (in accordance with all of the terms and provisions contained herein) a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset.

(b)

Purchase or Substitution of Charged-Off Assets and Warranty Loan Assets

. If on any day prior to the Scheduled Commitment Termination Date a Loan Asset is (or becomes) a Charged-Off Asset or a Warranty Loan Asset, subject to the proviso below, the Borrower may either:

(i) make a deposit to the Collection Account in immediately available funds in an amount equal to the sum of (1) the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base Deficiency, if any, arising from the recalculation of the Borrowing Base following the reclassification of such Charged-Off Asset as an ineligible Loan Asset, and (y) the Assigned Value multiplied by the principal amount then outstanding of such Loan Asset, and (2) any expenses or fees with respect to such Loan Asset and costs and damages incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with any violation by such Loan Asset of any predatory or abusive lending law which is an Applicable Law (a notification regarding the amount of such expenses or fees to be provided by

the Administrative Agent to the Borrower); provided that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to determine whether the amount so deposited is sufficient to satisfy the foregoing requirements; or

(ii) during the Revolving Period and subject to the requirements of

Section 2.06(e)

, substitute for such Charged-Off Asset or such Warranty Loan Asset a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset.

(c)

Release of Lien

. Upon confirmation by the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as the case may be, of:

(i) the delivery by the Borrower of a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset pursuant to a Substitution under

Section 2.06(a)

and the fulfillment of the other terms and conditions set forth in

Section 2.06(a)

, as applicable; and

(ii) the deposit of the amounts set forth in

Section 2.06(b)(i)

in cash into the Collection Account or the delivery by the Borrower of a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset for each Charged-Off Asset or Warranty Loan Asset under

Section 2.06(b)(ii)

and the fulfillment of the other terms and conditions set forth in

Section 2.06(b)

as applicable;

(such date of fulfillment, a “

Release Date

”),

then, the Charged-Off Asset, Warranty Loan Asset, or the Loan Assets and related Portfolio Assets subject of the Substitution, or the Charged-Off Asset or Warranty Loan Asset, as the case may be, shall be removed from the Collateral and, as applicable, the Substitute Eligible Loan Asset and related Portfolio Assets shall be included in the Collateral. Subject to compliance by the Borrower with the immediately prior sentence, on the Release Date of each subject Loan Asset, Charged-Off Asset or Warranty Loan Asset, as the case may be, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall automatically and without further action be deemed to release to the Borrower, without recourse, representation or warranty of any kind or nature, all the right, title and interest in and any Lien of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties in, to and under the Loan Asset subject of the Substitution or the Charged-Off Asset or Warranty Loan Asset under this

Section 2.06

and any related Portfolio Assets and all future monies due or to become due with respect thereto.

(d)

Conditions to Substitutions and Transfers

. Any Substitution, or transfer of a Charged-Off Asset or Warranty Loan Asset effected pursuant to

Sections 2.06(a)

(b)

shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (as certified in writing to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the Borrower):

(i) the Borrower shall deliver a Borrowing Base Certificate to the Administrative Agent in connection with (and reflecting) such sale, substitution or purchase;

(ii) the Borrower shall deliver a list of all Loan Assets to be sold, substituted or purchased;

(iii)no selection procedures intended to be adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders were utilized by the Borrower in the selection of the Loan Assets to be substituted;

(iv) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such substitution or purchase by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately prior thereto;

(v) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any amount to be deposited into the Collection Account in connection with any substitution or purchase;

(vi) the representations and warranties contained in

Sections 4.01

4.02

and

4.03

hereof shall continue to be correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on the date of such sale, substitution or purchase, or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date;

(vii) any repayment of Advances Outstanding in connection with any substitution or purchase of Loan Assets hereunder shall comply with the requirements set forth in

Section 2.17

; and

(viii) the Borrower shall pay the reasonable out-of-pocket legal fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in connection with any such sale, substitution, purchase or dividend (including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in connection with the release of the Lien of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and any other party having an interest in the Loan Asset) in connection with such sale, substitution, purchase or dividend.

SECTION 2.07

Payments and Computations, Etc.

(a) All amounts to be paid or deposited by the Borrower hereunder shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof so that funds are received by the Lenders no later than 3:30 p.m. on the day when due in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds to the account as is designated by the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by law, pay to the Secured Parties interest on all amounts not paid or deposited when due to any of the Secured Parties hereunder at 2% per annum above the Prime Rate (other than with respect to any Advances Outstanding, which shall accrue at the Interest Rate), payable on demand, from the date of such nonpayment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment); provided that such interest rate shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law. Any Obligation hereunder shall not be reduced by any distribution of any portion of Available Collections if at any time such distribution is rescinded or required to be returned by any Lender to the Borrower or any other Person for any reason. All computations of interest and all computations of interest and other fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days (including the first but excluding the last day) elapsed, other than calculations with respect to the Prime Rate, which shall be based on a year consisting of 365 or 366 days, as applicable.

(b) Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be deemed due and made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or any fee payable hereunder, as the case may be.

SECTION 2.08

Non-Utilization Fee

(a) The Borrower shall pay on each Non-Utilization Payment Date, in accordance with

Section 2.

04, pro rata to each Lender (subject to

Section 2.21

with respect to any Defaulting Lender), an undrawn fee (the “

Non-Utilization Fee

”) payable in arrears for each Non-Utilization Period (or portion of a Non-Utilization Period), equal to the product for such Non-Utilization Period (or portion thereof) of (i) the number of days in such Non-Utilization Period (or portion thereof) divided by 360, (ii) the applicable Non-Utilization Fee Rate, and (iii) the daily average of the Aggregate Commitments minus the Advances Outstanding during such Non-Utilization Period.

SECTION 2.09

Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy

(a)If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change that becomes effective following the date hereof (including, without limitation, any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements) in or in the interpretation, administration or application following the date hereof of any Applicable Law (including, without limitation, any law or regulation subjecting any Lender to any taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in

clauses(b)

through

(d)

of the defined term “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its Commitment, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto), in each case whether foreign or domestic, including under Basel III (including, without limitation, in connection with the calculation of the “liquidity coverage ratio” thereunder) or Dodd-Frank, or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request following the date hereof from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), including under Basel III (including, without limitation, in connection with the calculation of the “liquidity coverage ratio” thereunder) or Dodd-Frank, there shall be any increase in the cost, other than Taxes, to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate, participant, successor or assign thereof (each of which shall be an “

Affected Party

”) of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Advance (or any reduction of the amount of any payment (whether of principal, interest, fee, compensation or otherwise) to any Affected Party hereunder), as the case may be, or there shall be any reduction in the amount of any sum received or receivable by an Affected Party under this Agreement, under any other Transaction Document, the Borrower shall, from time to time, after written demand by the such Affected Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such demand on behalf of such Affected Party, pay to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of such Affected Party, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Affected Party for such increased costs or reduced payments within 30 days after such demand; provided that the amounts payable under this

Section 2.09

shall be payable without duplication of amounts payable under

Section 2.10

Section 10.07

(b) If either (i) the introduction of or any change that becomes effective following the date hereof in or in the interpretation, administration or application following the date hereof of any law, guideline, rule or regulation, directive or request or (ii) the compliance by any Affected Party with any law, guideline, rule, regulation, directive or request following the date hereof, from any central bank, any Governmental Authority or agency, including, without limitation, compliance by an Affected Party with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy, including under Basel III (including, without limitation, in connection with the calculation of the “liquidity coverage ratio” thereunder) or Dodd- Frank, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of any Affected Party, as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or any related document or arising in connection herewith or therewith to a level below that which any such Affected Party could have achieved but for such introduction, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such Affected Party with

respect to capital adequacy), by an amount deemed by such Affected Party to be material, then, from time to time, after demand by such Affected Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such demand and certifying that such demand is being made as a general policy of such Affected Party in the majority of similar transactions in which such claim had or would have an impact on such Affected Party’s rate of return, capital requirements or other economic loss), the Borrower shall pay the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Affected Party such additional amounts as will compensate such Affected Party for such reduction. For the avoidance of doubt, any increase in cost or reduction in interest with respect to any Affected Party caused by regulatory capital allocation adjustments due to FAS 166, 167 and subsequent statements and interpretations shall constitute a circ*mstance on which such Affected Party may base a claim for reimbursem*nt under this

Section 2.09

clause (a)

(b)

of this

Section 2.09

, any Affected Party is required to compensate a bank or other financial institution providing liquidity support, credit enhancement or other similar support to such Affected Party in connection with this Agreement or the funding or maintenance of Advances hereunder, then within 30 days after demand by such Affected Party, the Borrower shall pay to such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as may be necessary to reimburse such Affected Party for any amounts payable or paid by it.

(d)For avoidance of doubt, in connection with the interpretation of

clause (a)

and

(b)

of this

Section 2.09

, any regulatory changes, rules, guidelines or directives under or issued in connection with Basel III (including, without limitation, in connection with the calculation of the “liquidity coverage ratio” thereunder) or Dodd-Frank will be considered as a “change” hereunder, and will not be treated as having been adopted or having come into effect before the date hereof.

(e) In determining any amount provided for in this

Section 2.09

, the Affected Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Any Affected Party making a claim under this

Section 2.09

, shall submit to the Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and the computations of such additional or increased costs, which certificate shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(f)Failure or delay on the part of any Affected Party to demand compensation pursuant to this

Section 2.09

shall not constitute a waiver of such Affected Party’s right to demand or receive such compensation.

SECTION 2.10

Taxes

(a) All payments made by an Obligor with respect to a Loan Asset and all payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement will be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes. If any Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to any Indemnified Party, then if such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, the amount payable to such Person will be increased (the amount of such increase, the “

Additional Amount

”) such that every net payment made under this Agreement after withholding for or on account of any Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes on such increase) is not less than the amount that would have been paid had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(b) The Borrower will indemnify each Indemnified Party for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes payable by such Person in respect of Additional Amounts and any liability (including penalties,

interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. All payments in respect of this indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date a written invoice therefor is delivered to the Borrower.

(c)Within 30 days after the date of any payment by the Borrower of any Taxes pursuant to this Section 2.10, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at the applicable address set forth on this Agreement, appropriate evidence of payment thereof.

(d) Each Lender (including any assignee thereof) that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “

Non-U.S. Lender

”) shall deliver to the Borrower two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (claiming the benefits of an applicable tax treaty), W-8IMY, W-8EXP or W-8ECI, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest” a statement substantially in the form of

Exhibit K

to the effect that such Lender is eligible for an exemption from withholding of U.S. taxes under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code and the applicable Form(s) W-8 necessary to substantiate such exemption, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, in every case with any required attachments and properly completed and duly executed and claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement. In addition, each Lender (including any assignee thereof) that is not a Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver to the Borrower two copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, properly completed and duly executed and claiming complete exemption, or shall otherwise establish an exemption, from U.S. backup withholding. Such forms shall be delivered by each Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent).

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered under this Agreement expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Lender is not legally able to deliver, and each Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower or the Collateral Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower or the Collateral Agent (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose).

(e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under any Transaction Document shall deliver to the Borrower, at the time or times prescribed by applicable law and, other than with respect to U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation or information prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate (or otherwise permit the Borrower to determine the applicable rate of withholding),

provided

that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.

(f) If any Lender determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes for which it was indemnified by the Borrower pursuant to

Section 2.09

, this

Section 2.10

Section 10.07

or with respect to which the Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to this

Section 2.10

, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under

Section 2.09

, this

Section 2.10

Section 10.07

, as the case may be, with respect to the Taxes or Additional Amounts giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including additional Taxes, if any) of such Lender, as the case may be, incurred in obtaining such refund, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).

(g)If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1071(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and, if requested, the Collateral Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1071(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to comply with their respective obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this

clause (g)

, “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the Collateral Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(h) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this

Section 2.10

shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 2.11

Collateral Assignment of Agreements

. The Borrower hereby collaterally assigns to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all of the Borrower’s right and title to and interest in, to and under (but not any obligations under) the Loan Agreements related to each Loan Asset, all other agreements, documents and instruments evidencing, securing or guarantying any Loan Asset and all other agreements, documents and instruments related to any of the foregoing but excluding any Excluded Assets.

SECTION 2.12

Grant of a Security Interest

. To secure the prompt and complete payment in full when due, whether at stated maturity, by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, of the Obligations due or to become due, direct or indirect, or absolute or contingent, and the performance by the Borrower of all of the covenants and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to this Agreement and each other Transaction Document, whether now or hereafter existing, the Borrower hereby (a) collaterally assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and (b) grants a security interest to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under (but none of the obligations under) all of the Collateral, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired by the Borrower, and wherever the same may be located. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral shall not include any Excluded Assets, and the Borrower does not hereby assign, pledge or grant a security interest in any such assets. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) the Borrower shall remain liable under the Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not

been executed, (b) the exercise by the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of any of its rights in the Collateral shall not release the Borrower from any of its duties or obligations under the Collateral, and (c) none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender (nor its successors and assigns), or any Secured Party shall have any obligations or liability under the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender (nor its successors and assigns), any Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of the Borrower thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.

SECTION 2.13

Evidence of Debt

. The Administrative Agent shall maintain, solely for this purpose as the agent of the Borrower, at its address referred to in

Section 10.02

a copy of each assignment and acceptance agreement and participation agreement delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the name and address of each Lender and the principal amount (and stated interest) of each Lender’s interest (the “

”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. If a Lender sells a participation, such Lender shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Loan or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “

Participant Register

”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Administrative Agent shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

SECTION 2.14

[Reserved]

SECTION 2.15

Release of Loan Assets

(a) The Borrower may obtain the release of Collateral Agent’s Liens and all of the Lenders’ rights hereunder as to (i) any Loan Asset transferred or substituted in accordance with the applicable provisions of

Section 2.06

and any Portfolio Assets pertaining to such Loan Asset and (ii) any Loan Asset or any other asset in the Collateral that expires by its terms and all amounts in respect thereof have been paid in full by the related Obligor and deposited in the Collection Account. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall at the sole expense of the Borrower and at the direction of the Administrative Agent, execute such documents and instruments of release as may be prepared by the Borrower, and take other such actions as shall reasonably be requested by the Borrower to effect such release of the Lien created pursuant to this Agreement.

(b) Promptly after the Collection Date has occurred, the Collateral Agent (and to the extent that the Borrower identifies Liens held by such Persons, any Lender or the Administrative Agent), at the direction of the Administrative Agent shall release to the Borrower, for no consideration but at the sole expense of the Borrower, its remaining interests in the Portfolio Assets, free and clear of any Lien

resulting solely from an act by the Collateral Agent (and to the extent that the Borrower identifies Liens held by such Persons, any Lender or the Administrative Agent), but without any other representation or warranty, express or implied, by or recourse against the Collateral Agent, any Lender or the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 2.16

Treatment of Amounts Deposited by the Borrower

. Amounts deposited by the Borrower in the Collection Account pursuant to

Section 2.06

on account of Loan Assets shall be treated as payments of Principal Collections or Interest Collections, as applicable, on Loan Assets hereunder.

SECTION 2.17

Mandatory and Voluntary Prepayments; Reduction of Aggregate Commitments;Termination

(a) Except as expressly permitted or required herein, including, without limitation, any repayment necessary to cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency, Advances may be prepaid in whole or in part at the option of the Borrower at any time by delivering a Notice of Reduction (which notice shall include a Borrowing Base Certificate) to the Administrative Agent at least two Business Days prior to such reduction. Upon any prepayment, the Borrower shall also pay in full any accrued and unpaid costs and expenses of Administrative Agent and the Lenders related to such prepayment; provided that no reduction in Advances Outstanding shall be given effect unless (i) sufficient funds have been remitted to pay all such amounts in full, as determined by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion and (ii) no event has occurred or would result from such prepayment which would constitute an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default. The Administrative Agent shall apply amounts received from the Borrower pursuant to this

Section 2.17(a)

Section 2.17(b)

below to the pro rata reduction of the Advances Outstanding. Any notice relating to any repayment pursuant to this

Section 2.17(a)

Section2.17(b)

below shall be irrevocable.

(b) [

Reserved

(c) The Borrower may, at its option, permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments hereunder upon not less than five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, subject to the payment of any Borrowing Base Deficiency resulting from such permanent reduction, together with accrued and unpaid interest relating thereto, all accrued and unpaid costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the Prepayment Premium to the Administrative Agent, for distribution pro rata to each Lender); provided, in no event shall the Borrower have the right under this

Section 2.17(c)

to permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments below $25,000,000 without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. Upon the effectuation of any reduction in the Aggregate Commitments, the Administrative Agent shall distribute to each Lender a revised

Schedule 1.01(a)

indicating the pro rata reduction of each Lender’s Commitment effectuated under this

Section 2.17(c)

(unless a non-pro rata allocation is otherwise agreed to in writing by any Lender in its sole discretion).

(d) The Borrower may, at its option, terminate this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents upon 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the other parties to this Agreement and upon payment in full of all outstanding Advances; all accrued and unpaid interest; all accrued and unpaid costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including, if such termination occurs prior to July 2, 2022, payment of the Prepayment Premium to the Administrative Agent, for distribution pro rata to each Lender); and payment of all other Obligations (including, without limitation, any fees and expenses of the Collateral Agent due under this Agreement

or under the Fee Letters to the extent not previously paid). Any termination of this Agreement shall be subject to

Section 10.05

(e)The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Prepayment Premium constitutes additional consideration for the Lenders to enter into this Agreement.

SECTION 2.18

Increase of Aggregate Commitments

(a)

Requests for Increase by the Borrower

. The Borrower may, at any time prior to the Revolver Termination Date, propose that the Aggregate Commitments hereunder be increased (each such proposed increase being a “

Commitment Increase

”) by notice to the Administrative Agent specifying each existing Lender (each an “

Increasing Lender

”) and/or each additional lender (each an “

Assuming Lender

”) that shall have agreed to an additional Commitment and the date on which such increase is to be effective (the date on which the conditions set forth in this

Section 2.18(a)

have been fulfilled, the “

Commitment Increase Date

”), which date shall be a Business Day at least three Business Days (or such lesser period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) after delivery of such notice and at least 30 days prior to the Scheduled Commitment Termination Date; provided that each Lender may determine in its sole discretion whether or not it chooses to participate in a Commitment Increase; provided, further that, subject to the foregoing, each Commitment Increase shall become effective only upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

(i)the minimum amount of the aggregate Commitments of the Assuming Lenders, and the increase of the Commitments of the Increasing Lenders, as part of such Commitment Increase shall be $5,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, in each case, in such other amounts as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion),

(ii) immediately after giving effect to such Commitment Increase, the Aggregate Commitments shall not exceed $125,000,000;

(iii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have consented to each Assuming Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld);

(iv) each Assuming Lender shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Supplement as contemplated by

Section 10.04(a)

;

(v) no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such Commitment Increase Date or shall result from the proposed Commitment Increase;

(vi) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Commitment Increase Date as if made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date); and

(vii) the Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to 3:00 p.m. on such Commitment Increase Date (or on or prior to a time on an earlier date specified by the

Administrative Agent) a certificate of the Borrower stating that each of the applicable conditions to such Commitment Increase set forth in in this

Section 2.18

has been satisfied.

(b)

Effectiveness of Commitment Increase by Borrower

. On each Commitment Increase Date,

(i) each Assuming Lender part of such Commitment Increase, if any, shall become a Lender hereunder as of such Commitment Increase Date with a Commitment in the amount set forth in the Joinder Agreement; and

(ii) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a written notice of the occurrence of the Commitment Increase Date together with a revised

Schedule 1.10(a)

(approved by the Administrative Agent) reflecting the Commitment Increase.

SECTION 2.19

Collections and Allocations

(a) The Borrower shall direct each Obligor, or direct any agent or administrative agent for any Loan Asset to remit all Collections with respect to each Loan Asset, if applicable, to direct the Obligor with respect to such Loan Asset to remit all cash Collections with respect to such Loan Asset directly to the Collection Account. The Borrower shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure, and shall cause all Affiliates of the Borrower to take commercially reasonable steps to ensure, that only funds constituting cash Collections relating to Loan Assets shall be deposited into the Collection Account.

(b)The Borrower shall promptly identify any Collections received and shall (i) transfer all Available Collections received directly by it to the Collection Account by the close of business two Business Days after such Collections are received and (ii) in the event such Collections are received by an Affiliate of the Borrower, cause such Affiliate to transfer all Available Collections received by such Affiliate to the Collection Account by the close of business ten (10) days after such Collections are received.

(c)So long as no Unmatured Event of Default (including any Borrowing Base Deficiency) or Event of Default has occurred prior to any Notice of Exclusive Control, the Borrower may withdraw from the Collection Account any deposits thereto constituting Excluded Amounts.

(d)Prior to any Notice of Exclusive Control, the Borrower may invest, or cause the investment of, funds on deposit in the Collection Account in Permitted Investments, from the date of this Agreement until the Collection Date. A Permitted Investment acquired with funds deposited in the Collection Account shall mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding any Payment Date, and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity unless replaced with a Permitted Investment of equal or greater amount that shall mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding any Payment Date. All such Permitted Investments shall be registered in the name of the Borrower and otherwise comply with the requirements of the UCC relating to deposit accounts generally. All income and gain realized from any such investment, as well as any interest earned on deposits in the Collection Account shall be credited to the Collection Account. In the event the Borrower directs the funds to be invested in investments which are not Permitted Investments, the Borrower shall deposit in the Collection Account (with respect to investments made hereunder of funds held therein), as the case may be, an amount equal to the amount of any actual loss incurred, in respect of any such investment, immediately upon realization of such loss. None of the Collateral Agent, the

Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be liable for the amount of any loss incurred, in respect of any investment, or lack of investment, of funds held in the Collection Account.

SECTION 2.20

Reinvestment of Principal Collections

On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth as certified in writing to the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, prior to the end of the Revolving Period, the Borrower may, to the extent of any Principal Collections on deposit in the Collection Account:

(a)so long as no Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Borrowing Base Deficiency shall have occurred or would result therefrom, withdraw such funds for the purpose of (i) reinvesting in additional Eligible Loan Assets to be Transferred hereunder or (ii) making payments in respect of the Advances Outstanding at such time in accordance with and subject to the terms of

Section 2.17

; or

(b) so long as no Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Borrowing Base Deficiency shall have occurred or would result therefrom, withdraw and use such funds in any other manner in compliance with Applicable Law.

SECTION 2.21

Defaulting Lenders

. If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the provisions of this

Section 2.21

will apply to the applicable Defaulting Lender until the Default Period has ended, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:

(a)Each such 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 the definition of Majority Lenders and

Section 10.01

(b)Until such time as the Default Excess of any such Defaulting Lender has been reduced to zero, any prepayment of the aggregate Advances Outstanding will be applied to the Advances of the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with

Section 2.04(a)

and

(b)

with the Adjusted Pro Rata Shares.

(c) The amount of each such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment and Advances will be excluded for purposes of calculating the Non-Utilization Fee, and each such Defaulting Lender will not be entitled to receive any Non-Utilization Fee in connection with such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment for any Default Period relating to such Defaulting Lender.

(d)All or any part of each such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Advances will be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Adjusted Pro Rata Shares, but only to the extent that (i) the conditions set forth in

Section 3.02

are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower has otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower will be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time); and (ii) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Advances of any Non- Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. No such reallocation will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party under this Agreement against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender’s 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.

(e) If each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that resulted in it becoming a Defaulting Lender, then the Advances of the Lenders will be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Defaulting Lender shall purchase at par so much of the Advances of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent determines to be necessary to cause the aggregate Advances Outstanding to be held by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments and Pro Rata Shares (without giving effect to

Section 2.21(d)

), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender.

(f)No amount of the Commitment of any Lender will be increased or otherwise affected by, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this

Section 2.21

, performance by the Borrower of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents will not be excused or otherwise modified as a result of, any Funding Default or the operation of this

Section 2.21

. The rights and remedies against a Defaulting Lender under this

Section 2.21

are in addition to other rights and remedies that the Borrower may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default and that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default.

ARTICLE III.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

SECTION 3.01

Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness

(a)This Agreement shall be effective upon, and no Lender shall be obligated to make any Advance hereunder from and after the Closing Date, nor shall any Lender, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent be obligated to take, fulfill or perform any other action hereunder, until, the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, as determined in the sole discretion of, or waived by, the Administrative Agent:

(i) this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents and all other agreements and opinions of counsel listed on

Schedule 3.01(a)

hereto or counterparts hereof or thereof shall have been duly executed by, and delivered to, the parties hereto and thereto, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(ii)all reasonable and documented up-front expenses and fees (including legal fees of outside counsel, any fees required under the Fee Letters) required to be paid on or before the Closing Date by the Borrower that are invoiced at least two (2) Business Days before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full;

(iii)any necessary consents and regulatory approvals shall have been obtained and any required filings, recordings or registrations shall have been made, to the extent required to be done and performed and to have happened prior to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all related Transaction Documents and to constitute the same legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, shall have been done and performed and shall have occurred in due and strict compliance with all Applicable Law;

(iv) any and all information submitted to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, the Borrower or any of their Affiliates is true, accurate, complete in all material respects and not misleading in any material respect;

(v) the representations and warranties contained in

Sections 4.01

and

4.02

are true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects), and there exists no breach of any covenant under the Transaction Documents on and as of the Closing Date;

(vi) the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, in their sole discretion and reasonably determined to be required by regulatory authorities with respect to the Borrower under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender or the Collateral Agent, as applicable;

(vii) since December 31, 2020, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred;

(viii) the results of Administrative Agent’s legal due diligence relating to the Borrower, the Eligible Loan Assets and the transactions contemplated hereunder are reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent; and

(ix) the Borrower shall have a valid ownership interest in the agreed-upon initial pool of Eligible Loan Assets.

(b)By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Borrower hereby certifies that each of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement set forth in this

Section 3.01

have been satisfied.

SECTION 3.02

Conditions Precedent to All Advances

. Each Advance (including the Initial Advance, except as explicitly set forth below) to the Borrower from the Lenders shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:

(a)the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with

Section 2.2(b)

a Notice of Borrowing, together with a Borrowing Base Certificate, and, if Eligible Loan Assets are being acquired with the proceeds of the Advance on such Advance Date, a Loan Asset Schedule and containing such additional information as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;

(b) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Custodian (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, prior to the related Advance Date, a faxed or e-mailed copy of the duly executed original promissory notes of the Loan Assets (and, in the case of any Noteless Loan Asset, a fully executed assignment agreement) and if any Loan Assets are closed in escrow, a certificate from the closing attorneys of such Loan Assets certifying the possession of the Required Loan Documents;

(c)On the related Advance Date of such Advance, the following statements shall be true and correct, and the Borrower by accepting any amount of such Advance shall be deemed to have certified that:

(i) the representations and warranties contained in

Sections 4.01

and

4.02

hereof are true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on the date thereof, or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date, and there exists no breach of any covenant before and after giving effect to the Advance to take place on such Advance Date and to the application of proceeds therefrom, on and as of such day as though made on and as of such date (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date);

(ii) after giving effect to such Advance and the addition to the Collateral of the Eligible Loan Assets (if any) being acquired by the Borrower using the proceeds of such Advance, the Advances Outstanding does not exceed the Borrowing Base;

(iii) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred or would result from such Advance or application of proceeds therefrom;

(iv) since the Closing Date, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred; and

(v) the perfection of the Borrower’s ownership interests in each new Eligible Loan Asset (to the extent perfection can be effectuated by the filing of a financing statement or control), shall have been effected in full, and all filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) required to be made by any Person and all actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any jurisdiction to give the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in such Eligible Loan Assets and the Portfolio Assets related thereto and the proceeds thereof shall have been made, taken or performed.

(d) On or prior to such applicable Advance Date, the Borrower shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (which may be provided electronically) the Loan Asset Schedule with respect to each of the Eligible Loan Assets identified in the applicable Loan Asset Schedule for inclusion in the Collateral on the applicable Advance Date.

(e)No Applicable Law shall prohibit, and no order, judgment or decree of any federal, State or local court or governmental body, agency or instrumentality shall prohibit or enjoin, the making of such Advances by any Lender or the proposed Transfer of Eligible Loan Assets in accordance with the provisions hereof.

(f) Neither the Commitment Termination Date nor the Final Maturity Date shall have occurred.

Unless otherwise waived in writing, the failure of the Borrower to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of any Advance shall not be deemed as a waiver of such conditions precedent by the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

SECTION 3.03

Advances Do Not Constitute a Waiver

. No Advance made hereunder shall constitute a waiver of any condition to any Lender’s obligation to make such an Advance unless such waiver is in writing and executed by such Lender.

SECTION 3.04

Conditions to Transfers of Loan Assets

. Each Transfer of an additional Eligible Loan Asset pursuant to

Section 2.05

, a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset pursuant to

Section 2.06(a)

(c)

, an additional Eligible Loan Asset pursuant to

Section 2.19

or any other Transfer of a Loan Asset hereunder shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that (as certified to the Collateral Agent by the Borrower):

(a)the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (with copies to the Collateral Agent) by no later than 12:00 p.m. two Business Days immediately prior to the related Cut-Off Date: (A) a Borrowing Base Certificate and (B) a Loan Asset Schedule and containing such additional information as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;

(b)the Borrower shall have delivered to the Custodian (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the related Cut-Off Date, a faxed or e- mailed copy of the duly executed original promissory notes of the Loan Assets (and, in the case of any Noteless Loan Asset, a fully executed assignment agreement); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall cause the Loan Asset File and the Required Loan Documents to be in the possession of Custodian (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) pursuant to the Custodial Agreement within ten Business Days following any related Cut-Off Date as to any Loan Assets;

(c)no Liens (other than Permitted Liens set forth in clause (a) of the definition thereof) exist in respect of Taxes which are prior to the lien of the Collateral Agent on the Eligible Loan Assets to be Transferred on such Cut-Off Date;

(d)all terms and conditions required to be satisfied in connection with qualification of each Loan Asset as an Eligible Loan Asset on such Cut-Off Date (and the Portfolio Assets related thereto), including, without limitation, the perfection of the Borrower’s interests therein, shall have been satisfied in full, and all filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) required to be made by any Person and all actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any jurisdiction to give the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in such Eligible Loan Assets and the Portfolio Assets related thereto and the proceeds thereof shall have been made, taken or performed;

(e) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists, or would result from such Transfer (other than, with respect to any Transfer of an Eligible Loan Asset necessary to cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency in accordance with

Section 2.05

or an Unmatured Event of Default arising solely pursuant to such Borrowing Base Deficiency and being cured as a result of such Transfer); and

(f) the representations and warranties contained in

Sections 4.01

4.02

and

4.03

are true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on the date thereof, or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date, and there exists no breach of any covenant contained in

Sections 5.01

5.02

, and

5.03

before and after giving effect to the Transfer to take place on such Cut-Off Date, on and as of such day as though made on and as of such date (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date).

ARTICLE IV.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 4.01

Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Agreement andthe Collateral

. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants, as of the Closing Date, as of each applicable Cut-Off Date, as of each applicable Advance Date, as of each Reporting Date and as of each other date provided under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents on which such representations and warranties are required to be (or deemed to be) made (unless a specific date is specified below):

(a)

Organization, Good Standing and Due Qualification

. The Borrower is (i) a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to own and service the Loan Assets and the Collateral and to conduct its business as such business is presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) duly qualified to do business as a corporation and has obtained all licenses and approvals under the laws of the States of Delaware and New York, and in all other jurisdictions, in each case, necessary to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged, and (iii) duly qualified, and in good standing under (1) the laws of the States of Delaware and New York, and (2) in each other jurisdiction where the transaction of such business or its ownership and servicing of the Loan Assets and the Collateral and the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except in each case under this clause (iii)(2) where the failure to be so qualified, licensed and approved would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)

Power and Authority; Due Authorization

. The Borrower (i) has the power, authority and legal right to (x) execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (y) perform and carry out the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, and (ii) has taken all necessary action to (x) authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (y) grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, subject only to Permitted Liens.

(c)

Binding Obligation; Execution and Delivery

. This Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability hereof and thereof may be limited by Bankruptcy Laws and by general principles of equity.

(d)

All Consents Required

. No consent of any other party and no consent, license, approval or authorization of, or registration or declaration with, any Governmental Authority, bureau or agency is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which it is a party or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any such Transaction Document or the Loan Assets or the transfer of an ownership interest or security interest in such Loan Assets, other than such as have been met or obtained and are in full force and effect, in each case, other than those consents, approvals, registrations, filings or actions the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to materially impact the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, any Lender and the Secured Parties with respect to matters arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the ability of any of the

Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.

(e)

No Violation

. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all other agreements and instruments executed and delivered or to be executed and delivered pursuant hereto or thereto in connection with the Transfer of the Collateral will not (i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the Borrower’s certificate of formation or the Operating Agreement, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on the Collateral other than Permitted Liens, (iii) violate any Applicable Law in any material respect, or (iv) violate any contract or other agreement to which the Borrower is a party or by which the Borrower or any property or assets of the Borrower may be bound.

(f)

No Proceedings

. There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against the Borrower or any properties of the Borrower, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g)

Selection Procedures

. In selecting the Loan Assets to be Transferred pursuant to this Agreement, no selection procedures have been employed by the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower which are intended to be adverse in any material manner to the interests of the Lenders.

(h)

Bulk Sales

. The grant of the security interest in the Collateral by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and is not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

(i)

No Liens

. The Collateral is owned by the Borrower free and clear of any Liens except for Permitted Liens as provided herein. No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Collateral is on file in any recording office except such as may be filed in favor of the Collateral Agent (or in favor of the Borrower and assigned to the Collateral Agent), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, relating to this Agreement or reflecting the transfer of the Collateral to the Borrower.

(j)

Transfer of Collateral

. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, no item of Collateral has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Borrower to any Person, other than as contemplated by

Article II

and the Transfer of such Collateral to the Custodian (with a copy to the Collateral Agent), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Custodial Agreement.

(k)

Indebtedness

. The Borrower has no Indebtedness or other indebtedness, secured or unsecured, direct or contingent (including a guaranty of any obligation), other than Indebtedness incurred under or otherwise permitted by the terms of the Transaction Documents.

(l)

Business Purpose

. The Borrower is not engaged in any other business other than as contemplated under its Operating Agreement, the applicable Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the Loan Documents in respect of which the Borrower is a lender.

(m)

Separate Entity

. The Borrower is operated as an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of any Affiliates thereof, and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in reliance upon the Borrower’s identity as a separate legal entity from its Affiliates.

(n)

No Injunctions

. No injunction, writ, restraining order or other order of any nature adversely affects the Borrower’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party in any material manner.

(o)

Taxes

. The Borrower has filed or caused to be filed (on a consolidated basis or otherwise) on a timely basis all United States federal and other material tax returns (including, without limitation, all material foreign, state, local and other tax returns) required to be filed by it and is not liable for Taxes payable by any other Person. The Borrower has paid or made adequate provisions for the payment of all material Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges made against it or any of its property except for those Taxes being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which it has established proper reserves in accordance with GAAP on its books. Other than Permitted Liens, no Tax lien or similar adverse claim has been filed, and no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such Tax, assessment or other governmental charge. Any Taxes, fees and other governmental charges due and payable by the Borrower, as applicable, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby have been paid or shall have been paid if and when due.

(p)

Location

. The Borrower’s location (within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) is Delaware. The chief executive office of the Borrower (and the location of the Borrower’s records regarding the Collateral is located at the address set forth under its name in

Section 10.02

(or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto).

(q)

Tradenames

. Except as permitted hereunder, the Borrower’s legal name is as set forth in this Agreement. Except as permitted hereunder, the Borrower has not changed its name since its formation; does not have tradenames, fictitious names, assumed names or “doing business as” names other than as disclosed on

Schedule 4.01(q)

hereto (as such schedule may be updated from time to time by the Administrative Agent pursuant to

Section 5.02(n)

); the Borrower’s only jurisdiction of formation is Delaware, and, except as permitted hereunder, the Borrower has not changed its jurisdiction of formation.

(r)

Solvency

. The Borrower is not the subject of any Bankruptcy Proceedings or Bankruptcy Event. The Borrower is Solvent, and the transactions under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party do not and will not render the Borrower not Solvent. The Borrower is paying its debts as they become due; and the Borrower, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, will have adequate capital to conduct its business.

(s)

No Subsidiaries

. The Borrower has no Subsidiaries.

(t)

Value Given

. The Borrower has given fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value in exchange for each of the Loan Assets. No such transfer has been made for or on account of an antecedent debt owed by the Borrower and no such transfer is or may be voidable or subject to avoidance under any section of the Bankruptcy Code.

(u)

Reports Accurate

. All Quarterly Servicing Report Certificates, Quarterly Servicing Reports, Notices of Borrowing, Borrowing Base Certificates and other written or electronic information, exhibits, financial statements, documents, books, records or reports furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in connection with this Agreement are, as of their date, accurate, true and correct in all material respects, and no such document or certificate contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading; provided that, solely with respect to written or electronic information furnished by the Borrower that was provided to the Borrower from an Obligor or agent with respect to a Loan Asset, such information is accurate, true and correct in all material respects to the knowledge of the Borrower; provided,further, that the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any information presented in a Quarterly Servicing Report Certificate, Quarterly Servicing Report, Notice of Borrowing or Borrowing Base Certificate. Each Loan Asset designated on any Quarterly Servicing Report as an Eligible Loan Asset and each Loan Asset included as an Eligible Loan Asset in any calculation of Borrowing Base or Borrowing Base Deficiency in any Quarterly Servicing Report is an Eligible Loan Asset as of the date of such report or calculation.

(v)

Exchange Act Compliance; Regulations T, U and X

. None of the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the use of Proceeds from the sale of the Collateral) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulations issued pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R., Chapter II. The Borrower does not own or intend to carry or purchase, and no proceeds from the Advances will be used to carry or purchase, any “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U or to extend “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulation U.

(w)

Commodity Pool

. The Borrower is not a commodity pool within the meaning of the Commodity Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

(x)

Servicing Standard

. The Borrower has complied in all material respects with the Servicing Standard with regard to the servicing of the Loan Assets. Each of the Loan Assets was underwritten or acquired and is being serviced in conformance with the Servicing Standard and the standard underwriting, credit, collection, operating and reporting procedures and systems of the Borrower.

(y)

Event of Default/Unmatured Event of Default

. No event has occurred which constitutes an Event of Default, and no event has occurred which constitutes an Unmatured Event of Default (other than any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default which has previously been disclosed to the Administrative Agent as such).

(z)

[Reserved]

(aa)

ERISA

. The present value of all vested benefits under each “employee pension benefit plan” as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or has any liability (each, a “

Pension Plan

”), does not exceed by a material amount the value of the assets of the Pension Plan allocable to such vested benefits (based on the value of such assets as of the last annual valuation date for the Pension Plan) determined in accordance with the assumptions

used for funding such Pension Plan pursuant to Sections 412 and 430 of the Code for the applicable plan year. No prohibited transactions (within the meaning of ERISA Section 406(a) or (b) or Code Section 4975, for which an exemption is not available or has not previously been obtained from the United States Department of Labor), failure by the Borrower to meet the minimum funding standard set forth in Section 302(a) of ERISA and Section 412(a) of the Code, withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or Reportable Events have occurred with respect to any Pension Plan, which either individually or in the aggregate is reasonably expect to result in a material liability to the Borrower. No notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan has been filed by the plan administrator under Section 4041 of ERISA, nor has any Pension Plan been terminated under Section 4041 of ERISA, in either event, that is reasonably expected to result in a material liability to the Borrower. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has not instituted proceedings to terminate or appointed a trustee to administer a Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, and no event has occurred or condition exists which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan.

(bb)

Broker-Dealer

. The Borrower is not a broker-dealer or subject to the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970.

(cc)

Instructions to Obligors or Agents

. The Collection Account is the only account to which Obligors or agents, as applicable, have been instructed by the Borrower to send Principal Collections and Interest Collections on the Collateral. The Borrower has not granted any Person other than the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, an interest in the Collection Account, other than any Permitted Lien pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof in favor of the Custodian in connection with the Collection Account.

(dd)

Investment Company Act

. The Borrower is not required to register as an “investment company” under the provisions of the 1940 Act.

(ee)

Compliance with Applicable Law

. The Borrower has complied in all material respects with all Applicable Law to which it may be subject, and no item of the Collateral contravenes in any material respect any Applicable Law (including, without limitation, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws, laws, rules and regulations relating to licensing, truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy).

(ff)

Collections

. The Borrower acknowledges that all Available Collections received by it or its Affiliates or the Custodian with respect to the Collateral transferred or Transferred hereunder are held and shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent.

(gg)

Set-Off etc

. No Loan Asset has been compromised, adjusted, extended, satisfied, subordinated, rescinded, set-off or modified by the Borrower or the Obligor thereof, and no Collateral is subject to compromise, adjustment, extension, satisfaction, subordination, rescission, set-off, counterclaim, defense, abatement, suspension, deferment, deduction, reduction, termination or modification, whether arising out of transactions concerning the Collateral or otherwise, by the Borrower or the Obligor with respect thereto, except, in each case, for amendments, extensions and modifications, if any, to such Collateral otherwise permitted pursuant to

Section 6.04(a)

of this Agreement and in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(hh)

Full Payment

. As of the applicable Cut-Off Date thereof, the Borrower has no knowledge of any fact which should lead it to reasonably expect that any Loan Asset will not be paid in full.

(ii)

Environmental

. With respect to each item of Underlying Collateral as of the applicable Cut-Off Date for the Loan Asset related to such Underlying Collateral, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower: (a) the related Obligor’s operations are in compliance in all material respects with all representations and covenants set forth in the applicable Loan Agreement with respect to Environmental Laws; and (b) (i) none of the related Obligor’s operations is the subject of a Federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action, involving expenditures, is needed to respond to a release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment; and (ii) the related Obligor does not have any material contingent liability in connection with any release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, in each case, that would either result in a Material Adverse Effect or is likely to result in a legal action being asserted against the Borrower in its capacity as a lender thereunder. As of the applicable Cut-Off Date for the Loan Asset related to such Underlying Collateral, none of the Borrower has received any written or verbal notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority regarding, any material violation, alleged material violation, material non-compliance, material liability or potential material liability regarding environmental matters or Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Underlying Collateral, nor does any such Person have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened in writing.

(jj)

Sanctions; Anti-Corruption; Anti-Money Laundering; USA PATRIOT Act

(i) None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, employee, agent, or Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are: (a) the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“

OFAC

”), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “

Sanctions

”), or (b) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions.

(ii) The Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, their respective directors, officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, the agents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, are in compliance with all applicable Sanctions and with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “

FCPA

”) and any other applicable anti-corruption law or Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to achieve continued compliance with applicable Sanctions, the FCPA and any other applicable anti- corruption laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

(iii) Neither the Borrower, any Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any Affiliate of the Borrower is (i) a Person that resides or has a place of business in a country or territory which is designated as a “Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction” by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through such a jurisdiction; (ii) a “Foreign Shell Bank” within the meaning of the USA PATRIOT Act, i.e., a foreign bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not affiliated with a bank that has a physical presence and an acceptable level of regulation and supervision; or (iii) a person or entity that resides in or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction designated

by the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Sections 311 or 312 of the USA PATRIOT Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns.

(kk)

Security Interest

(i) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, which security interest is prior to all other Liens (except for Permitted Liens), and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Borrower;

(ii) the Collection Account is not in the name of any Person other than the Borrower, subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Borrower has not consented to the account bank of the Collection Account to comply with entitlement orders of any Person other than the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

(iii) the Collection Account constitutes a “deposit account” as defined in the applicable UCC;

(iv) the Collection Account Agreement (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the parties thereto other than the Borrower), together with this Agreement, grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority perfected security interest in the Collection Account;

(v) the Borrower owns and has good and marketable title to (or with respect to assets securing any Loan Assets, a valid security interest in) the Collateral free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) of any Person and has taken all steps necessary to perfect its security interest against the applicable Obligors in the assets securing any Loan Assets;

(vi)other than as expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement and the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement, the Borrower has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral. The Borrower has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Borrower that include a description of collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing statement (A) related to the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement, or (B) that has been terminated or fully and validly assigned to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the date hereof, or (C) reflecting the transfer of assets on a Release Date pursuant to (and simultaneously with or subsequent to) the consummation of any transaction contemplated under (and in compliance with the conditions set forth in)

Section 2.06

. Other than Permitted Liens, the Borrower is not aware of any judgment or Tax lien filings against the Borrower;

(vii)all original executed copies of each underlying promissory note or copies of each Loan Asset Register, as applicable, that constitute or evidence each Loan Asset in the Collateral has been, or subject to the delivery requirements contained herein, will be delivered to the Custodian (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) pursuant to the Custodial Agreement;

(viii) none of the underlying promissory notes, Loan Asset Registers or security certificates that constitute or evidence any portion of the Collateral has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties;

(ix)with respect to any Collateral that constitutes a “certificated security,” all original executed copies of each security certificate that constitute or evidence the certificated securities have been delivered to the Custodian (with a copy to the Collateral Agent), on behalf of the Secured Parties and pursuant to the Custodial Agreement and each such security certificate has been Indorsed, by an effective Indorsem*nt, in blank; and

(x) the Borrower has not delivered the original of any underlying promissory note or Loan Asset Register, as applicable, that constitutes or evidences a Loan Asset to any Person other than the Custodian (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) pursuant to the Custodial Agreement.

SECTION 4.02

Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Agreement andthe Collateral

. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants, as of the Closing Date, as of each applicable Cut-Off Date, as of each applicable Advance Date, as of each Reporting Date and any date which Loan Assets are Transferred hereunder and as of each other date provided under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents on which such representations and warranties are required to be (or deemed to be) made:

(a)

Ownership, Valid Transfer and Security Interest

. The Borrower has good and marketable title to, and is the sole owner of, each Loan Asset. This Agreement constitutes a grant of a security interest in all of the Collateral to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which upon the filing of the financing statements, shall be a valid and first priority perfected security interest in the Loan Assets forming a part of the Collateral and in that portion of the Loan Assets in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a UCC financing statement subject only to Permitted Liens. Neither the Borrower nor any Person claiming through or under Borrower shall have any claim to or interest in the Collection Account, except for the interest of the Borrower in such property as a debtor for purposes of the UCC and as expressly provided in the Transaction Documents any Permitted Lien pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof in favor of the Custodian in connection with the Collection Account. The Collection Account Agreement, together with this Agreement, grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a first priority perfected security interest in the Collection Account.

(b)

Eligibility of Collateral

. (i) The Loan Asset Schedule and the information contained in each Notice of Borrowing, is an accurate and complete listing of all the Loan Assets contained in the Collateral as of the related Cut-Off Date and the information contained therein with respect to the identity of such item of Collateral and the amounts owing thereunder is true and correct as of the related Cut-Off Date, (ii) each Loan Asset designated on any Borrowing Base Certificate as an Eligible Loan Asset and each Loan Asset included as an Eligible Loan Asset in any calculation of Borrowing Base or Borrowing Base Deficiency is an Eligible Loan Asset as of the date of such certificate or calculation, and (iii) with respect to each item of Collateral, all consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations of any Governmental Authority or any Person required to be obtained, effected or given by the Borrower in connection with the grant of a security interest in each item of Collateral to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, have been duly obtained,

effected or given and are in full force and effect. For the avoidance of doubt, any inaccurate representation that a Loan Asset is an Eligible Loan Asset hereunder shall not constitute an Event of Default if the Borrower complies with

Section 2.06(c)

hereunder.

(c)

No Fraud

. Each Loan Asset was originated without any fraud or misrepresentation by the applicable originator, or, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, on the part of any related Obligor.

SECTION 4.03

Representations and Warranties of each Lender

. Each Lender hereby individually represents and warrants, as to itself, that it, acting for its own account, in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary basis, not less than $25,000,000 in investments. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the parties hereto intend that the Advances made hereunder shall constitute a “loan” and not a “security” for purposes of Section 8-102(15) of the UCC.

ARTICLE V.

GENERAL COVENANTS

SECTION 5.01

Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower

From the Closing Date until the Collection Date:

(a)

Organizational Procedures and Scope of Business

. The Borrower will observe all organizational procedures required by its certificate of formation, Operating Agreement and the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower will limit the scope of its business to the activities permitted by its Operating Agreement, any prospectus or registration statement, and Applicable Law.

(b)

Preservation of Existence

. The Borrower will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve and maintain its legal existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the State of Delaware, and qualify and remain in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, and will promptly obtain and thereafter maintain qualifications to do business as a foreign company in any state in which it does business and where the transaction of such business or its ownership of the Loan Assets and the Collateral and the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed and approved would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)

Deposit of Collections

. The Borrower shall promptly (but in no event later than two Business Days after its receipt or ten days after receipt by any of its Affiliates) deposit or cause to be deposited into the Collection Account any and all Available Collections received by the Borrower, any of their Affiliates.

(d)

Compliance with Loan Agreements

. The Borrower will act in conformity with all material terms and conditions of the Loan Agreements and Required Loan Documents, including the prompt enforcement of its rights thereunder, and will duly fulfill and comply with all obligations in connection with the administration of each item of Collateral and will do nothing to impair the rights of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or of the Secured Parties in, to and under the Collateral

(e)

Obligor Defaults and Bankruptcy Events

. The Borrower shall give notice to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days of the Borrower’s actual knowledge of the occurrence of any material default by an Obligor under any Loan Asset, including any payment default or Bankruptcy Event with respect to any Obligor under any Loan Asset.

(f)

Required Loan Documents

. The Borrower shall deliver to the Custodian (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) pursuant to the Custodial Agreement an electronic copy of the Required Loan Documents and the Loan Asset Checklist pertaining to each Loan Asset within ten Business Days of the Cut-Off Date pertaining to such Loan Asset.

(g)

Taxes

. The Borrower will file or cause to be filed its federal and other material tax returns and pay any and all federal and other material Taxes imposed on it or its property as required by the Transaction Documents (except as contemplated in

Section 4.01(o)

(h)

Notice of Events of Default

. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent with prompt (and in any event within three Business Days) written notice of the occurrence of each Event of Default of which the Borrower has knowledge or has received notice. In addition, no later than two Business Days following the Borrower’s knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Borrower will provide to the Administrative Agent a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of such event and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.

(i)

Notice of Material Events

. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any event or other circ*mstance that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j)

Notice of Income Tax Liability

. The Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent telephonic or facsimile notice within 10 Business Days (confirmed in writing within five Business Days thereafter) of the receipt of revenue agent reports or other written proposals, determinations or assessments of the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority which propose, determine or otherwise set forth positive adjustments (i) to the Tax liability of Investment Manager or any “

affiliatedgroup

” (within the meaning of Section 1504(a)(1) of the Code) of which Investment Manager is a member in an amount equal to or greater than $1,000,000 in the aggregate, or (ii) to the Tax liability of the Borrower itself in an amount equal to or greater than $500,000 in the aggregate. Any such notice shall specify the nature of the items giving rise to such adjustments and the amounts thereof.

(k)

Notice of Auditors’ Management Letters

. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent after the receipt of any letter, written report or recommendation from its auditors to the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the manager of the Borrower or any audit committee of the Borrower or the manager of the Borrower addressing any significant control deficiency or other financial concern or submitted in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any audit of the Borrower.

(l)

Notice of Breaches of Representations and Warranties under this Agreement

. The Borrower shall, upon receipt of notice or discovery thereof, promptly notify the Administrative Agent if any representation or warranty set forth in

Section 4.01

Section 4.02

was incorrect in any material respects (or, if already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) at the time it was given or deemed to have been given and at the same time deliver to the Administrative Agent a written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such facts and circ*mstances. In particular, but without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in the

manner set forth in the preceding sentence before any Cut-Off Date of any facts or circ*mstances within the knowledge of the Borrower which would render any of the said representations and warranties untrue in any material respects (or, if already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) at the date when such representations and warranties were made or deemed to have been made.

(m)

Notice of Proceedings

. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent, as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days, after the Borrower receives written notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of any settlement of, material judgment (including a material judgment with respect to the liability phase of a bifurcated trial) in or commencement of any material labor controversy, material litigation, material action, material suit or material proceeding before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, affecting the Collateral, the Transaction Documents, the Collateral Agent’s, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, interest in the Collateral, or the Borrower. For purposes of this

Section 5.01(m)

, (i) any settlement, judgment, labor controversy, litigation, action, suit or proceeding affecting the Collateral, the Transaction Documents, the Collateral Agent’s, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, interest in the Collateral, or the Borrower in excess of $500,000 shall be deemed to be material and (ii) any settlement, judgment, labor controversy, litigation, action, suit or proceeding affecting the Borrower in excess of $1,000,000 shall be deemed to be material.

(n)

Notice of ERISA Reportable Events

. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving notice of the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Plan except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(o)

Notice of Accounting Changes

. As soon as possible and in any event within three Business Days after the effective date thereof, the Borrower will provide to the Administrative Agent notice of any material change in the accounting policies of the Borrower.

(p)

[Reserved]

(q)

Protection of Security Interest

. With respect to the Collateral acquired by the Borrower, the Borrower will, at the expense of the Borrower, (i) take all action necessary to perfect, protect and more fully evidence the Borrower’s ownership of such Collateral free and clear of any Lien other than the Lien created hereunder and Permitted Liens, including, without limitation, (a) with respect to the Loan Assets and that portion of the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, filing and maintaining effective financing statements in all necessary or appropriate filing offices, (including any amendments thereto or assignments thereof) and filing continuation statements, amendments or assignments with respect thereto in such filing offices, (including any amendments thereto or assignments thereof) and (b) executing or causing to be executed such other instruments or notices as may be necessary or appropriate, (ii) take all action necessary to cause a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority perfected security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens, to exist in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Borrower’s interests in all of the Collateral being Transferred hereunder including the filing of a UCC financing statement in the applicable jurisdiction adequately describing the Collateral (which may include an “all asset” filing), and naming the Borrower as debtor and the Collateral Agent as the secured party, and filing continuation statements, amendments or assignments with respect thereto in such filing offices (including any amendments thereto or assignments thereof), (iii) in accordance with

Section 5.01(bb)

, permit the

Administrative Agent or its agents or representatives to visit the offices of the Borrower during normal office hours and examine and make copies of all documents, books, records and other information concerning the Collateral and discuss matters related thereto with any of the officers or employees of the Borrower having knowledge of such matters; provided, unless an Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, such visits shall be limited to no more than two visits during any 12-month period and upon reasonable advance notice and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall use reasonable efforts to coordinate their visits as a single group, and (iv) take all additional action that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to perfect, protect and more fully evidence the respective first priority perfected security interests of the parties to this Agreement in the Collateral, or to enable the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights hereunder.

(r)

Liens

. The Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the existence of any Lien on any material portion of the Collateral (other than Permitted Liens) and the Borrower shall defend the right, title and interest of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in, to and under the Collateral against all claims of third parties.

(s)

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