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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-370631
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141007
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141014
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141014

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALLIANT ENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000352541
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				391380265
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09894
		FILM NUMBER:		141154330

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4902 NORTH BILTMORE LANE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			MADISON
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53718-2148
		BUSINESS PHONE:		608-458-3311

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4902 NORTH BILTMORE LANE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			MADISON
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53718-2148

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTERSTATE ENERGY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980427

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WPL HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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S<SMALL>TATES</SMALL> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMISSION</SMALL> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>W<SMALL>ASHINGTON</SMALL>, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October&nbsp;7, 2014 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-9894</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Alliant Energy Corporation</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a
Wisconsin corporation)</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4902 N. Biltmore Lane</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Madison, Wisconsin 53718</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Telephone (608) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">458-3311</FONT></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">39-1380265</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrants under any of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><U>Item&nbsp;1.01</U></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October&nbsp;7, 2014, Alliant
Energy Corporation (&#147;Alliant Energy&#148;) entered into a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-year</FONT> term loan credit agreement (the &#147;Credit Agreement&#148;) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and
the several lenders party thereto. The maximum principal amount available under the Credit Agreement is $250 million, with a maturity in October 2016. Advances under the Credit Agreement will be used solely for the purpose of repaying Alliant
Energy&#146;s $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.00% senior notes due October&nbsp;15, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Credit Agreement contains
various covenants, including a requirement that Alliant Energy maintains a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">debt-to-capital</FONT></FONT> ratio of less than 65% on a consolidated basis. The debt component of the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">debt-to-capital</FONT></FONT> ratio includes long- and short-term debt (excluding non-recourse debt and hybrid securities to the extent the total carrying value of such hybrid securities
does not exceed 15% of consolidated capital of Alliant Energy), capital leases, letters of credit, guarantees of the foregoing and new synthetic leases. Unfunded vested benefits under qualified pension plans are not included in the debt-to-capital
ratios. The equity component of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">debt-to-capital</FONT></FONT> ratio excludes accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Credit Agreement contains a covenant that prohibits placing liens on any of the property of Alliant Energy or its subsidiaries with
certain exceptions. Exceptions include among others, liens to secure obligations of up to 5% of the consolidated assets of Alliant Energy (valued at carrying value), liens imposed by government entities, materialmens&#146; and similar liens,
judgment liens, liens to secure non-recourse debt not to exceed $100 million outstanding at any one time with respect to Alliant Energy and $100 million outstanding at any one time with respect to each of Alliant Energy&#146;s utility subsidiaries,
and purchase money liens. The Credit Agreement also contains a covenant that requires, during its term, any proceeds from asset sales, with certain exclusions, in excess of 20% of Alliant Energy&#146;s consolidated assets be used to reduce certain
debt commitments. Exclusions include, among others, certain sale and lease-back transactions, sales of non-regulated assets, intercompany asset sales and&nbsp;sales of certain contracts and accounts receivables. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default, including a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">cross-default</FONT> provision which
would be triggered if Alliant Energy or any of its domestic subsidiaries defaults on debt (other than non-recourse debt) totaling $50 million or more. If an event of default under the Credit Agreement occurs and is continuing, then the lenders may
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obligations under the Credit Agreement immediately due and payable. In addition, if any order for relief is entered under bankruptcy laws with respect to Alliant Energy, then any outstanding
obligations under the Credit Agreement would be immediately due and payable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The description of the Credit Agreement set forth above is
not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement filed herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1, which is incorporated by reference herein. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Off-Balance</FONT> Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant</U>. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information included or incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;1.01 of this Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> is incorporated by reference into this Item&nbsp;2.03 of this Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014, between Alliant Energy Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and the lender parties set forth therein.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Alliant Energy Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">A<SMALL>LLIANT</SMALL> E<SMALL>NERGY</SMALL> C<SMALL>ORPORATION</SMALL></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: October&nbsp;14, 2014</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Thomas L. Hanson</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Execution Version </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Published Deal
CUSIP: 01881DAG8 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Published Term Loan Facility CUSIP: 01881DAH6 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$250,000,000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TERM LOAN
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CREDIT AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014 </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Among </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ALLIANT ENERGY
CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>as Borrower </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE BANKS NAMED HEREIN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>as Banks </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>and </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>as Administrative Agent </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WELLS FARGO
SECURITIES, LLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE I</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;1.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain Defined Terms</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;1.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Computation of Time Periods</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;1.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Computations of Outstandings</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accounting Terms</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Terms Generally</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Advances</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Making the Advances</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Funding Reliance</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">18</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">[Reserved]</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">18</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">[Reserved]</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">18</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Changes in the Commitments</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">18</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Repayment of Advances</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest on Advances</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additional Interest on Eurodollar Rate Advances</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest Rate Determination</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Voluntary Conversion of Advances</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Optional Prepayments of Advances</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Increased Costs</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">22</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Illegality</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">23</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">23</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Replacement of Lenders</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Defaulting Lenders</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">29</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE III</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;3.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Conditions Precedent to Closing Date</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE IV</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Representations and Warranties of the Borrower</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">33</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE V</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Affirmative Covenants</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE VI</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>EVENTS OF DEFAULT</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Events of Default</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE VII</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>THE AGENT</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Authorization and Action</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exculpatory Provisions</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reliance by Agent</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo and Affiliates</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.5</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lender Credit Decision</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indemnification</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Successor Agent</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Delegation of Duties</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No Other Duties, Etc</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Agent May File Proofs of Claim</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE VIII</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><B>MISCELLANEOUS</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amendments, Etc</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notices, Etc</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No Waiver; Remedies</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Costs, Expenses, Taxes and Indemnification</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Right of Set-off</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Confidentiality</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jurisdiction</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.12</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Waiver of Venue</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.13</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Relation of the Parties; No Beneficiary</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">59</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.14</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Execution in Counterparts</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.15</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Severability</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Disclosure of Information</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.17</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">USA Patriot Act Notice</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;8.18</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Entire Agreement</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Exhibit 1.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">-&nbsp;&nbsp; Form of Note</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Exhibit 2.2(b)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">-&nbsp;&nbsp; Form of Notice of Borrowing</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Exhibit 2.11</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">-&nbsp;&nbsp; Form of Notice of Conversion</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Exhibit3.1(a)(vii)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">-&nbsp;&nbsp; Form of Opinion of Chapman and Cutler LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Exhibit 8.7</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">-&nbsp;&nbsp; Form of Lender Assignment</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Schedule I</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">-&nbsp;&nbsp; Commitment Schedule</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Schedule II</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">-&nbsp;&nbsp; Existing Synthetic Leases</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Schedule III</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">-&nbsp;&nbsp; Existing Liens</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Schedule IV</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">-&nbsp;&nbsp; List of Indentures</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014 </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT</B> (this &#147;<B><I>Agreement</I></B>&#148;) is made by and among: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION</B>, a Wisconsin corporation (the &#147;<B><I>Borrower</I></B>&#148;), </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the banks (the &#147;<B><I>Banks</I></B>&#148;) listed on the signature pages hereof and the other Lenders (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto, and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>WELLS FARGO BANK</B>, <B>NATIONAL ASSOCIATION</B> (&#147;<B><I>Wells Fargo</I></B>&#148;), as administrative agent (the &#147;<B><I>Agent</I></B>&#148;) for the Lenders hereunder. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) The Borrower has requested that the Lenders make available to the Borrower a term facility in the aggregate original principal amount of
$250,000,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) The Lenders are willing to make available to the Borrower the term loan facility described herein subject to and on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NOW, THEREFORE</B>, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;1.1 Certain Defined Terms</I></B><I>.</I> As used in this Agreement, 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): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Administrative
Questionnaire</I></B>&#148; means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form approved by the Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Advances</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.1</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>AER</I></B>&#148; means Alliant Energy Resources, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Affected Lender</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.14</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Affected Lender Advance</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.14</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Affiliate</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling (including but not
limited to all directors and officers of such Person), controlled by, </P>

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or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another entity if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Agent</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Aggregate Commitment</I></B>&#148; means the total of all of the Lenders&#146; Commitment hereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Alternate Base Rate</I></B>&#148; means a fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate
per annum shall at all times be equal to the highest of: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Prime Rate; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">1/2 of one percent per annum above the Federal Funds Rate; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of 1 month plus 1.00%. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each change in the Alternate Base Rate shall
take effect concurrently with any change in such Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Eurodollar Rate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Applicable Lending
Office</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender&#146;s Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender&#146;s Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Applicable Margin</I></B>&#148; means, for any Eurodollar Rate Advance or Base Rate Advance, the rate <I>per annum</I> set forth
below in the columns identified as Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 or Level 4, opposite Eurodollar Rate Advances or Base Rate Advances, as applicable: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>LEVEL 3</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.550</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.600</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.725</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicable Margin for Base Rate Advances</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.000</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Applicable Margin shall be based upon the ratings assigned by S&amp;P, Moody&#146;s and/or Fitch to the
senior unsecured non-credit enhanced long-term debt of the Borrower (collectively, the &#147;<U>Ratings</U>&#148;), or, in the event that no such debt is outstanding, the rating assigned by Moody&#146;s to the issuer debt rating of the Borrower.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If at any time there is a split among Ratings by S&amp;P, Moody&#146;s and Fitch such that (i)&nbsp;all three Ratings fall in different
Pricing Levels, the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined by the Rating that is neither the highest nor the lowest of the three ratings, or (ii)&nbsp;two Ratings are in one Pricing Level (the &#147;<U>Majority Level</U>&#148;) and the third
Rating is in a different Pricing Level, the </P>
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applicable Pricing Level shall be at the Majority Level. In the event that the Borrower shall maintain Ratings from only two of S&amp;P, Moody&#146;s and Fitch and there is a split in such
Ratings (i)&nbsp;of one Pricing Level, the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined by the higher of the two Ratings, and (ii)&nbsp;of two or more Pricing Levels, the applicable Pricing Level shall be the Pricing Level that is exactly between
the Pricing Level of the higher Rating and the Pricing Level of the lower Rating (the <B>&#147;</B><U>Midpoint</U><B>&#148;</B>), or if there is no Midpoint, the Pricing Level that is one Pricing Level above a notional Pricing Level that falls at
the midpoint between the actual Ratings. In the event that the Borrower shall maintain Ratings from only one of S&amp;P, Moody&#146;s and Fitch, the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to that one Rating. If at any time the
Borrower&#146;s senior unsecured non-credit enhanced long-term debt does not have a Rating from at least one of S&amp;P, Moody&#146;s or Fitch or the Borrower does not have an issuer debt rating from Moody&#146;s, the applicable Pricing Level shall
be set at Pricing Level 4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time the Borrower&#146;s senior unsecured non-credit enhanced long-term debt has any Rating that corresponds to Level 4, the applicable Pricing Level shall be Pricing Level 4. The
Pricing Level shall be redetermined on and as of the date of announcement of a change in the Rating of S&amp;P, Moody&#146;s or Fitch. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Applicable Rate</I></B>&#148; means: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) in the case of each Base Rate Advance, a rate <I>per annum</I> equal at all times to the sum of the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time
to time <I>plus</I> the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) in the case of each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising
part of the same Borrowing, a rate <I>per annum</I> during each Interest Period equal at all times to the sum of the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period <I>plus</I> the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time during such Interest Period.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Approved Fund</I></B>&#148; means any Fund that is administered or managed by (i)&nbsp;a Lender, (ii)&nbsp;an Affiliate of a
Lender, or (iii)&nbsp;a Person (or an Affiliate of a Person) that administers or manages a Lender. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Arranger</I></B>&#148;
means Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Bankruptcy Event</I></B>&#148; means the occurrence of any actual or deemed entry of an
order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Banks</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned
to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Base Rate Advance</I></B>&#148; means an Advance that bears interest as
provided in Section&nbsp;2.8(a). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Borrower</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this
Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Borrowing</I></B>&#148; means the incurrence by the Borrower (including as a result of Conversions of outstanding
Advances pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.11</I></B>) on a single date of a group of Advances of a single Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Business Day</I></B>&#148; means a day of the year on which banks are not required or
authorized to close in New York City, Charlotte, North Carolina or Madison, Wisconsin and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advance, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Capitalized Lease Obligations</I></B>&#148; means obligations to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement
conveying the right to use) real and/or personal property which obligation is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and for purposes hereof the amount of such obligations
shall be the capitalized amount determined in accordance with such principles. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Cash and Cash Equivalents</I></B>&#148; means,
with respect to any Person, the aggregate amount of the following, to the extent owned by such Person free and clear of all Liens, encumbrances and rights of others and not subject to any judicial, regulatory or other legal constraint: (i)&nbsp;cash
on hand; (ii)&nbsp;Dollar demand deposits maintained in the United States with any commercial bank and Dollar time deposits maintained in the United States with, or certificates of deposit having a maturity of one year or less issued by, any
commercial bank which has an office in the United States and which has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; (iii)&nbsp;eurodollar time deposits maintained in the United States with, or eurodollar certificates of deposit having a
maturity of one year or less issued by, any commercial bank having outstanding unsecured indebtedness that is rated (on the date of acquisition thereof) A- or better by S&amp;P or Fitch or A3 or better by Moody&#146;s (or an equivalent rating by
another nationally-recognized credit rating agency of similar standing if none of such corporations is then in the business of rating unsecured bank indebtedness); (iv)&nbsp;direct obligations of, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States
and having a maturity of one year or less; (v)&nbsp;commercial paper rated (on the date of acquisition thereof) A-1 or better by S&amp;P or Fitch or P-1 or better by Moody&#146;s (or an equivalent rating by another nationally-recognized credit
rating agency of similar standing if none of such corporations is then in the business of rating commercial paper), and having a maturity of one year or less; (vi)&nbsp;obligations with any Lender or any other commercial bank in respect of the
repurchase of obligations of the type described in clause (iv)&nbsp;above, <I>provided</I> that such repurchase obligations shall be fully secured by obligations of the type described in said clause (iv)&nbsp;and the possession of such obligations
shall be transferred to, and segregated from other obligations owned by, such Lender or such other commercial bank; and (vii)&nbsp;preferred stock of any Person that is rated A- or better by S&amp;P or Fitch or A3 or better by Moody&#146;s (or an
equivalent rating by another nationally-recognized credit rating agency of similar standing if none of such corporations is then in the business of rating preferred stock of entities engaged in such businesses). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Change in Law</I></B>&#148; means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (i)&nbsp;the adoption
or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (ii)&nbsp;any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (iii)&nbsp;the
making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; <I>provided</I> that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x)&nbsp;the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y)&nbsp;all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a &#147;Change in Law&#148;, regardless of the
date enacted, adopted or issued. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Closing Date</I></B>&#148; means the day upon which each of the applicable conditions
precedent enumerated in <B><I>Section&nbsp;3.1</I></B> shall be fulfilled to the satisfaction of, or waived with the consent of, the Lenders, the Agent and the Borrower. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Code</I></B>&#148; means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Commitment</I></B>&#148; means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Advances to the Borrower in an amount no
greater than the amount set forth on Schedule I hereto or, if such Lender has entered into one or more Lender Assignments, set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7(b)</I></B>, in each such
case as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.6</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Commitment Termination
Date</I></B>&#148; means the earlier to occur of (i)&nbsp;the date that is 45 days after the Closing Date (<I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Commitment Termination Date shall be the immediately preceding
Business Day), (ii)&nbsp;the date on which Advances are made in accordance with <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.1</I></B> and (iii)&nbsp;the date of termination or reduction in whole of the Commitments pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.6</I></B> or
<B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Confidential Information</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section
8.8</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Consolidated Capital</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, at any date of
determination, the sum of (i)&nbsp;Consolidated Debt of such Person, (ii)&nbsp;consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (iii)&nbsp;consolidated equity of the preference stockholders of such
Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (iv)&nbsp;the aggregate outstanding amount of Hybrid Securities, and (v)&nbsp;consolidated equity of the preferred stockholders of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case determined at
such date in accordance with GAAP, excluding, however, from such calculation, amounts identified as &#147;Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)&#148; in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
set forth in the Borrower&#146;s Report on Form 10-K or 10-Q, as the case may be, filed most recently with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the date of such determination. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Consolidated Debt</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, at any date of determination, the aggregate
Debt of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but shall not include (i)&nbsp;Nonrecourse Debt of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or (ii)&nbsp;the aggregate outstanding Debt evidenced
by Hybrid Securities to the extent that the total book value of such securities does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Capital as of the date of determination. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Consolidated Subsidiary</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person whose accounts are or are
required to be consolidated with the accounts of such Person in accordance with GAAP. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Continuing Directors</I></B>&#148; means the members of the Board of Directors of the
Borrower on the date hereof and each other director of the Borrower, if such other director&#146;s nomination for election to the Board of Directors of the Borrower is recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Convert</I></B>&#148;, &#147;<B><I>Conversion</I></B>&#148; and &#147;<B><I>Converted</I></B>&#148; each refers to a conversion of
Advances of one Type into Advances of another Type, or to the selection of a new, or the renewal of the same, Interest Period for Advances, as the case may be, pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.10</I></B> or <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.11</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Debt</I></B>&#148; means, for any Person, any and all indebtedness, liabilities and other monetary obligations of such Person
(without duplication), (i)&nbsp;for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (ii)&nbsp;to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (except trade accounts payable arising and repaid in the
ordinary course of business), (iii)&nbsp;Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iv)&nbsp;under reimbursement or similar agreements with respect to letters of credit (other than trade letters of credit) issued to support indebtedness or obligations of such
Person or of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iii)&nbsp;above and clause (v)&nbsp;below, (v)&nbsp;reasonably quantifiable obligations under direct guaranties or indemnities, or under support agreements, in respect of, and
reasonably quantifiable obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, or to assure an obligee against failure to make payment in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iv)&nbsp;above, and (vi)&nbsp;incurred in connection with any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease or similar off-balance sheet financing product treated as an
operating lease for financial accounting purposes and a capital lease for federal income tax purposes, in each case under this clause (vi)&nbsp;that is entered into after December&nbsp;14, 2011, but excluding the obligations under the Existing
Synthetic Leases, including any extension, renewal, amendment or refinancing thereof; <I>provided</I> that if the aggregate amount owing in respect of all such Existing Synthetic Leases, after giving effect to any such extension, renewal, amendment
or refinancing, exceeds the aggregate amount owed as of the December&nbsp;14, 2011, such excess shall be included as Debt. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Default Rate</I></B>&#148; means (a)(i)&nbsp;with respect to the unpaid principal of or interest on any Base Rate Advance,
2%&nbsp;<I>per annum</I> above the Applicable Rate in effect from time to time for such Base Rate Advance and (ii)&nbsp;with respect to the unpaid principal of or interest on any Eurodollar Rate Advance, the greater of (A)&nbsp;2% <I>per annum</I>
above the Applicable Rate in effect from time to time for such Eurodollar Rate Advance and (B)&nbsp;2% <I>per annum</I> above the Applicable Rate in effect from time to time for Base Rate Advances and (b)&nbsp;with respect to any other unpaid amount
hereunder, 2%&nbsp;<I>per annum</I> above the Applicable Rate in effect from time to time for Base Rate Advances. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Defaulting
Lender</I></B>&#148; means, subject to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.21(b)</I></B>, any Lender, as reasonably determined by the Agent, that (i)&nbsp;has failed (which failure has not been cured within two Business Days) to fund any Advance required to be
made hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof (unless such Lender shall have notified the Agent and the Borrower in writing of its good faith determination that a condition under <B><I>Section&nbsp;3.2</I></B> to its obligation to fund any
Advance shall not have been satisfied), (ii)&nbsp;has notified the Borrower or the Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does
not intend to comply with its funding obligations under </P>
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this Agreement or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (iii)&nbsp;has failed, within three Business Days after receipt of a written request from the Agent or the
Borrower delivered in accordance with <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.2</I></B> to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligation to fund prospective Advances, and such request states that the requesting party has
reason to believe that the Lender receiving such request may fail to comply with such obligation, and states such reason, (iv)&nbsp;has failed to pay to the Agent or any other Lender when due an amount owed by such Lender to the Agent or any other
Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, unless such amount is subject to a good faith dispute or such failure has been cured, or (v)&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;has become or is insolvent or (b)&nbsp;is the Subsidiary of a Person that has (x)&nbsp;become
or is insolvent, (y)&nbsp;become or is the subject of a proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or (z)&nbsp;had appointed for it a receiver,
conservator, trustee, custodian or assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal
regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; <I>provided</I> that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of an Equity Interest in such Lender or a parent company thereof by a Governmental
Authority or an instrumentality thereof so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment
on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or
more of clauses (i)&nbsp;through (v)&nbsp;above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.21(b)</I></B>) upon delivery of written notice of such
determination to the Borrower and each Lender. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Designated Lender</I></B>&#148; means a Defaulting Lender or a Downgraded
Lender. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Direct Subsidiary</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary directly owned by such Person. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Dollars</I></B>&#148; and the sign &#147;<B><I>$</I></B>&#148; each means lawful money of the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Domestic Lending Office</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Lender, the office or affiliate of such Lender specified as its
&#147;Domestic Lending Office&#148; in its Administrative Questionnaire or in the Lender Assignment pursuant to which it became a Lender (copies of which shall be provided by each Lender to the Agent and the Borrower as of the date hereof, or, in
the case of a Lender Assignment, upon or prior to such Lender Assignment), or such other office or affiliate of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify in writing to the Borrower and the Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Domestic Subsidiary</I></B>&#148; means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Foreign Subsidiary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Downgraded Lender</I></B>&#148; means any Lender that has a non-credit enhanced senior unsecured debt rating below investment grade
from either Moody&#146;s, S&amp;P, Fitch or any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization recognized as such by the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Eligible Assignee</I></B>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;a commercial bank or trust company
organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof; (ii)&nbsp;a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country that is a member of the OECD, or a political subdivision of any such country, <I>provided</I> that such
bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States; (iii)&nbsp;the central bank of any country that is a member of the OECD; and (iv)&nbsp;any other commercial bank or other financial institution engaged generally in the business
of extending credit or purchasing debt instruments; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that (A)&nbsp;any such Person shall also (1)&nbsp;have outstanding unsecured indebtedness that is rated A- or better by S&amp;P or Fitch or A3 or better by
Moody&#146;s (or an equivalent rating by another nationally-recognized credit rating agency of similar standing if none of such rating agencies is then in the business of rating unsecured indebtedness of entities engaged in such businesses) or
(2)&nbsp;have combined capital and surplus (as established in its most recent report of condition to its primary regulator) of not less than $250,000,000 (or its equivalent in foreign currency), and (B)&nbsp;any Person described in clause (ii),
(iii)&nbsp;or (iv)&nbsp;above shall, on the date on which it is to become a Lender hereunder, (x)&nbsp;be entitled to receive payments hereunder without deduction or withholding of any United States Federal income taxes (as contemplated by
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B>) and (y)&nbsp;not be incurring any losses, costs or expenses of the type for which such Person could demand payment under <B><I>Section 2.13</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Equity Interests</I></B>&#148; means, (i)&nbsp;with respect to a corporation, shares of common stock of such corporation or any
other interest convertible or exchangeable into any such interest, (ii)&nbsp;with respect to a limited liability company, a membership interest in such company, (iii)&nbsp;with respect to a partnership, a partnership interest in such partnership,
and (iv)&nbsp;with respect to any other Person, an interest in such Person analogous to interests described in clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iii). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>ERISA</I></B>&#148; means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>ERISA Affiliate</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, any trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) which is under &#147;common control&#148; with, or a member of the same &#147;controlled group&#148; as, such Person, within the meaning of Section&nbsp;414 of the Code or Section&nbsp;4001 of ERISA. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>ERISA Event</I></B>&#148; means: (i)&nbsp;with respect to a Plan, the occurrence of a &#147;reportable event,&#148; within the
meaning of Section&nbsp;4043 of ERISA for which the thirty day notice requirement has not been waived by the PBGC (including any failure to meet the minimum funding standard of, or timely make any required installment payment under, Section&nbsp;412
of the Code or Section&nbsp;302 of ERISA, regardless of the issuance of any waivers in accordance with Section&nbsp;412(c) of the Code); (ii)&nbsp;the provision by the administrator of any Plan of notice of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to
Section&nbsp;4041(a)(2) of ERISA; (iii)&nbsp;the cessation of operations at a facility in the circumstances described in Section&nbsp;4062(e) of ERISA; (iv)&nbsp;the withdrawal by the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower from a Multiple
Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan during a plan year for which it was a &#147;substantial employer,&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (v)&nbsp;the failure by the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower to make a
payment to a Plan, which failure results in the imposition of a Lien; (vi)&nbsp;the incurrence of an obligation to provide a notice under Section&nbsp;101(j) of ERISA; (vii)&nbsp;the adoption of an amendment to a Plan which may not take effect due
to the application of Section&nbsp;436(c)(1) of the </P>
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Code or Section&nbsp;206(g)(2)(A) of ERISA, or the payment of a contribution in order to satisfy the requirements of Section&nbsp;436(c)(2) of the Code or Section&nbsp;206(g)(2)(B) of ERISA; or
(viii)&nbsp;the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan, pursuant to Section&nbsp;4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section&nbsp;4042 of ERISA
for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, a Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Eurocurrency Liabilities</I></B>&#148; has the
meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Eurodollar Lending Office</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Lender, the office or affiliate of such Lender specified as its
&#147;Eurodollar Lending Office&#148; in its Administrative Questionnaire or in the Lender Assignment pursuant to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office or affiliate of such
Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify in writing to the Borrower and the Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Eurodollar Rate</I></B>&#148;
means, with respect to each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (i)&nbsp;the rate of interest appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page)
that represents the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars or (ii)&nbsp;if no such rate is available, the rate of interest determined by the Agent to be the rate or the arithmetic mean of rates at which Dollar deposits in immediately
available funds are offered to first-tier banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market, in each case under (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;above at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for
a period substantially equal to such Interest Period and in an amount substantially equal to the amount of Wells Fargo&#146;s Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of such Borrowing, all subject to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.9</I></B> and
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.10</I></B>. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Eurodollar Rate shall never be less than zero. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Eurodollar
Rate Advance</I></B>&#148; means an Advance that bears interest as provided in <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.8(b)</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Eurodollar
Reserve Percentage</I></B>&#148; of any Lender for each Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance means the reserve percentage applicable to such Lender during such Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage shall be so applicable,
the daily average of such percentages for those days in such Interest Period during which any such percentage shall be so applicable) under Regulation D or other regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) then applicable to such Lender with respect to liabilities or assets
consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to such Interest Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Events of
Default</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Existing Synthetic
Leases</I></B>&#148; means all synthetic leases existing on December&nbsp;14, 2011 and set forth on Schedule II. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>FATCA</I></B>&#148; means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor
version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section&nbsp;1471(b)(1) of the Code. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Federal Bankruptcy Code</I></B>&#148; means 11 U.S.C. &#167;&#167; 101 <I>et
seq</I>., as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and all regulations from time to time promulgated thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Federal Funds Rate</I></B>&#148; means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the nearest 1/100 of one percentage point) equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published
for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day
on such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Fitch</I></B>&#148; means Fitch Ratings. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Foreign Subsidiary</I></B>&#148; means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the law of any jurisdiction other
than any state of the United States of America. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Fund</I></B>&#148; means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or
will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Funding Date</I></B>&#148; means the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in <B>Section&nbsp;3.2</B> are satisfied and
the Borrowing has occurred. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>GAAP</I></B>&#148; means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in
effect from time to time; <I>provided</I> that in the event that any &#147;Accounting Change&#148; (as defined below) shall occur and such change would otherwise result in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or
terms in this Agreement, then unless and until the Borrower, the Agent and the Majority Lenders mutually agree to adjustments to the terms hereof to reflect any such Accounting Change, all financial covenants (including those contained in
<B><I>Article&nbsp;V</I></B>), standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. &#147;<B><I>Accounting Changes</I></B>&#148; refers to changes in accounting principles
required or permitted by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and shall include the adoption or implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards or changes in lease accounting. In the event of an Accounting Change the Agent, the Majority Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate the
adjustments referred to in the proviso to the first sentence of this definition in good faith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Governmental
Approval</I></B>&#148; means any authorization, consent, approval, license, franchise, lease, ruling, tariff, rate, permit, certificate, exemption of, or filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority or other legal or regulatory body. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Governmental Authority</I></B>&#148; means the government of the United States of
America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supranational bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Hazardous Substance</I></B>&#148; means any waste, substance, or material identified as hazardous, dangerous or toxic by any
office, agency, department, commission, board, bureau, or instrumentality of the United States or of the State or locality in which the same is located having or exercising jurisdiction over such waste, substance or material. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Hostile Acquisition</I></B>&#148; means any acquisition involving a tender offer or proxy contest that has not been recommended or
approved by the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Person that is the subject of such acquisition prior to the first public announcement or disclosure relating to such acquisition. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Hybrid Securities</I></B>&#148; means any hybrid securities consisting of trust preferred securities or deferrable interest
subordinated debt securities issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or financing vehicle of the Borrower that (i)&nbsp;has an original maturity of at least 20 years and (ii)&nbsp;requires no repayments or prepayments and no mandatory redemptions
or repurchases, in each case, prior to at least ninety-one days after the occurrence of the Maturity Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Indemnified
Person</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section 8.4(b)</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Interest Period</I></B>&#148;
means, for each Eurodollar Rate Advance made as part of the same Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Rate Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Advance into such a Eurodollar Rate Advance and ending on the last day
of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and, thereafter, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower
pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be 1, 2, 3 or 6 months, as the Borrower may, upon notice received by the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. on the third Business Day prior to the first day of such
Interest Period, select; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period that ends after the
Maturity Date; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same
duration; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of
such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, <I>provided</I>, in the case of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Advance, that if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur
in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>IPL</I></B>&#148; means Interstate Power and Light Company, an Iowa corporation. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Lender Assignment</I></B>&#148; means an assignment and acceptance agreement entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of <B><I>Exhibit&nbsp;8.7</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Lenders</I></B>&#148; means the Banks listed on the signature pages hereof and each Eligible Assignee that shall become a party
hereto pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Lien</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section
5.2(a)</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Loan Documents</I></B>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;this Agreement and any Notes issued pursuant to
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.16</I></B> and (ii)&nbsp;all other agreements, instruments and documents now or hereafter executed and/or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Majority Lenders</I></B>&#148; means, on any date of determination, Lenders that, collectively, on such date have Percentages in
the aggregate greater than 50%; <I>provided</I> that the Percentage of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Majority Lenders and such Defaulting Lender&#146;s Commitment or aggregate Advances, as
applicable, shall be excluded from the determination of the Aggregate Commitment or the aggregate principal amount of all Advances, as applicable, for purposes of calculating each non-Defaulting Lender&#146;s Percentage. Any determination of those
Lenders constituting the Majority Lenders shall be made by the Agent and shall be conclusive and binding on all parties absent manifest error. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Margin Stock</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Material Adverse Change</I></B>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon,
the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or financial condition of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii)&nbsp;a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower to perform its
obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (iii)&nbsp;a material adverse change upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower of any Loan Document to which it is a party. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Maturity Date</I></B>&#148; means the earlier to occur of (i)&nbsp;the second anniversary of the Closing Date (<I>provided</I>,
<I>however</I>, that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) and (ii)&nbsp;the date on which all outstanding Advances are declared due and payable pursuant to
<B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Moody&#146;s</I></B>&#148; means Moody&#146;s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor
thereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Mortgage Bond Indentures</I></B>&#148; means the indentures listed on Schedule IV hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Multiemployer Plan</I></B>&#148; means a &#147;multiemployer plan&#148;, as defined in Section&nbsp;4001(a)(3) of ERISA, which is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower is making or has an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or had an obligation to make contributions.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Multiple Employer Plan</I></B>&#148; means a &#147;single employer plan&#148;, as defined in Section&nbsp;4001(a)(15) of
ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA and (i)&nbsp;is maintained for </P>
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employees of the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower and at least one Person other than the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates or (ii)&nbsp;was so maintained and in respect of which the
Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower could have liability under Section&nbsp;4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Nonrecourse Debt</I></B>&#148; means Debt of any Subsidiary of the Borrower (i)&nbsp;as to which (A)&nbsp;the Borrower provides no
credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Debt), (B)&nbsp;the Borrower is not directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, (C)&nbsp;the Borrower is not the lender or other type
of creditor, or (D)&nbsp;the relevant legal documents do not provide that the lenders or other type of creditors with respect thereto will have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Borrower and (ii)&nbsp;no default with respect to which would
permit, upon notice, lapse of time or both, any holder of any other Debt (other than the Advances, any Note, or any extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement thereof that does not increase the outstanding principal thereof) of the Borrower to
declare a default on such other Debt or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower provides credit support that is limited in its drawable amount for any portion
of Debt of any Subsidiary of the Borrower that would be considered Nonrecourse Debt but for the provision of such credit support, such Debt shall be considered Nonrecourse Debt to the extent that it is not so supported. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Note</I></B>&#148; means a promissory note issued at the request of a Lender pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.16</I></B>, in
substantially the form of <B><I>Exhibit&nbsp;1.1</I></B> hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Advances made by such Lender. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Notice of Borrowing</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section 2.2(b)</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Notice of Conversion</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section 2.11</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>OECD</I></B>&#148; means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>OFAC</I></B>&#148; means the U.S. Department of the Treasury&#146;s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and any successor thereto.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Other Taxes</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section 2.17(b)</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Outstanding Credits</I></B>&#148; means, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate principal amount
of all Advances outstanding on such date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Participant</I></B>&#148; has the meaning given to such term in <B><I>Section
8.7(c)</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Participant Register</I></B>&#148; has the meaning given to such term in <B><I>Section 8.7(c)</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>PATRIOT Act</I></B>&#148; means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October&nbsp;26, 2001)), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and all rules and regulations from time to time promulgated thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>PBGC</I></B>&#148; means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor entity). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Percentage</I></B>&#148; means, for any Lender (i)&nbsp;on any date of determination
prior to the Commitment Termination Date, the percentage obtained by dividing such Lender&#146;s Commitment on such day by the Aggregate Commitment on such date, or (ii)&nbsp;on any date of determination on or after the Commitment Termination Date,
the percentage obtained by dividing the aggregate principal amount of all Advances made by such Lender outstanding at such time by the Outstanding Credits at such time, and in each case multiplying the quotient so obtained by 100. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Person</I></B>&#148; means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>&#147;Plan</I></B>&#148; means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Prime Rate</I></B>&#148; means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Agent as
its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Agent as its prime rate is an
index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Recipient</I></B>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;the Agent and (ii)&nbsp;any Lender, as applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Register</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7(b)</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Related Parties</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, such Person&#146;s Affiliates and the partners, directors,
officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person&#146;s Affiliates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Requirement of Law</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, the charter, articles or certificate of organization or
incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any statute, law, treaty, rule, regulation, order, decree, writ, injunction or determination of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in
each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject or otherwise pertaining to any or all of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Resignation Effective Date</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section 7.7</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>S&amp;P</I></B>&#148; means Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of McGraw Hill Financial Inc., or
any successor thereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Sanctioned Country</I></B>&#148; means a country subject to a sanctions program identified on the list
maintained by OFAC as published from time to time and, at any time, any country whose government is at such time the subject of Sanctions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Sanctioned Person</I></B>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;a Person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons
maintained by OFAC as published from time to time, (ii)&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (B)&nbsp;an organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, or (C)&nbsp;a Person resident in a Sanctioned Country, to the
extent subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC or (iii)&nbsp;at any time, any Person that is at such time the subject of Sanctions. </P>
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enforced by the United States Government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty&#146;s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Senior Financial Officer</I></B>&#148; means the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief
Accounting Officer or the Treasurer of the Borrower. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Significant Subsidiary</I></B>&#148; means any Subsidiary of the Borrower
that, on a consolidated basis with any of its Subsidiaries as of any date of determination, accounts for more than 20% of the consolidated assets (valued at book value) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Single Employer Plan</I></B>&#148; means a &#147;single employer plan&#148;, as defined in Section&nbsp;4001(a)(15) of ERISA, which
is subject to Title IV of ERISA and which (i)&nbsp;is maintained for employees of the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower and no Person other than the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates, or (ii)&nbsp;was so maintained and in respect of
which the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower could have liability under Section&nbsp;4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Subsidiary</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or unincorporated entity of which more than 50% of the
outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting power (irrespective of whether at the time Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such corporation or entity shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is
at the time owned by said Person, either directly or through one or more other Subsidiaries. In the case of an unincorporated entity, a Person shall be deemed to have more than 50% of interests having ordinary voting power only if such Person&#146;s
vote in respect of such interests comprises more than 50% of the total voting power of all such interests in the unincorporated entity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Taxes</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section 2.17(a)</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Type</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in <B><I>Section 2.2(a)</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Unmatured Default</I></B>&#148; means an event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event
of Default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Utilities</I></B>&#148; means, collectively, WPL and IPL. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Utility Facilities</I></B>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;the $300,000,000 Third Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated
December&nbsp;14, 2011, among IPL, the banks named therein and Wells Fargo, as administrative agent; and (ii)&nbsp;the $400,000,000 Third Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated December&nbsp;14, 2011, among WPL, the banks named
therein and Wells Fargo, as administrative agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B><I>Wells Fargo</I></B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in the
Preamble to this Agreement. </P>
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</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;1.2 Computation of Time Periods</I></B>. Unless otherwise indicated, each reference in this Agreement to a specific
time of day is a reference to Charlotte, North Carolina time. In the computation of periods of time under this Agreement, any period of a specified number of days or months shall be computed by including the first day or month occurring during such
period and excluding the last such day or month. In the case of a period of time &#147;from&#148; a specified date &#147;to&#148; or &#147;until&#148; a later specified date, the word &#147;from&#148; means &#147;from and including&#148; and the
words &#147;to&#148; and &#147;until&#148; each means &#147;to but excluding&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;1.3 Computations of
Outstandings.</I></B> Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to the &#147;principal amount outstanding&#148; on any date under this Agreement, such reference shall refer to the aggregate principal amount of all Advances outstanding on such
date after giving effect to all Advances to be made on such date and the application of the proceeds thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;1.4
Accounting Terms.</I></B> Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be delivered to the Lenders
hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. With respect to (and only with respect to) determining compliance with this Agreement, all calculations shall (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be made
by application of GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent annual or quarterly financial statements delivered pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.1(h)</I></B> (or prior to the delivery of the first financial statements pursuant to
<B><I>Section&nbsp;5.1(h)</I></B>, consistent with the financial statements described in <B><I>Section&nbsp;4.1(f)</I></B>); <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, if (i)&nbsp;the Borrower shall object to determining such compliance on such basis at the
time of delivery of such financial statements due to any change in GAAP or the rules promulgated with respect thereto or (ii)&nbsp;the Agent or the Majority Lenders shall so object in writing within thirty days after delivery of such financial
statements, then such calculations shall be made on a basis consistent with the most recent financial statements delivered by the Borrower to the Lenders as to which no such objection shall have been made. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;1.5 Terms Generally.</I></B> The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words &#147;include&#148;, &#147;includes&#148; and &#147;including&#148; shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase &#147;without limitation&#148;. The word &#147;will&#148; shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word &#147;shall&#148;. Unless the context requires otherwise (a)&nbsp;any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or
modifications set forth herein), (b)&nbsp;any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person&#146;s successors and assigns, (c)&nbsp;the words &#147;herein&#148;, &#147;hereof and &#147;hereunder&#148;, and words of similar
import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d)&nbsp;all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (e)&nbsp;any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise </P>
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specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (f)&nbsp;the words &#147;asset&#148; and &#147;property&#148; shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMOUNTS AND
TERMS OF THE ADVANCES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.1 The Advances</I></B>.<B><I></I></B> Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make advances (each, an &#147;<B><I>Advance</I></B>&#148; and collectively, the &#147;<B><I>Advances</I></B>&#148;) on the Funding Date to the Borrower from time to time, during the period from and including the
Closing Date, to and including the Commitment Termination Date, in an outstanding amount not to exceed at any time such Lender&#146;s Commitment. Each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $5,000,000 (or, if lower, the amount of
the Aggregate Commitment) or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Advances of the same Type made on the Funding Date by the Lenders ratably according to their respective Percentages. No Advance shall be made at
any time after the Commitment Termination Date. To the extent repaid, Advances may not be reborrowed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.2 Making the
Advances</I></B>.<B><I></I></B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Advances shall, at the option of the Borrower and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, be either a Base Rate Advance or Eurodollar Rate Advance (each, a &#147;<B><I>Type</I></B>&#148; of Advance). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) In order to
make the Borrowing (other than conversions of outstanding Advances made pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.11</I></B>) on the Funding Date, the Borrower will give the Agent written notice (i)&nbsp;not later than 11:00 a.m. on the third Business Day
prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances and (ii)&nbsp;not later than 10:00 a.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Advances.
Such notice of a Borrowing (the &#147;<B><I>Notice of Borrowing</I></B>&#148;) shall be by facsimile or email (in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Agent), in substantially the form of <B><I>Exhibit&nbsp;2.2(b)</I></B> hereto, specifying
therein the requested (A)&nbsp;date of the Borrowing, (B)&nbsp;Type of Advances comprising the Borrowing, (C)&nbsp;aggregate amount of the Borrowing and (D)&nbsp;in the case of a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, the initial Interest
Period for each such Advance. Each Lender shall, before (x)&nbsp;12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, and (y)&nbsp;1:00 p.m. on the date of such Borrowing, in the case of a
Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Advances, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at its address referred to in <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.2</I></B>, in same day funds, such Lender&#146;s Percentage of such Borrowing.
After the Agent&#146;s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in <B><I>Article III</I></B>, the Agent will promptly make such funds available to the Borrower by means of a credit or wire transfer to the
account specified in writing by the Borrower. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. In the case
of any Borrowing which the related Notice of Borrowing specifies to be comprised of </P>
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Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified
in such Notice of Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in <B><I>Article&nbsp;III</I></B>, including, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
such Lender to fund the Eurodollar Rate Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Borrowing when such Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.3 Funding Reliance.</I></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the time of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to
the Agent such Lender&#146;s Advance as part of such Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such Advance available to the Agent on the time of such Borrowing in accordance with <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.2</I></B> and the Agent may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such time a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such Advance available to the Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to
repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from the time such amount is made available to the Borrower until the time such amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i)&nbsp;in the case of
the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to Advances comprising such Borrowing and (ii)&nbsp;in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid
shall constitute such Lender&#146;s Advance as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The failure of any Lender to
make the Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Advance on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Lender to make the Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.4 [Reserved].</I></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.5 [Reserved].</I></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.6 Changes in the Commitments.</I></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days&#146; notice to the Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in
part the unused portions of the Aggregate Commitment; <I>provided</I> that each partial reduction shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) On the Commitment Termination Date, the Aggregate Commitment shall be automatically reduced to zero. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitment under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.6</I></B> shall be irrevocable, and the Aggregate
Commitment shall not thereafter be reinstated. </P>
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pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower shall repay to the Lenders the aggregate outstanding principal amount of each Advance on the Maturity Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.8 Interest on Advances</I></B>. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance owing to
each Lender from the date of such Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the Applicable Rate for such Advance (except as otherwise provided in this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.8</I></B>), payable as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) If such Advance is a Base Rate Advance, interest thereon shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June,
September and December, on the date of any Conversion of such Base Rate Advance and on the date such Base Rate Advance shall become due and payable or shall otherwise be paid in full; <I>provided</I> that at any time an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, each Base Rate Advance shall bear interest payable on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the Default Rate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If such Advance is a Eurodollar Rate Advance, interest thereon shall be payable on the last day of such Interest Period and, if the
Interest Period for such Advance has a duration of more than three months, on that day of each third month during such Interest Period that corresponds to the first day of such Interest Period (or, if any such month does not have a corresponding
day, then on the last day of such month); <I>provided</I> that at any time an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Eurodollar Rate Advance shall bear interest payable on demand, at a rate <I>per annum</I> equal at all times
to the Default Rate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In respect of any Advance, interest thereon shall be payable at the Applicable Rate at maturity (whether pursuant
to acceleration or otherwise) and, after maturity, on demand. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall
be deemed to establish or require the payment of interest to any Lender at a rate in excess of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. If the amount of interest payable for the account of any Lender on any interest payment date would exceed
the maximum amount permitted by applicable law to be charged by such Lender, the amount of interest payable for its account on such interest payment date shall be automatically reduced to such maximum permissible amount. In the event of any such
reduction affecting any Lender, if from time to time thereafter the amount of interest payable for the account of such Lender on any interest payment date would be less than the maximum amount permitted by applicable law to be charged by such
Lender, then the amount of interest payable for its account on such subsequent interest payment date shall be automatically increased to such maximum permissible amount, <I>provided</I> that at no time shall the aggregate amount by which interest
paid for the account of any Lender has been increased pursuant to this sentence exceed the aggregate amount by which interest paid for its account has theretofore been reduced pursuant to the previous sentence. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.9 Additional Interest on Eurodollar Rate Advances</I></B>. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each
Lender any costs actually incurred by such Lender with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances that are attributable to such Lender&#146;s compliance with regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System requiring the maintenance of
reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities. </P>
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Such costs shall be paid to the Agent for the account of such Lender in the form of additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Advance of such Lender, from the
date of such Advance until such principal amount is paid in full, at an interest rate per annum equal at all times to the remainder obtained by subtracting (i)&nbsp;the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period for such Advance from (ii)&nbsp;the rate
obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such Interest Period, payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Advance. Such additional interest
shall be determined by such Lender and notified to the Borrower through the Agent. A certificate as to the amount of such additional interest, submitted to the Borrower and the Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error, <I>provided</I> that the determination thereof shall have been made by such Lender in good faith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.10 Interest Rate Determination</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent for purposes of
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.8(a)</I></B> or <B><I>Section 2.8(b)</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period,
(y)&nbsp;the Agent shall have determined that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period or (z)&nbsp;the Agent shall have received written notice from the Majority Lenders of
their determination that the rate of interest referred to in the definition of &#147;Eurodollar Rate&#148; will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining Eurodollar Rate Advances during such Interest Period,
the Agent will forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders. Upon such notice, (i)&nbsp;each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance,
(ii)&nbsp;the obligation of the Lenders to make, to Convert Advances into, or to continue, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended (including pursuant to the Borrowing to which such Interest Period applies), and (iii)&nbsp;any Notice of
Borrowing or Notice of Conversion given at any time thereafter with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be deemed to be a request for Base Rate Advances, in each case until the Agent or the Majority Lenders, as the case may be, shall have
determined that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist (and the Majority Lenders, if making such determination, shall have so notified the Agent), and the Agent shall have so notified the Borrower and the Lenders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If the Borrower shall fail to (i)&nbsp;select the duration of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Advance in accordance with the
provisions contained in the definition of &#147;<B><I>Interest Period</I></B>&#148; in <B><I>Section&nbsp;1.1</I></B> or (ii)&nbsp;provide a Notice of Conversion with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advance on or prior to 12:00 noon on the third
Business Day prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Agent will forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders and such Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert
into a Base Rate Advance. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) On the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Advances comprising any Borrowing shall be
reduced, by payment or prepayment or otherwise, to less than the product of (i)&nbsp;$1,000,000 and (ii)&nbsp;the number of Lenders on such date, such Advances shall, if they are Advances of a Type other than Base Rate Advances, automatically
Convert into Base Rate Advances, and on and after such date the right of the Borrower to Convert such Advances </P>
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into Advances of a Type other than Base Rate Advances shall terminate; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that if and so long as each such Advance shall be of the same Type and have the same
Interest Period as Advances comprising another Borrowing or other Borrowings, and the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all such Advances shall equal or exceed the product of (i)&nbsp;$1,000,000 and (ii)&nbsp;the number of Lenders on such date,
the Borrower shall have the right to continue all such Advances as, or to Convert all such Advances into, Advances of such Type having such Interest Period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Advance shall automatically
Convert into a Base Rate Advance at the end of the Interest Period then in effect for such Eurodollar Rate Advance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.11 Voluntary Conversion of Advances</I></B>. Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Borrower may, on any Business
Day, by delivering a notice of Conversion (a &#147;<B><I>Notice of Conversion</I></B>&#148;) to the Agent not later than 12:00 noon (i)&nbsp;on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion, in the case of a Conversion to or in
respect of Eurodollar Rate Advances and (ii)&nbsp;on the date of the proposed Conversion, in the case of a Conversion to or in respect of Base Rate Advances, and subject to the provisions of <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.10</I></B> and
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.15</I></B>, Convert all Advances of one Type comprising the same Borrowing into Advances of another Type; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that, (x)&nbsp;any such Conversion shall involve an aggregate principal amount of not
less than $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (y)&nbsp;in the case of any Conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Advances into Base Rate Advances on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for such
Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B>. Each such Notice of Conversion shall be in substantially the form of <B><I>Exhibit&nbsp;2.11</I></B>
and shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify (A)&nbsp;the date of such Conversion, (B)&nbsp;the Advances to be Converted, (C)&nbsp;if such Conversion is into Eurodollar Rate Advances, the duration of the Interest Period for each such
Advance, and (D)&nbsp;the aggregate amount of Advances proposed to be Converted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may not Convert Base Rate Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances and may not select a new Interest Period for Eurodollar
Rate Advances at any time an Unmatured Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.12 Optional
Prepayments of Advances</I></B>. The Borrower may, upon at least three Business Days&#146; notice to the Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given, the Borrower shall prepay for the
ratable account of the Lenders the outstanding principal amounts of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, without premium or penalty, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the
principal amount prepaid; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount not less than $5,000,000 (or, if lower, the entire principal amount outstanding hereunder on the date of such
prepayment) or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. In the case of any such prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to
<B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B>. Except as provided in this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.12</I></B>, the Borrower shall have no right to prepay any principal amount of any Advances. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) If any Change in Law shall: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any Eurodollar Reserve Percentage); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than Taxes and Other Taxes for which the Borrower has agreed to indemnify such
Lender pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17(c)</I></B> or <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B>) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable
thereto; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than
Taxes and any cost or expense for which the Borrower has agreed to indemnify such Lender pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B>) affecting this Agreement or Advances made by such Lender; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and, to the extent that a Lender or other Recipient reasonably determines that the direct result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender or such other Recipient of making, Converting to, continuing or maintaining any Advance or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Advance, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or other Recipient
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If any Lender determines
that any Change in Law affects or would affect the amount of capital or liquidity required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and that the amount of such capital or liquidity is increased as a
direct result of the existence of this Agreement, such Lender&#146;s Commitment or Advances made by such Lender hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender could have achieved but for such Change in
Law (taking into consideration such Lender&#146;s policies and the policies of such Lender&#146;s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), the Borrower shall
immediately pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or such corporation in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such
Lender reasonably determines such increase in capital or liquidity to be allocable to the existence of such Lender&#146;s Commitment or Advances hereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or any corporation controlling such
Lender, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;of this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.13</I></B> and delivered to the Borrower, shall certify in reasonable detail as to the increased cost for which it is seeking compensation
hereunder and </P>
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shall be conclusive absent manifest error; <I>provided</I> that the determination thereof shall have been made by such Lender in good faith. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as
due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender&#146;s right to demand such compensation; <I>provided</I>, no Lender shall be entitled to demand compensation or be compensated thereunder to the extent that such compensation
relates to any period of time more than ninety days prior to the date upon which such Lender first notified the Borrower of the occurrence of the event entitling such Lender to such compensation (unless, and to the extent, that any such compensation
so demanded shall relate to the retroactive application of any event so notified to the Borrower). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.14
Illegality</I></B>. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at any time after the date hereof and from time to time, any Lender (the &#147;<B><I>Affected Lender</I></B>&#148;) shall notify the Agent and the Borrower
that any Change in Law makes it unlawful or any Governmental Authority asserts that it is unlawful, for the Affected Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to fund or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Advances hereunder, following such notice from the Affected Lender, (i)&nbsp;all Eurodollar Rate Advances of the Affected Lender shall, on the expiration date of the respective Interest Period applicable thereto (or, to the extent
any such Eurodollar Rate Advance may not lawfully be maintained as a Eurodollar Rate Advance until such expiration date, upon such notice) automatically be Converted into Base Rate Advances (each such Advance, as so Converted, being an
&#147;<B><I>Affected Lender Advance</I></B>&#148;), (ii)&nbsp;the obligation of the Affected Lender to make, maintain, or Convert Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall thereupon be suspended, and (iii)&nbsp;any Notice of Borrowing or Notice
of Conversion given at any time thereafter with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances shall, as to the Affected Lender, be deemed a request for Base Rate Advances, in each case until the Affected Lender shall have determined that the circumstances
causing such suspension no longer exist and shall have so notified the Agent, or the Affected Lender has been replaced pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.20(a)</I></B> and, in either case the Agent shall have notified the Borrower and the other
Lenders. For purposes of any prepayment under this Agreement, each Affected Lender Advance shall be deemed to continue to be part of the same Borrowing as the Eurodollar Rate Advances to which it corresponded at the time of the Conversion of such
Affected Lender Advance pursuant to this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.14</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.15 Payments and Computations. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Borrower shall make each payment hereunder not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day when due in Dollars to the Agent at its address referred
to in <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.2</I></B> in same day funds. The Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B> or <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B>) to the Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for
the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of a Lender Assignment and recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to
<B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7(b)</I></B>, from and after the effective date specified in such Lender Assignment, the Agent shall make all payments </P>
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hereunder in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such Lender Assignment shall make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for
periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Borrower hereby authorizes each Lender, if and to the extent payment owed to such Lender is not made when due hereunder, to charge from
time to time against any or all of the Borrower&#146;s accounts with such Lender any amount so due. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) All computations of interest based
on the Prime Rate shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and all computations of interest based on the Eurodollar Rate and the Federal Funds Rate shall be made by the Agent, and all computations of
interest pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.10</I></B> shall be made by a Lender, on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which
such interest or fees are payable. Each determination by the Agent (or, in the case of <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.10</I></B>, by a Lender) of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error,
<I>provided</I> that such determination shall have been made by the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, in good faith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Whenever
any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be 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 fees, as the case may be; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any
payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause
to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent that the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Agent forthwith on
demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The Borrower shall be entitled to rely upon payment instructions and other information relating the amounts owed by it hereunder provided
by the Agent and believed by the Borrower to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper person acting for the Agent and shall have no liability solely with respect to such reliance, <I>provided</I> that no such
reliance by the Borrower shall in any way relieve or otherwise impair any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, including its obligations under <B><I>Section 8.4</I></B>. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Advance made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Agent shall also maintain accounts in which it will record (i)&nbsp;the amount of each Advance made hereunder, the Type thereof and the
Interest Period (if any) with respect thereto, (ii)&nbsp;the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder, and (iii)&nbsp;the amount of any sum received by the Agent
hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender&#146;s share thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.16(a)</I></B> and <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.16(b)</I></B> shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that the failure of the Agent or any Lender to
maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such obligations in accordance with their terms. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Advances made by each Lender shall, if requested by the applicable Lender (which request shall be made to the Agent), be evidenced by a
Note, in each case appropriately completed and executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of such Lender. Each Note shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall be subject to the provisions
hereof and thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17 Taxes</I></B>.<B><I> </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Any and all payments by the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall be made, in accordance with
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.15</I></B>, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, <I>excluding</I>, in the case of each
Recipient, (i)&nbsp;any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA, including, without limitation, any tax that would not have been imposed but for a failure by a Person (or any financial institution through which any payment is made to such
Person) (including a participant or any other recipient of any payment hereunder) to comply with the procedures, certifications, information, reporting, disclosure and other related requirements of FATCA, (ii)&nbsp;taxes imposed on its overall net
income and franchise taxes imposed on it by any jurisdiction, unless such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) would not have had such taxes imposed on it by such jurisdiction but for such Lender&#146;s or the Agent&#146;s (as the case may be)
having entered into this Agreement, having consummated the transactions contemplated hereby or having received payments by the Borrower hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii)&nbsp;any similar taxes imposed as a result of a present or
former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient 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 Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Advance or Loan Document) (all such excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges,
withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred </P>
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to as &#147;<B><I>Excluded Taxes</I></B>&#148; and all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as
&#147;<B><I>Taxes</I></B>&#148;). If the Borrower or the Agent shall be required by law to deduct or withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Lender or the Agent,
(i)&nbsp;the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B>) such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made and (ii)&nbsp;the Borrower or the Agent, as the case may be, shall make such
deduction or withholding and shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such taxes, charges
or levies that are imposed with respect to an assignment that is not made pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.20(a)</I></B> (hereinafter referred to as &#147;<B><I>Other Taxes</I></B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Borrower will indemnify each Lender and the Agent for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes
or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B>) paid by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with
respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. This indemnification shall be made within thirty days from the date such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor. Nothing
herein shall preclude the right of the Borrower to contest any such Taxes or Other Taxes so paid, and the Lenders in question or the Agent (as the case may be) will, following notice from, and at the expense of, the Borrower, reasonably cooperate
with the Borrower to preserve the Borrower&#146;s rights to contest such Taxes or Other Taxes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Within thirty days after the date of
any payment of Taxes, the Borrower will furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.2</I></B>, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Each Lender agrees that, on or prior to the date upon which it shall become a party hereto, and upon the reasonable request from time to
time of the Borrower or the Agent, such Lender will deliver to the Borrower and the Agent either (i)&nbsp;a statement that it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction within the United States or (ii)&nbsp;duly completed copies of such form or
forms as may from time to time be prescribed by the United States Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Lender is entitled to receive payments without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, as permitted by the
Code. Each Lender that delivers to the Borrower and the Agent the form or forms referred to in the preceding sentence further undertakes to deliver to the Borrower and the Agent further copies of such form or forms, or successor applicable form or
forms, as the case may be, as and when any previous form filed by it hereunder shall expire or shall become incomplete or inaccurate in any respect. </P>
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Each Lender represents and warrants that each such form supplied by it to the Agent and the Borrower pursuant to this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17(e)</I></B>, and not superseded by another form
supplied by it, is or will be, as the case may be, complete and accurate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant
to this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B> shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending Office if the making of such a change would avoid
the need for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional amounts that may thereafter accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower
contained in this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B> shall survive the payment in full of principal and interest hereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Each Lender
shall severally indemnify the Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i)&nbsp;any Taxes or Other Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Agent for such Taxes or Other
Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii)&nbsp;any Taxes attributable to such Lender&#146;s failure to comply with the provisions of <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7(c)</I></B> relating to the maintenance of a Participant
Register and (iii)&nbsp;any taxes excluded in <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17(a)</I></B> attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Agent in connection with any Loan Documents, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or
with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Agent shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to set off and apply and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Agent to the Lender from any other source against any
amount due to the Agent under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17(h)</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.18 Sharing of Payments, Etc</I></B>. All
payments from or on behalf of the Borrower on account of any obligations shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders based upon their respective share, if any, of the obligations with respect to which such payment was received. If any Lender
shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set off, or otherwise) on account of the Advances made by it (other than pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.13, Section&nbsp;2.17 or
Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B>) in excess of its ratable share of payments obtained by all the Lenders on account of the Advances, such Lender shall forthwith purchase (for cash at face value) from the other Lenders such participations in the Advances
made by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that (a)&nbsp;if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such
purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery, together with an amount equal to such Lender&#146;s ratable share (according
to the proportion of (i)&nbsp;the amount of such Lender&#146;s required repayment to (ii)&nbsp;the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total
amount so recovered and (b)&nbsp;the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x)&nbsp;any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to </P>
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and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), or (y)&nbsp;any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Advances to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower
agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.18</I></B> may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set off) with respect
to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.19 [Reserved]</I></B>.<B><I> </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.20 Replacement of Lenders</I></B>.<B><I> </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Borrower may, at any time at its sole expense and effort, require any Lender that (x)&nbsp;requests compensation under
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.9</I></B>, <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.13</I></B> or <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.14</I></B>, or requires the Borrower to pay any Taxes or additional amounts under <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B>, (y)&nbsp;does not approve a consent, waiver or
amendment to any Loan Document requested by the Borrower or the Agent and that requires the approval of all or all affected Lenders under <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.1</I></B> which is otherwise approved by the Majority Lenders, or (z)&nbsp;is a Defaulting
Lender, upon notice to such Lender and the Agent, to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7</I></B>), all of its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); <I>provided</I> that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) no Unmatured Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) the Agent shall have received the assignment fee specified in <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7(a)</I></B>; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Advances, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees (if any) and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B>) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and
accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) such assignee, if it is not an
existing Lender and/or Eligible Assignee, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) such assignment does not
conflict with any applicable Requirement of Law; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) in the case of assignment from a Lender as a result of
(y)&nbsp;above, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Lender shall not be required to make any assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, the circumstances
entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) At any time a Lender is a Designated Lender, the
Borrower may terminate in full the Commitment of such Designated Lender by giving notice to such Designated Lender and the Agent, effective as of the date such notice has been received by both such Designated Lender and the Agent; <I>provided</I>
that (i)&nbsp;at the time of such termination, (x)&nbsp;no Event of Default or Unmatured Default exists (or the Majority Lenders consent to such termination) and (y)&nbsp;no Advances are outstanding; (ii)&nbsp;concurrently with such termination, the
Aggregate Commitments shall be reduced by the Commitment of such Designated Lender (it being understood that the Borrower may not terminate the Commitment of a Designated Lender if, after giving effect to such termination, the Outstanding Credits
would exceed the Aggregate Commitment); and (iii)&nbsp;concurrently with any subsequent payment of interest or fees (if any) to the Lenders with respect to any period before the termination of the Commitment of such Designated Lender, the Borrower
shall pay to such Designated Lender its ratable share (based upon the percentage of the Aggregate Commitments represented by such Defaulting Lender&#146;s Commitment before giving effect to such termination) of such interest or fees, as applicable.
The termination of the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.20(b)</I></B> shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any right that the Borrower, the Agent or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;2.21 Defaulting Lenders</I></B>.<B><I> </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as
such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender (including as a result of termination of its Commitment pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.20(b)</I></B><I>)</I>, to the extent permitted by applicable law: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Such Defaulting Lender&#146;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 in <B><I>Section 8.1</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)
Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Agent hereunder for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to <B><I>Article&nbsp;VI</I></B> or otherwise) or received by
the Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1</I></B> shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Agent as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) <U>first</U>, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent hereunder; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) <U>second</U>, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Unmatured Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of
any Advance in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Agent; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) <U>third</U>, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender&#146;s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(D) <U>fourth</U>, so long as no Unmatured Default or Event of Default exists, to
the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender&#146;s breach of its obligations under
this Agreement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(E) <U>fifth</U>, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent
jurisdiction; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided</I> that if (x)&nbsp;such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Advances in
respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y)&nbsp;such Advances were made at a time when the conditions set forth in <B><I>Section&nbsp;3.2</I></B> were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be
applied solely to pay the Advances of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Advances of such Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender
that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.21(a)(ii)</I></B> shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If the Borrower and the Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a
Defaulting Lender, the Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of
outstanding Advances of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Advances to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Percentages, whereupon such
Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; <I>provided</I> that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; <I>provided
further</I> that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender&#146;s
having been a Defaulting Lender. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE III </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CONDITIONS TO ADVANCES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;3.1 Conditions Precedent to Closing Date</I></B>. The occurrence of the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction of the
following conditions precedent: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Agent shall have received the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders: </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) this Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date and duly executed by the
Borrower, each Lender and the Agent; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) copies of (A)&nbsp;the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower
approving this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is, or is to be, a party, and (B)&nbsp;all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action on the part of the Borrower with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) a certificate of the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower certifying the names, true signatures and incumbency of the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is, or is to be, a party; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) copies of the Restated Articles of Incorporation and by-laws of the Borrower, together with all amendments thereto,
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) copies of all Governmental Approvals, if any,
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) copies of the financial statements referred to in <B><I>Section 4.1(f)</I></B>; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) the favorable opinions, which permit reliance by permitted assigns of each of the Agent and the Lenders, of Chapman and
Cutler LLP, counsel for the Borrower, in substantially the form of <B><I>Exhibit&nbsp;3.1(a)(vii)</I></B> and as to such other matters as the Majority Lenders, through the Agent, may reasonably request; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) such other approvals, opinions and documents as any Lender, through the Agent, may reasonably request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The following statements shall be true and correct, and the Agent shall have received a certificate of a duly authorized officer of the
Borrower, dated the date of the Closing Date and in sufficient copies for each Lender, stating that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) the
representations and warranties set forth in <B><I>Section&nbsp;4.1</I></B> of this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes an Unmatured Default or an Event of Default. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Borrower shall have paid all costs and expenses of the Agent (including counsel fees and disbursements) incurred through (and for which
statements have been provided prior to) the Closing Date. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Agent and each Lender shall have received all documentation and information required by
regulatory authorities under applicable &#147;know your customer&#148; and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT Act, as requested by the Agent or such Lender. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;3.2 Conditions Precedent to Borrowing on the Funding Date</I></B>. The obligation of each Lender to make an Advance on the
Funding Date shall be subject to the conditions precedent that, on the date of such Borrowing: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the Closing Date shall have occurred;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the following statements shall be true and correct (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing, and the acceptance
by the Borrower of the proceeds of such Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that, on the date of such Borrowing, such statements are true and correct): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) the representations and warranties contained in <B><I>Section&nbsp;4.1</I></B> (other than the representation and warranty
set forth in <B><I>Section&nbsp;4.1(e)</I></B>) are true and correct in all material respects, or if such representation is qualified as to materiality, true and correct in all respects, on and as of the Funding Date, before and after giving effect
to the application of the proceeds of such Borrowing, as though made on and as of such date; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) no event has occurred
and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing or from the application of proceeds of such Borrowing, that constitutes an Event of Default or an Unmatured Default; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) after giving effect to such Borrowing, the Outstanding Credits will not exceed its borrowing authority as allowed by
applicable governmental authorities; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) each Note requested by a Lender pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.16</I></B> payable to the order
of each such Lender, dated as of the Funding Date and duly completed and executed by the Borrower; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) the Agent shall have received
such other approvals, opinions, or documents as the Agent, or the Majority Lenders through the Agent, may reasonably request, and such approvals, opinions, and documents shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;3.3 Reliance on Certificates</I></B>. The Lenders and the Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon the
certificates delivered from time to time by officers of the Borrower as to the names, incumbency, authority and signatures of the respective Persons named therein until such time as the Agent may receive a replacement certificate, in form acceptable
to the Agent, from an officer of such Person identified to the Agent as having authority to deliver such certificate, setting forth the names and true signatures of the officers and other representatives of such Person thereafter authorized to act
on behalf of such Person. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;4.1 Representations and Warranties of the Borrower</I></B>. The Borrower represents and warrants as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Each of the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation and is duly qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, all other jurisdictions where the nature of its business or the nature of property owned or used by it makes such qualification necessary (except
where the failure to so qualify would not constitute a Material Adverse Change). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is or will be a party, and the receipt by the Borrower of the proceeds of any Borrowing on the date of such Borrowing, are within the Borrower&#146;s corporate powers, have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not and will not contravene (i)&nbsp;the Borrower&#146;s charter or by-laws, (ii)&nbsp;any Requirement of Law, or (iii)&nbsp;any legal or contractual restriction binding on or affecting the
Borrower; and such execution, delivery and performance do not and will not result in or require the creation of any Lien (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents) upon or with respect to any of its properties. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) No Governmental Approval is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of any Loan Document except
for certain filings as may be required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) This Agreement is, and each other Loan
Document to which the Borrower will be a party when executed and delivered hereunder will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the
qualifications, however, that the enforcement of the rights and remedies herein and therein is subject to bankruptcy and other similar laws of general application affecting rights and remedies of creditors and that the remedy of specific performance
or of injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceedings therefor may be brought. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Since
December&nbsp;31, 2013, except as disclosed in the Borrower&#146;s (i)&nbsp;Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 and (ii)&nbsp;Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2014 and June&nbsp;30, 2014 (but
excluding any risk factors, forward-looking disclosures and any other disclosures that are cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature), there has been no event or circumstance that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Change. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at December&nbsp;31, 2013, and the related audited consolidated statements of income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, and the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at June&nbsp;30, 2014 and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income for the six-month period then ended, copies of each of which have been furnished to each Bank, fairly present (subject, in the case of such balance
sheets and statements of income for the six-month period ended June&nbsp;30, 2014, to year-end adjustments) the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates and the consolidated results of operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the periods ended on such dates, all in accordance, in all material respects, with GAAP. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Except as disclosed in the Borrower&#146;s (i)&nbsp;Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2013 and (ii)&nbsp;Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2014 and June&nbsp;30, 2014 (but excluding any risk factors, forward-looking disclosures and any other disclosures that are cautionary, predictive or
forward-looking in nature), there is no pending or threatened action or proceeding affecting the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or properties before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator, that might reasonably be expected to
constitute a Material Adverse Change, and since December&nbsp;31, 2013 there have been no material adverse developments in any action or proceeding so disclosed that might reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Change. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates
which would result in a liability to the Borrower, no &#147;prohibited transaction&#148; has occurred with respect to any Plan of the Borrower that is reasonably expected to result in a liability to the Borrower and neither the Borrower nor any of
its ERISA Affiliates has incurred nor reasonably expects to incur any withdrawal liability under ERISA to any Multiemployer Plan, in each case that could reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Change. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The Borrower has filed all tax returns (Federal, state and local) required to be filed and paid all taxes shown thereon to be due,
including interest and penalties, or, to the extent the Borrower is contesting in good faith by appropriate proceedings an assertion of liability based on such returns and has provided adequate reserves for payment thereof in accordance with GAAP.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) Neither the Borrower nor any Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in
the business of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock. After the making of each Borrowing, Margin Stock will constitute less than 25 percent of the assets (as determined by
any reasonable method) of the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) The Borrower is not an
&#147;investment company&#148; or a company &#147;controlled&#148; by an &#147;investment company&#148;, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) Neither the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower (i)&nbsp;is a Sanctioned Person, (ii)&nbsp;has more than 15% of its assets in
Sanctioned Countries, or (iii)&nbsp;derives more than 15% of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Countries. No part of the proceeds of any Advance hereunder will be used directly or
indirectly to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) Neither the incurrence of the Advances hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will
violate the PATRIOT Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order
relating thereto. The Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the PATRIOT Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) Each
of the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries has timely filed all material reports, documents and other materials required to be filed by it in order to comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
governmental authority, and is otherwise in compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership and operation of its
properties, except in each case to the extent that the failure to comply therewith, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Change. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation, in any material respects, of any applicable law relating to
anti-corruption (including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 or other similar legislation in other jurisdictions.) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE V </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>COVENANTS OF
THE BORROWER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;5.1 Affirmative Covenants</I></B>. So long as any amount in respect of this Agreement shall remain
unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment, the Borrower will, unless the Majority Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)
<I>Payment of Taxes, Etc</I>. Pay and discharge, and cause each of its Domestic Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges, royalties or levies imposed upon it or upon
its property except, in the case of taxes, to the extent the Borrower or such Domestic Subsidiary is contesting the same in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and has set aside adequate reserves for the payment thereof in accordance with
GAAP, unless the failure to do so would not constitute a Material Adverse Change. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Maintenance of Insurance</I>. Maintain, or cause
to be maintained, insurance or other risk management programs covering the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and their respective properties in effect at all times in such amounts and covering such risks and using such means as are usual and
customary for companies of a similar size (based on the aggregate book value of the Borrower&#146;s assets, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP), engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties, either with
reputable insurance companies or, in whole or in part, by establishing reserves of one or more insurance funds or other risk management mechanisms, either alone or with other corporations or associations, unless the failure to do so would not
constitute a Material Adverse Change. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Preservation of Existence, Etc</I>. Preserve and maintain, and cause each of the Utilities
to preserve and maintain, its corporate existence (except in a transaction permitted by <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.2(c)</I></B>), material rights (statutory and otherwise) and franchises; <I>provided, however</I>, that neither the Borrower nor any of the
Utilities shall be required to preserve and maintain any such right or franchise, unless the failure to do so would constitute a Material Adverse Change. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Compliance with Laws, Etc</I>. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws,
rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority, including without limitation any such laws, rules, regulations and orders relating to zoning, environmental protection, use and disposal of Hazardous Substances, land use, ERISA,
construction and building restrictions, and employee safety and health matters relating to business operations, the non-compliance with which would constitute a Material Adverse Change. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>Inspection Rights</I>. At any time and from time to time, upon reasonable notice, permit or arrange for the Agent, the Lenders and their
respective agents and representatives to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and the properties of, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries with the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors and accountants, which inspection shall be at the reasonable expense of the Borrower if an Unmatured Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <I>Keeping of Books</I>. Keep, and cause its Subsidiaries to keep, proper records and books of account, in
which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the assets and business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in accordance with GAAP. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) <I>Maintenance of Properties, Etc</I>. Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, good and marketable title to, and
preserve, maintain, develop, and operate in substantial conformity with all laws and material contractual obligations, all of its properties which are used or useful in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear
and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so would not constitute a Material Adverse Change. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) <I>Reporting Requirements</I>.
Furnish to each Lender in the manner prescribed in the last paragraph of this subsection (h): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) as soon as possible and
in any event within five Business Days after the occurrence of each Unmatured Default or Event of Default continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of a Senior Financial Officer setting forth details of such Unmatured Default or Event of
Default and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) as soon as available and in any event
within sixty days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and consolidated
</P>
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statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, all in
reasonable detail and duly certified (subject to year end audit adjustments) by a Senior Financial Officer as having been prepared in accordance (in all material respects) with GAAP; <I>provided</I> that delivery by the Borrower to the Agent of
copies of the Borrower&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for any quarter shall satisfy the Borrower&#146;s obligation under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.1(h)(ii)</I></B> with respect to such quarter;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of
the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, such
consolidated statements to be accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
and shall not be subject to any &#147;going concern&#148; or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit; <I>provided</I> that delivery by the Borrower to the Agent of copies of the Borrower&#146;s
annual Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for any year shall satisfy the Borrower&#146;s obligation under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.1(h)(iii)</I></B> with respect to such year; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;above, a
certificate signed by two Senior Financial Officers (i)&nbsp;stating whether an Unmatured Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such certificate, and if an Unmatured Default or an Event of Default has then
occurred and is continuing, specifying the details thereof and the action that the Borrower has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto, (ii)&nbsp;setting forth in reasonable detail calculations demonstrating compliance with
<B><I>Section&nbsp;5.2(f)</I></B> and (iii)&nbsp;stating whether any change in GAAP or the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in <B><I>Section&nbsp;4.1</I></B> and, if any change has
occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) as soon as
possible and in any event within 10 days after any ERISA Event with respect to any Plan of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower has occurred, a statement of a Senior Financial Officer describing such ERISA Event and the action, if
any, which the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) promptly after receipt thereof
by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC copies of each notice received by the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC&#146;s intention to terminate any Plan of the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate or to have a trustee
appointed to administer any such Plan; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) promptly after receipt thereof by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the
Borrower from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, a copy of each notice received by the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability in an aggregate principal amount of at least $5,000,000 pursuant to
Section&nbsp;4202 of ERISA in respect of which the Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate is reasonably expected to be liable; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) promptly after requested, such documents or governmental reports or
filings relating to any Plan as the Agent or any Lender through the Agent may from time to time reasonably request; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix)
promptly after the Borrower becomes aware of the occurrence thereof, notice of all actions, suits, proceedings or other events (A)&nbsp;of the type described in <B><I>Section&nbsp;4.1(g)</I></B> or (B)&nbsp;for which the Agent and the Lenders will
be entitled to indemnity under <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(b)</I></B>; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies
of all such proxy statements, financial statements, and reports which the Borrower sends to its public security holders (if any), and copies of all regular, periodic and special reports, and all registration statements and periodic or special
reports, if any, which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental authority which may be substituted therefor, or with any national securities exchange; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi) promptly after requested, such other information respecting the business, properties, results of operations, prospects,
revenues, condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as the Agent or any Lender through the Agent may from time to time reasonably request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Documents required to be delivered pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.1(h)(ii)</I></B> or <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.1(h)(iii)</I></B> may be
delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i)&nbsp;on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on a website on the internet at a website address previously specified
to the Agent and the Lenders; or (ii)&nbsp;on which such documents are posted on the Borrower&#146;s behalf on SyndTrak or another relevant website, if any, to which each of the Agent and each Lender has access; <I>provided</I> that (i)&nbsp;upon
the request of the Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Agent or such Lender (until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Agent or such Lender) and (ii)&nbsp;the Borrower
shall notify (which may be by a facsimile or electronic mail) the Agent and each Lender of the posting of any documents. The Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of, or to maintain copies of, the documents referred to above or to
monitor compliance by any Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <I>Use of Proceeds</I>. Use the proceeds of the Advances hereunder solely for the purpose of repaying the Borrower&#146;s 4.00% senior
notes due October 2014, and paying fees and expenses in connection therewith, and not to (x)&nbsp;finance any Hostile Acquisition (y)&nbsp;purchase or carry any Margin Stock in violation of Federal Reserve Board Regulations T, U or X or
(z)&nbsp;directly or indirectly, use any the proceeds of any Advance to fund any activities of or business with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person participating in
the transaction, whether as Lender, lead arranger, Agent or otherwise, of Sanctions. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) <I>Further Assurances</I>. At the expense of the Borrower, promptly execute and deliver, or
cause to be promptly executed and delivered, all further instruments and documents, and take and cause to be taken all further actions, that may be necessary or that the Majority Lenders through the Agent may reasonably request to enable the Lenders
and the Agent to enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement and to exercise their rights and remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document. In addition, the Borrower will use all reasonable efforts to duly obtain Governmental Approvals
required in connection with the Loan Documents from time to time on or prior to such date as the same may become legally required, and thereafter to maintain all such Governmental Approvals in full force and effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) <I>OFAC, PATRIOT Act Compliance</I>. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i)&nbsp;refrain from doing business in
a Sanctioned Country or with a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Sanctions, and (ii)&nbsp;provide, to the extent commercially reasonable, such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Agent or any Lender in order to
assist the Agent and the Lenders in maintaining compliance with the PATRIOT Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;5.2 Negative Covenants</I></B>. So
long as any amount in respect of this Agreement shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment, the Borrower will not, without the written consent of the Majority Lenders: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Liens, Etc</I>. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume, or suffer to
exist, any lien, security interest, or other charge or encumbrance (including the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor) of any kind, or any other type of arrangement intended or having the effect of conferring upon a creditor a
preferential interest upon or with respect to any of its properties of any character (including, without limitation, accounts) (any of the foregoing being referred to herein as a &#147;<B><I>Lien</I></B>&#148;), <I>excluding</I>, however, from the
operation of the foregoing restrictions the Liens created under the Loan Documents and the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Liens for taxes,
assessments or governmental charges or levies to the extent not past due; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as
materialmen&#146;s, mechanics&#146;, carriers&#146;, workmen&#146;s and repairmen&#146;s liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations which are not overdue and which have been in existence less than
ninety days, or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP (if so required); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workmen&#146;s compensation laws or similar legislation, to secure public
or statutory obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, or to secure the utility obligations of any such Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business; </P>
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by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (consistent with present practices, it being understood that for purposes of this clause, the purchase, construction or maintenance of generating facilities by the
Utilities shall be deemed to be in the ordinary course of business and consistent with present practices) to secure (1)&nbsp;the purchase price of such property or (2)&nbsp;Debt incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any such property to be subject to such Liens, or (B)&nbsp;Liens existing on any such property at the time of acquisition, or extensions, renewals or replacements of any of the foregoing for the same or a lesser
amount, <I>provided</I> that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any property other than the property being acquired, constructed or improved and replacements, modifications and proceeds of such property, and no such extension, renewal or
replacement shall extend to or cover any property not theretofore subject to the Lien being extended, renewed or replaced; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) Liens on the capital stock of any of the Borrower&#146;s single-purpose Subsidiaries or any such Subsidiary&#146;s assets
to secure the repayment of project financing or Nonrecourse Debt for such Subsidiary; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) attachment, judgment or other
similar Liens arising in connection with court proceedings, <I>provided</I> that the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings or the payment of which is covered in full (subject to customary deductible amounts) by insurance maintained with responsible insurance companies; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) Liens securing obligations under agreements entered into pursuant to the Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training Act or any
similar or successor legislation, <I>provided</I> that such obligations do not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) Liens created pursuant to the Mortgage Bond Indentures; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix) Liens on the ownership interests in, and the assets of, any Foreign Subsidiary to secure not more than $300,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Debt of any Foreign Subsidiary; <I>provided</I> that in the event any such Debt is not denominated in Dollars, the calculation of the Dollar equivalent amount of such Debt shall be made as of the date of the incurrence
of such Lien securing such Debt; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) Liens in favor of Wells Fargo (or any successor thereto), as agent under the Utility
Facilities to secure the obligations of the respective Utilities under such agreements; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi) Liens incurred in connection
with the sales of assets permitted in <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.2(d)(ix)</I></B>; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii) Liens incurred by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries on assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to secure Nonrecourse Debt or obligations other than for </P>
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borrowed money, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (x)&nbsp;in the case of the Borrower and all its Subsidiaries other than the Utilities and their respective Subsidiaries,
$100,000,000 outstanding at any one time, and (y)&nbsp;in the case of each Utility and its Subsidiaries, $100,000,000 outstanding at any one time; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiii) Liens on nuclear fuel granted in connection with any financing arrangement for the purpose of purchasing or leasing such
nuclear fuel; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xiv) Liens constituting easements, restrictions and other similar encumbrances arising in the ordinary
course of business, which in the aggregate do not materially adversely affect the Borrower&#146;s use of its properties; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xv) Liens set forth in Schedule III hereto, and any extensions, renewals, refinancing or replacements of any such Liens upon
or in the same property theretofore subject thereto; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xvi) other Liens securing obligations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries not to exceed more than five percent (5%)&nbsp;of the consolidated assets (valued at book value) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at any time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Transactions with Affiliates</I>. Enter into, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into, any transaction with an Affiliate of the
Borrower, unless such transaction (i)&nbsp;is on terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than if the transaction had been negotiated in good faith on an arm&#146;s length basis with a Person that was not an
Affiliate of the Borrower, (ii)&nbsp;is among wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower or between the Borrower and a wholly-owned Subsidiary or (iii)&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;is permitted by applicable utility or utility holding company regulations or
(B)&nbsp;has received all required Government Approvals from each governmental authority exercising jurisdiction over any party thereto, in each case under the foregoing clause (iii)&nbsp;only to the extent such transaction is not materially adverse
to the Lenders and the Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Mergers, Etc</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Merge with or into or consolidate with or into any other Person, except the Borrower may merge with or into or consolidate
with or into any of its Subsidiaries, <I>provided</I> that immediately after giving effect thereto, (A)&nbsp;no event shall occur and be continuing that constitutes an Unmatured Default or an Event of Default, (B)&nbsp;the Borrower is the surviving
corporation and (C)&nbsp;the Borrower shall not be liable with respect to any Debt or allow its property to be subject to any Lien which it could not become liable with respect to or allow its property to become subject to under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document on the date of such transaction; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) permit any of its Subsidiaries to merge with or into or
consolidate with or into any other Person, except that any such Subsidiary may merge with or into any other Person, <I>provided</I> that immediately after giving effect thereto, (A)&nbsp;the surviving corporation is a Subsidiary of the Borrower,
(B)&nbsp;no event shall occur and be continuing that constitutes an Unmatured Default or an Event of Default and (C)&nbsp;the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall not be liable with respect to any Debt or allow its property to be subject to any
Lien which it could not become liable with respect to or allow its property to become subject to under this Agreement or any other Loan Document on the date of such transaction. </P>
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its assets, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to sell, lease, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any of its assets, except (i)&nbsp;sales, leases, transfers and assignments from one Subsidiary of the Borrower to another such Subsidiary or to
the Borrower, (ii)&nbsp;in any transaction in which the net proceeds from such sale, lease, transfer, assignment or disposition are solely Cash and Cash Equivalents and such proceeds are (A)&nbsp;if such transaction is consummated prior the
Commitment Termination Date, applied solely as a permanent reduction of the Aggregate Commitment pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.6</I></B>, or (B)&nbsp;applied solely to pay or prepay Debt (together with a permanent reduction of any commitments
relating to such Debt) incurred by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary (x)&nbsp;in connection with the project comprising such assets or (y)&nbsp;under the Third Amended and Restated Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of December&nbsp;14, 2011,
among the Borrower, the banks named therein and Wells Fargo, as administrative agent, (iii)&nbsp;in connection with a sale and leaseback transaction entered into by any Subsidiary of the Borrower, (iv)&nbsp;sales, leases, transfers and assignments
of other assets representing not in excess of 20% of the consolidated assets (valued at book value) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the aggregate from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date in any single or series of transactions, whether
or not related, (v)&nbsp;sales, leases, transfers and assignments of worn out or obsolete equipment no longer used and useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (vi)&nbsp;sales, leases, transfers and assignments of other assets in
the ordinary course of business, (vii)&nbsp;disposition of the investment made by WPL Transco LLC in American Transmission Company LLC or the Equity Interests of WPL Transco LLC or any successor thereto, (viii)&nbsp;sales of contracts and accounts
receivable by the Utilities, Alliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc., and its Subsidiaries and (ix)&nbsp;dispositions of Equity Interests in or assets of any direct or indirect subsidiary of AER; <I>provided</I> that in each case under clauses
(i)&nbsp;through (ix)&nbsp;above, no Unmatured Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing after giving effect thereto; <I>provided, further</I>, that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may, pursuant to
<B><I>Section&nbsp;5.2(a)(ix)</I></B>, pledge its ownership interests in, and the assets of, any Foreign Subsidiary to secure not more than $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Debt incurred by any Foreign Subsidiary; <I>provided</I> that in
the event any such Debt is not denominated in Dollars, the calculation of the Dollar equivalent amount of such Debt shall be made as of the date of the pledge of assets or ownership interests, as the case may be, securing such Debt. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>Maintenance of Ownership of Significant Subsidiaries</I>. Sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of
any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Equity Interests, or permit any of its Significant Subsidiaries to issue, sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of its Equity Interests or any warrants, rights
or options to acquire such capital stock, except (and only to the extent) as may be necessary to give effect to a transaction permitted by <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.2(c)</I></B>. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may,
pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.2(a)(ix)</I></B>, pledge its ownership interests in, and the assets of, any Foreign Subsidiary to secure not more than $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Debt incurred by any Foreign Subsidiary;
<I>provided</I> that in the event any such Debt is not denominated in Dollars, the calculation of the Dollar equivalent amount of such Debt shall be made as of the date of the pledge of assets or ownership interests, as the case may be, securing
such Debt. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <I>Capitalization Ratio</I>. Permit the ratio of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower to
Consolidated Capital of the Borrower to exceed 0.65 to 1.00. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) <I>Restrictive Agreements</I>. Directly or indirectly, enter into, incur
or permit to exist, or permit the Utilities to enter into or permit to exist, any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Utility to declare or pay dividends; <I>provided</I> that the
foregoing limitations do not apply to (i)&nbsp;financial covenants that require the maintenance of a minimum net worth or compliance with financial tests as conditions to the ability to pay dividends or make other distributions with respect to
capital stock or otherwise; (ii)&nbsp;restrictions that arise only if dividends on preferred stock have not been paid; and (iii)&nbsp;limitations or restrictions imposed by law or in regulatory proceedings. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE VI </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EVENTS OF
DEFAULT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1 Events of Default</I></B>. If any of the following events (each an &#147;<B><I>Event of
Default</I></B>&#148;) shall occur and be continuing after the applicable grace period and notice requirement (if any): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Borrower
shall fail to pay any principal of any Borrowing when the same becomes due and payable; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Borrower shall fail to pay any interest
on any Borrowing or any other amount due under this Agreement for two days after the same becomes due; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Any representation or
warranty made by or on behalf of the Borrower in any Loan Document or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant thereto shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term or covenant on its part to be performed or observed contained in
<B><I>Section&nbsp;5.1(c), Section&nbsp;5.1(h)(i)</I></B><I>,</I><B><I> Section&nbsp;5.1(i)</I></B> or <B><I>Section&nbsp;5.2</I></B> (other than <B><I>Section5.2(b)</I></B> thereof); or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any other term or covenant on its part to be performed or observed contained in this
Agreement or in any other Loan Document, and any such failure shall remain unremedied for a period of thirty days after the earlier of (i)&nbsp;actual knowledge by the Borrower thereof and (ii)&nbsp;receipt of written notice thereof by the Borrower
from the Agent; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment in respect of any of its Debt other
than Nonrecourse Debt, including any interest or premium thereon (but excluding Debt hereunder) aggregating $50,000,000 or more when due under documents related to such Debt (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand
or otherwise) and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace </P>
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period, if any, specified in any agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other default under any agreement or instrument relating to such Debt, or any other event, shall occur and
shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such default or event is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be
declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof as a result of a default or other similar adverse event; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The Borrower or any of the Utilities shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to
pay its debts generally, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Borrower or any of the Utilities seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation,
winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of a proceeding instituted against the Borrower or any of the Utilities, either such proceeding shall remain
undismissed or unstayed for a period of sixty days or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including without limitation the entry of an order for relief against the Borrower or such Utility or the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for the Borrower or such Utility or any of its property) shall occur; or the Borrower or any of the Utilities shall take any corporate or other action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this
<B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1(g)</I></B>; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Any judgment or order for the payment of money equal to or in excess of $50,000,000 shall be
rendered against the Borrower or any of its Direct Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Utilities) or their respective properties and either (i)&nbsp;enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or
order or (ii)&nbsp;there shall be any period of thirty consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; <I>provided, however</I>, that any such amount
shall be calculated after deducting from the sum so payable any amount of such judgment or order that is covered by a valid and binding policy of insurance in favor of the Borrower or such Direct Subsidiary from an insurer that is rated at least
&#147;A&#148; by A.M. Best Company, which policy covers full payment thereof and which insurer has been notified, and has not disputed the claim made for payment, of such amount of such judgment or order; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Any material provision of any Loan Document to which the Borrower is a party shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on the
Borrower or the Borrower shall so assert in writing; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) Any Governmental Approval required in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance of the Loan Documents shall expire or be rescinded, revoked, otherwise terminated, or amended or modified in any manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders and the Agent; or </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) Any ERISA Event shall have occurred with respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan that could
reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Borrower, and, thirty days after notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Agent or any Lender, such ERISA Event shall still exist; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) (i) The Borrower shall cease to own 100% of the common equity interests of either of the Utilities; (ii)&nbsp;any Person or
&#147;group&#148; (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) shall either (A)&nbsp;acquire beneficial ownership of more than 50% of any outstanding class of common stock of the Borrower
having ordinary voting power in the election of directors of the Borrower or (B)&nbsp;obtain the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the Borrower&#146;s directors or (iii)&nbsp;the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall not
consist of a majority of Continuing Directors: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">then, and in any such event, the Agent shall at the request, or may with the consent, of
the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, (i)&nbsp;declare the obligation of each Lender to make Advances to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, (ii)&nbsp;declare the Advances (if any), all interest thereon and all
other amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand,
protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower and (iii)&nbsp;exercise all rights and remedies available to it under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable law; <I>provided</I>,
<I>however</I>, that in the event of the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event, (A)&nbsp;the Aggregate Commitment and the obligation of each Lender to make Advances shall automatically be terminated and (B)&nbsp;the Advances, all such interest and all
other amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE VII </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE AGENT
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;7.1 Authorization and Action</I></B>. Each of the Lenders hereby appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such
action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Except as set forth in <B><I>Section&nbsp;7.7</I></B>,
the provisions of this <B><I>Article&nbsp;VII</I></B> are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall have no rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of
the term &#147;agent&#148; (or any other similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations under agency doctrine of any applicable law.
Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties
hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) shall not be
subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Unmatured Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights
and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Majority Lenders; <I>provided</I> that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its
opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any such law; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not
be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i)&nbsp;with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders
(or as the Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.1</I></B> and <B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1</I></B>), or (ii)&nbsp;in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct
as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Unmatured Default or Default unless and until notice describing such Unmatured Default or Event of Default
is given to the Agent in writing by the Borrower or a Lender. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;7.3 Reliance by Agent</I></B>. The Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, internet or intranet website posting or other
distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper
Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of an Advance that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Agent may presume that such
condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Advance. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent
accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. </P>
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Advances made by it, Wells Fargo shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term &#147;Bank&#148; or &#147;Banks&#148; and &#147;Lender&#148; or
&#147;Lenders&#148; shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Wells Fargo in its individual capacity. Wells Fargo and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or the trustee under indentures of,
and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof and any Person who may do business with or own securities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof, all as if Wells
Fargo were not the Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;7.5 Lender Credit Decision</I></B>.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial statements referred to in <B><I>Section&nbsp;4.1(f)</I></B> and such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information
as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;7.6 Indemnification</I></B>. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Agent and any Related Party of the Agent participating in
the transaction (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), ratably according to the respective Percentages of the Lenders, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under this Agreement;
<I>provided</I> that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent&#146;s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out of pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the
Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;7.7 Successor Agent</I></B>. The Agent may resign at any
time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a Lender or shall be another commercial bank or trust company
(and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower so long as no Unmatured Default or Event of Default exists) organized under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders,
and shall have accepted such appointment, within thirty days after the retiring Agent&#146;s giving of notice of resignation (the &#147;<B><I>Resignation Effective Date</I></B>&#148;), then the retiring
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Agent shall, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a Lender or shall be another commercial bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of any
State thereof reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Regardless of whether a successor has been appointed or has accepted such appointment, such resignation of the retiring Agent shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the
Resignation Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either the Majority Lenders or the Borrower have not accepted the appointment of a successor Agent or no successor Agent has accepted appointment to act as the Agent hereunder as of the
Resignation Effective Date, then the Majority Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date. With effect from the
Resignation Effective Date, (i)&nbsp;the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii)&nbsp;except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring Agent, all payments,
communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Majority Lenders appoint a successor administrative agent as provided for in this
<B><I>Section&nbsp;7.7</I></B>. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring
Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Agent&#146;s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this <B><I>Article&nbsp;VII</I></B> and
<B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B> shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;7.8 Delegation of Duties</I></B>. The Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers
hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that the Agent shall remain responsible for the performance of its duties under this Agreement and the Loan
Documents to the extent required under this <B><I>Article&nbsp;VII</I></B>. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory
provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for
herein as well as activities as the Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;7.9 No Other Duties, Etc</I></B>. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Arranger shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;7.10 Agent May File Proofs of Claim</I></B>. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or
under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect or any other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Advance or other obligation shall then be
due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise
(i)&nbsp;to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Advances and all other obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other
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documents as may be necessary advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Lenders and the Agent and their respective agents, sub-agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Agent under <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B>) allowed in such judicial proceeding and (ii)&nbsp;to collect and receive any monies
or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same. Any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender to make such payments to the Agent and, in the event that the Agent shall consent to the making of such payments to the Lenders, to pay to the Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Agent and its agents, sub-agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Agent under <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE VIII
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MISCELLANEOUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.1 Amendments, Etc</I></B>. No amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document, nor consent to any departure by
the Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Majority Lenders and, in the case of any amendment, the Borrower, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall: (a)&nbsp;waive, modify or eliminate any of the conditions specified in <B><I>Section&nbsp;3.1</I></B> or
<B><I>Section&nbsp;3.2</I></B> without the written consent of each Lender; (b)&nbsp;increase or extend the Commitments of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (c)&nbsp;reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Advances, any
Applicable Margin or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder (other than fees payable to the Agent or the Arranger for their own account, or to any Lender pursuant to, <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.13</I></B> or <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B>) without
the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (d)&nbsp;postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder without the written consent of each Lender
directly affected thereby, (e)&nbsp;change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances, or the number of Lenders, which shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder
without the written consent of each Lender, (f)&nbsp;amend this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.1</I></B> without the written consent of each Lender, or (g)&nbsp;change or waive any provision of <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.18</I></B> or any other provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document requiring pro rata treatment of the Lenders in a manner that would alter the pro rata treatment of Lenders required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; and <I>provided</I>, <I>further</I>, that
(i)&nbsp;no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any Note, unless such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing and signed by the Agent, in addition to the Lenders required above to
take such action, (ii)&nbsp;no amendment, waiver or consent shall change or waive any provision of <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.13</I></B> or <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B>, unless such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing and signed by each Lender
directly affected thereby, in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action and (iii)&nbsp;this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender or the Agent if, upon giving effect to such amendment and
restatement, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated) or have any Commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all amounts payable hereunder
to such Lender or the Agent, as </P>
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the case may be. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that in no
event shall any amendment, waiver or consent purport to (A)&nbsp;increase or extend the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender, (B)&nbsp;reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Advances made by such Defaulting Lender, or any Applicable Margin or
any fees or other amounts payable to such Defaulting Lender, (C)&nbsp;postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Advances made by such Defaulting Lender, or (D)&nbsp;amend this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.1</I></B> in a
manner that affects such Defaulting Lender adversely, in each case without the affirmative consent of such Defaulting Lender, <I>provided</I> that if any such amendment, waiver or consent has been approved by all Lenders which are not Defaulting
Lenders, and such Defaulting Lender shall have failed to have furnished either its approval or disapproval of such amendment, waiver or consent within the period of ten Business Days after its receipt of a written request to do so, then such
Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have given its affirmative consent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.2 Notices, Etc</I></B>. All notices and
other communications provided for hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall be in writing (including facsimile communication) and mailed, facsimiled or delivered, if to the Borrower, at its address at 4902 North Biltmore Lane, Madison,
Wisconsin 53718-2132 Attn: Treasurer; if to any Bank, at its Domestic Lending Office specified in its Administrative Questionnaire; if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified in the Lender Assignment pursuant to which it became
a Lender; and if to the Agent, at its address at 1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd. Mail Code: D1109-019, Charlotte, North Carolina 28262, Attention: Syndication Agency Services; or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such
party in a written notice to the other parties. All such notices and communications shall, when mailed or facsimiled, be effective five days after being deposited in the mails, or when facsimiled, respectively, except that notices and communications
to the Agent pursuant to <B><I>Articles&nbsp;II</I></B> or <B><I>VII</I></B> shall not be effective until received by the Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.3 No Waiver; Remedies</I></B>. No failure on the part of any Lender or the Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising,
any right hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4 Costs, Expenses, Taxes and Indemnification</I></B>.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of the Agent and the Arranger in connection with
the preparation (including, without limitation, printing costs), syndication, negotiation, execution, delivery, modification and amendment of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the other documents and instruments to be delivered
hereunder and thereunder, including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and out of pocket expenses of counsel for the Agent and the Arranger with respect thereto and with respect to the administration of, and advising the Agent
as to its rights and responsibilities under, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Borrower further agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented costs and expenses, if any (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented
counsel fees and expenses of the Agent and each Lender), in connection with the enforcement and workout (whether through </P>
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negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the other documents and instruments to be delivered hereunder and thereunder, including, without
limitation, reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses in connection with the enforcement of rights under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B>. In addition, the Borrower shall pay any and all Other Taxes payable or determined to be payable
in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the other documents and instruments to be delivered hereunder and thereunder, and agrees to save the Agent and each Lender harmless from and against
any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such Other Taxes. This <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(a)</I></B> shall not apply with respect to Taxes or Excluded Taxes other than any Taxes or Excluded Taxes
that represent liabilities arising from any non-Tax or non-Excluded Tax claim. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify and hold each
Lender, the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Arranger and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each, an &#147;<B><I>Indemnified Person</I></B>&#148;) harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities,
costs or expenses (including reasonable attorney&#146;s fees and expenses, whether or not such Indemnified Person is named as a party to any proceeding or is otherwise subjected to judicial or legal process arising from any such proceeding) which
any of them may incur or which may be claimed against any of them by any Person including the Borrower (except for such claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses resulting from such Indemnified Person&#146;s gross negligence or
willful misconduct): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) by reason of or resulting from the execution, delivery or performance of any of the Loan
Documents or any transaction contemplated thereby, or the use by the Borrower of the proceeds of any Advance; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) in
connection with any documentary taxes, assessments or charges made by any Governmental Authority by reason of the execution and delivery of any of the Loan Documents; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) in connection with or resulting from the utilization, storage, disposal, treatment, generation, transportation, release
or ownership of any Hazardous Substance (A)&nbsp;at, upon, or under any property of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or (B)&nbsp;by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates at any time and in any place; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) in connection with or resulting from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by
it through the internet, SyndTrak or other similar transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In case any action or proceeding is instituted involving any Indemnified Person for which indemnification is to be sought hereunder by such
Indemnified Person, then such Indemnified Person will promptly notify the Borrower of the commencement of any action or proceeding; <I>provided, however</I>, that the failure so to notify the Borrower will not relieve the Borrower from any liability
that the Borrower may have to such Indemnified Person pursuant hereto or from any liability that it may have to such Indemnified Person other than pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding the above, following such notification, the Borrower may elect in
writing to </P>
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assume the defense of such action or proceeding, and, upon such election, the Borrower will not, as long as it diligently conducts such defense, be liable for any legal costs subsequently
incurred by such Indemnified Person (other than reasonable costs of investigation and providing evidence) in connection therewith, unless (i)&nbsp;the Borrower has failed to provide counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in a
timely manner, (ii)&nbsp;the Indemnified Person determines in good faith that joint representation would be inappropriate, including any actual or potential conflict of interest or (iii)&nbsp;the Indemnified Person reasonably determines that there
may be legal defenses available to it which are different from, or in addition to those available to the Borrower. If the Borrower assumes the defense of any such action or proceeding, (a)&nbsp;it will be conclusively established for purposes of
this Agreement that the claims made with respect thereto are subject to indemnification hereunder; (b)&nbsp;no compromise or settlement of such claims may be effected by the Borrower without the Indemnified Person&#146;s consent and (c)&nbsp;the
Indemnified Person will have no liability with respect to any compromise or settlement of such claims effected without its consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Indemnified Person determines in good faith that there is a reasonable
probability that any action or proceeding may adversely affect it or its affiliates other than as a result of monetary damages for which it would be entitled to indemnification hereunder, such Indemnified Person may, by notice to the Borrower,
assume the exclusive right to defend, compromise, or settle such action or proceeding, but the Borrower will not be bound (but will retain its indemnification obligations hereunder) by any determination of an action or proceeding so defended or any
compromise or settlement effected without its consent (which may not be unreasonably withheld). In connection with any one action or proceeding, the Borrower will not be responsible for the fees and expenses of more than one separate law firm (in
addition to local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any
amount required under paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;of this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B> to be paid by it to the Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent (or
any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender&#146;s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender&#146;s Percentage at such time)
of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); <I>provided</I> that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred
by or asserted against the Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party thereof acting for the Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph
(c)&nbsp;are subject to the provisions of <B><I>Section 2.3(b)</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Borrower will compensate each Lender upon demand for all
losses, reasonable and documented expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, any loss, reasonable and documented expense or liability incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds required by such
Lender to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances) that such Lender may incur or sustain (i)&nbsp;if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a Borrowing or continuation of, or Conversion into, a Eurodollar Rate Advance does not occur
on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion, (ii)&nbsp;if any repayment, prepayment or Conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Advance occurs on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto
(including as a consequence of any </P>
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assignment made pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.20</I></B> or any acceleration of the maturity of the Advances pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1</I></B>), (iii)&nbsp;if any prepayment of any
Eurodollar Rate Advance is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower or (iv)&nbsp;as a consequence of any other failure by the Borrower to make any payments with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advance when due
hereunder. Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B> shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded its relevant Eurodollar Rate Advance through the purchase of a Eurodollar deposit bearing
interest at the Eurodollar Rate Advance in an amount equal to the amount of such Eurodollar Rate Advance, having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that each Lender may fund its Eurodollar Rate
Advances in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation of amounts payable under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B>. A certificate (which shall be in reasonable detail) showing the bases for the
determinations set forth in this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B> by any Lender as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B> shall be submitted by such Lender to the Borrower either directly or through the
Agent. Determinations set forth in any such certificate made in good faith for purposes of this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B> of any such losses, reasonable and documented expenses or liabilities shall be conclusive absent manifest error. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The Borrower&#146;s obligations under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B> shall survive the repayment of all amounts owing to the Lenders
hereunder and the termination of the Commitments. If and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B> are unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower agrees to make the maximum contribution to the
payment and satisfaction thereof which is permissible under applicable law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.5 Right of Set-off</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Upon (i)&nbsp;the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii)&nbsp;the making of the request or the granting of
the consent by the Majority Lenders specified by <B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1</I></B> to authorize the Agent to declare all amounts owing hereunder due and payable pursuant to the provisions of <B><I>Section&nbsp;6.1</I></B>, each Lender and each of its
Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness
at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under any Loan Document, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or
Affiliate shall have made any demand under such Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured or contingent or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such
deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; <I>provided</I> that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of set-off, (x)&nbsp;all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Agent for further application in
accordance with the provisions of <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.21</I></B> and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, and (y)&nbsp;the
Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of set-off. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower
after any such set-off and application made by such Lender, <I>provided</I> that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender under this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.5</I></B> are
in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which such Lender may have. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Borrower agrees that it shall have no right of set-off, deduction or counterclaim in
respect of its obligations hereunder, and that the obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint. Nothing contained herein shall constitute a relinquishment or waiver of the Borrower&#146;s rights to any independent claim that the
Borrower may have against the Agent or any Lender for the Agent&#146;s or such Lender&#146;s, as the case may be, gross negligence or willful misconduct; <I>provided</I> that no Lender shall be liable for the conduct of the Agent or any other
Lender; <I>provided, further</I>, that the Agent shall not be liable for the conduct of any Lender; <I>provided, however</I> that none of the Agent or any Lender shall be liable to the Borrower for any amounts representing indirect, special,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) suffered by the Borrower. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.6 Binding
Effect</I></B>. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Agent and when the Agent shall have been notified in writing by each Bank that such Bank has executed it and thereafter shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written
consent of the Lenders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7 Assignments and Participations</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B><I>Assignment by Lenders</I></B>. Each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it, and the Note or Notes (if any) held by it); <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that (i)&nbsp;each such assignment shall
be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all of the assigning Lender&#146;s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii)&nbsp;the amount of the Commitment (which for this purposes includes Advances outstanding thereunder) of the
assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Lender Assignment with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than the lesser of the amount of such Lender&#146;s then remaining
Commitment and $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (except in the case of assignments between Lenders at the time already parties hereto and between a Lender and an Affiliate of such Lender or Approved Fund),
(iii)&nbsp;except as set forth in clause (ii)&nbsp;below, the Agent and, so long as no Unmatured Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower, shall have consented to such assignment (in each case, which may not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); <I>provided</I> that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten Business Days after having received notice
thereof, and (iv)&nbsp;the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, a Lender Assignment, together with any Note or Notes (if any) subject to such assignment and a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500. Promptly following its receipt of such Lender Assignment, Note or Notes (if any) and fee, the Agent shall accept and record such Lender Assignment in the Register. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the
effective date specified in each Lender Assignment, (x)&nbsp;the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Lender Assignment, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y)&nbsp;the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Lender Assignment, relinquish its rights and be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of a Lender Assignment covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender&#146;s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto, but shall
continue to be entitled to the benefits of <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.13</I></B>, <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B>, and <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B> with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment);
<I>provided</I>, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender&#146;s having been a
Defaulting Lender. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time,
with notice to the Borrower and the Agent, assign all or any portion of its Commitment, and the Advances owing to any of the Banks listed on the signature pages hereof, any Lender that shall become a party hereto pursuant to
<B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7(a)(i)</I></B>, any Affiliate of such a Lender or any Approved Fund that is an Affiliate of a Lender. No such assignment, other than to any of the Banks listed on the signature pages hereof, any Lender that shall become a party
hereto pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7(a)(i)</I></B>, any Affiliate of such a Lender or any Approved Fund that is an Affiliate of a Lender shall release the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) By executing and delivering a Lender Assignment, the Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to
and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i)&nbsp;other than as provided in such Lender Assignment, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
thereto; (ii)&nbsp;such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its obligations under any
Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (iii)&nbsp;such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of each Loan Document, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
<B><I>Section&nbsp;4.1(f)</I></B>) hereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Lender Assignment; (iv)&nbsp;such assignee will, independently and
without reliance upon the Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan
Documents; (v)&nbsp;such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi)&nbsp;such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are delegated to
the Agent by the </P>
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terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii)&nbsp;such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which
by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) No such assignment shall be made
to (i)&nbsp;the Borrower or any of the Borrower&#146;s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (ii)&nbsp;to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the
foregoing Persons described in this clause (ii), or (iii)&nbsp;a natural Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be
effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate
(which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or sub-participations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Advances previously
requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (i)&nbsp;pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent and
each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (ii)&nbsp;acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Advances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any
Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until
such compliance occurs. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.2</I></B> a copy of each Lender
Assignment delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Advances owing to, each Lender from time to time (the
&#147;<B><I>Register</I></B>&#148;). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a
Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. In addition, the Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Designated Lender. 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. Upon its receipt of a Lender Assignment executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee,
together with any Note or Notes (if any) subject to such assignment, the Agent shall, if such Lender Assignment has been completed and is in substantially the form of <B><I>Exhibit 8.7</I></B> hereto, (i)&nbsp;accept such Lender Assignment,
(ii)&nbsp;record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii)&nbsp;give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <B><I>Participations</I></B>. Each Lender may sell participations to any Person (other than a
natural Person, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person, the Borrower or any of the Borrower&#146;s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a
&#147;<B><I>Participant</I></B>&#148;) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it, and the Note or Notes (if any) held by it);
<I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that (i)&nbsp;such Lender&#146;s obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment to the Borrower hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (ii)&nbsp;such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii)&nbsp;such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note (if any) for all purposes of this Agreement, (iv)&nbsp;the Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders
shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender&#146;s rights and obligations under this Agreement and (v)&nbsp;such participation will not result in a violation by the Borrower, the Agent or the other
Lenders of any Sanctions or any applicable law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; <I>provided</I> that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender
will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant, solely pursuant to the terms of the relevant agreement or instrument between
such Participant and the participating Lender and not as a party or third party beneficiary to this Agreement, shall be entitled to the benefits of <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.13</I></B>, <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.14</I></B>, <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4(d)</I></B>,
and <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B> (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17(e)</I></B> (it being understood that the documentation required under
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17(e)</I></B> shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b)&nbsp;of this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7(c)</I></B>;
<I>provided</I> that such Participant (A)&nbsp;agrees to be subject to the provisions of <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.20</I></B> as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b)&nbsp;of this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7(c)</I></B>; and (B)&nbsp;shall not be entitled
to receive any greater payment under <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.14</I></B> or <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.17</I></B> with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to
receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. No Participant shall be deemed to be a party to or have standing under this Agreement, and shall only act through the
participating Lender pursuant to the terms of the relevant agreement or instrument between such Participant and the participating Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of
<B><I>Section&nbsp;2.20(a)</I></B> with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.18</I></B> as though it were a Lender; <I>provided</I> that such
Participant agrees to be subject to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.18</I></B> as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower solely for purposes of complying
with Section&nbsp;5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant&#146;s interest in the
Advances or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the &#147;<B><I>Participant Register</I></B>&#148;); <I>provided</I> 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&#146;s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other </P>
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obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is (i)&nbsp;necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is
in registered form under Section&nbsp;5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations, (ii)&nbsp;required by a regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the party requesting disclosure, (iii)&nbsp;required by applicable law or
(iv)&nbsp;requested by the Borrower in connection with the benefits provided to such Participant under this Agreement, including pursuant to <B><I>Section&nbsp;2.13</I></B>, <B><I>2.14</I></B>, <B><I>2.17</I></B> and <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.4</I></B>.
The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this
<B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7</I></B>, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant, any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower; <I>provided</I> that, prior to any such
disclosure, the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree, in accordance with the terms of <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.8</I></B>, to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information relating to the Borrower
received by it from such Lender. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Anything in this <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.7</I></B> to the contrary notwithstanding, any Lender may
assign a security interest in or pledge all or any portion of its Commitment and the Advances owing to it to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank. No such assignment
shall release the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledge or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.8 Confidentiality.</I></B> In connection with the negotiation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, the Borrower has furnished and will from time to time furnish to a Recipient written information (such information, other than any such information which (i)&nbsp;was publicly available, or otherwise known to the Recipient, at the time of
disclosure, (ii)&nbsp;subsequently becomes publicly available other than through any act or omission by the Recipient or (iii)&nbsp;otherwise subsequently becomes known to the Recipient other than through a Person whom the Recipient knows to be
acting in violation of his or its obligations to the Borrower, being hereinafter referred to as &#147;<B><I>Confidential Information</I></B>&#148;). The Recipient will maintain the confidentiality of any Confidential Information in accordance with
such procedures as the Recipient applies generally to information of that nature. It is understood, however, that the foregoing will not restrict the Recipient&#146;s ability to freely exchange such Confidential Information with its Affiliates or
with current or prospective participants in or assignees of, or any current or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap, securitization or derivative transaction relating to, the Recipient&#146;s position herein, <U>provided</U> that
(i)&nbsp;the Recipient shall have properly informed any such Person of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information and (ii)&nbsp;the Recipient&#146;s ability to so exchange Confidential Information shall be conditioned upon any such
Affiliate&#146;s or prospective participant&#146;s or assignee&#146;s or counterparty&#146;s entering into an understanding as to confidentiality similar to this provision. It is further understood that the foregoing will not prohibit the disclosure
of any or all Confidential Information if and to the extent that such disclosure may be required (i)&nbsp;by a regulatory agency or otherwise in connection </P>
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with an examination of the Recipient&#146;s records by appropriate authorities, (ii)&nbsp;pursuant to court order, subpoena or other legal process or in connection with any pending or threatened
litigation, (iii)&nbsp;otherwise as required by law, or (iv)&nbsp;in order to protect its interests or its rights or remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents; in the event of any required disclosure under clause (ii)&nbsp;or
(iii)&nbsp;above, the Recipient agrees to use reasonable efforts to inform the Borrower as promptly as practicable to the extent legally permitted to do so. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.9 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.</I></B> THE AGENT, THE LENDERS AND THE BORROWER HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY
WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER
VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OR ACTIONS OF THE AGENT, SUCH LENDERS OR THE BORROWER. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.10 Governing Law.</I></B> This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.11 Jurisdiction.</I></B> The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Agent, the Arranger, any Lender, or any Related Party of the
foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District
Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof. The Borrower, each Lender, the Arranger and the Agent irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and agree that all claims in
respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in
any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right
that the Agent, the Arranger or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.12 Waiver of Venue.</I></B> The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in <B><I>Section&nbsp;8.11</I></B>.
Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.13 Relation of the Parties; No Beneficiary.</I></B> No term, provision or requirement, whether express or implied, of any
Loan Document, or actions taken or to be taken </P>
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by any party thereunder, shall be construed to create a partnership, association, or joint venture between such parties or any of them. No term or provision of the Loan Documents shall be
construed to confer a benefit upon, or grant a right or privilege to, any Person other than the parties thereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.14
Execution in Counterparts.</I></B> This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.15 Severability.</I></B> To the extent any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by or invalid under the
applicable law of any jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity and only in such jurisdiction, without prohibiting or invalidating such provision in any other jurisdiction or the remaining
provisions of this Agreement in any jurisdiction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.16 Disclosure of Information.</I></B> The Borrower agrees and
consents to the Agent&#146;s and the Arranger&#146;s disclosure of information other than any Confidential Information relating to this transaction to <U>Gold Sheets</U> and other similar bank trade publications. Such information will consist of
deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications but in no event shall contain any Confidential Information. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.17 USA Patriot Act Notice.</I></B> Each Lender that is subject to the PATRIOT Act and the Agent (for itself and not on
behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the
Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Section&nbsp;8.18 Entire Agreement.</I></B> This Agreement, together with any Note and any other agreements, instruments and other
documents required to be executed and delivered in connection herewith, represents the entire agreement of the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties with respect to the subject matter covered hereby.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[Signatures to Follow] </P>
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respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION</B></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">/s/ John E. Kratchmer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">John E. Kratchmer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vice President and Treasurer</TD></TR>
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Alliant Energy Corporation </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Term Loan Credit Agreement </I></P>


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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION</B>, as Agent and as Lender</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">/s/ Nick Brokke</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Nick Brokke</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vice President</TD></TR>
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Alliant Energy Corporation </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Term Loan Credit Agreement </I></P>


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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.</B>, as Lender</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">/s/ Chi-Cheng Chen</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chi-Cheng Chen</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.</B>, as Lender</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">/s/ Helen D. Davis</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Helen D. Davis</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vice President</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>MIZUHO BANK, LTD.</B>, as Lender</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">/s/ Leon Mo</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Leon Mo</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Authorized Signatory</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014, among Alliant Energy Corporation, as Borrower, the Banks named therein and Wells
Fargo, National Association, as Agent </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:55.55pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Name of Lender</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Commitment</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Bank, National Association</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">75,000,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">75,000,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">50,000,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Bank, Ltd.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">50,000,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>250,000,000.00</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXISTING SYNTHETIC LEASES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Existing
Synthetic Leases for Wisconsin Power and Light Company</U>: </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Equipment Leasing Agreement, dated November&nbsp;1, 1993. Amount owed as of December&nbsp;14, 2011 was $3,436,234.02. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Equipment Leasing Agreement, dated March&nbsp;15, 1995. Amount owed as of December&nbsp;14, 2011 was $2,188,318.00. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Equipment Leasing Agreement, dated November&nbsp;2, 1993. Amount owed as of December&nbsp;14, 2011 was $956,062.75. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Existing Synthetic Leases for Interstate Power and Light Company</U>: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Existing Synthetic Leases for Alliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc.</U>: </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Lease, dated April&nbsp;19, 2000. Amount owed as of December&nbsp;14, 2011 was $47,744,531.41. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXISTING LIENS </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Liens in favor of wholly-owned Subsidiaries. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Liens, if any, evidenced by existing synthetic leases listed in Schedule II. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Liens securing payment on Sheboygan Power, LLC Senior Secured Notes due 2025. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Property pledged as security for any of the following bond issues: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pollution Control Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds (Interstate Power and Light Company Project) Series 2005, issued by the Iowa Finance Authority </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pollution Control Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A (Carlton), issued by the Town of Carlton, Wisconsin </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pollution Control Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2006B (Sheboygan), issued by the City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Promissory Note and Mortgage dated July&nbsp;16, 2010, between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company (&#147;Business&#148;) and the Department of Transportation of the State of Iowa (&#147;Department&#148;).
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Contingent liens and performance guaranties created in support of performance and payment bonds in favor of various contractors and vendors. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LIST OF INDENTURES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Indenture, dated as of June&nbsp;20, 1997, between Wisconsin Power and Light Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Successor Trustee, relating to debt securities. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Indenture, dated as of September&nbsp;30, 2009, between Alliant Energy Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Indenture (for Senior Unsecured Debt Securities), dated as of August&nbsp;20, 2003, between Interstate Power and Light Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Collateral Trust Indenture, dated as of June&nbsp;30, 2005, between Sheboygan Power, LLC, as Issuer, and LaSalle Bank National Association (d/b/a Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Custody and Agency Services), as
Collateral Trustee. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXHIBITS TO </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TERM LOAN </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CREDIT
AGREEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014 </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Among </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ALLIANT ENERGY
CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>as Borrower </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE BANKS NAMED HEREIN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>as Banks </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>and </I></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>as Administrative Agent </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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SECURITIES, LLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>,&nbsp;2014</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION</B>, a Wisconsin corporation (the
&#147;<B><I>Borrower</I></B>&#148;), hereby promises to pay to the order of <B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B> (the
&#147;<B><I>Lender</I></B>&#148;), at the offices of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the &#147;<B><I>Agent</I></B>&#148;) located at One Wells Fargo Center, 301&nbsp;South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina (or at such other place or
places as the Agent may designate), at the times and in the manner provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the &#147;<B><I>Credit Agreement</I></B>&#148;),
among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent for the Lender and such other lenders, the principal sum
of<B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> DOLLARS</B>
($<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>), under the terms and conditions of this promissory note (this &#147;<B><I>Note</I></B>&#148;) and the Credit
Agreement. The defined terms in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning. The Borrower also promises to pay interest on the aggregate unpaid principal amount of this Note at the rates applicable thereto from time to time as
provided in the Credit Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Note is referred to in the Credit Agreement and is issued to evidence the Advances made by the
Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement. All of the terms, conditions and covenants of the Credit Agreement are expressly made a part of this Note by reference in the same manner and with the same effect as if set forth herein at length, and any
holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of and remedies provided in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement for provisions relating to the interest rate, maturity, payment, prepayment and
acceleration of this Note. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of an acceleration of the maturity of this Note, this Note shall become immediately due and
payable, without presentation, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event this
Note is not paid when due at any stated or accelerated maturity, the Borrower agrees to pay, in addition to the principal and interest, all costs of collection, including reasonable and documented attorneys&#146; fees as set forth in the Credit
Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws and of the State of New York. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">[Date] </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Agent </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mail
Code:&nbsp;D1109-019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charlotte, NC&nbsp;28262 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention:
Syndication Agency Services </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned, Alliant Energy Corporation, refers to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014 (as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time, the &#147;<B><I>Credit Agreement</I></B>&#148;, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the undersigned, the Lenders named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent, and hereby gives you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.2(b) of the Credit Agreement that the undersigned hereby requests the Borrowing of Advances under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth
below the information relating to such Borrowing (the &#147;<B><I>Proposed Borrowing</I></B>&#148;) as required by Section&nbsp;2.2(b) of the Credit Agreement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) The Business Day of the Proposed Borrowing is
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>. The Borrower requests that such day constitute the Funding Date under the Credit Agreement.<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) The Type of Advances comprising the Proposed Borrowing is [Base Rate Advances]
[Eurodollar Rate Advances]. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) The aggregate amount of the Proposed Borrowing is
$<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(D) [The
Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance made as part of the Proposed Borrowing is <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&nbsp;month[s].]<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP> </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Notice must be received by (i)&nbsp;in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, 11:00 a.m., Charlotte, time, three Business Days prior to the date of the Borrowing or (ii)&nbsp;in the case of Base Rate Advances, 10:00
a.m., Charlotte time, on the date of Borrowing. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">[Date] </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Agent </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mail
Code:&nbsp;D1109-019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charlotte, NC&nbsp;28262 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention:
Syndication Agency Services </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned, Alliant Energy Corporation, refers to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014 (as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time, the &#147;<B><I>Credit Agreement</I></B>&#148;, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the undersigned, the Lenders named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent, and hereby gives you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.11 of the Credit Agreement, that the undersigned hereby requests a Conversion under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the
information relating to such Conversion (the &#147;<B><I>Proposed Conversion</I></B>&#148;) as required by Section&nbsp;2.11 of the Credit Agreement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) The Business Day of the Proposed Conversion is
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>.<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) The Type of Advances comprising the Proposed Conversion is [Base Rate Advances]
[Eurodollar Rate Advances]. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) The aggregate amount of the Proposed Conversion is
$<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(D) The
Type of Advances to which such Advances are proposed to be Converted is [Base Rate Advances] [Eurodollar Rate Advances]. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(E) The Interest
Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance made as part of the Proposed Conversion is <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&nbsp;month(s).<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the Borrower&#146;s request for the Proposed Conversion is made in compliance with
Section&nbsp;2.11 of the Credit Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Notice must be received by (i)&nbsp;in the case of Conversion to or in respect of Eurodollar Rate Advances, 12:00 noon, Charlotte, time, three Business Days prior to the date of the Borrowing or (ii)&nbsp;in the case of
Conversion to or in respect of Base Rate Advances, 12:00 noon, Charlotte time, on the date of Borrowing. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM OF OPINION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">October&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2014 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Lenders party to the Credit Agreement defined below and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent for such Lenders </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mail Code: D1109-019 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charlotte, NC 28262 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Syndication Agency Services </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Alliant Energy Corporation </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1(a)(vii) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of
October&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2014 (the &#147;<B><I>Credit Agreement</I></B>&#148;), among Alliant Energy Corporation (the &#147;<B><I>Borrower</I></B>&#148;), the Banks parties thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent (collectively, the &#147;<B><I>Lenders</I></B>&#148;). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as special counsel for the Borrower in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of, and the closing on this date
(the &#147;<B><I>Closing</I></B>&#148;) under, the Credit Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In that capacity we have examined: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Borrower and all amendments thereto (the &#147;<B><I>Borrower
Charter</I></B>&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) the restated by-laws of the Borrower and all amendments thereto (the &#147;<B><I>Borrower
By-laws</I></B>&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Borrower; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) the Credit Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we have examined the originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of such other corporate records of the Borrower,
certificates of public officials and of officers of the Borrower, and agreements, instruments and other documents, as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below. As to questions of fact material to such opinions, we have,
when relevant facts were not independently established by us, relied upon certificates of the Borrower or its officers, or of public officials. </P>

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Credit Agreement by all parties to the Credit Agreement (other than the Borrower), (ii)&nbsp;the authenticity of all such documents submitted to us as originals, (iii)&nbsp;the genuineness of all signatures, (iv)&nbsp;the conformity to the originals
of all such documents submitted to us as copies and (v)&nbsp;the enforceability of all documents against parties thereto other than the Borrower. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York, the laws of the State of Wisconsin and the Federal laws of the
United States of America in effect on the date hereof as they presently apply and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. We authorize Robinson, Bradshaw&nbsp;&amp; Hinson, P.A., special counsel to the Agent, to rely on this
opinion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the foregoing, but subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion
that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. Based solely upon a certificate issued by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, the Borrower is a validly existing
corporation, has filed its most recent annual report required by the Wisconsin Statutes and has not filed Articles of Dissolution as of the date of such certificate. Based solely upon a certificate of an officer of the Borrower, the Borrower is duly
qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, all other jurisdictions where the nature of its business or the nature of the property owned or leased by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to so qualify would
not have a material adverse affect on the business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement are within the Borrower&#146;s corporate powers, have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not contravene (a)&nbsp;the Borrower Charter or the Borrower By-laws, (b)&nbsp;any law, rule or regulation of which we have knowledge applicable to the Borrower, (c)&nbsp;any contractual
restriction arising under any agreement or instrument evidencing indebtedness described in Schedule IV of the Credit Agreement or (d)&nbsp;to our knowledge, any other legal or contractual restriction binding on, or affecting the Borrower or its
properties; and such execution, delivery and performance do not result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of its properties under any agreement or instrument evidencing indebtedness described in Schedule
IV of the Credit Agreement or, to our knowledge, under any other agreement or instrument. The Credit Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. No Governmental Approval is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement, or
the enforcement thereof by the Agent and the Lenders. </P>

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against the Borrower in accordance with its terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. There is no pending or, to our knowledge, threatened action or proceeding affecting
the Borrower or its properties before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator, that would reasonably be expected, if adversely determined, to materially and adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6. The Borrower is not an &#147;investment company&#148; as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wherever we indicate that our opinion with respect to the existence or absence of facts is &#147;to our knowledge&#148; or the like, our
opinion is, with your permission, based solely on certificates of the Borrower and the current conscious awareness of facts or other information of the attorneys currently with this firm participating in the preparation of this opinion and
representing the Borrower in the transactions contemplated hereby (William M. Libit, Esq., Julia J. Singh, Esq. and Michael M. Reed, Esq.). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing opinions are subject to the following comments and qualifications: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The enforceability of Section&nbsp;8.4 of the Credit Agreement may be limited by laws limiting the enforceability of provisions exculpating or exempting a party, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability
for its own action or inaction, to the extent the action or inaction involves gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The enforceability of provisions in the Credit Agreement to the effect that terms may not be waived or modified except in writing may be limited under certain circumstances; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">We express no opinion as to (i)&nbsp;the effect of the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Lenders are located (other than the States of New York and Wisconsin) that limit the interest, fees or other charges such
Lenders may impose; (ii)&nbsp;the first sentence of Section&nbsp;8.11, insofar as such sentence relates to the subject matter jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York to adjudicate any controversy related
to the Credit Agreement; or (iii)&nbsp;the waiver of inconvenient forum set forth in Section&nbsp;8.12 with respect to proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provision of the Credit Agreement to the extent that, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, it directly or indirectly provides for the payment of liquidated
damages or late charges or interest at an increased rate if such provision is determined to be a penalty; and </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">We express no opinion with respect to the following: (i)&nbsp;federal securities laws and regulations, state &#147;Blue Sky&#148; laws and regulations, and laws and regulations relating to commodity (and other) futures
and indices and other similar instruments, (ii)&nbsp;pension and employee benefit laws and regulations (<I>e.g.,</I>&nbsp;ERISA), (iii)&nbsp;federal and state antitrust and unfair competition laws and regulations, (iv)&nbsp;federal and state
environmental and hazardous materials laws and regulations, (v)&nbsp;federal and state tax laws and regulations, (vi)&nbsp;federal and state racketeering laws and regulations (<I>e.g.,</I> RICO), (vii)&nbsp;federal and state health and safety laws
and regulations (<I>e.g.,</I>&nbsp;OSHA), (viii)&nbsp;federal and state labor laws and regulations, (ix)&nbsp;other federal and state statutes of general application to the extent they provide for criminal prosecution (<I>e.g.,</I>&nbsp;mail fraud
and wire fraud statutes), (x)&nbsp;federal and state laws, regulations and policies concerning (A)&nbsp;national and local emergency, (B)&nbsp;possible judicial deference to acts of sovereign states and (C)&nbsp;criminal and civil forfeiture laws
and (xi)&nbsp;municipal or local laws. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, our opinion set forth in paragraph 4 above is limited by: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Applicable bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, and other laws and judicially developed doctrines relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights and
remedies generally; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">General principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and limitations on the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable
remedies; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The possibility that certain rights, remedies, waivers, and other provisions of the Credit Agreement may not be enforceable; nevertheless, such unenforceability will not render any of the Credit Agreement invalid as a
whole or preclude (i)&nbsp;judicial enforcement of the obligation of Borrower to repay the principal, together with interest thereon (to the extent not deemed a penalty) as provided in the Credit Agreement; or (ii)&nbsp;acceleration of the
obligation of Borrower to repay such principal, together with such interest, upon a material default in a material provision of the Credit Agreement; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The requirement that the enforcing party act in a commercially reasonable manner and in good faith in exercising its rights under the Credit Agreement. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These opinions are given as of the date hereof, they are intended to apply only to those facts and circumstances that exist as of the date
hereof, and we assume no obligation or responsibility to update or supplement these opinions to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in laws that may hereafter occur, or to inform the addressee
of any change in circumstances occurring after the date hereof that would alter the opinions rendered herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is limited to
the matters set forth herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond the matters expressly contained herein. Except as expressly set forth herein, this </P>

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opinion is being provided solely for the purpose of complying with the requirements of the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Credit Agreement, and is being rendered solely for the
benefit of the addressees hereof, their participants, assignees and transferees. This opinion may not be used or relied upon for any other purpose, relied upon by any other party, or filed with or disclosed to any governmental authority other than a
court in connection with the enforcement or protection of the rights or remedies of the Agent and/or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or to a banking examiner or regulator in connection with an examination of the Agent and/or the Lenders by
such governmental authority, without our prior written consent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In giving the opinions contained herein, this firm calls to your
attention that this firm is not general counsel to Borrower and has only been engaged by Borrower as special counsel in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of, and Closing under, the Credit Agreement. In such capacity this firm
has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Agent and Borrower at which the contents of the Credit Agreement and related matters were discussed. We have made no examination of, and we express no opinion with
respect to, any accounting matters or disclosure materials that may have been provided by Borrower to the Lenders. Our opinion represents our legal judgment based upon our review of the law and the facts that we deem relevant to render such opinion,
and is not a guarantee of a result. This opinion is given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in law
that may hereafter occur. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM OF LENDER ASSIGNMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS LENDER ASSIGNMENT </B>(this &#147;<B><I>Assignment</I></B>&#148;) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered
into by and between [<I>Insert name of Assignor</I>] (the &#147;<B><I>Assignor</I></B>&#148;) and [<I>Insert name of Assignee</I>] (the &#147;<B><I>Assignee</I></B>&#148;). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given
to them in the Credit Agreement identified below, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in <U>Annex&nbsp;1</U> attached hereto (the &#147;<B><I>Standard Terms and
Conditions</I></B>&#148;) are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment as if set forth herein in full. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases
and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Agent as contemplated below (i)&nbsp;all of the Assignor&#146;s rights and
obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and
obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any guarantees included in such facilities) and (ii)&nbsp;to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and
any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan
transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights
and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause&nbsp;(i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses&nbsp;(i) and (ii)&nbsp;above being referred to herein collectively as the &#147;<U>Assigned Interest</U>&#148;).
Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment, without representation or warranty by the Assignor. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">1.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Assignor:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">2.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Assignee:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [<I>identify Lender</I>]<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP>]</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Borrower:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Alliant Energy Corporation</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Administrative&nbsp;Agent:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">5.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Credit Agreement:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014 (as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, the &#147;<U>Credit Agreement</U>&#148;), among the Borrower, certain lenders from time to
time parties thereto (the &#147;<U>Lenders</U>&#148;) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Select as applicable. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Assigned Interest:</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Facility</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:33.25pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Assigned<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP></B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Aggregate&nbsp;Amount&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Commitment/Loans</B><br><B>for all Lenders<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">3</SUP></B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Amount of</B><br><B>Commitment/Loans</B><br><B>Assigned<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">3</SUP></B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Percentage&nbsp;Assigned&nbsp;of<BR>Commitment/Loans<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">4</SUP></B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CUSIP</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Number<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">5</SUP></B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">%</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>$</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">%</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>$</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">%</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">[7.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trade Date:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>]<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">6</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">8.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Effective&nbsp;Date:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> [TO BE INSERTED BY THE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE
REGISTER THEREFOR.]</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g. &#147;Loans&#148; or &#147;Commitments&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">3</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">4</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">5</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Insert if applicable. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">6</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>ASSIGNOR:</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="3"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>ASSIGNEE:</B></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="3"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>WELLS&nbsp;FARGO&nbsp;BANK,&nbsp;NATIONAL&nbsp;ASSOCIATION</B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">ANNEX 1 to Lender Assignment </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Term
Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;7, 2014, among Alliant Energy Corporation, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">as the Borrower, certain Lenders from time to
time parties thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">National Association, as Administrative Agent </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">LENDER ASSIGNMENT </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.
<U>Representations and Warranties</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.1 <U>Assignor</U>. The Assignor (i)&nbsp;represents and warrants that (A)&nbsp;it is the legal
and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (B)&nbsp;the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (C)&nbsp;it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver
this Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (ii)&nbsp;assumes no responsibility with respect to (A)&nbsp;any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document, (B)&nbsp;the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (C)&nbsp;the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates
or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (D)&nbsp;the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.2. <U>Assignee</U>. The Assignee (i)&nbsp;represents and warrants that (A)&nbsp;it has full power and authority, and has taken all action
necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (B)&nbsp;it meets all requirements of an assignee of the Assigned Interest under the Credit
Agreement (subject to receipt of such consents as may be required under the Credit Agreement), (C)&nbsp;from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the
Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (D)&nbsp;it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section&nbsp;4.1(f) thereof or delivered
pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1(h) thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the
basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Agent, Assignor or any other Lender, and (E)&nbsp;attached to the Assignment is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of
the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (ii)&nbsp;agrees that (A)&nbsp;it will, independently and without reliance on the Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall
deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (B)&nbsp;it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of the Loan
Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. <U>Payments</U>. From and after the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments in
respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts that have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts that have accrued from and after
the Effective Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <U>General Provisions</U>. This Assignment shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment by facsimile or
other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment. This Assignment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. </P>
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