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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-001668
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190102
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190103
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190103

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CONMED CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000816956
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845]
		IRS NUMBER:				160977505
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16093
		FILM NUMBER:		19506956

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 FRENCH ROAD
		CITY:			UTICA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			13502
		BUSINESS PHONE:		315-624-3208

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 FRENCH ROAD
		CITY:			UTICA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			13502
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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:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></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:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> </B></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:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <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) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<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): January&nbsp;2, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CONMED CORPORATION </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">0-16093</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16-0977505</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of Incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">797-8375</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former name or former address if changed since last report.) </B></P>
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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 registrant 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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405
of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <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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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On January&nbsp;2, 2019, CONMED Corporation, a New York corporation (&#147;<U>CONMED</U>&#148;), and its subsidiary Linvatec Nederland B.V., a
Netherlands private limited company (<I>besloten vennootschap</I>), entered into the Second Amendment (the &#147;<U>Second Amendment</U>&#148;) to the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated January&nbsp;4, 2016 (the &#147;<U>Credit
Agreement</U>&#148;), among CONMED Corporation, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined therein) from time to time parties thereto, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to CONMED&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> on January&nbsp;4, 2016. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Second Amendment amends the Credit Agreement to (i)&nbsp;permit the previously announced acquisition by CONMED of all of the issued and
outstanding common stock of Palmerton Holdings, Inc., a New York corporation, and all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Buffalo Filter LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, each of which is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Filtration Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&#147;<U>Filtration Group</U>&#148;), pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement entered into with Filtration Group on December&nbsp;13, 2018 (the &#147;<U>Acquisition</U>&#148;), as well
as the related financing therefor, and (ii)&nbsp;make certain other amendments to facilitate CONMED&#146;s operational flexibility in connection with the Acquisition, In addition, the Second Amendment makes certain technical changes to include
customary <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;bail-in&#148;</FONT> and &#147;beneficial ownership certification&#148; provisions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Second Amendment was entered into by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, each of Bank of America, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., DNB Capital, LLC, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Citizens Bank, N.A. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as lenders,
and DNB Bank ASA, New York Branch, as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-documentation</FONT> agent, each of which is a party to the Credit Agreement. Those parties (or their affiliates) have also agreed to provide a portion of the bridge financing
for the Acquisition. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Second Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be
complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Second Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d684105dex101.htm">Second Amendment, dated January&nbsp;2, 2019, to the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated January&nbsp;
4, 2016, among CONMED Corporation, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined therein) from time to time parties thereto, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Daniel S. Jonas</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">SECOND AMENDMENT </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECOND
AMENDMENT, dated as of January&nbsp;2, 2019 (this &#147;<U>Amendment</U>&#148;), to the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;4, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
&#147;<U>Credit Agreement</U>&#148;), among CONMED Corporation, a New York corporation (the &#147;<U>Parent Borrower</U>&#148;), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined therein) from time to time parties thereto, the several banks and other
financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto (the &#147;<U>Lenders</U>&#148;) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the &#147;<U>Administrative Agent</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>W</U> <U>I</U> <U>T</U> <U>N</U> <U>E</U> <U>S</U> <U>S</U> <U>E</U> <U>T</U> <U>H</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to make, and have made, certain loans and other extensions of credit to the
Borrowers; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has further requested that the Credit Agreement be amended as set forth herein; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, Lenders constituting the Required Lenders are willing to agree to this Amendment on the terms set forth herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 1.<U>&nbsp;Capitalized Terms</U>. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them
in the Credit Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 2.<U>&nbsp;Amendments</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1.1 (Defined Terms)</U>. Section&nbsp;1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) inserting the following new definitions in proper alphabetical order: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> Action</U>&#148;: the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the
applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> Legislation</U>&#148;: with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55
of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> Legislation
Schedule. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Beneficial Ownership Certification</U>&#148; means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as
required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Beneficial Ownership Regulation</U>&#148; means 31 C.F.R. &#167; 1010.230. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>EEA Financial Institution</U>&#148;: (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of
an EEA Resolution Authority, (b)&nbsp;any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in </P>
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clause (a)&nbsp;of this definition, or (c)&nbsp;any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a)&nbsp;or (b) of this
definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>EEA Member Country</U>&#148;: any of the member states of
the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>EEA Resolution Authority</U>&#148;: any public administrative authority or
any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>EU <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> Legislation Schedule</U>&#148;: the EU
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Filtration Acquisition</U>&#148;: the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Palmerton Holdings, Inc. and
all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Buffalo Filter LLC pursuant to the Filtration Acquisition Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Filtration Acquisition Agreement</U>&#148;: that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December&nbsp;13, 2018, between
the Parent Borrower and Filtration Group FGC LLC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Filtration Bridge Facility</U>&#148;: a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">364-day</FONT> unsecured bridge facility incurred to finance the consummation of the Filtration Acquisition; <U>provided</U> that the aggregate principal amount of the Filtration Bridge Facility shall not exceed
$365,000,000 at any time outstanding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Filtration Incremental Term Loan</U>&#148;: an Incremental Term Loan Facility incurred to
finance the consummation of the Filtration Acquisition. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction</U>&#148;: any call or capped call
option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to common stock of the Parent Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Parent Borrower) entered into by the
Parent Borrower in connection with the issuance of any Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness; <U>provided</U> that the amount paid by the Parent Borrower to any counterparty in connection with the execution and delivery of such Permitted Bond Hedge
Transaction, less the proceeds received by the Parent Borrower in connection with the execution and delivery of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by the Parent Borrower from the sale of such
Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Permitted Warrant Transaction</U>&#148;: any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or
substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Parent Borrower&#146;s common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Parent Borrower) and/or cash (in an amount
determined by reference to the price of such common stock) entered into by the Parent Borrower substantially concurrently with any entry into by the Parent Borrower of a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Second Amendment</U>&#148;: the First Amendment to this Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;2, 2019. </P>
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precedent set forth in Section&nbsp;3 of the Second Amendment shall have been satisfied, which date is January&nbsp;2, 2019. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Write-Down and Conversion Powers</U>&#148;: with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such
EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> Legislation Schedule. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) amending the definition of &#147;Capital
Stock&#148; by inserting immediately prior to the &#147;.&#148; at the end thereof the following text: &#147;, but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any debt securities whether or not convertible into, exchangeable for or referencing any of the
foregoing&#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) amending the definition of &#147;Consolidated EBITDA&#148; by: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) inserting the text &#147;(i)&#148; at the beginning of clause (g)&nbsp;thereof; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) inserting immediately prior to the &#147;,&#148; at the end of clause (g)&nbsp;thereof the following text: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147; and (ii)&nbsp;costs and expenses related to the Filtration Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) amending the definitions of &#147;Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio&#148; and &#147;Consolidated Total Net
Leverage Ratio&#148; by deleting clause (iii)&nbsp;of each of such definitions and substituting in lieu thereof the following text: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(iii) an amount equal to the lesser of (x) $25,000,000 and (y)&nbsp;the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents
of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such day&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) amending the definition of &#147;Defaulting Lender&#148; by (i)&nbsp;deleting the word &#147;or&#148; at the end of clause
(c)&nbsp;thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the text &#147;,&#148;, (ii) deleting the &#147;.&#148; at the end of clause (d)&nbsp;thereof and inserting in lieu thereof &#147;or&#148; and (iii)&nbsp;inserting the following new clause
(e)&nbsp;in appropriate alphabetical order: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(e) has, or its Lender Parent has, become the subject of a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> Action.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) amending the definition of &#147;Permitted Business
Acquisition&#148; by: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) inserting immediately prior to the &#147;,&#148; at the end of clause (a)&nbsp;thereof the
parenthetical &#147;(or, with respect to the Filtration Acquisition, no Event of Default under clause (a)&nbsp;or clause (f)&nbsp;of Article VIII shall have occurred and be continuing)&#148;; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) inserting the following parenthetical immediately after the text &#147;0.25x lower than the Consolidated Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio in effect for such fiscal quarter under Section&nbsp;7.1(a)&#148; in clause (d)(i) thereof: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(or, in the case of the
Filtration Acquisition, at the election of the Parent Borrower, the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, computed on a <U>pro</U> <U>forma</U> basis as at the last day of the most recently ended
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of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries for which financial statements are available as of the date of execution of the Filtration Acquisition Agreement as if the Filtration Acquisition and
related financings or other transactions (without regard to the making of any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">earn-out</FONT> payments) had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing such compliance, is no greater than 4.00 to
1.00)&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) amending the definition of &#147;Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness&#148; by: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) deleting clause (a)&nbsp;thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the following text: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(a) other than with respect to the Filtration Bridge Facility, no part of the principal of which is stated to be payable or is required
to be paid (whether by way of mandatory sinking fund, mandatory redemption, mandatory prepayment or other mandatory payment) prior to the final maturity date of the Term Loans then outstanding or, if later, the Revolving Credit Termination Date
(provided, however, that, if the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor has the right to elect to pay, or elects to pay, the principal amount of any such unsecured Indebtedness in cash upon a holder&#146;s exercise of its conversion or exchange
right under such unsecured Indebtedness, such right or payment is not limited by this clause (a))&#148;; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) deleting
clause (c)&nbsp;thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the text &#147;(c) [reserved]&#148;; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z) inserting
immediately prior to the &#147;.&#148; at the end of clause (e)&nbsp;thereof the text &#147;or similarly situated borrowers in loan transactions at the time of incurrence, as applicable&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) amending the definition of &#147;Swap Agreement&#148; by (i)&nbsp;inserting the text &#147;(i)&#148; immediately prior
to the words &#147;any agreement&#148; at the beginning thereof and (ii)&nbsp;inserting immediately prior to the proviso at the end thereof the following text: &#147;, (ii) any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and (iii)&nbsp;any Permitted Warrant
Transaction&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.12 (Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions)</U>.
Section&nbsp;2.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new clause (g)&nbsp;in appropriate alphabetical order: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any Indebtedness is outstanding under the Bridge Filtration Facility, any prepayments
required by Section&nbsp;2.12(a) or (b)&nbsp;shall be applied first to Indebtedness under the Bridge Filtration Facility until such Indebtedness is paid in full prior to any such prepayment being applied to the Term Loans, in each case to the extent
such prepayment is required to be applied to Indebtedness outstanding under the Bridge Filtration Facility pursuant to the terms of the definitive documentation in respect thereof.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.28 (Incremental Facilities)</U>. Section&nbsp;2.28(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) inserting immediately after the text &#147;(i)&#148; in clause (i)&nbsp;of the proviso thereof the
parenthetical &#147;(other than in the case of the Filtration Incremental Term Loan)&#148;; and </P>
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therein the text &#147;plus, with respect to the Filtration Incremental Term Loan (if any), an additional $15,000,000&#148;; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)
<U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;4.15 (Subsidiaries)</U>. Section&nbsp;4.15(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text &#147;directors and directors&#146; qualifying shares&#148; therein and substituting in lieu
thereof the text &#147;directors, directors&#146; qualifying shares, Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions and Permitted Warrant Transactions&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;4.18 (Accuracy of Information)</U>. Section&nbsp;4.18 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by adding the following sentence after the last sentence thereof: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;As of the Second Amendment Effective Date, to the best knowledge
of the Parent Borrower, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification provided on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date to any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all respects.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <U>Amendment to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2 (Conditions to Each Extension of Credit)</U>. Section&nbsp;5.2 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the parenthetical &#147;(other than its initial extension of credit on the Closing Date)&#148; and substituting in lieu thereof the parenthetical &#147;(other than its initial extension of credit on the Closing Date and
any extension of credit in respect of the Filtration Incremental Term Loan (it being understood that any extension of credit in respect of the Filtration Incremental Term Loan shall be subject to the conditionality agreed by the Parent Borrower and
the lenders in respect thereof))&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.2 (Certificates; Other Information)</U>.
Section&nbsp;6.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i)&nbsp;deleting the word &#147;and&#148; at the end of clause (e)&nbsp;thereof, (ii) deleting the &#147;.&#148; at the end of clause (f)&nbsp;thereof and substituting in lieu thereof
the text &#147;; and&#148; and (iii)&nbsp;inserting the following new clause (g)&nbsp;in appropriate alphabetical order: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(g) Each
Borrower will, promptly following its receipt of any written request therefor, deliver information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with the Beneficial Ownership
Regulation.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.1(a) (Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio)</U>. Subject to the
proviso at the end of this clause (h), Section&nbsp;7.1(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting certain rows of the table set forth therein, beginning with the row applicable for the fiscal quarter ending December&nbsp;31, 2018 and
through (and including) the row applicable for the fiscal quarter ending December&nbsp;31, 2019 and thereafter, and replacing such rows with the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">4.25&nbsp;to&nbsp;1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">4.25 to 1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">September&nbsp;30, 2019</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">4.25 to 1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;31, 2019</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2020</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">4.00 to 1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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March&nbsp;20, 2019, then the ratios set forth in the table above with respect to each fiscal quarter end set forth above shall be 4.00 to 1.00.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.1(b) (Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio)</U>. Subject to the proviso at the end of this
clause (i), Section&nbsp;7.1(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(b)
<U>Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio</U>. Permit the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to
exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;31, 2018</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">5.75&nbsp;to&nbsp;1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2019</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">5.75 to 1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;30, 2019</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">5.75 to 1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">September&nbsp;30, 2019</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">5.75 to 1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;31, 2019</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">5.50 to 1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2020</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">5.50 to 1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;30, 2020</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">5.50 to 1.00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">September&nbsp;30,&nbsp;2020&nbsp;and&nbsp;thereafter</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">5.50 to 1.00</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">; <U>provided</U> that if the Parent Borrower issues at least $75&nbsp;million of Capital Stock after the date
of execution of the Filtration Acquisition Agreement but on or prior to the consummation of the Filtration Acquisition, each ratio set forth in the above table shall be reduced by 0.50 to 1.00; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that, in the event
that the Filtration Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to March&nbsp;20, 2019, then the ratios set forth in the table above with respect to each fiscal quarter end set forth above shall be 5.00 to 1.00.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.2 (Limitation on Indebtedness)</U>. Section&nbsp;7.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) amending clause (l)&nbsp;thereof by: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) inserting immediately at the end of clause (x)&nbsp;thereof the following parenthetical: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(or, with respect to any Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness incurred to finance the Filtration Acquisition, no Event of Default under
clause (a)&nbsp;or clause (f)&nbsp;of Article VIII shall have occurred and be continuing)&#148;; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) inserting
immediately at the end of clause (y)&nbsp;thereof the following parenthetical: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(or, at the election of the Parent Borrower, with
respect to any Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness incurred to finance the Filtration Acquisition, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a <U>pro</U> <U>forma</U> basis after giving effect to the
incurrence of such Indebtedness, shall not exceed 5.75 to 1.00 (or, if the Parent Borrower issues at least $75&nbsp;million of Capital Stock after the date of </P>
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execution of the Filtration Acquisition Agreement but on or prior to the consummation of the Filtration Acquisition, 5.25 to 1.00) recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal
quarter of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries for which financial statements are available as of the date of execution of the Filtration Acquisition Agreement as if the Filtration Acquisition and related financings or other transactions
(without regard to the making of any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">earn-out</FONT> payments) had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing such compliance)&#148;; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) amending clause (o)&nbsp;thereof by deleting the word &#147;and&#148; at the end thereof; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) amending clause (p)&nbsp;thereof by (i)&nbsp;deleting the word &#147;and&#148; at the end of clause (i)&nbsp;thereof, (ii) deleting the
word &#147;other&#148; in clause (ii)&nbsp;thereof, (iii) deleting the &#147;.&#148; at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the text &#147;, (iii) Obligations in respect of Swap Agreements entered into in connection with any Permitted Bond
Hedge Transaction and (iv)&nbsp;Obligations in respect of Swap Agreements entered into in connection with any Permitted Warrant Transaction; and&#148;; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) inserting the following new clause (q)&nbsp;in appropriate alphabetical order: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(q) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower acquired pursuant to the Filtration Acquisition; <U>provided</U> that the
Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, computed on a <U>pro</U> <U>forma</U> basis as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries for which
financial statements are available as of the date of execution of the Filtration Acquisition Agreement giving effect to the Indebtedness contemplated by this clause (q)&nbsp;and calculated as if the Filtration Acquisition and related financings or
other transactions (without regard to the making of any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">earn-out</FONT> payments) had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing such compliance, is no greater than 4.00 to 1.00.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.3 (Limitation on Liens)</U>. Section&nbsp;7.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(i)&nbsp;deleting the word &#147;and&#148; at the end of clause (o)&nbsp;thereof, (ii) deleting the &#147;.&#148; at the end of clause (p)&nbsp;thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the text &#147;; and&#148; and (iii)&nbsp;inserting the
following new clause (q)&nbsp;in appropriate alphabetical order: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(q) Liens on property or assets acquired pursuant to the Filtration
Acquisition, or on property or assets of a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower in existence at the time such Subsidiary is acquired pursuant to the Filtration Acquisition; <U>provided</U> that (i)&nbsp;any Indebtedness that is secured by such Liens is
permitted to exist under Section&nbsp;7.2(q), (ii) such Liens do not attach to any other asset of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than any replacements of such property or assets and accessions thereto and proceeds thereof, or,
in the case of any acquired Subsidiary, after-acquired property of such Person of the same type and consistent with that contemplated at the time such original Lien was created and (iii)&nbsp;such Liens secure no greater principal amount of
Indebtedness than the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness, if any, secured by such Liens on the date of the Filtration Acquisition&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.6 (Limitation on Restricted Payments</U>. Section&nbsp;7.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by (i)&nbsp;deleting the word &#147;and&#148; at the end of section 7.6(d) thereof, (ii)&nbsp;deleting the &#147;.&#148; at the end of clause (e)&nbsp;thereof and substituting in lieu thereof a &#147;;&#148; and (iii)&nbsp;inserting the
following new clauses (f)&nbsp;and (g) in appropriate alphabetical order: </P>
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and otherwise perform its obligations under, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction and (ii)&nbsp;make any Restricted Payments and/or payments or deliveries required by the terms of, and otherwise perform its
obligations under, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction (including making payments and/or deliveries due upon exercise and settlement or termination thereof); and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower may make any Restricted Payments and/or payments or deliveries in shares of common stock (or
other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Parent Borrower or any such Subsidiary Borrower) (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash required by the terms of, and otherwise perform its
obligations under, any Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness (including making payments of interest and principal thereon, making payments due upon required repurchase thereof and/or making payments and deliveries due upon conversion thereof).&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) <U>Amendments to Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.8 (Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances)</U>. Section&nbsp;7.8 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by (i)&nbsp;deleting the word &#147;and&#148; at the end of clause (k)&nbsp;thereof, (ii) deleting the &#147;.&#148; at the end of clause (l)&nbsp;thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the text &#147;; and&#148; and
(iii)&nbsp;inserting the following new clause (m)&nbsp;in appropriate alphabetical order: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(m) to the extent constituting
Investments, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or any Permitted Warrant Transaction.&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) <U>Amendments to
Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.9 (Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of Debt Instruments, etc.)</U> Section&nbsp;7.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) inserting the word &#147;voluntary&#148; immediately prior to the text &#147;payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption&#148; in clause
(a)&nbsp;thereof; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) inserting immediately prior to the &#147;;&#148; at the end of clause (a)&nbsp;thereof the following text: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;, except this Section&nbsp;7.9(a) shall not limit payments or deliveries by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower in shares of
common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Parent Borrower or any such Subsidiary Borrower) (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash required by the terms of, and
otherwise perform its obligations under, any Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness (including making payments of interest and principal thereon, making payments due upon required repurchase thereof and/or making payments and deliveries due upon
conversion thereof)&#148;; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) inserting immediately prior to the &#147;;&#148; at the end of clause (c)(i) thereof the following
parenthetical: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(provided, however, that, if the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor has the right to elect to pay, or elects
to pay, the principal amount of any such Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness in cash upon a holder&#146;s exercise of its conversion or exchange right under such Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness, such right or payment is not limited by this clause
(i))&#148;; and </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) deleting clause (c)(iii) thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the text &#147;(iii)
[reserved]&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) <U>Amendment to Article VIII (Events of Default)</U>. Clause (e)&nbsp;of Article VIII is hereby amended by deleting
the proviso set forth therein and substituting in lieu thereof the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>provided</U> that a default, event or condition
described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii)&nbsp;of this paragraph (e)&nbsp;shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default if the Indebtedness is in respect of any Permitted Warrant Transaction or unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events
or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)&nbsp;of this paragraph (e)&nbsp;shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate $25,000,000;
<U>provided</U> <U>further</U> that this clause (e)&nbsp;shall not apply to any Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness to the extent such default, event or condition occurs as a result of (x)&nbsp;the satisfaction of a conversion contingency, (y)&nbsp;the
exercise by a holder of Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness of a conversion right resulting from the satisfaction of a conversion contingency or (z)&nbsp;a required repurchase under such Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness;&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p) <U>Addition of Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10.21 (Acknowledgement and Consent to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-in</FONT> of EEA
Financial Institutions)</U>. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding Section&nbsp;10.21 to read as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Section&nbsp;10.21 <U>Acknowledgement</U><U> and Consent to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> of EEA Financial
Institutions</U>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution
arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising
hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the effects of any <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Bail-In</FONT> Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) a reduction in full
or in part or cancellation of any such liability; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or
other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu
of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) the variation
of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 3.<U>&nbsp;Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment</U>. The amendments set forth in this Amendment shall become effective on the date
(the &#147;<U>Second Amendment Effective Date</U>&#148;) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied: </P>
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the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower, each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower party to the Credit Agreement on the Second Amendment Effective Date and Lenders constituting the Required Lenders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received, on or before the Second Amendment Effective Date, all fees required to be
paid on or before the Second Amendment Effective Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on or before the Second Amendment
Effective Date (to the extent invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date), all reasonable and documented expenses required to be paid on or before the Second Amendment Effective Date (including the reasonable
and documented fees and expenses of one legal counsel). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) To the extent any Borrower qualifies as a &#147;legal entity customer&#148;
under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to the Parent Borrower, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to any applicable Borrower
shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification (provided that, upon the execution and delivery by such Lender of its signature page to this Agreement, the condition set forth in this clause (d)&nbsp;shall be deemed to be satisfied).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 4.<U>&nbsp;Representations and Warranties</U>. Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants that (a)&nbsp;each of the
representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents are, after giving effect to this Amendment, true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects if qualified by materiality) on and as of the Second
Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, except for representations and warranties expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and
correct in all material respects (or in all respects if qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date and (b)&nbsp;after giving effect to this Amendment, no 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">SECTION 5.<U>&nbsp;Effects on Credit Documents</U>. (a)&nbsp;Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or
otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any
of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or of any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue
in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Parent Borrower or any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants
or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) On and after the
Second Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to &#147;this Agreement&#148;, &#147;hereunder&#148;, &#147;hereof&#148;, &#147;herein&#148;, or words of like import, and each reference to the Credit Agreement in any other
Loan Document shall be deemed a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. This Amendment shall constitute a &#147;Loan Document&#148; for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 6.<U>&nbsp;Expenses</U>. The Parent Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable and documented <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent.
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OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. </B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 8.<U>&nbsp;Counterparts</U>. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate
counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Amendment signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 9.<U>&nbsp;Headings</U>. The Section headings used in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the
construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[<I>Remainder of page intentionally left blank</I>] </P>
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delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year 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">Senior Vice President</TD></TR>
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