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Stonepeak Warrants
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Stonepeak Warrants, With Exercise Price Of Dollars 5.50
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Stonepeak Loan Facility
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Period of company may elect to payment of interest in kind	2 years
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Internal rate of return for each lender under loan facility	11.50%
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Amount of interest to be payable-in-kind			$ 15,000,000
Amount of interest to be payable-in-kind for each quarter		$ 5,000,000	5,000,000	$ 5,000,000
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Stonepeak Loan Facility \| If Change In Control Occurs After Second Anniversary Of Loan Facility Closing Date
Debt
Internal rate of return for each lender under loan facility	11.50%
Stonepeak Term Loan
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Principal Balance			$ 310,000,000		$ 300,000,000
Stonepeak delayed draw term loan
Debt
Debt issuance amount	$ 100,000,000
Commitment fee	1.00%