Execution Version

Exhibit 10.29

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 9, 2022 (this “Agreement”) is by and among the Lenders party hereto, GPM PETROLEUM LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto and CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), Swingline Lender and an Issuing Lender.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2019, by and among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto from time to time, the lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”) from time to time, and Capital One, National Association, as Administrative Agent and the other agents and parties party thereto from time to time (as amended by that certain Increase Agreement and Amendment, dated as of April 1, 2020, the “Existing Credit Agreement”, and as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including by this Agreement, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement the Administrative Agent has determined that U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 2.12 of the Existing Credit Agreement, are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR;

WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower and the Lenders that it has elected to declare that an Early Opt-in Election (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) has occurred, and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower propose to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to replace LIBOR (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) with a Benchmark Replacement; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.12(b)(i) of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, and the Lenders party hereto, constituting the Required Lenders, have agreed to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to replace LIBOR as more particularly described and provided for herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1.
Amendment of Existing Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date,
(a)
the Existing Credit Agreement (exclusive of Schedules and Exhibits thereto) is hereby amended by deleting the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and by inserting the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A;
(b)
Exhibit 1.1(c) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form of Exhibit 1.1(c) attached hereto; and

 

 


 

(c)
Exhibit 1.1(d) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form of Exhibit 1.1(d) attached hereto.
SECTION 2.
Reaffirmation and Confirmation of Credit Documents. Each of the Credit Parties hereby (a) acknowledges the existence, validity and enforceability of this Agreement, (b) confirms and ratifies all of its obligations under the Credit Agreement (immediately after giving effect to this Agreement), each Security Document and the other Credit Documents to which it is party, including its respective guarantees, pledges, grants of security interests and other obligations, as applicable, under and subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, each Security Document and each of the other Credit Documents to which it is party, and (c) agrees that such guarantees, pledges, grants of security interests and other obligations, and the terms of the Credit Agreement, each Security Document and each of the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, are not impaired or adversely affected in any manner whatsoever and shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with their terms and, as applicable, shall guarantee and secure all secured Obligations under the Credit Agreement, as modified pursuant to this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all references to the “Credit Agreement” (or words of similar import) in the Credit Documents (including each Security Document) refer to the Credit Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement without impairing any such obligations or Liens in any respect.
SECTION 3.
Conditions to Initial Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the following conditions (the date on which such conditions are satisfied or waived, the “Amendment Effective Date”):
(a)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Required Lenders.
(b)
The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all fees and amounts due and payable, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder and under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent).
SECTION 4.
Representations and Warranties of the Credit Parties. Each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants, as of the Amendment Effective Date, as follows:
(a)
Each of the representations and warranties contained in Article III of the Credit Agreement and in each of the other Credit Documents is true and correct in all material respects (except with respect to representations and warranties which are expressly qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly specifically refer to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
(b)
No Default or Event of Default exists as of the Amendment Effective Date.
SECTION 5.
Effects on Credit Documents.
(a)
Except as specifically amended herein, all Credit Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.

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(b)
The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Credit Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents.
(c)
The Credit Parties and the other parties hereto acknowledge and agree that this Agreement shall constitute a Credit Document.
SECTION 6.
Amendments; Execution in Counterparts.
(a)
This Agreement shall not constitute an amendment of any other provision of the Credit Agreement not referred to herein and shall not be construed as a waiver or consent to any further or future action on the part of the Borrower and any other Credit Party that would require a waiver or consent of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent. Except as expressly amended hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect.
(b)
This Agreement may not be amended nor may any provision hereof be waived except pursuant to a writing signed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto 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 Agreement by facsimile or other electronic submission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 7.
GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (i) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (ii) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION AND IN SECTION 9.16 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

GPM PETROLEUM LP, as the Borrower


By: GPM Petroleum GP, LLC, its general partner
 

By /s/ Don Bassell___________________________

Name: Don Bassell
Title: CFO

 

By /s/ Maury Bricks___________________________

Name: Maury Bricks
Title: General Counsel

 

 

 

GPM PETROLEUM, LLC, as a Guarantor

 

By /s/ Don Bassell_____________________________

Name: Don Bassell
Title: CFO

 

By /s/ Maury Bricks__________________________

Name: Maury Bricks
Title: General Counsel

 

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment]


 

Consented to by:

 

 

CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Administrative Agent, a Lender, Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender

 

By: /s/ Gabrielle Uzdin_____________________________

Name: Gabrielle Uzdin

Title: Duly Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment]


 

Consented to by:

 

 

KeyBank NA,

as a Lender

 

 

 

By: /s/ Amra Rausche___________________________

Name: Amra Rausche

Title: Senior Vice President

 

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment]


 

Consented to by:

 

 

Santander Bank, N.A.,

as a Lender

 

By: /s/ Jennifer Baydian_________________

Name: Jennifer Baydian

Title: Senior Vice President

 

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment]


 

Consented to by:

 

 

Fifth Third Bank, National Association

as a Lender

 

By: /s/ Mike Ross_________________

Name: Mike Ross

Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment]


 

Consented to by:

 

 

Raymond James Bank

as a Lender

 

By: /s/ Mark Specht_________________

Name: Mark Specht

Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment]


 

Consented to by:

 

 

Citizens Bank, N.A.,

as a Lender

 

By: /s/ Marc C. Van Horn_________________

Name: Marc C. Van Horn

Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment]


 

Consented to by:

 

 

Truist Bank,

as a Lender

 

By: /s/ Jonathon Austin_________________

Name: Jonathon Austin

Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment]


 

Consented to by:

 

 

Atlantic Union Bank,

as a Lender

 

By: /s/ William P. Massie_______________

Name: William P. Massie

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment]


 

Exhibit A

Credit Agreement

 

(see attached)

 

 

 


 

Exhibit 1.1(c)

Form of Notice of Borrowing

 

(see attached)

 

 


 

Exhibit 1.1(d)

Form of Notice of Conversion/Extension

 

(see attached)

 


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of July 15, 2019

among

GPM PETROLEUM LP,
as the Borrower,

Certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower
from time to time party hereto,
as Guarantors,

CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

and

SANTANDER BANK, N.A.,

as Co-Syndication Agents,

and

The Lenders from time to time party hereto

 


CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

KEYBANK CAPITAL MARKETS INC.

and

SANTANDER BANK, N.A.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Article I DEFINITIONS 1

Section 1.1 Defined Terms 1

Section 1.2 Types of Loans 3637

Section 1.3 Other Definitional Provisions 3637

Section 1.4 Accounting Terms; GAAP 3637

Section 1.5 Time References 3738

Section 1.6 Execution of Documents 3738

Section 1.7 Divisions 3738

Section 1.8 Letter of Credit Amounts 3738

Section 1.9 Interest Rates 3839

Article II THE LOANS; AMOUNT AND TERMS 3839

Section 2.1 Revolving Loans 3839

Section 2.2 Letter of Credit Subfacility 4041

Section 2.3 Swingline Loan Subfacility 4546

Section 2.4 Fees 4748

Section 2.5 Commitment Reductions 4849

Section 2.6 Prepayments 4950

Section 2.7 Default Rate and Payment Dates 5051

Section 2.8 Conversion Options 5051

Section 2.9 Computation of Interest and Fees; Usury 5152

Section 2.10 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments 5253

Section 2.11 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent 5354

Section 2.12 Inability to Determine Interest Rate; Effect of Benchmark Transition Event 5456

Section 2.13 Yield Protection 5657

Section 2.14 Compensation for Losses 5759

Section 2.15 Taxes 5859

Section 2.16 Illegality 6263

Section 2.17 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 6264

Section 2.18 Cash Collateral 6365

Section 2.19 Defaulting Lenders 6466

Section 2.20 Incremental Revolving Facility 6769

Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 6970

Section 3.1 Financial Statements 6970

Section 3.2 No Material Adverse Effect 7071

Section 3.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law; Patriot Act Information 7071

Section 3.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations 7072

 

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Section 3.5 Approvals; No Conflicts; No Default 7172

Section 3.6 No Material Litigation 7173

Section 3.7 Investment Company Act 7273

Section 3.8 Margin Regulations 7273

Section 3.9 ERISA 7273

Section 3.10 Environmental Matters 7274

Section 3.11 Use of Proceeds 7375

Section 3.12 Capitalization 7475

Section 3.13 Ownership 7475

Section 3.14 [Reserved.] 7476

Section 3.15 Taxes 7476

Section 3.16 Real Property 7476

Section 3.17 Solvency 7576

Section 3.18 Compliance with FCPA and Anti-Corruption Laws 7576

Section 3.19 Material Contracts 7577

Section 3.20 Brokers’ Fees 7577

Section 3.21 Labor Matters 7677

Section 3.22 Accuracy and Completeness of Information 7677

Section 3.23 Common Enterprise 7677

Section 3.24 Insurance 7678

Section 3.25 Security Documents 7678

Section 3.26 Classification of Senior Indebtedness 7778

Section 3.27 Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Law Compliance 7778

Section 3.28 Responsible Officer 7779

Section 3.29 Regulation H 7779

Article IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 7879

Section 4.1 Conditions to Closing Date 7879

Section 4.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit 8284

Article V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 8384

Section 5.1 Financial Statements 8384

Section 5.2 Certificates; Other Information 8485

Section 5.3 Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations 8687

Section 5.4 Existence; Conduct of Business 8688

Section 5.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance 8688

Section 5.6 Books and Records; Inspection Rights 8789

Section 5.7 Notices 8789

Section 5.8 Environmental Laws 8890

Section 5.9 Financial Covenants 8990

Section 5.10 Additional Guarantors 8991

Section 5.11 Compliance with Law 8991

Section 5.12 Pledged Assets 9091

Section 5.13 Compliance with Terms of Leaseholds 9192

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Section 5.14 Compliance with Agreements; Maintenance of Material Contracts 9193

Section 5.15 Use of Proceeds 9193

Section 5.16 Further Assurances 9293

Section 5.17 Preparation of Environmental Reports 9293

Section 5.18 Mortgages; Primary Banking; Insurance Endorsements; Control Agreements 9294

Article VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS 9496

Section 6.1 Indebtedness 9596

Section 6.2 Liens 9698

Section 6.3 Nature of Business 99100

Section 6.4 Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets, etc 99100

Section 6.5 Investments, Loans and Acquisitions 100102

Section 6.6 Transactions with Affiliates 101102

Section 6.7 Ownership of Subsidiaries; Restrictions 102103

Section 6.8 Corporate Changes 102103

Section 6.9 Limitation on Restricted Actions 102104

Section 6.10 Restricted Payments 103104

Section 6.11 Amendments to Organization Documents, Material Contracts, or Fiscal Year End; Prepayments of other Indebtedness 103105

Section 6.12 Hedging Agreements 104106

Section 6.13 Sale and Leaseback 104106

Section 6.14 Anti-Terrorism Laws 104106

Article VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT 105106

Section 7.1 Events of Default 105106

Section 7.2 Acceleration; Remedies 108110

Article VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 109110

Section 8.1 Appointment and Authority 109110

Section 8.2 Nature of Duties 109111

Section 8.3 Exculpatory Provisions 110111

Section 8.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent 111112

Section 8.5 Notice of Default 111112

Section 8.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 111113

Section 8.7 Indemnification 112113

Section 8.8 Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity 112114

Section 8.9 Resignation of Administrative Agent 112114

Section 8.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters 113115

Section 8.11 [Reserved.] 114116

Section 8.12 Agency for Perfection 114116

Section 8.13 Proof of Claim 115116

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Section 8.14 Treasury Management Agreements and Secured Hedging Agreements 115117

Article IX MISCELLANEOUS 116117

Section 9.1 Amendment or Waiver; Acceleration by Required Lenders 116117

Section 9.2 Notices 119120

Section 9.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies 120122

Section 9.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties 120122

Section 9.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes; Indemnity 120122

Section 9.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations 122124

Section 9.7 Right of Set-off; Sharing of Payments 128129

Section 9.8 Table of Contents and Section Headings 129130

Section 9.9 Counterparts; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution 129130

Section 9.10 Severability 129131

Section 9.11 Integration 130131

Section 9.12 Governing Law 130131

Section 9.13 Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process and Venue 130131

Section 9.14 Confidentiality 131132

Section 9.15 Acknowledgments 132133

Section 9.16 Waivers of Jury Trial 132133

Section 9.17 Patriot Act Notice 132134

Section 9.18 Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities 133134

Section 9.19 Subordination of Intercompany Debt 133134

Section 9.20 Continuing Agreement 133134

Section 9.21 Press Releases and Related Matters 133135

Section 9.22 Appointment of Borrower 134135

Section 9.23 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility 134135

Section 9.24 Responsible Officers 135136

Section 9.25 Amendment and Restatement 135136

Section 9.26 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 136138

Section 9.27 Certain ERISA Matters 137138

Section 9.28 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs 138139

Article X GUARANTY 139141

Section 10.1 The Guaranty 139141

Section 10.2 Bankruptcy 140141

Section 10.3 Nature of Liability 140141

Section 10.4 Independent Obligation 140142

Section 10.5 Authorization 140142

Section 10.6 Reliance 141142

Section 10.7 Waiver 141142

Section 10.8 Limitation on Enforcement 142144

Section 10.9 Confirmation of Payment 142144

Section 10.10 Eligible Contract Participant 142144

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Section 10.11 Keepwell 143144

 

 

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Schedules

Schedule 1.1 Lender Commitments

Schedule 1.2 Distribution Contracts

Schedule 3.3 Patriot Act Information

Schedule 3.9 ERISA Matters

Schedule 3.12 Subsidiaries

Schedule 3.16 Real Property; Business Locations

Schedule 3.19 Material Contracts

Schedule 6.2 Liens

Schedule 9.2 Notices

 

Exhibits

Exhibit 1.1(a) Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit 1.1(b) Form of Joinder Agreement

Exhibit 1.1(c) Form of Notice of Borrowing

Exhibit 1.1(d) Form of Notice of Conversion/Extension

Exhibit 2.1(e) Form of Revolving Loan Note

Exhibit 2.4(d) Form of Swingline Loan Note

Exhibit 2.15(a) Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

Exhibit 2.15(b) Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

Exhibit 2.15(c) Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

Exhibit 2.15(d) Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

Exhibit 4.1(h) Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit 5.2(a) Form of Compliance Certificate

 

 

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This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 15, 2019 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among GPM PETROLEUM LP, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its successors and assigns, the “Borrower”), the Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto, the Lenders (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto, and CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and as the Issuing Lender (as defined below).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Guarantors are party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2016 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto from time to time, KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and the other parties party thereto.

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders mutually desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety.

NOW, THEREOF, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

AGREEMENT:

Article I


DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Acquisition” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose or resulting, directly or indirectly, in the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise) of (a) Equity Interests, other ownership interests or other securities of any Person, (b) bonds, notes or debentures of any Person, (c) any assets of any Person, or (d) any Person by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or any combination with such Person.
“Adjusted Term SOFR” shall mean, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation, plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided, that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement and shall include any successors in such capacity.

 


 

Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, the Person specified.
Agreement” shall mean this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended by the Increase Agreement and Amendment, and as the same may from time to time be further amended, modified, amended and restated, supplemented or restated.
Alternate Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the sum of (i) LIBOR (as determined pursuant to the definition of LIBOR), forAdjusted Term SOFR calculated for each such day based on an Interest Period of one (1) month commencing ondetermined two (2) Business Days prior to such day plus (ii) 1.00%, in each instance as of such date of determination. For purposes hereof: “Prime Rate” shall mean, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced or otherwise identified from time to time by the Administrative Agent at its principal office in the United States of America 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 the Prime Rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Administrative 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; and “Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, 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 on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published on the next succeeding Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error) (A) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate, for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms above or (B) that the Prime Rate or LIBORTerm SOFR no longer accurately reflects an accurate determination of the prevailing Prime Rate or LIBORTerm SOFR, the Administrative Agent may select a reasonably comparable index or source to use as the basis for the Alternate Base Rate, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in any of the foregoing will become effective on the effective date of such change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate, the Prime Rate or LIBORAdjusted Term SOFR for an Interest Period of one (1) month.
Alternate Base Rate Loans” shall mean Loans that bear interest at an interest rate based on the Alternate Base Rate.

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Applicable Margin” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum set forth below opposite the applicable level then in effect (based on the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio), it being understood that the Applicable Margin for (a) Revolving Loans that are Alternate Base Rate Loans shall be the percentage set forth under the column “Alternate Base Rate Margin,” (b) Revolving Loans that are LIBOR RateSOFR Loans shall be the percentage set forth under the column “LIBORSOFR Margin & L/C Fee,” (c) the Letter of Credit Fee shall be the percentage set forth under the column “LIBORSOFR Margin & L/C Fee,” and (d) the Commitment Fee shall be the percentage set forth under the column “Commitment Fee”:

Applicable Margin

Level

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio

LIBORSOFR Margin & L/C Fee

Alternate Base Rate Margin

Commitment Fee

I

Less than 2.50 to 1:00

2.25%

1.25%

0.300%

II

Greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 but less than 3.00 to 1.00

2.50%

1.50%

0.375%

III

Greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 but less than 3.50

2.75%

1.75%

0.375%

 

to 1.00

 

 

 

IV

Greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 but less than 4.00

3.00%

2.00%

0.500%

 

to 1.00

 

 

 

V

Greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00

3.25%

2.25%

0.500%

 

The Applicable Margin shall, in each case, be determined and adjusted quarterly on the date five (5) Business Days after the date on which the Administrative Agent has received from the Borrower the quarterly financial information (in the case of the first three fiscal quarters of the Borrower’s fiscal year), the annual financial information (in the case of the fourth fiscal quarter of the Borrower’s fiscal year) and the certifications required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.1(a), Section 5.1(b) and Section 5.2(a) (each an “Interest Determination Date”). Such Applicable Margin shall be effective from such Interest Determination Date until the next such Interest Determination Date. After the Closing Date, if the Credit Parties fail to provide the financial information or certifications in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.1(a), Section 5.1(b) and Section 5.2(a), the Applicable Margin shall, on the date five (5) Business Days after the date by which the Credit Parties were so required to provide such financial information or certifications to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, be based on Level V until such date as such information or certifications or corrected information or corrected certificates are provided, whereupon the Level shall be determined by the then current Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial Applicable Margin shall be determined based on the pro forma Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.1(l) until the financial information and certificates required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and Section 5.2(a) for the first fiscal quarter to occur following the Closing Date have been delivered to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to the Lenders. In the event that any financial statement or certification delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, the Borrower shall immediately (a) deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (b) determine the Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period based upon the corrected Compliance

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Certificate, and (c) immediately pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders the accrued additional interest and other fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders entitled thereto. It is acknowledged and agreed that nothing contained herein shall limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents, including their rights under Section 2.7 and Section 7.1. [Notwithstanding the foregoing, as of the Specified Acquisition Closing Date, the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on the pro forma Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (including, without limitation, giving pro forma effect to consummation of the Specified Acquisition and the transactions contemplated by the Increase Agreement and Amendment), as certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower on the date of the Specified Acquisition Closing Date until the financial information and certificates required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and Section 5.2(a) for the first fiscal quarter to occur following the Specified Acquisition Closing Date have been delivered to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to the Lenders.]

Applicable Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentage shall be determined based on the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
Approved Bank” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Cash Equivalents.”
Approved Fund” shall mean any Fund that is administered, managed or underwritten by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Arrangers” shall mean, collectively, Capital One, National Association, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and Santander Bank, N.A.
Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.6), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(a) or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(l).
“Available Tenor” shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.12(b)(iv).

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Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation” shall mean (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, modified, succeeded or replaced from time to time.
Bankruptcy Event” shall mean any of the events described in Section 7.1(e).
“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Benchmark” shall mean, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.12(b).
Benchmark Replacement” shall mean with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (ai) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (iA) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (iiB) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate of interest as a replacement to LIBORthe then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (bii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if thesuch Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zerothe Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” shall mean, with respect to any replacement of LIBORthe then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for eachany applicable Interest PeriodAvailable Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBORsuch Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (iib) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for

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calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBORsuch Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.12(a) and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of thesuch Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents).
Benchmark Replacement Date” shall mean the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to LIBOR: the then-current Benchmark:
(a1) in the case of clause (a1) or (b2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (ia) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (iib) the date on which the administrator of LIBORsuch Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide LIBOR; or (b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

Benchmark Transition Event” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to LIBOR: (a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of LIBOR announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR; (b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR, which states that the administrator of LIBOR has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR; or (c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR announcing that LIBOR is no longer representative.

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(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of

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information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Start Date” shall mean (a) in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (in the case of such notice by the Required Lenders) and the Lenders..
Benchmark Unavailability Period” shall mean, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to LIBOR and solely to the extent that LIBOR has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement, the period (xif any) (a) beginning at the time that sucha Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced LIBORthe then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with the Section titled “Effect of Benchmark Transition Event”2.12(b) and (yb) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced LIBORthe then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder pursuant toand under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 2.12(b).
Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certificate regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Benefit Plan” shall mean any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan.”
BHC Act Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.28(b).
Borrower” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Borrowing Date” shall mean, in respect of any Loan, the date such Loan is made.
Building” shall mean a “Building” or “Manufactured (Mobile) Home,” each as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Laws.
Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Richmond, Virginia or New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close; provided, however, that and, when useddetermined in connection with a rate determination, borrowing or payment in respect of a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks in London, England are not open for

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dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.notices and determinations in respect of SOFR or any SOFR Loan or any funding, conversion, continuation, Interest Period or payment of any SOFR Loan, that is also a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
Capital Lease” shall mean any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations with respect to which are required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Lease Obligations” shall mean, with respect to each Capital Lease, the amount of the liability reflecting the aggregate discounted amount of future payments under such Capital Lease calculated in accordance with GAAP, statement of financial accounting standards No. 13 (as amended and modified from time to time) and any corresponding future interpretations by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto relating to a Capital Lease determined in accordance with GAAP.
Capital One” shall mean Capital One, National Association.
Capital One Engagement Letter” shall mean that certain Engagement Letter, dated as of June 11, 2019, among GPM Investments, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the definition of Cash Collateralize and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
Cash Collateralize” shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for LOC Obligations, obligations in respect of Swingline Loans, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender benefiting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender, as applicable.
Cash Equivalents” shall mean (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition (“Government Obligations”), (b) Dollar denominated time deposits, certificates of deposit, Eurodollar time deposits and Eurodollar certificates of deposit of (i) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (ii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating at the time of the acquisition thereof is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof from S&P is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof from Moody’s (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 364 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition,

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(d) repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days with a bank or trust company (including a Lender) or a recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States of America, (e) obligations of any state of the United States or any political subdivision thereof for the payment of the principal and redemption price of and interest on which there shall have been irrevocably deposited Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest at times and in amounts sufficient to provide such payment, (f) money market accounts subject to Rule 2-a7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Rule 2a-7”) which consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents set forth in clauses (a) through (e) above and of which 95% shall at all times be comprised of First Tier Securities (as defined in Rule 2a-7) and any remaining amount shall at all times be comprised of Second Tier Securities (as defined in Rule 2a-7) and (g) shares of any so-called “money market fund”; provided that such fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, has net assets of at least $500,000,000 and has an investment portfolio with an average maturity of 365 days or less.
CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
CERCLIS” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
CFC” shall mean any Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) 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 “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Change of Control” shall mean:
(i)
GPM Investments shall cease to own and control, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests in the Borrower representing at least 35% of the aggregate voting power represented by the issued and outstanding limited partner Equity Interests in the Borrower;
(ii)
the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), other than by

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GPM Investments (directly or indirectly), of Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the aggregate voting power represented by the issued and outstanding limited partner Equity Interests in the Borrower and such Person or group shall be entitled to vote such Equity Interests pursuant to the terms of the Partnership Agreement;
(iii)
within any period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months, individuals who were (A) members of the board of managers, or similar governing body, of the General Partner on the first day of such period, (B) appointed or nominated by such individuals referred to in the foregoing clause (B), or (C) appointed or nominated by GPM Investments, shall not constitute a majority of the members of the board of managers, or similar governing body, of the General Partner;
(iv)
GPM Investments shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of the General Partner representing at least a majority of the aggregate voting power and non-voting economic interests represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the General Partner or cease to possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the General Partner;
(v)
the General Partner shall cease to be the sole general partner of the Borrower or in any way cease to possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the Borrower;
(vi)
except for transactions permitted by Section 6.4, the Borrower shall cease to own and Control, directly or indirectly, all of the Equity Interests of GPM Opco or any other Credit Party; or
(vii)
a “Change of Control” (as defined in the Partnership Agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement).
Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral” shall mean a collective reference to the collateral which is identified in, and at any time will be covered by, the Security Documents and any other property or assets of a Credit Party, whether tangible or intangible and whether real or personal, that may from time to time secure all or any part of the Obligations.
Commitment” shall mean the Revolving Commitments, the LOC Commitment and the Swingline Commitment, individually or collectively, as appropriate.
Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
Commitment Period” shall mean (a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans, the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Maturity

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Date, and (b) with respect to Letters of Credit, the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date that is thirty (30) days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date.
Committed Funded Exposure” shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate of the LOC Obligations and principal amount of outstanding Loans, in each case, owing to such Lender and Participation Interests of such Lender at such time.
Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended.
Commonly Controlled Entity” shall mean an entity, whether or not incorporated, which is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or is part of a group which includes the Borrower and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 412 of the Code to the extent required by such Section, Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.
Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).
Connection Income Taxes” shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
Consideration” shall mean, in connection with an Acquisition, the aggregate consideration paid, including borrowed funds, cash, the issuance of securities or notes, the assumption or incurring of liabilities (direct or contingent), the payment of consulting fees (excluding any fees payable to any investment banker in connection with such Acquisition) or fees for a covenant not to compete and any other consideration paid; provided, however, that prior to the Required Lender Notice Date, the definition of Consideration shall not include any consideration paid in the form of the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity) of the Borrower.
Consolidated” shall mean, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any other Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with the consolidation principles of GAAP.
Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period of determination, without duplication, (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) the sum of the following to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period: (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) tax expense (including, without limitation, any federal, state, local and foreign income and similar taxes) of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries for such period, (iv) other non-cash charges (excluding reserves for future cash charges) of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries for such period, (v) transaction fees and expenses incurred in connection with negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions incurred during such period and on or before the Closing Date, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 and only to the extent such fees and expenses are reasonable and customary for such transactions, as approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and (vi) reasonable and customary transaction costs and expenses incurred in connection with

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Permitted Acquisitions (irrespective of whether such Permitted Acquisitions close) in an aggregate amount for all Permitted Acquisitions not to exceed $2,000,000 (or such greater amount approved in writing by the Required Lenders), minus (c) non-cash charges previously added back to Consolidated Net Income in determining Consolidated EBITDA to the extent such non-cash charges have become cash charges during such period, minus (d) any other non-recurring, non-cash gains during such period (including, without limitation, (i) gains from the sale or exchange of assets and (ii) gains from early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Agreements of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries). Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated after giving effect to, without duplication, any Permitted Acquisition made during the applicable period of determination as if such Permitted Acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period.
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, for the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, in each case, determined on a trailing four-quarter basis; provided, that for the purpose of the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA (w) for the first fiscal quarter ending after the Specified Acquisition Closing Date shall be Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarter, multiplied by four, (x) for the second fiscal quarter ending after the Specified Acquisition Closing Date shall be Consolidated EBITDA for such two fiscal quarter period, multiplied by two, (y) for the third fiscal quarter ending after the Specified Acquisition Closing Date shall be Consolidated EBITDA for such three fiscal quarter period, multiplied by 4/3, and (z) thereafter shall be determined on a trailing four-quarter basis; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated EBITDA for the first fiscal quarter ending after the Specified Acquisition Closing Date shall be calculated after giving effect to the Specified Acquisition as if the Specified Acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period.
Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period of determination, the total interest expense paid in cash (including, without limitation, amortization of debt discount, capitalized interest and the interest component under Capital Leases and synthetic leases, tax retention operating leases, off-balance sheet loans and similar off-balance sheet financing products or the portion of any payments or accruals in connection with any of the foregoing allocable to interest expense) for such period of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis; provided, however, that Consolidated Interest Expense shall not include upfront fees paid in connection with this Agreement or any facility for borrowed money in which fees are paid from the proceeds of such facility.
Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period of determination, the net income or loss (excluding (a) extraordinary losses and extraordinary gains, and (b) income of any Person in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has an interest (which interest does not cause the net income or loss of such other Person to be consolidated with the net income or loss of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP), except to the extent of any net income actually distributed as a cash dividend or other cash distribution by such Person during such period to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum (without duplication) of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to clause (h) or (i) (except to the extent of unreimbursed drafts) of the definition of Indebtedness), all as

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determined on a Consolidated basis; provided that the outstanding principal amount of the PNC Term Loans as of such date shall only be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt to the extent, if any, the value of the cash or Cash Equivalents on deposit or otherwise maintained as collateral for the PNC Term Loans on such date is less than the aggregate principal amount of the PNC Term Loans outstanding on such date, and then such calculation shall only include an amount of the PNC Term Loans equal to such shortfall.
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, for the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA determined on a trailing four-quarter basis; provided, that for the purpose of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA (w) for the first fiscal quarter ending after the Specified Acquisition Closing Date shall be Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarter, multiplied by four, (x) for the second fiscal quarter ending after the Specified Acquisition Closing Date shall be Consolidated EBITDA for such two fiscal quarter period, multiplied by two, (y) for the third fiscal quarter ending after the Specified Acquisition Closing Date shall be Consolidated EBITDA for such three fiscal quarter period, multiplied by 4/3, and (z) thereafter shall be determined on a trailing four-quarter basis; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated EBITDA for the first fiscal quarter ending after the Specified Acquisition Closing Date shall be calculated after giving effect to the Specified Acquisition as if the Specified Acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period.
Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. For the purposes of this definition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Person that owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of the directors or other governing body of a Person will be deemed to “control” such other Person. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
Co-Documentation Agents” shall mean Fifth Third Bank and Raymond James Bank, N.A.
Co-Syndication Agents” shall mean KeyBank National Association and Santander Bank, N.A.
Covered Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.28(b).
Covered Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.28(a).
Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Increase Agreement and Amendment, the Notes, the Joinder Agreements (if any), the Letters of Credit, the LOC Documents, the GPM Investments Letter Agreement, the Security Documents, the Capital One Engagement Letter, and any other fee letter entered into between the Borrower or any other Credit Party and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender from time to time in respect of the Extensions of Credit, and all other agreements, instruments and certificates delivered to the Administrative Agent under or in connection with this Agreement, as the same may be amended or supplemented in connection with the Increase Agreement and Amendment.

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Credit Party” shall mean any of the Borrower or the other Guarantors.
Debtor Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(f)(iii).
Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Default” shall mean any of the events specified in Section 7.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
Default Rate” shall mean (a) when used with respect to the Obligations, other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) for Alternate Base Rate Loans (A) the Alternate Base Rate plus (B) the Applicable Margin applicable to Alternate Base Rate Loans plus (C) 2.00% per annum and (ii) for LIBOR RateSOFR Loans, (A) the LIBOR RateAdjusted Term SOFR plus (B) the Applicable Margin applicable to LIBOR Rate LoanSOFR Loans plus (C) 2.00% per annum, (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Margin applicable to Letter of Credit Fees plus 2.00% per annum and (c) when used with respect to any other fee or amount due hereunder, a rate equal to the Applicable Margin applicable to Alternate Base Rate Loans plus 2.00% per annum.
Default Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.28(b).
Defaulting Lender” shall mean, subject to Section 2.19(b), any Lender that, (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, any Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or

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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 or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority 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 Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.19(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Lender, each Swingline Lender and each Lender.
Deposit Account Control Agreement” shall mean an agreement, among a Credit Party, a depository institution, and the Administrative Agent, which agreement is in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent and which provides the Administrative Agent with “control” (as such term is used in Article 9 of the UCC) over the deposit account(s) described therein, as the same may be amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time.
Disposition” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(a).
Disqualified Equity” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Indebtedness.”
Distribution Contracts” shall mean, collectively, those certain fuel distribution agreements listed on Schedule 1.2.
Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
Domestic Lending Office” shall mean, initially, the office of each Lender designated as such Lender’s Domestic Lending Office shown in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire; and thereafter, such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office of such Lender at which Alternate Base Rate Loans of such Lender are to be made.
Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state or commonwealth thereof or under the laws of the District of Columbia.

Early Opt-in Election” shall mean the occurrence of (a) (i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or (ii) a notification by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that the Required Lenders have determined that U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section titled “Effect of Benchmark Transition Event,” are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR, and (b) (i) the election by the Administrative

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Agent or (ii) the election by the Required Lenders to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the Lenders or by the Required Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent.

EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Eligible Assignee” shall mean (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) subject to any approvals required under Section 9.6(b)(iii); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (A) GPM Investments or any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (B) any Defaulting Lender (or any of their Affiliates).
Environmental Laws” shall mean any and all applicable foreign, federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirement of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment, as now or may at any time be in effect during the term of this Agreement.
Equity Interests” shall mean (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general, preferred or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests and (e) any other interest or participation that confers or could confer on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, without limitation, options, warrants and any other “equity security” as defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the Exchange Act.
ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
ERISA Event” shall mean: (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity from a Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any Commonly

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Controlled Entity from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” shall mean for any day, the percentage (expressed as a decimal and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) which is in effect for such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental or emergency reserves) in respect of Eurocurrency liabilities, as defined in Regulation D of such Board as in effect from time to time, or any similar category of liabilities for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City.

Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.
Excluded Taxes” shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires

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such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.17(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.15, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.15(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Extension of Credit” shall mean, as to any Lender, the making of a Loan by such Lender, any conversion of a Loan from one type to another type, any extension of any Loan or the issuance, extension or renewal of, or participation in, a Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan by such Lender.
FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.
Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Alternate Base Rate.”
Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” shall mean the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
“Federal Reserve Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal functions.
Flood Insurance Laws” means (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (amending 42 USC 4001, et seq.), as the same may be amended or recodified from time to time, (d) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, (e) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (f) any regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing.
“Floor” shall mean zero.
Foreign Lender” shall mean a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Fronting Exposure” shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding LOC Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender other than LOC

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Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of outstanding Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
FSHCO” shall mean any Subsidiary (including a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that owns (directly or through its Subsidiaries) no material assets other than Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
Fuel Supply Contract” shall mean, collectively, each of the fuel supply contracts of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) which accounts for more than 10% of the aggregate gallons of fuel supplied to all Credit Parties during any 12-month period, or (ii) the breach, cancellation, termination or non-renewal of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, including, without limitation, fuel supply agreements with Valero Marketing and Supply Company, BP Products North America Inc., Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Products US, Marathon Petroleum Company LP, and any of their respective Affiliates.
Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America (or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries with significant operations outside the United States of America, generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in their respective jurisdictions of organization or formation) applied on a consistent basis.
General Partner” shall mean GPM Petroleum GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Government Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Cash Equivalents.”
Governmental Authority” shall mean 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 supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
GPM Investments” shall mean GPM Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
GPM Investments Letter Agreement” shall mean the letter agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, dated as of the Closing Date, pursuant to which GPM Investments agrees to provide certain of its financial information and other information

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described therein to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders on a periodic basis until the Revolving Maturity Date.
GPM Opco” shall mean GPM Petroleum, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Guarantor” shall mean any of the Borrower (with respect to Obligations of its Subsidiaries) or any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower (with respect to Obligations of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower) that are or may from time to time become parties to this Agreement or a separate Guaranty.
Guaranty” shall mean the guaranty set forth in Article X and any other separate guaranty in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent delivered by Subsidiary of the Borrower after the Closing Date.
Guaranty Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any obligations of such Person (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person in any manner, whether direct or indirect, and including, without limitation, any obligation, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting security therefor, (b) to advance or provide funds or other support for the payment or purchase of any such Indebtedness or to maintain working capital, solvency or other balance sheet condition of such other Person (including, without limitation, keep well agreements, maintenance agreements, comfort letters or similar agreements or arrangements) for the benefit of any holder of Indebtedness of such other Person, (c) to lease or purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the holder of such Indebtedness, or (d) to otherwise assure or hold harmless the holder of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation hereunder shall (subject to any limitations set forth therein) be deemed to be an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount (or maximum principal amount, if larger) of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is made.
Hedging Agreements” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any agreement entered into to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, or currency or raw materials values, including, without limitation, any interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or similar arrangement between such Person and one or more counterparties, any foreign currency exchange agreement, currency protection agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements or other interest or exchange rate hedging agreements and any other agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Increase Agreement and Amendment” shall mean that certain Increase Agreement and Amendment, dated as of April 1, 2020, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Guarantors party thereto and the Lenders party thereto .
Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or upon which interest payments are customarily made, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person (other than customary reservations or retentions of

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title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations (including, without limitation, earnout obligations but only to the extent such earnout obligations are recorded as liabilities on such Person’s balance sheet in accordance with GAAP) of such Person incurred, issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services purchased by such Person (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business and not more than 90 days past due unless being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP) which would appear as liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person, (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (f) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person with respect to Indebtedness of another Person, (g) the principal portion of all Capital Lease Obligations plus any accrued interest thereon, (h) all net obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements, (i) the maximum amount of all letters of credit issued or bankers’ acceptances facilities created for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the extent unreimbursed), (j) all Equity Interests (other than the Preferred A Units) issued by such Person and which by the terms thereof could be (at the request of the holders thereof or otherwise) subject to mandatory sinking fund payments, redemption or other acceleration for cash on a date prior to the Revolving Maturity Date (“Disqualified Equity”), (k) the principal balance outstanding under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product plus any accrued interest thereon, (l) all obligations of any partnership or unincorporated joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer unless such obligations are expressly made non-recourse to such Person, in which case, such non-recourse obligations shall be excluded from the definition of Indebtedness; provided that, in the event such obligations are recourse, only the amount of such Person’s liability for such obligations shall be included as Indebtedness hereunder, (m) obligations of such Person under non-compete agreements to the extent such obligations are quantifiable contingent obligations of such Person under GAAP principles, and (n) all non-contingent obligations of a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries under a Fuel Supply Contract or any other agreement to which such Credit Party or Subsidiary is a party to pay, repay, reimburse or indemnify any counterparty under any such agreement for branding expenses, in each case, resulting from the termination of any such agreement.
Indemnified Taxes” shall mean (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Credit Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.5(b).
Industry Competitor” means, on any date, any Person (other than any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries) that is actively engaged, directly or indirectly, as one of its principal businesses in the wholesale fuel distribution business and has been designated by the Borrower as an “Industry Competitor” by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders not less than 15 Business Days prior to such date; provided that the term “Industry Competitor” shall not include any Person that the Borrower has subsequently designated as no longer being an “Industry Competitor” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time.

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Insolvency” shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of such term as used in Section 4245 of ERISA.
Intercompany Debt” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.19.
Interest Determination Date” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Margin.”
Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) as to any Alternate Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, (b) as to any LIBOR RateSOFR Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any LIBOR RateSOFR Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, (i) each three (3) month anniversary following the first day of such Interest Period and (ii) the last day of such Interest Period, (d) as to any Loan which is the subject of a mandatory prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.6(b), the date on which such mandatory prepayment is due, and (e) as to any Revolving Loan, the Revolving Facility Termination Date.
Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR RateSOFR Loan,
(a)
initially, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such LIBOR RateSOFR Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, in each case, subject to availability to all applicable Lenders (or twelve months if each relevant Lender agrees to interest periods that are twelve months (as applicable) in duration), as selected by the Borrower in the Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion given with respect thereto; and
(b)
thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR RateSOFR Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, subject to availability to all applicable Lenders (or twelve months if each relevant Lender agrees to interest periods that are twelve months (as applicable) in duration), as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that the foregoing provisions are subject to the following:
(i)
if any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii)
any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month;

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(iii)
if the Borrower fails to give notice as provided above, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan with an Interest Period of one month to replace the affected LIBOR RateSOFR Loan;
(iv)
no Interest Period in respect of any Revolving Loan shall extend beyond the Revolving Maturity Date; and
(v)
no more than six (6) LIBOR RateSOFR Loans may be in effect at any time. For purposes hereof, LIBOR RateSOFR Loans with different Interest Periods shall be considered as separate LIBOR RateSOFR Loans, even if they begin on the same date and have the same duration, although borrowings, extensions and conversions may, in accordance with the provisions hereof, be combined at the end of existing Interest Periods to constitute a new LIBOR RateSOFR Loan with a single Interest Period.
Investment” shall mean, for any Person, (a) any acquisition of assets constituting a business unit of, or all or substantially all of the assets of, any other Person, (b) the acquisition of Equity Interests of any other Person, (c) any deposit with, or advance, loan or other capital contribution to, assumption of Indebtedness of, purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, or other extension of credit to, any other Person (other than deposits made in the ordinary course of business) or (d) any Guaranty Obligation (including any support for a letter of credit issued on behalf of such Person) incurred for the benefit of any other Person. For purposes of calculating covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for certain increases or decreases in the value of such investment. “Investment” shall exclude extensions of trade credit and capital expenditures by any Credit Party in the ordinary course of business.
IPO” shall mean (a) the issuance of common Equity Interests of the Borrower in an initial primary public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act or (b) the registration of any common (or equivalent) Equity Interests of the Borrower under Section 12 of the Exchange Act pursuant to the filing of a Form 8-A under the Exchange Act (or any successor forms thereto) in connection with the direct registration of such Equity Interest on a nationally recognized securities exchange in the United States, in each case on terms and conditions and subject to documentation that shall in each case be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
issue” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, to issue or extend the expiry of, or to renew or increase the amount of, or to otherwise amend, such Letter of Credit; and the terms “issued,” “issuing” and “issuance” have corresponding meanings.
Issuing Lender” shall mean (a) Capital One or (b) such other Lender as designated by the Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, together with any successor to any such Issuing Lender hereunder.
Issuing Lender Fees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c).

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Joinder Agreement” shall mean a Joinder Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(b), executed and delivered by a Subsidiary in order to become a Credit Party in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10.
Lender” shall mean any of the several banks and other financial institutions as are, or may from time to time become parties to this Agreement, including any Issuing Lender, any Revolving Lender and the Swingline Lender; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Lender” shall not include any Credit Party or any of the Credit Party’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
Letter of Credit” shall mean any standby letter of credit issued by the Issuing Lender pursuant to the terms hereof, as such letter of credit may be amended, modified, restated, extended, renewed, increased, replaced or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Letter of Credit Expiration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
Letter of Credit Facing Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c).
Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

LIBOR” shall mean,

(a) For any LIBOR Rate Loan, for each Interest Period, the higher of (a) 0.00% per annum, and (b) the offered rate per annum (but not less than 0.00%) for deposits of Dollars for the applicable Interest Period that appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or the applicable successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day in such Interest Period. If no such offered rate exists, such rate will be the rate of interest per annum, as determined by the Administrative Agent at which deposits of Dollars in immediately available funds are offered at 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day in such Interest Period by major financial institutions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in the London interbank market for such Interest Period for the applicable principal amount on such date of determination; and

(b) For any Alternate Base Rate Loan, the higher of (a) 0.00% per annum, and (b) the offered rate per annum (but not less than 0.00%) for deposits of Dollars for the applicable Interest Period that appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or the applicable successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) on such date of determination. If no such offered rate exists, such rate will be the rate of interest per annum, as determined by the Administrative Agent at which deposits of Dollars in immediately available funds are offered at 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) on such date of determination in such Interest Period by major financial institutions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in the London interbank market for such Interest Period for the applicable principal amount on such date of determination.

LIBOR Lending Office” shall mean, initially, the office(s) of each Lender designated as such Lender’s LIBOR Lending Office in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire; and thereafter, such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time

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specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office of such Lender at which the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender are to be made.

LIBOR Rate” shall mean a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

LIBOR Rate = LIBOR
1.0 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

LIBOR Rate Loan” shall mean Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based on the LIBOR Rate.

LIBOR Tranche” shall mean the collective reference to LIBOR Rate Loans whose Interest Periods begin and end on the same day.

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, (a) any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and (b) the filing of, or the agreement to give, any UCC financing statement).
Liquidity” shall mean the amount (if positive) equal to the sum of (a) the amount of unused Revolving Commitments available to be drawn (including without breaching Section 5.9 on a Pro Forma Basis) by the Borrower under the Revolving Facility in accordance with this Agreement plus (b) unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties and cash and Cash Equivalents in accounts pledged in favor of the Administrative Agent at such time.
Loan” shall mean a Revolving Loan and/or Swingline Loan, as appropriate.
LOC Commitment” shall mean the commitment of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit and with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to purchase Participation Interests in the Letters of Credit up to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the LOC Committed Amount.
LOC Committed Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
LOC Documents” shall mean, with respect to each Letter of Credit, any documents delivered in connection therewith, any application therefor, and any agreements, instruments, guarantees or other documents (whether general in application or applicable only to such Letter of Credit) governing or providing for (a) the rights and obligations of the parties concerned or (b) any collateral for such obligations.
LOC Obligations” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum amount which is, or at any time thereafter may become, available to be drawn under Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements for drawings referred to in such Letters

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of Credit plus (b) without duplication, the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by the Issuing Lender but not theretofore reimbursed.
Mandatory LOC Borrowing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(f).
Mandatory Swingline Borrowing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b)(ii).
Master Assignment” shall mean that certain Master Reaffirmation and Assignment and Assumption of Notes, Liens, Security Interests and Other Rights, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the lenders party to the Existing Credit Agreement and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent under the Existing Credit Agreement.
Material Acquisition” shall mean, any Acquisition (whether in one or more related transactions) to the extent the Consideration payable by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries for such Acquisition exceeds $15,000,000.
Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, property, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower or of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations, when such obligations are required to be performed, under this Agreement, any of the Notes or any other Credit Document or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the other Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent’s Liens (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
Material Affiliate Contracts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.11(c).
Material Contracts” shall mean, collectively, the Purchase Agreement, the Omnibus Agreement, the Distribution Contracts and the Fuel Supply Contracts, and each other contract or agreement of a Credit Party (i) relating to fuel distribution which accounts for more than 10% of the aggregate gallons of fuel distributed by all Credit Parties during any 12-month period, or (ii) the breach, cancellation, termination or non-renewal of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each case, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
Material Event” shall mean any event, condition or circumstance that occurs or arises that has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Materials of Environmental Concern” shall mean any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any extraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, asbestos, perchlorate, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

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Mortgage Instrument” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent executed by a Credit Party in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Mortgaged Property” shall mean any owned real property of a Credit Party that is or will become encumbered by a Mortgage Instrument in favor of the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Non-Consenting Lender” shall mean any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 9.1 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
Non-Extension Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(l).
Note” or “Notes” shall mean the Revolving Loan Notes and/or the Swingline Loan Note, collectively, separately or individually, as appropriate.
Notice of Borrowing” shall mean a request for a Revolving Loan borrowing pursuant to Section 2.1(b) or a request for a Swingline Loan borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(i), as appropriate. A Form of Notice of Borrowing is attached as Exhibit 1.1(c).
Notice of Conversion/Extension” shall mean the written notice of conversion of a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan to an Alternate Base Rate Loan or an Alternate Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan, or extension of a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan, in each case substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(d).
NPL” shall mean the National Priorities List under CERCLA.
Obligations” shall mean any and all obligations, Indebtedness, indemnities and other liabilities of and amounts owing or to be owing (including interest accruing at any post-default rate and interest accruing after the filing of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, relating to any Credit Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) by any Credit Party (whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising): (a) to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, any trustee or any Lender under any Credit Document; (b) to any Secured Hedging Agreement Counterparty under any Secured Hedging Agreement; (c) to any Treasury Management Counterparty under any Treasury Management Agreement; and (d) all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the above; provided, however, that with respect to any particular Credit Party, the secured Obligations owing by such Credit Party, or secured by Liens granted by such Credit Party, shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations in respect of such Credit Party.

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Omnibus Agreement” shall mean, (i) that certain Omnibus Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2016, by and among the Borrower, the General Partner, and GPM Investments and (ii) at any time on and after the date on which the IPO is completed, any amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement or replacement of the Omnibus Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
Operating Lease” shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease (including, without limitation, leases which may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) which is not a Capital Lease other than any such lease in which that Person is the lessor.
Organization Documents” shall mean, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-United States jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating or limited liability company agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
Other Connection Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, 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 Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document).
Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.17).
Owned Convenience Stores” shall mean the convenience store properties owned by any Credit Party and listed on Schedule 3.16 (as may be supplemented from time to time by the Borrower pursuant to written notice to the Administrative Agent).
Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in clause (d) of Section 9.6.
Participant Register” shall have the meaning specified in clause (d) of Section 9.6.

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Participation Interest” shall mean a participation interest purchased by a Revolving Lender in LOC Obligations as provided in Section 2.2(c) and in Swingline Loans as provided in Section 2.3.
Partnership Agreement” shall mean, the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of GPM Petroleum LP, a Delaware limited partnership, dated March 1, 2016, as the same may be amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Patriot Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended or modified from time to time.
Payment Event of Default” shall mean an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(a).
PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA.
Perfection Certificate” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
Permitted Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition or any series of related acquisitions by a Credit Party of (a) all or substantially all of the assets or a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock or economic interests of a Person that is incorporated, formed or organized in the United States, (b) a Person that is incorporated, formed or organized in the United States by a merger, amalgamation or consolidation or any other combination with such Person or (c) any division, line of business or other business unit or other assets of a Person that is incorporated, formed or organized in the United States (such Person or such division, line of business or other business unit of such Person shall be referred to herein as the “Target”), in each case that is a type of business (or assets used in a type of business) permitted to be engaged in by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.3, in each case so long as:

(i) no Default or Event of Default shall then exist or would exist after giving effect thereto;

(ii) with respect to any Material Acquisition, prior to the consummation thereof, the Required Lenders shall have consented in writing to such Material Acquisition and approved the purchase agreement and all other material definitive agreements governing such Material Acquisition;

(iii) the Credit Parties shall demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent that, after giving effect to the acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis, the Credit Parties are in compliance with each of the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.9;

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(iv) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received (A) a description of the material terms of such acquisition and any other information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (B) in each case, to the extent available, most recently available audited financial statements or management-prepared financial statements of the Target for its two most recent fiscal years and for any fiscal quarters ended within the fiscal year to date, (C) Consolidated projected income statements of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries (giving effect to such acquisition), and (D) not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition subject to the reporting requirements of (iii) above, a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that such Permitted Acquisition complies with the requirements of this Agreement and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such acquisition; and

(v) such acquisition shall not be a “hostile” acquisition and shall have been approved by the Board of Directors (or equivalent) and/or shareholders (or equivalent) of the applicable Credit Party and the Target (to the extent required by their respective Organization Documents or applicable law).

Permitted Investments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.
Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.
Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Phase I Reports” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(d).
Plan” shall mean, as of any date of determination, any employee benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA and in respect of which any Credit Party or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
PNC” shall mean PNC Bank, National Association.
PNC Term Loan” shall mean the term loans made pursuant to the PNC Term Loan Agreement, which PNC Term Loan has an aggregate principal balance outstanding of $32,415,923.15 as of the date hereof.
PNC Term Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain Term Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2016, by and between PNC, as lender and agent, and the Borrower, as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time.
PNC Term Loan Documents” shall mean the PNC Term Loan Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and other documents executed or required to be delivered to PNC pursuant to the PNC Term Loan Agreement.

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Prime Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Alternate Base Rate.”
Preferred A Units” shall mean the “Class A Preferred Units” under and as defined in the Partnership Agreement.
Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, with respect to any transaction, that such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the four-quarter period (or twelve month period, as applicable) ending as of the most recent quarter end (or month end, as applicable) preceding the date of such transaction for which financial statement information is available.
PTE” shall mean a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2016, among GPM Investments, WOC Southeast Holding Corp., the General Partner, the Borrower, Oppenheimer Steelpath MLP Select 40 Fund and Oppenheimer Steelpath MLP Income Fund.
Qualified ECP Guarantor” shall mean, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Guarantor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time such Swap Obligation is incurred or such other person as constitutes an ECP under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder.
QFC” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.28(b).
QFC Credit Support” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.28.
Recipient” shall mean (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Lender, as applicable.
Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(c).
Reimbursement Obligation” shall mean the obligation of the Borrower, or any other Credit Party, as the case may be, to reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.2(d) for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
Relevant Governmental Body” shall mean the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
Reorganization” shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is in reorganization within the meaning of such term as used in Section 4241 of ERISA.

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Reportable Event” shall mean any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty-day notice period is waived under PBGC Reg. §4043.
Required Lenders” shall mean, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of (i) Revolving Credit Exposures and (ii) unused Revolving Commitments at such time; provided, however, that if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at such time, then there shall be excluded from the determination of Required Lenders, Obligations (including Participation Interests) owing to such Defaulting Lender and such Defaulting Lender’s Commitments.
Required Lender Notice Date” shall mean the date on which the Administrative Agent delivers to the Borrower a notice, at the direction of the Required Lenders, that the Required Lender Notice Date is in effect.
Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any Person, (a) its Organization Documents, and (b) all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes, executive orders, and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities of any Governmental Authority, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any 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.
Resolution Authority” shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
Responsible Officer” shall mean, the chief executive officer, president, executive vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, controller or manager of a Credit Party, or in the case of any Credit Party which is a partnership, shall also mean the chief executive officer, president, executive vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, controller or manager of the general partner of such Credit Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Credit Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Credit Party.
Restricted Payment” shall mean (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, or (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding.
Revolving Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding up to an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment

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Percentage of the Revolving Committed Amount as specified on Schedule 1.1 (as may be modified pursuant to Section 2.20).
Revolving Commitment Percentage” shall mean, for each Lender, the percentage identified as its Revolving Commitment Percentage on Schedule 1.1 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder or in the joinder agreement or amendment contemplated in Section 2.20, as such percentage may be modified in connection with any assignment made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.6(b).
Revolving Committed Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Loans and such Revolving Lender’s participation in LOC Obligations and Swingline Loans at such time.
Revolving Facility” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
Revolving Facility Termination Date” shall mean the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date on which the Revolving Commitments have been terminated pursuant to Section 7.2.
Revolving Lender” shall mean, as of any date of determination, a Lender holding a Revolving Commitment, a Revolving Loan or a Participation Interest on such date.
Revolving Loan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
Revolving Loan Note” or “Revolving Loan Notes” shall mean the promissory notes of the Borrower provided pursuant to Section 2.1(e) in favor of any of the Revolving Lenders evidencing the Revolving Loan provided by any such Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 2.1(a), individually or collectively, as appropriate, as such promissory notes may be amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time.
Revolving Maturity Date” shall mean July 15, 2024; provided, further, that if any such date is not a Business Day, the Revolving Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
Sarbanes-Oxley” shall mean the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor Governmental Authority.
Secured Hedging Agreement” shall mean any Hedging Agreement of any Credit Party with a Secured Hedging Agreement Counterparty.

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Secured Hedging Agreement Counterparty” shall mean a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (or a Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time of execution of a Hedging Agreement) who has entered into a Hedging Agreement with any of the Credit Parties.
Secured Parties” shall mean the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender, each Swingline Lender, each other Lender, the Secured Hedging Agreement Counterparties and the Treasury Management Counterparties.
Securities Account Control Agreement” shall mean an agreement, among a Credit Party, a securities intermediary, and the Administrative Agent, which agreement is in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent and which provides the Administrative Agent with “control” (as such term is used in Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC) over the securities account(s) described therein.
Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, together with any amendment thereto or replacement thereof and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
Securities Laws” shall mean the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as each of the foregoing may be amended and in effect on any applicable date hereunder.
Security Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, dated as of the Closing Date, and executed by the Credit Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of certain Secured Parties.
Security Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement, the Master Assignment, any Deposit Account Control Agreement, any Securities Account Control Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments, each Perfection Certificate, all other agreements, documents and instruments granting to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, Liens or security interests to secure the Obligations whether now or hereafter executed and/or filed, and all other agreements, documents and instruments executed and/or delivered or filed in connection with the granting, attachment and perfection of the Administrative Agent’s security interests and Liens arising thereunder, including, without limitation, UCC financing statements.
Single Employer Plan” shall mean any Plan that is not a Multiemployer Plan.

SOFR” with respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark, (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.

“SOFR” shall mean a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

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“SOFR Administrator’s Website” shall mean the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Loan” shall mean a Loan that bears interest based on Term SOFR.
Specified Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition and transactions contemplated by the Specified Asset Purchase Agreement.
Specified Acquisition Closing Date” shall mean the “Specified Acquisition Closing Date” as defined in the Increase Agreement and Amendment.
Specified Asset Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2019, by and among GPM Southeast LLC, GPM Petroleum, LLC, Empire Petroleum Partners, LLC and the other parties party thereto.
Specified Default” shall mean an Event of Default under Section 7.1(a), Section 7.1(c) by virtue of a violation of Section 5.9 or Section 7.1(e).
Subordinated Debt” shall mean any Indebtedness incurred by any Credit Party which by its terms is specifically subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of the Obligations and contains subordination and other terms acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Subsidiary” shall mean, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

Supported QFC” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.28.
Swap Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, an obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Swingline Commitment” shall mean the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding up to the Swingline Committed Amount, and the commitment of the Revolving Lenders to purchase Participation Interests in the Swingline Loans as provided in Section 2.3(b)(ii), as such amounts may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof

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Swingline Committed Amount” shall mean the amount of the Swingline Lender’s Swingline Commitment as specified in Section 2.3(a).
Swingline Lender” shall mean Capital One and any successor swingline lender.
Swingline Loan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
Swingline Loan Note” shall mean the promissory note of the Borrower in favor of the Swingline Lender evidencing the Swingline Loans provided pursuant to Section 2.3(d), as such promissory note may be amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time.
Target” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Permitted Acquisition.”
Taxes” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” shall mean,
(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
(b) for any calculation with respect to an Alternate Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate SOFR Determination Day.

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“Term SOFR Adjustment” shall mean, for any calculation of the applicable interest rate for an Alternate Base Rate Loan or SOFR Loan, a percentage per annum equal to (a) ten (10) basis points with respect to any calculation for a one-month Interest Period, (b) fifteen (15) basis points with respect to any calculation for a three-month Interest Period and (c) twenty-five (25) basis points with respect to any calculation for a six-month Interest Period.
“Term SOFR Administrator” shall mean the CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
Term SOFR Reference Rate” shall mean the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
Trade Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(f).
Tranche” shall mean the collective reference to (a) LIBOR RateSOFR Loans whose Interest Periods begin and end on the same day and (b) Alternate Base Rate Loans made on the same day.
Transactions” shall mean the execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of this Agreement and each other Credit Document to which it is a party, the refinancing of the Existing Credit Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, and the grant of Liens by each Credit Party on Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents to which it is a party, and the amendment and restatement of this Agreement.
Treasury Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement governing the provision of (a) commercial credit cards, (b) stored value cards, or (c) treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, funds transfers, automated clearinghouse services, auto-borrow services, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement services, lockboxes, account reconciliation and reporting services, trade finance services, overdraft protection, and interstate depository network services.
Treasury Management Counterparty” shall mean each Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that enters into a Treasury Management Agreement with a Credit Party; provided that if such Person at any time ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, as the case may be, such Person shall no longer be a Treasury Management Counterparty.
UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code from time to time in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
UK Financial Institution” shall mean any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook

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(as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
UK Resolution Authority” shall mean the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” shall mean any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
U.S. Person” shall mean any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.28.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in paragraph (g) of Section 2.15.
Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote may be or have been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
Withholding Agent” shall mean any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.2
Types of Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by type (e.g., a “LIBOR RateSOFR Loan” or a “Alternate Base Rate Loan”).
Section 1.3
Other Definitional Provisions. 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

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“include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) 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, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s permitted successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) 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) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (f) the words “asset” and “property” 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 and (g) all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any other Credit Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.
Section 1.4
Accounting Terms; GAAP.
(a)
Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the most recently delivered audited Consolidated financial statements of the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b)
Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Credit Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, for all purposes hereunder and under any other Credit Document, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made without giving effect to (i) any change to GAAP as a result of the adoption of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842, or any other proposals issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in connection therewith, in each case if such change would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as an

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operating lease liability where such lease (or such similar arrangement) was not required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2015, (ii) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other Liabilities of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party at “fair value” and (iii) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.
Section 1.5
Time References. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.6
Execution of Documents. Unless otherwise specified, all Credit Documents and all other certificates executed in connection therewith must be signed by a Responsible Officer.
Section 1.7
Divisions. For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
Section 1.8
Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any LOC Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
Section 1.9
Interest Rates. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees
(a)
shall not be responsible to any Secured Party, the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Person, or have any liability for, any incorrect or inaccurate determination of Term SOFR or the Alternate Base Rate for any purpose under any Credit Document; and
(b)
. The Administrative Agent doesdo not warrant, nor or accept responsibility for, norand shall the Administrative Agentnot have any liability with respect to (i) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to theAlternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition of “LIBOR” or with respect to any comparable orthereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including, without limitation, whether

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the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate, as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.12, (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBOR Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate, Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability., or (ii) the effect, implementation or composition of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

 

Article II


THE LOANS; AMOUNT AND TERMS
Section 2.1
Revolving Loans.
(a)
Revolving Commitment. During the Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Revolving Lenders severally, but not jointly, agree to make revolving credit loans in Dollars (“Revolving Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000 (as increased from time to time as provided in Section 2.20(a) and as such aggregate maximum amount may be reduced from time to time as provided in Section 2.5, the “Revolving Committed Amount”) for the purposes hereinafter set forth (such facility, the “Revolving Facility”); provided, however, that (i) with regard to each Revolving Lender individually, the sum of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Revolving Loans plus such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of outstanding Swingline Loans plus such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of outstanding LOC Obligations shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment and (ii) with regard to the Revolving Lenders collectively, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Revolving Loans plus outstanding Swingline Loans plus outstanding LOC Obligations shall not exceed the Revolving Committed Amount then in effect. Revolving Loans may consist of Alternate Base Rate Loans or LIBOR RateSOFR Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request, and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof. LIBORSOFR Loans and Alternate Base Rate Loans shall be made by each Revolving Lender at its LIBOR Lending Office and Alternate Base Rate Loans at its Domestic Lending Office.

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(b)
Revolving Loan Borrowings.
(i)
Notice of Borrowing. The Borrower shall request a Revolving Loan borrowing by delivering a written Notice of Borrowing (or telephone notice promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of a written Notice of Borrowing, which delivery may be by fax) to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. on the proposed date of the requested borrowing in the case of Alternate Base Rate Loans, and on the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the date of the requested borrowing in the case of LIBOR RateSOFR Loans. Each such Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) that a Revolving Loan is requested, (B) the date of the requested borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the aggregate principal amount to be borrowed, and (D) whether the borrowing shall be comprised of Alternate Base Rate Loans, LIBOR RateSOFR Loans or a combination thereof, and if LIBOR RateSOFR Loans are requested, the Interest Period(s) therefor. If the Borrower shall fail to specify in any such Notice of Borrowing (1) an applicable Interest Period in the case of a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan, then such notice shall be deemed to be a request for an Interest Period of one month, or (2) the type of Revolving Loan requested, then such notice shall be deemed to be a request for a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan for an Interest Period of one month. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to each Revolving Lender promptly upon receipt of each Notice of Borrowing, the contents thereof and each such Revolving Lender’s share thereof.
(ii)
Minimum Amounts. Each Revolving Loan that is made as an Alternate Base Rate Loan shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (or the remaining amount of the Revolving Committed Amount, if less). Each Revolving Loan that is made as a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (or the remaining amount of the Revolving Committed Amount, if less).
(iii)
Advances. Each Revolving Lender will make its Revolving Commitment Percentage of each Revolving Loan borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 9.2, or at such other office as the Administrative Agent may designate in writing, by 2:00 P.M. on the date specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing, in Dollars and in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such office (or such other account that the Borrower may designate in writing to the Administrative Agent) with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
(c)
Repayment. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Revolving Loans may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed during the Commitment Period, subject to Section 2.6(a).

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The principal amount of all Revolving Loans shall be due and payable in full on the Revolving Facility Termination Date, unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 7.2.
(d)
Interest. Subject to the provisions of