EX-10.2

EX-10.2 3 d620677dex102.htm EX-10.2 EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of February 22, 2024

among

PENNANTPARK CLO VIII, LLC,

as Borrower,

VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER PERSONS,

as Lenders,

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Loan Agent

and

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Collateral Trustee

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION			1

Section 1.1	Defined Terms		1

Section 1.2	Use of Defined Terms		2

Section 1.3	Interpretation		2

Section 1.4	Accounting Matters		2

Section 1.5	Collateral Documents		2

Section 1.6	Conflict Between Credit Documents		2

Section 1.7	Legal Representation of the Parties		3

ARTICLE II COMMITMENTS			3

Section 2.1	Commitments of Each Lender		3

Section 2.2	Fees		3

ARTICLE III LOANS AND LENDER NOTES			3

Section 3.1	Borrowing Procedure		3

Section 3.2	Lender Notes		3

Section 3.3	Principal Payments		5

Section 3.4	Interest		6

Section 3.5	Method and Place of Payment		7

Section 3.6	Subordination		7

Section 3.7	Conversion		8

Section 3.8	Additional Loans		8

ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS			9

Section 4.1	Loan Date		9

ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND COVENANTS			9

Section 5.1	Payment of Principal and Interest		9

Section 5.2	Maintenance of Office or Agency		9

Section 5.3	Money for Loan Payments		10

Section 5.4	Existence of Borrower		10

Section 5.5	Protection of Assets		10

Section 5.6	Opinions as to Assets		10

Section 5.7	Performance of Obligations		10

Section 5.8	Negative Covenants		10

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Section 5.9	Statement as to Compliance		10

Section 5.10	Successor Substituted		11

Section 5.11	No Other Business		11

Section 5.12	Annual Rating Review		11

Section 5.13	Calculation Agent		11

Section 5.14	Certain Tax Matters		11

Section 5.15	Representations Relating to Security Interests in the Assets		11

ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT			14

Section 6.1	Default and Events of Default		14

Section 6.2	Acceleration		14

Section 6.3	Remedies		14

ARTICLE VII THE AGENTS			14

Section 7.1	Appointment		14

Section 7.2	Nature of Duties		15

Section 7.3	Lack of Reliance on the Agents		15

Section 7.4	Certain Rights of the Agents		15

Section 7.5	Not Responsible for Recitals, Incurrence of Loans or Issuance of Notes		19

Section 7.6	May Hold Loans or Notes		19

Section 7.7	Holders of Lender Notes; Transferee of Assignment Agreement		19

Section 7.8	Compensation and Reimbursement		19

Section 7.9	Agents Required; Eligibility		21

Section 7.10	Resignation and Removal of Agents; Appointment of Successor Agents		21

Section 7.11	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Agents		23

Section 7.12	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Agents		23

Section 7.13	Representations and Warranties of Wilmington Trust, National Association		23

ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS			24

Section 8.1	Payment of Expenses, Etc.		24

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Section 8.2	Right of Setoff		24

Section 8.3	Notices		24

Section 8.4	Benefit of Agreement		25

Section 8.5	No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative		27

Section 8.6	Payments Pro Rata		27

Section 8.7	Calculations; Computations		27

Section 8.8	Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial		28

Section 8.9	Counterparts		28

Section 8.10	Effectiveness		29

Section 8.11	Headings Descriptive		29

Section 8.12	Amendment or Waiver		29

Section 8.13	Survival		30

Section 8.14	Domicile of Loans		30

Section 8.15	Confidentiality		30

Section 8.16	Register		30

Section 8.17	Marshalling; Recapture		31

Section 8.18	Lender Representations, etc.; Non-Recourse Obligations		32

Section 8.19	[Reserved]		35

Section 8.20	No Petition		35

Section 8.21	Acknowledgment		35

Section 8.22	Limitation on Suits		35

Section 8.23	Unconditional Rights of Lenders to Receive Principal and Interest		35

Section 8.24	Termination of Agreement		36

Section 8.25	Lender Information		36

Section 8.26	Lender Consent		36

Section 8.27	[Reserved]		36

Section 8.28	[Reserved]		36

Section 8.29	USA PATRIOT Act		36

Section 8.30	Withholding		36

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ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

ANNEX X – Definitions

EXHIBIT A – Form of Lender Note

EXHIBIT B – Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

EXHIBIT C – Form of Conversion Notice

EXHIBIT D – Confirmation of Registration

SCHEDULE 1 – Commitments and Percentages

SCHEDULE 2 – Lending Offices and Notice Data

SCHEDULE 3 – Payment Instructions for Lenders

SCHEDULE 4 – Collateral Trustee Wiring Instructions

CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 22, 2024, is entered into by and among PENNANTPARK CLO VIII, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Borrower”), VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER PERSONS which are, or may become, parties hereto as Lenders (the “Lenders”), and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but as Loan Agent (in such capacity, the “Loan Agent”) and as Collateral Trustee under the Indenture (in such capacity, the “Collateral Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower is a Delaware limited liability company and organized for the purpose of investing on a leveraged basis and actively managing a diversified pool of Collateral Obligations (as such term and the other capitalized terms used in these recitals are defined in Section 1.1 below);

WHEREAS, the Borrower will be issuing Notes under the Indenture, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, and will pledge as security for the Secured Debt all of the Assets, as set forth in the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to obtain Commitments from the Lenders, pursuant to which Loans shall be made, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time the Aggregate Commitment at such time; and

WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to extend such Commitments;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a different meaning, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in Annex X hereto (or, if not so defined, in the Indenture). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Loans made under this Agreement are the “Class A-1 Loans” referred to in the Indenture.

Section 1.2 Use of Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined or the context otherwise requires, terms for which meanings are provided in this Agreement shall have such meanings when used in each Assignment Agreement, notice and other communication delivered from time to time in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

Section 1.3 Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears:

(a) the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular;

(b) words importing any gender include the other genders;

(c) references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form;

(d) references to agreements (including this Agreement and the Annex and Exhibits and Schedules hereto) and other contractual instruments include all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by the Indenture or this Agreement;

(e) references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns but if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually; and

(f) the term “including” means “including without limitation”.

Section 1.4 Accounting Matters. For purposes of this Agreement, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP.

Section 1.5 Collateral Documents. References in this Agreement to the Indenture or any other Collateral Document, in a case where such Collateral Document is or would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, shall mean and be a reference to a document having a purpose and effect under the laws of such other jurisdiction substantially similar to the purpose and effect of the corresponding Collateral Document.

Section 1.6 Conflict Between Credit Documents. If there is any conflict between this Agreement and the Indenture or any other Credit Document, this Agreement, the Indenture and such other Credit Document shall be interpreted and construed, if possible, so as to avoid or minimize such conflict but, to the extent (and only to the extent) of such conflict, the Indenture shall prevail and control and in any other case this Agreement shall prevail and control.

Section 1.7 Legal Representation of the Parties. This Agreement was negotiated by the parties with the benefit of legal representation and any rule of construction or interpretation otherwise requiring this Agreement or any other Credit Document to be construed or interpreted against any party shall not apply to any construction or interpretation hereof or thereof.

ARTICLE II

COMMITMENTS

Section 2.1 Commitments of Each Lender. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lender severally and for itself alone agrees to make a Loan (as defined below) to the Borrower in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Percentage of the Aggregate Commitment.

(b) Each Lender shall, on the Closing Date and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, severally, but not jointly, make a term loan (a “Loan” and, collectively, the “Loans”) to the Borrower (the payment of which may be made to the Collateral Trustee on behalf of the Borrower) for deposit (pursuant to the wiring instructions on Schedule 4 hereto) in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Percentage of the Aggregate Commitment. The commitment of each Lender to make Loans under this Section 2.1(b) is herein referred to as its “Commitment” and, together with its Percentage of the Aggregate Commitment, is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

(c) Each Loan shall be denominated in Dollars. Subject to the terms hereof, the Borrower may from time to time prepay the Loans in accordance with the Priority of Payments and in connection with a redemption of the Debt in accordance with Article IX of the Indenture; provided that the Borrower may not borrow or re-borrow any Loans after prepayment or repayment thereof.

Section 2.2 Fees. The Borrower shall pay fees to the Loan Agent and the Collateral Trustee in the amount specified in the Agent Fee Letter, for all services rendered by each hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a collateral trustee or loan agent, as applicable, of an express trust), subject to and in accordance with the Indenture, including the Priority of Payments. Such fees shall constitute Administrative Expenses and shall be payable solely from available funds in accordance with the Priority of Payments (or in such other manner in which Administrative Expenses are payable under the Indenture).

ARTICLE III

LOANS AND LENDER NOTES

Section 3.1 Borrowing Procedure. Borrowings of Loans shall be made in accordance with this Section 3.1.

Section 3.1.1 Funding of the Borrowing. (a) Upon receipt of confirmation from the Borrower (or its counsel on its behalf) that the conditions set forth in Section 4.1 have been satisfied, each Lender shall make available its pro rata share (based on such Lender’s Percentage) of the Aggregate Commitments in the manner provided below. All such amounts shall be made available in Dollars, and in immediately available funds to the Collateral Trustee for deposit pursuant to the wiring instructions on Schedule 4 hereto.

(b) Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments and other commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

Section 3.2 Lender Notes. (a) On the Loan Date to the extent requested by any Lender, the Borrower shall (i) sign a Lender Note in the name of such Lender in a maximum principal amount equal to such Lender’s Percentage of the Aggregate Commitments, which such Lender Notes shall be dated the Loan Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit A (a “Lender Note”) and (ii) deliver such Lender Note to such Lender (with a copy to the Loan Agent). If requested

by any Lender, the Borrower shall obtain a CUSIP or other loan identification number that is customary for the nature of the Loans made hereunder. To the extent any Lender does not elect to receive a Lender Note, the Registrar shall, upon instruction of the Borrower, deliver to such Lender a Confirmation of Registration in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Loan Agent to make (or cause to be made) appropriate notations on its internal records, which notations shall evidence, inter alia, the date of, the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of, and the Interest Rate applicable to, the Loans evidenced thereby. The notations on such internal records indicating the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans made by such Lender shall be prima facie evidence (absent manifest error) of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid, but the failure to record any such amount, or any error therein, shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under any Lender Note to make payment of principal of or interest on such Loans when due. At any time (including to replace any Lender Note that has been mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen) when any Lender requests the delivery of a new Lender Note to evidence any of its Loans, the Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender the Lender Note in the appropriate amount or amounts to evidence such Loans; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that, other than in the case of a substitute or replacement Lender Note to replace a Lender Note that has been mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen, only one Lender Note shall be issued to any Lender and the Borrower shall not deliver a new Lender Note to any requesting Lender until such Lender surrenders the Lender Note currently held by such Lender; provided, further, that, in the case of a substitute or replacement Lender Note, the Borrower and the Loan Agent shall have received from such requesting Lender (i) evidence to their reasonable satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Lender Note and (ii) there is delivered to the Borrower, the Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee and the Transfer Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Borrower, the Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee and/or such Transfer Agent that such Lender Note has been acquired by a “protected purchaser” (within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC), the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Holder, in lieu of any such mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Lender Note, the new Lender Note, of like tenor (including the same date of issuance) and equal principal or face amount, registered in the same manner, dated the date of its issuance, bearing interest from the date to which interest has been paid on the mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Lender Note; provided, further, that, in connection with the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of the Loans, each Lender shall surrender the Lender Notes to the Borrower for payment of the Redemption Price or final payment of principal of such Loans in accordance with the Priority of Payments. Such surrender shall occur at the address specified herein for the Borrower.

If, after delivery of such new Lender Note, a “protected purchaser” (within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC) of the predecessor Lender Note presents for payment, transfer or exchange such predecessor Lender Note, the Borrower, the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent and such Transfer Agent shall be entitled to recover such new Lender Note from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking therefrom, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Borrower, the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent and such Transfer Agent in connection therewith.

In case any such mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Lender Note has become due and payable, the Borrower in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Lender Note pay such Lender Note without requiring surrender thereof except that any mutilated or defaced Lender Note shall be surrendered.

Upon the issuance of any new Lender Note under this Section 3.2, the Borrower may require the payment by the Lender thereof of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Collateral Trustee and the Loan Agent) connected therewith.

All Lender Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, conversion, exchange or redemption, or mutilated, defaced or deemed lost or stolen, shall be promptly canceled by the Loan Agent and may not be reissued or resold. No Lender Note may be surrendered (including any surrender in connection with any abandonment, donation, gift, contribution or other event or circumstance) except for payment as provided herein, or for registration of transfer, exchange, conversion or redemption, or for replacement in connection with any Lender Note mutilated, defaced or deemed lost or stolen. Any such Lender Note shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Borrower, be delivered to the Borrower. All canceled Lender Notes held by the Loan Agent shall be destroyed or held by the Loan Agent in accordance with its standard retention policy.

The provisions of this Section 3.2 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Lender Notes.

Section 3.3 Principal Payments.

Section 3.3.1 Repayments and Prepayments. The Borrower shall make payments of unpaid principal of each Loan on each Payment Date to the extent provided in the Priority of Payments and Article IX of the Indenture.

Section 3.3.2 Application. Each repayment and prepayment of a Loan shall be subject to the terms of the Indenture (including the subordination provisions set forth in Section 13.1 thereof and the Priority of Payments set forth in Section 11.1(a) thereof) and the requirement to pay Lenders on a pro rata basis as set forth in Section 8.6. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Loans shall comprise and be a part of the Class A-1 Debt and, as such, shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture applicable to the Class A-1 Debt, and shall have the rights afforded in the Indenture to the Class A-1 Debt (to the extent of the component thereof consisting of the Loans).

Section 3.3.3 Mandatory Prepayment. The Loans are subject to prepayment in connection with a mandatory redemption of the Debt as set forth in Section 9.1 of the Indenture (a “Mandatory Prepayment”).

Section 3.3.4 Special Prepayment. The Loans are subject to prepayment in connection with a Special Redemption as set forth in Section 9.6 of the Indenture.

Section 3.3.5 Optional Prepayment. The Loans are subject to prepayment in connection with an Optional Redemption as set forth in Section 9.2 of the Indenture or a Tax Redemption as set forth in Section 9.3 of the Indenture.

Section 3.3.6 Prepayment in Connection with Clean-Up Call Redemption of Notes. The Loans are subject to prepayment in connection with a Clean-Up Call Redemption as set forth in Section 9.8 of the Indenture.

Section 3.3.7 Re-Pricing. The Loans will not be subject to Re-Pricing.

Section 3.4 Interest.

Section 3.4.1 Interest Rules and Calculations. (a) Interest on each Loan shall be payable in respect of each Loan, on each Payment Date and on any date of prepayment or repayment of such Loan, commencing on the first Payment Date following the Loan Date in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (including the subordination provisions set forth in Section 13.1 thereof and the Priority of Payments set forth in Section 11.1(a) thereof). For each Loan, interest shall accrue during each Interest Accrual Period on the unpaid Aggregate Outstanding Amount of such Loan on the first day of the applicable Interest Accrual Period (after giving effect to payments of principal thereon on such date).

(b) Interest due and payable shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.7 of the Indenture.

(c) The Borrower shall make (or cause to be made) all payments of interest to the Loan Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with Section 3.5.

(d) The Lenders hereby consent to the Borrower’s appointment of the Collateral Administrator to serve as Calculation Agent under the Indenture. All computations of interest due shall be made by the Calculation Agent in accordance with Section 8.7 hereof and subject to and in accordance with Section 7.16 of the Indenture. The Borrower hereby agrees that for so long as any Loans remain Outstanding, there will at all times be a Calculation Agent appointed under the Indenture to calculate the Term SOFR Rate (or after the designation of a Fallback Rate, such Fallback Rate) in respect of the Debt.

(e) In no event shall the rate of interest applicable to any Loan exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

(f) Upon an assignment of Loans pursuant to Section 8.4, unless otherwise directed by the assignor Lender, the assigned Loans shall trade without accrued interest and the Loan Agent shall, in accordance with the Priority of Payments on the Payment Date immediately succeeding the date of assignment, disburse to (x) the assignor Lender, the interest accrued on such assigned Loan from and including the previous Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Accrual Period, the Closing Date) to but excluding such date of assignment and (y) the assignee Lender, the interest accrued on such assigned Loan from and including such date of assignment to but excluding such Payment Date.

Section 3.5 Method and Place of Payment. (a) To the extent funds are available pursuant to the Priority of Payments, all payments by the Borrower of principal and interest in respect of Loans hereunder and all fees and all other Loans hereunder shall be made in accordance with Sections 2.7 and 11.1 of the Indenture. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made to the Loan Agent for the ratable (based on their applicable Percentages) account of the Lenders entitled thereto (which funds, if delivered to the Loan Agent, the Loan Agent shall promptly forward to such Lenders), on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds to the account with the wire instructions specified in Schedule 3 (or in the Assignment Agreement, as applicable). For the avoidance of doubt, all payments by the Borrower of principal and interest in respect of Loans, or any other amounts owed to a Lender hereunder, payable on a Payment Date shall be made to, subject to Section 3.4(f), the Lender of record as of the corresponding Record Date.

Section 3.6 Subordination.

(a) Incorporation of Subordination Provisions of the Indenture. All Loans incurred pursuant to this Agreement are subject to, and each Lender hereby consents and agrees to, the subordination and remedy provisions set forth in Section 13.1 of the Indenture. Article XIII of the Indenture shall be binding upon each Lender as though such sections (and the corresponding defined terms) had been set forth herein in their entirety.

(b) Each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that all of its Loans are subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Indenture and shall be paid solely to the extent of available funds in accordance with the Priority of Payments. Each Lender hereby agrees and acknowledges that its right to payment shall be subordinate and junior to any payments owed under Sections 11.1(a)(i)(A) and (B) of the Indenture and, any applicable payments owed under Section 11.1(a)(ii)(A) of the Indenture senior to payments with respect to the Loans and any payments owed under Sections 11.1(a)(iii)(A) and (B) of the Indenture (collectively, the “Senior Items”) of the Indenture, as applicable. In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture, any Lender shall have received any payment or distribution in respect of its Loans contrary to the provisions of the Indenture or this Agreement, then, unless and until each Senior Item shall have been paid in full in Cash or, to the extent each recipient of such Senior Item consents, such payment or distribution shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of, and shall forthwith be paid over and delivered to, the Collateral Trustee, which shall pay and deliver the same in respect of the Senior Items in accordance with the Indenture; provided, however, that if any such payment or distribution is made other than in Cash, it shall be held by the Collateral Trustee as part of the Assets and subject in all respects to the provisions of the Indenture. Each Lender agrees with all recipients of Senior Items that such Lender shall not demand, accept, or receive any payment or distribution in respect of its Loans in violation of the provisions of the Indenture. Nothing in this Section 3.6(b) shall affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay the Lenders hereunder.

(c) Agents Entitled to Assume Payment Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice. Each of the Agents shall not at any time be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by such Agent unless and until a Responsible Officer of such Agent has actual knowledge thereof or unless and until such Agent shall have received and accepted (in its role as Agent) written notice thereof from the Borrower

(in the form of an Officer’s Certificate reasonably satisfactory to such Agent) or Persons representing themselves to be other holders of obligations payable hereunder or under any Credit Document by the Borrower, and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, such Agent, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to assume that no such fact exists, and such Agent shall have no liability hereunder for any payment made, or action taken, by it without such knowledge or notice.

Section 3.7 Conversion. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, upon delivery from a Converting Lender to the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Rating Agency and the Borrower of a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, a Converting Lender may elect any Payment Date (such Payment Date, a “Conversion Date”) upon which all or a portion of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans held by such Converting Lender shall be converted into Class A-1 Notes of an equal Aggregate Outstanding Amount in accordance with Section 2.5(o) of the Indenture; provided that (i) each Conversion Date shall be no earlier than the fifth Business Day following the date such notice is delivered (or such earlier date as may be reasonably agreed to by the Converting Lender, the Collateral Trustee and the Loan Agent) and (ii) each Conversion Date shall only occur on a Payment Date. On each Conversion Date, the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1 Notes shall be increased by the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans so converted. The Loans so converted will cease to be Outstanding and will be deemed to have been repaid in full for all purposes under the Indenture and under this Agreement. No Class A-1 Notes may be converted into Loans.

(b) The Lenders agree to provide reasonable assistance to the Collateral Trustee and the Loan Agent in connection with such conversion, including, but not limited to, providing applicable instructions to DTC, the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent and the Note Registrar or Loan Registrar, as applicable.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender may elect, in its sole discretion, to exercise the Conversion Option concurrently with an assignment of all or a portion of its Loans (an “Assignment/Conversion”) such that the Effective Date (as defined in the Assignment Agreement attached as Exhibit B hereto) of the assignment occurs on the related Conversion Date and the assignee receives Class A-1 Notes (or an interest therein) in lieu of the portion of the Loans being assigned. Any assignment made in connection with an Assignment/Conversion shall meet the requirements for an assignment set forth in Section 8.4. Any Lender electing to make an Assignment/Conversion shall deliver to the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent and the Borrower at least five Business Days prior to the Conversion Date, (w) an executed Assignment Agreement, (x) a completed notice substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, (y) the assignment fee required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.4(c) hereof and (z) a written certification from the assignee substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4 to the Indenture or Exhibit B-5 to the Indenture, as applicable.

Section 3.8 Additional Loans. On any Business Day, the Borrower may, in accordance with Section 2.13 of the Indenture and in connection with an additional issuance pursuant thereto, incur additional Loans hereunder (any such Loans, “Additional Loans”). The incurrence of Additional Loans under this Agreement shall be subject to (i) satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.13 of the Indenture and (ii) the execution and delivery of an amendment to this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.12 that reflects the incurrence of such Additional Loans

and the terms thereof, which amendment will be acknowledged by the Loan Agent and the Collateral Agent. If a Person that was not previously a party to this Agreement extends any such Additional Loan, it will be required to be made a party to this Agreement by executing such amendment and adding such Person as a Lender.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Section 4.1 Loan Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans on the Loan Date shall not become effective until the date on which all conditions precedent to the issuance of the Notes set forth in Section 3.1 of the Indenture have been satisfied.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND COVENANTS

Section 5.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Borrower shall duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Debt, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture pursuant to the Priority of Payments.

Amounts properly withheld under the Code or other applicable law by any Person from a payment to any Lender shall be considered as having been paid by the Borrower to such Lender for all purposes of this Agreement.

Section 5.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Borrower hereby appoints the Bank as the Loan Agent and appoints the Collateral Trustee as a paying agent for payments on the Loans and the Loan Agent to maintain the register as set forth in Section 8.16. The Borrower hereby appoints Corporation Services Company as its agent upon whom process or demands may be served in any action arising out of or based on this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

The Borrower may at any time and from time to time vary or terminate the appointment of any such agent or appoint any additional agents for any or all of such purposes; provided, however, that the Borrower will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Borrower in respect of the Notes, the Loans and this Agreement may be served. The Borrower shall give prompt written notice to the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Rating Agency and the Lenders of the appointment or termination of any such agent and of the location and any change in the location of any such office or agency.

If at any time the Borrower shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or shall fail to furnish the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent with the address thereof, presentations and surrenders may be made (subject to the limitations described in the preceding paragraph) at and notices and demands may be served on the Borrower by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail or by overnight courier, postage prepaid, to the Borrower at its address specified in Section 14.3 of the Indenture for notices.

Section 5.3 Money for Loan Payments. All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Loans that are to be made from amounts withdrawn by the Collateral Trustee from the Payment Account shall be made on behalf of the Borrower by the Collateral Trustee with respect to payments on the Loans.

Section 5.4 Existence of Borrower. The Borrower shall comply with the provisions of Section 7.4 of the Indenture with respect to the existence of the Borrower and the provisions of Section 7.4 of the Indenture are incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.

Section 5.5 Protection of Assets. The Borrower shall comply with (and the Borrower shall cause the Collateral Manager to comply with) the provisions of Section 7.5 of the Indenture with respect to the protection of the Assets and the provisions of Section 7.5 of the Indenture are incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.

Section 5.6 Opinions as to Assets. The Borrower shall comply with the provisions of Section 7.6 of the Indenture with respect to the opinions as to the Assets and the provisions of Section 7.6 of the Indenture are incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.

Section 5.7 Performance of Obligations. The Borrower shall not take any action, and shall use its best efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others, that would release any Person from any of such Person’s covenants or obligations under any instrument included in the Assets, except in the case of enforcement action taken with respect to any Defaulted Obligation in accordance with the provisions hereof and actions by the Collateral Manager under the Collateral Management Agreement and in conformity with this Agreement and the Indenture or as otherwise required by the Indenture or hereby.

Section 5.8 Negative Covenants. The Borrower shall, from the Closing Date through the date on which no Loans are Outstanding, comply with its obligations under Article VII of the Indenture, including by not taking any action prohibited by Section 7.8 of the Indenture.

Section 5.9 Statement as to Compliance. On or before December 31 of each year commencing in 2024, or promptly after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower becomes aware thereof if there has been a Default under the Indenture and prior to the issuance of any additional Debt pursuant to the Indenture, the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Trustee (to be forwarded by the Collateral Trustee to the Collateral Manager, the Loan Agent (for each Lender making a written request therefor) and the Rating Agency) an Officer’s Certificate of the Borrower stating that, having made reasonable inquiries of the Collateral Manager, and to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Borrower, there did not exist, as at a date not more than five days prior to the date of the certificate, nor had there existed at any time prior thereto since the date of the last certificate (if any), any Default under the Indenture or, if such Default did then exist or had existed, specifying the same and the nature and status thereof, including actions undertaken to remedy the same, and that the Borrower has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture or, if such is not the case, specifying those obligations with which it has not complied.

Section 5.10 Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower in accordance with Section 7.10 of the Indenture in which the Merging Entity is not the surviving entity, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Merging Entity under the Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Borrower as the case may be, herein, and the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Loan Agent the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required by Section 7.10(d) of the Indenture. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, transfer or conveyance, the Person named as the “Borrower” in this Agreement or any successor which shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in Article VII of the Indenture may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter, and such Person thereafter shall be released, without further action by any Person, from its liabilities as obligor and maker on all the Debt and from its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

Section 5.11 No Other Business. The Borrower shall comply with the provisions of Section 7.12 of the Indenture with respect to its business and the provisions of Section 7.12 of the Indenture are incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.

Section 5.12 Annual Rating Review. The Borrower shall comply with the provisions of Section 7.14 of the Indenture with respect to (i) the annual rating review of the Debt as set forth in clause (a) thereof and (ii) the annual review of Collateral Obligations and middle market loans as set forth in clause (b) thereof, and the provisions of Section 7.14 of the Indenture are incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.

Section 5.13 Calculation Agent. The Borrower shall comply with the provisions of Section 7.16 of the Indenture with respect to the Calculation Agent and the provisions of Section 7.16 of the Indenture are incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.

Section 5.14 Certain Tax Matters. The Borrower and the Lenders shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 7.17 of the Indenture with respect to Certain Tax Matters and the provisions of Section 7.17 of the Indenture are hereby incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.

Section 5.15 Representations Relating to Security Interests in the Assets. (a) The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date (which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of this Agreement and be deemed to be repeated on each date on which an Asset is Granted to the Collateral Trustee under the Indenture), with respect to the Assets:

(i) The Borrower owns such Asset free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person, other than such as are being released on the Closing Date contemporaneously with the sale or incurrence of the Debt on the Closing Date or on the related Cut-Off Date contemporaneously with the purchase of such Asset on the Cut-Off Date, created under, or permitted by, the Indenture and any other Permitted Liens.

(ii) Other than the security interest Granted to the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Indenture, except as permitted by the Indenture, the Borrower has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Assets. The Borrower has not authorized the filing of and

is not aware of any Financing Statements against the Borrower that include a description of collateral covering the Assets other than any Financing Statement relating to the security interest Granted to the Collateral Trustee under the Indenture or that has been terminated; the Borrower is not aware of any judgment, PBGC liens or tax lien filings against the Borrower.

(iii) All Assets constitute Cash, accounts (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(2) of the UCC), Instruments, general intangibles (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC), uncertificated securities (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC), Certificated Securities or security entitlements to financial assets resulting from the crediting of financial assets to a “securities account” (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC).

(iv) All Accounts constitute “securities accounts” under Section 8-501(a) of the UCC.

(v) The Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in Section 1-201(37) of the UCC) in such Assets in favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit and security of the Secured Parties, which security interest is prior to all other liens, claims and encumbrances (except as permitted otherwise in the Indenture), and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Borrower.

(b) The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date (which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of this Agreement and be deemed to be repeated on each date on which an Asset is Granted to the Collateral Trustee under the Indenture), with respect to Assets that constitute Instruments:

(i) Either (x) the Borrower has caused or shall have caused, within ten days after the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate Financing Statements in the proper office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Instruments Granted to the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit and security of the Secured Parties or (y)(A) all original executed copies of each promissory note or mortgage note that constitutes or evidences the Instruments have been delivered to the Collateral Trustee or the Borrower has received written acknowledgement from a custodian that such custodian is holding the mortgage notes or promissory notes that constitute evidence of the Instruments solely on behalf of the Collateral Trustee and for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (B) none of the Instruments that constitute or evidence the Assets has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

(ii) The Borrower has received, or shall promptly receive, all consents and approvals required by the terms of the Assets to the pledge under the Indenture to the Collateral Trustee of its interest and rights in the Assets.

(c) The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date (which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of the Indenture and be deemed to be repeated on each date on which an Asset is Granted to the Collateral Trustee under the Indenture), with respect to the Assets that constitute Security Entitlements:

(i) All of such Assets have been and will have been credited to one of the Accounts which are securities accounts within the meaning of Section 8-501(a) of the UCC. The Securities Intermediary for each Account has agreed to treat all assets credited to such Accounts as “financial assets” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) the UCC; provided that the Securities Intermediary shall not be required to treat as a financial asset any asset in the nature of a general intangible (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC) or to “maintain” a sufficient quantity thereof.

(ii) The Borrower has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the Assets to the pledge under the Indenture to the Collateral Trustee of its interest and rights in the Assets.

(iii) (x) The Borrower has caused or shall have caused, within ten days after the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate Financing Statements in the proper office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest granted to the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit and security of the Secured Parties under the Indenture and (y)(A) the Borrower has delivered to the Collateral Trustee a fully executed Securities Account Control Agreement pursuant to which the Custodian has agreed to comply with all instructions and Entitlement Orders originated by the Collateral Trustee relating to the Accounts without further consent by the Borrower or (B) the Borrower has taken all steps necessary to cause the Custodian to identify in its records the Collateral Trustee as the Person having a security entitlement against the Custodian in each of the Accounts.

(iv) The Accounts are not in the name of any Person other than the Borrower or the Collateral Trustee. The Borrower has not consented to the Custodian complying with the Entitlement Order of any Person other than the Collateral Trustee (and the Borrower prior to a notice of exclusive control being provided by the Collateral Trustee, which notice the Collateral Trustee agrees it shall not deliver except after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default).

(d) The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date (which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of this Agreement and be deemed to be repeated on each date on which an Asset is Granted to the Collateral Trustee under the Indenture), with respect to Assets that constitute general intangibles:

(i) The Borrower has caused or shall have caused, within ten days of the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate Financing Statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Assets granted to the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit and security of the Secured Parties.

(e) The Borrower agrees to notify the Collateral Manager and Rating Agency promptly if it becomes aware of the breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in this Section 5.15 and shall not, without satisfaction of the S&P Rating Condition, waive any of the representations and warranties in this Section 5.15 or any breach thereof.

ARTICLE VI

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 6.1 Default and Events of Default. “Default” or “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any Default or Event of Default, respectively, under the Indenture.

Section 6.2 Acceleration. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and the acceleration of the Borrower’s obligations under the Indenture pursuant to the terms of Section 5.2 of the Indenture, the unpaid principal amount of the Loans, together with the interest accrued thereon and all other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder in respect of the Loans, shall automatically become immediately due and payable by the Borrower hereunder without any declaration or other act on the part of the Collateral Trustee or any Lender, subject to and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture; provided that upon the rescission or annulment of an acceleration under the Indenture in accordance with the terms of Section 5.2 thereof, any such acceleration shall automatically be rescinded and annulled for all purposes hereunder; provided, however, that, no such action shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.3 Remedies. Remedies for an Event of Default are granted to the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Indenture. Each of the Lenders agrees and acknowledges that the remedies for an Event of Default hereunder are governed by, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Indenture and other Credit Documents.

ARTICLE VII

THE AGENTS

Section 7.1 Appointment. The Lenders hereby designate (i) the Bank to act as Collateral Trustee as specified in the Indenture and in the other Collateral Documents and (ii) the Bank to act as Loan Agent as specified herein. By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Loan Agent and the Collateral Trustee (together, the “Agents”) to take such action under the provisions of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any other instruments and agreements referred to herein or therein and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Agents by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agents may perform any of their duties hereunder or under the other Credit Documents by or through their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or

affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Trustee and Loan Agent hereby agree to forward or make available any notices that it receives to the appropriate parties so required by the Indenture and this Agreement, respectively. The Loan Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into this Agreement and perform and observe its obligations under the Collateral Documents.

Section 7.2 Nature of Duties. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Collateral Documents. None of the Agents or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or affiliates shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it or them hereunder or under any other Credit Document or in connection herewith or therewith, unless caused by its or their gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The duties of the Agents shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Agents shall not have by reason of this Agreement or any other Credit Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender; and nothing in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agents any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any other Credit Document except as expressly set forth herein or therein.

Section 7.3 Lack of Reliance on the Agents. Independently and without reliance upon the Agents, each Lender, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower in connection with the making and the continuance of the Loans and the taking or not taking of any action in connection herewith and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Borrower and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter. The Agents shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectability, priority or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or the financial condition of the Borrower or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions precedent set forth in Article IV or the financial condition of the Borrower or the existence or possible existence of any Default.

Section 7.4 Certain Rights of the Agents. (a) The Agents may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, note or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. Without limiting the provisions hereof, the Agents shall be entitled to the rights, benefits, immunities, indemnities and protections of the Collateral Trustee as set forth in Article VI of the Indenture as if such rights, benefits, immunities, indemnities and protections were fully set forth herein; provided that such rights, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits shall be in addition to any rights, protections and benefits afforded to the Agents under this Agreement; provided, further, that the foregoing shall not be construed to impose upon the Agents any of the duties or standards of care (including, without limitation, any duties of a prudent person) of the Collateral Trustee. Any request or direction of the Borrower mentioned herein may be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Order.

(b) Whenever in the administration of this Agreement or the Indenture the Agents shall (i) deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Agents (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an Officer’s Certificate or Issuer Order or (ii) be required to determine the value of any Assets or funds hereunder or the cash flows projected to be received therefrom, the Agents may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely on reports of nationally recognized accountants, investment bankers or other Persons qualified to provide the information required to make such determination, including nationally recognized dealers in Assets of the type being valued, securities quotation services, loan pricing services and loan valuation agents.

(c) As a condition to the taking or omitting of any action by it hereunder, the Agents may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(d) The Agents shall be under no obligation to exercise or to honor any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of any Lenders pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, unless such Lenders shall have provided to the Agents security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Agents against the costs, expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of agents, experts and attorneys) and liabilities which might reasonably be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. The Loan Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Credit Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Majority of the Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders expressly specified in this Agreement or such Credit Document with respect to a particular matter) given in accordance with this Agreement or any other Credit Document and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.

(e) The Agents shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, note or other paper, electronic communication or document, but each Agent, in its discretion, may, and upon the written direction of a Majority of the Controlling Class or of the Rating Agency shall (subject to the right hereunder to be reasonably satisfactorily indemnified for associated expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of agents, experts and counsel) and liability), make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit or as it shall be directed, and the Agents shall be entitled, on reasonable prior notice to the Borrower and the Collateral Manager, to examine the books and records relating to the Loans, the Notes and the Assets, personally or by agent or attorney, during the Borrower’s or the Collateral Manager’s normal business hours; provided that the Agents shall, and shall cause their respective agents to, hold in confidence all such information, except (A) to the extent disclosure may be required by law or by any regulatory, administrative or Governmental Authority, (B) as otherwise required pursuant to this Agreement or (C) to the extent that the Agent, in its sole discretion, may determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder; provided, further, that each Agent may disclose on a confidential basis any such information to its agents, attorneys and auditors in connection with the performance of its responsibilities hereunder or under the Indenture.

(f) The Agents may execute any of the rights, privileges or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys; provided that neither of the Agents shall be responsible for any acts or omissions on the part of any such agent appointed or attorney appointed with due care.

(g) Neither of the Agents shall be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers hereunder, including actions or omissions to act at the direction of the Collateral Manager.

(h) Any permissive rights of the Agents to take or refrain from taking actions enumerated in this Agreement or the Indenture shall not be construed as a duty and the Agents shall not be answerable for other than their respective gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.

(i) Nothing herein shall be construed to impose an obligation on the part of the Agents to monitor, recalculate, evaluate or verify or independently determine the accuracy of any report, certificate or information received from the Borrower or Collateral Manager (unless and except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth herein) and all calculations made by the Agents in their respective roles hereunder shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding on all parties.

(j) The Agents shall not be liable for the actions or omissions of, or any inaccuracies in the records of, the Collateral Manager, the Borrower, any non-Affiliated custodian, transfer agent, paying agent or calculation agent (other than itself in such capacities), DTC, Euroclear, Clearstream or any other clearing agency or depository, and without limiting the foregoing, the Agents shall not be under any obligation to monitor, evaluate, or verify compliance by the Collateral Manager with the terms hereof or of the Indenture or the Collateral Management Agreement, or to verify or independently determine the accuracy of information received by the Agents from the Borrower or Collateral Manager (or from any selling institution, agent bank, trustee or similar source) with respect to the Assets.

(k) Unless prohibited by applicable law, the Agents shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of this Agreement or the Indenture or otherwise.

(l) In making or disposing of any investment permitted by this Agreement or the Indenture, each of the Agents is authorized to deal with itself (in its individual capacity) or with any one or more of its Affiliates, in each case on an arm’s-length basis, whether it or such Affiliate is acting as a sub-agent of the Agent or for any third Person or dealing as principal for its own account. If otherwise qualified, obligations of the Bank or any of its Affiliates shall qualify as Eligible Investments under the Indenture.

(m) [Reserved].

(n) [Reserved].

(o) To the extent any defined term hereunder, or any calculation required to be made or determined by the Agents hereunder, is dependent upon or defined by reference to GAAP, the Agents shall be entitled to request and receive (and conclusively rely upon) instruction from the Borrower or the accountants identified in the Accountants’ Certificate (and in the absence of its receipt of timely instruction therefrom, shall be entitled to obtain from an Independent accountant at the expense of the Borrower) as to the application of GAAP in such connection, in any instance.

(p) The Agents or their Affiliates are permitted to receive additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Agents’ economic self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder, servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the Eligible Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain Eligible Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Eligible Investments. Such compensation is not payable or reimbursable under the Indenture or this Agreement.

(q) [Reserved].

(r) [Reserved].

(s) [Reserved].

(t) [Reserved].

(u) [Reserved].

(v) Notwithstanding any term hereof (or any term of the UCC that might otherwise be construed to be applicable to a “securities intermediary” as defined in the UCC) to the contrary, the Loan Agent shall not be under a duty or obligation in connection with the acquisition or Grant by the Borrower to the Collateral Trustee of any item constituting the Assets, or to evaluate the sufficiency of the documents or instruments delivered to it by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with its Grant or otherwise, or in that regard to examine any Underlying Document, in each case, in order to determine compliance with applicable requirements of and restrictions on transfer in respect of such Assets.

(w) In the event that the Bank is also acting in the capacity of Paying Agent, Registrar, Calculation Agent, Authenticating Agent, Custodian, Securities Intermediary or Collateral Administrator, the rights, protections, benefits, immunities and indemnities afforded to the Loan Agent pursuant to this Article VII hereof shall also be afforded to the Bank acting in such capacities; provided that such rights, protections, benefits immunities and indemnities shall be in addition to any rights, protections, benefits, immunities and indemnities provided herein, in the Indenture, the Securities Account Control Agreement or the Collateral Administration Agreement, or any other document to which the Bank in such capacity is a party; provided, however that the foregoing shall not be construed to impose upon the Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Authenticating Agent, Custodian, Calculation Agent, Collateral Administrator or Securities Intermediary any of the duties or standards of care (including, without limitation, any duties of a prudent person, if any) of the Collateral Trustee.

Section 7.5 Not Responsible for Recitals, Incurrence of Loans or Issuance of Notes. The recitals contained herein, shall be taken as the statements of the Borrower and the Agents assume no responsibility for their correctness. The Agents make no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or the Indenture (except as may be made with respect to the validity of the Agents obligations hereunder), the Assets, the Loans or the Notes. The Agents shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Borrower of the Loans or the Notes or the proceeds thereof or any amounts paid to the Borrower pursuant to the provisions hereof.

Section 7.6 May Hold Loans or Notes. The Agents or any other agent of the Borrower, in its individual or any other capacities, may become the owner or pledgee of a Loan or a Note and may otherwise deal with the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not an agent.

Section 7.7 Holders of Lender Notes; Transferee of Assignment Agreement. (a) The Agents may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Loan is registered on the Register as described in Section 8.16 as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment, transfer or endorsement thereof, as the case may be, shall have been filed with the Agents and the requirements set forth in Section 8.16 have been satisfied. Any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the Holder of any Lender Note (or the registered Holder of a Loan in the form of a Confirmation of Registration) shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee, assignee or endorsee, as the case may be, of such Lender Note (or Confirmation of Registration) or of any Lender Note or Lender Notes (or Confirmation of Registration).

(b) The Agents may deem and treat the transferee of a properly executed and delivered Assignment Agreement pursuant to Section 8.4(b) whose name is recorded in the Register as set forth in Section 8.16 as a Lender under this Agreement with all of the same rights and obligations as a Holder of a Lender Note, whether or not such Lender requests a Lender Note pursuant to Section 3.2, for all purposes hereof unless and until the Agents receive and accept a subsequent Assignment Agreement properly executed and delivered pursuant to Section 8.4(b).

Section 7.8 Compensation and Reimbursement. (a) The Borrower agrees:

(i) to pay each of the Loan Agent and the Collateral Trustee on each Payment Date, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof;

(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein and subject to the Priority of Payments, to reimburse each of the Agents (subject to any written agreement between the Borrower and the applicable Agent) in a timely manner upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by such Agent in accordance with any provision of this Agreement or other Transaction Document (including, without limitation, securities transaction charges and the reasonable compensation and expenses and disbursements of its agents, experts and legal counsel and of any accounting firm or investment banking firm employed by the Agents pursuant to this Agreement or the Indenture, except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may

be attributable to the applicable Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith) but with respect to securities transaction charges, only to the extent any such charges have not been waived during a Collection Period due to the Agent’s receipt of a payment from a financial institution with respect to certain Eligible Investments, as specified by the Collateral Manager in writing;

(iii) to indemnify each of the Agents and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of agents, experts and attorneys) incurred without gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with acting or serving as an Agent hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves (including reasonable fees and costs of agents, experts and attorneys) against any claim (whether brought by or involving the Borrower or any third party) or liability in connection with the administration, exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder and any other agreement or instrument related hereto and of enforcing this Agreement and any indemnification rights hereunder; and

(iv) to pay the Loan Agent reasonable additional compensation together with expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) for any collection or enforcement action taken pursuant to Article VI.

This Section 7.8 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the removal or resignation of the applicable Agent.

(b) The Agents hereby agree not to cause the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against the Borrower for the non-payment to the Agents of any amounts provided by this Section 7.8 until at least one year and one day, or, if longer, the applicable preference period then in effect, plus one day, after the payment in full of all Debt issued under the Indenture and incurred under this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 7.8 shall preclude, or be deemed to stop, the Agents (i) from taking any action prior to the expiration of the aforementioned period in (A) any case or Proceeding voluntarily filed or commenced by the Borrower or (B) any involuntary insolvency Proceeding filed or commenced by a Person other than the applicable Agent, or (ii) from commencing against the Borrower or any of their properties any legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation Proceeding. This Section 7.8(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the removal or resignation of the applicable Agent.

(c) Each of the Agents acknowledges that all payments payable to it under this Agreement shall be subject to the Priority of Payments in the Indenture and payable as Administrative Expenses. If, on any date when any amount shall be payable to the Agents pursuant to this Agreement, insufficient funds are available for the payment thereof, any portion of a fee or expense not so paid shall be deferred and payable on such later date on which a fee or expense shall be payable and sufficient funds are available. Following realization of the Assets and distribution of proceeds in the manner provided in the Priority of Payments in the Indenture, any obligations of the Borrower and any claims of the Agents against the Borrower shall be extinguished and shall not thereafter revive. This Section 7.8(c) shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the removal or resignation or the applicable Agent.

(d) In no event shall the Agents be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage (including but not limited to lost profits or diminution in value) even if the Agents have been advised of the likelihood of such damages and regardless of the form of action.

(e) The Borrower’s payment obligations to each of the Agents under this Section 7.8 shall be secured by the lien of the Indenture, and shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and the resignation or removal of such Agent, as applicable. When either Agent incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.1(g) of the Indenture, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

Section 7.9 Agents Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be Agents hereunder which shall be organizations or entities organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof, each having a combined capital and surplus of at least $200,000,000 and meeting the eligibility criteria specified in Section 6.8 of the Indenture. If at any time either Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.9, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VII.

Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal of Agents; Appointment of Successor Agents. (a) No resignation or removal of either of the Agents and no appointment of a successor agent with respect to the applicable Agent (the “Successor Agent”) pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the Successor Agent under Section 7.11. The indemnification in favor of the Agents in Section 7.8 hereof shall survive any resignation or removal (to the extent of any indemnified liabilities, costs, expenses and other amounts arising or incurred prior to, or arising out of actions or omissions occurring prior to such resignation or removal).

(b) Subject to and in accordance with Section 6.9 of the Indenture, the Loan Agent may resign at any time by giving not less than 30 days written notice thereof to the Borrower (and, subject to Section 14.3(c) of the Indenture, the Borrower shall provide notice to the Rating Agency then rating a Class of Secured Debt), the Collateral Manager and the Holders of the Debt. If the Loan Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Loan Agent for any reason, the Borrower shall promptly appoint a Successor Agent by Issuer Order, one copy of which shall be delivered to each of the Agents, the Successor Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Manager; provided that such Successor Agent shall be appointed only upon the Act of a Majority of each Class of Debt or, at any time when an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, by an Act of a Majority of the Controlling Class. The Successor Agent so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the Successor Agent and supersede any Successor Agent proposed by the Borrower. If no Successor Agent shall have been appointed and an instrument of acceptance by a Successor Agent shall not have been delivered to the Agents within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Agent, or any Lender, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction (at the expense of the Borrower) for the appointment of a Successor Agent satisfying the requirements of Section 7.9 hereof. The resignation or removal of the Collateral Trustee and/or the appointment of a successor Collateral Trustee shall be governed by Section 6.9 of the Indenture.

(c) The Loan Agent may be removed at any time upon 30 days’ written notice by Act of a Majority of the Lenders, delivered to the Agents and the Borrower.

(d) If at any time:

(i) the Loan Agent shall cease to be eligible under Section 7.9 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Borrower or by a Majority of the Lenders; or

(ii) the Loan Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver or liquidator of the Loan Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Loan Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;

then, in any such case (subject to Section 7.10(a) hereof), (A) the Borrower, by an Issuer Order, may remove the Loan Agent, or (B) any Lender may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Loan Agent and the appointment of a Successor Agent.

(e) If the Loan Agent shall be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Loan Agent for any reason (other than resignation), the Borrower, by Issuer Order, shall promptly appoint a successor Loan Agent. If the Borrower shall fail to appoint a successor Loan Agent within 60 days after such removal or incapability or the occurrence of such vacancy, a Successor Agent may be appointed by a Majority of the Controlling Class by written instrument delivered to the Borrower and the retiring Loan Agent. The successor Loan Agent so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Loan Agent and supersede any successor Loan Agent proposed by the Borrower. If no successor Loan Agent shall have been so appointed by the Borrower or a Majority of the Controlling Class and shall have accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, subject to Section 6.10 of the Indenture, any Lender or the Loan Agent may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction (at the expense of the Borrower) for the appointment of a successor Loan Agent.

(f) The Borrower shall give prompt notice of each resignation and each removal of the Loan Agent and each appointment of a Successor Agent to the Collateral Trustee, the Rating Agency and to each Lender. Such notice shall include the name of the Successor Agent and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. If the Borrower fails to provide such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the Successor Agent, the Successor Agent shall cause such notice to be given at the expense of the Borrower.

(g) If the Bank shall resign or be removed as Collateral Trustee, the Bank shall also resign or be removed as Loan Agent and as any other capacity in which the Bank is then acting pursuant to this Agreement, the Indenture or any other Transaction Document.

Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Agents. Every Successor Agent appointed hereunder and qualified under Section 7.9 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Borrower and the retiring Agent an instrument accepting such appointment and agreeing to be bound by this Agreement and, to the extent such Successor Agent shall be a party thereto, the Indenture and the Securities Account Control Agreement. Upon delivery of the required instruments, the resignation or removal of the retiring Agent shall become effective and such Successor Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of the retiring Agent; but, on request of the Borrower or a Majority of the Lenders or the Successor Agent, such retiring Agent shall, upon payment of its charges then unpaid, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such Successor Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Agent, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such Successor Agent all property held by such retiring Agent hereunder. Upon request of any such Successor Agent, each of the Borrower shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such Successor Agent all such rights, powers and trusts.

Section 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Agents. Any organization or entity into which an Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any organization or entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Agent shall be a party, or any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of such Agent, shall be the successor of such Agent hereunder; provided that such organization or entity shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VII, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

Section 7.13 Representations and Warranties of Wilmington Trust, National Association. The Bank hereby represents and warrants as follows:

(a) Organization. It has been duly organized and is validly existing as a national banking association with trust powers under the laws of the United States and has the power to conduct its business and affairs as Loan Agent and as Collateral Trustee.

(b) Authorization; Binding Obligations. It has the corporate power and authority to perform the duties and obligations of the Loan Agent and the Collateral Trustee, as applicable, under this Agreement. It has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Indenture and all of the documents required to be executed by it pursuant hereto. This Agreement and the Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Bank and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank enforceable in accordance with its terms subject, as to enforcement, (i) to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, liquidation or similar laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights as such laws would apply in the event of any bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency or similar event applicable to the Bank and (ii) to general equitable principles (whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

(d) No Conflict. Neither the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture or this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture or this Agreement, (i) is prohibited by, or requires the Bank to obtain any consent, authorization, approval or registration under, any law, statute, rule, regulation, or to the best of its knowledge, judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree that is binding upon the Bank or any of its properties or assets, or (ii) to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Loan Agent, will violate any provision of, result in any default or acceleration of any obligations under, result in the creation or imposition of any lien pursuant to, or require any consent under, any material agreement to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, which, in each of the foregoing cases, would have a material adverse effect on the Bank’s performance of its duties hereunder.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.1 Payment of Expenses, Etc. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses (A) of the Loan Agent and the Collateral Trustee in connection with any amendment, waiver or consent of the Credit Documents and the documents and instruments referred to therein and (B) of the Loan Agent and the Collateral Trustee in connection with any Default or Event of Default or with the enforcement of the Credit Documents and the documents and instruments referred to therein (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Trustee, counsel and agents for the Loan Agent and one (1) counsel in total for all Lenders, collectively). To the extent that the undertaking to pay the Loan Agent or the Collateral Trustee set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable because it is violative of any law or public policy, the Borrower shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the covered expenses which is permissible under applicable law, subject to the limitations and qualifications set forth in the preceding sentence and the Priority of Payments. Any payments made pursuant to this Section 8.1 shall be made on the first Payment Date that funds are available for such payments as an Administrative Expense in accordance with the Priority of Payments. This Section 8.1 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the removal or resignation of the applicable Agent.

Section 8.2 Right of Setoff. Each Lender hereby waives any right of setoff that the Lender may have against the Borrower in respect of any obligation arising hereunder or under the Lender Notes.

Section 8.3 Notices. (a) all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier or electronic mail (if an e-mail address for the relevant party is set forth in the Indenture)) and given in the manner provided in Section 14.3 of the Indenture, if to the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Rating Agency, the Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee and/or any Lender, at its address specified in the Indenture (or, in the case of any Lender and the Loan Agent, in Schedule 2 hereof), and in the case of any Lender becoming party hereto after the Closing Date, the related Assignment Agreement; or, at such other address as shall be designated by any party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given on the date such notice is given.

(b) [Reserved].

(c) In the event that any provision in this Agreement calls for any notice or document to be delivered simultaneously to the Collateral Trustee and the Loan Agent and any other Person, the Collateral Trustee’s or the Loan Agent’s receipt of such notice or document shall entitle the Collateral Trustee and the Loan Agent to assume that such notice was delivered to such other Person or entity.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement or in any agreement or document related hereto, any documents (including reports, notices or supplemental indentures) required to be provided by the Loan Agent or the Collateral Trustee to the Lenders may be provided by providing notice of, and access to, the Collateral Trustee’s website containing such document.

(e) The Bank (in each of its capacities hereunder) shall be entitled to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Agreement, the Indenture or any other Transaction Document sent by unsecured email, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods. If such Person elects to give the Bank email or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Bank in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Bank’s reasonable understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Bank shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Bank’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflicting with or being inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. Any Person providing such instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Bank, including without limitation the risk of the Bank acting on unauthorized instructions accompanied by an incumbency certificate, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. Any Person providing such instructions acknowledges and agrees that there may be more secure methods of transmitting such instructions than the method(s) selected by such Person and agrees that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with such Person’s transmission of such instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances.

Section 8.4 Benefit of Agreement. (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto to the extent permitted under this Section 8.4; provided that, except as provided in Section 5.10 of this Agreement, the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender. Each Lender may at any time grant participations in any of its rights hereunder to one or more commercial banks, insurance companies, funds or other financial institutions; provided that in the case of any such participation, the participant shall not have any rights under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents (the participant’s rights against such Lender in respect of such participation to be those set forth in the agreement executed by such Lender in favor of the participant relating thereto) and all amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation; and provided, further, that, no Lender shall transfer, grant or assign any participation under which the participant shall have rights to approve any amendment to or waiver of this Agreement or any other Credit Documents except to the extent such amendment or waiver would (x) extend the final scheduled maturity of

any Loan or Lender Note in which such participant is participating or waive any Mandatory Prepayment thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase such participant’s participating interest in any Lender Note over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of any Default or a Mandatory Prepayment, shall not constitute a change in the terms of any Lender Note), (y) release all or substantially all of the Assets (in each case, except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents), or (z) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (except as provided in Section 5.10 of this Agreement); and provided, further, that, each participation shall be subject to the related participant providing a representation and warranty to the Lender from which it is acquiring its participation that it is a Qualified Purchaser and a Qualified Institutional Buyer and making representations substantially in the form set forth under Section 8.18(a)(i), Section 8.18(a)(ii), Section 8.18(a)(iv) and Section 8.18(a)(v).

(b) Any Lender may assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, such Lender’s Loans, Lender Note and other Loans) to one or more commercial banks, insurance companies, funds or other financial institutions (including one or more Lenders) that is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and a Qualified Purchaser and can make all of the other representations set forth in Section 8.18. No assignment pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to an institution other than an Affiliate of such Lender or another Lender shall be in an aggregate amount less than (unless the entire outstanding Loan of the assigning Lender is so assigned) $250,000. No consent of the Borrower or the Loan Agent shall be required for any assignment by a Lender to another Lender. If any Lender so sells or assigns all or a part of its rights hereunder or under the Lender Notes, any reference in this Agreement or the Lender Notes to such assigning Lender shall thereafter refer to such Lender and to the respective assignee to the extent of their respective interests and the respective assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment (unless otherwise provided therein), the same rights and benefits as it would if it were such assigning Lender.

(c) Each assignment pursuant to Section 8.4(b) shall be effected by the assigning Lender and the assignee Lender executing an Assignment and Assumption Agreement (an “Assignment Agreement”), which Assignment Agreement shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B (appropriately completed); provided that, in each case, unless otherwise consented to by the Borrower, the Assignment Agreement shall contain a representation and warranty by the assignee to the Loan Agent and the Borrower that such assignee is an Approved Lender. In the event of (and at the time of) any such assignment, either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender shall pay to the Loan Agent a nonrefundable assignment fee of $3,500, and at the time of any assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 8.4, (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to reflect the Lender Note (or the Confirmation of Registration in lieu thereof) of the respective assignee (which shall result in a direct reduction to the Lender Note of the assigning Lender) and of the other Lenders, and (ii) the Borrower shall issue new Lender Notes (or Confirmation of Registration) to the respective assignee and/or to the assigning Lender, as applicable, in conformity with the requirements of Sections 3.2 and 8.16. No transfer or assignment under clause (b) of this Section 8.4 shall be effective until recorded by the Loan Agent on the Register pursuant to Section 8.16 or, if such transfer or assignment would result in the issuance of ten or more Lender Notes by the Borrower. To the extent of any assignment pursuant

to clause (b) of this Section 8.4, the assigning Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to its assigned Lender Note (or Confirmation of Registration). Each Lender and the Borrower agree to execute such documents (including amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents) as shall be necessary to effect the foregoing. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or prohibit any Lender from pledging its Lender Notes or Loans to a Federal Reserve Bank in support of borrowings made by such Lender from such Federal Reserve Bank. The Loan Agent shall be permitted to request such evidence reasonably satisfactory to it documenting the identity and/or signature of the assignor and the assignee, including a medallion signature guarantee.

Section 8.5 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of the Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document and no course of dealing between the Borrower and the Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee or any Lender shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder. The rights and remedies herein expressly provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which the Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee or any Lender would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower or any other Person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee or the Lenders to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.

Section 8.6 Payments Pro Rata. (a) The Collateral Trustee agrees that promptly after its receipt of each payment from or on behalf of the Borrower in respect of any Loans hereunder and pursuant to the Indenture, it shall distribute such payment to the Lenders (other than any Lender that has expressly waived its right to receive its pro rata share thereof) pro rata based upon their respective Percentages, if any, of the Loans with respect to which such payment was received.

(b) Each of the Lenders agrees that, if it should receive any amount hereunder (whether by voluntary payment, by realization upon security, by the exercise of the right of setoff or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action, by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents, or otherwise) which is applicable to the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the Loans or fees, of a sum which with respect to the related sum or sums received by other Lenders is in a greater proportion than the total of such Commitment then owed and due to such Lender bears to the total of such Commitment then owed and due to all of the Lenders immediately prior to such receipt, then such Lender receiving such excess payment shall purchase for Cash without recourse or warranty from the other Lenders an interest in the Loans to such other Lenders in such amount as shall result in a proportional participation by all of the Lenders in such disproportionate sum received; provided that, if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

Section 8.7 Calculations; Computations. All computations of interest hereunder shall be made on the actual number of days elapsed in the applicable Interest Accrual Period divided by 360.

Section 8.8 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY THE LOANS (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) With respect to any suit, action or proceedings relating to this Agreement or any matter between the parties arising under or in connection with this Agreement (“Proceedings”), each party irrevocably: (i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof; and (ii) waives any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any Proceedings brought in any such court, waives any claim that such Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waives the right to object, with respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not have any jurisdiction over such party. Nothing in this Agreement precludes any of the parties from bringing Proceedings in any other jurisdiction, nor will the bringing of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction.

(c) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND ANY LENDER BECOMING A PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOANS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. Each party hereby (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of the other has represented, expressly or otherwise, that the other would not, in the event of a Proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it has been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this paragraph.

(d) Each party (other than the Borrower and the Agents) to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 8.3.

Section 8.9 Counterparts. This Agreement (and each amendment, modification and waiver in respect of it) may be executed and delivered in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts) (including by e-mail or facsimile transmission (including, without limitation, any .pdf file, .jpeg file, or any other electronic or image file, or any “electronic signature” as defined under E-SIGN or ESRA, which includes any electronic signature provided using Orbit, Adobe Sign, Adobe Fill & Sign, DocuSign, or any other similar platform identified by the Issuer and reasonably available at no undue burden or expense to the Agents)), each of which will be deemed an original, and all of which together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart signature page of this Agreement by e-mail (.pdf) or facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. Neither the Collateral Trustee nor the Loan Agent shall have any duty to inquire into or investigate the authenticity, sufficiency or authorization of any such electronic signature and shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such electronic signature without any liability with respect thereto.

Section 8.10 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on the Closing Date upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.1.

Section 8.11 Headings Descriptive. The headings of the several sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

Section 8.12 Amendment or Waiver. (a) Except as set forth in clause (c) of this Section 8.12, this Agreement may not be amended or waived other than in accordance with Article VIII of the Indenture, which is hereby incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.

(b) Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under Article VIII of the Indenture, any provisions of the Indenture that are incorporated by reference in this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, as if fully set forth herein, shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental Indenture shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes; and every Lender theretofore and thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

(c) (i) Other than any amendment or modification that could be effected under Article VIII of the Indenture without the consent of the Lenders, terms of this Agreement that are not related to provisions of the Indenture and that are terms uniquely affecting the Lenders may not be changed, waived, discharged or terminated unless such change, waiver, discharge or termination is in writing signed by the Borrower, the Agents and a Majority of the Lenders and is consented to by the Collateral Manager; provided that no such change, waiver, discharge or termination shall, without the consent of each Lender (with Loans being directly affected thereby in the case of the following subclause (A)), (A) extend any time fixed for the payment of any principal of the Loans, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates) or fees thereon, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or change the currency of payment thereof or change any Lender’s Commitment, (B) release all or substantially all of the Assets (in each case, except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents), (C) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 8.6 or clause (a) of this Section 8.12, (D) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority (it being understood that, with the consent of a Majority of the Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of a Majority of the Lenders on substantially the same basis as the extensions of Commitments are included on the Closing Date), (E) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (except as permitted by Section 5.10), (F) waive any Mandatory Prepayment of Loans required pursuant to Section 3.3.3 or (G) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 8.20; provided, further, that, no such change, waiver, discharge or termination shall increase the Commitment of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that waivers or modifications (otherwise permitted hereunder) of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default shall not constitute an increase of the Commitment of any Lender, and that an increase in the available portion of any Commitment of any Lender shall not constitute an increase in the Commitment of such Lender) or without the consent of the Agents amend, modify or waive any provision of Article VII

or Section 3.6 as the same applies to the Agents. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Borrower, the Lenders, the Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee and all future holders of the Loans and the Lender Notes (or a Holder taking such interest in the form of a Confirmation of Registration).

(ii) No change, waiver, discharge or termination of this Agreement shall affect in any manner, amend, waive or modify the terms of the Indenture;

(iii) In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Collateral Trustee and the Loan Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, to the extent so provided herein; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon. In executing or accepting any change, waiver, discharge or termination of this Agreement permitted by this Section 8.12, the Loan Agent and Collateral Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.2 and 7.4 herein and the Indenture) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent thereto have been satisfied. The Collateral Trustee and Loan Agent shall not be liable for any reliance made in good faith upon such Opinion of Counsel.

(d) Prior to the effectiveness of any amendment to this Agreement pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 8.12, S&P shall be given written notice thereof.

(e) Neither the Collateral Trustee nor the Loan Agent shall be obligated to enter into any amendment or supplement that, as reasonably determined by it, adversely affects its duties, obligations, liabilities or protections under the Credit Documents.

Section 8.13 Survival. All indemnities set forth herein, including in Section 7.8 and Section 8.1 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the making and repayment of the Loans and the resignation and/or removal of the Loan Agent or the Collateral Trustee.

Section 8.14 Domicile of Loans. Subject to the limitations of Section 8.4, each Lender may transfer and carry its Loans at, to or for the account of any branch office, Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Lender.

Section 8.15 Confidentiality. Each Lender shall be required to comply with the provisions of the Indenture, including Section 14.15 of the Indenture, with respect to Confidential Information and the provisions of Section 14.15 of the Indenture are incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis; provided that in no event shall any Lender or any Affiliate thereof be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by the Borrower.

Section 8.16 Register. (a) The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Loan Agent will serve as the Borrower’s agent, solely for purposes of this Section 8.16, to serve as registrar (the “Registrar”) by maintaining a register (the “Register”) on which it shall record the names and addresses of each Lender, the Loans (and transfers thereof, principal amounts thereof and stated

interest thereon) made by each such Persons and each repayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans. Failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation shall not affect the Borrower’s obligations in respect of such Loans. With respect to any Lender, the transfer of the rights to the principal of, and interest on, any Loan made by such Lender shall not be effective until such transfer is recorded on the Register maintained by the Loan Agent with respect to ownership of such Loan as provided in this Section 8.16 and prior to such recordation all amounts owing to the transferor with respect to such Loan shall remain owing to the transferor. The registration of assignment or transfer of all or part of any Loan shall be recorded by the Loan Agent on the Register only upon the acceptance by the Loan Agent of a properly executed and delivered Assignment Agreement pursuant to Section 8.4(b). Each Lender shall promptly provide the Loan Agent any information reasonably requested by it for purposes of maintaining the Register. Coincident with the delivery of such an Assignment Agreement to the Loan Agent for acceptance and registration of assignment or transfer of all or part of a Loan, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the assigning or transferor Lender shall surrender its Lender Notes and thereupon one or more new Lender Notes (or Confirmation of Registration) in the same aggregate principal amount shall, if requested by the assigning or transferor Lender and/or new Lender, be issued to the assigning or transferor Lender and/or the new Lender, as applicable. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

(b) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts of (and stated interest on) each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury regulations and Section 1.163-5(b)(1) of the proposed United States Treasury regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, no Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

Section 8.17 Marshalling; Recapture. None of the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of the Borrower or any other party or against or in payment of any or all of the Loans. To the extent any Lender receives any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower, which payment or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to the Borrower or its estate, trustee, receiver, custodian or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or Federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the extent of such payment or repayment, the obligation or part thereof which has been paid, reduced or satisfied by the amount so repaid shall be reinstated by the amount so repaid and shall be included within the liabilities of the Borrower to such Lender as of the date such initial payment, reduction or satisfaction occurred.

Section 8.18 Lender Representations, etc.; Non-Recourse Obligations. (a) By executing this Agreement, whether on the date hereof or pursuant to an assignment permitted hereunder, each Lender represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

(i) In connection with the Loans: (A) none of the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Placement Agent, the Co-Structuring Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Share Registrar, the Administrative Service Provider, the Transferor, or any of their respective Affiliates is acting as a fiduciary or financial or investment adviser for such Lender; (B) such Lender is not relying (for purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon any advice, counsel or representations (whether written or oral) of the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Placement Agent, the Co-Structuring Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Share Registrar, the Administrative Service Provider, the Transferor, or any of their respective Affiliates other than any statements herein, and such Lender has read and understands this Agreement and the final Offering Circular (including the descriptions therein of the structure of the transaction in which the Loans are being offered and the risks to the Lenders); (C) such Lender has consulted with its own legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial and accounting advisors to the extent it has deemed necessary and has made its own investment decisions (including decisions regarding the suitability of any transaction pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture) based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisors as it has deemed necessary and not upon any view expressed by the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Placement Agent, the Co-Structuring Agent, the Administrative Service Provider, the Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Share Registrar, the Transferor or any of their respective Affiliates; (D) such Lender is both (x) a Qualified Institutional Buyer that is not a broker-dealer which owns and invests on a discretionary basis less than $25 million in securities of issuers that are not affiliated Persons of the dealer and is not a plan referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(d) or (a)(1)(e) of Rule 144A or a trust fund referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(f) of Rule 144A that holds the assets of such a plan, if investment decisions with respect to the plan are made by beneficiaries of the plan and (y) a Qualified Purchaser; (E) such Lender was not formed for the purpose of acquiring such Loans and is acquiring its interest in such Loans for its own account; (F) such Lender will hold and transfer the minimum required amount of the Loans; (G) such Lender is a sophisticated investor and is making the Loans with a full understanding of all of the terms, conditions and risks thereof, and it is capable of assuming and willing to assume those risks; (H) such Lender has had access to such financial and other information concerning the Borrower and the Loans as it has deemed necessary or appropriate in order to make an informed decision with respect to making the Loans, including an opportunity to ask questions of and request information from the Borrower and the Collateral Manager and (I) such Lender will provide notice of the relevant transfer restrictions, representations, warranties and agreements to subsequent transferees.

(ii) the Lender agrees that (A) if it is, or is acting on behalf of, a Benefit Plan Investor, its making of the Loans does not and will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and (B) if it is a governmental, church, non-U.S. or other plan which is subject to any Other Plan Law, its making of the Loans will not constitute or result in a non-exempt violation of any Other Plan Law;

(C) if the Lender is a Benefit Plan Investor, it will be deemed to represent, warrant and agree that (i) none of the Transaction Parties or any of their affiliates, has provided any investment advice within the meaning of Section 3(21)(A)(ii) of ERISA to the Benefit Plan Investor or to any fiduciary or other person investing the assets of the Benefit Plan Investor (“Fiduciary”), in connection with its making of the Loans, and (ii) the Fiduciary is exercising its own independent judgment in evaluating the making of the Loans;

(iii) the Lender has not assigned and will not assign any of its rights under this Agreement to anyone other than a Person that is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and a Qualified Purchaser and each party to whom it assigns any or all of its rights under this Agreement represents and warrants to the Borrower on the date it becomes a party to this Agreement and each date upon which a Loan is made hereunder after such date that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and a Qualified Purchaser and that it has not assigned or will not assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to anyone other than a Person that is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and a Qualified Purchaser;

(iv) the Lender agrees that if it no longer qualifies as a Qualified Institutional Buyer or a Qualified Purchaser, it shall notify the Borrower thereof immediately in writing and, from such time, no further Loans shall be made to the Borrower by such Lender pursuant to this Agreement;

(v) Each Lender will treat the Borrower and the Loans as described in the “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” section of the Offering Circular for all U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes and will take no action inconsistent with such treatment unless required by law;

(vi) Each Lender will timely furnish the Borrower, the Collateral Trustee and their respective agents with any tax forms or certifications (including, without limitation, IRS Form W-9, an applicable IRS Form W-8 (together with all applicable attachments), or any successors to such IRS forms) that the Borrower or its agents reasonably request (A) to permit the Borrower, the Collateral Trustee and their respective agents to make payments to the Lender without, or at a reduced rate of, deduction or withholding, (B) to enable the Borrower and its agents to qualify for a reduced rate of withholding or deduction in any jurisdiction from or through which they receive payments, and (C) to enable the Borrower, the Collateral Trustee and their respective agents to satisfy reporting and other obligations under any applicable law or regulation (including any cost basis reporting obligation), and will update or replace such tax forms or certifications in accordance with their terms or subsequent amendments. Each Lender acknowledges that the failure to provide, update or replace any such tax forms or certifications may result in the imposition of withholding or back-up withholding on payments to the Lender;

(vii) [Reserved];

(viii) Each Lender represents and agrees that, if it is not a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code),

(i) it is:

(A)

not a bank (or an entity affiliated with a bank) extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business (within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code); and

(B)

not a “10 percent shareholder” with respect to the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) or Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code; and

(C)

not a “controlled foreign corporation” that is related to the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code; or

(ii) it has provided an IRS Form W-8ECI representing that all payments received or to be received by it from the Borrower are effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States and includible in its gross income; or

(iii) it is eligible for benefits under an income tax treaty with the United States that eliminates U.S. federal income tax of payments on the Loans;

(ix) Each Lender will provide the Issuer and the Collateral Trustee with certifications necessary to establish that it is not subject to U.S. federal withholding tax under FATCA;

(x) Each Lender represents that it is not a member of an “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) with respect to which a beneficial owner of Subordinated Notes is a “covered member” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.385-1(c)(2)), except to the extent that the Borrower or its agents have provided such Lender with an express waiver of this representation; and

(xi) Each Lender will indemnify the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee and their respective agents from any and all damages, cost and expenses (including any amount of taxes, fees, interest, additions to tax, or penalties) resulting from the failure by such Lender to comply with its obligations under the Loan or this Agreement. The indemnification will continue with respect to any period during which the Lender held a Loan (and any interest therein), notwithstanding the Lender ceasing to be a Lender.

Each Lender understands that the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Placement Agent, the Co-Structuring Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Share Registrar, the Administrative Service Provider, the Transferor and their respective counsel will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations, and it hereby consents to such reliance. Each Lender understands that by entering into the transactions contemplated hereby it is making a loan under a commercial credit facility and that by making the foregoing representation, no Lender is characterizing the transactions contemplated herein as the making of an investment in “securities” as defined in the Securities Act.

(b) The Loan Agent, the Collateral Trustee and each Lender covenants and agrees that the obligations arising from time to time and at any time of the Borrower under the Loans and this Agreement are limited recourse obligations of the Borrower, payable solely from the Assets available at such time in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, and, following repayment and realization of the Assets, any claims of the Loan Agent or the Lenders and obligations of the Borrower hereunder shall be extinguished and shall not thereafter revive, in accordance with Section 2.7 of the Indenture. No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of the Loans against any member, shareholder, owner, employee, officer, director, manager, authorized Person, advisor, agent or incorporator or organizer of the Borrower or Collateral Manager or their respective successors or assigns for any amounts payable under the Loans, this Agreement or the Indenture. It is understood that the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.18(b) shall not (i) prevent recourse to the Assets for the sums due or to become due under any security, instrument or agreement which is part of the Assets or (ii) constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any indebtedness or obligation evidenced by the Loans until the Assets has been realized, whereupon any outstanding indebtedness or obligation shall be extinguished and shall not thereafter revive. The provisions of this Section 8.18(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

Section 8.19 [Reserved].

Section 8.20 No Petition. (a) The Collateral Trustee, Loan Agent and each Lender or holder of an interest herein hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Borrower until one year (or if longer, the then applicable preference period) and one day after all Debt has been paid in full, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other similar proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.

(b) This Section 8.20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all amounts payable hereunder.

Section 8.21 Acknowledgment. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that none of the parties hereto has any fiduciary relationship with or fiduciary duty to the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and the relationship between the Collateral Trustee, the Lenders and the Loan Agent on the one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith is solely that of debtor and creditor.

Section 8.22 Limitation on Suits. No Lender shall have any right to institute any Proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Agreement or the Indenture except as provided in Section 5.3 of the Indenture.

Section 8.23 Unconditional Rights of Lenders to Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Lenders shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest on the Loans as such principal and interest become due and payable in accordance with the Priority of Payments and Section 3.6 and Section 8.20, and, subject to the provisions of Section 8.22, to institute proceedings for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Lender.

Section 8.24 Termination of Agreement. Without prejudice to any provision of the Indenture, this Agreement and all rights and obligations hereunder, other than those expressly specified as surviving the termination of the Agreement and the repayment of the Loans and those set forth in Sections 4.1 of the Indenture with respect to the Lenders, the Loans or the Agents, shall terminate (a) at such time that all of the Loans are repaid in full in accordance with the terms herein, (b) upon conversion of all of the Loans pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof or (c) upon the final distribution of all proceeds of any liquidation of the Collateral Obligations, Equity Securities and Eligible Investments effected pursuant to Article V of the Indenture.

Section 8.25 Lender Information. Notice to Lenders shall be provided as set forth in Section 14.4 of the Indenture.

Section 8.26 Lender Consent. By its execution and making of Loans hereunder, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to the terms applicable to it in its capacity as a holder of the Loans and the execution of the Indenture.

Section 8.27 [Reserved].

Section 8.28 [Reserved].

Section 8.29 USA PATRIOT Act. In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Agents are required to obtain, verify, record and update certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Agents. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide to the Agents upon request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Agents to comply with the USA PATRIOT Act.

Section 8.30 Withholding. If any withholding tax is imposed on the Borrower’s payments (or allocations of income) under the Loans to any Lender, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to such Lender. The Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to any Lender sufficient funds for the payment of any tax, including pursuant to FATCA, and to timely remit such amounts to the appropriate taxing authority. Such authorization shall not prevent the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings. The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to any Lender shall be treated as cash distributed to such Lender at the time it is withheld by the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution and the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent has not received documentation from such Lender showing an exemption from withholding, the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent shall withhold such amounts in accordance with this

Section 8.30. If any Lender wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent shall reasonably cooperate with such Lender in making such claim so long as such Lender agrees to reimburse the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent for any out of pocket expenses incurred. Nothing herein shall impose an obligation on the part of the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent to determine the amount of any tax or withholding obligation on the part of the Borrower or in respect of the Loans.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.


PENNANTPARK CLO VIII, LLC, as Borrower

By:		PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, its Designated Manager

By:		/s/ Jeffrey S. Sion
		Name: Jeffrey S. Sion
		Title: Authorized Signatory

Credit Agreement (Class A-1 Loans)


WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Collateral Trustee

By:		/s/ Ann Cung
		Name: Ann Cung
		Title: Vice President

Credit Agreement (Class A-1 Loans)


WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Loan Agent

By:		/s/ Ann Cung
		Name: Ann Cung
		Title: Vice President

Credit Agreement (Class A-1 Loans)


KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Lender

By:		/s/ Richard Andersen
		Name: Richard Andersen
		Title: Senior Vice President

Credit Agreement (Class A-1 Loans)

ANNEX X

DEFINITIONS

Any defined terms used herein shall have the respective meanings set forth herein.

“Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1.

“Agent Fee Letter” means the fee letter between the Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower) and the Bank relating to the Debt and the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and this Agreement.

“Aggregate Commitment” means (i) as of the Closing Date, $60,000,000 and (ii) upon an amendment of Schedule 1 to this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.1, such other amount as may be set forth on such Schedule 1 (as so amended).

“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“Approved Lender” means a financial institution or other institutional lender that makes each of the representations set forth in Section 8.18(a).

“Assignment Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.4(c).

“Assignment/Conversion” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7.

“Bank” means Wilmington Trust, National Association.

“Bankruptcy Code” means the federal Bankruptcy Code, Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy law or similar law.

“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“Borrowing” means Loans made by all Lenders on the Loan Date in accordance with Section 3.1.

“Business Day(s)”: means any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by applicable law, regulation or executive order to close in New York, New York or in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located (initially, Wilmington, Delaware) or, for any final payment of principal, in the relevant place of presentation.

“Calculation Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.13(a).

“Collateral Documents” means the Indenture, the Securities Account Control Agreement and any other agreement, instrument or document executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with the foregoing or pursuant to which a Lien is granted in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as security for any of the Loans.

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“Collateral Manager” means PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, until such time, if any, as a successor Person shall have become the Collateral Manager pursuant to the provisions of the Collateral Management Agreement, and thereafter “Collateral Manager” shall mean such successor Person.

“Collateral Trustee” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.

“Confirmation of Registration”: means with respect to an uncertificated interest in the Loans, a confirmation of registration, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, provided to the owner thereof promptly after the registration thereof in the Register by the Registrar.

“Conversion Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7.

“Conversion Option” means the option of a Converting Lender to convert all or a portion of the Loans into an equivalent principal amount of Class A-1 Notes pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof and Section 2.5(o) of the Indenture.

“Converting Lender” means any Lender that has exercised a Conversion Option hereunder.

“Credit Document” means this Agreement, the Lender Notes, the Confirmation of Registration, the Collateral Documents and any other agreement, instrument or document executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with the foregoing.

“Custodian” means the Bank, in its capacity as custodian under the Securities Account Control Agreement, together with its successors and assigns, as applicable.

“Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1.

“Dollar” or “$” means dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1.

“Fiduciary” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.18(a)(ii).

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles (as in effect in the United States).

“Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of February 22, 2024, between the Borrower and the Bank, as Collateral Trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof.

“Lender” means any of the creditors that are parties to this Agreement, including each initial Lender and each Person which becomes an assignee pursuant to Section 8.4(b).

“Lender Note” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2.

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“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale, sale subject to a repurchase obligation or other title retention agreement relating to such asset, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

“Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.

“Loan Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“Loan Date” means the Closing Date.

“Majority of the Lenders” means Lenders holding more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitment.

“Mandatory Prepayment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.3.3.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager by one or more officers thereof.

“Percentage” of any Lender means, at any time: (a) with respect to the aggregate amount of Commitments of all Lenders to make Loans at such time, the percentage which such Lender’s Commitment to make Loans, if any, is of the aggregate amount of Commitments of all Lenders to make Loans at such time; and (b) with respect to the aggregate amount of Loans which are outstanding at such time, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Loans is of the total principal amount of Loans at such time; in each case as shown on Schedule 1 to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Lender which becomes a Lender pursuant to any Assignment Agreement, as provided in such Assignment Agreement) and in all cases as changed from time to time as a consequence of Assignment Agreements pursuant to Section 8.4(b) and as reflected in the books and records of the Loan Agent at such time.

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

“Rating Agency” means S&P, or, with respect to Assets generally, if at any time S&P ceases to provide rating services with respect to debt obligations, any other nationally recognized investment rating agency selected by the Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower).

“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.16.

“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent, as applicable (or any successor group of the Collateral Trustee or Loan Agent, as applicable) including any vice president, assistant vice president or officer of the Collateral Trustee or the Loan Agent, as applicable, customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred at the Corporate Trust Office because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of this transaction.

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“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, an S&P Global Inc. business, and any successor or successors thereto.

“Securities Account Control Agreement” means the Securities Account Control Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Collateral Trustee and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as custodian.

“Senior Item” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 3.6(b) (Subordination) herein.

“Subsidiary” means at any time, with respect to any Person (the “parent”), any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power to elect the board of directors, general partner, or comparable body of such corporation, association, partnership or other business entity or, in the case of a partnership, ownership interests representing more than 50% of the interests of such partnership (irrespective of whether at the time securities or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, association, partnership or other business entity shall or might have voting power solely upon the occurrence of any contingency) are, at such time owned directly or indirectly by the parent, by one or more Subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more Subsidiaries of the parent and (b) which is also required at such time under GAAP to be consolidated with the parent.

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Indenture, the Collateral Management Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Placement Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Master Loan Sale Agreement, the Posting Agent Letter Agreement and the Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter.

“United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America, its 50 States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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EXHIBIT A


$____________		New York, New York
		_______ ___, ______

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to ____________ or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, at the payment office initially located at c/o ____________, on each Payment Date, in accordance with the Priority of Payments set forth in the Indenture (as defined below) the principal sum of _______ DOLLARS ($___________) or, if less, the unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender pursuant to the Agreement (as defined below), payable at such times and in such amounts as are specified in the Agreement. Terms used but not defined herein shall have their respective meaning set forth in the Agreement and the Indenture, dated as of February 22, 2024, between the Borrower and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as collateral trustee (as supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), as applicable.

The Borrower also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by the Lender in like money at said office from the date hereof until paid at the rates and at the times provided in Article III of the Agreement.

This Lender Note is one of the Lender Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2024, among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto (including the Lender) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as loan agent and as collateral trustee (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”) and is entitled to the benefits thereof and of the other Credit Documents. This Lender Note is secured by the Indenture. As provided in the Agreement, this Lender Note is subject to voluntary prepayment and mandatory repayment prior to the final Payment Date, in accordance with the Priority of Payments as provided in Section 3.3 of the Agreement and the Indenture.

In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Agreement) shall occur and be continuing, the principal of and accrued interest on this Lender Note may be declared to be due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Agreement and the Indenture.

The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Lender Note.

This Lender Note is subject to Section 8.18 and Section 8.20 of the Agreement.

THIS LENDER NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES).

EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT THAT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING.

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Ex. A-2


PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC

By:		PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, its Designated Manager

By:
		Name:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Assignment Agreement

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Loan Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

1. Assignor: ________________________

2. Assignee: ________________________

Address: ________________________________________________

Contact Information: ______________________________________

Wire Instructions: ________________________________________

3. Borrower(s): PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC.

4. Loan Agent: Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Loan Agent under the Credit Agreement.

Ex. B-1

5. Credit Agreement: The Credit Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2024, among PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC, as Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Loan Agent and as Collateral Trustee.

6. Assigned Interest:

Facility Assigned

Aggregate
Amount of
Commitment
for all
Lenders

Amount of
Commitment
Assigned

Percentage
Assigned of
Commitment¹

Loans

Effective Date: _____________, 20___ (the “Effective Date”)²

[Insert if being delivered in connection with an Assignment/Conversion: This Assignment and Assumption is being entered into in connection with an Assignment/Conversion.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:


ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:
		Title: Authorized Signatory

ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:
		Title:

¹	Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment of all Lenders thereunder.

²	If delivered in connection with an Assignment/Conversion, the Effective Date must be the same date as the related Conversion Date.

Ex. B-2


Consented to:

PENNANTPARK CLO VIII, LLC, as Borrower

By: PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC, its Designated Manager

By:
		Name:
		Title:

Ex. B-3

ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

CREDIT AGREEMENT

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1. Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement and, if the Assignment and Assumption is being delivered in connection with an Assignment/Conversion, a Holder under the Indenture, (ii) it meets all requirements of an Approved Lender under the Credit Agreement (subject to receipt of such consents as may be required under the Credit Agreement) and, if the Assignment and Assumption is being delivered in connection with an Assignment/Conversion, a Holder under the Indenture, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender or, if the Assignment and Assumption is being delivered in connection with an Assignment/Conversion, the Indenture as a Holder thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, and (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, the Indenture and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Loan Agent or any other Lender; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Loan Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender or, if this Assignment and Assumption is being delivered in connection with an Assignment/Conversion, a Holder.

Ex. B-4

2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Loan Agent for the benefit of (x) the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to (y) the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy or electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

4. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT THAT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING.

Ex. B-5

EXHIBIT C

Notice of Conversion

Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Loan Agent and Collateral Trustee

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Attention: CLO Trust Services – PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC

PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC

c/o PennantPark Investment Administration, LLC

1691 Michigan Avenue, Suite 500

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of February 22, 2024, among PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC, as borrower, various financial institutions and other persons which are, or may become, parties thereto as Lenders (the “Lenders”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Loan Agent and Collateral Trustee (the “Credit Agreement”), as the same may be supplemented or amended from time to time in accordance with its terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby provides notice to the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent and the Borrower that it is exercising the Conversion Option. The undersigned hereby certifies that it holds an Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans in the amount of U.S.$[_____] and requests that U.S.$[_____] of the Loans be converted into Class A-1 Notes on [_____].^3,4

[Pursuant to Section 3.7(c) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby provides notice to the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent and the Borrower that they are exercising the Conversion Option in connection with an Assignment/Conversion and that they are also concurrently herewith delivering to the Collateral Trustee, the Loan Agent and the Borrower an executed copy of an Assignment Agreement. [Insert name of Assignor] hereby certifies that it holds an [Aggregate Outstanding Amount] of the Loans in the amount of U.S.$[_____], is assigning U.S.$[_____] of the Loans to [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”) and requests that the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans being assigned be converted into Class A-1 Notes and delivered to the Assignee as Class A-1 Notes on [_______].]^5,6

³	No earlier than five Business Days after the delivery of the notice (or such earlier date as may be reasonably agreed to by the Lender, the Collateral Trustee and the Loan Agent); provided that the Conversion Date shall only occur on a Payment Date.

⁴	Insert for Conversion Option exercise only.

⁵	No earlier than five Business Days after the delivery of the notice (or such earlier date as may be reasonably agreed to by the Lender, the Collateral Trustee and the Loan Agent); provided that the Conversion Date shall only occur on a Payment Date.

⁶	Insert for Assignment/Conversion.

Ex. C-1

The undersigned agrees to provide reasonable assistance to the Collateral Trustee and the Loan Agent in connection with such [conversion][Assignment/Conversion], including, but not limited to, providing instructions to DTC.

[Lender][Assignee] DTC Participant No.: _____________________________

Name of Custodian: _________________________

Contact Name: _____________________________

Telephone No.: ____________________________

E mail Address: ____________________________

In order to coordinate the DWAC with Loan Agent Please contact:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Attention: CLO Trust Services – PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC

Email: PennantPark@WilmingtonTrust.com

Ex. C-2


[NAME OF LENDER]

By:
		Name:
		Title:

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:
		Name:
		Title:

Ex. C-3

EXHIBIT D

CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION

PENNANTPARK CLO VIII, LLC,

as Borrower

[DATE]

Re:

Credit Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2024 (the “Credit Agreement”), among PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC, as borrower (the “Borrower”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Loan Agent (the “Loan Agent”) and as Collateral Trustee (the “Collateral Trustee”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement

The Registrar hereby confirms that it has registered the principal amount of the Loan in the name specified below, in the Register. This Confirmation of Registration is provided for informational purposes only; ownership of such Loan shall be determined conclusively by the Register. To the extent of any conflict between this Confirmation of Registration and the Register, the Register shall control. This is not a security certificate.


Amount of Loan:		U.S.$[________]

Registered Name of Lender:		[___________________________]

Address of Lender:		[______________]
		[______________]
		[______________]
		[______________]

Wire Instructions of Lender:		[______________]


Transaction Date	Transaction Description	Loan Amount

Ex. D-1


Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Registrar

By:
Name:
Title:

Ex. D-2

SCHEDULE 1

Commitments and Percentages


Lender	Commitment Percentage			Commitment Amount
KeyBank National Association		100	%	$	60,000,000

Total:		100	%	$	60,000,000

Ex. D-1

SCHEDULE 2

Lending Offices and Notice Data

Collateral Trustee and Loan Agent

Wilmington Trust, National Association

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Attention: CLO Trust Services – PENNANTPARK CLO VIII, LLC

Borrower

PENNANTPARK CLO VIII, LLC

c/o PennantPark Investment Administration, LLC

1691 Michigan Avenue, Suite 500

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Collateral Manager

PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC

1691 Michigan Ave

Miami Beach, FL 33139

Rating Agency

Standard & Poor’s

CDO_Surveillance@spglobal.com

Sch. 2-2

SCHEDULE 3

Payment Instructions for Lenders


Notice Information Payment Information	Initial Principal Amount (U.S.$)		LOANX ID
KeyBank National Association	$	60,000,000		N/A

Notice Information: 1000 S. McCaslin Boulevard Superior, CO 80027 Attn: Richard Andersen

Payment Instructions: ABA #: 021300077 Bank Name: KeyBank N.A. Account #: 329953020917 Account Name: KeyBank NA Attention: PennantPark CLO VIII, LLC

Sch. 3-1

SCHEDULE 4

Collateral Trustee Wiring Instructions

Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Trustee

Wiring Instructions:


USD
Bank Name:		Wilmington Trust, N.A.
ABA # :		031 100 092
For Credit to		PennantPark CLO VIII – Collection Account
Account #:		168163-000

Sch. 4-1