EXECUTION VERSION

SECOND AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

This SECOND AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this

“Amendment”), dated as of December 16, 2025, is entered into by and among TCW STEEL CITY SENIOR LENDING BDC, a Delaware statutory trust (formerly known as TCW Steel City Perpetual Levered Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Borrower”), NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH (in its individual capacity, “Natixis”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and the Lenders listed on the signature pages hereof.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the parties thereto have entered into that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 21, 2025, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 24, 2025 (as may be further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested an increase to the Maximum Commitment on a temporary basis pursuant to Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Administrative Agent, and the Lenders have agreed, upon the following terms and conditions, to such temporary increase and to amend the Credit Agreement as provided herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein and in the Credit Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

connection with the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

without limitation, use or acceptance by the parties hereto of a manually signed paper communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into .pdf format), or an electronically signed communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

EXECUTION VERSION CONFORMED CREDIT AGREEMENT THROUGH SECOND AMENDMENT

TCW STEEL CITY PERPETUAL LEVERED FUND LPSENIOR LENDING BDC,

as Borrower

REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent

NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner and

The Conduit Lenders, Committed Lenders, and Funding Agents from time to time party hereto

Dated as of April 21, 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1.01 Commitments and Lender Groups SCHEDULE 1.01A Borrower Party Information / Structure SCHEDULE 1.01B Disqualified Lenders

SCHEDULE 13.07 Addresses

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A: Reserved

EXHIBIT B: Revolving Credit Note

EXHIBIT C: Loan Notice

EXHIBIT D: Security Agreement

EXHIBIT E: Collateral Account Assignment EXHIBIT F: Assignment and Assumption Agreement EXHIBIT G: Compliance Certificate

EXHIBIT H: Borrowing Base Certificate

EXHIBIT I: Facility Increase Request

EXHIBIT J: Facility Extension Request EXHIBIT K: Lender Group Joinder Agreement EXHIBIT L: Borrower Joinder Agreement EXHIBIT M: U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates EXHIBIT N: Request for Letter of Credit

EXHIBIT O: Prepayment Notice

EXHIBIT P: Intermediate Entity Acknowledgment

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EXECUTION VERSION CONFORMED CREDIT AGREEMENT THROUGH SECOND AMENDMENT

REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

This REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (together with all amendments and modifications hereof and supplements and attachments hereto, this “Credit Agreement”) is dated as of April 21, 2025 by and among TCW STEEL CITY PERPETUAL LEVERED FUNDSENIOR LENDING BDC, a

Delaware statutory trust (formerly known as TCW Steel City Perpetual Levered Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (“Initial Borrower”), NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH (in its individual capacity, “Natixis”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (together with any successor appointed pursuant to Section 12 below, the “Administrative Agent”), and the Committed Lenders, Conduit Lenders, Funding Agents and other Borrower Parties from time to time party hereto (each capitalized term not defined is defined below).

Borrower has requested that Lenders make loans to the Borrower Parties for the principal purposes of providing working capital to the Borrower Parties; financing the costs and other expenses to be incurred by the Borrower Parties in connection with making investments permitted under the Governing Agreement; and financing the costs of other undertakings by Borrower permitted under the Governing Agreement; Lenders are willing to lend funds upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

“Adequately Capitalized” means compliance with the capital standards for Bank Holding Companies as described in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Administrative Agent” is defined in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means Administrative Agent’s address as set forth in Schedule 13.07, or such other address or, as appropriate, account as Administrative Agent may from time to time notify Borrower and the Lenders.

“Administrator” means, with respect to any Conduit Lender, the Person designated by such Conduit Lender as its “Administrator”.

“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

“Affected Funding Party” is defined in Section 13.13.

“Affiliate” of any Person means a specified Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled By, or is Under Common Control With, such Person.

“Agents” means, collectively, Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent and any successors and assigns in such capacities.

“Agreement Currency” is defined in Section 13.27.

“Annual Valuation Period” means the “annual valuation period” as defined in 29 C.F.R.

§25103.101(d)(5) as determined for each Borrower Party or Pledgor, as applicable.

“Anti-corruption Laws” means (a) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, (b) the UK Bribery Act 2010, as amended (as applicable), (c) French Law n°2016-1691 of December 9, 2016 (i.e., “Loi Sapin II”), and (d) all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower Parties or other Pledgors from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to terrorism financing, money laundering and the related financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including any applicable provision of the Patriot Act and the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act”).

“Applicable Margin” means, with respect to interest rate spreads and letter of credit fees, the Applicable Margin set forth in the table below that corresponds to the applicable Loan or Letter of Credit:

“Applicable Percentage” means (i) with respect to a Committed Lender, the product of its Committed Lender Percentage and its Lender Group’s Lender Group Percentage; (ii) with respect to a Lender Group, its Lender Group Percentage; and (iii) with respect to a Conduit Lender, its Conduit Lender Percentage.

“Applicable Requirement” means (a) for any Included Investor (other than a Special Included Investor) that is (or whose Credit Provider, if applicable, is): (i) a Bank Holding Company, Adequately Capitalized status or better and a Rating of BBB-/Baa3 or higher; (ii) an insurance company, a Best’s Rating by A.M. Best Company of A- or higher and a Rating of BBB-/Baa3 or higher; (iii) an ERISA Investor, or the trustee or nominee of an ERISA Investor, in addition to the Sponsor’s Rating of BBB-/Baa3 or higher, a minimum Funding Ratio for the pension fund based on the Rating of the Sponsor of the pension fund as follows:

Sponsor Rating Minimum Funding Ratio

A-/A3 or higher No minimum BBB+/Baa1 to BBB-/Baa3 70%

Responsible Party Rating Minimum Funding Ratio

A-/A3 or higher No minimum BBB+/Baa1 to BBB-/Baa3 70%

and (v) otherwise a Rated Included Investor, a Rating of BBB-/Baa3 or higher and (b) for any Special Included Investor (or its Credit Provider, if applicable), a Rating of A/A2 or higher.

The first Rating indicated in each case above is the S&P Rating and the second Rating indicated in each case above is the Moody’s Rating. In the event that the Ratings are not equivalent, the Applicable Requirement shall be based on the lowest of the Ratings. If any Person has only one Rating, then that Rating shall apply.

“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business, that is administered or managed by: (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Arranger” means Natixis, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole book manager. “Assignee” is defined in Section 13.11(b).

“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

“Assignment Amount” means, with respect to a Committed Lender at the time of any assignment pursuant to Section 13.12 by a Conduit Lender in such Committed Lender’s Lender Group, an amount equal to the least of: (a) such Committed Lender’s Committed Lender Percentage of the Obligations requested by such Conduit Lender to be assigned at such time; (b) such Committed Lender’s unused Commitment (minus the sum of (i) the unrecovered principal amount of such Committed Lender’s investments in such Obligations pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement to which it is a party and (ii) such Committed Lender’s Committed Lender Percentage of its Lender Group’s Lender Group Percentage of the Letter of Credit Liability); and (c) in the case of an assignment on or after the Conduit Investment Termination Date for such Conduit Lender, (i) such Committed Lender’s pro rata share of the applicable Conduit Lender Percentage of the Lender Group Percentage of the Principal Obligation minus (ii) such Committed Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Letter of Credit Liability.

“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means the agreement contemplated by Section 13.11(b)(iv), pursuant to which any Lender assigns all or any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder, in substantially the form of Exhibit F or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

“Assignment Date” is defined in Section 13.12(a).

“Attorney Costs” means and includes all documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of a single law firm or any local or special counsel retained by the Administrative Agent or Lenders.

“Availability Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Maturity Date.

“Available Commitment” means, at any time, the lesser of: (a) the Maximum Commitment at such time; or (b) the Borrowing Base at such time.

“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Credit Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Credit Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed pursuant to Section 4.03(e).

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

“Bank Holding Company” means a “bank holding company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or a non-bank subsidiary of such bank holding company.

“Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of: (a) the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus ½ of one percent (0.50%); (b) the Prime Rate for such day; or (c) except during any period of time during which the Term SOFR Rate is unavailable pursuant to Section 4.02 or 4.03, one-month Term SOFR Rate plus 100 basis points (1.00%). Each change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Term SOFR Rate (or successor therefor) shall become effective without prior notice to Borrower automatically as of the opening of business on the day of such change in the Base Rate. If the calculation of the Base Rate results in a rate of less than the Floor, the Base Rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for all purposes of the Loan Documents.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.

“Baseline Net Worth” is defined in clause (j) of the definition of Exclusion Event.

“Basel III” means the global regulatory standards on bank capital adequacy and liquidity referred to by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision as “Basel III” or the “Basel III Framework” published in December 2010 together with any further guidance or standards in relation to “Basel III” or the “Basel III Framework” published or to be published by the Basel Committee.

“Benchmark” means, initially, Daily Simple SOFR and/or the Term SOFR Rate, as applicable; provided that, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to both Daily Simple SOFR and Term SOFR Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 4.03.

“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for the then-current Benchmark, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by Administrative Agent and Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by Administrative Agent and Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to the then-current Benchmark, the occurrence of one (1) or more of the following events with respect to such Benchmark (which, for the

avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, means one of the following events with respect to both Daily Simple SOFR and the Term SOFR Rate):

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, with respect to the then-current Benchmark, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and

(b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than ninety (90) days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).

“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to the then-current Benchmark, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to such then-current Benchmark has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any other Loan Document in accordance with Section 4.03(b) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any other Loan Document in accordance with Section 4.03(b).

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. §1010.230. “Best’s Rating” means a “Best’s Rating” by A.M. Best Company.

“Borrower” means, collectively and individually, Initial Borrower and any other Person that becomes a Borrower hereunder pursuant to Section 7.04.

“Borrower Parties” means Borrower and each Qualified Borrower, and “Borrower Party” means any one of them.

“Borrowing” means a disbursement made by the Lenders of any of the proceeds of the Loans when such disbursement increases the outstanding principal amount of the Loans (including any reimbursement of the Letter of Credit Issuer following a draw on a Letter of Credit).

“Borrowing Base” means, at any time of determination, the sum of (a) ninety percent (90%) of the aggregate Eligible Contributions (and for the avoidance of doubt, including Returned Capital) of the Included Investors (other than the Special Included Investor) at such time, plus (b) sixty-five percent (65%) of the aggregate Eligible Contributions (and for the avoidance of doubt, including Returned Capital) of the Designated Investors at such time, plus (c) (i) for so long as the Hurdle Condition remains unsatisfied, sixty-five percent (65%) of the aggregate Eligible Contributions (and for the avoidance of doubt, including Returned Capital) of the Special Included Investors at such time, and (ii) at all other times, eighty percent (80%) of the aggregate Eligible Contributions (and for the avoidance of doubt, including Returned Capital) of the Special Included Investors at such time. For purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base, the Eligible Contributions shall be subject to the applicable Concentration Limits and such concentration limits shall be applied prior to the application of the applicable advance rates.

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate of any Responsible Officer of Borrower setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base (based on the most recent information available to Borrower), including, without duplication, the name, Capital Commitment and Unfunded Commitment of each Investor and designation of the Included Investors, each Designated Investors and Special Included Investor (subject to the approval requirements set forth in the respective definitions herein), in substantially the form of Exhibit H attached hereto; provided, however, that the calculation of the Borrowing Base may be provided in “Excel” format in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information as set forth in Exhibit H.

“Borrowing Base Investors” means each Included Investor and each Designated Investor. “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial

banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the State of New York.

“Capital Call” means a call upon all or any of the Investors (or Intermediate Entity, if applicable) for payment of all or any portion of their Unfunded Commitments or, if applicable, the Note Purchase Agreement or the Intermediate Entity Acknowledgment.

“Capital Call Notice” means any notice sent to, or demand or request made on, an Investor (or Intermediate Entity, if applicable) by a Pledgor or General Partner (as applicable) for the purpose of making a Capital Call.

“Capital Commitment” means, for any Investor (or Intermediate Entity, if applicable, but without duplication), (a) its capital commitment, which includes its “Commitment” (or equivalent term) as defined in the applicable Governing Agreement, in the amount set forth in such Governing Agreement or its Subscription Agreement (the “Equity Commitment”) and (b) its commitment to advance funds in the form of a loan to the applicable Pledgor, as applicable, including the “Funding” (or equivalent term) as defined in the applicable Note Purchase Agreement, in the amount set forth in the applicable supplement thereto (the “Debt Commitment”).

“Capital Contribution” means, for any Investor, any contribution of capital made to a Pledgor in response to a Capital Call or deemed contributed pursuant to the Governing Agreement.

“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Liability, obligations in respect of Swingline Loans, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to: (a) Administrative Agent and (b) the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender (as applicable). “Cash Collateral” and “Cash Collateralized” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Cease Funding Notice” is defined in Section 9.16 hereof.

“Cease Funding Right” means any right of an Investor to exercise an excuse, withdrawal, transfer, right to cease funding further Capital Contributions, or other similar right under the applicable Governing Agreement or its Side Letter.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Credit Agreement (or, with respect to any Person that becomes a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, the effective date of such assignment), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty;

(b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority; or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary: (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith; and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“Change of Control” means (a) TCW PT Management Company LLC or an Affiliate thereof shall cease to be the investment advisor of, and Control, any Pledgor or (b) if applicable, General Partner shall cease to be the sole general partner of, and Control, any Pledgor.

“Closing Date” means the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7.01

are satisfied or waived.

“Code” or “Internal Revenue Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collateral” is defined in Section 5.01.

“Collateral Account” means, for any Pledgor that has Investors (or any other Pledgor for which a Collateral Account is required by Administrative Agent), each bank account described in the applicable Collateral Account Assignment and related Control Agreement, as listed on Schedule 1.01A.

“Collateral Account Assignment” means an assignment or security agreement with respect to the Collateral Account in substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, as such agreement shall be amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated and in effect from time to time.

“Collateral Documents” means the security agreements, financing statements, assignments, and other documents and instruments from time to time executed and delivered pursuant to this Credit Agreement to grant, perfect or continue a security interest in the Collateral for the Obligations and any documents or instruments amending or supplementing the same, including, without limitation, the Security Agreement, the Collateral Account Assignment, and the Control Agreement.

“Commercial Paper” means, on any day, either (i) the promissory notes of any Conduit Lender issued by such Conduit Lender in the commercial paper market or (ii) the promissory notes issued in the commercial paper market by a multi-seller commercial paper conduit the proceeds of which are loaned to a Conduit Lender that are allocated, in whole or in part, by such Conduit Lender to fund or maintain its Principal Obligation hereunder.

“Commitment” means, with respect to each Committed Lender, its obligation to (a) make Syndicated Loans to Borrower Parties pursuant to Section 2.01; and (b) purchase risk participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Committed Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01 attached hereto under the heading “Commitment” or on the Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Committed Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Credit Agreement. Administrative Agent may amend and re-issue Schedule 1.01 from time to time to reflect the Commitments of the Committed Lenders.

“Committed Lender Percentage” means, with respect to any Committed Lender on any day, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is such Committed Lender’s Commitment at such time and the denominator of which is the Lender Group Limit for such Committed Lender’s Lender Group.

“Committed Lenders” means: (a) each Committed Lender listed on the signature pages hereof; and

(b) any other Person that becomes a party to this Credit Agreement as a Committed Lender pursuant to the terms hereof, and any assignees thereof that shall become party hereto pursuant to Section 13.11 (but not any Participant that is not otherwise party to this Credit Agreement).

“Competitor” means any Person that competes with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that no bona fide debt fund or bona fide debt investor shall be a Competitor. For avoidance of doubt, a Competitor shall not include a commercial lender (i.e., a national bank, a state chartered bank or other similarly regulated lending institution) or insurance company.

“Compliance Certificate” is defined in Section 9.01(c).

“Concentration Limit” means, the limits set forth below for each Investor under the indicated Investor Classification (a) with respect to the individual limit, calculated as a percentage of the aggregate Unfunded Commitments of all Borrowing Base Investors and (b) with respect to the aggregate limit, calculated as a percentage of the aggregate Unfunded Commitments of all Borrowing Base Investors after deducting any amounts in excess of the applicable individual Investors Concentration Limits:

provided that for purposes of calculating the above Concentration Limits for any Investor, each Investor and its investing Affiliates shall be treated as a single Investor.

“Conduit Assignee” means any multi-seller commercial paper conduit or special purpose entity funded by a multi-seller commercial paper conduit which is, in either case, administered by the Funding Agent for any existing Lender Group or an Affiliate thereof.

“Conduit Investment Termination Date” means, with respect to any Conduit Lender, the date of the delivery by such Conduit Lender to Borrower of written notice that such Conduit Lender elects, in its sole discretion, not to make any further Loans or participate in any further Letters of Credit hereunder.

“Conduit Lender” means: (a) each Conduit Lender listed on the signature pages hereof; and (b) any other Person that shall become a party to this Credit Agreement as a Conduit Lender pursuant to the terms hereof, and any assignees thereof that shall become party hereto pursuant to Section 13.11 (but not any Participant that is not otherwise party to this Credit Agreement).

“Conduit Lender Percentage” means, with respect to any Conduit Lender, at any time, one hundred percent (100%), minus the percentage share of Principal Obligation held by the Committed Lenders and any other Conduit Lenders in such Conduit Lender’s Lender Group at such time.

“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Daily Simple SOFR, the Term SOFR Rate or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of funding losses and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that Administrative Agent (after consultation with Borrower) decides in its reasonable discretion may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as Administrative Agent (after consultation with Borrower) decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“Constituent Documents” means, for any entity, its constituent or organizational documents, including: (a) in the case of any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation with the secretary of state or other department in the state of its formation, in each case as amended from time to time; (b) in the case of any limited liability company, its articles or certificate of formation and its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement; and (c) in the case of a corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation and its bylaws.

“Control” and the correlative meanings of the terms “Controlled By” and “Under Common Control With” mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting shares or partnership interests, or of the ability to exercise voting power by contract or otherwise.

“Control Agreement” means a deposit account control agreement or blocked account control agreement by and among the applicable Pledgor, Depository and Administrative Agent, with respect to the Collateral Account of such Pledgor, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

“CP Rate” means, for any Conduit Lender and any Interest Period for any Loan at the CP Rate, the per annum rate equivalent to the rate (or, if more than one rate, the weighted average of the rates) applicable to the Commercial Paper issued by such Conduit Lender or its Related Commercial Paper Issuer and allocated, in whole or in part, to fund Syndicated Loans or Swingline Loans hereunder, which Commercial Paper may be sold by any placement agent or commercial paper dealer selected by such Conduit Lender, and which rate shall incorporate (i) applicable commercial paper dealer and placement agent fees and commissions and (ii) other funding costs (excluding costs associated with a Conduit Lender’s liquidity fundings) of such Conduit Lender relating to the Transactions, such as the costs of funding odd lots or small dollar amounts; provided that if the rate (or rates) as agreed between any such agent or dealer and such

Conduit Lender is a discount rate, then the CP Rate shall be the rate (or if more than one rate, the weighted average of the rates) resulting from such Conduit Lender’s converting such discount rate (or rates) to an interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum; provided further that, if the CP Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, then the CP Rate shall be deemed to be the Floor.

“CP Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on a CP Rate (or, in the case of a Loan funded by a Conduit Lender through its Liquidity Provider, at the rate specified in Section 2.05(a)).

“Credit Agreement” is defined in the preamble hereto.

“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing (including any conversion or continuation of any Borrowing); and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

“Credit Provider” means a Person providing a guaranty or other similar agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lenders, of the obligations of an Included Investor to make Capital Contributions to a Pledgor.

“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any calculation with respect to a Daily SOFR Loan for any applicable determination date (a “Daily SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day, a “Daily SOFR Determination Day”) that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (A) if such Daily SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such Daily SOFR Rate Day or (B) if such Daily SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such Daily SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website, plus 0.10% (10 basis points); provided, however, if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any Daily SOFR Determination Day, SOFR in respect of such Daily SOFR Determination Day has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such Daily SOFR Determination Day will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding

U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided, further, that SOFR as determined pursuant to this proviso shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than three consecutive Daily SOFR Rate Days. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if Daily Simple SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Daily Simple SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

“Daily SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple

SOFR”.

“Daily SOFR Loan” means a Loan bearing interest based on Daily Simple SOFR.

“Daily SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”. “Debt Commitment” is defined in the definition of “Capital Commitment”.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means any applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, or similar laws affecting the rights, remedies, or recourse of creditors generally, including without limitation the United States Bankruptcy Code and all amendments thereto, as are in effect from time to time during the term of the Loans.

“Default” means any condition, act, or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means, with respect to any Loan, on any day the lesser of: (a) the interest rate in effect on such day and otherwise applicable to such Loan, plus the Applicable Margin applicable to such Loan, plus two percent (2.0%); or (b) the Maximum Rate.

“Defaulting Investor” is defined in the definition of “Exclusion Event” herein.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.15(b), any Committed Lender that: (a) has failed to: (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due unless such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied; (b) has notified Borrower, Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied),

(c) has failed, within two (2) Business Days after written request by Administrative Agent or Borrower, to confirm in writing to Administrative Agent and Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Administrative Agent and Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has: (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.15(b)) as of the date established therefor by Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by Administrative Agent to Borrower, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each other Lender (including such Defaulting Lender) promptly following such determination. For the purposes of the definition of Defaulting Lender only, “Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person

(including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

“Depository” means U.S. Bank, National Association (or any successor thereto or Affiliate thereof) or any other bank or financial institution approved by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, in each case, in its capacity as depository or securities intermediary, as the case may be.

“Designated Investor” means any Investor: (a) designated by Administrative Agent and all Committed Lenders (each in its sole discretion) as a Designated Investor; and (b) as to which Borrower has delivered to Administrative Agent the information and documents required under Section 7.01(a)(xi) or 10.05(d), as applicable; provided that (i) a Defaulting Investor shall no longer be a Designated Investor until such time as all Exclusion Events affecting such Investor have been cured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and all of the Committed Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); and (ii) if an involuntary proceeding under clause (b) of the Exclusion Events is instituted against a Designated Investor, such Defaulting Investor shall be automatically reinstated as a Designated Investor if such Exclusion Event is dismissed with sixty (60) days of the date such proceeding is instituted.

“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory or region that is, or whose government is, the subject of any Sanction and with which dealings are prohibited under such Sanction.

“Dispose” means the sale, assignment, or transfer of any property of any Person. “Disposition” and “Disposed” shall have correlative meanings.

“Disqualified Lender” means, (i) each Person identified by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent and set forth on Schedule 1.01B (such list, as supplemented from time to time in accordance with this definition, the “DQ List”); provided that at no time shall such DQ List include a commercial lender (i.e., a national bank, a state chartered bank or other similarly regulated lending institution) or insurance company; and (ii) any Person that is or becomes a Competitor on or after the Closing Date and which is identified by the Borrower (in its reasonable determination) in writing to the Administrative Agent. It being understood and agreed that the identification of a Disqualified Lender after the Closing Date shall not apply to retroactively disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in any Loan or Commitment (or any Person that, prior to such identification, has entered into a bona fide and binding trade for either of the foregoing and has not yet acquired such assignment or participation) regardless whether such Person was a Competitor prior to such identification. Any supplement to the DQ List pursuant to clause (ii) of this definition shall be delivered in accordance with Section 13.07.

“Dollars” and the sign “$” means lawful currency of the United States of America.

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“Eligible Assignee” means: (a) a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund, a Liquidity Provider, a Conduit Assignee, a Federal Reserve Bank, a central bank, a collateral trustee or security agent for holders of commercial paper; and (b) any other Person approved in writing by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned by Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer) and, unless an Event of Default under Sections 11.01(a), 11.01(g) or 11.01(h) exists at the time any assignment is effected in accordance with Section 13.11, Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed by Borrower); provided, however, that (x) each Eligible Assignee must be a Qualified Purchaser, (y) no Disqualified Lender shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee, and (z) neither Borrower nor any Affiliate of Borrower shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee.

“Eligible Contribution” with respect to any Investor means the lesser of: (a) the amount of such Investor’s Unfunded Commitment; and (b) the highest amount which does not cause such Investor’s Unfunded Commitment to exceed the product of (i) the applicable Concentration Limit and (ii) the total Unfunded Commitments of all Borrowing Base Investors.

“Environmental Laws” means: (a) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq.; (b) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq.; (c) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.

§7401 et seq., as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; (d) the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq.; (e) the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §2601 et seq.; (f) all other federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations or written policies relating to pollution or protection of human health (as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the environment including without limitation, air pollution, water pollution, noise control, or the use, handling, discharge, disposal or Release or recovery of on-site or off-site Hazardous Materials, as each of the foregoing may be amended from time to time, applicable to any Borrower Party; and (g) any and all regulations promulgated under or pursuant to any of the foregoing statutes.

“Environmental Liability” means any written claim, demand, obligation, cause of action, accusation or allegation, or any order, violation, damage (including, without limitation, to any Person, property or natural resources), injury, judgment, penalty or fine, cost of enforcement, cost of remedial action, clean-up, restoration or any other cost or expense whatsoever, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements resulting from the violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or the imposition of any Environmental Lien or otherwise arising under any Environmental Law or resulting from any common law cause of action asserted by any Person.

“Environmental Lien” means a Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority: (a) under any Environmental Law; or (b) for any liability or damages arising from, or costs incurred by, any Governmental Authority in response to the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material.

“Equity Commitment” is defined in the definition of “Capital Commitment”.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by any Governmental Authority, as from time to time in effect.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with any Borrower Party or Pledgor within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

“ERISA Investor” means an Investor that is: (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) any “plan” defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (c) a partnership or commingled account of a fund, or any other entity, whose assets include or are deemed to include the assets of one or more such employee benefit plans or plans in accordance with the Plan Assets Regulations or otherwise.

“ERISA Investor Excluded Items” means, with respect to each ERISA Investor, any rights, titles, interests, remedies or privileges of the applicable Pledgor:

“Erroneous Payment” is defined in Section 12.11(a).

“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” is defined in Section 12.11(d). “Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” is defined in Section 12.11(d). “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” is defined in Section 12.11(d). “Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” is defined in Section 12.11(d).

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

“Event of Default” is defined in Section 11.01.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case: (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized, formed or incorporated under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof); or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes; (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which: (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an

assignment request by the applicable Borrower Party under Section 4.06); or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(ii) or Section 4.01(c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office; (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.01(e); (d) any backup withholding Tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to such Recipient; and (e) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

“Exclusion Event” means the occurrence, with respect to any Borrowing Base Investor or, if applicable, the Sponsor, Responsible Party, or Credit Provider of such Borrowing Base Investor (such Investor hereinafter referred to as a “Defaulting Investor”), of any of the following events:

(vi) take any personal, partnership, limited liability company, corporate or trust action, as applicable, for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

shall fail to cure the adverse effect of the failure of such representation or warranty within five (5) Business Days after the earlier of (i) written notice thereof delivered by Administrative Agent to the Borrowera Pledgor or General Partner (as applicable) or (ii) any Pledgor or General Partner (as applicable) obtaining actual knowledge of such failure;

(ii) it shall fail to provide updated financial information available (to the extent requested by Administrative Agent) on an annual basis in order to measure such Baseline Net Worth after the Closing Date; or (iii) except as set forth in subsection (k) below with respect to Governmental Plan Investors, the Rating of the related entity Under Common Control with such Non-Rated Included Investor falls below BBB-/Baa3;1

1 In the event that the Ratings of the relevant Person are not equivalent, such Rating shall be based on the lowest of the Rating of such Person. If any Person has only one Rating, then that Rating shall apply.

agreement of Administrative Agent) on the Closing Date; or (y) the date of its admission as an Investor (in the case not covered by clause (x) above);2

2 In the event that the Ratings of the relevant Person are not equivalent, such Rating shall be based on the lowest of the Rating of such Person. If any Person has only one Rating, then that Rating shall apply.

its sole discretion to waive such exclusion); provided, that such Investor may be reinstated as an Included Investor, Designated Investor or Special Included Investor, as applicable, with the approval of Administrative Agent (in its sole discretion).

“Facility Extension Effective Date” is defined in Section 2.16.

“Facility Extension Request” means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit J attached hereto pursuant to which Borrower requests an extension of the Stated Maturity Date then in effect in accordance with Section 2.16.

“Facility Increase Fee” means a fee as agreed by Borrower and Administrative Agent in a separate fee letter agreement.

“Facility Increase Request” means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit I attached hereto pursuant to which Borrower requests an increase of the Commitments in accordance with Section 2.17.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Credit Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to any published intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that:

(a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and

(b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A. “Floor” means a per annum rate of zero basis points.

“Foreign Recipient” means: (a) if the applicable Borrower Party is a U.S. Person, a Recipient that is not a U.S. Person; and (b) if the applicable Borrower Party is not a U.S. Person, a Recipient that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower Party is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s proportionate share (based on the total of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in all Letters of Credit as determined in accordance with Section 2.08 as a proportion of the total Letter of Credit Liability) of the outstanding Letter of Credit Liability other than Letter of Credit Liability as to which (i) such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Committed Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof or (ii) Cash Collateral or other credit support reasonably acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have been provided in accordance with Section 2.14, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s proportionate share

(based on the total of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in all outstanding Swingline Loans as determined in accordance with Section 2.07 as a proportion of the total amount of outstanding Swingline Loans) of outstanding Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which (i) such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated pursuant to other Committed Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof, or (ii) Cash Collateral or other credit support reasonably acceptable to the Swingline Lender shall have been provided in accordance with Section 2.14.

“Funding Agent” means each financial institution designated on Schedule 1.01 that acts as agent for a Lender Group, or its successor appointed pursuant to Section 12.

“Funding Party” means any Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer or Liquidity Provider.

“Funding Ratio” means: (a) for a Governmental Plan Investor, the actuarial present value of the assets of the plan over the actuarial present value of the plan’s total benefit liabilities, as reported in such plan’s most recent audited financial statements; and (b) for an ERISA Investor; (i) the fair market value of the plan’s assets as defined under Section 430(g)(3) of the Code, unreduced for any prefunding balance or funding standard carryover balance as defined and provided for in Section 430(f) of the Code; over (ii) the plan’s funding target, as defined under Section 430(d) of the Code, without regard to the special at-risk rules of Section 430(i) of the Code, with each value as reported on the most recently filed Schedule SB to the Form 5500 by such plan with the United States Department of Labor.

“GAAP” means those generally accepted accounting principles and practices as in effect from time to time that are recognized as such by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or through other appropriate boards or committees thereof, and that are consistently applied for all periods, after the date hereof, so as to properly reflect the financial position of Borrower, except that any accounting principle or practice required to be changed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or other appropriate board or committee of the said Board) in order to continue as a generally accepted accounting principle or practice may be so changed.

“General Partner” means, if applicable, TCW Steel City GP LLC, as the sole general partner of the initial Pledgors on the Closing Date, and with respect to each Person becoming party to this Credit Agreement as a Borrower or Pledgor after the Closing Date, the entity named as such Person’s general partner, managing member or other similar managing fiduciary, as applicable, and any successor thereto permitted under this Credit Agreement, as set forth in its joinder documentation.

“Governing Agreement” means, with respect to any Pledgor (but not with respect to any Qualified Borrower), the limited partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, exempted limited partnership agreement, declaration and agreement of trust, bylaws, memorandum and articles of association, or other equivalent governing document in the applicable jurisdiction of such Person, including, without limitation, any Subscription Agreement, any Note Purchase Agreement or Side Letter, as the same may be further amended, restated, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms hereof, in each case, as described on Schedule 1.01A hereto (or on a replacement Schedule 1.01A delivered by Borrower or a Pledgor in connection with its joinder hereunder). References to the Governing Agreement, unless otherwise specified, will be deemed to be references to the Governing Agreement for TCW Steel City Perpetual Levered Fund LPSenior Lending BDC, but will refer, as applicable, to the equivalent provisions of the Governing Agreement of any other applicable Person.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,

regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Governmental Plan Investor” means an Investor that is a governmental plan as defined in

Section 3(32) of ERISA.

“Guaranteed Debt” is defined in Section 6.01.

“Hazardous Material” means any substance, material, or waste which is or becomes regulated, under any Environmental Law, as hazardous to public health or safety or to the environment, including, but not limited to: (a) any substance or material designated as a “hazardous substance” pursuant to Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq., or listed pursuant to Section 307 of the Clean Water Act, as amended; (b) any substance or material defined as “hazardous waste” pursuant to Section 1004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq.; (c) any substance or material defined as a “hazardous substance” pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq.; or

(d) petroleum, petroleum products and petroleum waste materials. “Honor Date” is defined in Section 2.08(c)(i).

“Hurdle Condition” means, with respect to any Special Included Investor, that such Special Included Investor has funded Capital Calls in an amount greater than 40% of the Capital Commitment of such Investor.

“Included Investor” means an Investor: (a)(i) that has, or that has a Credit Provider that has, met the Applicable Requirement for an Included Investor and that has been approved by Administrative Agent; or (ii) that has been so designated by Administrative Agent and all Committed Lenders (each in its sole discretion) as an Included Investor; and (b) that has delivered to Administrative Agent the information and documents required under Section 7.01(a)(ix) or 10.05(d), as applicable; provided that (i) a Defaulting Investor shall no longer be an Included Investor until such time as all Exclusion Events affecting such Investor have been cured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and all of the Committed Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); and (ii) if an involuntary proceeding under clause (b) of the Exclusion Events is instituted against an Included Investor, such Defaulting Investor shall be automatically reinstated as an Included Investor if such Exclusion Event is dismissed with sixty (60) days of the date such proceeding is instituted.

“Increasing Committed Lender” is defined in Section 2.17(a).

“Indebtedness” means “indebtedness” as contemplated and defined in the applicable Governing Agreement.

“Indemnified Taxes” means: (a) Taxes other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower Party under any Loan Document; and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

“Indemnitee” is defined in Section 13.06(b).

“Indirect Fund” means an investment company that makes or maintains investments in reliance upon Sections 12(d)(1)(E), (F), (G) or (J) of the Investment Company Act.

“Information” is defined in Section 13.18.

“Initial Borrower” is defined in the preamble hereto.

“Initial Notice” means a notice delivered by a Pledgor or General Partner (as applicable) to the Investors under the Governing Agreement of Borrower (or the equivalent of any other Pledgor) with respect to the treatment of a Pledgor’s assets as Plan Assets.

“Interest Option” means each of Daily Simple SOFR, the Term SOFR Rate and the Base Rate. “Interest Payment Date” means, for all Loans, the tenth (10th) calendar day of each calendar month

and the Maturity Date.

“Interest Period” means (a) with respect to any CP Rate Loan, (i) if the Related Commercial Paper is issued on a pool funded basis, a calendar month (or, in the case of the first Interest Period, the period from and including the date of the first advance hereunder to (but excluding) the first day of the next succeeding calendar month) and (ii) if the Related Commercial Paper is issued on a match-funded basis, the period of time allocated by the applicable Funding Agent to such Loan in its reasonable discretion; and

(b) with respect to any Term SOFR Loan (other than Swingline Loans, which are addressed in Section 2.07(a)), a period commencing: (i) on the Borrowing date of such Term SOFR Loan; or (ii) on the termination date of the immediately preceding Interest Period in the case of a continuation of a Term SOFR Loan to a successive Interest Period as described in Section 2.02, and if an Interest Period of one (1) month is elected, ending the first day of such calendar month occurring one (1) month thereafter as a Borrower Party shall elect in accordance with Section 2.02; provided, however, that with respect to clauses (a) and (b) above: (A) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; and (B) if the Interest Period would otherwise end after the Stated Maturity Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Stated Maturity Date.

“Intermediate Entity” means any Person in the organizational structure of Borrower that is interposed between Borrower and an Investor. For purposes of clarity, an Intermediate Entity will include any intervening corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity domiciled within or outside of the United States between Borrower and any Investor that is (a) formed by Borrower or an Affiliate of Borrower to facilitate investments by such Investor(s) directly or indirectly in Borrower or for other structuring purposes, and (b) managed or controlled by Borrower, General Partner (if applicable) or another Affiliate of Borrower.

“Intermediate Entity Acknowledgment” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit P

duly executed and delivered by each Intermediate Entity and its General Partner (if applicable).

“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor Investment Company Act.

“Investor” means a limited or general partner, shareholder or member (including a managing member) of a Pledgor to the extent such Person is not, itself, an Intermediate Entity.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Request for Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the Letter of Credit Issuer and a Borrower Party or entered into by a Borrower Party in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit, including, as applicable, any documentation relating to Cash Collateral (which may include, without limitation, a Collateral Account Assignment).

“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit L.

“Key Person Event” means a “Key Person Event” as defined in the applicable Governing Agreement.

“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Committed Lender, such Committed Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing.

“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.

“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“Lender Group” means each Lender Group identified by name on Schedule 1.01 to this Credit Agreement (as such Schedule 1.01 may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect), including the Funding Agent for such Lender Group and each Committed Lender and each Conduit Lender (if any) in such Lender Group.

“Lender Group Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement, substantially in the form of

Exhibit K attached hereto, pursuant to which a new Lender Group becomes party to this Credit Agreement.

“Lender Group Limit” means, for each Lender Group, the sum of the Commitments of the Committed Lenders in such Lender Group.

“Lender Group Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender Group, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the Commitments held by the Committed Lenders members of such Lender Group and the denominator of which is the sum of all Commitments. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Lender Group Percentages shall be the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate Principal Obligation held by the Lenders members of such Lender Group and the denominator of which is the total Principal Obligation.

“Lender KYC Compliant” means, with respect to any Person, that Person has satisfied all reasonable and customary requests for information from Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties for “know-your-customer” and other anti-terrorism laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and similar rules and regulations and related policies and who would not result in any Secured Party being non-compliant with any such rules and regulations and related policies were such Person to enter into a banking relationship with such Secured Party.

“Lenders” means the Conduit Lenders, the Committed Lenders and, as the content requires, the Swingline Lender; provided, that each Lender must be a Qualified Purchaser.

“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) described as such in such Lender’s administrative questionnaire delivered to Administrative Agent, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify Borrower and Administrative Agent.

“Letter of Credit” means a standby letter of credit issued in Dollars by the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 2.08 either as originally issued or as the same may, from time to time, be amended or otherwise modified or extended.

“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for standby letter of credit by and between a Borrower Party and the Letter of Credit Issuer in a form reasonably acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer (and customarily used by it in similar circumstances) and conformed to the terms of this Credit Agreement, either as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed, or extended.

“Letter of Credit Availability Period” means the period as may be agreed in writing by the Letter of Credit Issuer, Borrower, and all Lenders but not to extend beyond the final Maturity Date.

“Letter of Credit Collateralization Date” means the day that is the earlier of: (a) thirty (30) days prior to the Stated Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day); or (b) the Maturity Date.

“Letter of Credit Issuer” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, Natixis in its capacity as the issuer of such Letter of Credit hereunder.

“Letter of Credit Liability” means the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Credit Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, at any time, an amount equal to $10,000,000.

“Lien” means any lien, mortgage, security interest, tax lien, pledge, encumbrance, or conditional sale or title retention arrangement, or any other interest in property designed to secure the repayment of Indebtedness, whether arising by agreement or under common law, any statute or other law, contract, or otherwise.

“Liquidity Agreement” means, with respect to a Conduit Lender, any agreement entered into by such Conduit Lender’s Liquidity Provider providing for (i) the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of such Conduit Lender (or its Related Commercial Paper Issuer), (ii) the issuance of one or more surety bonds for drawings under which such Conduit Lender (or its Related Commercial Paper Issuer) is obligated to reimburse such Liquidity Provider, (iii) the sale by such Conduit Lender (or its Related Commercial Paper Issuer) to such Liquidity Provider of its interests hereunder (or portions thereof or participations therein) or (iv) the making of loans or other extensions of credit to such Conduit Lender (or its Related Commercial Paper Issuer) in connection with Related Commercial Paper, together with any letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument issued thereunder.

“Liquidity Event” means, with respect to a Conduit Lender, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (a) the inability of such Conduit Lender to fund any Loan by issuing, directly or indirectly, Commercial Paper, either at a commercially reasonable rate or rates or otherwise, as a result of any materially adverse circumstances or conditions in the domestic or foreign capital markets generally or Commercial Paper markets in particular, any outbreak or escalation or war or other hostilities or any other national or international calamity or crisis the effect of which, in the sole and absolute determination of its Administrator made in good faith, is to cause such a disruption as to make it impracticable to sell or enforce contracts for the sale of its Commercial Paper; (b) unless its Administrator elects otherwise, the date of termination of the commitment of any Liquidity Provider to such Conduit Lender under a Liquidity Agreement; (c) the Commercial Paper of such Conduit Lender shall not be rated at least “A-2” by S&P and at least “P 2” by Moody’s; or (d) the later of (i) the date its Administrator ceases to be the Administrator for such Conduit Lender and neither the Administrator nor any of its affiliates shall administer any other asset-backed commercial paper conduit, and (ii) the ninetieth (90th) day following the date its Administrator shall have publicly announced or otherwise notified the Borrower that, at such time as is specified in the related notice or announcement, it shall cease to be the Administrator for such Conduit Lender and neither such Administrator nor any of its Affiliates shall administer any other asset-backed commercial paper conduit.

“Liquidity Provider” means, with respect to a Conduit Lender, such Conduit Lender’s Funding Agent, a Committed Lender in such Conduit Lender’s Lender Group, or such other Person as is consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) which shall, pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement, now or hereafter extend credit or commit to extend credit to or for the account of, or to make purchases from, such Conduit Lender or its Related Commercial Paper Issuer or issue a letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument, in each case to support any obligations arising under or in connection with such Conduit Lender’s (or such Related Commercial Paper Issuer’s) commercial paper program.

“Loan” means a Syndicated Loan made pursuant to Section 2.02 and/or, as applicable, a Swingline Loan made pursuant to Section 2.07, including, without limitation, any Base Rate Loan, Daily SOFR Loan, Term SOFR Loan, or CP Rate Loan made pursuant thereto.

“Loan Date” is defined in Section 2.02(a).

“Loan Documents” means this Credit Agreement, the Notes (including any renewals, extensions, re-issuances and refundings thereof), each Letter of Credit Application, each of the Collateral Documents, each Joinder Agreement, each Intermediate Entity Acknowledgment, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral or other credit support provided by a Borrower Party pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.13 and such other agreements and documents (including any fee letters), and any amendments or supplements thereto or modifications thereof, executed or delivered pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and any additional documents delivered in connection with any such amendment, supplement or modification.

“Loan Notice” means any request for a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of a Loan substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, containing the information specified therein, executed and delivered by the applicable Borrower Parties.

“Mandatory Prepayment Event” is defined in Section 3.04. “Margin Stock” is defined in Regulation U.

“Material Adverse Effect” means: (a) a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, assets or financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Borrower Party or General Partner (as applicable) to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Borrower Party or General Partner (as applicable) of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

“Material Amendment” is defined in Section 10.04.

“Maturity Date” means the earliest of: (a) the Stated Maturity Date; (b) the date upon which Administrative Agent declares the Obligations, or the Obligations become, due and payable after the occurrence of an Event of Default in accordance with the term of this Credit Agreement; (c) the date upon which Borrower terminates the Commitments pursuant to Section 3.06 or otherwise; or (d) two (2) months prior any scheduled or known termination of the term of any Borrower.

“Maximum Accordion Amount” means $500,000,000.

“Maximum Commitment” means, at any time the same is to be determined, an amount equal to the aggregate Commitments of the Committed Lenders, as such amount may be increased pursuant to Section 2.17 or reduced by Borrower pursuant to Section 3.06.

“Maximum Rate” means, on any day, the highest rate of interest (if any) permitted by applicable law on such day.

“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time: (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure while any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Fronting Exposure at such time; and (b) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.14(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding amount of all Letter of Credit Liability.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Borrower Party, any other Pledgor or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding six (6) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

“Multiple Employer Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including any Borrower Party, any other Pledgor or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

“Natixis” is defined in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.

“No Plan Asset Certificate” means a certificate from a Borrower Party or any other Pledgor, delivered by the relevant Responsible Officer of such Person, based on consultation with its counsel and in a form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, (a) certifying that throughout the period beginning from the date of the prior No Plan Asset Certificate or the date of the Credit Agreement, as applicable, and continuing through the date of the subject No Plan Asset Certificate, “benefit plan investors” (as defined in Section 3(42) of ERISA) hold less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total value of each class of equity interest in such Person (calculated in accordance with Section 3(42) of ERISA) and, accordingly, the

underlying assets of such Person have not and do not constitute Plan Assets; and (b) covenanting that at all times following the date of such certificate, less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total value of each class of equity interest in such Person (calculated in accordance with Section 3(42) of ERISA) will continue to be held by “benefit plan investors” (as defined in Section 3(42) of the ERISA) until such time, if any, that such Person delivers to Administrative Agent an Operating Company Opinion.

“Non-Defaulting Lender” means any Committed Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.

“Non-Rated Included Investor” means any Investor that does not have a Rating meeting the relevant minimum requirement included in the definition of “Applicable Requirement” (or that does not have a Credit Provider, Sponsor, or Responsible Party that has such a Rating) and is otherwise deemed to be an Included Investor in accordance with such defined term.

“Note Purchase Agreement” means any Note Purchase Agreement by and among an Intermediate Entity and its Investors party thereto, as may be further described in the Loan Documents provided by such Intermediate Entity and as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, including without limitation pursuant to a series supplement thereto.

“Notes” means the promissory notes provided for in Section 3.01(b), and all promissory notes delivered in substitution or exchange therefor, as such notes may be amended, restated, reissued, extended or modified; and “Note” means any one of the Notes.

“Obligations” means all present and future indebtedness, obligations, Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights, and liabilities of any Borrower Party to any of the Secured Parties (including, without limitation, the Guaranteed Debt), and all renewals and extensions thereof, or any part thereof (including, without limitation, Loans, Letter of Credit Liability, or both), arising pursuant to this Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, the indemnity provisions hereof) or represented by the Notes and each Letter of Credit Application, and all interest accruing thereon, and payable in accordance with terms hereof, regardless of whether such indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities are direct, indirect, fixed, contingent, joint, several, or joint and several; together with all indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of any Borrower Party to any of the Secured Parties evidenced or arising pursuant to any of the other Loan Documents, and all renewals and extensions thereof, or any part thereof.

“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

“Operating Company” means an “operating company” within the meaning of

Section 2510.3-101(c) of the Plan Assets Regulation.

“Operating Company Certificate” means a certificate from a Borrower Party or any other Pledgor, delivered by the relevant Responsible Officer of such Person, in a form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, certifying that, based upon consultation with counsel, such Person has met the requirements to be an Operating Company for the twelve (12)-month period following the end of the Annual Valuation Period for such Person.

“Operating Company Opinion” means a written opinion of counsel to the Borrower Parties or any other Pledgor, in a form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, as to qualification of such Person, as applicable, as an Operating Company.

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than

connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document).

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.06).

“Participant” is defined in Section 13.11(f). “Participant Register” is defined in Section 13.11(f).

“Partner” means the General Partner (if applicable) or any one of the limited partners or, shareholders, members ofor other equity holders of a Pledgor.

“Patriot Act” is defined in Section 13.19.

“Payment Recipient” is defined in Section 12.11(a).

“Pending Capital Call” means any Capital Call that has been made upon the Investors and that has not yet been funded by the applicable Investor, but with respect to which such Investor is not in default.

“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by any Borrower Party, any other Pledgor or any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.

“Periodic SOFR Determination Day” means the day that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of the relevant Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic SOFR Determination Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Rate will be Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the original Periodic SOFR Determination Day.

“Permitted Liens” means:

“Permitted RIC Distributions” means, with respect to each taxable year in which Borrower is a RIC, any distributions determined by a Borrower Party in good faith to be required to be made in order to maintain a Borrower Party’s tax status under Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code or to avoid the payment of any tax imposed under Section 852(b)(1), Section 852(b)(3) or Section 4982 of the Internal Revenue Code, as certified by a Borrower Party to the Administrative Agent in a RIC Distribution Notice delivered to the Administrative Agent.

“Person” means an individual, sole proprietorship, joint venture, association, trust, estate, business trust, corporation, non-profit corporation, partnership, limited liability company, sovereign government or agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision thereof, or any similar entity or organization.

“Plan” means any Pension Plan or any retirement medical plan, each as established or maintained for employees of any Borrower Party, any other Pledgor or any ERISA Affiliate, or any such Plan to which any Borrower Party, any other Pledgor or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.

“Plan Assets” means “plan assets” within the meaning of the Plan Assets Regulation or otherwise.

“Plan Assets Regulation” means 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101, et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of

ERISA.

“Pledgor” means any Borrower and any Intermediate Entity. “Pledgor KYC Compliance” is defined in Section 8.23.

“Portfolio Asset” means any “Portfolio Investment” (as defined in the Governing Agreement) directly held by the Borrower, including, without limitation, any equity interests of the Borrower in any Portfolio Company (as defined in the Governing Agreement).

“Prepayment Notice” means a written notice in substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto. “Prime Rate” means, on any day, the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced

from time to time by Natixis as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Natixis based upon various

factors including Natixis’ costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Natixis shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

“Principal Obligation” means the amount of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans (including Swingline Loans); plus (b) the Letter of Credit Liability.

“Property” means any real property, improvements thereon and any leasehold or similar interest in real property which is owned, directly or indirectly, by any Borrower Party, or secures any investment of any Borrower Party.

“Qualified Borrower” means any entity, which entity may be organized in the United States or outside of the United States, in which Borrower owns a direct or indirect ownership interest or through which Borrower will acquire an investment, the indebtedness of which entity can be guaranteed by Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Governing Agreement, and which entity has executed and delivered this Credit Agreement on the Closing Date or a Joinder Agreement and in respect of which entity Borrower has guaranteed the Obligations thereof pursuant to Section 6.

“Qualified Purchaser” means a “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor Investment Company Act.

“Rated Included Investor” means any Investor that has a Rating meeting the relevant minimum requirement included in the definition of “Applicable Requirement” (or that has a Credit Provider, Sponsor, or Responsible Party that has such a Rating).

“Rated Note Feeder” means an Intermediate Entity that is a rated note feeder that delivers, among other things, an Intermediate Entity Acknowledgment pursuant to Section 7.04.

“Rating” means, for any Person, its senior unsecured debt rating (or equivalent thereof, such as, but not limited to, a corporate credit rating, issuer rating/insurance financial strength rating (for an insurance company), general obligation rating or credit enhancement program rating (for a governmental entity), or revenue bond rating (for an educational institution)) from either of S&P or Moody’s.

“Rating Agencies” means S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, or any other nationally-recognized statistical rating agency which has been approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Recipient” means Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Agent, any Liquidity Provider, the Letter of Credit Issuer, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower Party hereunder.

“Register” is defined in Section 13.11(e).

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, from time to time in effect, and shall include any successor or other regulation relating to reserve or margin requirements, applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.

“Related Commercial Paper” means, with respect to a Conduit Lender, at any time of determination, Commercial Paper of such Conduit Lender or its Related Commercial Paper Issuer the proceeds of which are then allocated by the administrator of such Conduit Lender or its Related Commercial Paper Issuer as the source of funding the acquisition or maintenance of such Conduit Lender’s Principal Obligation hereunder.

“Related Commercial Paper Issuer” means a multi-seller commercial paper conduit that issues Commercial Paper the proceeds of which are loaned to a Conduit Lender as the source of funding the acquisition or maintenance of its Principal Obligation hereunder.

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching, or migration of Hazardous Materials into the environment, or into or out of any Property, including the movement of any Hazardous Material through or in the air, soil, surface water, groundwater, of any Property.

“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

“Removal Effective Date” is defined in Section 12.06(b).

“Repayment Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to any Borrowing, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s applicable Principal Obligation of such Borrowing and the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Obligation of such Borrowing; (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s applicable Letter of Credit Liability and the denominator of which is the aggregate Letter of Credit Liability; and (c) with respect to any other Obligation, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Principal Obligation and the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal Obligation.

“Request for Credit Extension” means: (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice; and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, the related Request for Letter of Credit and Letter of Credit Application.

“Request for Letter of Credit” means a request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit substantially in the form of Exhibit N attached hereto.

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, (a) Committed Lenders having their share of the Principal Obligation and their Unused Commitments representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the sum of (x) the total Principal Obligation then outstanding and (y) the aggregate Unused Commitments at such time, provided that in determining such percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded and the pro rata shares of the aggregate Principal Obligation and Unused Commitments of Lenders shall be redetermined for voting purposes only, to exclude the pro rata shares of the aggregate Principal Obligation and Unused Commitments of such Defaulting Lenders, and (b) at all times when two or more non-affiliated Committed Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Credit Agreement, the term “Required Lenders” shall in no event mean fewer than two non-affiliated Committed Lenders.

“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

“Responsible Officer” means: (a) in the case of a corporation, its chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, senior vice president, any vice president or treasurer, and, in any case where two Responsible Officers are acting on behalf of such corporation, the second such Responsible Officer may be a secretary or assistant secretary; (b) in the case of a limited partnership, the Responsible Officer of the general partner, acting on behalf of such general partner in its capacity as general partner; (c) in the case of a limited liability company, the Responsible Officer of the General Partner, acting on behalf of such General Partner in its capacity as General Partner; and (d) and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to

Section 3, any other officer or employee of the applicable Borrower Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent.

“Responsible Party” means, for any Governmental Plan Investor: (a) if the state or political subdivision under which the Governmental Plan Investor operates is obligated to fund the Governmental Plan Investor and is liable to fund any shortfalls, the state or political subdivision as applicable; and

(b) otherwise, the Governmental Plan Investor itself.

“Returned Capital” means, for any Investor, any part of any Capital Contribution that is redistributed to such Investor and is, in accordance with the terms of the Governing Agreement, added back to such Investor’s Unfunded Commitment; in each case which amount has been set forth as “Returned Capital” on a certificate of Borrower delivered to Administrative Agent.

“RIC” means a person qualifying for treatment as a “regulated investment company” under the

Code.

“RIC Distribution Notice” means a written notice setting forth the calculation of any Permitted RIC Distribution with respect to the Borrower and certifying that the Borrower remains a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Code.

“RNF Investor” means an Investor in a Rated Note Feeder.

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a subsidiary of the S&P Global, Inc., and any successor thereto. “Same Day Funds” means immediately available funds.

“Sanction(s)” means any applicable international economic sanction administered or enforced by a United States Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury or other sanctions authority applicable to Pledgor.

“Sanctioned Lender” means a Lender that is a Sanctioned Person.

“Sanctioned Person” means (a) a Person named on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx, or as otherwise published from time to time, or (b)(i) the government of a Designated Jurisdiction or an agency of the government of a Designated Jurisdiction,

(ii) an organization controlled by a Designated Jurisdiction or organized under the laws of a Designated Jurisdiction, or (iii) an individual ordinarily resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.

“Scheduled Reduction Date” means January 30, 2026.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Agents, the Liquidity Providers and the Indemnitees.

“Security Agreement” means a security agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, executed and delivered by a Pledgor and General Partner (if applicable) to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to time.

“Side Letter” means, with respect to any Pledgor any “side letter” (if any) between an Investor and such Pledgor (or General Partner (if applicable)).

“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

“SOX” means Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (codified as Section 13(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).

“SOX Insiders” means the employees (or any of their spouses) of The TCW Group, Inc., the Borrower, the Investment Advisor or any Affiliate thereof, in each case who, in the reasonable opinion of Borrower, constitute “insiders” for purposes of SOX from time to time.

“Special Included Investor” means an Included Investor specifically determined and identified by the Administrative Agent and Lenders in their sole discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, a Special Included Investor shall be treated in the same manner as an Included Investor for all purposes hereunder (including with respect to Exclusion Events) except with respect to calculating the Borrowing Base and determining Eligible Contribution.

“Sponsor” of an ERISA Investor means a sponsor as that term is understood under ERISA, specifically, the entity that established the plan and is responsible for the maintenance of the plan and, in the case of a plan that has a sponsor and participating employers, the entity that has the ability to amend or terminate the plan.

“Stated Maturity Date” means April 21, 2027, as it may be extended pursuant to Section 2.16. “Subscribed Interest” of any Investor means the limited or general partnership interest, or,

shareholder, membership or other equity interest, of such Investor in a Pledgor under the applicable

Governing Agreement.

“Subscription Agreement” means a Subscription Agreement (and, if applicable, a series supplement) executed by an Investor in connection with the subscription for a Subscribed Interest in a Pledgor.

“Subsequent Investor” is defined in Section 10.05(d).

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Borrower.

“Swingline” means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.07.

“Swingline Availability Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (a) the date occurring twelve (12) months thereafter and (b) the Maturity Date.

“Swingline Lender” means Natixis, in its capacity as provider of Swingline Loans, or any permitted successor Swingline Lender hereunder.

“Swingline Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a).

“Swingline Obligation” means the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swingline Loans. “Swingline Sublimit” means an amount equal to $0. The Swingline Sublimit is part of, and not in

addition to, the Maximum Commitment.

“Syndicated Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.02, including, without limitation, any Base Rate Loan, Daily SOFR Loan, Term SOFR Loan or CP Rate Loan made pursuant thereto.

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, including, without limitation, stamp taxes (including mortgage recording taxes), levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).

“Term SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Term SOFR Rate, other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate”.

“Term SOFR Rate” means:

“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. “Trade Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.11(b)(i)(B).

“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower Parties (and, as applicable, other Pledgors) of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.

“Type of Syndicated Loan” means any Syndicated Loan (i.e., a Base Rate Loan, a Daily SOFR Loan, a Term SOFR Loan or a CP Rate Loan).

“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a public holiday or the equivalent for banks under the holiday schedule recommended by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”) for the applicable year. In the event SIFMA ceases to publish such holiday schedule or an equivalent on a regular basis, the term “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” shall be determined on any day by reference to such other regularly published holiday schedules for such date applicable to commercial banks as is determined by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30)

of the Code.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(e)(ii)(B)(3). “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York and any other

state, which governs creation or perfection (and the effect thereof) of security interests in any collateral for the Obligations.

“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Unfunded Commitment” means, with respect to any Investor at any time, the Capital Commitment of such Investor, minus the aggregate Capital Contributions made, or deemed made under the Governing Agreement to the applicable Pledgor by such Investor, plus Returned Capital attributed to such Investor, but “Unfunded Commitment” shall not include that portion of an Investor’s Capital Commitment that is, at such time, subject to a Pending Capital Call.

“Unreimbursed Amount” is defined in Section 2.08(c)(i).

“Unused Commitment” means the difference between (A) a Committed Lender’s Commitment and (B) such Committed Lender’s Lender Group’s outstanding Principal Obligation.

“Withholding Agent” means any Borrower Party and the Administrative Agent.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability

arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

(B) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day, the “Loan Date”); (C) the principal amount of Syndicated Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued; (D) if any portion of such Borrowing is not to be funded by a Conduit Lender through the issuance of Commercial Paper, whether such portion of such

Borrowing is to be funded instead as a Base Rate Loan, Daily SOFR Loan or Term SOFR Loan (it being understood that if any Conduit Lender elects to fund any portion of a Loan through its Liquidity Provider, such Conduit Lender’s Funding Agent shall determine whether such portion shall bear interest based on the Daily Simple SOFR, Term SOFR Rate or the Base Rate for the period prior to the time such portion of such Loan is funded through the issuance of Commercial Paper); (E) the Type of Syndicated Loans to which any existing Daily SOFR Loans, Term SOFR Loans or Base Rate Loans are to be converted; and (F) to which account the proceeds of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation should be directed. If a Borrower Party fails to give a timely notice requesting a continuation of a Term SOFR Loan, then the applicable Loan shall be continued as a Term SOFR Loan with an Interest Period of one (1) month, and such continuation shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Term SOFR Loan. If a Borrower Party fails to specify an Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.

than Swingline Loans) in the aggregate outstanding hereunder at any one time during the Availability Period.

$1,000,000, and each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Base Rate Loans shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000; provided, however, that a Base Rate Loan may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments or in an aggregate amount that is required for the reimbursement of a Letter of Credit under Section 2.08(c).

Committed Lender in such Lender Group will not make available to Administrative Agent such Lender’s share, as applicable, of such Borrowing, Administrative Agent may assume that each Committed Lender and each Conduit Lender, as the case may be, has made its Applicable Percentage of the requested Borrowing available to Administrative Agent on the applicable Loan Date and in the applicable currency, and Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption (but is not required to), make available to the appropriate Borrower Party a corresponding amount.

in Same Day Funds in such Borrower Party’s account specified in the Loan Notice, or, if requested by such Borrower Party in the Loan Notice, shall wire transfer such funds as requested. Absent contrary written notice from the Swingline Lender prior to the proposed Borrowing date that the Swingline Lender will not make available to Administrative Agent the Swingline Loan, its Administrative Agent may assume that the Swingline Lender has made its share of the requested Swingline Loan available to Administrative Agent on the requested Borrowing date, and Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption (but is not required to), make available to the appropriate Borrower Party a corresponding amount by crediting the account of such Borrower Party specified in such Loan Notice.

and the Committed Lenders under this clause (ii) shall survive the payment in full of the Obligation and the termination of this Credit Agreement.

(B) Committed Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of a Borrower Party and any drawings thereunder; provided, however that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit: (I) the Principal Obligation will not exceed the Available Commitment; (II) the Letter of Credit Liability will not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit; (III) the aggregate Principal Obligation of the Lenders that are members of any Lender Group will not exceed the Lender Group Limit of such Lender Group; and (IV) the Principal Obligation of any Committed Lender will not exceed such Lender’s Commitment (minus any amounts funded in respect of a Loan hereunder (but not used to fund such Loan and accordingly not included in the Principal Obligation) by any such Committed Lender as a Liquidity Provider under a Liquidity Agreement). Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, a Borrower Party’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly a Borrower Party may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired (without any pending drawing) or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. The Letter of Credit Issuer shall have the right to approve the form of Letter of Credit requested.

(A) subject to Section 2.08(b)(iii), the expiry date of such Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Letter of Credit Issuer of such Letter of Credit have approved such expiry date in its sole discretion; or (B) the expiry date of such Letter of Credit would occur after the Stated Maturity Date, without the consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer of such Letter of Credit (in its sole discretion), in which case any such Letter of Credit shall be Cash Collateralized on the Letter of Credit Collateralization Date; provided, however, that the expiry date of

such Letter of Credit shall not occur more than twelve (12) months after the Stated Maturity Date.

Dollars;

of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities as: (A) provided to Administrative Agent in Section 12 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Section 12 included Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions; and (B) additionally provided herein with respect to Letter of Credit Issuer.

(C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, the related Request for Credit Extension shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer: (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the applicable Borrower Party shall furnish to the Letter of Credit Issuer and Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the Letter of Credit Issuer or Administrative Agent may reasonably require. Each Request for Credit Extension submitted by a Borrower Party shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Section 7.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the issuance or amendment of any Letter of Credit.

Borrower Party, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 7 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of such Borrower Party or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the Letter of Credit Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Committed Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Letter of Credit Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Committed Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit. With the approval of Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, the risk participation of each Committed Lender shall terminate upon the occurrence of the Maturity Date and the full and final payment of the Obligations (other than the Cash Collateralized Letter of Credit Liability described below), and the Issuer Documents, rather than this Credit Agreement, shall govern the rights and obligations of Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Borrower Parties with respect to such Letter of Credit Liability, so long as Borrower has Cash Collateralized all Letter of Credit Liability then outstanding, to the reasonable satisfaction of Administrative Agent and Letter of Credit Issuer.

(B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Committed Lender’s obligation to make Base Rate Loans pursuant to this Section 2.08(c) is subject to the applicable conditions set forth in Section 7 (other than delivery of a Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of any Borrower Party to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

the date such amount is returned by such Committed Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.

Each Borrower Party shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with such Borrower Party’s instructions or other irregularity, such Borrower Party will promptly notify the Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Borrower Party shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Committed Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or related Request for Credit Extension. Each Borrower Party hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude each Borrower Party’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Related Party, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the Letter of Credit Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 2.08(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower Party may have a claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to such Borrower Party, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by such Borrower Party which such Borrower Party proves were caused by the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. The Letter of Credit Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (known as SWIFT) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.

of each calendar quarter for the preceding calendar quarter and on the Maturity Date for the period from the end of the preceding calendar quarter until the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Swingline Loans will not be deemed to be utilization for purposes of calculating the fees above. Borrower and Committed Lenders acknowledge and agree that the unused commitment fees payable hereunder are bona fide unused commitment fees and are intended as reasonable compensation to Committed Lenders for committing to make funds available to Borrower as described herein and for no other purposes and shall be due and payable whether or not the conditions precedent in Section 7.02 are satisfied.

(ii) as of the Letter of Credit Collateralization Date, any Letter of Credit Liability for any reason remains outstanding; (iii) the applicable Borrower Party shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 11.02; or (iv) there shall exist a Defaulting Lender; Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (iii) above) or within one (1) Business Day (in all other cases) following any request by Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iv) above after giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). In addition,

(x) Section 3.04 sets forth certain additional requirements for the delivery of Cash Collateral or other credit support in certain circumstances, and (y) Section 2.07 contemplates the delivery of Cash Collateral or other credit support in connection with the issuance of Swingline Loans.

the Letter of Credit Liability in an amount equal to the amount by which Letter of Credit Liability exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit: (A) promptly upon receipt of such notice (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter), with proceeds from a Borrowing hereunder, up to the Available Commitment at such time; and (B) to the extent that for any reason such Borrowing is not available in an amount sufficient to fully Cash Collateralize such amount of the Letter of Credit Liability, within fifteen (15) Business Days of receipt of such notice, with the proceeds of a Capital Call (and each Pledgor shall issue such Capital Call Notices during such time, and shall Cash Collateralize such Letter of Credit Liability immediately after the Capital Contributions relating to such Capital Call are received).

(y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Syndicated Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Credit Agreement, as determined by Administrative Agent; (c) if so determined by Administrative Agent and Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to: (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Credit Agreement; and (y) Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Credit Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.14; (d) to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Credit Agreement; (e) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Credit Agreement; and (f) to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if: (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share; and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 7.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Syndicated Loans of, and Letter of Credit Liability owed to, all Lender Groups of Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Repayment Percentage (without giving effect to the Principal Obligation of such Defaulting Lender) prior to being applied to the payment of any Syndicated Loans of, or Letter of Credit Liability owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Syndicated Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Liability and Swingline Loans are held by the Committed Lenders in accordance with each such Committed Lender’s Repayment Percentage (without giving effect to the Principal Obligation held by such Defaulting Lender) without giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.15(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Liability or Swingline Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below; (y) pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer and Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Letter of Credit Issuer’s or Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender; and (z) Borrower shall not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Committed Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Committed Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

Section 2.17(a)(i), Administrative Agent agrees that:

pursuant to Section 3.05); and (iii) with respect to any obligation of a Borrower Party hereunder on which such Borrower Party is in default, at any time and from time to time following such default upon demand by Administrative Agent. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

of such Borrowing) that such Lender Group will not make available to Administrative Agent such Lender Group’s share of such Borrowing, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender Group has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.04 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender Group has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.04) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower Party a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender Group has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to Administrative Agent, then the Committed Lenders in such Lender Group and the applicable Borrower Party severally agree to pay to Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower Party to but excluding the date of payment to Administrative Agent, at: (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Committed Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing; and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by a Borrower Party, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that if funds are not available to such Borrower Party in the Collateral Account to make payment on demand, to the extent that it is necessary for each Pledgor to issue Capital Call Notices to fund such required payment, such payment shall be made within fifteen (15) Business Days after Administrative Agent’s demand (and, in any event, Borrower shall issue such Capital Call Notices and shall make such payment promptly after the related Capital Contributions are received). If any Borrower Party and such Committed Lender shall pay such interest to Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower Party the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower Party for such period. If such Committed Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Committed Lender’s Syndicated Loan included in such Borrowing as of the date of such Borrowing. Any payment by a Borrower Party shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower Party may have against a Committed Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to Administrative Agent.

A notice of Administrative Agent to any Committed Lender or any Borrower Party with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

without premium or penalty; provided that: (a) with respect to Swingline Loans, the principal of any Swingline Loan may be prepaid by 11:00 a.m. on any Business Day, and any prepayment not received by 11:00 a.m. on such Business Day shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day;

(b) with respect to any other Loan, such Prepayment Notice must be received by Administrative Agent not later than: (A) 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term SOFR Loans, Daily SOFR Loans or CP Rate Loans; and (B) 11:00 a.m. one (1) Business Day prior to any date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; and (c) any prepayment of Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such Prepayment Notice shall specify the date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of such prepayment, if applicable, the Type(s) of Syndicated Loans to be prepaid. Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Funding Agent of its receipt of each such Prepayment Notice, and of the amount of its Lender Group’s Repayment Percentage of such prepayment. If such Prepayment Notice is given by a Borrower Party, such Borrower Party shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such Prepayment Notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. With respect to any Loan prepaid pursuant to this Section 3.05, all accrued interest thereon shall be paid in accordance with Section 3.02(b) and any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 4 with respect thereto shall be promptly paid following receipt of an accurate and correct invoice for such amounts. Subject to Section 2.15, each such prepayment shall be applied to the Principal Obligation held by each Lender in accordance with its applicable Repayment Percentage.

(i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof,

(iii) the Maximum Commitment hereunder shall at no time equal an aggregate amount of less than

$25,000,000, (iv) Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Principal Obligation would exceed the Available Commitments; and (v) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the aggregate Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit exceeds the amount of the aggregate Commitments, such Letter of Credit Sublimit or Swingline Sublimit, as applicable, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Committed Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of the aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Committed Lender according to its pro rata share thereof. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

for any Base Rate Loan; and (c) change its Lending Office from time to time by notice to Administrative Agent and Borrower; provided that, in each case such designation does not impose any obligation to pay or withhold any Taxes or Other Taxes. In such event, the Funding Agent for such Lender shall continue to hold the Note, if any, evidencing its Loans for the benefit and account of such branch, subsidiary or Affiliate. Each Committed Lender shall be entitled to fund all or any portion of its Commitment in any manner it deems appropriate, consistent with the provisions of Section 2.06, but for the purposes of this Credit Agreement such Committed Lender shall, regardless of such Committed Lender’s actual means of funding, be deemed to have funded its Commitment in accordance with the Interest Option selected from time to time by the Borrower Parties for such Borrowing period.

Taxes.

payable under this Section 4.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to such Borrower Party or Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

Document, an appropriate IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W 8BEN E (or applicable successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

Recipient were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Recipient shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Recipient has complied with such Recipient’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Credit Agreement.

(I) Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of or conversion to Daily SOFR Loans or Term SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and

(II) any outstanding affected Daily SOFR Loans or Term SOFR Loans, to the extent affected, will be converted into Base Rate Loans immediately, or with respect to Term SOFR Loans, at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted together with any additional amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.05. Subject to Section 4.03(b), if Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Term SOFR Rate cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on Base Rate Loans shall be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to clause (iii) of the definition of “Base Rate” until Administrative Agent revokes such determination.

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Funding Party of making, converting, continuing, funding, or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make or fund any such Loan or to advance funds under a Liquidity Agreement), or to increase the cost to such Funding Party of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Funding Party (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Funding Party (but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a certificate provided under subsection (c) of this Section 4.04), the applicable Borrower Party will pay to such Funding Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Funding Party for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered; provided, however, that if funds are not available to such Borrower Party in the Collateral Account, to the extent that it is necessary for each Pledgor to issue Capital Call Notices to fund such required compensation, such payment shall be made within twenty (20) Business Days after receipt of a certificate provided under subsection (c) of this Section 4.04.

including any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense (but excluding any loss of anticipated profits) arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract. Each applicable Borrower Party shall also pay the customary administrative fees charged by such Lender or Liquidity Provider, as applicable, in connection with the foregoing.

In the case of a CP Rate Loan, the actual out-of-pocket loss to any Conduit Lender attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Conduit Lender to be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the interest that would have accrued on the principal

amount of such CP Rate Loan from the date of such payment, conversion, failure or assignment to the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan, if the interest rate payable on such amount were calculated by reference to the CP Rate for such Interest Period, over (ii) the sum of

(x) to the extent all or a portion of such principal amount remains outstanding hereunder, the amount of interest actually accrued during the remainder of such Interest Period on such principal amount, and (y) to the extent such principal amount does not remain outstanding hereunder, the income, if any, actually received during the remainder of such period by the Conduit Lender from investing such portion of such principal amount.

With respect to any Lender that is not a bank, the foregoing calculation shall be made using the rates that would be applicable to the applicable Funding Agent as a proxy for such Lender. A certificate of a Funding Party setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Funding Party or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in this Section 4.05 and delivered to a Borrower Party shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 4.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Sections 4.02 or 4.03, as applicable; and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Funding Party to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Funding Party. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Funding Party in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(iv) any Committed Lender does not consent to an amendment or waiver under Section 13.01 or

(v) any Committed Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, Borrower may, at its sole cost and effort, replace such Funding Party’s Lender Group in accordance with Section 13.13; provided, however, that a Lender Group shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Funding Party or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

grant to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (ii) each Pledgor that is an Intermediate Entity will grant to another Pledgor for the ultimate benefit of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, in each case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), an exclusive, perfected, first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) security interest and Lien in and to the Collateral Account (if any) pursuant to a Collateral Account Assignment and will enter into a Control Agreement with respect thereto; and (b) (i) each Pledgor other than an Intermediate Entity and its General Partner (if applicable), to the extent of their respective interests therein, will grant to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, and (ii) each Pledgor that is an Intermediate Entity and its General Partner (if applicable), to the extent of their respective interests therein, will grant to another Pledgor for the ultimate benefit of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, in each case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), pursuant to a Security Agreement, an exclusive, perfected, first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) security interest and Lien in and to the Capital Calls, Capital Commitments, and Capital Contributions, including, without limitation (but subject to Section 11.03), any rights to make Capital Calls, receive payment of Capital Commitments and enforce the payment thereof pursuant to the applicable Governing Agreement and to enforce the payment thereof or any guarantees thereof, now existing or hereafter arising (the collateral in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.01 being (except as otherwise set forth below, collective, the “Collateral”)). In order to secure further the payment and performance of the Obligations and to effect and facilitate Secured Parties’ rights of setoff, each Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints Administrative Agent or another Pledgor (for the ultimate benefit of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties), as applicable, as subscription agent and the sole party entitled in the name of such Pledgor upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (but subject to Section 11.03), to make any Capital Calls upon the Investors pursuant to (and to the extent permitted by) the terms of the applicable Subscription Agreement and the Governing Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Collateral” shall not include (a) any ERISA Investor Excluded Items if such provision of such ERISA Investor Excluded Item or the exercise of remedies with respect to such ERISA Investor Excluded Item would be a prohibited transaction for purposes of Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or other applicable law, (b) the Capital Commitments or any assets, interests, rights or obligations of the SOX Insiders, if any, unless so elected by the applicable Pledgor in its discretion, (c) any Portfolio Assets and (d) any funds properly withdrawn or transferred from the Collateral Account to the extent used for any purpose permitted under the Governing Agreement and this Credit Agreement, and the proceeds of such withdrawn funds.

matter which might arise in connection with such Constituent Documents or the Subscription Agreements, or any Capital Call. None of them shall have any duty to determine or inquire into any happening or occurrence or any performance or failure of performance of any Pledgor or any Investor. None of them has any duty to inquire into the use, purpose, or reasons for the making of any Capital Call or with respect to the investment or the use of the proceeds thereof.