Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Third Amended Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text ) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner or as the following example: double-underlined text ) as set forth in the pages of the Third Amended Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto (the Third Amended Credit Agreement, as so amended, being referred to as the “ Amended Credit Agreement ”); provided that this Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Third Amended Credit Agreement.