The execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance of each Loan Party’s obligations under this Amendment (a) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate and, if required, stockholder action of each of the Loan Parties and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (B) any order of any Governmental Authority, (C) any provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, except, in each case, the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (D) the HPUC Decision and Order, or (E) the DCCA Decision and Order, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation under any such indenture, agreement or other instrument except, in each case, the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than any Lien created under the Security Documents) other than such Liens as may be permitted hereunder.