Parent, Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed that this Agreement is an amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety, that the terms and provisions hereof supersede the terms and provisions thereof, and that this Agreement is not a new or substitute credit agreement or novation of the Existing Credit Agreement. The Obligations of Parent, Borrower and the other Credit Parties evidenced under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are given in renewal, extension and modification, but not in extinguishment, novation or discharge, of the “Obligations” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement.