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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 6.01 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by Law) waiver by Parent and the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:

(a) Shareholder Approvals. The Company Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.

(b) No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other judgment, order or decree issued by a court or agency of competent jurisdiction located in the United States or in another jurisdiction outside of the United States in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, has material business or operations (each such jurisdiction, an “Applicable Jurisdiction”) that prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger shall have been issued and remain in effect, and no Law shall have been adopted, enacted, issued, enforced, entered, or promulgated in the United States or any Applicable Jurisdiction that prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger.

(c) Antitrust Laws. All applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have expired or been terminated and all consents required under any other Antitrust Law of the jurisdictions set forth on Section 6.01(c) of the Parent Disclosure Letter shall have been obtained or any applicable waiting period thereunder shall have expired or been terminated.

(d) Effectiveness of Form S-4. The Form S-4 shall have become effective under the Securities Act and shall not be the subject of any stop order or proceedings seeking a stop order.

Section 6.02 Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger are further subject to the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by Law) waiver by Parent on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3.01(c)(i), (ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (ix) and (x), Section 3.01(d) and Section 3.01(x) shall be true and correct in all material respects (which, with respect to the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.01(c)(i), (ii), (iii), (vi) or (ix) will mean that there are no inaccuracies in such representations and warranties that, individually or in the aggregate would result in the sum of (x) the increase in the aggregate of consideration required to be paid to the holders of Company Common Stock and Company Equity Awards hereunder at the Closing) and (y) the increase in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of indebtedness for borrowed money exceeding $275,000,000, in each case, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the first sentence of Section 3.01(i) and Section 3.01(v) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date and (iii) all other representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualifications or limitations as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect set forth therein) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to a specified date, in which case as of such specified date), except, in the case of this clause (iii), for such failures to be true and correct that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company to such effect.

(b) Performance of Obligations of the Company. The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing (except for the obligation under Section 5.15(a) for the Company to make available no less than the Target Amount of Cash

on Hand (giving effect to any reduction pursuant to Section 5.15(c)), which the Company shall have performed in all respects), and Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company to such effect.

(c) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have been any event, development, circumstance, change, effect or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, has, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company to such effect.

(d) Tax Opinion. Parent shall have received (A) from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP a written opinion dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, to the effect that, based on the facts, representations, assumptions and exclusions set forth or described in such opinion, (x) the Merger, taken together with related transactions, (or, if the structure of the transaction is modified pursuant to Section 5.21(a), such modified transaction, taken together with related transactions) should qualify as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code and (y) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes the Class V Common Stock should be considered common stock of Parent (collectively, the “Parent Tax Opinion”) and (B) a copy of the Company Tax Opinion. Such counsel shall be entitled to rely upon customary representation letters from each of Parent and the Company (or any other relevant parties), in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such counsel. Each such representation letter shall be dated as of the date of such opinion.

Section 6.03 Conditions to Obligation of the Company. The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger is further subject to the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by Law) waiver by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of Parent, Dell and Merger Sub contained in Section 3.02(h) and Section 3.02(l) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date, (ii) the representations and warranties of Parent, Dell and Merger Sub contained in Section 3.02(i) shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualifications or limitations as to materiality or Parent Material Adverse Effect set forth therein) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to a specified date, in which case as of such specified date), except, in the case of this clause (ii), for such failures to be true and correct that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect and (iii) all other representations and warranties of Parent, Dell and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualifications or limitations as to materiality set forth therein), in each case, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), except for such failures to be true and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, have not prevented, and would not reasonably be expected to prevent, the ability of Parent, Dell, or Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of Parent to such effect.

(b) Performance of Obligations of Parent, Dell and Merger Sub. Parent, Dell and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects (except for the obligations under Section 5.19, which Parent, Dell and Merger Sub shall have performed in all respects) all obligations required to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing, and the Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by an executive officer of Parent to such effect.

(c) Tax Opinion. The Company shall have received (A) from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, a written opinion dated the Closing Date to the effect that, based on the facts, representations, assumptions and exclusions set forth

or described in such opinion, (x) the Merger, taken together with related transactions, (or, if the structure of the transaction is modified pursuant to Section 5.21(a), such modified transaction, taken together with related transactions) should qualify as an exchange described in Section 351 of the Code and (y) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes the Class V Common Stock should be considered common stock of Parent (collectively, the “Company Tax Opinion”) and (B) a copy of the Parent Tax Opinion. Such counsel shall be entitled to rely upon customary representation letters from each of Parent and the Company (or any other relevant parties), in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such counsel. Each such representation letter shall be dated as of the date of such opinion.

(d) Listing. The shares of Class V Common Stock issuable to the Company’s shareholders pursuant to this Agreement shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE or NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance.

ARTICLE VII

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