SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of July 28, 2004 among DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC. as Borrower, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO, as Loan Parties, and THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as...

EXHIBIT (b)(9)

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of July 28, 2004

among

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC.

as Borrower,

THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO,

as Loan Parties,

and

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

and

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

as Agent,

and

CITIZEN’S BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA

and

NATIONAL CITY BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.,

as Co-Documentation Agents,

and

FLEET RETAIL GROUP, INC.,

as Syndication Agent,

and

GECC CAPITAL MARKETS GROUP, INC.,

as Lead Arranger

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1.	AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT			3
	1.1	Revolving Credit Advances		3
	1.2	Repayment; Termination of Commitment		6
	1.3	Use of Proceeds		7
	1.4	Interest on Revolving Credit Advances		7
	1.5	Eligible Inventory		8
	1.6	Fees		8
	1.7	Cash Management System		9
	1.8	Receipt of Payments		9
	1.9	Proportionate Shares		9
	1.10	Application and Allocation of Payments		10
	1.11	Non-Receipt of Funds by Agent		10
	1.12	Sharing of Payments, Etc		11
	1.13	Settlement Procedures		12
	1.14	Accounting		13
	1.15	Indemnity		13
	1.16	Access		15
	1.17	Taxes		15
	1.18	Letters of Credit		18
	1.19	Capital Adequacy		18
	1.20	Increased Costs		18
	1.21	Illegality		19
	1.22	Replacement of Lender in Respect of Increased Costs		19
2.	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT			19
	2.1	Conditions to Effectiveness		20
	2.2	Further Conditions to Each Revolving Credit Advance and Each Letter of Credit Obligation		21
	2.3	Additional Conditions to the Revolving Credit Advance		22
3.	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES			22
	3.1	Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law		22

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	3.2	Executive Offices; Corporate or Other Names		23
	3.3	Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations		23
	3.4	Financial Statements and Projections		23
	3.5	Material Adverse Change		24
	3.6	Ownership of Property; Liens		24
	3.7	Restrictions; No Default		25
	3.8	Labor Matters		25
	3.9	Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness		26
	3.10	Government Regulation		26
	3.11	Margin Regulations		26
	3.12	Taxes		27
	3.13	ERISA		27
	3.14	No Litigation		28
	3.15	Brokers		28
	3.16	Intellectual Property		29
	3.17	Full Disclosure		29
	3.18	Hazardous Materials		29
	3.19	Insurance Policies		30
	3.20	Deposit and Disbursement Accounts		30
	3.21	Solvency		30
	3.22	Merger Agreement		30
	3.23	Tender Consideration		31
	3.24	Fiscal Quarters		31
4.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION			31
	4.1	Reports and Notices		31
	4.2	Communication with Accountants		31
5.	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS			31
	5.1	Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business		31
	5.2	Payment of Charges and Claims		32
	5.3	Books and Records		32

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	5.4	Litigation		32
	5.5	Insurance		33
	5.6	Compliance with Laws		33
	5.7	Agreements; Leases		34
	5.8	Supplemental Disclosure		34
	5.9	Environmental Matters		34
	5.10	Application of Proceeds		34
	5.11	Fiscal Year		35
	5.12	Landlord’s Waiver and Other Agreements		35
	5.13	Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries		35
	5.14	Further Assurances		35
	5.15	Appraisals and Field Audits		36
	5.16	Future Guarantors, Security, etc		36
	5.17	Tender Offer		37
6.	NEGATIVE COVENANTS			37
	6.1	Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc		37
	6.2	Investments		38
	6.3	Indebtedness		39
	6.4	Affiliate and Employee Transactions		40
	6.5	Capital Structure and Business		40
	6.6	Guaranteed Indebtedness		41
	6.7	Liens		41
	6.8	Sale of Assets		42
	6.9	ERISA		42
	6.10	Financial Covenant		43
	6.11	[Intentionally Omitted.]		43
	6.12	RESTRICTED PAYMENTS		43
	6.13	HAZARDOUS MATERIALS		44
	6.14	SALE-LEASEBACKS		44
	6.15	CANCELLATION OF INDEBTEDNESS		44

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	6.16	[Intentionally Omitted]		44
	6.17	No Speculative Investments		44
	6.18	MARGIN REGULATIONS		44
	6.19	LIMITATION ON NEGATIVE PLEDGE CLAUSES		44
	6.20	MATERIAL CONTRACTS		44
	6.21	LEASES		45
	6.22	Limitations on Modifications of Convertible Notes		45
	6.23	Long Form Event		45
7.	TERM			46
	7.1	Duration		46
	7.2	Survival of Obligations		46
8.	EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES			46
	8.1	Events of Default		46
	8.2	Remedies		48
	8.3	Waivers by Borrower		49
9.	AGENT			49
	9.1	Appointment, Powers and Immunities		49
	9.2	Reliance by Agent		50
	9.3	Defaults		50
	9.4	Rights as a Lender		50
	9.5	Indemnification		50
	9.6	Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders		51
	9.7	Failure to Act		51
	9.8	Resignation of Agent		51
	9.9	Consents under Loan Documents		52
	9.10	Collateral Matters		52
	9.11	Co-Documentation Agents, Syndication Agent and Lead Xxxxxxxx		00
00.	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS			53
	10.1	Successors and Assigns		53
	10.2	Assignments and Participations		53

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11.	MISCELLANEOUS			56
	11.1	Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement		56
	11.2	Fees and Expenses		56
	11.3	No Waiver		57
	11.4	Remedies		58
	11.5	Severability		58
	11.6	Conflict of Terms		58
	11.7	Right of Setoff		58
	11.8	Authorized Signature		58
	11.9	Notices		59
	11.10	Section Titles		60
	11.11	Counterparts		60
	11.12	Time of the Essence		60
	11.13	GOVERNING LAW		60
	11.14	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL		61
	11.15	Publicity		61
	11.16	Confidentiality		62
	11.17	Dating		62
	11.18	Subordination		62

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INDEX OF ANNEXES, SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS


Appendix 1	—	Revolving Credit Commitments and Lender Information
Annex A	—	Definitions; Rules of Construction
Annex B	—	Cash Management System
Annex C	—	Schedule of Closing Documents
Annex D	—	Financial Statements and Notices
Annex E	—	Insurance Requirements
Annex F	—	Letters of Credit
Annex G	—	Additional Conditions Precedent
Schedule 3.2	—	Executive Offices; Trade Names
Schedule 3.3	—	Conflicts
Schedule 3.4	—	Financial Statements and Projections
Schedule 3.5	—	Material Adverse Change
Schedule 3.6	—	Real Estate and Leases
Schedule 3.8	—	Labor Matters
Schedule 3.9	—	Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock
Schedule 3.11	—	Margin Stock
Schedule 3.12	—	Tax Matters
Schedule 3.13	—	ERISA Plans
Schedule 3.14	—	Litigation
Schedule 3.15	—	Brokers
Schedule 3.16	—	Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses
Schedule 3.18	—	Environmental Matters
Schedule 3.19	—	Insurance Policies
Schedule 3.20	—	Disbursement and Deposit Accounts
Schedule 3.24	—	Fiscal Quarters
Schedule 6.2	—	Investments
Schedule 6.3	—	Indebtedness
Schedule 6.4	—	Loans to and Transactions with Employees
Schedule 6.7	—	Liens
Schedule 6.20	—	Material Contracts
Schedule 11.8	—	Authorized Signatures
Exhibit A-1	—	Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Advance
Exhibit A-2	—	Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit B-1	—	Form of Borrowing Base Certificate – Pre-Merger
Exhibit B-2	—	Form of Borrowing Base Certificate – Post-Merger
Exhibit C	—	Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit D-1	—	Borrower Security Agreement
Exhibit D-2	—	Subsidiary Security Agreement
Exhibit E	—	[Intentionally Omitted]
Exhibit F	—	Pledge Agreement
Exhibit G	—	Form of Assignment and Acceptance

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 28, 2004, among DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), the other Loan Parties signatory hereto, the Lenders signatory hereto from time to time (each individually a “Lender” and collectively “Lenders”), GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (in its individual capacity, “GE Capital”), for itself, as Lender, and as Agent for Lenders (in such capacity, “Agent”), CITIZEN’S BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA and NATIONAL CITY BUSINESS CREDIT, INC., as co-documentation agents, and FLEET RETAIL GROUP, INC., as syndication agent.

R E C I T A L S

A. Borrower, the lenders parties thereto (the “Existing Lenders”) and General Electric Capital Corporation, as agent for the Existing Lenders, are parties to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2000, as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time prior to the date hereof (the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

B. Diamondbacks Acquisition Inc., an Indiana corporation (“Acquirer”), a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Borrower, has made a cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) for all of the outstanding shares of common stock, no par value (the “Shares”), of Xxxxxx’x Trading Company, Inc., an Indiana corporation (“Xxxxxx’x”) at a purchase price of $16.75 per Share.

C. Upon the consummation of the Tender Offer (i) if the number of Shares tendered is less than the Short-Form Merger Threshold but greater than the Minimum Shares (a “Long Form Event”), and the required vote of the shareholders of Xxxxxx’x to consummate the Acquisition (as hereinafter defined) is obtained, or (ii) if the number of Shares tendered is greater than or equal to the Short-Form Merger Threshold, Acquirer shall be merged with and into Xxxxxx’x (the “Merger” and together with the Tender Offer, the “Acquisition”), resulting in Xxxxxx’x becoming a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Borrower.

D. Borrower has requested that Lenders extend revolving credit facilities to Borrower of up to $350,000,000 in the aggregate for the purposes of: (a) (i) if a Long Form Event shall have occurred, Borrower advancing funds to Acquirer to purchase from time to time the tendered Shares of Xxxxxx’x (the “Acquirer Loan”), and Borrower advancing funds to Xxxxxx’x to refinance the Indebtedness evidenced by the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement and provide working capital to Xxxxxx’x (the “Xxxxxx’x Loan”), or (ii) if the Short Form Threshold has been obtained, funding a portion of the Acquisition pursuant to the Acquirer Loan and/or a capital contribution made by Borrower to Acquirer in a manner satisfactory to Agent, (b) refinancing the Indebtedness evidenced by the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement, and (c) providing (i) working capital financing for Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (ii) funds for other general corporate purposes of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (iii) funds for the purposes otherwise permitted hereunder; and for these purposes, Lenders are willing to make and continue to make certain loans and other extensions of credit to Borrower of up to such amount upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

E. If Acquirer finances a portion of the Tender Offer with the Acquirer Loan and, in any event, if the Long Form Event shall have occurred, (i) Acquirer shall issue an intercompany

note to Borrower to evidence the Acquirer Loan (the “Acquirer Intercompany Note”), which shall be unsecured, (ii) Acquirer shall guaranty the Obligations, and (iii) Xxxxxx’x shall issue an intercompany note to Borrower evidencing the Xxxxxx’x Loan (the “Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note”), which note shall be secured by the assets of Xxxxxx’x consistent with those types of assets of Borrower securing the Obligations and shall be pledged (together with the collateral supporting such note) by Borrower to Agent for the benefit of Lenders (the “Xxxxxx’x Pledge”), and shall otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

F. If the Short Form Merger Threshold shall have been attained, Acquirer will finance a portion of the Tender Offer with either the Acquirer Loan or with the proceeds of a capital contribution from Borrower to Acquirer, and upon consummation of the Merger, (i) if a portion of the Tender Offer is financed with the Acquirer Loan, Xxxxxx’x shall assume the obligations of Acquirer under such Acquirer Loan, (ii) Xxxxxx’x shall guaranty the Obligations and pledge its assets consistent with those types of assets of Borrower securing the Obligations to secure such guaranty, and (iii) Borrower shall pledge the Stock of Xxxxxx’x to secure the Obligations.

G. Upon the consummation of the Tender Offer, Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries will become Subsidiaries of the Borrower. Notwithstanding Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries status as Subsidiaries of the Borrower, unless the Merger is consummated on the Closing Date, Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries shall be Loan Parties for purposes of this Agreement, but shall not become a signatory to this Agreement before the Merger is consummated, and simultaneously therewith Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries shall execute a joinder in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

H. Each of the parties hereto wishes to and agrees to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

I. It is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities existing under the Existing Credit Agreement or evidence payment of all or any of such obligations and liabilities, that this Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement, and that from and after the date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement be of no further force and effect except as to evidence the incurrence of the “Obligations” thereunder and the representations and warranties made thereunder.

J. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein (including the Recitals hereto) shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Annex A and, for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the rules of construction set forth in Annex A shall govern. Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to sections, subsections, schedules, exhibits, and attachments shall refer to the corresponding sections, subsections, schedules, exhibits, and attachments of or to this Agreement. All schedules, annexes, exhibits and attachments hereto, or expressly identified to this Agreement, are incorporated herein by reference, and taken together, shall constitute but a single agreement. Unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, or in a written amendment referring to such schedules and annexes, all schedules and annexes referred to herein shall mean the schedules and annexes as in effect as of the Closing Date. These Recitals shall be construed as part of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree that, effective on the Closing Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

1. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT

1.1 Revolving Credit Advances.

(a) Upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make available (and continue outstanding any such advances outstanding pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement), from time to time, until the Commitment Termination Date, for Borrower’s use and upon the request of Borrower therefor to Agent, advances (each, including any such advances outstanding pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement, together with any payments made in respect of any Letter of Credit Obligations which are automatically deemed to constitute Revolving Credit Advances pursuant to paragraph (b)(i) of Annex F, a “Revolving Credit Advance”) in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding up to but not exceeding the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender, provided that in no event shall the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan exceed the Borrowing Availability. Borrower may from time to time borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Advances under this Section 1.1; provided that Borrower shall give Agent notice of each such borrowing as provided in Section 1.1(c).

(b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, at the request of Borrower, in its discretion Agent may (but shall have absolutely no obligation to) make Revolving Credit Advances to Borrower on behalf of Lenders to maintain, protect or preserve the Collateral and/or the Agent’s rights under the Loan Documents in amounts that cause the outstanding balance of the aggregate Revolving Credit Loan to exceed Borrowing Availability (any such excess Revolving Credit Advances are herein referred to collectively as “Overadvances”); provided that (A) no such event or occurrence shall cause or constitute a waiver of Agent’s or Lenders’ right to refuse to make any further Overadvances or Revolving Credit Advances, or incur any Letter of Credit Obligations, as the case may be, at any time that an Overadvance exists, and (B) no Overadvance shall result in a Default based on Borrower’s failure to comply with Section 1.2(b) for so long as Agent permits such Overadvance to be outstanding, but solely with respect to the amount of such Overadvance. In addition, Overadvances may be made even if the conditions to lending set forth in Section 2 have not been met. All Overadvances shall constitute Index Rate Loans, shall bear interest at the Default Rate and shall be payable on demand. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.10, the authority of Agent to make Overadvances is limited to an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time (the “Maximum Overadvance”), shall not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Loan to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, may be revoked prospectively by a written notice to Agent signed by Required Lenders, shall not remain outstanding for more than sixty (60) consecutive days (with no less than five (5) Business Days between each such 60-day period), and shall not be permitted to occur more than two (2) times in any twelve month period.

(c) Each Revolving Credit Advance shall be made on notice by Borrower to Agent at its address at 000 Xxxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Dick’s Account Manager, Telephone No. (000) 000-0000, Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000. Those notices must be given no

later than (1) 12:00 noon (New York time) on the Business Day of the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of an Index Rate Loan, or (2) 12:00 noon (New York time) on the date which is three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of a LIBOR Loan. Each such notice (a “Notice of Revolving Credit Advance”) must be given in writing (by telecopy or overnight courier) substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, and shall include the information required in such Exhibit and such other information as may be required by Agent. Subject to Section 1.13, Agent shall promptly (and in any event prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any day it receives a Notice of Revolving Credit Advance if the applicable borrowing is to occur on such day or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day otherwise) notify each Lender thereof and on or prior to 3:00 p.m. on the date specified for such borrowing each Lender shall make available the amount of the Revolving Credit Advance(s) to be made by it on such date to Agent to such account of Agent as Agent may designate, in immediately available funds, for the account of Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if Borrower desires to have the Revolving Credit Advances bear interest by reference to a LIBOR Rate, Borrower must comply with Section 1.1(d).

(d) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and subject to the additional conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2, Borrower shall have the option to (i) request that any Revolving Credit Advance be made as a LIBOR Loan, (ii) convert at any time all or any part of outstanding Loans from Index Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans, (iii) convert any LIBOR Loan to an Index Rate Loan, subject to payment of LIBOR breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.15(c) if such conversion is made prior to the expiration of the LIBOR Period applicable thereto, or (iv) continue all or any portion of any Loan as a LIBOR Loan upon the expiration of the applicable LIBOR Period and the succeeding LIBOR Period of that continued Loan shall commence on the last day of the LIBOR Period of the Loan to be continued. Any Loan to be made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan must be in a minimum amount of $1,500,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of such amount. Any such election must be made by 12:00 noon (New York time) on the third Business Day prior to (1) the date of any proposed Advance which is to bear interest at the LIBOR Rate, (2) the end of each LIBOR Period with respect to any LIBOR Loans to be continued as such, or (3) the date on which Borrower wishes to convert any Index Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan for a LIBOR Period designated by Borrower in such election. If no election is received with respect to a LIBOR Loan by 12:00 noon (New York time) on the third Business Day prior to the end of the LIBOR Period with respect thereto (or if a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or the additional conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2 shall not have been satisfied), that LIBOR Loan shall be converted to an Index Rate Loan at the end of its LIBOR Period. Borrower must make such election by notice to Agent in writing, by telecopy or overnight courier. In the case of any conversion or continuation, such election must be made pursuant to a written notice (a “Notice of Conversion/Continuation”) in the form of Exhibit A-2. Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon and shall be fully protected under this Agreement in relying upon any Notice of Revolving Credit Advance or Notice of Conversion/Continuation reasonably believed by Agent to be genuine and to assume that the persons executing and delivering the same were duly authorized unless the responsible individual acting thereon for Agent shall have actual knowledge to the contrary.

(e) The Revolving Credit Advances made by each Lender (including any such advances made pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement) shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of Borrower for each Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit C, dated the Closing Date, payable to such Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment as in effect on the Closing Date and otherwise duly completed. The date and amount of each Revolving Credit Advance made by such Lender to Borrower and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal thereof shall be recorded on the books and records of such Lender, which books and records shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information therein recorded, provided that the failure of such Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligation of Borrower to make a payment when due of any amount owing hereunder or under such Lender’s Revolving Credit Note. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender agrees on the Closing Date to exchange its Revolving Credit Note (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) for such Lender’s Revolving Credit Note issued pursuant to the terms hereof.

(f) Borrower shall furnish to Agent and each Lender a Borrowing Base Certificate completed and signed by an Executive Officer, which sets forth a calculation of the Borrowing Base at the times and for the periods set forth in Annex D and be in the form of Exhibit B-1 or B-2, as applicable, or with respect to Xxxxxx’x prior to the consummation of the Merger, in such form as is acceptable to Agent. Borrower agrees that in making any Revolving Credit Advance hereunder Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely upon the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to Agent by Borrower. Borrower further agrees that if Borrower shall have failed to deliver a Borrowing Base Certificate to Agent within the specified period Lenders shall be under no obligation to make any further Revolving Credit Advances or incur Letter of Credit Obligations until such time as such certificate is delivered to Agent and Lenders.

(g) The failure of any Lender (such Lender until such failure has been cured by such Lender, a “Non-Funding Lender”) to make any Revolving Credit Advance to be made by it on the date specified therefor shall not relieve any other Lender (each such other Lender, an “Other Lender”) of its obligation to make its Revolving Credit Advance on such date, but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make a Revolving Credit Advance to be made by such Non-Funding Lender, and no Non-Funding Lender shall have any obligation to Agent or any Other Lender for the failure by such Non-Funding Lender. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document or constitute a “Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Required Lenders” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or the Revolving Credit Notes (including exercising any rights of off-set) without first obtaining the prior written consent of Agent or Required Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of Agent or Required Lenders and not individually by a single Lender.

(h) To the extent any amounts are due and owing from Borrower on account of the Obligations, Agent may make Revolving Credit Advances for Borrower’s account pursuant to Section 1.10.

(i) Revolving Credit Loan Under Existing Credit Agreement. The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that as of the Closing Date (i) the outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Loan under the Existing Credit Agreement equals $0 and that such Revolving Credit Loan is continued as Revolving Credit Loan hereunder; and (ii) Letters of Credit are outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement having a stated amount of $15,148,262.04 and such Letters of Credit are continued as Letters of Credit hereunder. All Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement shall hereinafter, to the extent applicable, be deemed assigned without recourse and re-allocated among the Lender’s respective Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder, and after giving effect hereto, the percentages of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders hereunder are as set forth on Appendix 1 hereto for all purposes hereof. The extensions of credit made by the Existing Lenders shall, effective as of the Closing Date, be evidenced and governed by this Agreement and the Loan Documents.

1.2 Repayment; Termination of Commitment.

(a) Borrower hereby promises to pay to Agent for account of each Lender the entire outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan and all other outstanding Obligations (including any Revolving Credit Advances made pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement), and the Revolving Credit Loan and all other outstanding Obligations shall mature, on the Commitment Termination Date.

(b) Except as permitted by Section 1.1(b), in the event that the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan shall, at any time, exceed the Borrowing Availability, Borrower shall immediately repay the Revolving Credit Loan in the amount of such excess. In the event that, at any time, no Revolving Credit Advances are outstanding and the Letter of Credit Obligations exceed the Borrowing Base then in effect, Borrower shall make arrangements, as provided in paragraph (c) of Annex F, for satisfaction of Letter of Credit Obligations in the amount of such excess.

(c) Borrower shall have the right at any time upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Agent to voluntarily terminate or permanently reduce (but not terminate) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment without premium or penalty, provided that (i) any such reductions shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $250,000, (ii) after giving effect to such reductions, Borrower shall comply with Section 1.2(b), and (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment shall not be reduced to less than $150,000,000. Upon any such reduction or termination, Borrower’s right to receive Revolving Credit Advances, and the benefit of Letter of Credit Obligations and Borrower’s obligation to pay the Non-use Fee shall simultaneously be permanently reduced or terminated, as the case may be, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Loan Document, upon any such termination, the entire outstanding balance of the Revolving Credit Loan and all other Obligations shall be immediately due and payable. On the date of such termination, Borrower shall pay to Agent in immediately available funds all of the Obligations, and any accrued and

unpaid interest thereon, and make arrangements, in accordance with paragraph (c) of Annex F, for satisfaction of any outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations.

1.3 Use of Proceeds. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loan only for (a) payment of Fees, expenses and other costs incurred in connection with the Transaction, (b) funding a portion of the Acquisition (including, if applicable, providing the funds for the Acquirer Loan and the Xxxxxx’x Loan), (c) refinancing certain indebtedness of Xxxxxx’x and (d) providing (i) working capital financing for Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (ii) funds for other general corporate purposes of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (iii) funds for the purposes otherwise permitted hereunder, including those referred to in Recital D hereof; and for these purposes, Lenders are willing to make certain loans and other extensions of credit to Borrower of up to such amount upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

1.4 Interest on Revolving Credit Advances.

(a) Borrower shall pay interest on the Revolving Credit Loan to Agent for the account of each Lender, (i) in the case of Index Rate Loans, in arrears for the preceding calendar month, on the second Business Day of each calendar month commencing on the second Business Day of the calendar month immediately following the Closing Date, (ii) in the case of LIBOR Loans, in arrears, on the last day of each LIBOR Period therefor, (iii) on the Commitment Termination Date, and (iv) if any interest accrues or remains payable after the Commitment Termination Date, upon demand. If any interest or other payment under this Agreement becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (except as set forth in the definition of LIBOR Period) and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

(b) Borrower shall be obligated to pay interest to Agent for the account of each Lender on the outstanding balance of the Revolving Credit Loan (i) with respect to Index Rate Loans at a floating rate equal to the Index Rate (as in effect from time to time) plus the Applicable Margin, and (ii) with respect to LIBOR Loans, for each LIBOR Period relating thereto, the LIBOR Rate for such Loan for such LIBOR Period plus the Applicable Margin. All computations of interest shall be made by Agent and on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year, in each case for the actual number of days occurring in the period for which such interest is payable. Each determination by Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error or bad faith.

(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default, (i) any outstanding LIBOR Loan may be converted by the Agent (in its discretion) to an Index Rate Loan, and (ii) the Required Lenders may in their discretion, by giving notice to Borrower of their intention to do so, increase as of the date of such notice the interest rate applicable to all of the Obligations, including the Revolving Credit Loan, to the Default Rate and increase the rate for calculation of Letter of Credit Fees by two percent (2%) per annum above the rate otherwise applicable; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(f), (g) or (h), the interest rate applicable to all of the Obligations and the rate for calculation of Letter of Credit Fees shall be increased automatically as provided above without the necessity of any action on the part of Required Lenders.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 1.4, if, at any time until the Termination Date, the rate of interest payable to any Lender hereunder exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under any law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then in such event and so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable hereunder to such Lender shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the rate of interest payable hereunder is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrower shall continue to pay interest hereunder to such Lender at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by such Lender from the making of Revolving Credit Advances hereunder is equal to the total interest which such Lender would have received had the interest rate payable hereunder been (but for the operation of this paragraph) the interest rate payable since the Closing Date as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Thereafter, the interest rate payable to such Lender hereunder shall be the rate of interest provided in Sections 1.4(a) through (c) of this Agreement, unless and until the rate of interest again exceeds the Maximum Lawful Rate, in which event this paragraph shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender pursuant to the terms hereof exceed the amount which such Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due hereunder been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. In the event the Maximum Lawful Rate is calculated pursuant to this paragraph, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.4(d), shall make a final determination that a Lender has received interest hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, such Lender shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, promptly apply such excess first to any lawful interest due and not yet paid hereunder, then to the outstanding principal of the Obligations, then to Fees and any other unpaid Obligations and thereafter shall refund any excess to Borrower or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise order.

1.5 Eligible Inventory. Based on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower to Agent and on other information available to Agent, Agent shall determine which Inventory shall be deemed Eligible Inventory for purposes of determining the amounts, if any, to be advanced to Borrower under the Revolving Credit Loan.

1.6 Fees.

(a) Borrower agrees to pay to Agent for the account of Lenders an unused facility fee (the “Non-use Fee”) equal to the Applicable Unused Line Fee Margin per annum on the difference between (x) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment (as it may be reduced from time to time) and (y) the average for the period of the daily closing balances of the aggregate Revolving Credit Loan and aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations, payable in arrears (i) for the preceding calendar month, on the second Business Day of the succeeding calendar month commencing on the second Business Day of the calendar month immediately succeeding the Closing Date, and (ii) on the Commitment Termination Date. All computations of the foregoing fee shall be made by Agent on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year, and for the actual number of days occurring in the period for which such fee is payable.

(b) Borrower agrees to pay to Agent on the Closing Date, for the account of each Existing Lender, a non refundable amendment fee equal to 0.10% of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Existing Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Existing Commitment”), which amount shall be $180,000 in the aggregate.

(c) Borrower agrees to pay to Agent on the Closing Date, for the account of each Lender, a non refundable commitment fee equal to 0.25% of the difference between the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender and the Existing Commitment, if any, of such Lender, which amount shall be $425,000 in the aggregate.

(d) Borrower agrees to pay to Agent for the account of Lenders the Letter of Credit Fee as provided in Annex F.

(e) Borrower agrees to pay to Agent for its own account and the Lenders’ account, as the case may be, such other fees and charges as are set forth in the fee letter between Borrower and Agent dated as of July 7, 2004 (the “GE Capital Fee Letter”), at the times specified for payment therein.

1.7 Cash Management System. On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower will establish and maintain (or cause to be established and maintained) until the Termination Date the cash management system described in Annex B.

1.8 Receipt of Payments. Borrower shall make each payment under this Agreement not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in Dollars in immediately available funds to the Collection Account. For purposes of computing interest and Fees and receipt of payments (a) all payments (including cash sweeps) consisting of cash, wire, or electronic transfers in immediately available funds shall be deemed received by Agent upon deposit no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) in the Collection Account in accordance with the blocked account agreement governing the Concentration Account and (b) all payments consisting of checks, drafts, or similar non-cash items shall be deemed received two (2) Business Days following deposit in the Collection Account (together with notice to Agent of such deposit). For purposes of determining the Borrowing Availability: (a) all payments (including cash sweeps) consisting of cash, wire, or electronic transfers in immediately available funds shall be deemed received by Agent upon deposit in the Collection Account in accordance with the blocked account agreement governing the Concentration Account; and (b) all payments consisting of checks, drafts, or similar non-cash items shall be deemed received upon deposit in the Collection Account (together with notice to Agent of such deposit). Subject to Section 1.13, each payment received by Agent under this Agreement or any Revolving Credit Note or any other Loan Documents for the account of the Lenders shall be paid by Agent promptly to the Lenders, in the same funds received, for application to the Revolving Credit Advances or other Obligations in respect of which such payment is made.

1.9 Proportionate Shares. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein and subject to Section 1.13: (i) each borrowing of the Revolving Credit Loan from Lenders shall be incurred and made by the Lenders according to their respective Proportionate Shares; and (ii) each payment or prepayment of principal of the Revolving Credit Loan by Borrower shall be made for the account of the relevant Lenders in accordance with their respective Proportionate Shares; and

(iii) each payment of interest on the Revolving Credit Loan, Non-use Fees and Letter of Credit Fees by Borrower shall be made for the account of the Lenders in accordance with their Proportionate Shares.

1.10 Application and Allocation of Payments. Borrower irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments at any time or times hereafter received from or on behalf of Borrower, and Borrower irrevocably agrees that Agent shall have the continuing exclusive right to apply any and all such payments against the then due and payable Obligations and in repayment of the Revolving Credit Loan, Letter of Credit Obligations and other Obligations as Agent may deem advisable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the absence of a specific determination by Agent with respect thereto or if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the same shall be applied in the following order: (a) the principal of any Revolving Credit Advances made by Agent under Section 1.13(a); (b) then due and payable Fees, expenses and other Obligations owing to Agent; (c) then due and payable Fees and expenses of Lenders; (d) then due and payable interest payments on the Revolving Credit Loan in accordance with Section 1.13(d); (e) other than the principal described in clause (a) above, principal of the Revolving Credit Loan; (f) to provide cash collateral for any Letter of Credit Obligations in the manner set forth in Annex F, (g) Obligations to Lenders other than Fees, expenses and interest and principal payments; and (h) to the extent there are no other Obligations then due and payable, to Borrower or its successors or assigns or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. Agent on behalf of Lenders is authorized to, and at its option may, make or cause to be made Revolving Credit Advances by Lenders on behalf of Borrower for payment of all Fees, expenses, charges, costs, principal, interest or other Obligations then due and payable by Borrower under this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents (including any payments made by Agent under Section 5.5(a) or any costs or expenses payable by Borrower under Section 11.2), even if the conditions precedent in Section 2.2 have not been satisfied with respect to such Revolving Credit Advance, including if the making of such Revolving Credit Advances causes the outstanding balance of the Revolving Credit Loan to exceed the Borrowing Availability.

1.11 Non-Receipt of Funds by Agent. Unless Agent shall have been notified by a Lender or Borrower (“Payor”) prior to the date on which (i) such Lender is to make payment to Agent of the proceeds of a Revolving Credit Advance to be made by such Lender hereunder or (ii) Borrower is to make payment to Agent for account of one or more of Lenders hereunder (such payment being herein called the “Required Payment”), which notice shall be effective upon receipt, that Payor does not intend to make the Required Payment to Agent, Agent may assume that the Required Payment has been made and may, in reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to), make the amount thereof available to the intended recipient(s) on such date; and, if Payor has not in fact made the Required Payment to Agent, the recipient(s) of such payment shall, on demand, repay to Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by Agent until the date Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to the Index Rate for such period. Nothing in this Section 1.11 or elsewhere in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to require Agent to advance funds on behalf of any Lender or to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

1.12 Sharing of Payments, Etc.

(a) Borrower agrees that, in addition to (and without limitation of) any right of set-off, banker’s lien or counterclaim a Lender may otherwise have, each Lender shall be entitled, at its option (but subject, as between Lenders, to the provisions of the last sentence of Section 1.1(g)), to offset balances held by it for the account of Borrower at any of its offices, in Dollars or in any other currency, against any principal of or interest on any of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Advances or any other amount payable to such Lender hereunder, that is not paid when due (regardless of whether such balances are then due to Borrower), in which case it shall promptly notify Borrower and Agent thereof, provided that such Lender’s failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity thereof. For avoidance of doubt and for purposes of determining whether any adjustments are required pursuant to the terms of Section 1.12(b), no effect shall be given to any Obligations owing in respect of Interest Rate Agreements.

(b) If any Lender (including Agent) shall obtain from Borrower payment of any principal of or interest on any Revolving Credit Advance owing to it or payment of any other amount under this Agreement or any Revolving Credit Note held by it or any other Loan Document through the exercise of any right of set-off, banker’s lien or counterclaim or similar right or otherwise (other than from Agent as provided herein), and, as a result of such payment, such Lender shall have received more than its Proportionate Share of the principal of or interest on the Revolving Credit Advances or such other amounts then due hereunder or thereunder by Borrower to such Lender than the percentage received by any other Lender, it shall promptly pay to Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, the amount of such excess and simultaneously purchase from such other Lenders a participation in (or, if and to the extent specified by such Lender, direct interests in) the Revolving Credit Advances or such other amounts, respectively, owing to such other Lenders (or in interest due thereon, as the case may be) in such amounts, and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be equitable, to the end that all Lenders shall share the benefit of such excess payment (net of any expenses that may be incurred by such Lender in obtaining or preserving such excess payment) in accordance with their respective Proportionate Shares. Amounts received by Agent under this paragraph shall be treated as a payment received by Borrower under Section 1.10. To such end all Lenders shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of participation sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be restored. For the avoidance of doubt and for purposes of determining whether any adjustments are required pursuant to the terms of this Section 1.12(b), no effect shall be given to any Obligations owing in respect of Interest Rate Agreements.

(c) Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing such a participation (or direct interest) may exercise, in a manner consistent with Section 1.12(a), all rights of set-off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct holder of Revolving Credit Advances or other amounts (as the case may be) owing to such Lender in the amount of such participation.

(d) Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise any such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to exercise, and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of Borrower. If, under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, any Lender receives a secured claim in

lieu of a set-off to which this Section 1.12 applies, such Lender shall, to the extent practicable, assign such rights to Agent for the benefit of Lenders and, in any event, exercise its rights in respect of such secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights of Lenders entitled under this Section 1.12 to share in the benefits of any recovery on such secured claim.

1.13 Settlement Procedures.

(a) In order to administer the Revolving Credit Loan in an efficient manner and to minimize the transfer of funds between Agent and Lenders, so long as the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.1 and Section 2.2, as the case may be, remain satisfied, Agent may, in its discretion, subject to the following paragraphs (b), (c) and (d), make available, on behalf of Lenders, the full amount of the Revolving Credit Advances in an amount of up to $35,000,000 outstanding on any day (after application of payments received on such day) requested or deemed requested by Borrower pursuant to Section 1.1(c) and Section 1.1(h), without notice to Lenders of the proposed Revolving Credit Advance pursuant to Section 1.1(c).

(b) If Agent shall have made one or more Revolving Credit Advances on behalf of Lenders as provided in this Section 1.13(b), the amount of each Lender’s Proportionate Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances (for purposes of this Section 1.13(b)) shall be computed weekly rather than daily and shall be adjusted upward or downward on the basis of the amount of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances as of 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of each computation; provided, that Agent retains the absolute right at any time or from time to time to make the above described adjustments at intervals more frequent than weekly. Agent shall deliver to each of the Lenders after the end of each week, or such lesser period or periods as Agent shall determine, a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Advances for such period (such week or lesser period or periods being hereafter referred to as a “Settlement Period”). If the summary statement is sent by Agent and received by a Lender prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) then such Lender shall make the transfers described in the next succeeding sentence no later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the day such summary statement was sent, and if such summary statement is sent by Agent and received by a Lender after 12:00 Noon (New York City time), such Lender shall make such transfers no later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the next succeeding Business Day. If, in any Settlement Period, the amount of a Lender’s Proportionate Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances is more than such Lender’s Proportionate Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances for the previous Settlement Period, then such Lender shall forthwith (but in no event later than the time set forth in the next preceding sentence) transfer to Agent by wire transfer in immediately available funds the amount of the increase; and on the other hand, if the amount of a Lender’s Proportionate Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances in any Settlement Period is less than the amount of such Lender’s Proportionate Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances for the previous Settlement Period, Agent shall forthwith transfer to such Lender by wire transfer in immediately available funds the amount of the decrease. The obligation of each of the Lenders to transfer such funds shall be irrevocable and unconditional and without recourse to or warranty by Agent. Each of Agent and Lenders agrees to xxxx its books and records at the end of each Settlement Period to show at all times the Dollar amount of its Proportionate Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances.

(c) To the extent that Agent has made any such amounts available and the settlement described above shall not yet have occurred, upon repayment of any Revolving Credit Advances by Borrower, Agent may apply such amounts repaid directly to any amounts made available by Agent pursuant to Section 1.13(a).

(d) Because Agent, on behalf of Lenders, may be advancing or may be repaid Revolving Credit Advances prior to the time when Lenders will actually advance or be repaid Revolving Credit Advances, interest, Non-use Fees and Letter of Credit Fees with respect to the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances shall be allocated by Agent to each Lender (including Agent in its capacity as a Lender), and the amount of each Lender’s (including Agent’s in its capacity as a Lender) Proportionate Share shall be computed daily, in accordance with the amount of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances actually advanced by and repaid to each Lender (including Agent in its capacity as a Lender) on each day during each Settlement Period and shall accrue from and including the date such Revolving Credit Advances are advanced by Agent to but excluding the date such Revolving Credit Advances are repaid by Borrower in accordance with Section 1.2 or actually settled by the applicable Lender as described in this Section 1.13. On the second Business Day of each calendar month (an “Interest Settlement Date”), Agent will advise each Lender by telephone, telecopy or other form of written transmission of the amount of such Lender’s Proportionate Share of interest paid and Non-use Fees and Letter of Credit Fees paid for the benefit of Lenders on the Revolving Credit Loan as of such Interest Settlement Date. Provided that such Lender has made all payments required to be made by it under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Agent will pay to such Lender, by wire transfer to such Lender not later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the next Business Day following the Interest Settlement Date, such Lender’s Proportionate Share of interest paid and Non-use Fees and Letter of Credit Fees paid for the benefit of Lenders on the Revolving Credit Loan.

1.14 Accounting. Agent will provide a monthly accounting of transactions under the Revolving Credit Loan to Borrower. Each and every such accounting shall (absent manifest error) be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrower in all respects as to all matters reflected therein, unless Borrower, within thirty (30) days after the date any such accounting is rendered, shall notify Agent in writing of any objection which Borrower may have to any such accounting, describing the basis for such objection with specificity. In that event, only those items expressly objected to in such notice shall be deemed to be disputed by Borrower. Agent’s determination, based upon the facts available, of any disputed item shall (absent manifest error) be final, binding and conclusive on Borrower.

1.15 Indemnity.

(a) Each Loan Party that is a signatory hereto shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold Agent, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and their respective attorneys and agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”), harmless from and against any and all suits, actions, costs, fines, deficiencies, penalties, proceedings, claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other costs of investigations or defense, including those incurred upon any appeal) (each, a “Claim”) which may be instituted or asserted against or incurred by such Indemnified Person as the result of credit having been extended

under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise arising in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, including any and all Environmental Liabilities and Costs and regardless of whether the Indemnified Person is a party to such Claim, provided, that Borrower shall not be liable for any indemnification to such Indemnified Person with respect to any portion of any such Claim which results solely from such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The foregoing indemnity obligations of Borrower shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other liability or obligations that Borrower or any other Person may have to any Indemnified Person, by contract, at common law or otherwise, included but not limited to any right of contribution. NO INDEMNIFIED PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN EXTENDED UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY.

In any suit proceeding or action brought by Agent or Lenders relating to any Collateral for any sum owing in respect thereof or to enforce any provision of any Collateral, Borrower shall save, indemnify and keep Agent and Lenders harmless from and against all expense, loss or damage suffered by reason of any defense, setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction of liability whatsoever of the obligor thereunder arising out of a breach by Borrower of any obligation thereunder or arising out of any other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to, or in favor of, such obligor or its successors from Borrower, all such obligations of Borrower shall be and remain enforceable against, and only against, Borrower and shall not be enforceable against Agent or Lenders.

(b) Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that neither Agent nor any Lender (as of the date hereof) is now or has ever been in control of any of the Subject Property or the affairs of any Loan Party.

(c) To induce Lenders to provide the LIBOR Rate option on the terms provided herein, if (i) any LIBOR Loans are repaid in whole or in part prior to the last day of any applicable LIBOR Period (whether that repayment is made pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or is the result of acceleration, by operation of law or otherwise); (ii) Borrower shall default in payment when due of the principal amount of or interest on any LIBOR Loan; (iii) Borrower shall default in making any borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of LIBOR Loans after Borrower has given notice requesting the same in accordance herewith; or (iv) Borrower shall fail to make any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan after Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance herewith, Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Lender from and against all losses, costs and expenses resulting from or arising from any of the foregoing. Such indemnification shall include any loss (including loss of margin) or expense arising from the reemployment of funds obtained by it or from fees payable to terminate deposits from which such funds were obtained. For the purpose of calculating amounts payable to a Lender under this Section, each Lender shall be deemed to have actually funded its relevant LIBOR Loan through the purchase of a deposit bearing interest

at the LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount of that LIBOR Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period; provided, however, that each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit, and the foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation of amounts payable under this Section. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Revolving Credit Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder. As promptly as practicable under the circumstances, each Lender shall provide Borrower with its written calculation of all amounts payable pursuant to this Section 1.15(c), and such calculation shall be binding on the parties hereto unless Borrower shall object in writing within thirty (30) Business Days of receipt thereof, specifying the basis for such objection in detail.

1.16 Access. Each Loan Party shall: (a) provide access during normal business hours to Agent and any of its officers, employees and agents as frequently as Agent determines to be appropriate upon reasonable advance notice to Borrower (unless a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which event no such notice shall be required and such access shall be at any and all times) to the properties and facilities of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) permit Agent and any of its officers, employees and agents, as frequently as Agent determines to be appropriate, to inspect, audit and make extracts from all of any Loan Party’s records, files and books of account; and (c) permit Agent and any of its officers, employees and agents, as frequently as Agent determines to be appropriate, upon reasonable advance notice to Borrower (unless a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which event no such notice shall be required and such access shall be at any and all times) to conduct audits to inspect, review and evaluate the Collateral, and Borrower agrees to render to Agent at Borrower’s cost and expense such clerical and other assistance as may be reasonably requested with regard thereto. Each Loan Party shall make available to Agent and each Lender and their respective counsel, as quickly as practicable under the circumstances, originals or copies of all books, records, board minutes, contracts, insurance policies, environmental audits, business plans, files, financial statements (actual and pro forma), filings with federal, state and local regulatory agencies, and other instruments and documents in such Loan Party’s custody or control or otherwise belonging to or property of such Loan Party which Agent or any Lender may reasonably request. Each Loan Party shall deliver any document or instrument reasonably necessary for Agent, as it may from time to time request, to obtain records from any service bureau or other Person which maintains records for such Loan Party, and shall maintain duplicate records or supporting documentation on media, including computer tapes and discs owned by Borrower or Subsidiary. Borrower shall make available to Agent upon its reasonable request information and records prepared by its certified public accountants and its banking and other financial institutions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 1.16 or otherwise in any Loan Document shall require any Loan Party to disclose to Agent, any Lender, or any of their respective officers, employees or agents, any documents, instruments or other information protected by the attorney-client privilege if (i) in the opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to Agent such privilege has not previously been waived or lost, (ii) in the opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to Agent such disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause such Loan Party to waive the benefit of such privilege and (iii) losing the benefit of such privilege would be materially detrimental to such Loan Party.

1.17 Taxes.

(a) Any and all payments by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder or under the Revolving Credit Note, or any other Loan Document, shall be made, in accordance with this Section 1.17, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future Taxes. If Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Revolving Credit Note or any other Loan Document to Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 1.17) Agent or such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) Borrower shall make such deductions, and (iii) Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing or other authority in accordance with applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not be required to increase any such sum payable to any Lender or assignee of a Lender to the extent such Lender fails to comply with the requirements of paragraph (f) of this Section.

(b) In addition, Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Other Taxes shall not include any taxes, charges or similar levies that are imposed on or measured by the net income of any Lender by the United States of America, the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which such Lender’s applicable lending office is located or, in each case any political subdivision thereof, or any franchise or similar taxes.

(c) Each Loan Party that is a signatory hereto shall jointly and severally indemnify, Agent and each Lender for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes owed by Borrower pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section (as well as any amounts imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 1.17) paid by Agent or such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. Any amounts payable to Agent or any Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be paid within ten (10) days of demand therefor.

(d) Within thirty (30) days after the date of any such payment of Taxes or Other Taxes described in Section 1.17(a), (b) or (c), Borrower shall furnish to Agent or such Lender, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

(e) If any Lender subsequently receives from a taxing authority a refund of any Tax or Other Tax previously paid by Borrower and for which Borrower has indemnified Lender pursuant to this Section 1.17, such Lender shall within thirty (30) days after receipt of such refund, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, pay to Borrower the net amount of any such refund (including any interest paid thereon by such taxing authority) after deducting taxes and reasonable expenses attributable thereto and any taxes which such Lender is required to withhold from the payment to Borrower.

(f) Each Lender or assignee of a Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof (and, upon the written request of the

Agent, each other Lender of a Lender) agrees that it will deliver to each of the Borrower and the Agent two (2) duly completed appropriate valid Withholding Certificates (as defined under § 1.1441-1(c)(16) of the Income Tax Regulations (the “Regulations”)) certifying its status (i.e. U.S. or foreign person) and, if appropriate, making a claim of reduced, or exemption from, U.S. withholding tax on the basis of an income tax treaty or an exemption provided by the IRC. The term “Withholding Certificate” means a Form W-9; a Form W-8BEN; a Form W-8ECI; a Form W-8IMY and the related statements and certifications as required under § 1.1441-1(e)(2) and/or (3) of the Regulations; a statement described in § 1.871-14(c)(2)(v) of the Regulations; or any other certificates under the IRC or Regulations that certify or establish the status of a payee or beneficial owner as a U.S. or foreign person. Each Lender assignee required to deliver to the Borrower and the Agent a Withholding Certificate pursuant to the two preceding sentences shall deliver such valid Withholding Certificate as follows: (A) each Lender which is a party hereto on the Closing Date shall deliver such valid Withholding Certificate at least five (5) Business Days prior to the first date on which any interest or fees are payable by the Borrower hereunder for the account of such Lender; and (B) each assignee shall deliver such valid Withholding Certificate at least five (5) Business Days before the effective date of such assignment (unless the Agent in its sole discretion shall permit such assignee to deliver such valid Withholding Certificate less than five (5) Business Days before such date in which case it shall be due on the date specified by the Agent). Each Lender which so delivers a valid Withholding Certificate further undertakes to deliver to each of the Borrower and the Agent two (2) additional copies of such Withholding Certificate (or a successor form) on or before the date that such Withholding Certificate expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent Withholding Certificate so delivered by it, and such amendments thereto or extensions or renewals thereof as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent or as may be required by United States federal tax law, provided that (i) no change in treaty, law, rule, regulation or directive or the official interpretation thereof has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders a form inapplicable or which prevents such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Lender so advises Borrower and Agent; and (ii) no other form or means of delivery is available that would effectively substitute for the form or means of delivery otherwise contemplated hereunder. Notwithstanding the submission of a Withholding Certificate claiming a reduced rate of or exemption from U.S. withholding tax, the Agent shall be entitled to withhold United States federal income taxes at the full applicable statutory withholding rate (30% as of the date of this Agreement) if in its reasonable judgment it is required to do so under the due diligence requirements imposed upon a withholding agent under § 1.1441-7(b) of the Regulations, provided that the Borrower or Agent shall consult with such Lender before declining to rely on such Withholding Certificate and shall accept any reasonable attempt by the party delivering the Withholding Certificate to correct any deficiencies in it. In the event that, by virtue of the preceding sentence, any United States federal income taxes are erroneously withheld, the Lender with respect to any payment to which such erroneous withholding occurred shall, upon the request Borrower or Agent, and at the sole expense of the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to seek a refund of such erroneously withheld taxes (and interest payable thereon) and cooperate with the Borrower or Agent in the prosecution of such refund claim; provided, however, that such Lender need not take any step that, in its sole discretion, such Lender determines would be materially adverse to its business, assets, operations, prospects or financial condition or otherwise prejudicial or harmful to any tax position of such Lender (other

than any position based upon its payment or deemed payment of the taxes sought to be refunded); provided further, that no Lender shall be required to make available to Borrower or Agent any of its tax returns or to disclose to Borrower or Agent any information regarding its tax affairs or computations or other information which it deems confidential.

1.18 Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement including Annex F, Borrower shall have the right to request, and each Lender agrees to incur, the Letter of Credit Obligations (and Revolving Credit Advances and other obligations in respect thereof) in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Annex F.

1.19 Capital Adequacy. Borrower shall pay directly to each Lender from time to time on request such amounts as such Lender may reasonably determine to be necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs that it reasonably determines are attributable to the maintenance by such Lender, pursuant to any law or regulation or any interpretation, directive or request (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) of any Governmental Authority (a) following any Regulatory Change or (b) implementing after the date hereof any risk-based capital guideline or other capital requirement (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not the failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) heretofore or hereafter issued by any Governmental Authority, of capital in respect of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, Revolving Credit Advances and/or Letter of Credit Obligations hereunder (such compensation to include, without limitation, an amount equal to any reduction of the rate of return on assets or equity of such Lender to a level below that which such Lender could have achieved but for such law, regulation, interpretation, directive or request). Each Lender shall notify Borrower of any event occurring after the date of this Agreement entitling such Lender to compensation under this Section 1.19 as promptly as practicable, but in any event within 90 days, after such Lender obtains actual knowledge thereof; provided that if any Lender fails to give such notice within 90 days after it obtains actual knowledge of such an event, such Lender shall, with respect to compensation payable pursuant to this Section 1.19 in respect of any costs resulting from such event, only be entitled to payment under this Section 1.19 for costs incurred from and after the date 90 days prior to the date that such Lender does give such notice. Each Lender will furnish to Borrower a certificate setting forth the basis and amount of each request by such Lender for compensation under this Section 1.19. Determinations and allocations by any Lender for purposes of this Section 1.19 of the effect of any Regulatory Change pursuant to or of capital maintained pursuant to this Section 1.19, on its costs or rate of return of maintaining Revolving Credit Advances or its Revolving Credit Commitment and of the amounts required to compensate such Lender under this Section 1.19, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

1.20 Increased Costs.

If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan, then Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent), pay to Agent for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost. A certificate as to the

amount of such increased cost, submitted to Borrower and to Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower for all purposes, absent manifest error. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances referred to above which would result in any such increased cost, the affected Lender shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender’s internal policies of general application, use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize costs and expenses incurred by it and payable to it by Borrower pursuant to this Section 1.20.

1.21 Illegality.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain any LIBOR Loan, then, unless that Lender is able to make or to continue to fund or to maintain such LIBOR Loan at another branch or office of that Lender without, in that Lender’s opinion, adversely affecting it or its Loans or the income obtained therefrom, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to Borrower through Agent, (i) the obligation of such Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain LIBOR Loans shall terminate and (ii) Borrower shall forthwith prepay in full all outstanding LIBOR Loans owing to such Lender, together with interest accrued thereon, unless Borrower, within five (5) Business Days after the delivery of such notice and demand, converts all such Loans into a Loan bearing interest based on the Index Rate.

1.22 Replacement of Lender in Respect of Increased Costs. Within fifteen (15) days after receipt by Borrower of written notice and demand from any Lender (an “Affected Lender”) for payment of additional amounts or increased costs as provided in Section 1.17(a), 1.19 or 1.20, Borrower may, at its option, notify Agent and such Affected Lender of its intention to replace the Affected Lender. So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower, with the consent of Agent, may obtain, at Borrower’s expense, a replacement Lender (“Replacement Lender”) for the Affected Lender, which Replacement Lender must be reasonably satisfactory to Agent. If Borrower obtains a Replacement Lender within ninety (90) days following notice of its intention to do so, the Affected Lender must sell and assign its Loans and Commitments to such Replacement Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans held by the Affected Lender and all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of such sale, provided that Borrower shall have reimbursed such Affected Lender for the additional amounts or increased costs that it is entitled to receive under this Agreement through the date of such sale and assignment.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not have the right to obtain a Replacement Lender if the Affected Lender rescinds its demand for increased costs or additional amounts within fifteen (15) days following its receipt of Borrower’s notice of intention to replace such Affected Lender. Furthermore, if Borrower gives a notice of intention to replace and does not so replace such Affected Lender within ninety (90) days thereafter, Borrower’s rights under this Section 1.22 shall terminate and Borrower shall promptly pay all increased costs or additional amounts demanded by such Affected Lender pursuant to Sections 1.17(a), 1.19 and 1.20.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

2.1 Conditions to Effectiveness.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and without affecting in any manner the rights of Agent or any Lender hereunder, the effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of Agent and Lenders to make and/or continue any Revolving Credit Advances hereunder, to continue and/or incur any Letter of Credit Obligations, or to take, fulfill, or perform any other action hereunder, are subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions to the satisfaction of Agent (and to the extent specified below, of Lenders):

(a) This Agreement or counterparts thereof shall have been duly executed by Borrower and delivered to Agent and each Lender.

(b) Agent and Lenders shall have received such documents, instruments, certificates, opinions and agreements as Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including all documents, instruments, agreements and other materials listed in the Schedule of Documents each in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and each Lender.

(c) Evidence satisfactory to Agent that Borrower has obtained consents and acknowledgments of all Persons, except as set forth on Schedule 3.3, whose consents and acknowledgments may be required, including, but not limited to, all requisite Governmental Authorities, to the terms and to the execution and delivery, of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

(d) Subject to Section 5.16(c), evidence satisfactory to Agent that the insurance policies provided for in Section 3.19 and Annex E are in full force and effect, together with appropriate evidence showing a loss payable and/or additional insured clauses or endorsements, as appropriate, in favor of Agent and Lenders and in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

(e) Payment by Borrower to Agent (i) for its account and the account of Lenders, as the case may be, of all Fees, costs, and expenses of closing (including fees and expenses of consultants and counsel to Agent presented as of the Closing Date), and (ii) for the account of the Existing Lenders, all interest, letter of credit fees and unused line fees under the Existing Credit Agreement accrued through, but not including, the Closing Date, plus any and all reimbursable expenses or other charges payable by Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement accrued through the Closing Date, whether or not then due and payable.

(f) On or prior to the Closing Date, no action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any Governmental Authority to enjoin, restrain or prohibit, or to obtain damages in respect of, or which is related to or arises out of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and which, in Agent’s sole judgment, would make it inadvisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

(g) Acquirer shall have acquired no less than the Minimum Shares. If the Short Form Merger Threshold has been obtained on or prior to the Closing Date, the Acquisition

and the other Transactions, contemporaneously with the Revolving Credit Advance to be made on the Closing Date, shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and the other Transactions Documents. The cash tender offer price to be paid for the Shares of Xxxxxx’x shall not exceed $16.75 per Share and the aggregate fees and closing costs (including those payable to Agent and Lenders) of the Transactions upon consummation of the Acquisition shall not exceed $20,000,000.

(h) Since January 31, 2004, no event or circumstance having a Material Adverse Effect has occurred.

(i) Each Lender shall be satisfied on the Closing Date, in its reasonable judgment, with (i) the corporate, capital, tax, legal and management structure of each Loan Party; (ii) the nature and status of all contractual obligations, securities, labor, tax, ERISA, employee benefit, environmental, health and safety matters, in each case, involving or affecting any Loan Party; and (iii) to the extent applicable, the terms of each Loan Party’s stockholders’ agreements, voting trust agreements, stock redemption agreements, and other agreements with shareholders (including payments, covenants, defaults and remedies thereunder) and any earnout or deferred compensation arrangements with management of Borrower.

(j) Agent and Lenders shall have received as of the Closing Date the Closing Date Projections in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

(k) On or prior to the Closing Date, Agent shall have completed its business and legal due diligence, including a roll forward of its previous Collateral audit, with results reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

(l) On the Closing Date, the Eligible Inventory supporting the Revolving Credit Advance and Letter of Credit Obligations incurred and the amount of the Reserves to be established on the Closing Date shall be sufficient in value, as determined by Agent, to provide Borrower with Excess Availability, after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Advance on the Closing Date made to Borrower, the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations on the Closing Date and the consummation of the Transactions of at least $80,000,000.

(m) The Acquirer shall have provided to the Agent a copy of the Acquirer’s notice of acceptance for the Shares and a certificate executed by an Executive Officer certifying that Borrower (i) has advanced to Acquirer at least $155,000,000 of Borrower’s cash-on-hand (the “Cash-on-hand”) obtained from sources other than the Revolving Credit Loan prior to the making of the Revolving Credit Advance on the Closing Date and (ii) will cause Acquirer to use the Cash-on-hand to purchase the Shares in the Tender Offer.

The execution of this Agreement by each Lender shall be an acknowledgment by such Lender that the conditions set forth in this Section 2.1 have been satisfied or provided for in a manner satisfactory to such Lender.

2.2 Further Conditions to Each Revolving Credit Advance and Each Letter of Credit Obligation.

No Lender shall be obligated to fund any Loan, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation unless the following conditions have been fulfilled:

(a) Each Loan Party’s representations and warranties contained herein or in any of the Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date and the date on which such Revolving Credit Advance is made or such Letter of Credit Obligations are incurred, as the case may be, as though made on or incurred on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date and except for changes therein permitted or contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) The making of the Loans or issuance of Letter of Credit shall not contravene any law applicable to any Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any of the Lenders.

(c) No event shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from the making of such Revolving Credit Advance or the incurrence of such Letter of Credit Obligation, as the case may be, which constitutes or would constitute a Default.

(d) After giving effect to such Revolving Credit Advance or the incurrence of such Letter of Credit Obligation, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan shall not exceed the Borrowing Availability, except as may be permitted by Agent pursuant to Section 1.1(b).

The request and acceptance by Borrower of the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Advance, the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation or the conversion or continuation of any Loan into, or as, a LIBOR Loan, as the case may be, shall be deemed to constitute, as of the date of such request or acceptance, (i) a representation and warranty by Borrower that the conditions in Section 2.1, this Section 2.2 and, to the extent applicable, Section 2.3 have been satisfied and (ii) a confirmation by Borrower of the granting and continuance of Agent’s Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

2.3 Additional Conditions to the Revolving Credit Advance. No Lender shall be obligated to make any Revolving Credit Advance or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation on the Closing Date, until the additional conditions precedent set forth in Annex G have been satisfied.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement, make the Revolving Credit Loans and incur the Letter of Credit Obligations, Borrower represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that:

3.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Loan Party: (a) is a corporation or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect; (b) has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to own, pledge, mortgage or otherwise

encumber and operate its properties, to lease the property it operates under lease, and to conduct its business as now, heretofore and proposed to be conducted; (c) has all licenses, permits, consents or approvals from or by, and has made all filings with, and has given all material notices to, all Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership, operation and conduct, except to the extent any failure to obtain any such license, permit, consent or approval or make any such filing or give any such notice, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect; (d) is in compliance with its charter and bylaws or operating agreement, as applicable; and (e) is in compliance in all respects with all applicable provisions of law except to the extent that such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

3.2 Executive Offices; Corporate or Other Names. As of the Closing Date, the current location of each Loan Party’s executive offices, principal place of business, corporate offices, all warehouses and premises within which any Collateral is stored or located, and the locations of all Loan Parties’ records concerning the Collateral are set forth in Schedule 3.2 and, except as set forth in Schedule 3.2, such locations have not changed during the preceding 12 months. During the prior five (5) years, except as set forth in Schedule 3.2, no Loan Party has been known as or used any corporate, fictitious or trade name.

3.3 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.3, the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and all other instruments and documents to be delivered by such Loan Party hereunder and thereunder to the extent it is a party thereto and the creation of all Liens provided for herein and therein: (a) are within such Loan Party’s power; (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company and, if any, shareholder action; (c) are not in contravention of any provision of such Loan Party’s charter, bylaws or operating agreement, as applicable; (d) will not violate any law or regulation, or any order or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality; (e) will not conflict with or result in the breach or termination of, constitute a default under or accelerate any performance required by, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, material agreement or other material instrument to which any Loan Party is a party or by which any Loan Party or any of its property is bound; (f) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the property of any Loan Party other than those in favor of Agent or Lenders, all pursuant to the Loan Documents; and (g) do not require the consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or any other Person, except those referred to in Section 2.1(c), all of which will have been duly obtained, made or complied with prior to the Closing Date and which are in full force and effect. At or prior to the Closing Date, each of the Loan Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered for the benefit of or on behalf of each Loan Party which is a party thereto and each shall then constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party to the extent it is a party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and to equitable principles of general applicability.

3.4 Financial Statements and Projections. Except for the Projections all Financial Statements concerning Borrower, Xxxxxx’x and their respective Subsidiaries that are referred to below have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods

covered (except as disclosed therein and except, with respect to unaudited Financial Statements, for the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Persons covered thereby as at the dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.

(a) Financial Statements. The following Financial Statements attached hereto on Schedule 3.4 have been delivered on the date hereof:

(i) The audited consolidated balance sheets at January 31, 2004 and February 1, 2003 and the related statements of income and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) for the Fiscal Years then ended, certified by Deloitte & Touche LLP.

(ii) The unaudited balance sheet(s) at May 1, 2004 and the related statement(s) of income and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) for the one Fiscal Quarter then ended.

(iii) The audited consolidated balance sheets at January 31, 2004 and February 1, 2003 and the related statements of income and cash flows of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Years then ended, certified by Deloitte & Touche LLP.

(iv) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet(s) at May 1, 2004 and the related statement(s) of income and cash flows of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries, in each case for the one (1) Fiscal Quarter then ended.

(b) Projections. The Closing Date Projections delivered on the date hereof and attached hereto on Schedule 3.4 have been prepared by Borrower in light of the past operations of its and Xxxxxx’x businesses, and reflect projections for the three and one-half (3.5) year period beginning on July 1, 2004 on a quarter-by-quarter basis for the first one and one-half (1.5) years and on a year-by-year basis thereafter. The Projections (including the Closing Date Projections) have been prepared in good faith and are based upon the assumptions stated therein, which Borrower believes to be reasonable and fair in light of current conditions and current facts known to Borrower.

3.5 Material Adverse Change. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.5, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material obligations, contingent liabilities, or liabilities for Charges, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments which are not reflected in the audited January 31, 2004 consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and Xxxxxx’x which, individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. Since January 31, 2004, no event or events have occurred or are continuing which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

3.6 Ownership of Property; Liens. As of the Closing Date, except as described in Schedule 3.6, the real estate listed in Schedule 3.6 constitutes all of the real property owned, leased, or used in its business by each Loan Party. Each Loan Party (a) holds good and valid fee simple title to all of its owned real estate, (b) occupies their Leases pursuant to enforceable leasehold interests and (c) holds valid title or valid rights to use all of its other properties and

assets. None of the properties and assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are subject to any Liens, except (x) Permitted Encumbrances and (y) the Lien in favor of Agent and Lenders pursuant to the Collateral Documents. Each Loan Party has received all deeds, assignments, waivers, consents, non-disturbance and recognition or similar agreements, bills of sale and other documents, and duly effected all recordings, filings and other actions necessary to establish, protect and perfect such Loan Party’s right, title and interest in and to all such real estate and other assets or property, subject to zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, or other restrictions on the use of real property or other minor irregularities in title (including leasehold title) thereto, so long as the same do not materially impair the use, value, or marketability of such real property, leases or leasehold estates. Except as described in Schedule 3.6, (i) no Loan Party and, to Borrower’s knowledge, no other party to any Lease is in default of its obligations thereunder or has delivered or received any notice of default under any such Lease, and no event has occurred which, to Borrower’s knowledge, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would constitute a default under any such Lease which default or defaults, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) as of the Closing Date, no Loan Party owns or holds, or is obligated under or a party to, any option, right of first refusal or any other contractual right to purchase, acquire, sell, assign or dispose of any real property owned or leased by such Loan Party, and (iii) no material portion of any real property owned or leased by any Loan Party has suffered any material damage by fire or other casualty loss which has not heretofore been completely repaired and restored to its original condition. All permits required to have been issued or appropriate to enable the real property owned or leased by any Loan Party to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the purposes for which they are currently occupied and used, have been lawfully issued and are, as of the date hereof, in full force and effect, except to the extent that the failure to have any such permit or permits, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

3.7 Restrictions; No Default. No Contract, lease, agreement, instrument or other document to which any Loan Party is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is bound or affected and no provision of any charter, corporate restriction, applicable law or governmental regulation, individually or in the aggregate, has had or resulted in or would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Loan Party is in default and, to Borrower’s knowledge, no third party is in default, under or with respect to any Contract, lease, agreement, instrument or other documents to which any Loan Party is a party, which default or defaults, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.

3.8 Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date (a) no strikes or other material labor disputes against any Loan Party that are pending or, to Borrower’s knowledge, threatened, (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each Loan Party have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable laws dealing with such matters which individually, or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, (c) all material payments due from any Loan Party on account of employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Loan Party, (d) except as set forth in Schedule 3.8, no Loan Party has any obligation under any collective bargaining agreement, management agreement, or any employment agreement (and a correct and complete copy of each agreement listed in Schedule 3.8 has been provided to Agent),

(e) there is no organizing activity involving any Loan Party pending or, to Borrower’s knowledge, threatened by any labor union or group of employees, (f) except as set forth in Schedule 3.14, there are no representation proceedings pending or, to Borrower’s knowledge, threatened with the National Labor Relations Board, and no labor organization or group of employees of any Loan Party has made a pending demand for recognition, and (g) except as set forth in Schedule 3.14, there are no material complaints or charges against any Loan Party pending or, to Borrower’s knowledge, threatened to be filed with any federal, state, local or foreign court, governmental agency or arbitrator based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment by any Loan Party of any individual.

3.9 Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9, as of the Closing Date, no Loan Party has any Subsidiaries. Each of ASL and DSGV engages in no business, operations or other activities and owns no property or assets and has no liabilities other than to the extent contemplated and permitted by Section 6.5. Acquirer engages in no business, operations or other activities and owns no property or assets and has no liabilities other than to the extent contemplated and described in the this Agreement and in the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9, as of the Closing Date, no Loan Party is engaged in any joint venture or partnership with any other Person, or is an Affiliate of any other Person. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth in Schedule 3.9, there are no outstanding rights to purchase options, warrants or similar rights or agreements pursuant to which any Loan Party (other than Borrower or Xxxxxx’x) may be required to issue, sell or purchase any Stock or other equity security. Schedule 3.9 lists all outstanding Stock of each Loan Party (other than Borrower or Xxxxxx’x) and the percentage of ownership and voting interests of the owners thereof as of the Closing Date. Schedule 6.3 lists all Indebtedness of each Loan Party as of the Closing Date.

3.10 Government Regulation. No Loan Party is (a) an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended; or (b) subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act or any other federal or state statute that restricts or limits such Loan Party’s ability to incur Indebtedness, pledge its assets, or to perform its obligations hereunder, or under any other Loan Document; and the making of the Revolving Credit Advances and the incurrence of the Letter of Credit Obligations, in each case by Lenders, the application of the proceeds and repayment thereof by Borrower, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, will not violate any provision of any such statute or any rule, regulation or order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

3.11 Margin Regulations. No Loan Party is engaged, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11, no Loan Party owns any Margin Stock (other than the Shares) as of the Closing Date, and none of the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loan or other extensions of credit under this Agreement will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock (other than the Shares), for the purpose of reducing or retiring any Indebtedness which was originally incurred

to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or for any purpose which might cause the Revolving Credit Loan or other extensions of credit under this Agreement to violate any of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board. No Loan Party will take or permit to be taken by any Loan Party any action which might cause any Loan Document to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve Board.

3.12 Taxes. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.12, all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns, reports and statements, including information returns required to be filed by each Loan Party, have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority and all Charges and other impositions shown thereon to be due and payable have been paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest or late charge may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof, or any such fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss has been paid. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.12, each Loan Party has paid when due and payable all material Charges required to be paid by it. As of the Closing Date, each Loan Party has, to the best of its knowledge, correctly classified all of its employees as employees for employment tax purposes and has withheld proper and accurate amounts from those classified as its employees for all periods in compliance with the tax, social security and unemployment withholding provisions of applicable federal, state, local and foreign law and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities. Schedule 3.12 sets forth as of the Closing Date those taxable years for which any of the tax returns of each Loan Party are currently being audited by the IRS or any other applicable Governmental Authority; and any assessments or threatened assessments in connection with such audit or otherwise currently outstanding. Except as described in Schedule 3.12, as of the Closing Date no Loan Party is a party to any agreement or other document with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for assessment or collection of any Charges. No Loan Party has any obligation under any tax sharing agreement or arrangement except as described in Schedule 3.12.

3.13 ERISA. (a) Schedule 3.13 lists all Plans maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party and all Qualified Plans, unfunded Pension Plans, or Welfare Plans maintained or contributed to by any ERISA Affiliate as of the Closing Date. Neither any Loan Party nor any current or former ERISA Affiliate sponsors (or has sponsored), contributes to (or has contributed to), or is (or was) required to contribute to any Title IV Plan, any Multiemployer Plan, any Plan subject to IRC Section 412 or ERISA Section 302, or any Retiree Welfare Plan. IRS determination letters regarding the qualified status under IRC Section 401 of each Qualified Plan have been received as of the dates listed in Schedule 3.13. Each of the Qualified Plans has been amended to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and to make other changes required under the IRC or ERISA, and if such required amendments are not subject to the determination letters described in the previous sentence, each Qualified Plan so amended will be submitted to the IRS for a determination letter as to the ongoing qualified status of the Plan under the IRC within the applicable IRC Section 401(b) remedial amendment period; and each such Plan shall be amended, including retroactive amendments, as required during such determination letter process to maintain the qualified status of such Plans. To the knowledge of Borrower, the Qualified Plans as amended continue to qualify under Section 401 of the IRC, the trusts created thereunder continue to be exempt from tax under the provisions of IRC Section 501(a), and nothing has occurred which would cause the loss of such qualification or tax-exempt status. To the knowledge of Borrower, each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the IRC, including the filing of all reports required under the IRC or

ERISA which are true and correct as of the date filed, and all required contributions and benefits have been paid in accordance with the provisions of each such Plan. No Loan Party has engaged in a prohibited transaction, as defined in IRC Section 4975 or Section 406 of ERISA, in connection with any Plan which would subject any such Person (after giving effect to any exemption) to a material tax on prohibited transactions imposed by IRC Section 4975 or any other material liability. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13: (i) there are no pending, or to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits (other than claims for benefits in the normal course), asserted or instituted against (x) any Plan or its assets, (y) any fiduciary with respect to any Plan or (z) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to any Plan; (ii) each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate has complied with the notice and continuation coverage requirements of IRC Section 4980B and the proposed or final regulations thereunder; and (iii) no liability under any Plan has been funded, nor has such obligation been satisfied with, the purchase of a contract from an insurance company that is not rated AAA by Standard & Poor’s Corporation and the equivalent by each other nationally recognized rating agency. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the representations set forth in (i) Section 3.13(a) relates to each Loan Party other than Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries and (ii) Section 3.13(b) relates to Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries.

(b) Except set forth on Schedule 3.13, and except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (reading such definition for the purposes of this Section 3.13(b) only to replace “Borrower” with “Xxxxxx’x”) on Xxxxxx’x, (A) neither Xxxxxx’x nor any Affiliate maintains, nor has contributed since January 1, 2000, to any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, (B) for each funded employee pension benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) that (x) is subject to the provisions of Section 401(a) of the IRC and (y) is maintained by Xxxxxx’x or any of its Subsidiaries for any of its employees, Xxxxxx’x or such Subsidiary has obtained a favorable determination letter from the IRS, (C) to the knowledge of Borrower, none of said determination letters has been revoked by the IRS, nor has the IRS given any indication to the Borrower that it intends to revoke any such determination letter, (D) neither Xxxxxx’x nor any of its Subsidiaries currently maintains, contributes to or has any liability with respect to any employee benefit plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and (E) Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries and Xxxxxx’x Plans have not committed any violation of ERISA or any agreement relating to the administration of such Plans.

3.14 No Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.14, no litigation, action, suit, claim, arbitration, investigation or other proceeding is now pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened in writing against any Loan Party, at law, in equity or otherwise, (a) which challenges any such Person’s right, power, or competence to enter into or perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents, or the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any action taken thereunder or any Liens granted to Agent, on behalf of itself and each of Lenders, or (b) which if determined adversely, individually or in the aggregate, would have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Borrower, there does not exist a state of facts which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such litigation, action, suit, claim, arbitration, investigation or other proceeding.

3.15 Brokers. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.15, no broker or finder acting on behalf of Borrower brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the credit extended or

continued pursuant to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and Borrower has no obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection therewith.

3.16 Intellectual Property. As of the Closing Date, except where the failure to own any such Intellectual Property right, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party owns all Intellectual Property which is necessary to continue to conduct its business as heretofore conducted by it, now conducted by it and, to Borrower’s knowledge, proposed to be conducted by it, each of which, as of the Closing Date, is listed, together with United States Patent and Trademark Office application or registration numbers, where applicable, in Schedule 3.16. Each Loan Party conducts business without infringement or claim of infringement of any Intellectual Property right of others, except where such infringement or claim of infringement, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.16, to Borrower’s knowledge, there is no infringement or claim of infringement by others of any Intellectual Property of any Loan Party, except where such infringement or claim of infringement, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

3.17 Full Disclosure. No information contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Financial Statements or any written statement furnished by or on behalf of Borrower or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, which has previously been delivered to Agent or any Lender, taken as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, that except as provided in the next two sentences, Borrower makes no representation or warranty regarding business plans, forecasts or projections, including without limitation, the Projections. With respect to the Closing Date Projections (a) all facts that formed the basis of such Projections were (and are as of the Closing Date) true and complete in all material respects and no material fact was omitted from such Projections at the time such Projections were prepared and as of the Closing Date, and (b) such Projections were prepared in good faith and based on assumptions of facts that Borrower believed to be reasonable under the circumstances at the time such Projections were prepared and as of the Closing Date and are disclosed therein. With respect to any business plans, forecasts or projections (including the Projections other than the Closing Date Projections) made available to Agent or any Lender after the Closing Date, the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of such business plans, projections or forecasts and as of the date delivered to Agent or any Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Borrower does not assure or guarantee the attainment of any Projections.

3.18 Hazardous Materials. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.18 and except for routine operations in the ordinary course of business in compliance with applicable permits issued by a Governmental Authority, the Subject Property is free of any Hazardous Material and no Loan Party has caused or suffered to occur any Release at, under, above or within any Subject Property. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.18, there are no existing or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party after due inquiry, any potential Environmental Liabilities and Costs which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material

Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.18, there are no facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to give rise to the imposition of any material Environmental Liabilities and Costs on any Loan Party, or any owner of any premises which such Loan Party occupies, or any Lien securing the same under any Environmental Law.

3.19 Insurance Policies. Schedule 3.19 lists all insurance of any nature maintained for current occurrences by each Loan Party (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) as of the Closing Date, as well as a summary of the terms of such insurance. Subject to Section 5.16(c), such insurance complies with and shall at all times comply with the standards set forth in Annex E.

3.20 Deposit and Disbursement Accounts. Schedule 3.20 lists all banks and other financial institutions at which as of the Closing Date, each Loan Party maintains deposits and/or other accounts and/or post office lock boxes, including the Disbursement Accounts, the Concentration Account and the Blocked Accounts, and such Schedule correctly identifies the name, address and telephone number of each depository, the name in which the account is held, a description of the purpose of the account, and the complete account number. Borrower has delivered to Agent true, correct and complete copies of all agreements, instruments and other documents relating to any credit card programs, arrangements or agreements to which it is a party.

3.21 Solvency. After giving effect to (a) any Revolving Credit Advances, if any, to be made on the Closing Date or on such other date as Revolving Credit Advances requested hereunder are to be made and/or Letter of Credit Obligations to be incurred on the Closing Date or on such other date as Letter of Credit Obligations requested hereunder are to be incurred, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of any such Revolving Credit Advances and/or Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to Borrower’s instructions, and (c) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, Borrower is Solvent and Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are Solvent.

3.22 Merger Agreement. As of the Closing Date, Borrower has delivered to Agent a complete and correct copy of the Merger Agreement (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith). No Loan Party and no other Person party thereto is in default in the performance or compliance with any provisions of the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement complies with, and, if the Short Form Merger Threshold has been obtained, the Acquisition has been (or, if the Short Form Merger Threshold has not been obtained, will be at the time thereof) consummated in accordance with, all applicable laws. The Merger Agreement is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date, and, if applicable, as of the date of the consummation of the Acquisition, and has not been terminated, rescinded or withdrawn. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.3, all requisite approvals by Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over Xxxxxx’x, any Loan Party and other Persons referenced therein with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement have been obtained, and no such approvals impose any conditions to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or to the conduct by any Loan Party of its business thereafter. To the best of each Loan Party’s knowledge, none of Xxxxxx’x representations or warranties in the Merger Agreement contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any fact necessary to make the

statements therein not misleading. Each of the representations and warranties given by each applicable Loan Party in the Merger Agreement is true and correct in all material respects. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Merger Agreement to the contrary, such representations and warranties of the Loan Parties are incorporated into this Agreement by this Section 3.22 and shall, solely for purposes of this Agreement and the benefit of Agent and Lenders, survive the consummation of the Acquisition, provided however, from and after the consummation of the Merger, the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement being made separately about Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries by virtue of this Section 3.22 shall terminate.

3.23 Tender Consideration. Borrower and Acquirer, at all times since June 28, 2004 up until the Closing Date, have had not less than $155,000,000 in cash-on-hand from sources other than the Revolving Credit Loan available to pay for Shares tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer.

3.24 Fiscal Quarters. The Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries beginning with the first Fiscal Quarter ending immediately after the Closing Date and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter until August 1, 2009 are set forth on Schedule 3.24.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION

4.1 Reports and Notices. Borrower covenants and agrees that from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it shall deliver to Agent (for delivery to Lenders, unless otherwise specified) the Financial Statements, Projections, Liquidity Projections and notices at the times and in the manner set forth in Annex D hereto. Concurrently with the delivery of the annual audited financial statements referenced in the first sentence of this Section 4.1, Borrower shall cause to be delivered to Agent a certificate of Borrower’s independent certified public accountants certifying that during the course of performing their audit of Borrower they did not become aware of any Default under the Loan Documents or specifying each Default of which they became aware.

4.2 Communication with Accountants. Upon written request by Agent to Borrower, Borrower will provide reasonable access to Borrower’s independent certified public accountants and tax advisors so long as any communications between the Agent and such accountants or advisors include Borrower or its authorized agents. At the written request of Agent, Borrower shall send a letter to such accountants and tax advisors, and deliver a copy thereof to Agent, instructing them to make available to Agent such information and records as Agent may reasonably request and to otherwise comply with the provisions of this Section 4.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Borrower covenants and agrees that, unless Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, from and after the date hereof and until the Termination Date, Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, comply with the following affirmative covenants:

5.1 Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business. Each Loan Party shall: (a) except as permitted by Section 6.1, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its statutory existence and its rights and franchises material to the business of the Loan Parties taken as a whole; (b) continue to conduct its business substantially

as now conducted or as otherwise permitted hereunder; (c) at all times maintain, preserve and protect all of its material Intellectual Property, and preserve all the remainder of its material property, in use or useful in the conduct of its business and keep the same in good repair, working order and condition (taking into consideration ordinary wear and tear) and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all necessary or appropriate repairs, replacements and improvements thereto consistent with industry practices, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times, provided that nothing in this Section 5.1(c) shall prevent any Loan Party from discontinuing the use or operation of any property (including any Intellectual Property) if such discontinuance, in the reasonable judgment of such Loan Party’s management, is desirable in the conduct of its business; and (d) in the case of Persons that are Loan Parties on the Closing Date, transact business only under the names set forth in Schedule 3.2, or the name of such other Loan Party into which such Person is merged pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(iv).

5.2 Payment of Charges and Claims. Each Loan Party shall pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged in accordance with the terms thereof, (a) all Charges imposed upon it or its income and profits, or any of its property (real, personal or mixed) prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and (b) all lawful claims for labor, materials, supplies and services or otherwise, which if unpaid might or could become a Lien on its property; provided, that such Loan Party shall not be required to pay any such Charge or claim which is being contested in good faith by proper legal actions or proceedings, so long as at the time of commencement of any such action or proceeding and during the pendency thereof (i) adequate reserves with respect thereto are established and are maintained in accordance with GAAP, (ii) such contest operates to suspend collection of the contested Charges or claims and is maintained and prosecuted continuously with diligence, (iii) the Collateral subject to forfeiture or loss by reason of the institution or prosecution of such contest has a current fair market value of less than $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time, (iv) no Liens securing an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000 shall exist for such Charges or claims during such action or proceeding (excluding Liens securing obligations fully covered by insurance or otherwise bonded to the satisfaction of Agent), (v) if such contest is terminated or discontinued adversely to such Loan Party, such Loan Party shall promptly pay or discharge such contested Charges and all additional charges, interest penalties and expenses, if any, and shall deliver to Agent evidence reasonably acceptable to Agent of such compliance, payment or discharge, if such contest is terminated or discontinued adversely to such Loan Party, and (vi) Agent has not advised Borrower in writing that Agent believes that nonpayment or nondischarge thereof, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

5.3 Books and Records. Each Loan Party shall keep adequate records and books of account with respect to its business activities, in which proper entries, reflecting all of its consolidated and consolidating financial transactions, are made in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the Financial Statements.

5.4 Litigation. Borrower shall notify Agent in writing, promptly upon learning thereof, of any litigation, action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration or other proceeding commenced or threatened, at law, in equity or otherwise against any Loan Party, and of the institution against any Loan Party of any suit or administrative proceeding which (a) may involve an amount in excess of $2,500,000, individually, or $5,000,000, in the aggregate, or (b) if

adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

5.5 Insurance.

(a) Each Loan Party shall, at its sole cost and expense, maintain or cause to be maintained, the policies of insurance in such amounts and as otherwise described in Annex E and with insurers recognized as adequate by Agent. Borrower shall notify Agent promptly of any occurrence causing a material loss or decline in value of any real or personal property and the estimated (or actual, if available) amount of such loss or decline, except as specified otherwise in Annex E. Each Loan Party hereby directs all present and future insurers under its “All Risk” policies of insurance to pay all proceeds payable thereunder directly to Agent, other than proceeds relating to the loss or damage to property which secures Indebtedness permitted under clause (c) of Section 6.3 which is required by the terms of such Indebtedness to be paid to the holder thereof (“excluded proceeds”). Each Loan Party irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Agent) as its true and lawful agent and attorney in-fact for the purpose of, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, making, settling and adjusting claims under the “All Risk” policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Person on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such “All Risk” policies of insurance (other than excluded proceeds), and for making all determinations and decisions with respect to such “All Risk” policies of insurance. In the event any Loan Party at any time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain (or fail to cause to be obtained or maintained) any of the policies of insurance required above or to pay any premium in whole or in part relating thereto, Agent, without waiving or releasing any Obligations or Default hereunder, may at any time or times thereafter (but shall not be obligated to) obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other action with respect thereto which Agent deems advisable. All sums so disbursed, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs and other charges related thereto, shall be payable, on demand, by Borrower to Agent and shall be additional Obligations hereunder secured by the Collateral.

(b) Agent reserves the right at any time, upon review of any Loan Party’s risk profile, to reasonably require additional forms and limits of insurance to adequately protect Agent’s and Lenders’ interests. Each Loan Party shall, if so requested by Agent, deliver to Agent and each Lender, as often as Agent may reasonably request, a report of a reputable insurance broker reasonably satisfactory to Agent with respect to its insurance policies.

(c) Each Loan Party shall deliver to Agent endorsements to all of its (i) “All Risk” and business interruption insurance naming Agent as loss payee to the extent provided in Section 5.5(a), and (ii) general liability and other liability policies naming Agent and each Lender as an additional insured.

5.6 Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party shall comply with all federal, state and local laws, permits and regulations applicable to it, including those relating to licensing, environmental, ERISA and labor matters, except to the extent any failure or failures to so comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

5.7 Agreements; Leases. Each Loan Party shall perform, within all required time periods (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), all of its obligations and enforce all of its rights under each Contract or other document or instrument to which it is a party, except where such failure or failures to so perform and enforce, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Loan Party shall perform and comply in all material respects with all obligations in respect of Chattel Paper, Instruments, Contracts, Licenses, and Documents and all other agreements constituting or giving rise to Collateral.

5.8 Supplemental Disclosure. Within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, the Loan Parties may, and from time to time as may be reasonably requested by Agent (which request will not be made more frequently than once each year absent the occurrence and continuance of a Default), the Loan Parties shall, supplement each Schedule hereto, or any representation herein or in any other Loan Document, with respect to any matter hereafter arising that, if existing or occurring at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in such Schedule or as an exception to such representation or that is necessary to correct any information in such Schedule or representation which has been rendered inaccurate thereby (and, in the case of any supplements to any Schedule, such Schedule shall be appropriately marked to show the changes made therein); provided that (a) no such supplement to any such Schedule or representation shall amend, supplement or otherwise modify any Schedule or representation, or be or be deemed a waiver of any Default resulting from the matters disclosed therein, except as consented to by Agent and Required Lenders in writing, and (b) no supplement shall be required or permitted as to representations and warranties that relate solely to the Closing Date, other than with respect to the optional supplement of the Loan Parties within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date.

5.9 Environmental Matters. Each Loan Party shall (a) comply with all Environmental Laws and permits applicable to it where the failure to so comply, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) notify Agent and each Lender promptly after such Loan Party becomes aware of any Release upon any Subject Property which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) promptly forward to Agent and each Lender a copy of any order, notice, permit, application, or any communication or report received by such Loan Party in connection with any such Release or any other matter relating to the Environmental Laws that may affect any Subject Property or any Loan Party, other than any routine notice, permit, application, or any communication or report received in the ordinary course of business in connection with the construction of any store, or any such notice, permit, application or communication which is received in the ordinary course of business and none of the Subject Property or any Loan Party is adversely affected thereby. The provisions of this Section 5.9 shall apply whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency, any other federal agency or any state or local environmental agency has taken or threatened any action in connection with any Release or the presence of any Hazardous Materials.

5.10 Application of Proceeds. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loan as provided in Section 1.3.

5.11 Fiscal Year. Each Loan Party shall maintain as its Fiscal Year the 52 or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to the end of January of each year.

5.12 Landlord’s Waiver and Other Agreements. Except as otherwise agreed to in writing by Agent, each Loan Party shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain (a) a Landlord’s Waiver in form and substance acceptable to Agent from the landlord of any present or future leased premises of any Loan Party where Inventory is located; and (b) a waiver and license agreement in form and substance acceptable to Agent from any Person (other than Borrower) which owns, operates or manages a warehouse or other location not owned by Borrower where Inventory is located ((a) and (b) collectively being the “Waivers”). With respect to such locations or warehouse space leased as of the Closing Date or thereafter, if Agent has not received a Landlord’s Waiver or waiver and license agreement, as applicable, as of the Closing Date (or, if later, as of the date such location is leased), any Eligible Inventory at that location shall, in Agent’s discretion, be subject to the Lease Payment Reserve. Notwithstanding this Section 5.12 or anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, Xxxxxx’x shall have one hundred twenty (120) days following the consummation of the Merger to obtain the Waivers being sought under this Section 5.12 which relate to Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries), provided that any Eligible Inventory at any applicable location shall, in Agent’s discretion (without limiting any other provision hereof), be subject to the Lease Payment Reserve.

5.13 Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries. Borrower will take such action from time to time as shall be necessary to ensure that each of its Subsidiaries is a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary (unless merged into Borrower pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(iv)); provided that until consummation of the Merger, Xxxxxx’x shall be owned, directly or indirectly by Borrower solely to the extent of the Shares tendered to Acquirer pursuant to the Tender Offer. Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into, after the Closing Date, any indenture, agreement (other than this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), instrument or other arrangement that, directly or indirectly, prohibits or restrains, or has the effect of prohibiting or restraining, or imposes materially adverse conditions upon, the incurrence or payment of Indebtedness, the granting of Liens, the declaration or payment of dividends or other Restricted Payments, the making of loans, advances or Investments or the sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any property or assets.

5.14 Further Assurances.

(a) Each Loan Party shall at its cost and expense, upon request of Agent, duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to Agent such further instruments and do and cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of Agent to carry out more effectually the provisions and purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(b) Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Agent no later than the thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, with respect to Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries), and no later than the earlier of (i) sixty (60) days after consummation of the Merger and (ii) ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, in the case of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries (or such later date as may be agreed by Agent), duly executed blocked account agreements referred to in Annex B with respect to each deposit account and

Disbursement Account set forth on Schedule 3.20 and any other deposit account or Disbursement Account opened by Xxxxxx’x or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6 of Annex B, which blocked account agreements shall be in form and substance acceptable to Agent. In the event that Borrower is unable to deliver to Agent a blocked account agreement for each deposit account or Disbursement Account on or before such date, Borrower shall close each deposit account for which it was unable to deliver a blocked account agreement and open a new deposit account with a financial institution which will enter into a blocked account agreement satisfactory to Agent. Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Agent no later than thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, duly executed Control Letters from (i) all issuers of uncertificated securities and financial assets held by each Loan Party, (ii) all securities intermediaries with respect to all securities accounts and securities entitlements of each Loan Party, and (iii) all futures commission agents and clearing houses with respect to all commodities contracts and commodities accounts held by any Loan Party.

5.15 Appraisals and Field Audits. Borrower shall allow Agent and its designees from time to time as Agent shall direct, to perform, and shall assist Agent and its designees in performing, field audits and appraisals of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) Inventory. So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent agrees to provide to Borrower upon the request of Borrower any such appraisal prepared by a third party unaffiliated with Agent which has consented to Agent so providing such appraisal. In furtherance of the foregoing, Agent agrees to use reasonable efforts to obtain any such consent. Borrower shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Agent in connection with such field audits and appraisals, provided that unless a Default shall be continuing, only one such field audit and appraisal in any Fiscal Year shall be at the expense of Borrower if Excess Availability shall be greater than or equal to $50,000,000 at all times during such Fiscal Year, and only three such field audits and appraisals (subject to no Default having occurred and be continuing) shall be at the expense of Borrower if Excess Availability shall be less than $50,000,000 at any time during such Fiscal Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent and its designees may perform a field audit of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries within one year of the Closing Date, which field audit shall be at the expense of the Borrower but shall not count against the limitations set forth above.

5.16 Future Guarantors, Security, etc.

(a) Each Loan Party shall, from time to time, execute such guaranties, financing statements, documents, security agreements and reports as Agent or Required Lenders at any time may reasonably request to evidence, perfect or otherwise implement the guaranties and security for repayment of the Obligations contemplated by the Loan Documents. Each Loan Party shall (i) cause each Person, upon its becoming a Subsidiary of such Loan Party (provided that this shall not be construed to constitute consent by any of the Lenders to any transaction not expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement), promptly (or immediately upon consummation of the Merger with respect to Xxxxxx’x) to guaranty the Obligations and to grant Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, a security interest in the personal and mixed property of such Person (consistent with the type of assets in which Borrower has granted a security interest to Agent for the benefit of Lenders) to secure the Obligations and (ii) pledge, or cause to be pledged, to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, all of the Stock of such Subsidiary to secure the Obligations; provided that the Stock of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries

shall not be pledged until consummation of the Merger. The documentation for such guaranty, security and pledge shall be substantially similar to the Loan Documents executed concurrently herewith with such modifications as are reasonably requested by Agent.

(b) Without limiting Section 5.16(a) above, immediately upon consummation of the Merger and to the extent not provided on or prior to the Closing Date, Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries shall execute such guaranties, financing statements, documents, security agreements and reports as Agent or Required Lenders at any time may reasonably request to evidence, perfect or otherwise implement the guaranties and security for repayment of the Obligations contemplated by the Loan Documents. Xxxxxx’x and each of its Subsidiaries shall promptly (i) guaranty the Obligations and grant to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, a security interest in the personal and mixed property of such Person (consistent with the type of assets in which Borrower has granted a security interest to Agent for the benefit of Lenders) to secure the Obligations and (ii) pledge, or cause to be pledged, to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, all of the Stock of its Subsidiaries to secure the Obligations. In connection with the foregoing, the Loan Parties shall deliver duly executed originals of opinions of counsel for Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries, together with any local counsel opinions reasonably requested by Agent, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and its counsel, dated the date of the consummation of the Merger.

(c) Within one (1) Business Day of the Closing Date, or, at the discretion of Agent, up to three (3) Business Days, the Loan Parties shall deliver evidence satisfactory to Agent that the insurance policies covering Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries provided for in Section 3.19 and Annex E are in full force and effect, together with appropriate evidence showing a loss payable and/or additional insured clauses or endorsements, as appropriate, in favor of Agent and Lenders and in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

5.17 Tender Offer. In the event the Short Form Merger Threshold is not attained on or before the Closing Date, the Borrower and Acquirer shall extend the Tender Offer in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Merger Agreement by means of a Subsequent Offering Period (as defined in the Merger Agreement). If at any time the Short Form Merger Threshold is attained, or a favorable vote of the shareholders of Xxxxxx’x is obtained, the Acquirer shall consummate the Merger as soon as practicable thereafter.

6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that, unless Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, from and after the date hereof and until the Termination Date, each Loan Party shall, comply with the following negative covenants:

6.1 Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc.

(a) No Loan Party shall, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, merge, consolidate or otherwise combine with any Person or acquire or hold all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of any Person or form, acquire or hold any Subsidiary, except that:

(i) Acquirer may acquire Shares of Xxxxxx’x pursuant to the Tender Offer and consummate the Acquisition;

(ii) Borrower may maintain its existing investments in its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date;

(iii) Borrower may form DSG of Virginia, LLC, a wholly-owned Virginia limited liability company (“DSGV”), for the purpose of issuing and selling electronic gift cards; provided that at the time of formation of DSGV, the provisions of Section 5.16(a) are complied with;

(iv) At any time after the Merger has been consummated, any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve voluntarily into, and may merge with and into, Borrower or any other Subsidiary, and the assets or Stock of any Subsidiary may be purchased or otherwise acquired by Borrower or any other Subsidiary (it being understood that Xxxxxx’x may only be purchased initially by Acquirer, and after consummation of the Merger, by Borrower); and provided; that the Borrower shall be the survivor of any merger with a Subsidiary and in no event shall any Subsidiary consolidate with or merge with and into any other Subsidiary unless after giving effect thereto, the Agent shall have a perfected pledge of, and security interest in and to, all of the issued and outstanding interests of Stock (on a fully diluted basis) of the surviving Person to the same extent as the Agent had with respect to such merged or consolidated Person immediately prior to such merger or consolidation in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, pursuant to such documentation and opinions as shall be necessary in the opinion of the Agent to create, perfect or maintain the collateral position of the Agent and Lenders therein; and

(v) At any time after the Merger has been consummated, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after giving effect thereto, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may (to the extent permitted by clause (g) of Section 6.2) purchase all or substantially all of the assets or Stock of any Person (or any division thereof), or acquire such Person by merger.

(b) Other than Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries prior to the consummation of the Merger, Borrower shall have no Subsidiaries other than wholly-owned domestic Subsidiaries.

6.2 Investments. No Loan Party shall, directly or indirectly, make or maintain any Investment except: (a) Investments permitted by Section 6.1, 6.3 or 6.4; (b) Investments outstanding on the date hereof and listed in Schedule 6.2; (c) Investments in Cash Equivalents and Permitted Investments which are subject to a first priority perfected Lien of Agent for the benefit of Lenders, provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Cash Equivalents and Permitted Investments shall not exceed (x) $20,000,000 any time during which Revolving Credit Advances are outstanding and (y) $0, at any time after Agent has the right to deliver an Activation Notice (whether or not such Activation Notice has been delivered or rescinded) in accordance with Annex B; (d) Investments representing stock or obligations issued to any Loan Party in settlement of claims against any other Person by reason of a composition or readjustment of debt or reorganization of any debtor of any Loan Party; (e) Investments

represented by deposits into the Concentration Account, the Blocked Accounts, the Disbursement Accounts and other bank accounts of such Loan Party to the extent permitted hereunder; (f) Interest Rate Agreements not prohibited by Section 6.17 hereof; (g) at any time after the consummation of the Merger, Investments by way of the acquisition of Stock or assets in each case constituting Permitted Acquisitions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000 (including any Indebtedness assumed pursuant to Section 6.3(i)) in any Fiscal Year; provided that, in any event, (i) immediately prior to, and immediately after giving effect to, such Investment, Excess Availability is greater than $50,000,000, and (ii) none of the Inventory acquired in connection with such Permitted Acquisition shall be included in the Borrowing Base unless and until the Agent has conducted a collateral audit and appraisal thereon satisfactory to it and has made appropriate adjustments, if any, to the Reserves and/or the definition of Eligible Inventory, and (h) deposits made in the ordinary course of business and required in connection with Leases.

6.3 Indebtedness. No Loan Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except: (a) the Obligations; (b) Deferred Taxes; (c) Capital Lease Obligations and Indebtedness secured by purchase money Liens permitted under clause (c) of Section 6.7 (including any such Capital Lease Obligations and Indebtedness set forth in Schedule 6.3 or any extensions, renewals, replacements or modifications thereof) in a maximum outstanding aggregate amount at any time not to exceed $5,000,000 prior to consummation of the Merger and $15,000,000 thereafter; (d) Guaranteed Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.6; (e) Indebtedness under Interest Rate Agreements to the extent not prohibited by Section 6.17; (f) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.3 and all extensions, renewals, replacements and modifications of such Indebtedness on terms and conditions which shall in any event be on terms no less favorable to Borrower, Agent or any Lender, as determined by Agent than the terms of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, replaced or modified, including, without limitation, with respect to amount, maturity, amortization, interest rate, premiums, fees, indemnities, covenants, events of default and remedies; (g) Indebtedness evidenced by the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note and the Acquirer Intercompany Note, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent; (h) Indebtedness in the form of non-cash obligations for construction in progress of leased facilities, as reflected on certain of Borrower’s Financial Statements as “Non-cash obligations for CIP — Leased Facilities”; (i) at any time after consummation of the Merger, Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person became a Subsidiary of Borrower pursuant to Section 6.2(g), but only if such Indebtedness was not created or incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided that neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary may have any Guaranteed Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary, if any, which is not a Loan Party; (j) at any time after consummation of the Merger, Indebtedness consisting of intercompany loans and advances made by any Loan Party to any other Loan Party; provided, that: (i) each Loan Party shall have executed and delivered to each other Loan Party, a demand note (collectively, the “Intercompany Notes”) to evidence any such intercompany Indebtedness owing at any time by such Loan Party to such other Loan Party which Intercompany Notes shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and shall be pledged and delivered to Agent pursuant to the applicable Pledge Agreement, Borrower Security Agreement or Subsidiary Security Agreement as additional collateral security for the Obligations; (ii) each Loan Party shall record all intercompany transactions on its books and records in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (iii) the obligations of each Loan Party under any such Intercompany Notes shall be subordinated

to the Obligations of such Loan Party hereunder or under the other Loan Documents in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (iv) at the time any such intercompany loan or advance is made by any Loan Party to any other Loan Party and after giving effect thereto, each such Loan Party shall be Solvent; and (v) no Default or Event of Default would occur and be continuing after giving effect to any such proposed intercompany loan; (k) at any time after consummation of the Merger, any other unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower or Xxxxxx’x not to exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and (l) at any time after consummation of the Merger, any other Indebtedness of Borrower or Xxxxxx’x not to exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding that is secured by real property.

6.4 Affiliate and Employee Transactions. The Loan Parties shall not directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any management, consulting, investment banking, advisory or other similar services) with any Affiliate or with any director, officer or employee of any Loan Party, except (a) as set forth on Schedule 6.4, (b) transactions in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the business of any such Loan Party and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to any such Loan Party than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, (c) payment of reasonable compensation to officers and employees for services actually rendered to any such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) payment of customary director’s fees, and (e) any payments to employees, former employees or consultants of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries which are being made as a result of the Merger Agreement or in connection with the Acquisition in an aggregate amount not in excess of $10,000,000; provided however, that such amount shall not limit (i) any “parachute” payment, “change of control payment” or other amount due, paid or payable which relates to (x) the acceleration and/or payment on or related to Xxxxxx’x stock options or any other rights or warrants made in accordance with Section 2.4 of the Merger Agreement, (y) restricted stock that is then outstanding, or (z) severance payments to employees of Xxxxxx’x or its Subsidiaries, (ii) any “tax-gross up payments,” make-whole” or similar payment made as a result of any “parachute” payment, “change of control payment” or other amount due, paid or payable regardless of whether such payment or amount due or payable is on or relates to Xxxxxx’x stock options, other rights or warrants, (iii) any amounts due to Xxxxxxx Sachs, & Co. or any other investment banking or financial advisor of Xxxxxx’x that is receiving a fee or payment as a result of the Transactions and/or (iv) any reasonable signing bonuses, bonus incentive or other payments made by Borrower or its affiliates to employees of Xxxxxx’x in order to induce such Xxxxxx’x employees to accept offers of employment with the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or to remain employed at Xxxxxx’x. No Loan Party shall enter into any lending or borrowing transaction with any employees of any Loan Party, provided, that any Loan Party may extend loans to its respective employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for travel and entertainment expenses, relocation costs and similar purposes and stock option financing up to a maximum of $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, or such higher amount permitted by the prior written consent of Agent.

6.5 Capital Structure and Business.

(a) No Loan Party shall: (i) make any changes in its business objectives, purposes or operations which, individually or in the aggregate, could in any way adversely affect the repayment of the Obligations or reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material

Adverse Effect; (ii) issue or sell any shares of Stock of the Borrower that is mandatorily redeemable prior to February 11, 2009, (iii) organize any Subsidiaries other than (x) domestic wholly-owned Subsidiaries for the purpose of making Investments permitted by Section 6.2(g) and (y) DSGV for the sole purpose of issuing electronic gift cards and entering into transactions with the Borrower involving such gift cards, and (iv) amend its articles or certificate of incorporation, charter, by-laws, organizational document, the terms of its outstanding Stock, or any partners, shareholders, voting or similar agreement to which it is a party; provided that any Loan Party may amend any such documents in a manner that not would adversely affect Agent or Lenders or such Loan Party’s duty or ability to repay the Obligations; or (v) subject to clause (iii)(y) above, engage in any business other than the retail sale of clothing and sporting goods or businesses reasonably related thereto consistent with past practice.

(b) Acquirer shall not engage in any trade or business, or own any assets (other than the Shares of Xxxxxx’x prior to consummation of the Merger) or incur any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and the Acquirer Loan).

6.6 Guaranteed Indebtedness. No Loan Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Guaranteed Indebtedness except for: (a) endorsements of instruments or items of payment for deposit to a bank account of such Loan Party; (b) performance bonds, indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (c) Guaranteed Indebtedness relating to Interest Rate Agreements permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.3(e); (d) Guaranteed Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and listed in Schedule 6.3 and all extensions, renewals, replacements and modifications of such Guaranteed Indebtedness on terms and conditions which shall in any event be on terms no less favorable to Borrower, Agent or any Lender, as determined by Agent than the terms of the Guaranteed Indebtedness being extended, renewed, replaced or modified, including, without limitation, with respect to amount, premiums, fees, indemnities, covenants, events of default and remedies; (e) after consummation of the Merger, Guaranteed Indebtedness incurred for the benefit of any other Loan Party if the primary obligation is expressly permitted by this Agreement other than Indebtedness, if any, of any Person existing at the time such Person became a Subsidiary of Borrower; provided that any such Guaranteed Indebtedness does not exceed the primary obligation, and (f) guaranties of lease payments in the ordinary course of business in connection with reletting of space vacated by any Loan Party pursuant to a store relocation.

6.7 Liens. No Loan Party shall create or permit to exist any Lien on any of its properties or assets except for: (a) presently existing or hereafter created Liens in favor of Agent or Lenders (or any affiliate thereof in connection with any Interest Rate Agreement not prohibited by Section 6.17) to secure the Obligations, including but not limited to the Xxxxxx’x Pledge; (b) Permitted Encumbrances; (c) purchase money Liens or purchase money security interests upon or in Equipment acquired by any Loan Party in the ordinary course of business to secure the purchase price of such Equipment or to secure Capital Lease Obligations, in each case, permitted under clause (c) of Section 6.3 incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such Equipment; (d) extensions, renewals and replacements of Liens referred to in clause (c) above, provided that any such extension, renewal or replacement Lien is limited to the property or assets covered by the Lien extended, renewed or replaced and does not secure Indebtedness in an amount greater than the amount of the outstanding Indebtedness secured thereby immediately prior to such extension, renewal or replacement; (e) after consummation of

the Merger, Liens on property securing Indebtedness permitted by clause (i) of Section 6.3; provided that such Liens existed prior to such Person becoming a Subsidiary, were not created in anticipation thereof and attach only to specific tangible assets of such Person (and not assets of such Person generally) and provided further that no such property shall be included in the Borrowing Base; and (f) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.3(l); provided further that no Loan Party shall create or permit any Lien to exist on any Collateral (other than Liens described in clauses (a), (b) and (e) above).

6.8 Sale of Assets. No Loan Party shall sell, transfer, convey, assign or otherwise dispose of any of its assets or properties, including any Collateral; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, (b) the sale or disposition for fair consideration in any Fiscal Year of any assets in the ordinary course of business which have become obsolete or surplus to the business of such Loan Party, (c) the sale or disposition of any assets of any Loan Party to any other Loan Party; provided that prior to the consummation of the Merger and compliance, to the extent applicable, with Section 5.16, Borrower shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any of its assets to Xxxxxx’x or any of Xxxxxx’x Subsidiaries, (d) after consummation of the Merger, Asset Dispositions by Loan Parties (excluding sales of Inventory and Stock of any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries) if all of the following conditions are met: (i) the market value of assets sold or otherwise disposed of in any single transaction or series of related transactions does not exceed $5,000,000 and the aggregate market value of assets sold or otherwise disposed of in any Fiscal Year does not exceed $15,000,000; (ii) the consideration received is at least equal to the fair market value of such assets; (iii) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the consideration received is cash; (iv) the Net Proceeds are immediately deposited into the Concentration Account; (v) after giving effect to the Asset Disposition, Borrower is in compliance on a pro forma basis to the extent applicable with the covenant set forth in Section 6.10 recomputed for the most recently ended quarter for which information is available and is in compliance with all other terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (vi) no Default then exists or would result from such Asset Disposition, and (e) after consummation of the Merger, Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

6.9 ERISA. No Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall acquire any new ERISA Affiliate that maintains or has an obligation to contribute to a Pension Plan that has either an “accumulated funding deficiency,” as defined in Section 302 of ERISA, or any “unfunded vested benefits,” as defined in Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii) of ERISA in the case of any Pension Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan and in Section 4211 of ERISA in the case of a Multiemployer Plan. Additionally, no Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall: (a) permit or suffer any condition set forth in Section 3.13 to cease to be met and satisfied at any time, other than permitting an ERISA Affiliate acquired after the Closing Date to sponsor a Title IV Plan, a Plan subject to IRC Section 412 or ERISA Section 302, or a Retiree Welfare Plan; (b) terminate any Title IV Plan where such termination could reasonably be anticipated to result in liability to such Loan Party; (c) permit any accumulated funding deficiency, as defined in Section 302(a)(2) of ERISA, to be incurred with respect to any Pension Plan; (d) fail to make any contributions or fail to pay any amounts due and owing as required by the terms of any Plan before such contributions or amounts become delinquent; (e) make a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4201 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan; (f) fail to provide Lender with copies of any Plan documents or governmental reports or filings, if reasonably requested by Lender; (g) fail to make any contribution or pay any amount due as required by IRC Section 412 or Section

302 of ERISA; (h) allow any ERISA Event or event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA to occur with respect to any Title IV Plan; and (i) with respect to all Retiree Welfare Plans, allow the present value of future anticipated expenses to exceed $100,000 (or $1,000,000 after consummation of the Merger).

6.10 Financial Covenant. As of any Fixed Charge Coverage Measurement Date, Borrower shall maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the four Fiscal Quarter period ending on the Fixed Charge Coverage Measurement Date, of not less than 1.0 to 1.0., which covenant shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (and based upon the financial statements delivered hereunder).

6.11 [Intentionally Omitted.]

6.12 Restricted Payments. No Loan Party shall make any Restricted Payment to any Person except that: (a) any Subsidiary of Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Borrower; (b) Borrower may make dividends and distributions in the form of Stock to its Stockholders to the extent permitted by Section 6.5 hereof and in connection with mergers permitted by Section 6.1(a)(iv); (c) Borrower may make (i) regularly scheduled payments of interest to holders of the Convertible Notes, (ii) payments in cash or Stock upon conversion of any of the Convertible Notes pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Convertible Note Indenture and paragraph 9 of the Convertible Notes; (iii) payments in cash on or after February 11, 2009 upon redemption of the Convertible Notes pursuant to Section 3.8 of the Convertible Note Indenture and paragraph 7 of the Convertible Notes, (iv) payments in cash on or after February 11, 2009 upon redemption of the Convertible Notes by Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Convertible Note Indenture and paragraph 6 of the Convertible Notes, provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing both before and after giving effect to any such payment, (v) payment in cash of the aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes upon maturity or upon acceleration, (vi) payment of liquidated damages to the holders of Convertible Notes pursuant to Section 3 of the Registration Rights Agreement, (vii) payments in cash or Stock pursuant to the Convertible Notes Warrant Transaction, (viii) any payments required for registration expenses pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement, and (ix) payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price (as defined in Section 3.9(c) of the Convertible Note Indenture) of any Convertible Notes upon a Change in Control (as defined in Section 3.9(a) of the Convertible Note Indenture) pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Convertible Note Indenture and paragraph 7 of the Convertible Notes; (d) the Loan Parties may make payments of principal of, and interest on, the Intercompany Notes issued in accordance with Section 6.3(j); (e) Acquirer and Xxxxxx’x, as applicable, may make payments of principal of, and interest on, the Acquirer Intercompany Note and the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note issued in accordance with Section 6.3; provided that the outstanding principal balance of the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note may not be less than the amount of the Prior Lender Obligations paid with the proceeds thereof on the Closing Date; (f) Borrower, Acquirer and Xxxxxx’x may make any payments required as a result of the Acquisition as contemplated by the Merger Agreement in connection with any dissenters’ rights, amounts due relating to any option, warrant or other right of Xxxxxx’x shareholders pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Merger Agreement; (g) payments pursuant to any transaction permitted by Section 6.4; (h) payments of royalties to DSGV and Xxxxxx’x

Nevada, Inc. in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice arising out of the use of Trademarks owned by DSGV and Xxxxxx’x Nevada, Inc; and (i) any transaction otherwise permitted by Sections 6.1, 6.2, or 6.8 which constitutes a Restricted Payment

6.13 Hazardous Materials. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Person within its control: (a) to cause or permit a Release of Hazardous Material on, under, in or about any Subject Property which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect; (b) to use, store, generate, treat or dispose of Hazardous Materials in violation of Environmental Laws, except to the extent any failure or failures to so comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (c) to transport any Hazardous Materials to or from any Subject Property in violation of Environmental Laws, except to the extent any failure or failures to so comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

6.14 Sale-Leasebacks. No Loan Party shall enter into any sale-leaseback, synthetic lease or similar transaction involving any of its property or assets except pursuant to a Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

6.15 Cancellation of Indebtedness. No Loan Party shall cancel any claim or Indebtedness owing to it, except for adequate consideration negotiated in an arms length transaction and in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practices.

6.16 [Intentionally Omitted]

6.17 No Speculative Investments. No Loan Party shall engage in any speculative investment or any investment involving commodity options or futures contracts. For purposes of this Section 6.17, neither the Convertible Note Hedge nor the Convertible Note Warrant Transaction shall be deemed to be a speculative investment.

6.18 Margin Regulations. Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Advance or Letter of Credit Obligation to purchase or carry any Margin Stock (other than the Shares) or any equity security of a class which is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

6.19 Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses. No Loan Party shall directly or indirectly, enter into any agreement (other than the Loan Documents and the Merger Agreement), with any Person which prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than in connection with any Indebtedness permitted under clause (c) of Section 6.3 secured by a Lien permitted hereunder on assets of the Loan Parties so long as such prohibition or limitation in any documentation governing or relating to such Indebtedness extends only to such assets securing such Indebtedness.

6.20 Material Contracts. No Loan Party shall cancel or terminate any Material Contract that would adversely affect any Loan Party or the Agent and Lenders. No Loan Party shall waive any default or breach any Material Contract, or amend or otherwise modify any Material Contract or take (or omit to take) any other action in connection with any Material

Contract that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

6.21 Leases. No Loan Party shall (a) renew (by amendment, modification or otherwise) any lease of real property or similar agreements other than renewals of existing leases of real property upon terms that are not less favorable than then current market terms, or (b) enter into any new lease of real property or similar agreements unless such Loan Party has used commercially reasonable best efforts to enter into a Landlord’s Waiver and other documentation deemed appropriate by Agent, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, with the owner of such real property (to the extent Inventory is located or will be located at such property). No Loan Party shall without the prior written consent of Agent amend, supplement or otherwise modify any provision of any Lease in any manner that is adverse to the Agent or the Lenders in any material respect under which the landlord has waived or subordinated any landlord’s lien, right of distraint or other lien or encumbrance upon such Loan Party’s property securing the performance of such Loan Party’s obligations under such Lease.

6.22 Limitations on Modifications of Convertible Notes. Borrower shall not amend, modify or change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification or change to, any of the terms or provisions of the Convertible Note Document, or, in each case, any documents relating thereto (other than any such amendment, modification or change which would only extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof or premium thereon or which would reduce the rate or extend the date for payment of interest thereon). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may amend, modify or change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification or change to, any of the terms or provisions of any Convertible Note Document, or any document relating thereto, unless such amendment, modification or change would have an adverse effect on the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that any amendment, modification or change required by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, shall not be deemed to have an adverse effect on the Lenders.

6.23 Long Form Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, if a Long Form Event has occurred, Borrower shall not make the Xxxxxx’x Loan or execute any documents related thereto, unless the Xxxxxx’x Loan, the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note, the Xxxxxx’x Pledge and any transaction related thereto shall have been approved by a majority of the independent directors of Xxxxxx’x. In the event such director approval shall not be obtained, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any Loan Document, Agent and Lenders agree that (a) the condition precedent set forth in Annex C, Section III(D) is waived, (b) the Prior Lender Obligations shall be permitted under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (c) the Liens in favor of the Prior Lenders securing the Prior Lender Obligations shall be permitted under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, provided however, that so long as any Prior Lender Obligations are outstanding (i) none of Xxxxxx’x assets shall be included for purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base, (ii) none of the Dick’s Loan Parties shall make any intercompany advances or capital contributions to, or incur any Guaranteed Indebtedness on behalf of, or support in any other manner, any of the Xxxxxx’x Loan Parties, (iii) Borrower shall not permit Xxxxxx’x to amend, supplement or otherwise modify the terms of the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement), (iv) Borrower shall not permit the aggregate outstanding amount of the Prior Lender Obligations to exceed at any time the amount that would be

calculated pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Borrowing Base, were the assets of Xxxxxx’x to be included in such calculation, and (v) Borrower shall cause the Prior Lender Obligations to be repaid in full on or prior to consummation of the Merger. Upon repayment of the Prior Lender Obligations, Borrower shall deliver to Agent, copies of a duly executed payoff letter, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by and between the administrative agent for the Prior Lenders party to the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement evidencing repayment in full of all Prior Lender Obligations, together with (a) UCC-3 or other appropriate termination statements, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed by the Prior Lender, if necessary, releasing all Liens of Prior Lender upon any of the property of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries, and (b) termination of all blocked account agreements, bank agency agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements or arrangements in favor of Prior Lender or relating to the Prior Lender Obligations.

7. TERM

7.1 Duration. The financing arrangement contemplated hereby shall be in effect until the Commitment Termination Date. On the Commitment Termination Date, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate and the Revolving Credit Loan and all other Obligations shall immediately become due and payable in full, in cash and Borrower shall make arrangements, as provided in paragraph (c)(ii) of Annex F, for satisfaction of any outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations.

7.2 Survival of Obligations. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Loan Documents, no termination or cancellation (regardless of cause or procedure) of any financing arrangement under this Agreement shall in any way affect or impair the Obligations, duties, indemnities, and liabilities of any Loan Party, or the rights of Agent or any Lender relating to any Obligations, due or not due, liquidated, contingent or unliquidated or any transaction or event occurring prior to such termination, or any transaction or event, the performance of which is not required until after the Commitment Termination Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any other Loan Document, all undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations of or binding upon any Loan Party, and all rights of Agent and each Lender, all as contained in the Loan Documents shall not terminate or expire, but rather shall survive such termination or cancellation and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date.

8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

8.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events (regardless of the reason therefor) shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:

(a) Borrower (i) fails to make any payment of principal of Revolving Credit Loan when due, or to repay the Revolving Credit Loan to reduce its balance to the maximum amount of Revolving Loans then permitted to be outstanding or to reimburse any issuer of a Letter of Credit for any payment made by such issuer of a Letter of Credit under or in respect of any Letter of Credit when due, or (ii) fails to pay, within three (3) days after the due date, any interest on the Revolving Credit Loan or any other amount due under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

(b) Borrower shall fail or neglect to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Section 1.7, Section 4.1, Section 5.2 (solely insofar as such Section requires and the Loan Parties fail to pay Claims for sales and use taxes and payroll withholding taxes in accordance with the terms of such Section in an aggregate amount in excess of $500,000), Section 5.5, Section 5.11, Section 5.15, Section 5.16 or Section 6, including any of the provisions set forth in Annex B or Annex E.

(c) Any Loan Party shall fail or neglect to perform, keep or observe any term or provision of this Agreement (other than any such term or provision referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above) or of any of the other Loan Documents, and the same shall remain unremedied for a period ending on the first to occur of twenty (20) days after Borrower shall receive written notice of any such failure from Agent or any Lender or twenty (20) days after any Loan Party shall become aware thereof.

(d) A default shall occur under any other agreement, document or instrument to which any Loan Party is a party or by which any such Loan Party or its property is bound, and such default (i) involves the failure to make any payment (after expiration of any applicable grace period), whether of principal, interest or otherwise, due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness of such Loan Party in an aggregate amount exceeding $500,000 (or $5,000,000 after consummation of the Merger) or (ii) causes (or permits any holder of such Indebtedness or a trustee to cause) such Indebtedness, or a portion thereof in an aggregate amount exceeding $500,000 (or $5,000,000 after consummation of the Merger), to become due prior to its stated maturity or prior to its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

(e) Any information contained in any Borrowing Base Certificate is untrue or incorrect in any respect, or any representation or warranty herein or in any Loan Document or in any written statement, report, financial statement or certificate (other than a Borrowing Base Certificate) made or delivered to Agent or any Lender by any Loan Party is untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made (including those made or deemed made pursuant to Section 2.2).

(f) Any of the assets of any Loan Party having a value of greater than $250,000 (or $2,500,000 after consummation of the Merger), in the aggregate shall be attached, seized, levied upon or subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or come within the possession of any receiver, trustee, custodian or assignee for the benefit of creditors of such Loan Party and shall remain unstayed or undismissed for thirty (30) consecutive days; or any Person other than a Loan Party shall apply for the appointment of a receiver, trustee or custodian for any Loan Party’s assets and shall remain unstayed or undismissed for thirty (30) consecutive days; or any Loan Party shall have concealed, removed or permitted to be concealed or removed, any part of its property, with intent to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors or any of them or made or suffered a transfer of any of its property or the incurring of an obligation which may be fraudulent under any bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance or other similar law.

(g) A case or proceeding shall have been commenced against any Loan Party in a court having competent jurisdiction seeking a decree or order (i) under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable federal, state or

foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii) appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of such Loan Party or of any substantial part of its properties, or (iii) ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of such Loan Party and such case or proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for thirty (30) consecutive days or such court shall enter a decree or order granting the relief sought in such case or proceeding.

(h) Any Loan Party shall (i) file a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of proceedings thereunder or to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of such Loan Party or of any substantial part of such Loan Party’s properties, (iii) fail generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or (iv) take any corporate action in furtherance of any such action.

(i) Final judgment or judgments (after the expiration of all times to appeal therefrom) for the payment of money in excess of $250,000 (or $2,500,000 after consummation of the Merger) in the aggregate, shall be rendered against any Loan Party, unless the same shall be vacated, stayed, bonded, paid or discharged within a period of twenty (20) days from the date of such judgment.

(j) Any material provision of any Loan Document shall for any reason cease to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms or any Loan Party or other Person shall so state in writing; or any Lien created under any Collateral Document shall cease to be a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral having the priority in such Collateral contemplated hereby.

(k) There shall occur a Change of Control.

(l) There shall occur any default or event of default under any Convertible Note Document.

(m) An event or condition specified in Section 6.9 hereof shall occur or exist with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan and, as a result of such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate shall incur or in the opinion of Required Lenders shall be reasonably likely to incur a liability to a Plan, a Multiemployer Plan or PBGC (or any combination of the foregoing) in excess of $250,000 (or $1,000,000 after consummation of the Merger) in the aggregate.

8.2 Remedies. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the rate of interest applicable to the Revolving Credit Loan and the other Obligations and the rate used in the calculation of Letter of Credit Fees may, in the Required Lenders’ discretion, by giving notice to Borrower of their intention to do so, be increased as of the date of such notice as provided in Section 1.4(c). If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing Agent shall upon request of Required Lenders, or may with the consent of Required Lenders, without notice, take any one or more of the following actions: (a) terminate the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment whereupon Lenders’ obligation to make further Revolving Credit Advances

and to incur additional Letter of Credit Obligations shall terminate; or (b) require that all Letter of Credit Obligations be satisfied as provided in paragraph (c) of Annex F and declare all or any portion of the Obligations to be forthwith due and payable whereupon such Obligations shall become and be due and payable; or (c) exercise any rights and remedies provided to Agent or Lenders under the Loan Documents and/or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the Code; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1 (g) or (h), the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment shall immediately terminate, the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable, all Letter of Credit Obligations shall be fully satisfied as provided in paragraph (c) of Annex F, and the rate of interest applicable to all Obligations and the rate used in the calculation of Letter of Credit Fees shall be increased as provided in Section 1.4(c), in each case, automatically without declaration, notice or demand by any Person.

8.3 Waivers by Borrower. Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and applicable law to the full extent permitted by applicable law Borrower waives (a) presentment, demand and protest and notice of presentment, dishonor, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all Loan Documents, notes, commercial paper, accounts, contract rights, documents, instruments, chattel paper and guaranties at any time held by Agent or any Lender on which Borrower may in any way be liable, and Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Agent or any Lender may do in this regard, (b) all rights to notice and a hearing prior to Agent’s or Lenders’ taking possession or control of, or to Agent’s or Lenders’ replevy, attachment or levy upon, the Collateral or any bond or security which might be required by any court prior to allowing Agent or Lenders to exercise any of their remedies, and (c) the benefit of any right of redemption and all valuation, appraisal and exemption laws. Borrower acknowledges that it has been advised by counsel of its choice with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

9. AGENT

9.1 Appointment, Powers and Immunities. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes GE Capital to act as its agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents with such powers as are specifically delegated to Agent by the terms of this Agreement and of the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent (which term as used in this sentence and in Section 9.5 and the first sentence of Section 9.6 hereof shall include reference to its affiliates (including GECMG) and its own and its affiliates’ officers, directors, employees and agents): (a) shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents, and shall not by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document be a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender; (b) shall not be responsible to Lenders for any Recitals, statements, representations or warranties contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by any of them under, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or for any failure by any Loan Party or any other Person to perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder; and (c) shall not be responsible to Lenders for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other Loan

Document or under any other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or therein or in connection herewith or therewith, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith. Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Revolving Credit Note as the holder thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a notice of the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been filed with Agent.

9.2 Reliance by Agent. Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any certification, notice or other communication (including any thereof by telephone, telecopy, telex, telegram or cable) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by Agent. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder or thereunder in accordance with instructions given by Required Lenders or all of Lenders as is required in such circumstance, and such instructions of such Lenders and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all Lenders.

9.3 Defaults. Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of a Default (other than the non-payment of principal of or interest on Revolving Credit Advances or of Fees) unless Agent has received notice from a Lender or Borrower specifying such Default and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”. In the event that Agent receives such a notice of the occurrence of a Default, Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to Lenders (and shall give each Lender prompt notice of each such non-payment). Agent shall (subject to Section 9.7) take such action with respect to such Default as shall be directed by Required Lenders or, provided that, unless and until Agent shall have received such directions, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interest of Lenders except to the extent that this Agreement expressly requires that such action be taken, or not be taken, only with the consent or upon the authorization of Required Lenders or all Lenders as is required in such circumstance.

9.4 Rights as a Lender. With respect to its Revolving Credit Commitment and the Revolving Credit Advances made by it, GE Capital (and any successor acting as Agent) in the event it shall become a Lender hereunder shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not acting as Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include Agent in its individual capacity. GE Capital (and any successor acting as Agent) and its affiliates may (without having to account therefor to any Lender) lend money to, make investments in and generally engage in any kind of business with the Loan Parties (and any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates) as if it were not acting as Agent, and GE Capital and its affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from the Loan Parties for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.

9.5 Indemnification. Lenders agree to indemnify Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by Borrower hereunder and without limiting the obligations of Borrower hereunder) ratably in

accordance with their Proportionate Shares, for any and all Claims of any kind and nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Agent (including by any Lender) arising out of or by reason of any investigation in or in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the costs and expenses that Borrower is obligated to pay hereunder) or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or thereof or of any such other documents, provided that no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

9.6 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it has, independently and without reliance on Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of the Loan Parties and decision to enter into this Agreement and that it will, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own analysis and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Agent shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by any Loan Party of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or to inspect the properties or books of any Loan Party. Agent will use reasonable efforts to provide Lenders with any information received by Agent from Borrower which is required to be provided to Lenders hereunder, with any notice of a Default received by Agent from Borrower and with any notice of a Default delivered by Agent to Borrower; provided, however, that Agent shall not be liable to any Lender for any failure to do so, except to the extent that such failure is attributable to Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Agent hereunder, Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any other credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their affiliates) that may come into the possession of Agent or any of its affiliates.

9.7 Failure to Act. Except for action expressly required of Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder and thereunder unless it shall receive further assurances to its satisfaction from Lenders of their indemnification obligations under Section 9.5 hereof against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.

9.8 Resignation of Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower. Upon any such resignation Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent and, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by Required Lenders, so consented to by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of Lenders and, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or

delayed), appoint a successor Agent, that shall be a financial institution with a combined capital and surplus or net worth of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent.

9.9 Consents under Loan Documents. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.1 with respect to this Agreement, Agent may, with the prior consent of Required Lenders (but not otherwise), consent to any modification, supplement or waiver under any of the Loan Documents, provided that, without the prior consent of each Lender, Agent shall not (except as provided herein or in the Collateral Documents) release any Collateral or otherwise terminate any Lien under any Collateral Document, or agree to additional obligations being secured by such Collateral, except that no such consent shall be required, and Agent is hereby authorized and instructed, to release any Lien covering Collateral (i) which is the subject of a disposition permitted hereunder, (ii) which is subject to a Lien permitted under Section 6.7 which secures Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.3, (iii) to which Required Lenders have consented (except as otherwise provided in Section 11.1) or (iv) the value of which does not exceed $5,000,000 in any Fiscal Year.

9.10 Collateral Matters.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lender or any other Person to investigate, confirm or assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Loan Party (provided Agent agrees with Lenders to conduct at least one collateral audit in each Fiscal Year) or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that any particular items of Collateral meet the eligibility criteria applicable in respect of the Borrowing Base, or whether any particular reserves are appropriate, or that the Liens granted to Agent herein or pursuant hereto have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its discretion, given Agent’s own interest in the Collateral as a Lender and that Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to any other Lender, other than liability for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting Lenders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Code can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other than Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof and, promptly upon Agent’s request therefor, shall deliver such Collateral to Agent or in accordance with Agent’s instructions.

9.11 Co-Documentation Agents, Syndication Agent and Lead Arranger. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Citizen’s Bank of Pennsylvania, in its capacity as co-documentation agent, National City Business Credit, Inc., in its capacity as co-documentation agent, Fleet Retail Group, Inc., in its capacity as syndication agent, and GECMG, in its capacity as lead arranger, shall have no duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Document nor any fiduciary duty with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against such co-documentation agents, syndication agent and lead arranger and in such capacities.

10. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

10.1 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of Borrower, Agent, Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, except as otherwise provided herein or therein. Borrower may not assign, delegate, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey its rights, benefits, obligations or duties hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents without the prior express written consent of Agent and all Lenders. Any such purported assignment, transfer, hypothecation or other conveyance by Borrower without such prior express written consent shall be void. The terms and provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are for the purpose of defining the relative rights and obligations of Borrower, Agent and Lenders with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and there shall be no third party beneficiaries of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

10.2 Assignments and Participations. (a) Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its commercial banking or finance business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions (“Participants”) participating interests in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including all or a part of its Revolving Credit Advances, its Letter of Credit Obligations, its Revolving Credit Commitment and its Revolving Credit Note). In the event of any such sale by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such obligations for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and Borrower and Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Borrower agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement are due or unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement, provided that, in purchasing such participating interest, such Participant shall be deemed to have agreed to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof as provided in Section 1.12(b) as fully as if it were a Lender hereunder. Borrower also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 1.17, 1.19 and 1.20 with respect to its participation in the Revolving Credit Commitments and the Revolving Credit Loan outstanding from time to time as if it was a Lender; provided that, in the case of Section 1.17, such

Participant shall have complied with the requirements of said Section; and provided, further, that no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any such Section than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no such transfer occurred. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender shall grant any participation under which the Participant shall have rights to approve any amendment to or waiver of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except to the extent such amendment or waiver would (i) extend the final maturity date for payment of any of the Obligations in which such Participant is participating; (ii) reduce the interest rate or the amount of principal or Fees applicable to the Revolving Credit Advances in which such Participant is participating; or (iii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral, except as expressly provided herein. In those cases in which a Lender grants rights to its Participants to approve any amendment to or waiver of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents respecting the matters described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii), the relevant participation agreements shall provide for a voting mechanism whereby a majority of the amount of the participating Lender’s portion of the Obligations (irrespective of whether held by such Lender or such Participant) shall control the vote for all of such Lender’s portion of the Revolving Credit Loan.

(b) Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its commercial banking business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time and from time to time assign to any Lender or any affiliate thereof or, with the consent of Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), to an additional bank or financial institution (an “Assignee”) all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, executed by such Assignee, such assigning Lender (and, in the case of an Assignee that is not then a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, by Agent) and delivered to Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register, provided that (i) in the case of any such assignment to an additional bank or financial institution, any such partial assignment shall be in multiples of at least $5,000,000; (ii) the assigning Lender shall either have assigned all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or retained at least $5,000,000 of the Revolving Credit Commitment; (iii) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the assignment shall cover the same percentage of the assigning Lender’s Revolving Credit Advances, Revolving Credit Commitment and Letter of Credit Obligations; (iv) the Assignee shall be a financial institution (including a finance Subsidiary of a Person that is not a financial institution) or an institutional investor including any insurance company, pension fund or mutual fund which has an investment grade long term unsecured debt rating; and (v) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, any such assignment shall require the consent of Borrower, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, (A) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with a Revolving Credit Commitment as set forth therein, and (B) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).

(c) Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain at the address of Agent referred to in Section 11.9 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Revolving Credit Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Advances owing to, each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and Borrower, Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Revolving Credit Advance or other Obligation hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee (and, in the case of an Assignee that is not then a Lender or an affiliate thereof, by Agent) together with payment to Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500, Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and Borrower. On or prior to such effective date, Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to Agent (in exchange for the Revolving Credit Note of the assigning Lender) a new Revolving Credit Note to the order of such Assignee in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning Lender has retained a Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder, a new Revolving Credit Note to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new Revolving Credit Notes shall be dated the Closing Date and shall otherwise be in the form of the Revolving Credit Note replaced thereby. The Revolving Credit Notes surrendered to Agent shall be returned by Agent to Borrower marked “cancelled”.

(e) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the provisions of this Section concerning assignments of Revolving Credit Advances and Revolving Credit Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including any pledge or assignment by a Lender of any Revolving Credit Advance or Revolving Credit Note to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with applicable law.

(f) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.2 no Lender shall, as between Borrower and that Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of participation in, all or any part of Revolving Credit Advances or other Obligations owed to such Lender. Any Lender permitted to sell assignments and participations under this Section 10.2 may furnish any information concerning Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates in the possession of that Lender from time to time to Assignees and Participants (including, subject to Section 10.2(g), prospective Assignees and Participants).

(g) Borrower shall assist any Lender permitted to sell assignments or participations under this Section 10.2 in whatever manner reasonably necessary in order to enable or effect any such assignment or participation, including (but not limited to) the execution

and delivery of any and all agreements, notes and other documents and instruments as shall be requested and the delivery of informational materials, appraisals or other documents for, and the participation of relevant management in meetings and conference calls with, potential Assignees or Participants. Borrower shall certify the correctness, completeness and accuracy of all descriptions of Borrower and its affairs provided, prepared or reviewed by Borrower that are contained in any selling materials and all other information provided by it and included in such materials. No information shall be provided to any potential Assignee or Participant unless such potential Assignee or Participant has agreed in writing to use reasonable good faith efforts to maintain such information as confidential on the same basis as such Person maintains its own proprietary information which it desires not to disseminate.

11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.1 Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the complete agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements, commitments, understandings or inducements (oral or written, expressed or implied). Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any terms hereof or thereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated unless such change, waiver, discharge or termination is in writing signed by Required Lenders; provided that no such change, waiver, discharge or termination shall, without the consent of each affected Lender and Agent, (a) extend the Commitment Termination Date, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates) thereon or fees or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of any Default shall not constitute a change in the terms of any Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender), (b) release all or substantially all of the Collateral (except as expressly permitted by the Loan Documents), (c) amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 11.1, or Section 1.9, 1.12 or 9.5, (d) reduce any percentage specified in, or otherwise modify, the definition of Required Lenders, (e) consent to the assignment or transfer by Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, (f) increase the advance rate above those for Eligible Inventory set forth in the definition of Borrowing Base (other than the increases specifically provided for in such definition) or that make less restrictive the nondiscretionary criteria for exclusion set forth in the definition of Eligible Inventory, or (g) increase the amount of the Maximum Overadvance. No provision of Section 9 may be amended without the prior written consent of Agent. For avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that no Lender will be required to participate in a debtor-in-possession financing without such Lender’s consent. The foregoing is in no way meant to limit any Lender’s obligation to make extensions of credit to Borrower (or its debtor-in-possession successor) pursuant to a cash collateral order or stipulation to the extent otherwise required by the terms of this Agreement.

11.2 Fees and Expenses.

(a) Borrower shall pay on demand all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, approval, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment, waiver and enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of the Loan

Documents, and commitments relating thereto, and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the fulfillment or attempted fulfillment of conditions precedent hereunder, including: (i) any amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any of the Loan Documents or advice in connection with the administration of the advances made pursuant hereto or its rights hereunder or thereunder; (ii) any litigation, arbitration, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action (whether instituted by Agent, any Lender, Borrower or any other Person) in any way relating to the Collateral, any of the Loan Documents or any other agreements to be executed or delivered in connection therewith or herewith, whether as party, witness, or otherwise, including any litigation, arbitration, contest, dispute, suit, case, proceeding or action, and any appeal or review thereof, in connection with a case commenced (A) in good faith by or against Borrower or any other Person that may be obligated to Agent and Lenders by virtue of the Loan Documents, or (B) under title 7 or 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or similar insolvency law, provided, that Borrower shall not be required to pay any out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Agent in any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action resulting solely from Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; (iii) any attempt to enforce any rights of Agent or Lenders against any Loan Party or any other Person that may be obligated to Agent or Lenders by virtue of any of the Loan Documents; (iv) any Default; or (v) subject to Section 5.15, any effort to (A) monitor the Revolving Credit Loan and the Loan Documents, (B) evaluate, observe, assess Borrower or its affairs, or (C) verify, protect, evaluate, assess, appraise, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of the Collateral.

(b) In addition, Borrower shall pay on demand all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of Agent and each Lender in connection with any Event of Default and any enforcement or collection proceedings resulting therefrom or any amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any of the Loan Documents in connection with any Event of Default; provided that fees and expenses of counsel for Lenders shall be limited to counsel for all Lenders as a class and not separate counsel for each Lender.

(c) Without limiting the generality of clauses (a) and (b) above (but subject to the proviso to clause (b) above), Borrower’s obligation to reimburse Agent and/or any Lender for out-of-pocket costs and expenses shall include the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel (and local, foreign or special counsel, advisors, consultants and auditors retained by such counsel), as well as the reasonable fees and expenses of accountants, environmental advisors, appraisers, investment bankers, management and other consultants and paralegals; court costs and expenses; photocopying and duplicating expenses; court reporter fees, costs and expenses; long distance telephone charges; air express charges; telegram charges; secretarial overtime charges; expenses for travel, lodging and food; and all other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of every type and nature paid or incurred in connection with the performance of such legal or other advisory services (including field examination fee’s of $800 per Person per diem plus actual out-of-pocket expenses with respect to GE Capital personnel).

11.3 No Waiver. No failure on the part of Agent or Lenders, at any time or times, to require strict performance by any Loan Party, of any provision of this Agreement and any of the

other Loan Documents shall waive, affect or diminish any right of Agent or Lenders thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance therewith. Any suspension or waiver of a Default shall not suspend, waive or affect any other Default whether the same is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of the same or of a different type. None of the undertakings, agreements, warranties, covenants and representations of any Loan Party contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and no Default by any Loan Party shall be deemed to have been suspended or waived by Lenders, unless such waiver or suspension is by an instrument in writing signed by an officer of or other authorized employee of Agent and Required Lenders or all of Lenders if required hereunder and directed to Borrower specifying such suspension or waiver.

11.4 Remedies. The rights and remedies of Agent and Lenders under this Agreement shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any other rights and remedies which Agent or any Lender may have under any other agreement, including the Loan Documents, by operation of law or otherwise. Recourse to the Collateral shall not be required.

11.5 Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

11.6 Conflict of Terms. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by specific reference to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, if any provision contained in this Agreement is in conflict with, or inconsistent with, any provision in any of the other Loan Documents, the provisions contained in this Agreement shall govern and control.

11.7 Right of Setoff. Subject to Section 1.1(g), upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to setoff and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of Borrower against any and all of the Obligations now or hereafter existing irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Agent and Borrower after any such setoff and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to the other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

11.8 Authorized Signature. Until Agent shall be notified by Borrower to the contrary, the signature upon any document or instrument delivered pursuant hereto and reasonably believed by Agent or any of Agent’s officers, agents, or employees to be that of an officer or duly authorized representative of Borrower listed in Schedule 11.8 shall bind Borrower and be deemed to be the act of Borrower affixed pursuant to and in accordance with resolutions duly adopted by Borrower’s Board of Directors, and Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to assume the authority of each signature and authority of the Person whose signature it is or

reasonably appears to be unless the Person acting in reliance on such signature shall have actual knowledge of the fact that such signature is false or the Person whose signature or purported signature is presented is without authority.

11.9 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon either of the parties by the other party, or whenever either of the parties desires to give or serve upon the other party any communication with respect to this Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given or delivered (a) upon the earlier of actual receipt and three (3) days after deposit in the United States Mail, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid, (b) upon transmission, when sent by telecopy or other similar facsimile transmission (with such telecopy or facsimile promptly confirmed by delivery of a copy by personal delivery or United States Mail as otherwise provided in this Section 11.9, (c) one Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier with all charges prepaid or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by messenger, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be notified and sent to the address or facsimile number indicated below (or with respect to Lenders as indicated on Appendix I hereto) or to such other address (or facsimile number) as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing by the party entitled to receive such notice. Failure or delay in delivering copies of any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication to any Person (other than Borrower, Agent or any Lender) designated below to receive copies shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication.

(e)

If to Agent, as a Lender or as Agent, at:


		General Electric Capital Corporation 000 Xxxxxxx 0 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Dick’s Sporting Goods Account Manager – Commercial Finance Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
		With copies to: General Electric Capital Corporation 000 Xxxxxxx 0 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Commercial Finance- Legal Department Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
		and

		Paul, Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP


		0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx- 00xx Xxxxx
		Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
		Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
		Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000

(b)

If to Borrower, at:


		Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
		000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
		XXXX Xxxx Xxxx
		Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
		Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
		Chief Financial Officer
		Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000

		With a copy to:

		Xxxxxxxx Ingersoll, PC
		One Oxford Centre
		000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
		Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq. and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
		Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000

11.10 Section Titles. The Section titles and Table of Contents contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.

11.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall, collectively and separately, constitute one agreement.

11.12 Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.

11.13 GOVERNING LAW. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BORROWER HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN

NEW YORK CITY SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, PROVIDED, THAT AGENT, LENDERS AND BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY AND, PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE AGENT OR ANY LENDER FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO COLLECT THE OBLIGATIONS, TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF AGENT OR ANY LENDER. BORROWER EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH BORROWER MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS. BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO BORROWER AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 11.9 OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF BORROWER’S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE (3) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE U.S. MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID AND RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL, PURSUANT TO NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW 5-1401, FOR ALL PURPOSES BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

11.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

11.15 Publicity. Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Affiliates to, disclose the name of Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates or refer to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any press release or other public disclosure or in any prospectus,

Proxy statement or other materials filed with any Governmental Authority (including the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)) without Agent’s or such Lender’s prior written consent unless Borrower or any of its Affiliates is required to do so under applicable (including the rules and regulations of the SEC and any applicable exchange or quotation system), and then, in any event, Borrower or such Affiliate will consult with Agent or such Lender prior to such disclosure, provided however, that no such consultation nor consent shall be required where (i) any Loan Party files any Loan Document as an exhibit to any SEC or other applicable exchange filing and/or (ii) any Loan Party makes reference or refers to a Loan Document and/or any term or provision of a Loan Document in any SEC or applicable exchange filing without making reference to the actual name of Agent or any Lender (including any disclosure required by a Loan Party’s financial statements, such party’s management discussion and analysis or any description of indebtedness or contractual obligations). Borrower and each Lender consent to Agent publishing a tombstone or similar advertising material relating to the financing transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Agent and each Lender consent to Borrower’s orally disclosing to its vendors, landlords and prospective landlords the name of Agent and each Lender, the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment and the Commitment Termination Date. Any written materials of any type disclosing any information of the type referred to herein, other than as set forth above, shall require the written approval of Agent prior to being disseminated to any Person.

11.16 Confidentiality. Agent and each Lender agree to use commercially reasonable efforts (equivalent to the efforts Agent or such Lender applies to maintaining the confidentiality of its own confidential information) to maintain as confidential all confidential information provided to them by the Loan Parties and designated as confidential for a period of 2 years following receipt thereof, except that Agent and any Lender may disclose such information (a) to Persons employed or engaged by Agent or such Lender; (b) to any bona fide assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant that has agreed to comply with the covenant contained in this Section 11.16 (and any such bona fide assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant may disclose such information to Persons employed or engaged by them as described in clause (a) above); (c) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or reasonably believed by Agent or such Lender to be compelled by any court decree, subpoena or legal or administrative order or process; (d) as, on the advice of Agent’s or such Lender’s counsel, is required by law, including, without limitation, in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy under the Loan Documents or in connection with any litigation to which Agent or such Lender is a party; or (f) that ceases to be confidential through no fault of Agent or any Lender.

11.17 Dating. Although this Agreement is dated as of the date first written above for convenience, the actual dates of execution hereof by the parties hereto are respectively the dates set forth under the signatures hereto, and this Agreement shall be effective on the latest of such dates.

11.18 Subordination.

(a) Each Loan Party executing this Agreement covenants and agrees that the payment of all indebtedness, principal, interest (including interest which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding in bankruptcy, or for the reorganization of any Loan

Party), fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and any other sum, obligation or liability owing by any other Loan Party to such Loan Party, including any intercompany trade payables or royalty or licensing fees (collectively, the “Intercompany Obligations”), is subordinated, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Section 11.18, to the prior payment in full of all Obligations (herein, the “Senior Obligations”) and that the subordination is for the benefit of the Agent and Lenders, and Agent may enforce such provisions directly.

(b) Each Loan Party executing this Agreement hereby (i) authorizes Agent to demand specific performance of the terms of this Section 11.18, whether or not any other Loan Party shall have complied with any of the provisions hereof applicable to it, at any time when such Loan Party shall have failed to comply with any provisions of this Section 11.18 which are applicable to it and (ii) irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law, which might be asserted as a bar to such remedy of specific performance.

(c) Upon any distribution of assets of any Loan Party in any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise):

(i) The Agent and Lenders shall first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of the Senior Obligations before any Loan Party is entitled to receive any payment on account of the Intercompany Obligations.

(ii) Any payment or distribution of assets of any Loan Party of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which any other Loan Party would be entitled except for the provisions of this Section 11.18(c), shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution directly to the Agent, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Obligations remaining unpaid after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution or provisions therefore to the Agent and Lenders.

(iii) In the event that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.18(c), any payment or distribution of assets of any Loan Party of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall be received by any other Loan Party on account of the Intercompany Obligations before all Senior Obligations are paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be received and held in trust for and shall be paid over to the Agent for application to the payment of the Senior Obligations until all of the Senior Obligations shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution or provision therefore to the Agent and Lenders.

(d) No right of the Agent and Lenders or any other present or future holders of any Senior Obligations to enforce the subordination provisions herein shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Loan Party or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by any Loan Party with the terms hereof, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first written above.


BORROWER DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC.
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Senior Vice President


AGENT GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Agent
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
	Title:	Duly Authorized Signatory


LENDERS GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
	Title:	Duly Authorized Signatory


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Vice President


FLEET RETAIL GROUP, INC.
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Managing Director


NATIONAL CITY BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.

By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title:	Managing Director


WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Director


CITIZEN’S BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA
By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Beer
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Beer
	Title:	Vice President


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title:	Vice President

The following Persons are signatories to this Agreement in their capacity as Loan Parties and not as Borrower.


LOAN PARTIES DIAMONDBACKS ACQUISITION INC.
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title:	Secretary


AMERICAN SPORTS LICENSING, INC.
By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Treasurer


DSG OF VIRGINIA, LLC
By:	/s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
	Title:	Secretary

APPENDIX 1

APPENDIX 1

Revolving Credit Commitments
and Lender Information


	Revolving Credit		Proportionate Share of
Lender	Commitment		Commitment
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION	$	85,000,000		24.28	%
000 Xxxxxxx 0 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Dick’s Sporting Goods Account Manager Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
FLEET RETAIL GROUP, INC.	$	65,000,000		18.57	%
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxx Xxxx Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
CITIZEN’S BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA	$	45,000,000		12.86	%
Xxx XXX Xxxxx Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxx Xxxx Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
NATIONAL CITY BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.	$	45,000,000		12.86	%
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
WACHOVIA BANK,	$	40,000,000		11.43	%


	Revolving Credit		Proportionate Share of
Lender	Commitment		Commitment
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
XX0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
PNC BANK, NATIONAL	$	35,000,000		10.00	%
ASSOCIATION
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
JPMORGAN CHASE	$	35,000,000		10.00	%
BANK
XX Xxxxxx Business Credit
Corp.
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, XX-0
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000

	$	350,000,000		100.00	%

ANNEX A
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have (unless otherwise provided elsewhere in this Agreement) the following respective meanings when used in this Agreement.

“Account Debtor” shall mean any Person who may become obligated to any Loan Party under, with respect to, or on account of, an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangibles (including a payment intangible).

“Accounts” shall mean all “accounts,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, including (a) all accounts receivable, other receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations (other than forms of obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper, or Instruments), (including any such obligations that may be characterized as an account or contract right under the Code), (b) all of each Loan Party’s rights in, to and under all purchase orders or receipts for goods or services, (c) all of each Loan Party’s rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers’ rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (d) all rights to payment due to any Loan Party for property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, for energy provided or to be provided, for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, arising out of the use of a credit card or charge card, or for services rendered or to be rendered by such Loan Party or in connection with any other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such Loan Party), (e) all health care insurance receivables and (f) all collateral security of any kind, given by any Account Debtor or any other Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Acquirer” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to the Agreement.

“Acquirer Intercompany Note” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to the Agreement.

“Acquirer Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to the Agreement.

“Acquisition” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to the Agreement.

“Activation Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Annex B to the Agreement.

“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) each Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or Controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, ten percent (10%) or more of the Stock having ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person, (b) each Person that Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person or (c) each of such Person’s officers, directors, joint venturers and partners.

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“Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean $350,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 1.2(c).

“Agreement” shall mean this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to which this Annex A is attached and of which it forms a part including all Annexes, Schedules, and Exhibits attached or otherwise identified thereto, restatements and modifications and supplements hereto and any appendices, attachments, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall refer to this Agreement as the same may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative, provided, however that any reference to the Schedules to this Agreement shall be deemed a reference to the Schedules as in effect on the Closing Date, in a written amendment thereto executed by Borrower, Agent and the Required Lenders, or as supplemented by the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 5.8.

“Annual Operating Plan” shall mean the annual operating plan and related projections required to be delivered under paragraph 6 of Annex D.

“AOP Trigger Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Annex D.

“Applicable Margin” shall mean (a) for the period from the Closing Date until and including October 31, 2004, the applicable percentage rate per annum set forth below corresponding to Level I, and (b) following October 31, 2004, the applicable percentage rate per annum set forth below corresponding to the relevant Average Availability level set forth below.


	Average Availability for							Applicable
	Previous Three Calendar	LIBOR			Index Rate			Unused Line
Levels	Months	Loans			Loans			Fee Margin
Level I	Greater than or equal to $120,000,000		1.25	%		0.00	%		0.25	%
Level II	Greater than or equal to $70,000,000 and less than $120,000,000		1.50	%		0.00	%		0.25	%
Level III	Less than $70,000,000		1.75	%		0.00	%		0.375	%

For purposes of this definition, (a) Average Availability will be computed for each three calendar month period ending on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31, commencing with the three calendar month period ending October 31, 2004, on the last day of each three calendar month period and (b) any failure to timely deliver any Borrowing Base Certificate required pursuant to Annex D shall result in the application of the highest Applicable Margin set forth above until such certificates are duly delivered. Changes in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Average Availability level shall become effective one Business

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Day after the Agent makes a determination of a change therein (such determination to be notified to the Borrower in writing on such Business Day).

“Applicable Unused Line Fee Margin” shall mean the per annum fee, from time to time in effect, payable in respect of Borrower’s non-use of committed funds pursuant to Section 1.6(a), which fee is determined by reference to the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

“ASL” shall mean American Sports Licensing, Inc., f/k/a Dick’s Asset Management Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower.

“Asset Disposition” shall mean the disposition whether by sale, lease, transfer, loss, damage, destruction, casualty, condemnation or otherwise of any or all of the assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business.

“Assignee” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.2(b).

“Availability” shall mean, at any time, the amount by which the Borrowing Base, less the Letter of Credit Obligations, exceeds the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan.

“Average Availability” shall mean, for any period of calculation, an amount equal to the average daily balances of Availability for such period, in each case as determined by Agent in good faith.

“Blocked Account” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Annex B.

“Borrower” shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Borrower Security Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, attached hereto as Exhibit D-1, made by Borrower and in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders.

“Borrowing Availability” shall mean, at any time, the lesser at such time of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment and (b) the Borrowing Base, in each case, less the Letter of Credit Obligations.

“Borrowing Base” shall mean, as of any date of determination by Agent, from time to time,

(a) prior to consummation of the Merger, an amount equal to the sum at such time of:

(i) the lesser of (A) seventy percent (70%) (80% from October 1, 2004 through November 30, 2004) of Borrower’s Eligible Inventory on a cost basis, or (B) eighty-five percent (85%) (95% from October 1, 2004 through November 30, 2004) of Borrower’s Eligible Inventory net realizable liquidation valuation, as determined by an appraisal acceptable to Agent, and

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(ii) the least of (A) the amount at such time outstanding on the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note, (B) the amount of the Prior Lender Obligations that was refinanced on the Closing Date with the proceeds of the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note, (C) seventy percent (70%) of Xxxxxx’x Eligible Inventory on a cost basis, or (D) eighty-five percent (85%) of Xxxxxx’x Eligible Inventory net realizable liquidation valuation, as determined by an appraisal acceptable to Agent (such least amount is referred to herein as the “Xxxxxx’x Availability”), provided that, if the Merger has not been consummated (i) within 100 days of the Closing Date, Xxxxxx’x Availability shall be reduced to fifty percent (50%) of the amount that would otherwise be calculated pursuant to this clause (a)(ii), (ii) within 130 days of the Closing Date, Xxxxxx’x Availability shall be reduced to thirty seven and one-half of one percent (37.5%) of the amount that would otherwise be calculated pursuant to this clause (a)(ii), (iii) within 160 days of the Closing Date, Xxxxxx’x Availability shall be reduced to twenty five percent (25%) of the amount that would otherwise be calculated pursuant to this clause (a)(ii), (iv) within 190 days of the Closing Date, Xxxxxx’x Availability shall be reduced to twelve and one-half of one percent (12.5%) of the amount that would otherwise be calculated pursuant to this clause (a)(ii), and (v) within 220 days of the Closing Date, Xxxxxx’x Availability shall be reduced to zero ($0),

(b) following consummation of the Merger, an amount equal to the sum at such time of:

(i) the lesser of (A) seventy percent (70%) of Borrower’s Eligible Inventory on a cost basis, or (B) eighty-five percent (85%) of Borrower’s Eligible Inventory net realizable liquidation valuation, as determined by an appraisal acceptable to Agent, and

(ii) the lesser of (A) seventy percent (70%) of Xxxxxx’x Eligible Inventory on a cost basis, or (B) eighty-five percent (85%) of Xxxxxx’x Eligible Inventory net realizable liquidation valuation, as determined by an appraisal acceptable to Agent,

minus in the case of (a) and (b) above (1) the Lease Payment Reserve, (2) prior to consummation of the Merger, the Xxxxxx’x Tender Reserve, and (3) the amount of any other Reserves (including Reserves for sales and use taxes and payroll withholding taxes) as Agent may deem necessary or appropriate from time to time in its discretion.

“Borrowing Base Certificate” shall mean the inventory borrowing base certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 or Exhibit B-2, as applicable.

“Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in New York City and in reference to LIBOR Loans shall mean any such day that is also a LIBOR Business Day.

“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all payments or accruals (including Capital Lease Obligations) of such Person for any assets or improvements or for replacements, substitutions or additions thereto, that are required to be capitalized under GAAP.

“Capital Lease” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee that, in accordance with GAAP, either would be required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person or otherwise be disclosed as such in a note to such balance sheet.

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“Capital Lease Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the amount of the obligation of such Person as lessee under any Capital Lease that, in accordance with GAAP, would appear on a balance sheet of such Person in respect of such Capital Lease or otherwise be disclosed in a note to such balance sheet.

“Cash Collateral Account” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Annex F.

“Cash Equivalents” shall mean, (a) securities with maturities of 180 days or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, (b) certificates of deposit, eurodollar time deposits, overnight bank deposits and bankers’ acceptances of any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 having maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, and (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Services, Inc., or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of investments, in each case, with maturities of not greater than sixty (60) days from the date acquired.

“Cash-on-hand” shall have the meaning assigned to in Section 2.1(m).

“Change of Control” shall mean (a) the failure of the Permitted Holders to directly own Stock of Borrower representing 51% or more of the voting capital stock of Borrower or to Control Borrower, or (b) the Permitted Holders shall cease to have the power to designate or elect a majority of Borrower’s board of directors or a majority of Borrower’s board of directors at any time in office are no longer designated or elected by the Permitted Holders, or (c) a Change in Control, as defined in the Convertible Note Indenture, or (d) Borrower shall cease to own and control all of the economic and voting rights associated directly or indirectly with all of the Shares tendered prior to the Merger and all of the outstanding capital Stock of Xxxxxx’x after consummation of the Merger, except as a result of any merger permitted under Section 6.1 of the Agreement or any appraisal or dissenters’ rights afforded under the Merger Agreement, or (e) Borrower ceases to own and control all of the economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries (other than Xxxxxx’x prior to the Merger), except as a result of any merger permitted under Section 6.1 of the Agreement.

“Charges” shall mean, for each Loan Party, all federal, state, county, city, municipal, local, foreign or other governmental taxes (including taxes owed to PBGC at the time due and payable), levies, imposts, assessments, charges, Liens, claims or encumbrances upon or relating to (a) the Collateral, (b) the Obligations, (c) the employees, payroll, income or gross receipts of such Loan Party, (d) such Loan Party’s ownership or use of any of its assets, or (e) any other aspect of such Loan Party’s business.

“Chattel Paper” shall mean any “chattel paper,” as such term is defined in the Code, including electronic chattel paper, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party.

“Claim” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.15.

“Closing Date” shall mean the Business Day on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 have been satisfied or waived in writing by Agent or Lenders, as applicable.

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“Closing Date Projections” shall mean the projections delivered on the Closing Date, of the consolidated balance sheet, statements of income and cash flow for Borrower and its Subsidiaries, by month for the first eighteen months after the Closing Date, and by year for each of the Fiscal Years thereafter assuming the Short Form Merger Threshold has been attained, and forecasted loan usage, Capital Expenditures and Excess Availability by month for the first eighteen months after the Closing Date assuming the Short Form Merger Threshold has been attained and assuming that the Acquisition has been consummated pursuant to a long-form merger.

“Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York; provided, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein or in any Loan Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern; provided further, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Agent’s or any Lender’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

“Collateral” shall mean the property covered by the Collateral Documents and any other property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of Agent or Lenders to secure the Obligations.

“Collateral Documents” shall mean the Borrower Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Security Agreement, the Guaranty, the Trademark Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the blocked account agreements, the Landlord Waivers and all other instruments, waivers and agreements now or hereinafter securing in whole or in part the Obligations.

“Collection Account” shall mean that certain account of Agent, account number 000-000-00 in the name of Agent at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in New York, New York ABA No. 021 001 033, or such other account as may be specified in writing by Agent as the “Collection Account.”

“Commitment Termination Date” shall mean the earliest of (a) May 30, 2008, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 8.2, and (c) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.2(c).

“Concentration Account” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Annex B.

“Contracts” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all the contracts, undertakings, or agreements (other than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) in or under which such Person may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest, including any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms of performance of any Account.

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“Control” shall mean, with respect to a Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of such Person’s management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

“Control Letter” shall mean a letter agreement between Agent and (i) the issuer of uncertificated securities with respect to uncertificated securities in the name of any Loan Party, (ii) a securities intermediary with respect to securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, securities entitlements and other financial assets held in a securities account in the name of any Loan Party, or (iii) a futures commission merchant or clearing house, as applicable, with respect to commodity accounts and commodity contracts held by any Loan Party, whereby, among other things, the issuer, securities intermediary or futures commission merchant disclaims any security interest in the applicable financial assets, acknowledges the Lien of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, on such financial assets, and agrees to follow the instructions or entitlement orders of Agent without further consent by the affected Loan Party.

“Convertible Note Documents” shall mean the Convertible Note Indenture, the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Note Hedge, the Convertible Note Warrants, any other agreement or instrument now or hereafter executed pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, in each case as such agreements and instruments may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, in each case, subject to the limitations in Section 6.22 hereof.

“Convertible Note Hedge” shall mean that certain transaction entered into pursuant to that certain Confirmation of OTC Convertible Note Hedge dated as of February 13, 2004, by and between Borrower and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International, and that certain Guarantee of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Inc. dated as of February 13, 2004 in favor of Borrower, as each such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

“Convertible Note Indenture” shall mean that certain Indenture by and between Borrower and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as trustee, dated February 18, 2004, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

“Convertible Note Warrant Transaction” shall mean that certain transaction entered into pursuant to the Confirmation of OTC Warrant Transaction dated as of February 13, 2004, by and between Borrower and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International, and that certain Guarantee of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Inc. dated as of February 13, 2004 in favor of Borrower, as each such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

“Convertible Notes” shall mean the Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Convertible Note Indenture, as such Convertible Notes may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

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“Copyrights” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any United States copyright to which such Person now or hereafter has title, as well as any application for a United States copyright hereafter made by such Person.

“Default” shall mean any Event of Default or any event which, with the passage of time or notice or both, would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to 2% plus the Index Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin (provided that with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the “Default Rate” for such Loan shall be 2% plus the LIBOR Rate for such LIBOR Loan plus the Applicable Margin during the LIBOR Period relating thereto and, after such LIBOR Period or any earlier conversion of such LIBOR Loan to an Index Rate Loan pursuant to this Agreement, the rate provided for above in this definition).

“Deferred Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Person at any date, the amount of deferred taxes of such Person as shown on the balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date.

“Deposit Accounts” shall mean all “deposit accounts” as such term is defined in the Code, now or hereafter held in the name of any Loan Party.

“Dick’s Loan Parties” shall mean Borrower, ASL, DSGV, Acquirer and any of their respective Subsidiaries, other than the Xxxxxx’x Loan Parties.

“Disbursement Account” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Annex B.

“Documentary Letter of Credit” shall mean any Letter of Credit issued for the purpose of providing the primary payment mechanism in connection with the purchase of any materials, goods or services by the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business of the Loan Parties.

“Documents” shall mean all “documents,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, wherever located.

“Dollars” and “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.

“DOL” shall mean the United States Department of Labor or any successor thereto.

“DSGV” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 6.1(a)(ii).

“EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, the Net Income (Loss) for such period, plus Interest Expense, tax expense, depreciation expense, amortization expense, and extraordinary losses and other non-cash items, plus for any such period which includes one of the first four Fiscal Quarters following the Closing Date, one-time costs related to the Transaction, including costs from severance and retention bonuses, closing costs and transaction fees and expenses minus extraordinary gains, in each case, of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP to the extent included in the determination of such Net Income (Loss); provided that such one-time costs shall not (i) include any store closing costs related to real estate and lease expenses, and (ii) exceed $45,000,000 in

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the aggregate. For purposes of this definition, the following items shall be excluded in determining Net Income (Loss) of a Person: (1) the income (or deficit) of any other Person accrued prior to the date it became a Subsidiary of, or was merged or consolidated into, such Person or any of such Person’s Subsidiaries; (2) the income (or deficit) of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which such Person has an ownership interest, except to the extent any such income has actually been received by such Person in the form of cash dividends or distributions; (3) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of such Person to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation or requirement of law applicable to such Subsidiary; (4) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of income accrued during such period; (5) any write-up of any asset; (6) any net gain from the collection of the proceeds of life insurance policies; (7) any net gain arising from the acquisition of any securities, or the extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness, of such Person; (8) in the case of a successor to such Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of its assets, any earnings of such successor prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets; and (9) any deferred credit representing the excess of equity in any Subsidiary of such Person at the date of acquisition of such Subsidiary over the cost to such Person of the investment in such Subsidiary.

“Eligible Inventory” shall mean such Inventory of Borrower and Xxxxxx’x that is not ineligible as the basis for Revolving Credit Advances or Letter of Credit Obligations based on the criteria set forth below. In determining whether Inventory constitutes Eligible Inventory, Agent does not intend to include Inventory which:

(a) is not owned by Borrower or Xxxxxx’x free and clear of all Liens and rights of others, except the Liens in favor of Agent and Lenders pursuant to the Collateral Documents;

(b) is not located on premises owned or operated by Borrower or Xxxxxx’x referenced on Schedule 3.6;

(c) is Inventory in transit (other than Eligible L/C Inventory and Inventory in transit from one of Borrower’s or Xxxxxx’x distribution centers to one of Borrower’s or Xxxxxx’x stores provided that such Inventory is being shipped in the normal course of business and consistent with Borrower’s or Xxxxxx’x past practice, as applicable, and Agent continues to maintain a first priority perfected security interest in such Inventory);

(d) is Inventory held on or at leased premises where the landlord thereof has either not executed a Landlord Waiver in form and substance satisfactory to Agent or reserves (including, without limitation, a Lease Payment Reserve) related thereto satisfactory to Agent in its discretion have not been established against Borrowing Availability;

(e) is in the possession or control of a bailee, warehouseman, processor, converter or other Person other than Borrower or Xxxxxx’x, unless Agent is in possession of such agreements, instruments and documents as Agent may require (each in form and content acceptable to Agent and duly executed, as appropriate by the bailee, warehouseman, processor, converter or other Person in possession or control of such Inventory, as applicable) including but not limited to warehouse receipts in Agent’s name covering such Inventory;

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(f) is covered by a negotiable document of title unless such document has been delivered to Agent;

(g) is not covered by insurance required by the terms of Section 5.5 and Annex E;

(h) is obsolete, unsalable, shopworn, damaged, unfit for further processing, or is of substandard quality;

(i) consists of display items or packing and shipping materials or samples, bags, packaging, labels and other similar non-merchandise categories;

(j) consists of discontinued or slow-moving items;

(k) does not meet all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority;

(l) is placed by Borrower or Xxxxxx’x on consignment or held by Borrower or Xxxxxx’x on consignment from another Person;

(m) is not a type held for sale in the ordinary course of Borrower’s or Xxxxxx’x business, including goods to be returned to the vendor;

(n) is Inventory produced in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and subject to the “hot goods” provisions contained in Title 29 U.S.C. § 215 or any successor statute or section;

(o) is Inventory which in any way fails to meet or violates any warranty, representation or covenant contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(p) is not otherwise acceptable in the discretion of Agent, based upon such credit and collateral considerations as Agent may deem appropriate from time to time.

“Eligible L/C Inventory” shall mean all finished goods inventory owned by Borrower or Xxxxxx’x and covered by Documentary Letters of Credit, which finished goods Inventory is in transit to one of Borrower’s or Xxxxxx’x locations and which finished goods Inventory (a) is owned by Borrower or Xxxxxx’x, (b) is fully insured, (c) is subject to a first priority security interest in and lien upon such goods in favor of Agent (except for any possessor lien upon such goods in the possession of a freight carrier or shipping company securing only the freight charges for the transportation of such goods to Borrower or Xxxxxx’x), (d) is evidenced or deliverable pursuant to documents, notices, instruments, statements and bills of lading that have been delivered to Agent or an agent acting on its behalf, and (e) is otherwise deemed to be “Eligible Inventory” hereunder.

“Environmental Laws” shall mean all federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, orders and regulations, now or hereafter in effect, and in each case as amended or supplemented from time to time, and any applicable judicial or administrative interpretation thereof relating to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, the environment and natural resources (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, land surface or subsurface strata,

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wildlife, aquatic species and vegetation). Environmental Laws include, but are not limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.) (“CERCLA”); the Hazardous Material Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq.); the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.) (“RCRA”); the Toxic Substance Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.); the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 740 et seq.); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.); the Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.) (“OSHA”); and the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq.), and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and all analogous state and local counterparts or equivalents and any transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes.

“Environmental Liabilities and Costs” shall mean all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, remedial actions, removal costs, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest incurred as a result of any claim, suit, action or demand by any person or entity, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law (including any thereof arising under any Environmental Law, permit, order or agreement with any Governmental Authority) and which relate to any health or safety condition regulated under any Environmental Law or in connection with any other environmental matter or Release, threatened Release, or the presence of a Hazardous Material.

“Equipment” shall mean all “equipment,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, wherever located and, in any event, including all such Loan Party’s machinery and equipment, including processing equipment, conveyors, machine tools, data processing and computer equipment, including embedded software and peripheral equipment and all engineering, processing and manufacturing equipment, office machinery, furniture, materials handling equipment, tools, attachments, accessories, automotive equipment, trailers, trucks, forklifts, molds, dies, stamps, motor vehicles, rolling stock and other equipment of every kind and nature, trade fixtures and fixtures not forming a part of real property, together with all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, all substitutes for any of the foregoing, fuel therefor, and all manuals, drawings, instructions, warranties and rights with respect thereto, and all products and proceeds thereof and condemnation awards and insurance proceeds with respect thereto.

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (or any successor legislation thereto), as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with any Loan Party and which, together with such Loan Party, is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the IRC.

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“ERISA Event” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Title IV Plan or a Multiemployer Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a) (2) of ERISA; (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan or the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA; (e) the institution of proceeding to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (f) the failure to make required contributions to a Qualified Plan; (g) any other event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA; or (h) the loss of a Qualified Plan’s qualification or tax exempt status.

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.1.

“Excess Availability” shall mean, at any time, (a) Borrowing Availability, minus (b) the aggregate Revolving Credit Loan then outstanding, minus (c) the aggregate amount of all then outstanding and unpaid trade payables and other obligations of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which are outstanding more than sixty (60) days past due as of such time, minus (d) without duplication, the amount of checks issued by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to pay trade payables and other obligations which are more than sixty (60) days past due as of such time, but not yet sent.

“Executive Officers” shall mean the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and/or Controller of Borrower.

“Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to this Agreement.

“Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 25, 2003 among Xxxxxx’x, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof.

“Existing Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to this Agreement.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“Fees” shall mean the fees due to Agent and/or Lenders as set forth in Section 1.6 or otherwise pursuant to the Loan Documents, including the GE Capital Fee Letter.

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“Financial Statements” shall mean the financial statements referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3.4.

“Fiscal Quarter” shall mean the 12 or 13-week period ending on the Saturday closest to the end of each April, July, October and January of each year.

“Fiscal Year” shall mean the 52 or 53-week fiscal year of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for financial accounting purposes, which in any event shall end on the last Saturday of January of each year.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” shall mean, with respect to any period, the ratio of the following for such period of Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP: (a) EBITDA plus the aggregate amount of Net Proceeds received during any such period by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from a sale of Fixtures and Equipment (including the proceeds received by Borrower or any such Subsidiaries in a Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction), permitted under Section 6.8 of this Agreement; less Capital Expenditures which are not financed through Operating Leases to (b) the sum of Interest Expense plus principal paid on Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations but excluding the principal of the Revolving Credit Loan) or required to be paid during such period plus taxes to the extent accrued or otherwise payable with respect to such period.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Measurement Date” shall mean the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of Borrower ending on or after October 31, 2004 for which Financial Statements have been delivered, or should have been delivered, pursuant to Sections 4 and 5 of Annex D, immediately preceding a Measurement Event. For purposes of this definition, a “Measurement Event” means the failure of the Loan Parties to maintain Excess Availability equal to or in excess of $50,000,000 on any day.

“Fixtures” shall mean all “fixtures” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party.

“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, consistently applied, except that, for purposes of Section 6.10, GAAP shall be determined on the basis of such principles in effect on January 31, 2004 and consistent with those used in the preparation of the Financial Statements referred to in Section 3.4.

“Xxxxxx’x” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals.

“Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to the Agreement.

“Xxxxxx’x Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to the Agreement.

“Xxxxxx’x Loan Parties” shall mean Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries.

“Xxxxxx’x Pledge” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to the Agreement.

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“Xxxxxx’x Tender Reserve” shall mean a reserve against the Borrowing Base in an amount determined by Agent in its discretion but up to an amount equal at any date of determination to the product of (a) ninety percent (90%) (one hundred percent (100%) after the Short Form Merger Threshold has been achieved) of the total number of Shares outstanding on such date (including any Shares to be issued upon the exercise of any warrant, option, subscription right or similar right) less (i) the number of Shares that have been acquired and paid for as of such date and (ii) the number of Shares which would have been issued upon exercise of any warrant, option, subscription right or similar right that has been extinguished as of such date, and (b) $16.75.

“GE Capital” shall mean General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation having an office at 200 Xxxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000.

“General Intangibles” shall mean all “general intangibles,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, including all right, title and interest that such Loan Party may now or hereafter have in or under any Contract, all payment intangibles, customer lists, Licenses, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and all applications therefor and reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, rights in Intellectual Property, interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other business associations, licenses, permits, copyrights, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential information, inventions (whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures, designs, knowledge, know how, software, data bases, data, skill, expertise, experience, processes, models, drawings, materials and records, goodwill (including the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License), all rights and claims in or under insurance policies (including insurance for fire, damage, loss and casualty, whether covering personal property, real property, tangible rights or intangible rights, all liability, life, key man and business interruption insurance, and all unearned premiums), uncertificated securities, choses in action, deposit, checking and other bank accounts, rights to receive tax refunds and other payments, rights to receive dividends, distributions, cash, Instruments and other property in respect of or in exchange for pledged Stock and Investment Property, rights of indemnification, all books and records, correspondence, credit files, invoices and other papers, including without limitation all tapes, cards, computer runs and other papers and documents in the possession or under the control of such Loan Party or any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting for such Loan Party.

“GE Capital Fee Letter” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.6(e).

“GECMG” shall mean GECC Capital Markets Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Gift Certificate and Merchandise Credit Liability” shall mean, at any time, the aggregate face value at such time of (a) outstanding gift certificates and gift cards of the Borrower and Xxxxxx’x entitling the holder thereof to use all or a portion of the certificate to pay all or a portion of the purchase price for any Inventory, and (b) outstanding merchandise credits of the Borrower and Xxxxxx’x.

“Goods” shall mean all “goods” as defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, wherever located, including embedded software to the extent included in

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“goods” as defined in the Code, manufactured homes, standing timber that is cut and removed for sale and unborn young of animals.

“Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department, court, board, commission, or other entity exercising valid legal executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

“Guaranteed Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any indebtedness, lease, dividend, or other obligation (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner including any obligation or arrangement of such Person (a) to purchase or repurchase any such primary obligation, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet condition of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, or (d) to indemnify the owner of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

“Guaranty” shall mean an Amended and Restated Guaranty, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, made between Loan Parties (other than Borrower and other than Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries prior to the consummation of the Merger) and Agent.

“Hazardous Material” shall mean (a) any element, material, compound, mixture, solution, chemical, substance, or pollutant within the definition of “hazardous substance” under Section 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601(14); petroleum or any fraction, byproduct or distillation product thereof; asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, or any radioactive substances; and any material regulated as a hazardous substance by any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party owns or operates or has owned or operated a facility; or (b) any element, pollutant, contaminate or discarded material (including any radioactive material) within the definition of Section 103(6) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6903(6); and any material regulated as a hazardous waste by any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party owns or operates or has owned or operated a facility, or to which any Loan Party sends material for treatment, storage or disposal as waste.

“Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (including reimbursement and all other obligations with respect to surety bonds, letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances, whether or not matured, but not including obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not unpaid for more than 90 days past the stated due date therefor), (b) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreements with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in an event of default may be limited to repossession or sale of such property), (d) all Capital Lease Obligations, (e) all Guaranteed Indebtedness, (f) all obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate option contract, foreign exchange

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contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap, commodity purchase or option agreements or other similar agreement or contract designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, currency values or commodity prices, as the case may be, or other hedging or derivative agreements, (g) all Indebtedness referred to in clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, and (h) the Obligations.

“Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.15.

“Index Rate” shall mean, for any day, a floating rate equal to the highest of (a) the rate publicly quoted from time to time by The Wall Street Journal as the “base rate on corporate loans at large U.S. money center commercial banks” (or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases quoting a base rate of the type described, the highest per annum rate of interest published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve statistical release H.15 (519) entitled “Selected Interest Rates” as the Bank prime loan rate or its equivalent), and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate as in effect for such day plus fifty (50) basis points per annum. Each change in any interest rate provided for in this Agreement based upon the Index Rate shall take effect at the time of such change in the Index Rate.

“Index Rate Loan” shall mean a Loan or portion thereof bearing interest by reference to the Index Rate.

“Instruments” shall mean all “instruments,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, wherever located, and, in any event, including all certificated securities, all certificates of deposit, and all promissory notes and other evidences of indebtedness, other than instruments that constitute, or are a part of a group of writings that constitute, Chattel Paper.

“Intellectual Property” shall mean, for any Person, collectively, all Trademarks, all Patents, all Copyrights and all Licenses now held or hereafter acquired by such Person, together with all franchises, tax refund claims, rights of indemnification, payments under insurance, indemnities, warranties and guarantees payable with respect to the foregoing.

“Interest Expense” shall mean for any period the amount which would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “interest expense” or any like caption on a consolidated statement of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Interest Rate Agreement” shall mean any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect Borrower against fluctuations in interest rates entered into between Borrower and any financial institution; provided, that if such financial institution is not a Lender or an affiliate thereof the obligations of the Borrower in respect of any such agreement or arrangement shall be unsecured.

“Interest Settlement Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.13(d).

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“Inventory” shall mean all “inventory,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, wherever located, and in any event including inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by or on behalf of any Loan Party for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, or that constitute raw materials, work in process, finished goods, returned goods, or materials or supplies of any kind, nature or description used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Loan Party’s business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, including all supplies and embedded software.

“Investment” shall mean, for any Person (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services or securities or otherwise) of capital stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests or other securities of any other Person or any agreement to make any such acquisition; (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to such Person); and (c) the entering into of any Guaranteed Indebtedness of, or other contingent obligation with respect to, Indebtedness or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person.

“Investment Property” shall mean all “investment property” as such term is defined in the Code now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, wherever located, including (i) all securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, including stocks, bonds, interests in limited liability companies, partnership interests, treasuries, certificates of deposit, and mutual fund shares; (ii) all securities entitlements of any Loan Party, including the rights of any Loan Party to any securities account and the financial assets held by a securities intermediary in such securities account and any free credit balance or other money owing by any securities intermediary with respect to that account; (iii) all securities accounts of any Loan Party; (iv) all commodity contracts of any Loan Party; and (v) all commodity accounts held by any Loan Party.

“IRC” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto.

“IRS” shall mean the Internal Revenue Service, or any successor thereto.

“JPMorgan Letters of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Annex F.

“L/C Availability” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Annex F.

“L/C Issuer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Annex F.

“L/C Sublimit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Annex F.

“Landlord’s Waiver” shall mean a landlord’s waiver and license agreement or other agreement executed and delivered by the landlord under any Lease in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

“Lease Payment Reserve” shall mean a reserve against the Borrowing Base in an amount determined by Agent in its discretion including an amount equal to the aggregate amount of a

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number of months (as determined by Agent) rent and utility costs payable by Borrower with respect to each Lease of real property where Eligible Inventory is located and with respect to which Borrower or Xxxxxx’x, as the case may be, has failed to obtain a Landlord’s Waiver from the landlord thereof in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. The Lease Payment Reserve may, in Agent’s discretion, be in addition to any other reserve against the Borrowing Base established by Agent, but in no event shall the Lease Payment Reserve per any single location where there has been a failure to obtain a Landlord’s Waiver exceed the greater of (i) an amount equal to the base rental payments under the then current lease for such location over the immediately preceding three month period, and (ii) the amount of any obligations owing or potentially owing to the applicable landlord secured by the assets of any Loan Party, provided that such amount shall not exceed the sum of the base rental payments under the then current lease for such location over the immediately preceding twelve month period.

“Leases” shall mean all of those leasehold estates in real property now owned or hereafter acquired by a Loan Party, as lessee.

“Lender” and “Lenders” shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Letter of Credit” shall mean any Documentary Letter of Credit or Standby Letter of Credit issued (including issued pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement) at the request and for the account of Borrower for which Agent and/or Lenders have incurred Letter of Credit Obligations.

“Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.6.

“Letter of Credit Obligations” shall mean all outstanding obligations incurred by Agent and/or Lenders at the request of Borrower, whether direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, due or not due, in connection with the issuance or guarantee, by Agent or any Lender of Letters of Credit. The amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations at any time shall equal the maximum amount which may be payable by Agent and/or Lenders under or pursuant to the outstanding Letters of Credit at such time.

“Letter-of-Credit Rights” shall mean letter-of-credit rights as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, including rights to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not such Loan Party, as beneficiary, has demanded or is entitled to demand payment or performance.

“LIBOR Business Day” shall mean a Business Day on which banks in the city of London are generally open for interbank or foreign exchange transactions.

“LIBOR Loan” shall mean a Loan or any portion thereof bearing interest by reference to the LIBOR Rate.

“LIBOR Period” shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on a LIBOR Business Day selected by Borrower pursuant to the Agreement and ending one, two or three months thereafter, as selected by Borrower’s irrevocable notice to Agent as set forth in

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Section 1.1(d); provided that the foregoing provision relating to LIBOR Periods is subject to the following:

(a) if any LIBOR Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a LIBOR Business Day, such LIBOR Period shall be extended to the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such LIBOR Period into another calendar month in which event such LIBOR Period shall end on the immediately preceding LIBOR Business Day;

(b) any LIBOR Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Commitment Termination Date shall end two (2) LIBOR Business Days prior to such date;

(c) any LIBOR Period pertaining to a LIBOR Loan that begins on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such LIBOR Period) shall end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month;

(d) Borrower shall select LIBOR Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any LIBOR Loan during a LIBOR Period for such LIBOR Loan; and

(e) Borrower shall select LIBOR Periods so that there shall be no more than seven (7) separate LIBOR Loans in existence at any one time.

“LIBOR Rate” shall mean for each LIBOR Period, a rate of interest determined by Agent equal to:

(a) the offered rate for deposits in United States Dollars for the applicable LIBOR Period which appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second full LIBOR Business Day next preceding the first day of each LIBOR Period (unless such date is not a Business Day, in which event the next succeeding Business Day will be used); divided by

(b) a number equal to 1.0 minus the aggregate (but without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on the day which is two (2) LIBOR Business Days prior to the beginning of such LIBOR Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve system or other governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto, as now and from time to time in effect) for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of such Board) which are required to be maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System (such rate to be adjusted to the nearest one sixteenth of one percent (1/16th of 1%) or, if there is not a nearest one sixteenth of one percent (1/16th of 1%), to the next highest one sixteenth of one percent (1/16th of 1%)).

If such interest rates shall cease to be available from Telerate News Service, the LIBOR Rate shall be determined from such financial reporting service or other information as shall be mutually acceptable to Agent and Borrower.

“License” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Patent License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests now held or hereafter acquired by such Person.

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“Lien” shall mean any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest, easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security interest under the Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction).

“Liquidity Projections” has the meaning assigned to it in Paragraph 6A of Annex D.

“Loan” or “Loans” shall mean the Revolving Credit Loan.

“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Notes, the GE Capital Fee Letter and the Collateral Documents and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates identified in the Closing Checklist executed and delivered to, or in favor of, Agent or any Lenders and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, or any employee of any Loan Party, and delivered to Agent or any Lender in connection with the Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. Any reference in the Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to the Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.

“Loan Party” shall mean Borrower and each Subsidiary of Borrower.

“Long Form Event” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to this Agreement.

“Master Documentary Agreement” means the Master Agreement for Documentary Letters of Credit dated as of the date hereof among Borrower, as Applicant, and GE Capital.

“Master Standby Agreement” means the Master Agreement for Standby Letters of Credit dated as of the date hereof among Borrower, as Applicant, and GE Capital, as issuer.

“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning specified in Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects, or financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) any Loan Party’s ability to pay or perform its Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, (c) the Collateral or Agent’s Lien on the Collateral or the priority or perfection of any such Lien or (d) the rights and remedies of Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

“Material Contracts” shall those contracts required to by filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K, which as of the Closing Date means the contracts listed on Schedule 6.20 hereto.

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“Maximum Lawful Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.4(e).

“Maximum Overadvance” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(b).

“Merger” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to the Agreement.

“Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 21, 2004 by and among Xxxxxx’x, Borrower and Acquirer and the Company Disclosure Letter (as defined therein).

“Minimum Shares” shall mean a total number of Shares representing at least a majority of the Shares on a “fully diluted basis”. The term “fully diluted basis” shall mean the sum of (i) the aggregate number of Shares outstanding immediately prior to the acceptance of Shares pursuant to the Tender Offer, plus (ii) the aggregate number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of any option, warrant, other right to acquire capital stock of Xxxxxx’x or other security exercisable or convertible for Shares or other capital stock of Xxxxxx’x outstanding immediately prior to the acceptance of Shares pursuant to the Tender Offer.

“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a) (3) of ERISA, and to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making, is obligated to make, has made or been obligated to make, contributions on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them.

“Net Income (Loss)” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) after provision (benefit) for income taxes of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Net Proceeds” shall mean (a) with respect to any sale or disposition of assets (including by sale and leaseback) by any Person, the cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) of such sale or disposition net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses, and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith other than such amounts payable to an Affiliate of Borrower, (ii) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, (iii) any other transaction costs related thereto and (iv) the repayment of any debt obligations related thereto; and (b) with respect to any issuance of equity securities or the incurrence of any Indebtedness by any Person subsequent to the Closing Date, the cash proceeds received by such Person from such issuance or incurrence net of investment banking fees, legal fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses and other reasonable costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith other than such amounts payable to an Affiliate of Borrower.

“Non-Funding Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(g).

“Non-use Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.6.

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“Notice of Conversion/Continuation” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(d).

“Notice of Revolving Credit Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(c).

“Obligations” shall mean all loans, advances, debts, liabilities (including, without limitation, liabilities now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with any Interest Rate Agreement entered into by Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Agreement to which a Lender or an affiliate thereof was a counterparty at the time such interest rate agreement was entered into) and obligations for the performance of covenants, tasks or duties or for payment of monetary amounts (whether or not such performance is then required or contingent, or amounts are liquidated or determinable) owing by any Loan Party to Agent or any Lender (or any affiliate thereof in connection with any Interest Rate Agreement referred to above), and all covenants and duties regarding such amounts, of any kind or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note, agreement or other instrument, arising under any of the Loan Documents or any such Interest Rate Agreement. This term includes (i) any Revolving Credit Advances made pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement, and (ii) all principal and interest (including interest which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to in Section 8.1(f), (g) or (h)), on the Revolving Credit Loan, all amounts payable in respect of Letters of Credit under Section 1.18 or Annex F, all Letter of Credit Obligations, all Fees, Charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and any other sum chargeable to any Loan Party under any of the Loan Documents.

“Offer Materials” shall mean the documents and materials filed publicly in connection with the Tender Offer and the Merger.

“Operating Lease” shall mean any lease of real or personal property, or mixed property, which is not a Capital Lease.

“Other Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(g).

“Other Taxes” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.17(b).

“Overadvance” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(b).

“Participants” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.2(a).

“Patent License” shall mean, with respect to any Person, rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person granting any right with respect to any invention on which a Patent is in existence.

“Patents” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the following in which such Person now holds or hereafter acquires any right, title or interest: (a) all letters patent of the United States of America or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States of America or any other country, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States of America, any State or Territory thereof, or

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any other country, and (b) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof.

“Payoff and Letter of Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Annex F.

“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.

“Pension Plan” shall mean an employee pension benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which is not an individual account plan, as defined in Section 3(34) of ERISA, and which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them.

“Permitted Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition (whether pursuant to an acquisition of Stock, assets or otherwise) by Borrower or any Subsidiary from any Person of a business or of all or substantially all of the assets or of all of the Stock of any domestic Person (or any division thereof) in which the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) immediately before and after giving effect to such acquisition, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom (including under Sections 6.5 and 6.10);

(b) Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (i) a compliance certificate for the period of four full Fiscal Quarters immediately preceding such acquisition giving pro forma effect to the consummation of such acquisition and any Revolving Credit Advances necessary in connection therewith and evidencing compliance, if applicable, with the covenant set forth in Section 6.10; (ii) the most recent annual and interim financial statements for the Person being acquired and related statements of income and cash flows showing positive cash flows for the preceding fiscal year of such Person; (iii) detailed forecasts of cash flows for the Person being acquired forecasting positive future cash flows; and (iv) new detailed Projections for Borrower and its Subsidiaries through the Commitment Termination Date giving pro forma effect to such acquisition, based on assumptions satisfactory to the Agent and demonstrating pro forma compliance, if applicable, with the financial covenant contained in Section 6.10, in each case, prepared in good faith and in a manner and using such methodology which is consistent with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.1 and Annex D and in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, provided that Borrower shall not be required to comply with this clause (b) in respect of any acquisition of a series of up to ten (10) related retail stores (whether through the acquisition of Stock or assets), which acquisitions of retail stores (the “Retail Store Acquisitions”) shall not exceed $20,000,000 (excluding Inventory) in the aggregate during any Fiscal Year;

(c) concurrently with the consummation of such acquisition, the Borrower will have complied with the requirements of Section 5.16, including that the documentation for such acquisition shall permit the Agent to obtain a Lien thereon to the extent provided in Section 5.16;

(d) Agent shall receive at least 30 days prior written notice of such proposed acquisition, which notice shall include a reasonably detailed description of such proposed acquisition;

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(e) such acquisition shall only involve assets located in the United States and comprising a business, or those assets of a business, of the type engaged in by Borrower as of the Closing Date, and which business would not subject Agent or any Lender to regulatory or third party approvals in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents other than approvals applicable to the exercise of such rights and remedies with respect to Borrower prior to such acquisition;

(f) such acquisition shall be consensual and shall have been approved by such Person’s board of directors; and

(g) on or prior to the date of such acquisition, Agent shall have received, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, copies of the acquisition agreement and related agreements and instruments, and all opinions, certificates, lien search results and other documents reasonably requested by Agent.

“Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean: (a) Liens for Charges provided payment thereof shall not at the time be required under Section 5.2; (b) deposits, Liens or pledges of cash collateral to secure obligations under workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security or public liability laws or similar legislation or other public or statutory obligations arising in the ordinary course of business; (c) deposits, Liens or pledges of cash collateral to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), obligations of a tenant under an Operating Lease, or surety, stay or appeal bonds or similar obligations arising in the ordinary course of business; (d) workers’, mechanics’, suppliers’, carriers’, warehousemen’s Liens or other similar Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business and securing sums which are not past due; (e) any attachment or judgment Lien which does not constitute a Default, unless the judgment it secures shall not, within 15 days after the entry thereof, have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or shall not have been discharged within 15 days after the expiration of any such stay; (f) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, or other restrictions on the use of real property (whether owned or leased) or other minor irregularities in title (including leasehold title) thereto, so long as the same do not materially impair the use, value, or marketability of such real property, leases or leasehold estates; (g) Liens created by statute or common law in favor of landlords for unpaid rent and related amounts that are not more than fifteen days past due, unless contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided, that (i) adequate reserves with respect to such contest are maintained on the books of such Loan Party, in accordance with GAAP; (ii) no Liens shall be imposed to secure payment of such amounts that are superior to any of the Liens securing the Obligations in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,000,000 at any time outstanding; (iii) such contest is maintained and prosecuted continuously and with diligence and operates to suspend collection or enforcement of such amounts; (iv) none of the Collateral becomes subject to forfeiture or loss as a result of such contest; (v) such Loan Party shall promptly pay or discharge such contested amounts and all additional charges, interest, penalties and expenses, if any, and shall deliver to Agent evidence reasonably acceptable to Agent of such compliance, payment or discharge, if such contest is terminated or discontinued adversely to such Loan Party or the conditions set forth in this proviso are no longer met; and (vi) Agent has not advised Borrower in writing that Agent reasonably believes that nonpayment or nondischarge thereof could have or result in a Material Adverse Effect; (h) subject to the blocked account agreements, if any, Liens of a banking institution encumbering deposits (including setoff rights) held by such banking

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institution incurred in the ordinary course of business and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry; and (i) Liens listed in Schedule 6.7 existing on the Closing Date.

“Permitted Holders” shall mean any member of the Stack Family.

“Permitted Investments” shall mean, at any time, (a) any evidence of Indebtedness with a maturity date of three years or less from the date of acquisition issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof; provided, that, the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof; (b) obligations of state and local governments or agencies thereof (including variable rate demand notes and auction rate securities) with a maturity date or reset period of one year or less from the date of acquisition; (c) commercial paper with a maturity of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued by a corporation (except an Affiliate of Borrower) organized under the laws of any State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia and rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. (“S&P”) or at least P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”); (d) corporate notes (including variable rate demand notes, auction rate securities and Eurodollar notes) issued by a corporation (except an Affiliate of Borrower) organized under the laws of any State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia and rated at least A2 by S&P or at least A by Moody’s with a maturity date of two years or less from the date of acquisition; (e) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any financial institution having combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (f) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or issued by any governmental agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in each case maturing within one year or less from the date of acquisition; provided, that, the terms of such agreements comply with the guidelines set forth in the Federal Financial Agreements of Depository Institutions with Securities Dealers and Others, as adopted by the Comptroller of the Currency on October 31, 1985; and (g) investments in money market funds and mutual funds which invest substantially all of their assets in securities of the type described in clauses (a) through (f) above.

“Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall mean, after the consummation of the Merger, (i) any sale and leaseback transaction related solely to Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Fixtures and Equipment in a transaction or series of transactions in which any such Loan Party receives fair consideration for each such sale; provided, that (a) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of such transfer; (b) such Net Proceeds (including such fair consideration) are immediately deposited into the Concentration Account; and (c) the lease pertaining to such Fixtures and Equipment is an Operating Lease for purposes of GAAP, and (ii) any sale and leaseback transaction of any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in a transaction or series of transactions in which any such Loan Party receives fair consideration for each such sale; provided, that (a) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of such transfer; (b) such Net Proceeds (including such fair consideration) are immediately deposited into the Concentration Account; (c) the lease pertaining to such Fixtures and Equipment is an Operating Lease for purposes of GAAP or a

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Capital Lease; and (d) the aggregate net book value of the properties sold or transferred in any such transactions does not exceed $15,000,000 after the Closing Date.

“Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or government (whether Federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).

“Plan” shall mean, with respect to Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, at any time, an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, which Borrower maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them.

“Pledge Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, attached hereto as Exhibit F, made by the Loan Parties signatory thereto in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders.

“Prior Lender” shall mean the lenders under the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement.

“Prior Lender Obligations” shall mean the “Obligations” as defined in the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement.

“Proceeds” shall mean “proceeds,” as such term is defined in the Code, including (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to any Loan Party from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Loan Party from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any Person acting under color of governmental authority), (c) any claim of any Loan Party against third parties (i) for past, present or future infringement of any Patent or Patent License, or (ii) for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Copyright, Copyright License, Trademark or Trademark License, or for injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License, (d) any recoveries by any Loan Party against third parties with respect to any litigation or dispute concerning any of the Collateral including claims arising out of the loss or nonconformity of, interference with the use of, defects in, or infringement of rights in, or damage to, Collateral, (e) all amounts collected on, or distributed on account of, other Collateral, including dividends, interest, distributions and Instruments with respect to Investment Property and pledged Stock, and (f) any and all other amounts, rights to payment or other property acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposition of Collateral and all rights arising out of Collateral.

“Projections” shall mean (i) the projections as of any date of the consolidated balance sheet, statements of income and cash flow for Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including forecasted Capital Expenditures and Excess Availability), (ii) the Annual Operating Plan, the Liquidity Projections and (iii) any other projections required to be delivered by the Loan Parties to Agent and Lenders under the Agreement, including the Closing Date Projections.

“Proportionate Share” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, the following: (a) for the purpose of repayment of principal, interest and Fees with respect to the Revolving Credit Loan

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and Letter of Credit Obligations, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which shall be the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Advances held by such Lender (including Agent), and the denominator of which shall be the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan; and (b) for all other purposes, the fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which shall be the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender and the denominator of which shall be the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment.

“Qualified Plan” shall mean, for any Loan Party, an employee pension benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which is intended to be tax-qualified under IRC Section 401(a), and which such Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them.

“Refinancing” shall mean the repayment in full by Xxxxxx’x of the obligations under the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement on the Closing Date.

“Register” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.2(c).

“Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean that certain Registration Rights Agreement entered into among the Borrower, Merrill, Lynch, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and any other initial purchasers of the Convertible Notes, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

“Regulatory Change” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, any change after the date of this Agreement in federal, state or foreign law or regulations (including Regulation D) or the adoption or making after such date of any interpretation, directive or request applying to a class of lenders including such Lender of or under any Federal, state or foreign law or regulations (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) by any court or governmental or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof.

“Relationship Bank” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Annex B.

“Release” shall mean, as to any Person, any release or any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or migration of a Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment by such Person (or by a person under such Person’s direction or Control), including the movement of a Hazardous Material through or in the air, soil, surface water, ground water or property; but shall exclude any release, discharge, emission or disposal in material compliance with a then effective permit, order, rule regulation or law of a Governmental Authority.

“Reportable Event” shall mean any of the events described in Section 4043(c) (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (8) or (9) of ERISA, as to which the duty to report has not been waived by regulation.

“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders holding at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders at such time (or, at any time after which the Revolving Credit Commitments of all of Lenders shall

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have expired or terminated, Lender’s holding sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the principal of the Revolving Credit Loan outstanding at such time).

“Required Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.11.

“Reserves” shall mean such reserves as the Agent from time to time determines in its discretion as being appropriate to reflect the impediments to the Agent’s ability to realize upon the Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Reserves may include (but are not limited to) reserves based on reserves established by Agent from time to time against (a) Eligible Inventory pursuant to Section 5.12, (b) reserves established pursuant to Section 5.5, (c) the Lease Payment Reserve, (d) the Xxxxxx’x Tender Reserve, and (e) reserves based on (i) Gift Certificates and Merchandise Credit Liability, (ii) frequent shopper programs, (iii) layaways and customer deposits, (iv) customs, duties, and other costs to release Inventory which is being imported into the United States, and (v) outstanding taxes and other governmental charges, including, ad valorem, real estate, personal property, and other taxes which might have priority over the interests of the Agent in the Collateral and either which have not been paid when due (unless such taxes are the subject of a bona fide dispute and are supported by funded reserves) or which the Agent, in its discretion, believes may impede the Agent’s ability to realize upon the Collateral.

“Restricted Payment” shall mean, with respect to any Person, either directly or indirectly, (a) the declaration or payment of any dividend or the incurrence of any liability to make any other payment or distribution of cash or other property or assets in respect of such Person’s Stock, (b) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance or other retirement, or to obtain the surrender of, such Person’s Stock or any other payment or distribution made in respect thereof, (c) any payment, loan, contribution, or other transfer of funds or other property to any Stockholder or Affiliate of such Person other than relating to salaries, bonuses and other compensation to such Person’s officers, directors and employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (d) any payment, purchase, redemption, retirement, or other acquisition for value or setting apart of any money for a sinking, or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, or to obtain the surrender of, or any payment (scheduled, voluntary or other) of principal of or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of any Subordinated Debt or any Convertible Note or (e) any payment of a claim for the rescission of the purchase or sale of, or for material damages arising from the purchase or sale of any Stock of such Person, or of a claim for indemnification or contribution arising out of or relating to any such claim for damages or rescission.

“Retiree Welfare Plan” shall refer to any Welfare Plan providing for continuing coverage or benefits for any participant or any beneficiary of a participant after such participant’s termination of employment, other than continuation coverage provided pursuant to Section 4980B of the IRC and at the sole expense of the participant or the beneficiary of the participant.

“Revolving Credit Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(a).

“Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, as to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Credit Advances or incur Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to Section 1.1 and the other provisions hereof in the aggregate principal amount outstanding not to

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exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Appendix 1, as such amount may be reduced or modified pursuant to this Agreement.

“Revolving Credit Loan” shall mean the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Advances of all Lenders (including Revolving Credit Advances made by Agent pursuant to Section 1.13 and Revolving Credit Advances made pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement) outstanding at any time.

“Revolving Credit Notes” shall mean the promissory notes provided for by Section 1.1(e) and all promissory notes delivered in substitution or exchange therefor, in each case as the same shall be modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.

“Schedule of Documents” shall mean the schedule attached hereto as Annex C, including all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, listing certain documents and information to be delivered in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

“SEC” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.15.

“Settlement Period” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.13.

“Shares” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to this Agreement.

“Short Form Merger Threshold” shall mean the number of shares required in accordance with applicable law to permit the Merger to occur without a vote of the shareholders of Xxxxxx’x.

“Software” shall mean all “software” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, other than software embedded in any category of goods, including all computer programs and all supporting information provided in connection with a transaction related to any program.

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“Stack Family” shall mean Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx and Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx Stack, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx. and/or any Class B Permitted Holder (as defined in the Borrower’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended up to the Closing Date).

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“Standby Letter of Credit” shall mean any Letter of Credit other than a Documentary Letter of Credit.

“Stock” shall mean all shares, options, warrants, general or limited partnership interests, membership interests, participation or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).

“Stockholder” shall mean each holder of Stock of Borrower.

“Subject Property” shall mean all real property owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party.

“Subordinated Debt” shall mean any Indebtedness of Borrower which is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.

“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation of which an aggregate of 50% or more of the outstanding Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned legally or beneficially by such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or with respect to which any such Person has the right to vote or designate the vote of 50% or more of such Stock whether by proxy, agreement, operation of law or otherwise, and (b) any partnership or limited liability company in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of 50% or more or of which any such Person is a general partner or managing member, as the case may be, or may exercise the powers of a general partner or managing member, as the case may be.

“Subsidiary Security Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Subsidiary Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, attached hereto as Exhibit D-2, made by Loan Parties (other than Borrower, and prior to consummation of the Merger, other than Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) and in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders, which, if prior to consummation of the Merger, shall include, among other things, a collateral assignment of the Acquirer Intercompany Note, the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note and the Xxxxxx’x Pledge in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders.

“Supporting Obligations” shall mean all supporting obligations as such term is defined in the Code, including letters of credit and guaranties issued in support of Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, or Investment Property.

“Taxes” shall mean taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, Charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings and liabilities with respect thereto that are imposed on or measured by the net income of any Lender or are imposed for the privilege of any Lender doing business in any

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jurisdiction by the United States of America, the jurisdiction under the laws of which Lender is organized or the jurisdiction in which such Lender’s applicable lending office is located or, in each case, any political subdivision thereof.

“Tender Offer” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals to this Agreement.

“Termination Date” shall mean the date on which (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated in full and Agent and Lenders shall have no further obligation to make any Revolving Credit Advances or any other credit extensions or financial accommodations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, and (b) all Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full and Borrower shall have funded the amounts required, if any, under the Loan Documents into the Cash Collateral Account in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations, if any, then outstanding.

“Title IV Plan” shall mean a Pension Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is covered by Title IV of ERISA.

“Trademark License” shall mean, with respect to any Person, rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person granting any right to use any Trademark or Trademark registration.

“Trademark Security Agreement” shall mean an Amended and Restated Trademark Security Agreement, made by the Loan Parties signatory thereto in favor of Agent.

“Trademarks” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of the following in which such Person now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (a) all common law and statutory trademarks, trade names, corporate names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States of America, any State or Territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof; (b) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof; and (c) all licenses thereunder and together with the goodwill associated with and symbolized by such trademark.

“Transaction Documents” shall mean the Merger Agreement, and all other agreements or instruments executed in connection with the Transaction.

“Transaction” shall mean, collectively, the initial Revolving Credit Advance on the Closing Date, the Acquisition, the Refinancing, the Tender Offer, the Merger, and the execution and delivery of all of the Loan Documents and the Transaction Documents, and the payment of all fees, costs and expenses associated with all of the foregoing.

“Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction” shall mean any jurisdiction that had adopted all or substantially all of Article 9 as contained in the 2000 Official Text of the Uniform Commercial Code, as recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform

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State Laws and the American Law Institute, together with any subsequent amendments or modifications to the Official Text.

“Welfare Plans” shall mean any welfare plan, as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, which is maintained or contributed to by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

2. Certain Matters of Construction. Any accounting term used in the Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall have, unless otherwise specifically provided therein, the meaning customarily given such term in accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations thereunder shall be computed, unless otherwise specifically provided therein, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. That certain items or computations are explicitly modified by the phrase “in accordance with GAAP” shall in no way be construed to limit the foregoing.

All other undefined terms contained in the Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by the Code as in effect in the State of New York to the extent the same are used or defined therein. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” or other words of similar import refer to the Agreement as a whole, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified or supplemented, and not to any particular section, subsection or clause contained in this Agreement.

Whenever any provision in any Loan Document refers to the “knowledge” of any Person, such provision is intended to mean that such Person has actual knowledge or awareness of a particular fact or circumstance, or that such Person, if it had exercised reasonable diligence, should have known or been aware of such fact or circumstance.

For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the following additional rules of construction shall apply: (a) wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter; (b) the term “including” shall not be limiting or exclusive, unless specifically indicated to the contrary; (c) all references to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of same and any successor statutes and regulations; and (d) all references to any instruments or agreements, including references to any of the Loan Documents, shall include any and all modifications or amendments thereto and any and all extensions or renewals thereof, in each case, made in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.

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ANNEX B
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, establish and maintain the Cash Management Systems described below:

(a) On or before the Closing Date (or such later date set forth in Section 5.14(b) or as Agent shall consent in writing) and until the Termination Date, the Loan Parties shall (i) enter into blocked account agreements as set forth in clause (c) below for each account (each a “Blocked Account” and collectively, the “Blocked Accounts”) set forth on Schedule 3.20 with the banks identified on such Schedule 3.20 (each, a “Relationship Bank”) and request in writing and otherwise take such reasonable steps to ensure that all Account Debtors forward payments directly to such Blocked Accounts and (ii) deposit and cause its Subsidiaries to deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after the date of receipt thereof, all cash, checks, drafts or other similar items of payment relating to or constituting payments made in respect of any and all Collateral into one or more Blocked Accounts in such Loan Party’s name or any such Subsidiary’s name at a Relationship Bank. On or before the Closing Date, Borrower shall have established a concentration account in its name (the “Concentration Account”) at the bank which shall be designated as the Concentration Account bank for Borrower on Schedule 3.20 (the “Borrower Concentration Account Bank”), which bank shall be satisfactory to Agent. Within the period set forth in Section 5.14(b), Xxxxxx’x shall have established a concentration account in its name (the “Xxxxxx’x Concentration Account”) at the bank which shall be designated as the Concentration Account bank for Xxxxxx’x (the “Xxxxxx’x Concentration Account Bank”; the Borrower Concentration Account Bank and the Xxxxxx’x Concentration Account Bank are each a “Concentration Account Bank” and collectively, the “Concentration Account Banks”), which bank shall be satisfactory to Agent.

(b) Borrower may maintain, in its name, an account (each a “Disbursement Account” and collectively, the “Disbursement Accounts”) at a bank acceptable to Agent into which Agent shall, from time to time, deposit proceeds of Revolving Credit Advances pursuant to Section 1.1 for use by Borrower solely in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.3.

(c) On or before the Closing Date (or such later date set forth in Section 5.14(b) or as Agent shall consent in writing), each Concentration Account Bank, Relationship Bank and each bank where a Disbursement Account is maintained, shall have entered into tri-party blocked account agreements with Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, and the applicable Loan Party, in form and substance acceptable to Agent, which shall become operative on or prior to the Closing Date; provided that the balance in each Blocked Account or Disbursement Account held by such banks identified on Schedule 3.20 for which blocked account agreements have not been obtained shall not be greater than $100,000 at any time. Each such blocked account agreement shall provide, among other things, that (i) all items of payment deposited in such account and proceeds thereof deposited in the applicable Concentration Account, Disbursement Account or Blocked Account are held by such bank as agent or bailee-in-possession for Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, (ii) the bank executing such agreement

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has no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against such account, as the case may be, other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (iii) from and after the date of execution of such agreement with respect to a Blocked Account, such bank agrees to sweep on a daily basis all amounts in such Blocked Account to the Concentration Account (or, in respect of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries, to sweep on a daily basis all amounts in such Blocked Account to the Xxxxxx’x Concentration Account, and to sweep on a daily basis all amounts in the Xxxxxx’x Concentration Account to the Concentration Account) and (iv) from and after the date of execution of such agreement with respect to the Borrower Concentration Account Bank or each bank where a Disbursement Account is held, such bank agrees, from and after the receipt of a notice (an “Activation Notice”) from Agent (which Activation Notice may be given by Agent at any time at which (1) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (2) Excess Availability has at any time been less than $30,000,000 (each of the foregoing being referred to herein as an “Activation Event”)), to immediately forward all amounts received in the Concentration Account or the applicable Disbursement Account to the Collection Account through daily sweeps from the Concentration Account or such Disbursement Account into the Collection Account. From and after the date Agent has delivered an Activation Notice to any bank with respect to the Concentration Account or any Disbursement Account(s), no Loan Party shall, or shall cause or permit any Subsidiary thereof to, accumulate or maintain cash in disbursement or payroll accounts as of any date of determination in excess of checks outstanding against such accounts as of that date and amounts necessary to meet minimum balance requirements. In the event the Agent shall have delivered an Activation Notice to bank at which the Concentration Account is held, and thereafter the Borrower has Excess Availability in excess of $50,000,000 for a period of ninety consecutive Business Days, at the written request of Borrower, the Agent, subject to no Default or Event of Default existing at such time, shall deliver a written notice to such bank rescinding the Activation Notice previously delivered.

(d) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower may amend Schedule 3.20 to add or replace a Relationship Bank or Blocked Account or to replace the Concentration Account or any Disbursement Account; provided, however, that (i) Agent shall have consented in writing in advance to the opening of such account with the relevant bank and (ii) prior to the time of the opening of such account, the applicable Loan Party and/or the Subsidiaries thereof, as applicable, and such bank shall have executed and delivered to Agent a tri-party blocked account agreement or such other agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. The Loan Parties shall close any of their accounts (and establish replacement accounts in accordance with the foregoing sentence) promptly and in any event within thirty (30) days of notice from Agent that the creditworthiness of any bank holding an account is no longer acceptable in Agent’s reasonable judgment, or as promptly as practicable and in any event within sixty (60) days of notice from Agent that the operating performance, funds transfer and/or availability procedures or performance with respect to accounts or lockboxes of the bank holding such accounts or Agent’s liability under any tri-party blocked account agreement or such other agreement with such bank is no longer acceptable in Agent’s reasonable judgment.

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Revolving Credit Loan and all other Obligations, and in which the Loan Parties shall have granted a Lien to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Borrower Security Agreement or the Subsidiary Security Agreement, as applicable.

(f) All amounts deposited in the Collection Account shall be deemed received by Agent in accordance with Section 1.8 of the Agreement and shall be applied (and allocated) by Agent in accordance with Section 1.10 of the Agreement. In no event shall any amount be so applied unless and until such amount shall have been credited in immediately available funds to the Collection Account.

(g) Each Loan Party shall and shall cause its Affiliates, officers, employees, agents, directors or other Persons acting for or in concert with such Loan Party (each a “Related Person”) to (i) hold in trust for Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, all checks, cash and other items of payment received by such Loan Party or any such Related Person on behalf of any Loan Party, and (ii) within one (1) Business Day after receipt by such Loan Party or any such Related Person of any checks, cash or other items or payment received on behalf of any Loan Party, deposit the same into a Blocked Account of such Loan Party. Each Loan Party and each Related Person thereof acknowledges and agrees that all cash, checks or items of payment constituting proceeds of Collateral are the property of Agent and Lenders. All proceeds of the sale or other disposition of any Collateral, shall be deposited directly into the applicable Blocked Accounts or the Concentration Account if required by Section 6.8 of the Agreement.

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ANNEX C
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SCHEDULE OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS

Subject to making the deliveries otherwise required in the Agreement on a timely basis, the obligation of Agent and Lenders to make and/or continue any Revolving Credit Advances hereunder, to incur any Letter of Credit Obligations, or to take, fulfill, or perform any other action hereunder, are subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedent that Agent and Lenders shall have received the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, Lenders and their counsel, unless the context otherwise requires or as otherwise specified below:

I. PRINCIPAL LOAN DOCUMENTS.

(A) Credit Agreement. The Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement duly executed by Loan Parties.

(B) Revolving Credit Notes. A duly executed Revolving Credit Note to the order of each Lender.

(C) Borrowing Base Certificate. The Closing Date Borrowing Base Certificate duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower.

(D) Notice of Revolving Credit Advance. An original Notice of Revolving Credit Advance duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower.

II. COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS.

(A) Security Agreements. An executed copy of each of the Borrower Security Agreement and the Subsidiary Security Agreement, together with (to the extent not previously delivered in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement) delivery to Agent and Lenders of:

(1) Acknowledgement Copies of Financing Statements. Acknowledgement copies of proper Financing Statements (Form UCC-l) (the “Financing Statements”) duly filed under the Uniform Commercial Code, or chattel mortgages duly filed under other applicable law, of all jurisdictions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Agent, desirable to perfect the Lien created by the Borrower Security Agreement and the Subsidiary Security Agreement.

(2) Other Evidence of Filing and Perfection. Certified copies of Requests for Information (Form UCC-11), or other evidence satisfactory to Agent, listing the Financing Statements or chattel mortgages referred to in paragraph (1) above and all other effective financing statements or chattel mortgages which name Borrower or any other Loan Party (under its present name, any previous name or any trade or doing business name) as debtor and which are filed in the jurisdictions referred to in paragraph (1) above, together with copies of such other financing statements (none of which shall cover the Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents).

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(3) Intellectual Property Documents. Agreements relating to the granting to Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, of a security interest in Intellectual Property of Loan Parties to the extent applicable in a form suitable for filing with the appropriate Federal or State filing office.

(4) Other Recordings and Filings. Evidence of the completion of all other recordings and filings (including UCC-3 termination statements and other Lien release documentation) as may be necessary or, in the opinion of and at the request of Agent, desirable to perfect the Lien created by the Borrower Security Agreement and the Subsidiary Security Agreement.

(5) Collateral Assignment. If applicable, a pledge of the Acquirer Intercompany Note and the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note and a collateral assignment of the Security Agreement securing the obligations of Xxxxxx’x under the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note.

(B) Pledge Agreements. The Pledge Agreement duly executed by applicable Loan Parties together with (to the extent not previously delivered in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement) delivery to Agent of:

(1) Certificates or other evidences of ownership representing the Pledged Shares (as defined therein) and appropriate undated stock powers (or the equivalent thereof) executed in blank; and

(2) Evidence that all action necessary or, in the opinion of and at the request of Agent, desirable to perfect and protect the security interests created by the Pledge Agreement has been taken, including delivery to the Agent of the Acquirer Intercompany Note, the Xxxxxx’x Intercompany Note and the Intercompany Notes.

(C) Guaranty. The Guaranty duly executed by the Loan Parties, other than Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries prior to the Merger.

III. THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS.

(A) Landlord Consents. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Agent and to the extent not already delivered pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, the Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to deliver duly executed Landlord’s Waivers from the landlords of all of Borrower’s leased locations where Inventory is held, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

(B) Bailee Consents. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Agent and to the extent not already delivered pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, the Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to deliver duly executed waiver and license agreements from any bailees, owners, or operators of any non-leased locations where Borrower’s Inventory is located, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

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(D) Payoff and Letter of Credit Agreement; Termination Statements. Copies of duly executed payoff letter (the “Payoff and Letter of Credit Agreement”), in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by and between the administrative agent for the Prior Lenders party to the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement evidencing repayment in full of all Prior Lender Obligations, assumption by the Borrower of the letter of credit obligations under the Existing Xxxxxx’x Credit Agreement, and continuation of the JPMorgan Letters of Credit under this Agreement, together with (a) UCC-3 or other appropriate termination statements, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed by the Prior Lender, if necessary, releasing all Liens of Prior Lender upon any of the property of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries, and (b) termination of all blocked account agreements, bank agency agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements or arrangements in favor of Prior Lender or relating to the Prior Lender Obligations.

IV. DOCUMENTS DELIVERED BY LOAN PARTIES.

(A) Board Resolutions and Incumbency Certificates. A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each applicable Loan Party certifying (i) the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of such Loan Party approving each Loan Document (other than any Loan Document which was previously delivered in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement) to which such Loan Party is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action by Borrower and required governmental and third party approvals with respect to each such Loan Document, and (iii) the names and true signatures of the authorized officers of such Loan Party.

(B) Articles of Incorporation; By-Laws and Good Standing Certificates. Each of the following documents:

(1) the certificate of incorporation of each Loan Party (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) as in effect on the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority of the State of its incorporation as of a recent date, and the by-laws of each Loan Party (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) as in effect on the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or other appropriate officer or director of such Loan Party (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries);

(2) a good standing certificate for each Loan Party (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority of the State of its incorporation as of a recent date.

(D) [Intentionally Omitted]

(E) Existing Indebtedness. To the extent not delivered in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, copies of any document or instrument evidencing or relating to existing Indebtedness of each Loan Party together with all certificates, opinions, instruments, security documents and other documents relating thereto, all of which shall be satisfactory in

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form and substance to Agent, certified by an authorized officer of such Loan Party as true, correct and complete copies thereof.

(F) Stock Agreements and Material Contracts. To the extent not previously delivered in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, copies of any agreement with shareholders of Borrower or ASL in effect on the Closing Date, and all Material Contracts in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, certified by an authorized officer of the applicable Loan Party as true, correct and complete copies thereof.

V. LEGAL OPINION. An opinion of Xxxxxxxx Ingersoll PC, counsel to the Loan Parties, and an opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx, Indiana counsel to Xxxxxx’x, each in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and Lenders.

VI. MISCELLANEOUS.

(A) Appointment of Agent for Service. An appointment of Corporation Service Company as each applicable Loan Party’s agent for service of process.

(B) Letter of Direction. Duly executed originals of a letter of direction from Borrower addressed to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, with respect to the disbursement on the Closing Date of the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Advance to be made on such date.

(C) Solvency Certificate. The applicable Loan Parties shall deliver to Agent for the benefit of Lenders a solvency certificate reasonably satisfactory in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

(D) Fee Letter. Duly executed originals of the GE Capital Fee Letter.

(E) Master Documentary Agreement. Duly executed originals of the Master Documentary Agreement.

(F) Master Standby Agreement. Duly executed originals of the Master Standby Agreement.

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ANNEX D
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTICES

1. To Agent: (a) at any time Excess Availability is greater than or equal to $50,000,000, no less frequently than 15 days after the end of each Fiscal Month (together with a copy of all or any part of the following reports requested by any Lender in writing after the Closing Date), a Borrowing Base Certificate, which shall be prepared by the Borrower as of the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Month, or (b) at any time Excess Availability is less than $50,000,000, by no later than every Tuesday of each week, a Borrowing Base Certificate as of Saturday of the preceding week.

2. Solely to Agent, as of the last day of each fiscal month an Inventory (including Inventory of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) listing and a schedule detailing Inventory by location and type and, if requested by Agent, supporting perpetual inventory reports in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, each such listing and schedule to be delivered to Agent no later than the date required for the of delivery of the financial statements for such period set forth in paragraph 3 and 4, as applicable.

3. Solely to Agent, by no later than the 30th day after the end of each fiscal month, other than the last month of any Fiscal Quarter:

(a) an internally prepared consolidated statement of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for such fiscal month and that portion of the current Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such fiscal month, and consolidated balance sheets as at the end of such fiscal month, in each case, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries), which financial and other information shall provide comparisons to the prior year’s equivalent period, both on a monthly and year-to-date basis, and to budget;

(b) in the event a Long Form Event has occurred and the Prior Lender Obligations remain outstanding, an internally prepared consolidated statement of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for such fiscal month and that portion of the current Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such fiscal month, and consolidated balance sheets as at the end of such fiscal month, in each case, for Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries, which financial and other information shall provide comparisons to the prior year’s equivalent period, both on a monthly and year-to-date basis, and to budget;

(c) a certification of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower that all such financial statements are complete and correct and present fairly the financial position, the results of operations, cash flows and the changes in stockholders’ equity of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) as at the end of such fiscal month and for the period then ended in accordance with GAAP, except there being an absence of footnotes and subject to normal audit adjustments, that all rent and other obligations of each Loan Party with respect to its Leases were paid in accordance with the terms thereof

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(without giving effect to any grace periods) as at the end of such fiscal month and setting forth the aggregate amount so paid or specifying those instances when rent or such other obligations were not so paid together with a detailed explanation of the reasons for the failure of any Loan Party to make such payments and the aggregate amount of such payments not made, and that there was no Default in existence as of such time or specifying those Defaults of which he or she was aware;

(d) a report of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower setting forth management’s discussion and analysis of all current income statement, balance sheet and cash flow financial trends and a comparison to the prior year’s equivalent period, both on a monthly and a year-to-date basis, and to budget;

(e) a reconciliation of the Inventory listing and schedule by location and type referred to in paragraph 2 above as of the last day of such fiscal month to Borrower’s general ledger for such fiscal month and financial statements for such fiscal month, in each case accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as Agent may request; and

(f) as of the end of such fiscal month, a report in form and substance satisfactory to Agent setting forth the balance of the intercompany obligations between Loan Parties (including the Acquirer Loan and the Xxxxxx’x Loan, which, prior to consummation of the Merger in the case of the Xxxxxx’x Loan, shall also be set forth in the Borrowing Base Certificate).

4. By no later than the 45th day after the end of each Fiscal Quarter:

(a) a copy of the Borrower’s Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or an internally prepared consolidated statement of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for such Fiscal Quarter and that portion of the current Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter, and consolidated balance sheets as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, in each case, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries), which financial and other information shall provide comparisons to the prior year’s equivalent period, both on a monthly and year-to-date basis, and to budget;

(b) in the event a Long Form Event has occurred and the Prior Lender Obligations remain outstanding, an internally prepared consolidated statement of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for such Fiscal Quarter and that portion of the current Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter, and consolidated balance sheets as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, in each case, for Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries, which financial and other information shall provide comparisons to the prior year’s equivalent period, both on a monthly and year-to-date basis, and to budget;

(c) a certification of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower that all such financial statements are complete and correct and present fairly the financial position, the results of operations, cash flows and the changes in stockholders’ equity of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and for the period then ended in accordance with GAAP, except there being an absence of footnotes and subject to normal audit adjustments, that all rent and other obligations

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of each Loan Party with respect to its Leases were paid in accordance with the terms thereof (without giving effect to any grace periods) as at the end of such fiscal month and setting forth the aggregate amount so paid or specifying those instances when rent or such other obligations were not so paid together with a detailed explanation of the reasons for the failure of any Loan Party to make such payments and the aggregate amount of such payments not made, and that there was no Default in existence as of such time or specifying those Defaults of which he or she was aware;

(d) a report showing a comparison to the prior year’s equivalent period, both on a quarterly and a year-to-date basis, and to budget;

(e) a reconciliation of the Inventory listing and schedule by location and type referred to in paragraph 2 above as of the last day of such Fiscal Quarter to Borrower’s general ledger for such fiscal month and financial statements for such Fiscal Quarter, in each case accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as Agent may request;

(f) as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, a report in form and substance satisfactory to Agent setting forth the balance of the intercompany obligations between Loan Parties (including the Acquirer Loan and the Xxxxxx’x Loan, which, prior to consummation of the Merger in the case of the Xxxxxx’x Loan, shall also be set forth in the Borrowing Base Certificate); and

(g) Within 45 days after the close of each Fiscal Quarter a statement in reasonable detail showing the calculations used in determining Borrower’s compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.10.

5. Within 90 days after the close of each Fiscal Year:

(a) a copy of the Borrower’s Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or copies of the annual audited consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries consisting of a balance sheet and statement of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, which financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, certified without qualification by Deloitte & Touche LLP or another firm of independent certified public accountants of recognized standing selected by Borrower and reasonably acceptable to Agent, and accompanied by (i) if applicable, a statement in reasonable detail showing the calculations used in determining Borrower’s compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.10, and (ii) a report from such accountants to the effect that in connection with their audit examination, they did not become aware of any Default, or specifying those Defaults, of which they became aware;

(b) in the event a Long Form Event has occurred and the Prior Lender Obligations remain outstanding, copies of the annual audited consolidated financial statements of Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries consisting of a balance sheet and statement of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, which financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, certified without qualification by Deloitte & Touche LLP or another firm of independent

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certified public accountants of recognized standing selected by Borrower and reasonably acceptable to Agent;

(d) the annual letter from Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer to such accountants in connection with their audit examination detailing each Loan Party’s contingent liabilities and material litigation, ERISA, labor and environmental matters; and

(e) a certification of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower that all such financial statements are complete and correct and present fairly in accordance with GAAP the financial position, the results of operations and the changes in financial position of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and for the period then ended, and that there was no Default in existence as of such time or specifying those Defaults of which he or she was aware.

6. Solely to Agent not later than the end of each Fiscal Year, a final operating plan for each Loan Party reasonably acceptable to Agent for the following Fiscal Year approved by Borrower’s board of directors, provided, however, that such operating plan shall be delivered to Agent and Lenders if Excess Availability is less than $50,000,000 for three consecutive Business Days during any Fiscal Year (the “AOP Trigger Date”), in which case Borrower shall promptly provide a revised operating plan to Agent and Lenders for the remainder of such Fiscal Year (and if the AOP Trigger Date occurs during the last Fiscal Quarter of such Fiscal Year, an operating plan for the following Fiscal Year delivered prior to the first day of such Fiscal Year). Each such operating plan shall include the following:

(a) projected balance sheets of each Loan Party for such Fiscal Year, on a monthly basis:

(b) projected cash flow statements and forecasted Excess Availability, including summary details of cash disbursements (including Capital Expenditures) for such Fiscal Year, on a monthly basis;

(d) a monthly budget which will in reasonable detail acceptable to Agent integrate operating profit and cash flow projections and personnel facilities and plans and include a Capital Expenditures budget; and

(e) projected annual balance sheet, cash flow statements, and statements of operations of each Loan Party for such Fiscal Year;

together with a description of major assumptions used in generating such balance sheets, cash flows and income statements, and operating plan, and other appropriate supporting details as reasonably requested by Agent.

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0X. Not later than the end of each Fiscal Year, statements of projected Inventory, projected Excess Availability and projected aggregate Revolving Credit Advances outstanding for the following Fiscal Year, each in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent (the “Liquidity Projections”).

7. As soon as practicable, but in any event within one Business Day after Borrower becomes aware of the existence of any Default, or any development or other information that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, telephonic or facsimile notice specifying the nature of such Default or development or information, including the anticipated effect thereof, which notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing within four (4) Business Days.

8. Upon Agent’s request, copies of all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns, information returns and reports in respect of income, franchise or other taxes on or measured by income (excluding sales, use or like taxes) filed by any Loan Party.

9. [Intentionally Omitted].

10. Promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of Borrower, and, prior to the consummation of the Merger, Xxxxxx’x, generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed; provided that Borrower shall not be required to deliver any such information to Agent if Borrower delivers electronic notification to Agent of the posting of any such information with the SEC on XXXXX.

11. [Intentionally Omitted].

12. As soon as possible, and in any event within 10 days after Borrower knows or has reason to believe that any of the events or conditions specified below with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan has occurred or exists, a statement signed by the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower setting forth details respecting such event or condition and the action, if any, that Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto (and a copy of any report or notice required to be filed with or given to PBGC by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to such event or condition):

(a) any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(b) of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan, as to which PBGC has not by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event (provided that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA shall be a reportable event regardless of the issuance of any waivers in accordance with Section 412(d) of the IRC);

(b) the filing under Section 4041 of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan or the termination of any Plan;

(c) the institution by PBGC of proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan;

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(d) the complete or partial withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA from a Multiemployer Plan, or the receipt by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of notice from a Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A of ERISA; and

(e) the institution of a proceeding by a fiduciary of any Multiemployer Plan against Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to enforce Section 515 of ERISA, which proceeding is not dismissed within 30 days.

13. As soon as practicable, but in any event within one Business Day after any Loan Party (including Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries) receives a notice of any payment default or any other material default or a notice of termination under any of its Leases, telephonic or facsimile notice specifying the nature of such notice and default, if applicable, including the anticipated effect thereof, which notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing within four (4) Business Days.

14. Such other reports and information respecting Borrower’s or any other Loan Party’s business, financial condition or prospects as Agent or any Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request.

15. To Agent and Lenders, promptly upon their becoming available, copies of: (i) all Financial Statements, regular, periodic and special reports, notices and proxy statements made publicly available by any Loan Party to its security holders; (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by any Loan Party with any national securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any governmental agency substituted therefor) or any governmental or private regulatory authority; and (iii) all press releases and other statements made available by any Loan Party to the public concerning material changes or developments in the business of any such Person.

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ANNEX E
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INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

I. Coverage Requirements. The insurance policies maintained by the Loan Parties provide for, without limitation, the following insurance coverage:

(a) “All Risk” physical damage insurance on all of each Loan Party’s tangible real and personal property and assets, wherever located, and covers, without limitation, fire and extended coverage, boiler and machinery coverage, flood, earthquake, theft, burglary, explosion, collapse, and all other hazards and risks ordinarily insured against by owners or users of such properties in similar businesses. All policies of insurance on such real and personal property contain an endorsement, in form and substance acceptable to Agent, naming each Loan Party as Agent’s Loss Payee (ISO Form CP 12 18 or its equivalent). Such endorsement, or an independent instrument furnished to Agent, provides that the insurance companies will give Agent at least thirty (30) days prior written notice before any such policy or policies of insurance shall be altered or canceled and that no act or default of any Loan Party or any other Person shall affect the right of Agent to recover under such policy or policies of insurance in case of loss or damage;

(b) Commercial general liability insurance on an “occurrence basis” against claims for personal injury, bodily injury and property damage with a minimum limit of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 in the aggregate. Such coverage includes, without limitation, premises/operations, broad form contractual liability, underground, explosion and collapse hazard, independent contractors, broad form property coverage, products and completed operations liability;

(c) Statutory limits of worker’s compensation insurance which includes employee’s occupational disease and employer’s liability in the amount of $500,000 for each accident or occurrence;

(d) Automobile liability insurance for all owned, non-owned or hired automobiles against claims for personal injury, bodily injury and property damage with a minimum combined single limit of $1,000,000 per occurrence;

(e) Umbrella insurance of $25,000,000 per occurrence and $25,000,000 in the aggregate; and

(f) Crime insurance with respect to employee dishonesty in an amount not less than $250,000.

All of such policies: (i) shall have deductibles acceptable to Agent (it being understood that current deductibles are acceptable); (ii) shall provide that Agent will be notified by written notice at least thirty (30) days prior to such policy’s cancellation or modification; (iii) are in full force and effect; (iv) are in form and with insurers recognized as adequate by Agent (insurers

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with an A.M. Best rating lower than “A” will not be considered adequate); and (v) provide coverage of such risks and for such amounts as is customarily maintained for businesses of the scope and size of Loan Parties’ and as otherwise acceptable to Agent. Each property insurance policy contains a clause which provides that Agent’s interest under such policy shall not be invalidated by any act or omission to act of, or any breach of warranty by, the insured, or by any change in the title, ownership or possession of the insured property, or by the use of the property for purposes more hazardous than is permitted in such policy. Subject to Section 5.16(c), the Loan Parties have delivered to Agent a certificate of insurance that evidences the existence of each policy of insurance, payment of all premiums therefor and compliance with all provisions of this Agreement.

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ANNEX F
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

LETTERS OF CREDIT

(a) Issuance. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, Agent and Lenders agree to incur, from time to time prior to the Commitment Termination Date, upon the request of Borrower and for Borrower’s account (but on behalf of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), Letter of Credit Obligations by causing Letters of Credit to be issued by GE Capital or a Subsidiary thereof or a bank or other legally authorized Person selected by or acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion (each, an “L/C Issuer”) for Borrower’s account (but on behalf of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and guaranteed by Agent; provided that if the L/C Issuer is a Lender, then such Letters of Credit shall not be guaranteed by Agent but rather each Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, purchase (or be deemed to have purchased) risk participations in all such Letters of Credit issued with the written consent of Agent, as more fully described in paragraph (b)(ii) below. The aggregate amount of all such Letter of Credit Obligations shall not at any time exceed the lesser of (i) $75,000,000 (the “L/C Sublimit”) and (ii) the lesser of (A) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loan and the Letter of Credit Obligations; and (B) Borrowing Base less the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loan and the Letter of Credit Obligations (the determination of availability described in this sentence is herein referred to as the “L/C Availability”). No such Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date which is more than (i) if such Letter of Credit is a Documentary Letter of Credit, six (6) months following the date of issuance thereof or such longer period with the consent of Agent or (ii) any other Letter of Credit, one (1) year following the date of issuance thereof. Agent shall be under no obligation to incur Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit having an expiry date that is later than the Commitment Termination Date. The letters of credit set forth on Schedule F-1 issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement (the “JPMorgan Letters of Credit”) and represent Letter of Credit Obligations under this Agreement, provided that such JPMorgan Letters of Credit shall be subject to the terms of the Payoff and Letter of Credit Assumption Agreement as well as the provisions set forth in this Agreement.

(b) (i) Advances Automatic; Participations. In the event that Agent or any Lender shall make any payment on or pursuant to any Letter of Credit Obligation, such payment shall then be deemed automatically to constitute a Revolving Credit Advance under Section 1.1(a) of the Agreement regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and notwithstanding Borrower’s failure to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2, and each Lender shall be obligated to pay its Proportionate Share thereof in accordance with the Agreement. The failure of any Lender to make available to Agent for Agent’s own account its Proportionate Share of any such Revolving Credit Advance or payment by Agent under or in respect of a Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to Agent its Proportionate Share thereof, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make available such other Lender’s Proportionate Share of any such payment.

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(ii) If the L/C Issuer is a Lender, or if it shall be illegal or unlawful for Borrower to incur Revolving Credit Advances as contemplated by paragraph (b)(i) above because of an Event of Default described in Section 8.1(g) or (h) or otherwise or if it shall be illegal or unlawful for any Lender to be deemed to have assumed a ratable share of the reimbursement obligations owed to an L/C Issuer, then (A) immediately and without further action whatsoever, each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from Agent (or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be) an undivided interest and participation equal to such Lender’s Proportionate Share (based on the Revolving Credit Commitments) of the Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of all Letters of Credit then outstanding and (B) thereafter, immediately upon issuance of any Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from Agent (or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be) an undivided interest and participation in such Lender’s Proportionate Share (based on the Revolving Credit Commitments) of the Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit on the date of such issuance. Each Lender shall fund its participation in all payments or disbursements made under the Letters of Credit in the same manner as provided in the Agreement with respect to Revolving Credit Advances.

(c) Cash Collateral. (i) If Borrower is required to provide cash collateral for any Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to the Agreement prior to the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower will pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of itself and the Lenders cash or Cash Equivalents acceptable to Agent in an amount equal to one-hundred five percent (105%) of the maximum amount then available to be drawn under each applicable Letter of Credit outstanding. Such funds or Cash Equivalents shall be held by Agent in a cash collateral account (the “Cash Collateral Account”) maintained at a bank or financial institution acceptable to Agent. The Cash Collateral Account shall be in the name of Borrower and shall be pledged to, and subject to the control of, Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, in a manner satisfactory to Agent. Borrower hereby pledges and grants to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, a security interest in all such funds and Cash Equivalents held in the Cash Collateral Account from time to time and all proceeds thereof, as security for the payment of all amounts due in respect of the Letter of Credit Obligations and other Obligations, whether or not then due. The Agreement, including this Annex F, shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.

(ii) If any Letter of Credit Obligations, whether or not then due and payable, shall for any reason be outstanding on the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower shall either (A) provide cash collateral therefor in the manner described above, or (B) cause all such Letters of Credit and guaranties thereof to be canceled and returned, or (C) deliver a Standby Letter (or letters) of Credit in guaranty of such Letter of Credit Obligations, which Standby Letter (or letters) of Credit shall be of like tenor and duration as, and in an amount equal to one-hundred and five percent (105%) of the aggregate maximum amount then available to be drawn under, the Letters of Credit to which such outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations relate and shall be issued by a Person, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions, as are be satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion.

(iii) From time to time after funds are deposited in the Cash Collateral Account by Borrower, whether before or after the Commitment Termination Date, Agent may apply such funds or Cash Equivalents then held in the Cash Collateral Account to the payment of any

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amounts, in such order as Agent may elect, as shall be or shall become due and payable by Borrower to Lenders with respect to such Letter of Credit Obligations and, upon the satisfaction in full of all Letter of Credit Obligations of Borrower, to any other Obligations then due and payable.

(iv) Neither Borrower nor any Person claiming on behalf of or through Borrower shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds or Cash Equivalents held in the Cash Collateral Account, except that upon the termination of all Letter of Credit Obligations and the payment of all amounts payable by Borrower to Lenders in respect thereof, any funds remaining in the Cash Collateral Account shall be applied to other Obligations when due and owing and upon payment in full of such Obligations, any remaining amount shall be paid to Borrower or as otherwise required by law.

(d) Fees and Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay to Agent for the benefit of Lenders, as compensation to such Lenders for Letter of Credit Obligations incurred hereunder, (i) all costs and expenses incurred by Agent or any Lender on account of such Letter of Credit Obligations, and (ii) for each month during which any Letter of Credit Obligation shall remain outstanding, a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) in an amount equal to (A) with respect to Documentary Letters of Credit, one-half of one percent per annum (0.50%) less than the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans from time to time in effect and (B) with respect to any Standby Letter of Credit, the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans from time to time in effect, in each case multiplied by the maximum amount available from time to time to be drawn under the applicable Letter of Credit. Such fee shall be paid to Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in arrears, on the first day of each month. In addition, Borrower shall pay to any L/C Issuer, within five (5) days after demand, such costs and expenses, charges and expenses of such L/C Issuer in respect of the issuance, negotiation, acceptance, amendment, transfer and payment of such Letter of Credit or otherwise payable pursuant to the application and related documentation under which such Letter of Credit is issued. The Letter of Credit fees shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed.

(e) Request for Incurrence of Letter of Credit Obligations. Borrower shall give Agent at least two (2) Business Days prior written notice requesting the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation, specifying the date such Letter of Credit Obligation is to be incurred, identifying the beneficiary and describing the nature of the transactions proposed to be supported thereby; provided, however, that Borrower need not obtain approval and need not provide notice to Agent for the incurrence of a Letter of Credit Obligation if (i) the issuance of such Letter of Credit Obligation would not violate any provision of this Annex F, (ii) the amount of such Letter of Credit Obligation is less than $300,000 and (iii) the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations issued in such week is less than $300,000. The notice shall be accompanied by the form of the Letter of Credit (which shall be acceptable to the L/C Issuer). For administrative purposes, by Monday of the following week, the L/C Issuer shall distribute a summary sheet to Agent stating the amount requested during such week and the date of all Letter of Credit Obligations issued during such week. The notice shall be accompanied by the form of the Letter of Credit (which shall be acceptable to the L/C Issuer) and a completed application for Standby Letter of Credit or application for Documentary Letter of Credit, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Letter of Credit applications by Borrower and approvals by Agent and the L/C Issuer may be made and transmitted pursuant to electronic codes

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and security measures mutually agreed upon and established by and among Borrower, Agent and the L/C Issuer.

(f) Obligation Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse Agent and Lenders for payments made with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligation shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, without necessity of presentment, demand, protest or other formalities, and the obligations of each Lender to make payments to Agent or the L/C Issuer if it is a Lender with respect to Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable. Such obligations of Borrower and Lenders shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including the following circumstances:

(i)		any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or the Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other agreement;

(ii)		the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which Borrower or any of its Affiliates or any Lender may at any time have against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons or entities for whom any such transferee may be acting), Agent, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with the Agreement, the Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or therein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between Borrower or any of its Affiliates and the beneficiary for which the Letter of Credit was procured);

(iii)		any draft, demand, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

(iv)		payment by Agent or any L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or such guaranty, except as set forth in the proviso to clause (C) of the second paragraph of paragraph (g) below;

(v)		any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, which is similar to any of the foregoing; or

(vi)		the fact that a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(g) Indemnification; Nature of Lenders’ Duties. (i) In addition to amounts payable as elsewhere provided in the Agreement, Borrower hereby agrees to pay and to protect, indemnify, and save harmless Agent and each Lender from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and allocated costs of internal counsel) which Agent or any Lender may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, or (ii) the failure of Agent or any Lender seeking indemnification or of any L/C Issuer to honor a

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demand for payment under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority, in each case other than to the extent solely as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent or such Lender (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). No Agent or Lender shall enter into any compromise or settlement in any action as to which such Person intends to seek indemnification hereunder without the prior written consent of the Loan Party from whom indemnification hereunder is sought, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

(ii) As between Agent and any Lender and Borrower, Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of any Letter of Credit by beneficiaries thereof. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law neither Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible: (A) for the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document issued by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (B) for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any 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; (C) for failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to demand payment under such Letter of Credit; provided that, in the case of any payment by Agent or the L/C Issuer if it is a Lender under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, Agent or such L/C Issuer shall be liable to the extent such payment was made solely as a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) in determining that the demand for payment under such Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof complies on its face with any applicable requirements for a demand for payment under such Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof; (D) for errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (E) for errors in interpretation of technical terms; (F) for any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a payment under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof or of the proceeds thereof; (G) for the credit of the proceeds of any drawing under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof; and (H) for any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Agent or any Lender. None of the above shall affect, impair, or prevent the vesting of any of Agent’s or any Lender’s rights or powers hereunder or under the Agreement.

(iii) Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit or to expand any waivers, covenants or indemnities made by Borrower in favor of any L/C Issuer in any letter of credit application, reimbursement agreement or similar document, instrument or agreement between or among Borrower and such L/C Issuer, including a Master Documentary Agreement and a Master Standby Agreement entered into with Agent.

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XX XXXXXX LETTERS OF CREDIT

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ANNEX G

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

The following additional conditions precedent shall apply:

(a) The Offer Materials shall have been furnished to Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

(b) Subject to Section 5.17, the Tender Offer shall have been, or shall be concurrently, consummated pursuant to the Offer Materials and the Merger Agreement; and no provision of the Tender Offer or the Merger Agreement shall have been amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of Agent.

(c) The approval of board of directors of Borrower and Xxxxxx’x of the Tender Offer and the Merger shall not have been withdrawn or qualified in a manner adverse to Borrower, Acquirer or Lenders.

(d) Acquirer shall have acquired on or before September 15, 2004 and concurrently with the making of the first Revolving Credit Advance under the Agreement, not fewer than the Minimum Shares.

(e) To the extent required, each Lender shall have received Form FR U-1 or Form FR G-3, as applicable, executed by Borrower.

(f) The consummation of the Transaction shall not (i) violate any applicable law, statute, rule or regulation or (ii) conflict with, or result in a default or event of default under, any organic documents or any material agreement of Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than change of control provisions in material agreements representing Indebtedness being paid in full on the date of such change of control) after giving effect to the Transaction.

(g) Xxxxxx’x and its Subsidiaries shall have no outstanding Indebtedness, Liens or preferred equity after giving effect to the Tender Offer other than, the Indebtedness under and Liens in respect of Capital Leases, purchase money Liens or as otherwise permitted under the Agreement.

(h) The corporate and capital structure and ownership of Borrower, Xxxxxx’x and their respective Subsidiaries after the Tender Offer and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

(i) Agent and Lenders shall have been given ongoing access to the management, outside consultants, records, books of account, contracts, and properties of Borrower, Xxxxxx’x and their respective Subsidiaries and shall have received such financial, business, legal, and other

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information or documents regarding Borrower, Xxxxxx’x and their respective Subsidiaries, in each case as Agent, Lenders and their respective counsel shall have requested.

(j) Agent and Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied with the insurance protection for Borrower, Xxxxxx’x and their respective Subsidiaries, in every case, given the industry, size, risk and the collateral position (terms, underwriter, scope and coverage to be reasonably acceptable to Agent and Lenders including, without limitation, flood insurance as necessary, and non-renewal, cancellation and amendment riders to provide thirty (30) days advance notice to Agent (or shorter notice as may be reasonably acceptable to Agent) and Agent shall be named as loss payee with respect to the Collateral and additional insured, as the case may be, on the policies of Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries.

(k) There shall not have occurred any of the following which is material and adverse to the interests of Lenders or the Transaction: (1) any general suspension of trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq National Market System, for a period in excess of three hours (excluding suspensions or limitations resulting solely from physical damage or interference with such exchanges not related to market conditions), (2) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States (whether or not mandatory), (3) any limitation or proposed limitation (whether or not mandatory) by any United States governmental entity that has a material adverse effect generally on the extension of credit by banks or other financial institutions, (4) the commencement of a war, armed hostilities or other international or national calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States or (5) in the case of any of the situations in clauses (1) through (4) of this paragraph existing at the time of the commencement of the Tender Offer, a material acceleration or worsening thereof.

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of July 28, 2004 among DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC. as Borrower, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO, as Loan Parties, and THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as...

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