REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of May 18, 2006, Among COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS HOLDING CORP. COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS CORP. and CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES PARTY HERETO as Borrowers, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as...

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$200,000,000

REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 18, 2006,

Among

COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS HOLDING CORP.

COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS CORP.
and

CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES PARTY HERETO

as Borrowers,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent,

and

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I

Definitions


SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms		1
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally		55
SECTION 1.03. Effectuation of Transfers		56
SECTION 1.04. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents		56

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Commitments		57
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings		57
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings		58
SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans and Agent Advances		59
SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit		62
SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings		67
SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections		68
SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments		69
SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt		70
SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Revolving Loans		71
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans		71
SECTION 2.12. Fees		72
SECTION 2.13. Interest		73
SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest		73
SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs		74
SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments		75
SECTION 2.17. Taxes		76
SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs		78
SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders		79
SECTION 2.20. Illegality		80
SECTION 2.21. Incremental Commitments		81

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers		82
SECTION 3.02. Authorization		82
SECTION 3.03. Enforceability		83


SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals		83
SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements		83
SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Effect		84
SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases		84
SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries		85
SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws		85
SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations		85
SECTION 3.11. Investment Company Act: Public Utility Holding Company Act		85
SECTION 3.12. Use of Proceeds		86
SECTION 3.13. Tax Returns		86
SECTION 3.14. No Material Misstatements		86
SECTION 3.15. Employee Benefit Plans		87
SECTION 3.16. Environmental Matters		87
SECTION 3.17. Security Documents		88
SECTION 3.18. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises		89
SECTION 3.19. Solvency		89
SECTION 3.20. Labor Matters		90
SECTION 3.21. Insurance		90
SECTION 3.22. No Default		90
SECTION 3.23. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.		90
SECTION 3.24. Senior Debt		90
SECTION 3.25. Common Enterprise		90

ARTICLE IV

Conditions of Lending

SECTION 4.01. All Credit Events		91
SECTION 4.02. Effectiveness of Commitments		92

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties		95
SECTION 5.02. Insurance		95
SECTION 5.03. Taxes		96
SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc.		96
SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices		99
SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws		99
SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections		99
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds		100
SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws		100
SECTION 5.10. Post Closing Filing; Further Assurances; Additional Security		100
SECTION 5.11. Contribution of Purchase Price Adjustments		102


SECTION 5.12. Appraisals and Reports		102
SECTION 5.13. Collateral Reporting		103
SECTION 5.14. Accounts		103
SECTION 5.15. Collection of Accounts; Payments		104
SECTION 5.16. Inventory; Perpetual Inventory		106

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness		107
SECTION 6.02. Liens		110
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions		113
SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and Advances		114
SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions		117
SECTION 6.06. Dividends and Distributions		120
SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates		121
SECTION 6.08. Business of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries		124
SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.		124
SECTION 6.10. Capital Expenditures		126
SECTION 6.11. Availability Triggering Event		126
SECTION 6.12. [Reserved].		126
SECTION 6.13. Swap Agreements		126
SECTION 6.14. No Other “Designated Senior Indebtedness”		127
SECTION 6.15. Fiscal Year; Accounting		127
SECTION 6.16. Qualified CFC Holding Companies		127

ARTICLE VIA Holdings Negative Covenants

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default		128
SECTION 7.02. Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries		131
SECTION 7.03. Holdings’ Right to Cure		131

ARTICLE VIII

The Agents

SECTION 8.01. Appointment		132

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SECTION 8.02. Delegation of Duties		134
SECTION 8.03. Exculpatory Provisions		134
SECTION 8.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent		135
SECTION 8.05. Notice of Default		136
SECTION 8.06. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders		136
SECTION 8.07. Indemnification		136
SECTION 8.08. Agent in Its Individual Capacity		137
SECTION 8.09. Successor Administrative Agent		137
SECTION 8.10. Sole Lead Arranger		138
SECTION 8.11. [Reserved]		138
SECTION 8.12. Field Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer by Lenders		138

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01. Notices; Communications		139
SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement		140
SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect		140
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns		140
SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity		144
SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off		146
SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law		146
SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment		147
SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation		149
SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement		149
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL		149
SECTION 9.12. Severability		149
SECTION 9.13. Counterparts		150
SECTION 9.14. Headings		150
SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process		150
SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality		150
SECTION 9.17. Platform; Borrower Materials		151
SECTION 9.18. Release of Liens and Guarantees		151
SECTION 9.19. Judgment Currency		152
SECTION 9.20. USA PATRIOT Act Notice		152
SECTION 9.21. Joint and Several Liability		152
SECTION 9.22. Contribution and Indemnification among the Borrowers		154
SECTION 9.23. Agency of Company for Each Other Borrower		154
SECTION 9.24. Additional Borrowers		154
SECTION 9.25. Express Waivers By Borrowers In Respect of Cross Guaranties and Cross Collateralization		155
SECTION 9.26. Intercreditor Agreements		156


Exhibits and Schedules

Exhibit A	Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B	Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit C-1	Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit C-2	Form of Swingline Borrowing Request
Exhibit D	Form of Mortgage
Exhibit E	Form of Collateral Agreement
Exhibit F	Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

Schedule 1.01(a)	Certain U.S. Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.10(b)	Acceptable Appraisers
Schedule 1.01(c)	Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 1.01(e)	Past Due Accounts
Schedule 1.01(f)	Existing Bankers’ Acceptances
Schedule 1.01(g)	Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 2.01	Commitments
Schedule 3.01	Organization and Good Standing
Schedule 3.04	Governmental Approvals
Schedule 3.07(b)	Possession under Leases
Schedule 3.07(c)	Intellectual Property
Schedule 3.08(a)	Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.08(b)	Subscriptions
Schedule 3.13	Taxes
Schedule 3.21	Insurance
Schedule 4.02	Borrowing Base Calculation on Closing Date
Schedule 6.01	Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02(a)	Liens
Schedule 6.04	Investments
Schedule 6.07	Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 9.01	Notice Information
Schedule 9.04	Processing and Recordation Fees

This REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 18, 2006 (this “Agreement”), is among COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS HOLDING CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), certain domestic Subsidiaries of the Company party hereto from time to time, the LENDERS party hereto from time to time, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent” and the “Collateral Agent”, respectively) for the Lenders.

WHEREAS, Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P. and other affiliated co-investment partnerships (collectively, the “Fund”) indirectly formed Holdings and the Company for the purpose of entering into that certain Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (as amended by that certain Closing Agreement (the “Closing Agreement”) dated as of February 16, 2006, the “Acquisition Agreement”), dated as of December 20, 2005, among Tyco Group S.a.r.l., a Luxembourg company (“Seller”), the Company and, for purposes of Section 11.15 thereof only, Tyco International Group S.A., pursuant to which the Company acquired (the “Acquisition”) substantially all of the Seller’s assets and the outstanding interests in the Seller’s subsidiaries (collectively, the “Acquired Business”) relating to the Business and the L Tape Product Line (as such terms are defined in the Acquisition Agreement); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the Acquisition, Holdings, the Company, the lenders and agents named therein, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent for such lenders, entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2006 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers (as defined below) desire to obtain from the Lenders a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $200,000,000 (subject to increases as permitted herein), the proceeds of which will be used (i) to refinance the “Revolving Facility” and a portion of the “Term Facility” under the Existing Credit Agreement with the Revolving Loans under this Facility (the “Refinancing”), and (ii) for general corporate purposes;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrowers on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

“ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) EBITDA of the Company for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements are available minus the income taxes paid in cash by the Company and included in the determination of Consolidated Net Income during such period minus

non-financed Capital Expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period to (b) the sum of (i) scheduled principal payment required to be made during such period in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money plus (ii) the Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding amortization of any original issue discount, interest paid in kind or added to principal and other noncash interest) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period plus (iii) Distributions pursuant to Sections 6.06(c) and (e) in each case to the extent paid by the Company in cash.

For purposes of calculating the ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio with respect to measurement periods that include periods prior to the Closing Date, with respect to (i) income taxes, the amount shall be zero, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, the amount shall be the same as the amounts set forth in the definition of Cash Interest Expense, and (iii) scheduled principal payments, the amount shall be $750,000 per fiscal quarter.

“ABR” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

“ABR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.

“ABR Loan” shall mean any ABR Revolving Loan, Swingline Loan or Agent Advance.

“ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Revolving Loans.

“ABR Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

“Acceptable Appraiser” means (a) any person listed on Schedule 1.01(b), or (b) any other experienced and reputable appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Administrative Agent.

“Acceptance Credit” shall mean a commercial Letter of Credit in which the applicable Issuing Bank engages with the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit to accept a time draft.

“Acceptance Documents” shall mean such general acceptance agreements, applications, certificates and other documents as the applicable Issuing Bank may require in connection with the creation of Bankers’ Acceptances.

“Account” means, with respect to a person, any of such person’s now owned and hereafter acquired or arising accounts, as defined in the UCC, including any rights to payment

for the sale or lease of goods or rendition of services, whether or not they have been earned by performance, and “Accounts” means, with respect to any such person, all of the foregoing.

“Account Debtor” means each person obligated on an Account.

“Acquired Business” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

“Acquisition” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

“Acquisition Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

“Acquisition Documents” shall mean the collective reference to the Acquisition Agreement, all material exhibits and schedules thereto and all agreements expressly contemplated thereby.

“Additional Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(d).

“Adjusted LIBO Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate in effect for such Interest Period divided by (b) one minus the Statutory Reserves applicable to such Eurocurrency Borrowing, if any.

“Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

“Administrative Agent Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).

“Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified. For purposes of clause (h) of the definition of Eligible Accounts, the term “Affiliate”, however, with respect to any Loan Party or the Equity Investors, shall exclude any Apollo Operating Company.

“Agent Advance Exposure” shall mean at any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Agent Advances at such time. The Agent Advance Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall mean its Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Agent Advance Exposure at such time.

“Agent Advances” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(d).

“Agents” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

“Apollo Operating Company” means a person engaged in the business of producing goods or providing services that but for the last sentence of the definition of Affiliate would be an Affiliate of the Equity Investors.

“Applicable Margin” shall mean for any day prior to October 1, 2006, 1.50% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and 0.00% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan, and on and after October 1, 2006 the Applicable Margin will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid.

“Applicable Period” means an Excess Cash Flow Period or an Excess Cash Flow Interim Period, as the case may be.

“Approved Fund” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

“Asset Sale” shall mean any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of real property) to any person of any asset or assets of Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiaries.

“Assignee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

“Assignee Group” shall mean two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

“Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Company (if required by such assignment and acceptance), in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Availability” shall mean, at any time, (a) the Borrowing Base minus (b) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure.

“Availability Period” shall mean the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Facility Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments.

“Availability Triggering Event” shall mean that (a) except for purposes of Sections 5.07, 5.12, 5.13 and 5.15, the Availability is less than the Threshold Amount, or (b) for purposes of Section 5.07, 5.12, 5.13 and 5.15 only, the Availability is less than the Threshold Amount for five consecutive Business Days. Once occurred, an Availability Triggering Event shall be deemed to be continuing until such time as the Availability is greater than the Threshold Amount for 10 consecutive days.

“Available Unused Commitment” shall mean, with respect to a Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Revolving Lender at such time exceeds (b) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Revolving Lender at such time minus such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Swingline Exposure and the Agent Advance Exposure.

“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

“Bankers’ Acceptance” or “BA” shall mean a time draft, drawn by the beneficiary under an Acceptance Credit and accepted by the applicable Issuing Bank upon presentation of documents by the beneficiary of an Acceptance Credit pursuant to Section 2.05 hereof, in the standard form for bankers’ acceptances of such Issuing Bank.

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.).

“Blocked Account” means any deposit/collection account established pursuant to a Blocked Account Agreement; collectively, such accounts are referred to as the “Blocked Accounts.”

“Blocked Account Agreement” means an agreement among one or more of the Loan Parties, the Collateral Agent, and a Clearing Bank, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, concerning the collection of payments which represent the proceeds of Accounts and other Collateral of a Loan Party.

“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

“Board of Directors” means as to any person, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such person (or, if such person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.

“Borrower” means, the Company, Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC, Covalence Specialty Coatings LLC, and any other person who becomes a party to this Agreement as a “Borrower” pursuant to the terms hereof, jointly, severally, and collectively, and “Borrowers” means more than one or all of the foregoing persons, jointly, severally, and collectively, as the context requires.

“Borrowing” shall mean all Revolving Loans of a single Type made on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term “Borrowing” shall also include any Swingline Borrowing and any Agent Advance.

“Borrowing Base” means, at any time, an amount equal to the lesser of


	(a) the Revolving Facility Commitment, and

	(b) the result of:


	(i) the sum of (A) eighty-five percent (85.0%) of the Net Amount of Eligible Accounts, and (B) eighty-five percent (85.0%) of the Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory, minus

	(ii) all Reserves, without duplication of any items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria, which the Administrative Agent deems necessary in the exercise of its Reasonable Credit Judgment to maintain with respect to any Loan Party, including Reserves for any amounts which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be obligated to pay in the future for the account of any Loan Party.

The specified percentages set forth in this definition will not be reduced without the consent of the Company. Any determination by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Borrowing Base shall be based on the Administrative Agent’s Reasonable Credit Judgment. The parties understand that the exclusionary criteria in the definitions of Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory, any Reserves that may be imposed as provided herein, and Net Amount of Eligible Accounts and factors considered in the calculation of Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory have the effect of reducing the Borrowing Base, and, accordingly, whether or not any provisions hereof so state, all of the foregoing shall be determined without duplication so as not to result in multiple reductions in the Borrowing Base for the same facts or circumstances.

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate by a Responsible Officer of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit F (or another form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, including, on the Closing Date only, Schedule 4.02) setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base, including a calculation of each component thereof (including, to the extent the Company has received notice of any such Reserve from the Administrative Agent, any of the Reserves included in such calculation pursuant to clause (b)(ii) of the definition of the Borrowing Base), all in such detail as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Borrowing Minimum” shall mean $5.0 million, except in the case of Swingline Loans, $1.0 million.

“Borrowing Multiple” shall mean $1.0 million, except in the case of Swingline Loans, $500,000.

“Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by a Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.

“Budget” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(e).

“Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, that when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the applicable currency in the London interbank market.

“Canadian Note” means that certain promissory note dated February 16, 2006, issued by Covalence Specialty Materials Canada Limited to Covalence Specialty Materials Corp., in the initial principal amount of approximately CD18,400,000, and any refinancing thereof.

“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any person in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such person, provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for Holdings, the Company and the Subsidiaries shall not include:


	(a) expenditures to the extent they are made with proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings after the Existing Agreement Date or any Net Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition of the term “Net Proceeds” (but for the application of the first proviso to such clause (a)),

	(b) expenditures with proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries within 15 months of receipt of such proceeds (or, if not made within such period of 15 months, are committed to be made during such period),

	(c) interest capitalized during such period,

	(d) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary thereof) and for which neither Holdings, the Company nor any Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period),

	(e) the book value of any asset owned by such person prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided, that (i) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure actually is made and (ii) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired,

	(f) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (i) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (ii) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business,


	(g) Investments in respect of a Permitted Business Acquisition,

	(h) the Acquisition, or

	(i) the purchase of property, plant or equipment made within 15 months of the sale of any asset to the extent purchased with the proceeds of such sale (or, if not made within such period of 15 months, to the extent committed to be made during such period).

“Capital Lease Obligations” of any person shall mean the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of, without duplication, (a) pay in kind Interest Expense or other noncash Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of purchase accounting), (b) to the extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization of any financing fees paid by, or on behalf of, the Company or any Subsidiary, including such fees paid in connection with the Transactions, (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap Agreements and (d) cash interest income of Company and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided, that Cash Interest Expense shall exclude any one time financing fees, including those paid in connection with the Transactions or any amendment of this Agreement.

For purposes of determining Cash Interest Expense under this Agreement, Cash Interest Expense for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2005 shall be deemed to be $13,567,500, for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2005 shall be deemed to be $14,051,822, for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2005 shall be deemed to be $14,703,937, and for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2006 shall be deemed to be $15,258,500.

“CD” and “Canadian Dollars” each shall mean the lawful currency of Canada.

A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur if:

(a) at any time, (i) Holdings shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company, (ii) a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Holdings shall at any time be occupied by persons who were neither (A) nominated by the board of directors of Holdings or a Permitted Holder, (B) appointed by directors so nominated nor (C) appointed by a Permitted Holder or (iii) a “change of control” (or similar event) shall occur under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, any Permitted Additional Debt or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing or any Disqualified Stock;


	(b) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, any combination of Permitted Holders shall fail to own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d 5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Existing Agreement Date), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate Equity Interests representing at least a majority of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings; or

	(c) at any time after a Qualified IPO, any person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the Existing Agreement Date), other than any combination of the Permitted Holders or any “group” including any Permitted Holders, shall have acquired beneficial ownership of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest in Holdings’ capital stock and the Permitted Holders shall own, directly or indirectly, less than such person or “group” on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest in Holdings’ capital stock.

“Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Existing Agreement Date, (b) any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Existing Agreement Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any Lending Office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Existing Agreement Date.

“Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

“Clearing Bank” means either Bank of America or any other banking institution with whom a Payment Account has been established pursuant to a Blocked Account Agreement.

“Closing Date” shall mean May 18, 2006.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

“Collateral” shall mean all the “Collateral” as defined in any Security Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties and all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or any Subagent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to any Security Documents.

“Collateral Access Agreement” shall mean a landlord waiver, bailee letter or similar acknowledgment, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and containing such lien waivers, subordination provisions and other agreements of any lessor, landlord, warehouseman or processor in possession of Inventory, in each case reasonably required by the Collateral Agent to preserve, protect and maintain the security interest (and the priority of the security interest) of the Collateral Agent in such Inventory and executed pursuant to the requirements set forth in clause (i) of the definition of “Eligible Inventory”.

“Collateral Agent” means the party acting as collateral agent for the Secured Parties under the Security Documents. On the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent is the same person as the Administrative Agent. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term

“Administrative Agent” as used herein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include the Collateral Agent, notwithstanding various specific references to the Collateral Agent herein.

“Collateral Agent’s Liens” means the Liens in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

“Collateral Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as the same may by further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, in the form of Exhibit E, among Holdings, the Company, each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent.

“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” shall mean the requirement that:


	(a) on the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) from Holdings, the Company and each Subsidiary Loan Party, a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person and (ii) an Acknowledgment and Consent in the form attached to the Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by each issuer of Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), if any, that is not a Loan Party;

	(b) on or before the Closing Date, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have received (A) a pledge of all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of (x) the Company and (y) each Domestic Subsidiary (other than Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.01(a)) owned on the Closing Date directly by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary Loan Party and (B) a pledge of 65% of the outstanding Equity Interests of (1) each “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by any Loan Party, except for Tyco Adhesives Korea Ltd., and (2) each “first tier” Qualified CFC Holding Company directly owned by any Loan Party and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

	(c) (i) all Indebtedness of Holdings, the Company and each Subsidiary having, in the case of each instance of Indebtedness, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $3.0 million (other than (A) intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries or (B) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) that is owing to any Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note or an instrument and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (or other applicable Security Document as reasonably required by the Administrative Agent) (which pledge, in the case of the Canadian Note, shall be limited to 65% of the amount outstanding thereunder), and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all such promissory notes or instruments, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

	(d) in the case of any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received a supplement to each of the


	Collateral Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary Loan Party;

	(e) in the case of any person that becomes a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by Holdings, the Company or a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received, as promptly as practicable following a request by the Collateral Agent, a Foreign Pledge Agreement, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Foreign Subsidiary and the direct parent company of such Foreign Subsidiary;

	(f) after the Closing Date, (i) all the outstanding Equity Interests of (A) any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date and (B) subject to Section 5.10(h), all the Equity Interests that are acquired by a Loan Party after the Closing Date, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement; provided, that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary or any “first tier” Qualified CFC Holding Company directly owned by such Loan Party be pledged to secure Obligations of the Borrowers, and in no event shall any of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party or any Qualified CFC Holding Company that is not a “first tier” Subsidiary of a Loan Party be pledged to secure Obligations of the Borrowers, and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

	(g) except as otherwise contemplated by any Security Document, all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;

	(h) within 90 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may determine) after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each Mortgage to be entered into with respect to each Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(c) duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property and suitable for recording or filing and (ii) such other documents including, but not limited to, any consents, agreements and confirmations of third parties, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property;

	(i) within 90 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may determine) after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received, except as otherwise set forth in clause (m) below, a policy or policies or marked-up unconditional


	binder of title insurance or foreign equivalent thereof, as applicable, paid for by the Borrowers, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage to be entered into on or after the Closing Date as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as permitted by Section 6.02 and Liens arising by operation of law, together with such customary endorsements (including zoning endorsements where reasonably appropriate and available), coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, and with respect to any such property located in a state in which a zoning endorsement is not available, a zoning compliance letter from the applicable municipality in a form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent;

	(j) at or prior to delivery of any Mortgages, evidence of the insurance required by the terms of the Mortgages;

	(k) except as otherwise contemplated by any Security Document, each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with (i) the execution and delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder and (ii) the performance of its obligations thereunder;

	(l) after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.10, and (ii) upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Section 5.10;

	(m) within 90 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may determine) after the Closing Date, with respect to (A) the Xxxxx Xxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (B) the 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property (C) the 0000 000^xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (D) the 0000 X. 00^xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (E) the 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (F) the 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (G) the 1 Stretch Film Way, Xxxxx, Oklahoma Mortgaged Property; (H) the 0000 Xxxxx X Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (I) the 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (J) the 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (K) the 00000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (L) the 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property, an amended or otherwise modified lender’s title insurance policy in accordance with the requirements of clause (i) above, and with respect to the 000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Mortgaged Property, a newly issued title insurance policy or marked-up unconditional binder of title insurance or foreign equivalent thereof in accordance with the requirements of clause (i) above; and

	(n) except to the extent previously completed, within 90 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may determine) after the Closing Date, each Loan Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver, with respect to (A) the Xxxxx Xxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (B) the 0000 000^xx Xxxxxx

Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (C) the 0000 X. 00^xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (D) the 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (E) the 00000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Mortgaged Property; (F) the 0000 Xxxxx X Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx Mortgaged Property; and (G) the 000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Mortgage Propery, an affidavit of no-change attesting that there have been no changes, encumbrances or other matters which would impair the title insurer from removing all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy or issue any customary endorsements relating to such Mortgaged Property delivered in accordance with clause (i) above or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).

“Commitments” shall mean (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment (including any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment), and (b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, its Swingline Commitment.

“Company” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

“Conduit Lender” shall mean any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender; provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 or 9.05 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.

“Consolidated Debt” at any date shall mean the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness consisting of Capital Lease Obligations, Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than letters of credit to the extent undrawn but including all Bankers’ Acceptances issued under Acceptance Credits), Disqualified Stock and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on such date in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:


	(i) consolidated interest expense of such person for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging


	Obligations and excluding amortization of deferred financing fees and expensing of any bridge or other financing fees);

	(ii) consolidated capitalized interest of such person for such period, whether paid or accrued; and

	(iii) less interest income for such period.

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that EBITDA shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.

“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such person and its subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that, without duplication,


	(i) any net after tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income or expense or charge (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) including, without limitation, any severance, relocation or other restructuring expenses, and fees, expenses or charges related to any offering of Equity Interests of Holdings, any Investment, acquisition or Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder (in each case, whether or not successful), including any such fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions (including any transition-related expenses incurred before, on or after the Existing Agreement Date), in each case, shall be excluded,

	(ii) any net after-tax income or loss from discontinued operations and any net after-tax gain or loss on disposal of discontinued operations shall be excluded,

	(iii) any net after-tax gain or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) shall be excluded,

	(iv) any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness shall be excluded,

	(v) (A) the Net Income for such period of any person that is not a subsidiary of such person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent person or a subsidiary thereof in respect of such period and (B) the Net Income for such period shall include any ordinary course dividend distribution or other payment in cash received from any person in excess of the amounts included in clause (A),


	(vi) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

	(vii) any increase in amortization or depreciation or any one-time non-cash charges resulting from purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition that is consummated after the Existing Agreement Date shall be excluded,

	(viii) any non-cash impairment charges resulting from the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 and 144, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to No. 141, shall be excluded,

	(ix) any non-cash expenses realized or resulting from employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock grants or other rights to officers, directors and employees of such person or any of its subsidiaries shall be excluded,

	(x) (accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the Existing Agreement Date and that are so required to be established in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded, and

	(xi) any expenses realized in respect of the obligations under Sections 2.9 or 5.4 of the Acquisition Agreement, shall in each case be excluded.

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” shall mean, as of any date, the total net tangible assets of the Company and the consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP based on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of such date.

“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date, the total assets of the Company and the consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of such date.

“Consolidated Total Debt” at any date shall mean Consolidated Debt on such date less the unrestricted cash and cash equivalents (determined in accordance with GAAP) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date to the extent the use thereof for application to payment of Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party.

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

“Credit Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article IV.

“Cumulative Credit” shall mean, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication:


	(a) $50.0 million, plus:


	(b) the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount at such time, plus

	(c) the aggregate amount of proceeds received after the Existing Agreement Date and prior to such time that would have constituted Net Proceeds pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof except for the operation of clause (A) or (B) of the second proviso thereof (the “Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds”), plus

	(d) the cumulative amount of proceeds (including cash and the fair market value of property other than cash) from the sale of Equity Interests of Holdings or any parent of Holdings after the Existing Agreement Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants or options) which proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the Company and common Equity Interests of the Company issued upon conversion of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Obligations) of the Company or any Subsidiary owed to a person other than the Company or a Subsidiary not previously applied for a purpose other than use in the Cumulative Credit; provided, that this clause (d) shall exclude Permitted Cure Securities and the proceeds thereof, sales of Equity Interests financed as contemplated by Section 6.04(e) and any amounts used to finance the payments or distributions in respect of any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 6.09(b), plus

	(e) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the common capital of the Company received in cash (and the fair market value of property other than cash) after the Existing Agreement Date (subject to the same exclusions as are applicable to clause (d) above); plus

	(f) the principal amount of any Indebtedness (including the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof issued after the Existing Agreement Date (other than Indebtedness issued to a Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in Holdings or any parent of Holdings, plus


	(g) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Company or any Subsidiary in cash (and the fair market value of property other than cash received by the Company or any Subsidiary) from:

	(i) the sale (other than to Company or any Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or

	(ii) any dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

(h) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been re-designated as a Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary, the fair market value of the Investments of Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such Re-designation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), plus


	(i) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(j), minus

	(j) any amounts thereof used to make Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(b)(y) after the Existing Agreement Date prior to such time, minus

	(k) any amounts thereof used to make Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(j)(ii) after the Existing Agreement Date prior to such time, minus

	(l) the cumulative amount of dividends paid and distributions made pursuant to Section 6.06(e) prior to such time, minus

	(m) payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i) (other than payments made with proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests that were excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit pursuant to clause (d) above);

provided, however, for purposes of Section 6.06(e), the calculation of the Cumulative Credit shall not include any Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds except to the extent they are used as contemplated in clauses (j) and (k) above.

“Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount” shall mean, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to:


	(a) the aggregate cumulative sum of the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash Flow Periods ending after the Existing Agreement Date and prior to such date, plus

	(b) for each Excess Cash Flow Interim Period ended prior to such date but as to which the corresponding Excess Cash Flow Period has not ended, an amount equal to the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Interim Period, minus

	(c) the cumulative amount of all Retained Excess Cash Flow Overfundings as of such date.

“Cure Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03(a).

“Cure Right” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03(a).

“Current Assets” shall mean, with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents and amounts receivable under Sections 2.9 and 5.4 of the Acquisition Agreement) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of

determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits.

“Current Liabilities” shall mean, with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any Indebtedness, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions and obligations under Sections 2.9 and 5.4 of the Acquisition Agreement, and (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior to the Existing Agreement Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations, and (f) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses (a)(iv) through (a)(vi) of the definition of such term.

“Debt Service” shall mean, with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Debt for such period.

“Default” shall mean any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

“Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.

“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” mean the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.

“Disqualified Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, any Equity Interests of such person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

“Distributions” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06.

“Dollar” and “$” means dollars in the lawful currency of the United States.

“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date or other applicable date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such currency.

“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary or a Qualified CFC Holding Company.

“EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Company and the Subsidiaries for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (vi) of this clause (a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income (and were not excluded therefrom) for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):


	(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Company and the Subsidiaries for such period, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes,

	(ii) Interest Expense of the Company and the Subsidiaries for such period (net of interest income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period),

	(iii) depreciation and amortization expenses of the Company and the Subsidiaries for such period,

	(iv) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, retention, severance, systems establishment costs and excess pension charges); provided, that with respect to each business optimization expense or other restructuring charge, the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate specifying and quantifying such expense or charge,

	(v) any other non-cash charges; provided, that, for purposes of this subclause (v) of this clause (a), any non-cash charges or losses shall be treated as cash charges or losses in any subsequent period during which cash disbursements attributable thereto are made, and

	(vi) the amount of management, consulting, monitoring, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate (or any accruals related to such fees and related expenses) during such period; provided, that such amount shall not exceed in any four quarter period the sum of (i) the greater of $2.5 million and 1.5% of EBITDA, plus (ii) the amount of deferred fees (to the extent such fees would otherwise have been permitted to be included in clause (i) if paid, but were not included in such clause (i)), plus (iii) 1.5% of the value of transactions permitted hereunder and entered into by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to which the Fund or any Fund Affiliate provides any of the aforementioned types of services,

minus (b) the sum of (without duplication and to the extent the amounts described in this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Company and the Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding any such items (A) in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period or (B) which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period).

For purposes of determining EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005, September 30, 2005, December 31, 2005 and March 31, 2006, EBITDA for such fiscal quarter shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to the Acquisition and the other Transactions occurring on the Existing Agreement Date.

“Eligible Accounts” means all Accounts of the Borrowers reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate, except any Account with respect to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies (unless the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion elects to include such Account), such excluded Accounts being any Account or Accounts:


	(a) with respect to which more than 120 days have elapsed since the date of the original invoice therefor or which is more than 60 days past due; provided that Accounts listed on Schedule 1.01(e) (as updated from time to time by the Company with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) in an aggregate amount of not more than $5,000,000 at any time shall be ineligible pursuant to this clause (a) only if they are more than 60 days past due or 180 days from the invoice date;

	(b) that do not represent a bona fide indebtedness incurred in the amount of the Account for goods sold or services rendered to, and accepted by, the applicable Account Debtor; or that are not for a liquidated amount payable by the Account Debtor on the terms then in effect for such Account; or for which payment has been or will be received or credit, discount or extension, or agreement therefor, or compromise, compounding or settlement thereof, has been or will be granted, or any party liable thereon has been released, in each case other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; or for which invoices have not been issued or copies of any invoice with respect to such Account delivered to the Collateral Agent by any Loan Party do not represent genuine copies of the original invoice sent to the Account Debtor named therein;

	(c) with respect to which Account (or any other Account due from such Account Debtor), in whole or in part, a check, promissory note, draft, trade acceptance, or other instrument for the payment of money has been received, presented for payment, and returned uncollected for any reason;

	(d) which represents a progress billing; provided that for the purposes hereof, “progress billing” means any invoice for goods sold or leased or services rendered under a contract or agreement pursuant to which the Account Debtor’s obligation to pay such


	invoice is conditioned upon the applicable Borrower’s completion of any further performance under the contract or agreement;

	(e) with respect to which any one or more of the following events has occurred to the Account Debtor on such Account: (i) death or judicial declaration of incompetency of an Account Debtor who is an individual; (ii) the filing by or against the Account Debtor of a request or petition for liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as a bankrupt, winding-up, or other relief under the bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any foreign jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect; (iii) the making of any general assignment by the Account Debtor for the benefit of creditors; (iv) the appointment of a receiver or trustee for the Account Debtor or for all or a substantial portion of the assets of the Account Debtor, including, without limitation, the appointment of or taking possession by a “custodian”, as defined in the Bankruptcy Code; (v) the institution by or against the Account Debtor of any other type of insolvency proceeding (under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise) or of any formal or informal proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of, settlement of claims against, or winding up of affairs of, the Account Debtor; (vi) the sale, assignment, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Account Debtor (unless the obligations under such Account are assumed by the successor); (vii) the nonpayment generally by the Account Debtor of its debts as they become due; or (viii) the cessation of the business of the Account Debtor as a going concern;

	(f) if fifty percent (50.0%) or more of the aggregate Dollar amount of outstanding Accounts owed at such time by the Account Debtor thereon is classified as ineligible under clause (a) preceding;

	(g) owed by an Account Debtor which: (i) is not organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any political subdivision, state, or province thereof; or (ii) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof; except to the extent that such Account is insured by the Export-Import Bank of the United States or secured or payable by a letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion;

	(h) which are Intercompany Accounts or other Accounts owed by an Account Debtor which is an Affiliate or employee of any Borrower (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Apollo Operating Company);

	(i) except as agreed by the Administrative Agent as provided in clause (g) preceding or clause (l) following regarding political subdivisions of the United States but not the U.S. federal government, with respect to which either the perfection, enforceability, or validity of the Collateral Agent’s Lien in such Account, or the Collateral Agent’s right or ability to obtain direct payment to the Collateral Agent of the proceeds of such Account, is governed by any federal, state, or local statutory requirements other than those of the UCC; except to the extent that such Account is


	insured by the Export-Import Bank of the United States or secured or payable by a letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion;

	(j) owed by an Account Debtor to which a Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries is indebted in any way, or which is subject to any right of set-off or recoupment by the Account Debtor, unless the Account Debtor has entered into an agreement acceptable to the Administrative Agent to waive set-off rights; or if the Account Debtor thereon has disputed liability on such Account or made any claim with respect to any other Account due from such Account Debtor; but in each such case only if the aggregate amount of all such indebtedness, set-offs, recoupments, disputes and claims with respect to all Eligible Accounts exceeds $1,000,000, and then only to the extent of such aggregate indebtedness, set-offs, recoupments, disputes and claims in excess of $1,000,000;

	(k) with respect to which any Borrower at the time of determination deems such Account as uncollectible;

	(l) owed by any state of the United States or any municipality, or other political subdivision, department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, and as to which the Collateral Agent determines that its Lien therein is not or cannot be perfected; except to the extent that such Account is insured by the Export-Import Bank of the United States or secured or payable by a letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion;

	(m) which represents a sale on a xxxx-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale and return, sale on approval, consignment, or other repurchase or return basis;

	(n) which is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument or by chattel paper;

	(o) of any one Account Debtor or group of affiliated Account Debtors that are in excess of (i) 35%, in the case of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., its Affiliates and subsidiaries, and (ii) 20% in the case of all other Account Debtors, of total Eligible Accounts;

	(p) which arises out of a sale not made in the ordinary course of such Borrower’s business except to the extent that the aggregate amount of such Accounts outstanding does not exceed $1,000,000;

	(q) with respect to which the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and delivered to, or have been rejected by, the Account Debtor or the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed by the applicable Borrower, and, if applicable, accepted by the Account Debtor, or the Account Debtor revokes its acceptance of such goods or services, but, in each case, only to the extent of the portion of such Account applicable to goods or services in question;

	(r) which arises out of an enforceable contract or order which, by its terms, validly forbids, restricts, or makes void or unenforceable the granting of a Lien by such Loan Party to the Collateral Agent with respect to such Account;


	(s) which is not subject to a first priority and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, or which is subject to any other Lien other than Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations and the Term Loan Obligations and Permitted Liens arising by operation of law; and

	(t) which are owed to a Newly Obligated Party acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition under this Agreement, for which the Administrative Agent has not been given the opportunity for a reasonable period (which shall not be required to be longer than thirty (30) days (or, in the case of acquisitions of less than $50,000,000, twenty (20) days)) prior to and/or after the closing of such acquisition to complete such due diligence as it deems, in the exercise of Reasonable Credit Judgment, to be necessary in the circumstances.

If any Account at any time ceases to be an Eligible Account, then such Account shall promptly be excluded from the calculation of the Borrowing Base; provided, however, that if any Account ceases to be an Eligible Account because of the adjustment of or imposition of new exclusionary criteria pursuant to the succeeding paragraph, the Administrative Agent will not require exclusion of such Account from the Borrowing Base until 20 days following the date on which the Administrative Agent gives notice to the Company of such ineligibility.

The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent reserve the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, or upon reasonable request of the Company upon completion and delivery to the Administrative Agent of field examinations and appraisals in accordance with Section 5.12 (including, without limitation, the Post-Closing Reports), to adjust any of the exclusionary criteria set forth above and to establish new criteria, in their Reasonable Credit Judgment (based on an analysis of material facts or events first occurring, or first discovered by such Agents, in connection with the preparation and review of the Post-Closing Reports or thereafter), subject, after any adjustments based on the Post-Closing Reports, to the approval of Required Lenders in the case of adjustments or new criteria which have the effect of making more credit available than would have been available based upon the criteria in effect.

“Eligible Inventory” means all Inventory of the Borrowers reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate, except any Inventory with respect to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies (unless the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion elects to include any such Inventory):


	(a) Inventory that is not owned by a Borrower;

	(b) Inventory that is not subject to the Collateral Agent’s Liens, or is subject to any other Lien (other than Permitted Liens arising by operation of law or the Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations and the Term Loan Obligations); provided that (unless such Permitted Liens (A) are junior in priority to the Collateral Agent’s Liens (other than statutory landlord’s Liens to the extent provided otherwise by a Requirement of Law) and (B) do not impair directly or indirectly the ability of the Collateral Agent to realize on or obtain the full benefit of the Collateral), the Administrative Agent may, in the exercise of Reasonable Credit Judgment, establish a Reserve against availability with respect to any Inventory subject to such Permitted Liens in an amount not to exceed (on


	an aggregate basis for all Inventory from time to time subject to such Permitted Liens) (A) in the case of Inventory subject to Liens described in Section 6.02(e), the greater of (x) an amount equal to the amount which would have to be paid to such Lien claimant in order to obtain a release of such Liens, or (y) an amount equal to thirty (30) days’ rent for the properties or facilities on or at which the applicable Inventory is located and (B) in the case of Inventory subject to Liens described in Section 6.02(d), the amount of such taxes, fees, assessments or other charges;

	(c) Inventory that consists of packing and shipping materials (other than finished goods inventory), or advertising or marketing materials (including samples);

	(d) Inventory that is unmerchantable, or the sale or other disposition of which would contravene in any material respect any applicable laws or other governmental rules or regulations, but only if such contravention would have a material effect on the salability or value of such Inventory;

	(e) Inventory that is not currently either usable or salable in the normal course of the applicable Borrower’s business;

	(f) Inventory that is slow-moving, obsolete or defective, as so identified according to the Company’s accounting policy;

	(g) Inventory that has been returned to a Borrower or a Subsidiary by a buyer or held for return by a supplier (and is not held for resale);

	(h) Inventory that is subject to any Lien permitted under Section 6.02(p) or (aa) or any other Inventory financed by letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances for which the Collateral Agent does not have possession or control of the documents of title;

	(i) Inventory that is not located within the United States or Canada (or is in-transit from vendors or suppliers, except that in-transit Inventory will not be deemed ineligible if (i) in the case of in-transit inventory not located within the United States or Canada, it has been paid for in advance of shipment and legal ownership thereof has passed to the applicable Borrower as evidenced by customary documents of title, and (ii) in the case of in-transit Inventory located within the United States or Canada, legal ownership thereof has passed to the applicable Borrower as evidenced by customary documents of title);

	(j) Inventory that is (i) stored or located on property that is (A) leased to the Borrower that owns such Inventory, or (B) owned or leased by a warehouseman that has contracted with such Borrower to store such Inventory, or (ii) stored with or otherwise in the possession of a bailee, provided that such Inventory shall not be excluded if (1) the applicable Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent a Collateral Access Agreement executed by such lessor or warehouseman or bailee with respect to such property, (2) the Collateral Agent has given its prior consent thereto, or (3) Reserves have been established with respect thereto, in an amount (on an aggregate basis for all Inventory from time to time so located or possessed) not to exceed (a) in the case of Inventory located in a warehouse or leased facility, the greater of (x) an amount equal to


	the amount which would have to be paid to such claimant in order to obtain a release of any Permitted Lien held by such claimant, or (y) an amount equal to thirty (30) days’ rent or storage fee for the warehouses or facilities on or at which the applicable Inventory is located and (b) in the case of Inventory otherwise in the possession of a bailee, the amount necessary to complete any work being performed on such Inventory and/or to obtain a surrender of the Inventory to the possession of the applicable Borrower or the Collateral Agent, or, in any such case under this clause (3), such lesser amount as may be approved by the Collateral Agent;

	(k) if such Inventory contains or bears any Proprietary Rights licensed to a Borrower by any third party, the Administrative Agent shall not be able to sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory in accordance with Article VII or the terms of the Collateral Agreement without infringing the rights of the licensor of such Proprietary Rights or violating any contract with such licensor (and without payment of any royalties other than any royalties due with respect to the sale or disposition of such Inventory pursuant to the existing license agreement), and, if the Administrative Agent deems it necessary, such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a consent or sublicense agreement from such licensor in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

	(l) Inventory that is owned by a Newly Obligated Party acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition under this Agreement, for which the Administrative Agent has not been given the opportunity for a reasonable period (which shall not be required to be longer than thirty (30) days (or, in the case of acquisitions of less than $50,000,000, twenty (20) days)) prior to and/or after the closing of such acquisition to complete such due diligence as it deems, in the exercise of Reasonable Credit Judgment, to be necessary in the circumstances.

If any Inventory at any time ceases to be Eligible Inventory, such Inventory shall promptly be excluded from the calculation of the Borrowing Base; provided, however, that if any Inventory ceases to be Eligible Inventory because of the adjustment of or imposition of new exclusionary criteria pursuant to the succeeding paragraph, the Agents will not require exclusion of such Inventory from the Borrowing Base until 20 days following the date on which the Administrative Agent gives notice to the Company of such ineligibility.

“EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.

“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.

“environment” shall mean ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.

“Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to occupational health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or Hazardous Materials).

“Equity Financing” shall mean, in connection with the consummation of the Acquisition, the purchase or contribution by the Permitted Holders, directly or indirectly, of cash equity (which shall be common equity and up to $125.0 million preferred equity having terms and conditions specified in the Preferred Equity Documentation) to Holdings in an aggregate amount of not less than $197.5 million, which amount shall be contributed by Holdings to the Company as cash common equity.

“Equity Financing Documents” shall mean the Preferred Equity Documentation.

“Equity Interests” of any person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.

“Equity Investors” means one or more investment funds advised, managed or controlled by Apollo Management V, L.P., their Affiliates, and any group in which any such Equity Investors are, in the aggregate, a principal member.

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Holdings, the Company or a Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any Reportable Event or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan; (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by Holdings, the Company, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by Holdings, the Company, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the incurrence by Holdings, the Company, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) the receipt by Holdings, the Company, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Holdings, the Company, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the impending imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (h) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; or (i) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA.

“Euro” and “EUR” each shall mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.

“Euro Letter of Credit” shall mean any Letter of Credit denominated in Euros.

“Eurocurrency Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Loans.

“Eurocurrency Loan” shall mean any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.

“Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.

“Eurocurrency Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Applicable Period, EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Applicable Period, minus, without duplication,


	(a) Debt Service for such Applicable Period,


	(b) the amount of any voluntary prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such Applicable Period (excluding in any event any Revolving Loans hereunder), so long as the amount of such prepayment is not already reflected in Debt Service,

	(c) (i) Capital Expenditures by the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period that are paid in cash (to the extent permitted under this Agreement) and (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during the Applicable Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder less any amounts received in respect thereof as a return of capital,

	(d) Capital Expenditures that the Company or any Subsidiary shall, during such Applicable Period, become obligated to make but that are not made during such Applicable Period (to the extent permitted under this Agreement); provided, that (i) Holdings shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent not later than 90 days after the end of such Applicable Period, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company and certifying that such Capital Expenditures and the delivery of the related equipment will be made in the following Applicable Period, and (ii) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period,

	(e) Taxes paid in cash by Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period or that will be paid within six months after the close of such Applicable Period; provided, that with respect to any such amounts to be paid after the close of such Applicable Period, (i) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period, and (ii) appropriate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP,

	(f) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such Applicable Period,

	(g) cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements during such Applicable Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest Expense,

	(h) permitted dividends or distributions or repurchases of its Equity Interests paid in cash by the Company during such Applicable Period and permitted dividends paid by any Subsidiary to any person other than Holdings, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries during such Applicable Period, in each case in accordance with Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(e)),

	(i) amounts paid in cash during such Applicable Period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as noncash reductions of Net Income in determining Consolidated Net Income or as noncash reductions of Consolidated Net Income in determining EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries in a prior Applicable Period and (B) reserves or accruals established in purchase accounting,


	(j) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or under any other Loan Document), together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith solely to the extent that the event giving rise to such mandatory prepayment increased Consolidated Net Income for such period,

	(k) the amount related to items that were added to or not deducted from Net Income in calculating Consolidated Net Income or were added to or not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment (which had not reduced Excess Cash Flow upon the accrual thereof in a prior Applicable Period), or an accrual for a cash payment, by the Company and its Subsidiaries or did not represent cash received by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period, and

	(l) amounts paid in cash during such Applicable Period in respect of obligations under Sections 2.9 and 5.4 of the Acquisition Agreement,

plus, without duplication,

	(i) an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital for such Applicable Period,

	(ii) all amounts referred to in clauses (b), (c), (d) and (h) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance or the incurrence of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, but excluding, solely as relating to Capital Expenditures, proceeds of Revolving Loans), the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (including any capital contributions) and any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of real property) to any person of any asset or assets, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above,

	(iii) to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures referred to in clause (d) above and the delivery of the related equipment do not occur in the following Applicable Period of the Company specified in the certificate of the Company provided pursuant to clause (d) above, the amount of such Capital Expenditures that were not so made in such following Applicable Period,

	(iv) cash payments received in respect of Swap Agreements during such Applicable Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or (ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense,

	(v) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Applicable Period,

	(vi) to the extent deducted in the computation of EBITDA, cash interest income, and

(vii) the amount related to items that were deducted from or not added to Net Income in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent either (i) such items represented cash received by the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) such items do not represent cash paid by the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period.

“Excess Cash Flow Interim Period” shall mean, (x) during any Excess Cash Flow Period, any one-, two-, or three-quarter period (a) commencing on the later of (i) the end of the immediately preceding Excess Cash Flow Period and (ii) if applicable, the end of any prior Excess Cash Flow Interim Period occurring during the same Excess Cash Flow Period and (b) ending on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter (other than the last day of the Fiscal Year) during such Excess Cash Flow Period for which financial statements are available and (y) during the period from the Existing Agreement Date until the beginning of the first Excess Cash Flow Period, any period commencing on the Existing Agreement Date and ending on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available.

“Excess Cash Flow Period” shall mean each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year of the Company ending on September 30, 2007.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Excluded Indebtedness” shall mean all Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01.

“Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder, (a) income taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income (or franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes) by the United States of America (or any state or locality thereof) or the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located or any other jurisdiction as a result of such recipient engaging in a trade or business in such jurisdiction for tax purposes, (b) any branch profits tax or any similar tax that is imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) in the case of a Lender making a Loan to any Borrower, any withholding tax (including any backup withholding tax) imposed by the United States (or the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender is organized or in which its principal office is located or in which its applicable Lending Office is located or any other jurisdiction as a result of such Lender engaging in a trade or business in such jurisdiction for tax purposes) that (x) is in effect and would apply to amounts payable hereunder to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to such Loan to any Borrower (or designates a new Lending Office) except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a Loan Party with respect to any withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a) or Section 2.17(c) or (y) is attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f) with respect to such Loan and (d) any taxes that are imposed as a result of any event occurring after the Lender becomes a Lender (other than a Change in Law).

“Existing Agreement Date” shall mean February 16, 2006.

“Existing Bankers’ Acceptance” shall mean each of the bankers’ acceptances set forth on Schedule 1.01(f).

“Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

“Existing Letter of Credit” shall mean each of the letters of credit set forth on Schedule 1.01(g).

“Facility” shall mean the Revolving Facility.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“Fee Letter” shall mean that certain Fee Letter dated May 1, 2006 by and among the Company, Bank of America and Banc of America Securities LLC.

“Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the Issuing Bank Fees and the Administrative Agent Fees.

“Financial Officer” of any person shall mean the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such person.

“Fiscal Period” means a calendar month.

“Foreign Lender” shall mean any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

“Foreign Pledge Agreement” shall mean a pledge agreement with respect to the Pledged Collateral that constitutes Equity Interests of a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; provided, that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary be pledged to secure Obligations of the Borrowers.

“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

“Fund” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

“Fund Affiliate” shall mean (i) each Affiliate of the Fund that is neither a “portfolio company” (which means a company actively engaged in providing goods or services to unaffiliated customers), whether or not controlled, nor a company controlled by a “portfolio company” and (ii) any individual who is a partner or employee of Apollo Management, L.P., Apollo Management IV, L.P. or Apollo Management V, L.P.

“Fund Termination Fees” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.07(b)(xiv).

“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.02.

“Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.

“Guarantee” of or by any person (the “guarantor”) shall mean (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or otherwise) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (v) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Existing Agreement Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which

such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good faith.

“guarantor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”

“Hazardous Materials” shall mean all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including, without limitation, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas, of any nature subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any person, the obligations of such person under (i) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements, and (ii) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.

“Holdings” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

“Increased Amount Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.

“Incremental Amount” shall mean, at any time, the excess, if any, of (a) $100 million over (b) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.21.

“Incremental Assumption Agreement” shall mean an Incremental Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Revolving Lenders.

“Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean any increased or incremental Revolving Facility Commitment provided pursuant to Section 2.21.

“Incremental Revolving Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment or an outstanding Revolving Loan as a result of an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment.

“Indebtedness” of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, to the extent that the same would be required to be shown as a long term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (f) all payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early

termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap Agreements, (g) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, (h) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (i) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) to (h) above) and (j) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (C) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase prices of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (D) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP or (E) obligations under Section 2.9 or 5.4 of the Acquisition Agreement. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person in respect thereof.

“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).

“Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.14(a).

“Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum dated January 2006, as modified or supplemented prior to the Closing Date.

“Initial Pro Forma Adjustment” shall mean an amount equal to $2.75 million for each quarterly period ending March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006.

“Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of February 16, 2006, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, each Subsidiary that became or becomes a party thereto after the Existing Agreement Date, the Administrative Agent and the “Administrative Agent” under the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“Intercompany Accounts” means all assets and liabilities, however arising, which are due to any Loan Party from, which are due from any Loan Party to, or which otherwise arise from any transaction by any Loan Party with, any Affiliate of such Loan Party.

“Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by a Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Facility Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.

“Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any person for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such person for such period on a consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to Swap Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense and (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to

Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense, and (b) capitalized interest of such person. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received and costs incurred by the Company and the Subsidiaries with respect to Swap Agreements.

“Interest Payment Date” shall mean, (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and, in addition, the date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing of a different Type, (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each calendar quarter and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan or Agent Advance, the last day of each calendar month and on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein.

“Interest Period” shall mean, as to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or 9 or 12 months, if at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all Lenders make interest periods of such length available), as the Borrowers may elect, or the date any Eurocurrency Borrowing is converted to an ABR Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 or repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11; provided, unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise agree, that with respect to periods commencing prior to the 31st day after the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall only be permitted to request Interest Periods of seven days; provided, however, that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

“Inventory” means, with respect to a person, all of such person’s now owned and hereafter acquired inventory, as defined in the UCC, goods, and merchandise, wherever located, in each case to be furnished under any contract of service or held for sale or lease, all returned goods, raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods (including embedded software), other materials, and supplies of any kind, nature, or description which are used or consumed in such person’s business or used in connection with the packing, shipping, advertising, selling, or finishing of such goods, merchandise, and other property, and all documents of title or other documents representing them.

“Investment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

“Issuing Bank” shall mean Bank of America and each other Issuing Bank designated pursuant to Section 2.05(k), in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(i). An Issuing

Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

“Issuing Bank Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(b).

“Junior Financing” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.09(b).

“L/C - BA Disbursement” shall mean (i) a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit (other than an Acceptance Credit) or (ii) a payment of a Bankers’ Acceptance upon presentation.

“L/C - BA Participation Fee” shall have the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.12(b).

“Lender” shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01, as well as any person that becomes a “Lender” hereunder pursuant to Section 9.04. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” includes the Swingline Lender and, with respect to any Agent Advances, the Administrative Agent.

“Lender Default” shall mean (i) the refusal (which has not been retracted) of a Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing, to acquire participations in a Swingline Loan or Agent Advance pursuant to Section 2.04 or to fund its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.05(e), or (ii) a Lender having notified in writing the Company and/or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply (or its failure to comply) with its obligations under Section 2.04, 2.05 or 2.06.

“Lending Office” shall mean, as to any Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans.

“Letter of Credit” shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.05, including any Acceptance Credit and any Euro Letter of Credit.

“Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the commitment of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05.

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” shall mean the aggregate Letter of Credit Commitments of the Issuing Banks, in an amount not to exceed $50.0 million (or the equivalent thereof in Euros).

“LIBO Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to

such Interest Period; provided, that if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.

“Loan Account” shall mean the loan account of the Borrowers, which account shall be maintained by the Administrative Agent.

“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement and any Note issued under Section 2.09(e), and solely for the purposes of Sections 4.02 and 7.01 hereof, the Fee Letter.

“Loan Parties” shall mean Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.

“Loans” shall mean the Revolving Loans, the Swingline Loans and the Agent Advances.

“Local Time” shall mean New York City time.

“Management Group” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Company and Holdings, as the case may be, on the Existing Agreement Date together with (a) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company or Holdings, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company or Holdings, as the case may be, then still in office who were either directors on the Existing Agreement Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (b) executive officers and other management personnel of the Company or Holdings, as the case may be, hired at a time when the directors on the Existing Agreement Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Company or Holdings, as the case may be.

“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than any such effect arising out of items 8 and 9 set forth in Schedule 3.7 to the Acquisition Agreement, to the extent related to the Business or the L Tape Product Line), or the validity or

enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

“Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20.0 million.

“Material Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each Subsidiary of the Company (a) whose total assets at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which financial statements pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b) have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which financial statements pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b) have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

“Moody’s” shall mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.

“Mortgaged Properties” shall mean the owned real properties of the Loan Parties set forth on Schedule 1.01(c) and each additional real property encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to Section 5.10.

“Mortgages” shall mean the mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, and other security documents delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D, (with such changes as consented to by the Collateral Agent to account for local law matters), as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, Mortgages may include mortgages delivered under the Existing Credit Agreement to the extent amended to be substantially in the form of Exhibit D or in a form otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Company, Holdings or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.

“Net Amount of Eligible Accounts” means, at any time, the gross amount of Eligible Accounts less sales, excise, or similar taxes, and less returns, discounts, claims, credits, and allowances of any nature at any time issued, owing, granted, outstanding, available, or claimed (in each case without duplication, whether of the exclusionary criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts, of any Reserve, or otherwise).

“Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any person, the net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

“Net Proceeds” shall mean:


	(a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (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 and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Asset Sale (other than those pursuant to Section 6.05(a), (b), (c), (d) (except as contemplated by Section 6.03(b)(ii)), (e), (f), (h), (i) or (j)), 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, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such debt or obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents or the Term Loan Documents) on such asset, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, and (iii) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale occurring on the date of such reduction); provided, that, if no Event of Default exists and Holdings or the Company shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the Company’s intention to use any portion of such proceeds, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries or to make investments in Permitted Business Acquisitions, in each case within 15 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 15 months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 15 month period but within such 15-month period are contractually committed to be used, then upon the termination of such contract, such remaining portion shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso); provided, further, that (A) no proceeds realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such proceeds shall exceed $5.0 million and (B) no proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $10.0 million, and

	(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness (other than Excluded Indebtedness), net


	of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale.

	(c) For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and expenses payable to Holdings or the Company or any Affiliate of either of them shall be disregarded, except for financial advisory fees customary in type and amount paid to Affiliates of the Fund and otherwise not prohibited from being paid hereunder.

“Newly Obligated Party” means each person, if any, who becomes party to this Agreement as a Loan Party effective as of any date after the Closing Date.

“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(c).

“Note” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).

“Obligations” shall mean all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

“Offering Memorandum” shall mean the Offering Memorandum, dated February 2, 2006, in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes.

“Orderly Liquidation Value” means an amount equal to the most recently determined Orderly Liquidation Value Factor multiplied by the book value of all Eligible Inventory of the Loan Parties.

“Orderly Liquidation Value Factor” means, with respect to Eligible Inventory of the Loan Parties, the net orderly liquidation value thereof (expressed as a percentage) as determined by an Acceptable Appraiser in accordance with Section 5.12; provided that the Orderly Liquidation Value Factor as of the Closing Date shall be 75% until otherwise determined in accordance with Section 5.12.

“Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise, transfer, sales, property, intangible, mortgage recording, or similar taxes, charges or levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents, and any and all interest and penalties related thereto (but not Excluded Taxes).

“Parent Entity” means any direct or indirect parent of Holdings.

“Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.

“Payment Account” means each bank account established or maintained pursuant to Section 5.15, to which the funds of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries (including proceeds of Accounts and other Collateral) are deposited or credited, and which is maintained in the name

of the Collateral Agent or any Loan Party, or any of them, as the Collateral Agent may determine, on terms acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

“Pending Revolving Loans” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Agent Advances requested in any Borrowing Request received by the Administrative Agent or otherwise which have not yet been advanced.

“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

“Perfection Certificate” shall mean the Perfection Certificate with respect to Company and the other Loan Parties in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Permitted Additional Debt” shall mean any indebtedness for borrowed money that does not provide for maturity prior to the date that is 91 days after the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

“Permitted Business Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), if: (i) immediately before and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) with respect to any such acquisition or investment with a fair market value in excess of $10.0 million, (A) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and any related transactions, the Company shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (B) the Company shall certify that it is in Pro Forma Compliance immediately before and after giving effect to such transaction and any related transactions; (iv) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; (v) to the extent required by Section 5.10, any person acquired in such acquisition, if acquired by a Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary, shall be merged into a Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party or become upon consummation of such acquisition a Subsidiary Loan Party; and (vi) the aggregate amount of such acquisitions and investments in assets that are not owned by the Borrowers or Subsidiary Loan Parties or in Equity Interests in Subsidiary Loan Parties or persons that become Subsidiary Loan Parties upon consummation of such acquisition shall not exceed the greater of $50 million and 4.5% of Consolidated Total Assets.

“Permitted Cure Security” shall mean an equity security of Holdings other than Disqualified Stock, and upon which all dividends or distributions (if any) shall, prior to 91 days after Revolving Facility Maturity Date, be payable solely in additional shares of such equity security.

“Permitted Holder” shall mean each of (i) the Fund and the Fund Affiliates, and (ii) the Management Group.

“Permitted Investments” shall mean:


	(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two years;

	(b) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250 million and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company’s long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act);

	(c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above;

	(d) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of any Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moody’s, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P;

	(e) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A by Xxxxx’x;

	(f) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;

	(g) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000.0 million; and

	(h) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 0.5% of the total assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year; and

	(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.

“Permitted Liens” shall mean any Lien permitted by Section 6.02 of this Agreement.

“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided, that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses), (b) except with respect to Section 6.01(i), the terms of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Second Lien Obligations, the Term Loan Obligations or the Senior Subordinated Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) do not require payment or prepayment of principal prior to the date that is 90 days after the Revolving Facility Maturity Date in excess of amounts that are payable prior to such date pursuant to the terms of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors, or greater guarantees or security, than the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral (including in respect of working capital facilities of Foreign Subsidiaries otherwise permitted under this Agreement only, any collateral pursuant to after-acquired property clauses to the extent any such collateral secured the Indebtedness being Refinanced) on terms no less favorable to the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced; provided further, that with respect to a Refinancing of (x) the Senior Subordinated Notes or Permitted Additional Debt that are subordinated, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall (i) be subordinated to the guarantee by Holdings and the Subsidiary Loan Parties of the Revolving Facility, and (ii) be otherwise on terms not materially less favorable to the Lenders than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, and (y) the Senior Subordinated Notes or Permitted Additional Debt, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall meet the requirements of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt.”

“person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, (other than a Multiemployer Plan), (i) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, (ii) sponsored or maintained (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by Holdings, the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or (iii) in respect of which Holdings, the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were

terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

“Platform” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(b).

“Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.

“Post-Closing Reports” shall mean field exam reports and appraisals with respect to the Accounts and Inventory of the Loan Parties, in each case in form customary for financings similar to this Agreement.

“Preferred Equity Documentation” shall mean the certificate of designation relating to the 12% Series A Cumulative Senior Non-Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock.

“Preferred Stock” shall mean any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

“Pricing Grid” shall mean, with respect to the Revolving Loans, the table set forth below:


Quarterly Average Daily Availability	Applicable Margin for ABR Loans	Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Loans

Less than $50.0 million dollars	0.25%	1.75%

Equal to or greater than $50.0 million and less than $150.0 million dollars	0.00%	1.50%

Equal to or greater than $150.0 million dollars	0.00%	1.25%

For the purposes of the Pricing Grid, changes in the Applicable Margin shall become effective on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter (to be effective from such date until changed pursuant to the Pricing Grid), and shall be determined in accordance with the Pricing Grid based on average daily Availability during the immediately preceding fiscal quarter.

“primary obligor” shall have the meaning given such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”

“Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, as to any person, for any events as described below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “Reference Period”): (i) in making any determination of EBITDA,

effect shall be given to any Asset Sale, any acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions not otherwise permitted under Section 6.04 or 6.05 that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders and such waiver or consent has been obtained), any dividend, distribution or other similar payment, any designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Subsidiary Re-designation, the Initial Pro Forma Adjustment for the first three quarters ending after the Existing Agreement Date, and any restructurings of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are expected to have a continuing impact and are factually supportable, which would include cost savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of facilities and similar operational and other cost savings, which adjustments the Company determines are reasonable as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company (the foregoing, together with any transactions related thereto or in connection therewith, the “relevant transactions”), in each case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Permitted Business Acquisition,” occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition is consummated), (ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transactions and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes not to finance any acquisition) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Permitted Business Acquisition,” occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition is consummated) shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period and (y) Interest Expense of such person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (x)(A) bearing floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect during such periods and (B) in respect of a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP, and (iii) (A) any Subsidiary Re-designation then being designated, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary Re-designation and all other Subsidiary Re-designations after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary Re-designation then being designated, collectively, and (B) any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively.

Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Company and, for any fiscal period ending on or prior to the first anniversary of any relevant transaction, may include adjustments to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from such relevant transaction, as follows: (x) for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin, such adjustments shall reflect demonstrable operating expense reductions and other demonstrable operating improvements or synergies that

would be includable in pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act; and (y) for purposes of determining compliance with the ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and achievement of other financial measures provided for herein, such adjustments may reflect additional operating expense reductions and other additional operating improvements and synergies that would not be includable in pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X but that are reasonably anticipated by the Company to be realizable in connection with such relevant transaction (or any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or 6.05) in the 12-month period following the consummation of such relevant transaction (or such other similar transaction), are estimated on a good faith basis by the Company, and are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (2) all adjustments of the type used in connection with the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA as set forth in footnote 4 to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Combined Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable. The Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company setting forth such demonstrable or additional operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies and information and calculations supporting them in reasonable detail.

“Pro Forma Compliance” shall mean, at any date of determination, that (a) either (i) the Availability is equal to or greater than $75 million immediately before and after giving effect to the relevant transactions (including the assumption, issuance, incurrence and repayment of Indebtedness), or (ii)(A) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the relevant transactions, with an ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1:00 to 1:00 and recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company and its Subsidiaries for which the financial statements and certificates required pursuant to Section 5.04 have been delivered, and (B) the Availability on a Pro Forma Basis is at least $35 million immediately before and after giving effect to the relevant transactions; and (b) and the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers to such effect, together with all relevant financial information.

“Pro Forma EBITDA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(a).

“Pro Forma Financial Statements” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(a).

“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to a Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and the denominator of which is the sum of the amounts of all of the Lenders’ Revolving Facility Commitments, or if no Revolving Facility Commitments are outstanding, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the principal amount of Obligations owed to such Lender and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Obligations owed to the Lenders, in each case giving effect to a Lender’s participation in Swingline Loans and Agent Advances.

“Projections” shall mean the projections of Holdings, the Company and the Subsidiaries included in the Information Memorandum and any other projections and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of Holdings, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date.

“Proprietary Rights” means, with respect to a person, all of such person’s now owned and hereafter arising or acquired licenses, franchises, permits, patents, patent rights, copyrights, works which are the subject matter of copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade styles, patent, trademark and service xxxx applications, and all licenses and rights related to any of the foregoing, and all other rights under any of the foregoing, all extensions, renewals, reissues, divisions, continuations, and continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing, and all rights to xxx for past, present, and future infringement of any of the foregoing.

“Qualified CFC Holding Company” shall mean a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company that is a Delaware or Nevada limited liability company, that (a) is in compliance with Section 6.16 and (b) the primary asset of which consists of Equity Interests in either (i) a Foreign Subsidiary or(ii) a Delaware or Nevada limited liability company that is in compliance with Section 6.16 and the primary asset of which consists of Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary.

“Qualified IPO” shall mean an underwritten public offering of the Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) which generates cash proceeds of at least $75.0 million.

“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest other than Disqualified Stock.

“Reasonable Credit Judgment” means reasonable credit judgment in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions and as it relates to the establishment of Reserves or the adjustment or imposition of exclusionary criteria shall require that, (x) such establishment, adjustment or imposition after the Closing Date be based on the analysis of facts or events relating to the Accounts, Inventory or other components of the Borrowing Base first occurring or first discovered by the Administrative Agent after the Closing Date or that are materially different from facts or events occurring or known to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date, (y) the contributing factors to the imposition of any Reserve shall not duplicate (i) the exclusionary criteria set forth in definitions of “Eligible Accounts” and “Eligible Inventory”, as applicable (and vice versa) or (ii) any reserves deducted in computing book value and (z) the amount of any such Reserve so established or the effect of any adjustment or imposition of exclusionary criteria be a reasonable quantification of the incremental dilution of the Borrowing Base attributable to such contributing factors.

“Reference Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis.”

“Refinance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,” and “Refinanced” shall have a meaning correlative thereto.

“Refinancing” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

“Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

“Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

“Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity (or an Affiliate of such entity) that administers, advises or manages such Lender.

“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and such person’s Affiliates.

“Release” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the environment.

“Remaining Present Value” shall mean, as of any date with respect to any lease, the present value as of such date of the scheduled future lease payments with respect to such lease, determined with a discount rate equal to a market rate of interest for such lease reasonably determined at the time such lease was entered into.

“Reportable Event” shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).

“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares aggregate more than fifty percent (50%).

“Required Percentage” shall mean, with respect to an Excess Cash Flow Period (or Excess Cash Flow Interim Period), 50%; provided, that, commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, (a) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the end of Applicable Period (or Excess Cash Flow Interim Period) is greater than 4.00:1.00 but less than or equal to 4.50:1.00, such percentage shall be 25%, and (b) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the end of Applicable Period is less than or equal to 4.00:1.00, such percentage shall be 0%.

“Requirement of Law” means, as to any person, any law (statutory or common), treaty, rule, or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority, in

each case applicable to or binding upon the person or any of its property or to which the person or any of its property is subject.

“Reserves” means such reserves against the Borrowing Base that the Administrative Agent has, in the exercise of its Reasonable Credit Judgment, established from time to time upon at least seven Business Days’ notice to the Company.

“Responsible Officer” of any person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.

“Retained Excess Cash Flow Overfunding” shall mean, at any time, in respect of any Excess Cash Flow Interim Period as to which the corresponding Excess Cash Flow Period has ended at such time, a portion of the cumulative Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Interim Period equal to the amount, if any, by which the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Interim Period exceeds the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such corresponding Excess Cash Flow Period.

“Retained Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period (or Excess Cash Flow Interim Period), (a) 100% minus (b) the Required Percentage with respect to such Excess Cash Flow Period (or Excess Cash Flow Interim Period).

“Revaluation Date” means, with respect to any Euro Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Euro Letter of Credit, (ii) each date of an amendment of any Euro Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the Issuing Bank under any Euro Letter of Credit, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.

“Revolving Facility” shall mean the Revolving Facility Commitments (including any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments) and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Lenders.

“Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.

“Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.01, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 9.04, and (c) increased or provided under Section 2.21. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance or Incremental Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Facility Commitment (or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment), as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Facility Commitments prior to any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments) is $200.0 million.

“Revolving Facility Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding at such time, (b) the aggregate amount of Pending Revolving Loans, (c) the Swingline Exposure and Agent Advance Exposure at such time and (d) the Revolving L/C - BA Exposure at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be the product of (x) such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share and (y) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of all Revolving Lenders, collectively, at such time.

“Revolving Facility Maturity Date” shall mean May 18, 2012.

“Revolving Lender” shall mean a Lender (including an Incremental Revolving Lender) with a Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Revolving Loans.

“Revolving Loan” shall mean a Loan made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.

“Revolving L/C - BA Exposure” shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time (calculated, in the case of Euro Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof), (b) the sum of the maximum aggregate amount that is, or at any time thereafter may become, payable by the Issuing Banks under all then outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances (calculated, in the case of Euro Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof) and (c) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C - BA Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed at such time (calculated, in the case of Euro Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof). The Revolving L/C - BA Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall mean its Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Revolving L/C - BA Exposure at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc.

“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.

“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

“Second Lien Credit Agreement” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of February 16, 2006 among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, as administrative agent, in respect of up to $175,000,000 of second-priority secured

term loans, as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.

“Second Lien Loan Documents” shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the “Loan Documents” under and as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as each such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.

“Second Lien Obligations” shall mean the “Obligations” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“Secured Parties” shall mean the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Security Documents” shall mean the Mortgages, the Collateral Agreement, the Foreign Pledge Agreements and each of the security agreements, mortgages and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 5.10.

“Seller” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

“Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the intercreditor agreement dated as of the date hereof, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, among Holdings, the Borrowers, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, each Subsidiary that becomes a party thereto after the date hereof, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the “Administrative Agent” under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Senior Subordinated Note Documents” shall mean the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture.

“Senior Subordinated Notes” shall mean the Company’s 10¼% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016, issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and any notes issued by the Company in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the Senior Subordinated Notes and the related registration rights agreement with substantially identical terms as the Senior Subordinated Notes.

“Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture” shall mean the Indenture dated as of February 16, 2006 under which the Senior Subordinated Notes were issued, among the Company and certain of the Subsidiaries party thereto and the trustee named therein from time to time, as in effect on the Existing Agreement Date and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.

“Settlement” and “Settlement Date” have the meanings specified in Section 2.04(e).

“Sole Lead Arranger” shall mean Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunning manager.

“Specified Default” shall mean the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Sections 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i).

“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date three Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank if the person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that the Issuing Bank may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in Euros.

“Statutory Reserves” shall mean, with respect to any currency, any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirements established by any Governmental Authority of the United States of America or of the jurisdiction of such currency or any jurisdiction in which Loans in such currency are made to which banks in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to which interest rates applicable to Loans in such currency are determined.

“Subagent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.

“Subordinated Intercompany Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(e).

“subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

“Subsidiary” shall mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and except for purposes of Sections 3.09, 3.13, 3.15, 3.16, 5.03, 5.09 and 7.01(k), and the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained herein), an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.

“Subsidiary Loan Party” shall mean (a) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company on the Closing Date and (b) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that becomes, or is required to become, a party to the Collateral Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement after the Closing Date.

“Subsidiary Redesignation” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained in this Section 1.01.

“Swap Agreement” shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided, that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

“Swingline Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by a Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.

“Swingline Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Swingline Loans.

“Swingline Commitment” shall mean, with respect to the Swingline Lender, the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. The aggregate amount of the Swingline Commitments on the Closing Date is $20.0 million.

“Swingline Exposure” shall mean at any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Borrowings at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall mean its Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.

“Swingline Lender” shall mean Bank of America in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans.

“Swingline Loans” shall mean the swingline loans made to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.04.

“Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, withholdings or similar charges (including ad valorem charges) imposed by any Governmental Authority and any and all interest and penalties related thereto.

“Term Loans” shall mean loans made pursuant to and in accordance with the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Term Loan Credit Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof among Holdings, the Company, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, as administrative agent and collateral agent for such lenders, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned thereunder or altering the maturity thereof.

“Term Loan Documents” shall mean the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Term Loan Obligations” shall mean the “Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

“Test Period” shall mean, on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period).

“Threshold Amount” means 10% of the lesser of (i) the Revolving Facility Commitments and (ii) the Borrowing Base, in each case as of any date of determination.

“Transaction Documents” shall mean the Loan Documents, the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the “Loan Documents” as defined therein, the Acquisition Documents, the Equity Financing Documents, the Senior Subordinated Note Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents.

“Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including (a) the consummation of the Acquisition; (b) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, and the initial borrowings hereunder; (c) the Equity Financing; (d) the sale and issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes; (e) the incurrence of the Second Lien Obligations; (f) the Refinancing; and (g) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.

“Type” shall mean, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall include the Adjusted LIBO Rate and the ABR.

“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Company that is acquired or created after the Existing Agreement Date and designated by the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the Company shall only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Existing Agreement Date and so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted

by, and in compliance with, Section 6.04(j), and any prior or concurrent Investments in such Subsidiary by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have been made under Section 6.04(j), (c) without duplication of clause (b), any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(j), and (d) such Subsidiary shall have been designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants and defaults) under the Second Lien Loan Documents, the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, all Permitted Additional Debt and all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing and all Disqualified Stock; provided, further, that at the time of the initial Investment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary, the Company shall designate such entity as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Redesignation”); provided, that (i) such Unrestricted Subsidiary, both before and after giving effect to such designation, shall be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (iii) all representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Subsidiary Redesignation (both before and after giving effect thereto), unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and (iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, certifying to the best of such officer’s knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) through (iii), inclusive.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any person shall mean a subsidiary of such person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person.

“Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

“Working Capital” shall mean, with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided, that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.

SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections,

Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Existing Agreement Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

SECTION 1.03. Effectuation of Transfers. Each of the representations and warranties of Holdings and the Borrowers contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.

SECTION 1.04. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. (a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rate as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Euro Letters of Credit. Such Spot Rate shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rate employed in converting any amounts between the Dollars and Euros until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent.

(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Euro Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of Euros, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 1.05. Senior Debt. The Obligations constitute (a) “First-Lien Indebtedness” pursuant to, and as defined in, the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) “Senior Debt” and “Designated Senior Debt” pursuant to, and as defined in, the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, and (c) “First-Priority Lien Obligations” pursuant to, and as defined in, the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure (except for the Administrative Agent with respect to Agent Advances) exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment (or, if less, prior to delivery to the Administrative Agent of the Post-Closing Reports, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of $175,000,000), or (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments or, until delivery of the Post-Closing Reports to the Administrative Agent, $175,000,000, or (iii) such Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing Base. The Lenders, however, in their unanimous discretion, may elect to make Revolving Loans or issue or arrange to have issued Letters of Credit in excess of the Availability on one or more occasions, but if they do so, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Lenders shall be deemed thereby to have changed the limits of the Borrowing Base or to be obligated to exceed such limits on any other occasion. If the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeds the Borrowing Base, the Lenders may refuse to make or otherwise restrict the making of Revolving Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit as the Lenders determine until such excess has been eliminated, subject to the Administrative Agent’s authority, in its sole discretion, to make Agent Advances pursuant to the terms of Section 2.04(d). Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the Revolving Facility and of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments under the Revolving Facility (or, in the case of Swingline Loans, in accordance with their respective Swingline Commitments); provided, however, that Revolving Loans shall be made by the Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares on the date such Loans are made hereunder. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided, that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Borrowing (other than a Swingline Borrowing and excluding Agent Advances) shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrowers may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. Each Lender at its option may make any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided, that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be entitled to any amounts payable under Section 2.15 or 2.17 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise and existing at the time of such exercise.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. At the time that each ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided, that an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C - BA Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Each Swingline Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Borrowings of more than one Type and under more than one Facility may be outstanding at the same time; provided, that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 10 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Facility.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Facility Borrowing, a Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided, that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an L/C - BA Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by such Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:


	(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

	(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

	(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;

	(iv) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

	(v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.

If no election as to the Type of Revolving Facility Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Facility Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified

with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans and Agent Advances. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding the Swingline Commitment or (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding the Borrowing Base; provided, that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Borrowing. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

(b) To request a Swingline Borrowing, the Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender of such request by telephone (confirmed by a Swingline Borrowing Request by telecopy), not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Borrowing. Each such notice and Swingline Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and (ii) the amount of the requested Swingline Borrowing. The Swingline Lender shall consult with the Administrative Agent as to whether the making of the Swingline Loan is in accordance with the terms of this Agreement prior to the Swingline Lender funding such Swingline Loan. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan in accordance with Section 2.02(a) on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 3:00 p.m., Local Time, to the account of such Borrower (or, in the case of a Swingline Borrowing made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C - BA Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank).

(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the outstanding Swingline Loans made by it. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loans in which the Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each such Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its respective obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such

Revolving Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph (c), and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrowers (or other party on behalf of such Borrowers) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided, that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the applicable Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrowers of any default in the payment thereof.

(d) Subject to the limitations set forth in the provisos contained in this Section 2.04(d), the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized by the Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, (i) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, or (ii) at any time that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article IV have not been satisfied, to make advances to or for the account of any Borrower on behalf of the Lenders which the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable business judgment, deems necessary or desirable (A) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (B) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Revolving Loans and other Obligations, or (C) to pay any other amount chargeable to the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including costs, fees, and expenses as described in Section 9.05(a) (any of the advances described in this Section 2.04(d) being hereinafter referred to as “Agent Advances”); provided that (1) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure after giving effect to any Agent Advance shall not exceed the Revolving Facility Commitments and (2) Agent Advances outstanding and unpaid at no time will exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate, and provided further that the Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Administrative Agent’s authorization contained in this Section 2.04(d) to make Agent Advances, any such revocation to be in writing and to become effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof. The Agent Advances shall be repayable on demand and secured by the Collateral Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral, shall constitute Obligations hereunder, and shall bear interest at the rate applicable to Revolving Loans from time to time. The Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender in writing of each Agent Advance; provided that any delay or failure of the Administrative Agent in providing any such notice to any Lender shall not result in any liability or constitute the breach of any duty or obligation of the Administrative Agent hereunder.

(e) The Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of or enforceable by the Borrowers) that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among them as to the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans and the Agent Advances shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:

(i) The Administrative Agent shall request settlement (a “Settlement”) with the Lenders on at least a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by the Administrative Agent, (A) on behalf of the Swingline Lender, with respect to each outstanding Swingline Loan, (B) for itself, with respect to each Agent Advance, and (C) with respect to collections received, in each case, by notifying the Lenders of such requested Settlement by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of such requested Settlement (the “Settlement Date”). Each Lender (other than the Swingline Lender, in the case of Swingline Loans, and the Administrative Agent, in the case of Agent Advances) shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding principal amount of the Swingline Loans and Agent Advances with respect to which Settlement is requested available to the Administrative Agent, to such account of the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent may designate, not later than 3:00 p.m., Local Time, on the Settlement Date applicable thereto, which may occur before or after the occurrence or during the continuation of a Default or an Event of Default and whether or not the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article IV have then been satisfied. Such amounts made available to the Administrative Agent shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable Swingline Loan or Agent Advance and, together with the portion of such Swingline Loan or Agent Advance representing the Swingline Lender’s or Administrative Agent’s Pro Rata Share thereof, shall constitute Revolving Loans of the Revolving Lenders. If any such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by any Revolving Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto, the Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of the Swingline Lender with respect to each outstanding Swingline Loan and for itself with respect to each Agent Advance, be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first three days from and after the Settlement Date and thereafter at the interest rate then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, not more than one Business Day after demand is made by the Administrative Agent (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default and regardless of whether the Administrative Agent has requested a Settlement with respect to a Swingline Loan or Agent Advance), each Revolving Lender (A) shall irrevocably and unconditionally purchase and receive from the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Swingline Loan or Agent Advance equal to such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swingline Loan or Agent Advance and (B) if Settlement has not previously occurred with respect to such Swingline Loans or Agent Advances, upon demand by the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall pay to the Swingline Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, as the purchase price of such participation an amount equal to one-hundred percent (100%) of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swingline Loans or Agent Advances. If such amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first three days from and after such demand and thereafter at the Interest Rate then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans.

(iii) From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender purchases an undivided interest and participation in any Swingline Loan or Agent Advance pursuant to clause (ii) preceding, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Swingline Loan or Agent Advance.

(iv) Between Settlement Dates, to the extent no Agent Advances are outstanding, the Administrative Agent may pay over to the Swingline Lender any payments received by the Administrative Agent, which in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Revolving Loans, for application to the Swingline Lender’s Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans. If, as of any Settlement Date, collections received since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have been applied to the Swingline Lender’s Revolving Loans, the Swingline Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the accounts of the Lenders, to be applied to the outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lenders, an amount such that each Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans. During the period between Settlement Dates, the Swingline Lender with respect to Swingline Loans, the Administrative Agent with respect to Agent Advances, and each Revolving Lender with respect to the Revolving Loans, shall be entitled to interest at the applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on the actual average daily amount of funds employed by the Swingline Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders.

SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, any Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account in a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period and prior to the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement (including any Acceptance Documents) submitted by a Borrower to, or entered into by a Borrower with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Each Existing Letter of Credit and Existing Bankers’ Acceptance shall be deemed to be a Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance, as applicable, under this Facility and each Lender that is an issuer of an Existing Letter of Credit or Existing Bankers’ Acceptance shall be deemed to be an Issuing Bank with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit or Existing Bankers’ Acceptance, as applicable, and shall have all rights of an Issuing Bank hereunder (but shall have no obligation extend or renew any Existing Letter of Credit or Existing Bankers’ Acceptance or to issue additional Letters of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptances) until such Existing Letter of Credit or Existing Bankers’ Acceptance, as applicable, has been terminated.

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension: Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal (other than an automatic extension in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section) or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), a Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing

Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (three Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion may agree) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit and, in the case of an Acceptance Credit, all Bankers’ Acceptances created thereunder are to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount and currency (which may be Dollars or Euros) of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to issue, amend or extend such Letter of Credit (including whether such Letter of Credit is an Acceptance Credit). If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, such Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment or extension of each Letter of Credit such Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension (i) the Revolving L/C - BA Exposure shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Borrowing Base and (iii) in the case of any Acceptance Credit, the creation of any related Bankers’ Acceptances would not cause the applicable Issuing Bank to exceed the maximum amount of outstanding bankers’ acceptances permitted by applicable law.

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire (and in the case of an Acceptance Credit, shall provide that all Bankers’ Acceptances created thereunder (which shall in no event have a maturity of less than 30 or more than 120 days after creation thereof) shall expire) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year (unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion) after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any extension thereof, one year (unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion) after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date; provided, that any Letter of Credit with one year tenor may provide for automatic extension thereof for additional one year periods (which, in no event, shall extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) of this paragraph (c)) so long as such Letter of Credit permits the Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than five days in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued; provided, further, that if the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent each consent in their sole discretion, the expiration date on any Letter of Credit (or, in the case of an Acceptance Credit, any Bankers’ Acceptances thereunder) may extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) above, provided that, if any such Letter of Credit is outstanding or is issued after the date that is 30 days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date the Borrowers shall provide cash collateral pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank in an amount equal to 105% of the face amount of each such Letter of Credit on or prior to the date that is 30 days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or, if later, such date of issuance.

(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) or the creation of a Bankers’ Acceptance in

respect of an Acceptance Credit, and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance equal to such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit or the aggregate amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance (calculated, in the case of Euro Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof). In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, in Dollars, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each L/C - BA Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrowers on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrowers for any reason (calculated, in the case of any Euro Letter of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof). Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e) Reimbursement. If the applicable Issuing Bank shall make any L/C - BA Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance, the Borrowers shall reimburse such L/C - BA Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount in Dollars equal to such L/C - BA Disbursement (or, in the case of a Euro Letter of Credit, the Dollar Equivalent thereof) not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the third Business Day after the Borrowers receives notice under paragraph (g) of this Section of such L/C - BA Disbursement, together with accrued interest thereon from the date of such L/C - BA Disbursement at the rate applicable to ABR Loans; provided, that the Borrowers may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing or a Swingline Borrowing, as applicable, in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrowers’ obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing or Swingline Borrowing. If the Borrowers fail to reimburse any L/C - BA Disbursement when due, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank and each other Revolving Lender of the applicable L/C - BA Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrowers in respect thereof and, in the case of a Revolving Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars its Pro Rata Share of the payment then due from the Borrowers in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender

pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any L/C - BA Disbursement (other than the funding of an ABR Revolving Loan or a Swingline Borrowing as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse such L/C - BA Disbursement.

(f) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse L/C - BA Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Bankers’ Acceptance or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrowers’ obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank, or any of the circumstances referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first sentence; provided, that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the applicable Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrowers to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrowers that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.

(g) Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment or creation of a Bankers’ Acceptance under a Letter of Credit or any presentation for payment of a Bankers’ Acceptance. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any such demand

for payment or Bankers’ Acceptance and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make a L/C - BA Disbursement thereunder; provided, that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such L/C - BA Disbursement.

(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any L/C - BA Disbursement, then, unless the Borrowers shall reimburse such L/C - BA Disbursement in full on the date such L/C - BA Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C - BA Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrowers reimburse such L/C - BA Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided, that, if such L/C - BA Disbursement is not reimbursed by the Borrowers when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Revolving Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement of an Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrowers shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12. From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptances issued by it prior to such replacement but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (i) in the case of an Event of Default described in Section 7.01(h) or (i), on the Business Day or (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default, on the third Business Day, in each case, following the date on which the Company receives notice from the Administrative Agent (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with Revolving L/C - BA Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C - BA Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrowers shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the Revolving L/C - BA Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01, the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind. Each such deposit pursuant to this paragraph shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrowers under this

Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of (i) for so long as an Event of Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent and (ii) at any other time, the Borrowers, in each case, in Permitted Investments and at the risk and expense of the Borrowers, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for L/C - BA Disbursements for which such Issuing Bank has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers for the Revolving L/C - BA Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with Revolving L/C - BA Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C - BA Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement. If the Borrowers are required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrowers within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

(k) Additional Issuing Banks. From time to time, the Borrowers may by notice to the Administrative Agent designate up to three Lenders (in addition to Bank of America) each of which agrees (in its sole discretion) to act in such capacity and is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as an Issuing Bank. Each such additional Issuing Bank shall execute a counterpart of this Agreement upon the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and shall thereafter be an Issuing Bank hereunder for all purposes.

(l) Reporting. Unless otherwise requested by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall (i) provide to the Administrative Agent copies of any notice received from the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.05(b) no later than the next Business Day after receipt thereof and (ii) report in writing to the Administrative Agent (A) on or prior to each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank expects to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment or extension, and the aggregate face amount of the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension occurred (and whether the amount thereof changed), and the Issuing Bank shall be permitted to issue, amend or extend such Letter of Credit if the Administrative Agent shall not have advised the Issuing Bank that such issuance, amendment or extension would not be in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, (B) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any L/C - BA Disbursement or creates any Bankers’ Acceptance, the date of such L/C - BA Disbursement or Bankers’ Acceptance and the amount of such L/C - BA Disbursement or Bankers’ Acceptance and (C) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, including but not limited to prompt verification of such information as may be requested by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Local Time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided, that Swingline

Loans and Agent Advances shall be made as provided in Section 2.04. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrowers by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrowers maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City; provided, that ABR Revolving Loans and Swingline Borrowings made to finance the reimbursement of a L/C - BA Disbursement and reimbursements as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrowers, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, any Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. Any Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings or Agent Advances, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by clause (a) of the definition of the term “Interest Period.”

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If any Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the applicable Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Facility Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

(b) The Borrowers may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments under the Revolving Facility; provided, that (i) each reduction of the Commitments under the Revolving Facility shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1.0 million and not less than $5.0 million (or, if less, the remaining amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments), and (ii) the Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure would exceed the Borrowing Base.

(c) The Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided, that a notice of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments delivered by the Borrowers may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrowers (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Commitments.

SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrowers hereby unconditionally promise to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan to the Borrowers on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, and (iii) to the Administrative Agent the then unpaid principal amount of each Agent Advance on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date; provided, that on each date that a Revolving Facility Borrowing is made by any Borrower, the Borrowers shall repay all Swingline Loans and Agent Advances then outstanding.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to each Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (a “Note”). In such event, the Borrowers shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more

promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Revolving Loans. (a) To the extent not previously paid, outstanding Revolving Loans shall be due and payable on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

(b) Prior to any repayment of any Loan hereunder, the Borrowers shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, (i) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one Business Day before the scheduled date of such repayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied to the Revolving Loans included in the repaid Borrowing such that each Revolving Lender receives its ratable share of such repayment (based upon the respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of the Revolving Lenders at the time of such repayment). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding sentence, prior to any repayment of a Swingline Loan hereunder, the Borrowers shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the scheduled date of such repayment. Repayments of Loans shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.

(c) All payments of interest, fees and reimbursement for expenses pursuant to Section 9.05(a) may, if not paid by the due date, at the option of the Administrative Agent, be paid from the proceeds of Revolving Loans made hereunder, whether made following a request by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01 or a deemed request as provided in this Section 2.10 (c). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Borrowers hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to charge the Loan Account on the due date for the purpose of paying interest, fees and reimbursing expenses pursuant to Section 9.05(a) and agree that all such accounts charged shall constitute Revolving Loans (including Swingline Loans and Agent Advances) and that all such Revolving Loans so made shall be deemed to have been requested pursuant to Section 2.01 (except the Borrowers shall not be deemed to make any representation or warranty pursuant to Section 4.01(b) with respect to such Revolving Loans).

SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Loan in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.16), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 2.10(d).

(b) In the event and on such occasion that the total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeds the Borrowing Base (including any reduction in the Borrowing Base as a result of a sale or other disposition of Eligible Inventory or Eligible Accounts outside the ordinary course of business), the Borrowers shall prepay Revolving Facility Borrowings, Swingline Borrowings or Agent Advances (or, if no such Borrowings or Agent Advances are

outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.

(c) In the event and on such occasion as the Revolving L/C-BA Exposure exceeds (i) the Letter of Credit Sublimit or (ii) the Borrowing Base, the Borrowers shall deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(j) in an amount equal to such excess.

SECTION 2.12. Fees. (a) The Borrowers agree to pay to each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, on the fifth Business Day of each calendar quarter and on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date and, if earlier, on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) on the daily amount of the Available Unused Commitment of such Lender during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated) at a rate equal to (i) if the average daily amount of the aggregate Available Unused Commitments of all Lenders during such period is less than 50% of Revolving Facility Commitments, 0.25% per annum, and (ii) otherwise, 0.30% per annum. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. For the purpose of calculating any Lender’s Commitment Fee, the outstanding Swingline Loans during the period for which such Lender’s Commitment Fee is calculated shall be deemed to be zero. The Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein.

(b) The Borrowers from time to time agree to pay (i) to each Revolving Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, on the fifth Business Day of each calendar quarter and on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date and, if earlier, on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee (an “L/C - BA Participation Fee”) on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the daily aggregate Revolving L/C - BA Exposure (excluding the portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C - BA Disbursements) during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be terminated) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings on such payment date, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank, on the fifth Business Day of each calendar quarter and on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date and, if earlier, on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fronting fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank and outstanding during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments shall be terminated) at a rate per annum equal to 1/4 of 1% per annum of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit, plus (y) in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any such Letter of Credit or any L/C - BA Disbursement thereunder, such Issuing Bank’s customary documentary and processing fees and charges (collectively, “Issuing Bank Fees”). All L/C Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees that are payable on a per annum basis shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

(c) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Sole Lead Arranger, for the account of the Administrative Agent and the Sole Lead Arranger, as the case may be, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, at the times specified therein (the “Administrative Agent Fees”).

(d) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that Issuing Bank Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable Issuing Banks. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.13. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan and each Agent Advance) shall bear interest at the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by the Borrowers hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section; provided, that this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.08.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, and (ii) upon termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that (A) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (B) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment, and (C) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the ABR at times when the ABR is based on the “prime rate” shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable ABR, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in such currency shall be ineffective and such Borrowing shall be converted to or continued as on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto an ABR Borrowing, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.

SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or Issuing Bank; or

(ii) impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of

such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d) Promptly after any Lender or any Issuing Bank has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15, such Lender or Issuing Bank shall notify the Company thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided, that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

(e) The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.15 shall not apply in the case of any Change in Law in respect of Taxes, which shall instead be governed by Section 2.17.

SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurocurrency Loan, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is

entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, that if a Loan Party shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank, as applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan Party shall make such deductions and (iii) such Loan Party shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b) In addition, the Loan Parties shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) Each Loan Party shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such Loan Party hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to such Loan Party by a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf, on behalf of another Agent or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(e) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which any Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), to the extent such Lender is legally entitled to do so, at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as may reasonably be requested by the Company to permit such payments to be made without such withholding Tax or at a reduced rate; provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation under this paragraph (e) with respect to any withholding Tax imposed by any jurisdiction other than the United States if in the reasonable judgment of such Lender such compliance would subject such Lender to any material

unreimbursed cost or expense or would otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect.

(f) Each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), two original copies of whichever of the following is applicable: (i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W 8BEN (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party, (ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W 8ECI (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), (iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of section 871(h)(3) or 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W 8BEN (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), (iv) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-81MY, together with forms and certificates described in clauses (i) through (iii) above (and additional Form W-81MYs) as may be required or (v) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrowers to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made. In addition, in each of the foregoing circumstances, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms, if legally entitled to deliver such forms, promptly upon the obsolescence, expiration or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Foreign Lender shall promptly notify the Company at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Company (or any other form of certification adopted by the United States of America or other taxing authorities for such purpose). In addition, each Lender that is not a Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent two copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto) on or before the date such Lender becomes a party and upon the expiration of any form previously delivered by such Lender. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Lender is not legally able to deliver.

(g) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender receives a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which such Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) as is determined by the Administrative Agent or Lender in good faith and in its sole discretion, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay as soon as reasonably practicable the amount paid over to

such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section 2.17(g) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the Loan Parties or any other person.

SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs. (a) Unless otherwise specified, each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of L/C - BA Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16, or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to the applicable Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under the Loan Documents shall be made in Dollars. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.

(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent from the Borrowers to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed L/C - BA Disbursements, interest and fees then due from the Borrowers hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due from the Borrowers hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed L/C - BA Disbursements then due from the Borrowers hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed L/C - BA Disbursements then due to such parties.

(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or participations in L/C - BA Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in L/C - BA Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in

L/C - BA Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in L/C - BA Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided, that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in L/C - BA Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrowers prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.06(b) or 2.18(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such

Lender in any material respect. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided, that (i) the Borrowers shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Loan, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in L/C - BA Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. Nothing in this Section 2.19 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrowers may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender.

(c) If any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 9.08 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then the Borrowers shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to (and any such Non-Consenting Lender agrees that it shall, upon the Borrowers’ request) assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to (i) the Administrative Agent and (ii) if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Loan, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank; provided, that: (a) all Obligations of the Borrowers owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. In connection with any such assignment the Borrowers, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04.

SECTION 2.20. Illegality. If any Lender reasonably determines that any change in law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loans, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Company through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Loans or to convert ABR Borrowings to Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be suspended until such

Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), either convert all Eurocurrency Borrowings of such Lender to ABR Borrowings, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Borrowings to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

SECTION 2.21. Incremental Commitments. (a) The Borrowers may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, request Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount from one or more Incremental Revolving Lenders (which may include any existing Lender) willing to provide such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as the case may be, in their own discretion; provided, that (i) each Incremental Revolving Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) unless such Incremental Revolving Lender is a Lender, and (ii) each Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment shall be on the same terms as the existing Revolving Facility Commitments and in all respects shall become a part of the Revolving Facility hereunder on such terms. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $5.0 million and a minimum amount of $25.0 million or equal to the remaining Incremental Amount), (ii) the aggregate amount of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, which shall not exceed the Incremental Amount, and (iii) the date on which such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are requested to become effective (the “Increased Amount Date”).

(b) The Borrowers and each Incremental Revolving Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment of such Incremental Revolving Lender. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to increase the Revolving Facility by the amount of the Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments evidenced thereby. Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrowers’ consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.21 unless (i) on the date of such effectiveness, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.01 shall be satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions, board resolutions and other closing certificates and documentation as required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement and, to the extent required by the Administrative Agent, consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.02 and such additional documents and filings (including amendments to the Mortgages and other Security Documents and title endorsement bringdowns) as the Administrative Agent may

reasonably require to assure that the Revolving Loans in respect of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are secured by the Collateral ratably with all other Revolving Loans.

(d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure all Revolving Loans in respect of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Revolving Loans on a pro rata basis. The Borrowers agree that Section 2.16 shall apply to any conversion of Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

On the date of each Credit Event as provided in Section 4.01, each of Holdings and each of the Borrowers represent and warrant to each of the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01, each of Holdings, each Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries (a) is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or, if applicable in a foreign jurisdiction, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of any jurisdiction of organization outside the United States) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by Holdings, each Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings hereunder and the transactions forming a part of the Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, partnership or limited liability company action required to be obtained by Holdings, such Borrower and such Subsidiary Loan Parties and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreements) or by-laws of Holdings, any such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, (B) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which Holdings, any such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred

stock, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.02(b), would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, any such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Liens permitted by Section 6.02 hereof.

SECTION 3.03. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Holdings and the Borrowers and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents or the exercise by any Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions, (c) recordation of the Mortgages, (d) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (e) such actions, consents and approvals the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 3.04.

SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements. (a) The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet and related combined statements of income and cash flows of the Company, together with its consolidated Subsidiaries (including the notes thereto) (the “Pro Forma Financial Statements”) and pro forma EBITDA (the “Pro Forma EBITDA”), for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender (via inclusion in the Information Memorandum), have been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to the Transactions (other than the Refinancing). Each of the Pro Forma Financial Statements and the Pro Forma EBITDA has been prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed by the Company to have been reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof (it being understood that such assumptions are based on good faith estimates of certain items and that the actual amount of such items on the Existing Agreement Date is subject to change), and presents fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2005, assuming that the Transactions (other than the Refinancing) had actually occurred at such date, and the results of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2005, assuming that the Transactions (other than the Refinancing) had actually occurred on the first day of such twelve-month period.

(b) The audited combined balance sheets of the Acquired Business as at September 30, 2003, 2004 and 2005, and the audited combined statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal years, reported on by and accompanied by a report from Deloitte & Touche LLP, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, present fairly in all material respects the combined financial position of the Acquired Business as at such date and the combined results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Acquired Business for the years then ended.

SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Effect. Since the Existing Agreement Date, there has been no event, development or circumstance that has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases. (a) Each of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries has good and insurable fee simple title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all its real properties (including all Mortgaged Properties) and has good and marketable title to its personal property and assets, in each case, except for Liens permitted under Section 6.02 and except for defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02 or arising by operation of law.

(b) Each of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be considered to have Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.07(b), each of Holdings, the Borrowers and each of the Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Each of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries owns or possesses, or is licensed to use, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights, all applications for any of the foregoing and all licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing necessary for the present conduct of its business, without any conflict (of which the Borrowers have been notified in writing) with the rights of others, and free from any burdensome restrictions on the present conduct of the Acquired Business, except where such conflicts and restrictions would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or except as set forth on Schedule 3.07(c).

(d) As of the Closing Date, none of Holdings, the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries has received any notice of any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Closing Date.

(e) None of Holdings, the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries is obligated on the Closing Date under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, except as permitted under Section 6.02 or 6.05.

SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries. (a) Schedule 3.08(a) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of each subsidiary of Holdings and, as to each such subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by Holdings or by any such subsidiary.

(b) As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries, except rights of employees to purchase Equity Interests of Holdings in connection with the Transactions or as set forth on Schedule 3.08(b).

SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws. (a) There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrowers, threatened in writing against or affecting Holdings or the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) None of Holdings, the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries and their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any law, rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit, but excluding any Environmental Laws, which are subject to Section 3.16) or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any Mortgaged Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) None of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.

(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation U or Regulation X.

SECTION 3.11. Investment Company Act: Public Utility Holding Company Act. None of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries is (a) an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or

(b) a “holding company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.

SECTION 3.12. Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers will use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans, together with other cash, to effect the Refinancing and for general corporate purposes; provided that until such time as the Post-Closing Reports have been delivered to the Administrative Agent, such general corporate purposes shall not include transactions permitted under Sections 6.04(j), (k) or (x), 6.05(h), 6.06(e), or 6.09(b).

SECTION 3.13. Tax Returns. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13:

(a) Each of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. Tax returns required to have been filed by it that are material to such companies, taken as a whole, and each such Tax return is true and correct in all material respects;

(b) Each of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes shown to be due and payable by it on the returns referred to in clause (a) and all other Taxes or assessments (or made adequate provision (in accordance with GAAP) for the payment of all Taxes due) with respect to all periods or portions thereof ending on or before the Closing Date (except Taxes or assessments that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section 5.03 and for which Holdings, the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP), which Taxes, if not paid or adequately provided for, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(c) Other than as would not be, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: as of the Closing Date, with respect to each of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries, there are no claims being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes.

SECTION 3.14. No Material Misstatements. (a) All written information (other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic nature and Schedule 4.02 delivered on the Closing Date) (the “Information”) concerning Holdings, the Borrowers, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated hereby included in the Information Memorandum or otherwise prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, was true and correct in all material respects, as of the date such Information was furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date and did not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.

(b) The Projections and estimates and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of the Borrowers or any of their representatives and that have

been made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby (i) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrowers to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood that actual results may vary materially from the Projections), as of the date such Projections and estimates were furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) as of the Closing Date, have not been modified in any material respect by the Borrowers.

SECTION 3.15. Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (ii) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which the Borrowers, Holdings, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC, other than reports that have been filed; (iii) no Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability in excess of $50.0 million; (iv) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (v) none of the Borrowers, Holdings, the Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates (A) has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated or (B) has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any withdrawal liability to any Multiemployer Plan.

(b) Each of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries is in compliance (i) with all applicable provisions of law and all applicable regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to any employee pension benefit plan or other employee benefit plan governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States and (ii) with the terms of any such plan, except, in each case, for such noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.16. Environmental Matters. Except as to matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no written notice, request for information, order, complaint or penalty has been received by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to such Borrower’s knowledge, threatened which allege a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, (ii) each of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries has all environmental permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for its operations to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and is, and during the term of all applicable statutes of limitation, has been, in compliance with the terms of such permits, licenses and other approvals and with all other applicable Environmental Laws, (iii) no Hazardous Material is located at, on or under any property currently owned, operated or leased by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, and, to such Borrower’s knowledge, no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned, treated, stored, handled or controlled by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries and transported to or Released at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, (iv) there are no agreements in which the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably likely liability or obligation of any other

person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, which in any such case has not been made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof, and (v) there has been no material written environmental assessment or audit conducted since January 1, 2000, by the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries of any property currently owned or leased by the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries that has not been made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof.

SECTION 3.17. Security Documents. (a) The Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement, when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement)), when financing statements and other filings specified in the Perfection Certificate are filed in the offices specified in the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Collateral, Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02 and Liens having priority by operation of law).

(b) When the Collateral Agreement or a summary thereof is properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties thereunder in the Intellectual Property, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the grantors after the Closing Date).

(c) Each Foreign Pledge Agreement, if any, shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Collateral described in a Foreign Pledge Agreement, when certificates representing such Pledged Collateral are delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person.

(d) The Mortgages (if any) executed and delivered on or before the Closing Date are, and the Mortgages to be executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.10 shall be, effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and

interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed or recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, other than with respect to the rights of a person pursuant to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02 and Liens having priority by operation of law.

SECTION 3.18. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises. (a) The Perfection Certificate lists completely and correctly, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date all material real property owned by Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties own in fee all the real property set forth as being owned by them on such Schedules.

(b) The Perfection Certificate lists completely and correctly in all material respects, as of the Closing Date, all material real property leased by Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties have in all material respects valid leases in all the real property set forth as being leased by them on such Schedules.

SECTION 3.19. Solvency. (a) Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Company (individually) and Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Company (individually) and Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Company (individually) and Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Company (individually) and Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Company (individually) and Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Company (individually) and Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.

(b) Neither Holdings nor any Borrower intends to, and neither Holdings nor any Borrower believes that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such subsidiary.

SECTION 3.20. Labor Matters. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or threatened against Holdings, the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries; (b) the hours worked and payments made to employees of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from Holdings, the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against Holdings, the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings, the Borrowers or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any material collective bargaining agreement to which Holdings, the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which Holdings, the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound.

SECTION 3.21. Insurance. Schedule 3.21 sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect.

SECTION 3.22. No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

SECTION 3.23. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Borrowers and each of their Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other person, (b) to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, no intellectual property right, proprietary right, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, sold or offered by, or now contemplated to be employed, sold or offered, by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any other person, and (c) no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened.

SECTION 3.24. Senior Debt. The Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof) and “Designated Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof) under the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and under the documentation governing any Permitted Additional Debt constituting subordinated Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted Additional Debt constituting subordinated Indebtedness.

SECTION 3.25. Common Enterprise. The successful operation and condition of each of the Loan Parties is enhanced by the continued successful performance of the functions of the group of Loan Parties as a whole. Each of the Loan Parties expects to derive benefit (and its

board of directors or other governing body has determined that it may reasonably be expected to derive benefit), directly and indirectly, from successful operations of Holdings and each of the other Loan Parties. Each Loan Party expects to derive benefit (and the boards of directors or other governing body of each such Loan Party have determined that it may reasonably be expected to derive benefit), directly and indirectly, from the credit extended by the Lenders to the Loan Parties hereunder, both in their separate capacities and as members of the group of companies. Each Loan Party has determined that execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to be executed by such Loan Party are within its corporate purpose, will be of direct and indirect benefit to such Loan Party, and are in its best interest.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions of Lending

The obligations of (a) the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender) to make Loans and (b) any Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit or increase the stated amounts of Letters of Credit hereunder (each, a “Credit Event”) are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

SECTION 4.01. All Credit Events. On the date of each Borrowing and on the date of each issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 (or a Borrowing Request shall have been deemed given in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 2.03) or, in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting the issuance of such Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.05(b).

(b) Each representation and warranty set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(c) At the time of and immediately after such Borrowing or issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each such Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on

the date of such Borrowing, issuance, amendment, extension or renewal as applicable, (i) as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.01, and (b) that the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure for which any Borrower is the borrower (in the case of Loans) or the account party (in the case of Letters of Credit) does not exceed the portion of the Borrowing Base attributable to such Borrower’s Accounts and Inventory.

SECTION 4.02. Effectiveness of Commitments. The obligations of each Lender to make any Loan hereunder or of any Issuing Bank to issue any Letters of Credit shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.08 hereof):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Lenders and each Issuing Bank on the Closing Date, a favorable written opinion of (i) Wachtell, Lipton, Xxxxx & Xxxx, special counsel for the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and Xxxx Xxxxxx, in-house counsel for the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to each Issuing Bank on the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (C) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and covering such other matters relating to the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received in the case of each Loan Party either (1) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying that each of the items referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below are in full force and effect and have not changed since the date of delivery of such documents on the Existing Agreement Date or, (2) if such documents have changed since the Existing Agreement Date or were not delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Existing Agreement Date:

(i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, (A) in the case of a corporation, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, and a certificate as to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of each such Loan Party as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official) or (B) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Loan Party;

(ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying

(A) that (1) attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent governing documents) of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below or (2) the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent governing documents) of such Loan Party, as in effect on the Existing Agreement Date, have not been modified, rescinded or amended since the Existing Agreement Date,

(B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party (or its managing general partner or managing member) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date,

(C) that the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation of such Loan Party has not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto disclosed pursuant to clause (i) above,

(D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party, and

(E) as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of such person, threatening the existence of such Loan Party;

(iii) a certificate of a director or another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above;

(iv) a calculation of the Borrowing Base as of the Closing Date in the form of Schedule 4.02 reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

(v) such other documents as the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any Issuing Bank on the Closing Date may reasonably request (including without limitation, tax identification numbers and addresses).

(d) The elements of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement required to be satisfied on the Closing Date shall have been satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall

have received a completed Perfection Certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, together with all attachments contemplated thereby.

(e) The Lenders shall have received the financial statements referred to in Section 3.05 and the Company’s unaudited financial statements for the quarter ending March 31, 2006.

(f) On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Refinancings and the other transactions contemplated hereby, Holdings shall have outstanding no Indebtedness and the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness other than (i) the Loans and other extensions of credit under this Agreement, (ii) the Senior Subordinated Notes, (iii) the Second Lien Obligations, (iv) the Term Loans, and (v) other Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01.

(g) The Lenders shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B and signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company confirming the solvency of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Refinancing on the Closing Date.

(h) The Agents shall have received all fees payable thereto or to any Lender on or prior to the Closing Date and, to the extent invoiced, all other amounts due and payable pursuant to the Loan Documents on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Shearman & Sterling LLP and local counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder or under any Loan Document.

(i) Each of (i) the Collateral Agreement, (ii) the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) the Intercreditor Agreement, and (iv) the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto and shall have become effective, and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it of such execution and delivery and effectiveness.

(j) Simultaneously with the initial extension of Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and/or Letters of Credit hereunder, the Borrowers shall have repaid all of the Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to revolving credit loans, swing line loans and letters of credit, and the commitments of the lenders thereunder shall have been terminated.

(k) Each lender under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been reimbursed any and all losses, expenses and other amounts to which such lender is entitled pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, and which were invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date (without prejudice to the rights of such parties to such amounts under the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement).

For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.02, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or

satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Closing Date specifying its objection thereto and such Lender shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of the initial Borrowing.

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

The Borrowers covenant and agree (and, solely with respect to Sections 5.03, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5.09 and 5.10, Holdings covenants and agrees) with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit and Bankers’ Acceptances have been canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn or paid thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrowers will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:

SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties. (a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except, in the case of a Subsidiary of the Company, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 6.05, and except for the liquidation or dissolution of Subsidiaries if the assets of such Subsidiaries to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities are acquired by the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company in such liquidation or dissolution; provided, that Subsidiary Loan Parties may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and Domestic Subsidiaries may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries.

(b) Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) lawfully obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, and (ii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as expressly permitted by this Agreement).

SECTION 5.02. Insurance. (a) Maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and cause the Administrative Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee on property and casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies.

(b) With respect to any Mortgaged Properties, if at any time the area in which the Premises (as defined in the Mortgages) are located is designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), obtain flood insurance in such reasonable total amount as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably require, and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from time to time.

(i) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and their respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 5.02, it being understood that (A) the Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies, as a matter of the internal policy of such insurer, do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then each of Holdings and the Borrowers, on behalf of itself and behalf of each of its subsidiaries, hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and further agrees to cause each of their Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank and their agents and employees; and

(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Administrative Agent under this Section 5.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties.

SECTION 5.03. Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all material Taxes, imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and Holdings, the Company or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):

(a) Within 105 days (or, if applicable, such shorter period as the SEC shall specify for the filing of annual reports on Form 10 K) after the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006), a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity showing the

financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of its operations during such year and, starting with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity shall be audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of any Company or any Material Subsidiary as a going concern) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by the Company of annual reports on Form 10 K of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(a) to the extent such annual reports include the information specified herein);

(b) within 60 days (or, if applicable, such shorter period as the SEC shall specify for the filing of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q) after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2006), a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of its operations during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the fiscal year and, starting with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2007, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be in reasonable detail and which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be certified by a Financial Officer of the Company on behalf of the Company as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) (it being understood that the delivery by the Company of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(b) to the extent such quarterly reports include the information specified herein);

(c) (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company, certifying (i) that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) whether an Availability Triggering Event has occurred during the applicable period covered by such financial statements, (iii) the calculation of the ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of the applicable period covered by such financial statements, and (iv) that the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure for which any Borrower is the borrower (in the case of Loans) or the account party (in the case of Letters of Credit) does not exceed the portion of the Borrowing Base attributable to such Borrower’s Accounts and Inventory, together with, if requested by the Administrative Agent, calculations evidencing and supporting such certification, and (y) concurrently

with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations);

(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by Holdings, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with the SEC, or after an initial public offering, distributed to its stockholders generally, as applicable;

(e) within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, a reasonably detailed consolidated quarterly budget for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income), including a description of underlying assumptions with respect thereto (collectively, the “Budget”), which Budget shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that, the Budget is based on assumptions believed by such Financial Officer to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof;

(f) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, an updated Perfection Certificate (or, to the extent such request relates to specified information contained in the Perfection Certificate, such information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this paragraph (f) or Section 5.10(g);

(g) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, or such consolidating financial statements, as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of any Lender); and

(h) in the event that (i) in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes, and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, the rules and regulations of the SEC permit the Company, Holdings or any Parent Entity to report at Holdings’ or such Parent Entity’s level on a consolidated basis, and (ii) Holdings or such Parent Entity, as the case may be, is not engaged in any business or activity, and does not own any assets or have other liabilities, other than those incidental to its ownership directly or indirectly of the capital stock of the Company and the incurrence of Indebtedness for borrowed money (and, without limitation on the foregoing, does not have any subsidiaries other than the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries and any direct or indirect parent companies of the Company that are not engaged in any other business or activity and do not hold any other assets or have any liabilities except as indicated above) such consolidated reporting at such Parent Entity’s level in a manner consistent with that described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.04 for the Company (together with a reconciliation showing the

adjustments necessary to determine the ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) will satisfy the requirements of such paragraphs.

SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly thereafter furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Company obtains actual knowledge thereof:


	(a)	any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

	(b)	the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against Holdings, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

	(c)	any other development specific to Holdings, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and

	(d)	the development of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have developed or occurred, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including, without limitation, the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided, that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 5.03.

SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and, upon five (5) Business Days’ notice (or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, one Business Day’s notice), permit any authorized representatives of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to visit, audit and inspect any of the properties of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including its and their financial and accounting records, and to make copies and take extracts therefrom, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and business with its and their officers and certified public accountants (so long as such Borrower has the opportunity to participate in any discussions with such certified public accountants), at such reasonable times during normal business hours and without undue disruption to the business of the Borrowers as often as may be reasonably requested, in each case at the expense of the Borrowers (a “Collateral Audit”); provided, that so long as no Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall not conduct more than one Collateral Audit per year unless the Availability is less than $75 million for five consecutive days, in which case two

Collateral Audits per year shall be permitted. If an Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, representatives of each Lender (at such Lender’s expense) will be permitted to accompany representatives of the Administrative Agent during each visit, inspection and discussion conducted during the existence of such Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default.

SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans and request issuance of Letters of Credit, together with other cash, solely to effect the Refinancing and for general corporate purposes, in each as described in Section 3.12.

SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.10. Post Closing Filing; Further Assurances; Additional Security. (a) Within 90 days after the Closing Date (i) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such Mortgages, Mortgage amendments, filings and other agreements or security documents as the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary to (A) secure all the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, and (B) perfect the security interest of the Lenders in the Collateral (with priorities therein as set forth in the Loan Documents), to the extent that such perfection and priority was not achieved on the Closing Date; and (ii) provide opinions of local counsel as to such perfection and priority as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.

(b) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents and recordings of Liens in stock registries), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

(c) If any asset (including any real property (other than real property covered by paragraph (c) below), but excluding any asset of a type excluded from the Collateral by the terms of the Security Documents) or improvements thereto or any interest therein) that has an individual fair market value in an amount greater than $3.0 million is acquired by Holdings, the Company or any other Loan Party after the Closing Date or owned by an entity at the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other than assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof) will (i) notify the Collateral Agent thereof, (ii) if such asset is comprised of real property, deliver to Collateral Agent an updated Schedule 1.01(c) reflecting the addition of such asset, and (iii) cause such asset to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and take, and

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cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to paragraph (h) below.

(d) Grant and cause each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to the Collateral Agent security interests and mortgages in such real property of the Company or any such Subsidiary Loan Parties as are not covered by the original Mortgages, to the extent acquired after the Closing Date and having a value at the time of acquisition in excess of $3.0 million pursuant to documentation substantially in the form of the Mortgages delivered to the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (each, an “Additional Mortgage”) and constituting valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except as are permitted by Section 6.02 or arising by operation of law, at the time of perfection thereof, record or file, and cause each such Subsidiary to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Mortgages and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to paragraph (h) below. Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Additional Mortgage, the Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent contemporaneously therewith a title insurance policy, and a survey.

(e) If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of Holdings is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Loan Party, within five Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Collateral Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within 20 Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party.

(f) If any additional Foreign Subsidiary of Holdings is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary, within five Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Collateral Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within 20 Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to any Equity Interest in such Foreign Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party.

(g) (i) Furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Party’s corporate or organization name, (B) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure or (C) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number; provided, that the Borrowers shall not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial

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Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) promptly notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.

(h) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 5.10 need not be satisfied with respect to (i) any real property held by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries as a lessee under a lease, (ii) any Equity Interests acquired after the Closing Date (other than Equity Interests in the Company or, in the case of any person which is a Subsidiary, Equity Interests in such person acquired issued or acquired after such person became a Subsidiary) in accordance with this Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as (A) doing so would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on such Equity Interests and (B) with respect to contractual obligations, such obligation existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such Equity Interests in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such Subsidiary, or (iii) any assets acquired after the Closing Date, to the extent that, and for so long as, taking such actions would violate an enforceable contractual obligation binding on such assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets acquired with Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(i) that is secured by a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(i)); provided, that, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, Holdings and the Company shall, and shall cause any applicable Subsidiary to, use commercially reasonable efforts to have waived or eliminated any contractual obligation of the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above.

SECTION 5.11. Contribution of Purchase Price Adjustments. Except with respect to payments made on the Closing Date pursuant to the Closing Agreement, Holdings agrees that it shall cause to be paid to the Company any proceeds actually received by it in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments under Section 2.9 of the Acquisition Agreement; provided, that no such amount shall be considered a contribution to the Company’s equity for any purpose under this Agreement.

SECTION 5.12. Appraisals and Reports. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the completion of Post-Closing Reports within 60 days after the Closing Date. In addition, the Borrowers shall provide to the Collateral Agent, upon request of the Collateral Agent and at the expense of the Borrowers, (a) so long as no Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, one time in each calendar year (in coordination with the Company’s annual financial statement audit), or (b) if the Availability is less than $75 million for five consecutive days, two times per calendar year, and (c) if any Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, one additional time during any calendar year, appraisals or updates thereof of any or all of the Collateral from one or more Acceptable Appraisers (as selected by the Borrowers), and prepared in a form and on a basis reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (or, in the case of the reports to be delivered within 60 days following the Closing Date, the Post-Closing Reports), such appraisals and updates to include, without limitation, information required by Requirements of Law and by the internal policies of the Lenders. In addition, the Borrowers shall have the right (but not the obligation), at their expense, at any time and from time to time (but not more

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than twice per year) to provide the Collateral Agent with additional appraisals or updates thereof of any or all of the Collateral from one or more Acceptable Appraisers (as selected by the Borrowers), and prepared in a form and on a basis reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, in which case such appraisals or updates shall be used in connection with the determination of the Orderly Liquidation Value and the calculation of the Borrowing Base hereunder. In connection with any appraisal requested by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 5.12, the Borrowers shall be given 20 days following such request by the Collateral Agent to choose and engage the Acceptable Appraiser prior to the commencement of such appraisal. With respect to each appraisal made pursuant to this Section 5.12 after the Closing Date, (i) the Collateral Agent and the Borrowers shall each be given a reasonable amount of time to review and comment on a draft form of the appraisal prior to its finalization and (ii) any adjustments to the Orderly Liquidation Value or the Borrowing Base hereunder as a result of such appraisal shall become effective 20 days following the finalization of such appraisal.

SECTION 5.13. Collateral Reporting. Provide, or cause to be provided, to the Collateral Agent, a Borrowing Base Certificate on or before the 20^th Business Day of each Fiscal Period, or, during the continuance of an Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default, more frequently if requested by the Collateral Agent (but in no event more frequently than once in any seven consecutive days), for the preceding Fiscal Period end (or such shorter period during the continuance of an Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default), substantially in the form of Exhibit F. If the Borrowers’ records or reports of the Collateral required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement are prepared by an accounting service or other agent, the Borrowers hereby authorize such service or agent to deliver such records or reports to the Collateral Agent, for distribution to the Lenders.

SECTION 5.14. Accounts.

(a) Not re-date any invoice or sale or make sales on extended dating or extend or modify any Account outside the ordinary course of business.

(b) Not, without the Collateral Agent’s prior written consent, accept any note or other instrument (except a check or other instrument for the immediate payment of money) with respect to any Account other than Accounts which (i) do not exceed $1,000,000 individually and (ii) at the time of accepting such note or other instrument are not less than 90 days past due from the date of the original invoice therefor or in settlement of a bankrupt or disputed account. If the Collateral Agent consents to the acceptance of any such instrument, such Loan Party will promptly deliver such instrument to the Collateral Agent, endorsed to the Collateral Agent in a manner satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent.

(c) Take commercially reasonable steps to settle, contest, or adjust any dispute or claim in excess of $1,000,000 at no expense to the Secured Parties. No discount, credit, or allowance shall be granted to any Account Debtor without the Collateral Agent’s prior written consent, except for discounts, credits, and allowances made or given in the ordinary course of business of the Borrowers (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Collateral Agent has notified the Borrowers that such exception is withdrawn).

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(d) If an Account Debtor returns any Inventory to any Borrower then, unless an Event of Default exists and the Collateral Agent has given notice to the Borrowers not to do so, such Borrower shall promptly determine the reason for such return and if such return has a valid reason shall issue a credit memorandum to the Account Debtor in the appropriate amount. All returned Inventory of the Borrowers or its Subsidiaries shall be subject to the Collateral Agent’s Liens thereon. Whenever any Inventory is returned, the related Account shall be deemed ineligible (without duplication of any other exclusion) to the extent of the amount owing by the Account Debtor with respect to such returned Inventory.

SECTION 5.15. Collection of Accounts; Payments.

(a) Within 120 days after the Closing Date, establish a Payment Account (the “Primary Payment Account”) subject to a Blocked Account Agreement and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, into which all Account collections and proceeds of Revolving Facility Senior Collateral (as defined in the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement) will be deposited, and the Borrowers hereby agree that, if an Availability Triggering Event or Specified Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent will have exclusive dominion and control over the Primary Payment Account. In the absence of an Availability Triggering Event or Specified Default, the Borrowers will be entitled to direct the application of funds in the Primary Payment Account, including directing the Administrative Agent (or other depository bank, if applicable) to apply funds to the repayment of the outstanding Loans and other amounts payable under the Loan Documents and to otherwise withdraw funds from the Primary Payment Account; provided that all funds withdrawn from the Primary Payment Account will be applied to repay operating expenses of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or for other purposes permitted hereunder other than transfers of funds to a deposit account that is not subject to a Blocked Account Agreement (an “Unblocked Account”) or investments in Permitted Investments unless (i) the Collateral Agent has a first priority perfected security interest in such Permitted Investment or Unblocked Account or (ii) the amount of such Permitted Investments and funds in Unblocked Accounts so transferred for which the Collateral Agent does not have a first priority perfected security interest does not exceed $25,000,000 at any one time; provided that no such transfers of funds to Unblocked Accounts or Permitted Investments may be made pursuant to this clause (ii) if the Availability is less than $75 million on such date immediately before and after giving effect to such transfer or Permitted Investment. If an Availability Triggering Event or Specified Default has occurred and is continuing, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to apply collections received into the Primary Payment Account to the outstanding Loans as provided in Section 5.02 of the Collateral Agreement and the Borrowers shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to request Borrowings hereunder and direct the disposition of Revolving Loan proceeds, and (ii) the Borrowers shall not be entitled to present items drawn on or otherwise to withdraw or direct the dispositions of funds from the Primary Payment Account nor shall any Borrower be entitled to close the Primary Payment Account until all obligations under this Agreement are paid and performed in full. Notwithstanding any other agreements the Borrowers may have with any Secured Party, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, during the continuance of any Event of Default, for purposes of this Agreement to give instructions as to the withdrawal or disposition of funds from time to time credited to any deposit account with the Collateral Agent, any Payment Account, or the Primary Payment Account, or as to any other matters relating to any of the forgoing without further consent of the Borrowers. The Collateral

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Agent’s power under this Agreement to give instructions as to the withdrawal or disposition of any funds from time to time credited to the Primary Payment Account, any other Payment Account or deposit account with the Collateral Agent or as to any other matters relating to the foregoing includes, without limitation, during an Event of Default, the power to give stop payment orders for any items being presented to such accounts for payment.

(b) No later than 120 days after the Closing Date or such later time as the Administrative Agent shall agree, establish a lock-box service for collections of Accounts at Clearing Banks reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, with respect to bank accounts with Clearing Banks other than the Collateral Agent, if requested by the Administrative Agent, subject to Blocked Account Agreements and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Borrowers shall instruct all Account Debtors with respect to Accounts to make all payments directly to the address established for each such lock-box service or electronically into such lockbox accounts. If, notwithstanding such instructions, any Borrower receives any proceeds of Accounts, it shall deliver such payments to the Collateral Agent or deposit them into the Primary Payment Account of another Payment Account established pursuant to this Section 5.15(b). All funds received in any Payment Account other than the Primary Payment Account shall be promptly transferred to the Primary Payment Account. During an Availability Triggering Event or Specified Default, all collections received in any lock-box or Payment Account or directly by the Borrowers or the Collateral Agent, and all funds in any Payment Account or other account to which such collections are deposited, shall be subject to the Collateral Agent’s exclusive dominion and control and withdrawals by the Borrowers shall not be permitted; provided, however, that, in the absence of an Availability Triggering Event or Specified Default, all collections received in any lock-box or Payment Account, and all funds in any Payment Account or other account to which such collections are deposited shall be subject to direction as to application thereof and withdrawal by the Borrowers in the same manner as provided in Section 5.15(a) for the Primary Payment Account. The Collateral Agent or its designee may, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, upon notice to the Borrowers, notify Account Debtors that the Accounts have been assigned to the Collateral Agent and of the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein, and may collect them directly and charge the collection costs and expenses to the Loan Account as a Revolving Loan. So long as an Event of Default exists, the Borrowers, at the Collateral Agent’s request, shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such documents as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to grant the Collateral Agent access to any post office box in which collections of Accounts are received.

(c) If sales of Inventory are made or services are rendered by any of the Borrowers for cash, such Borrowers shall promptly deposit such cash into a Payment Account.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.15, all payments received by the Collateral Agent in a bank account, an account separate from the Primary Payment Account, a Payment Account or a lock-box account, designated by the Borrowers and the Collateral Agent will be credited to the Loan Account (conditional upon final collection) on the same day received (if received prior to 3:00 p.m., Local Time); provided that the Borrowers shall compensate the Collateral Agent for the cost of collection and clearance of remittances applied to the Loan Account, including interest for one day, on all uncollected funds credited to the Loan Account as provided by this Section 5.15(d).

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(e) In the event all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) are repaid upon the termination of this Agreement or upon acceleration of the Obligations, other than through the Collateral Agent’s receipt of payments on account of the Accounts or proceeds of the other Collateral, such payment will be credited (conditional upon final collection) to the Loan Account (i) on the date of the Collateral Agent’s receipt of such funds if such funds are collected funds or other immediately available funds if received by 3:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) or (ii) one (1) Business Day after the Collateral Agent’s receipt of such funds if such funds are uncollected funds or collected or immediately available funds received after such time.

SECTION 5.16. Inventory; Perpetual Inventory.

(a) Keep its Inventory (other than returned or obsolete Inventory) in good and marketable condition, except for damaged or defective goods arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Borrowers will not, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, acquire or maintain any Inventory in excess of $5,000,000 at any time on consignment or approval unless such Inventory is disclosed to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.13 and the Borrowers take appropriate steps to insure that all of such Inventory meets the criteria of Eligible Inventory, including delivery of appropriate subordination agreements, if necessary. The Borrowers will conduct a physical count of their Inventory at least once per its fiscal year, and during the existence of an Event of Default, at such other times as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Without the Collateral Agent’s written consent, the Borrowers will not sell, through a single transaction or a series of related transactions, Inventory on a xxxx-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale and return, sale on approval, consignment, or other repurchase or return basis in excess of $5,000,000.

(b) In connection with all Inventory financed by letters of credit, the Borrowers will, when an Event of Default is continuing, at the Collateral Agent’s request, instruct all suppliers, carriers, forwarders, customs brokers, warehouses or other persons receiving or holding cash, checks, Inventory, documents or instruments in which the Collateral Agent holds a security interest to deliver them to the Collateral Agent and/or subject to the Collateral Agent’s order, and if they shall come into the Borrowers’ or their Subsidiaries’ possession, to deliver them, upon request, to the Collateral Agent in their original form. The Borrowers shall also, when an Event of Default is continuing, at the Collateral Agent’s request, designate the Collateral Agent as the consignee on all bills of lading and other negotiable and non-negotiable documents.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

The Borrowers covenant and agree with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required

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Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:


	(a) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness Refinanced with Indebtedness owed to a person not affiliated with the Company or any Subsidiary);

	(b) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;

	(c) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.13;

	(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case in the ordinary course of business; provided, that upon the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, such obligations are reimbursed not later than 30 days following such incurrence;

	(e) Indebtedness of the Company to Holdings or any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to Holdings, the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided, that (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party owing to the Loan Parties shall be subject to Section 6.04(b) and (ii) Indebtedness of the Company to Holdings or any Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any other Loan Party to Holdings or any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party (the “Subordinated Intercompany Debt”) shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

	(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

	(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided, that (x) such Indebtedness (other than credit or purchase cards) is extinguished within ten Business Days of its incurrence and (y) such Indebtedness in respect of credit or purchase cards is extinguished within 60 days from its incurrence;

	(h) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or a corporation merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary after the

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	Closing Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets, which Indebtedness in each case exists at the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and is not created in contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger or consolidation is permitted by this Agreement and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

	(i) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease or improvement of the respective asset permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition or improvement, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the Remaining Present Value of leases permitted under Section 6.03, would not exceed the greater of $60.0 million and 5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04;

	(j) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is permitted under Section 6.03, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

	(k) other Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, would not exceed the greater of $75.0 million and 6.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04;

	(l) Indebtedness of the Company pursuant to (i) the Senior Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount that is not in excess of $265.0 million, (ii) the loans under the Second Lien Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount that is not in excess of $175.0 million, (iii) the extensions of Term Loans under the Term Loan Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount that is not in excess of $425.0 million at any time, and (iv) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness;

	(m) Guarantees (i) by the Subsidiary Loan Parties of the Indebtedness of the Company described in paragraph (1) of this Section 6.01, so long as the Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof is subordinated substantially on terms as set forth in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes, (ii) by the Company or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party expressly permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (iii) by the Company or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted hereunder of Holdings or any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(v)), (iv) by any

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	Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness of another Foreign Subsidiary, and (v) by the Company of Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred for working capital purposes in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01 (s) to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(v)); provided, that Guarantees by the Company or any Subsidiary Loan Party under this Section 6.01(m) of any other Indebtedness of a person that is subordinated to other Indebtedness of such person shall be expressly subordinated to the Obligations to the same extent as the Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Notes is under the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture;

	(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions and any Permitted Business Acquisition or the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

	(o) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business;

	(p) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit;

	(q) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

	(r) Indebtedness consisting of Permitted Additional Debt and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

	(s) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries for working capital purposes incurred in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million outstanding at any time;

	(t) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided, that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms (which require that all such payments be made within 60 days after the incurrence of the related obligations) in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Swap Agreements;

	(u) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

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	(v) all premium (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (u) above.

SECTION 6.02. Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person, including the Company and any Subsidiary) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except:


	(a) Liens on property or assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.02(a) or, to the extent not listed in such Schedule, where such property or assets have a fair market value that does not exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate and $5.0 million in respect of Accounts and Inventory, and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations permitted by Section 6.01(a)) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, and (B) proceeds and products thereof;

	(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage and, provided that such Liens are subject to the terms of the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement, any Lien securing the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any Indebtedness or other obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

	(c) any Lien on any property or asset (other than Accounts and Inventory unless such Accounts and Inventory are held by a Subsidiary that is not a Borrower and such Accounts and Inventory are not commingled with the Accounts and Inventory of any other Borrower) of the Company or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h); provided, that such Lien (i) does not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset (other than after acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require a pledge of after acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition and (iii) in the case of a Lien securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, any such Lien is permitted, subject to compliance with clause (e) of the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”;

	(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.03;

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	(e) Liens imposed by law, such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, the Company or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;

	(f) (i) pledges and deposits with respect to property other than Accounts and Inventory made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits with respect to property other than Accounts and Inventory securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any Subsidiary;

	(g) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, and other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

	(h) zoning restrictions, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary;

	(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(i) (limited to the assets subject to such Indebtedness);

	(j) Liens arising out of capitalized lease transactions permitted under Section 6.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and related property;

	(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j);

	(l) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies delivered on or subsequent to the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 5.10 and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided, that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided, further, that the Indebtedness and

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	other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;

	(m) any interest or title of a lessor under any leases or subleases entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

	(n) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

	(o) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;

	(p) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit (including documentary letters of credit) and bankers acceptances permitted under Section 6.01(k) or (o) and covering the goods (or the documents of title in respect of such goods) financed by such letters of credit and the proceeds and products thereof;

	(q) leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to intellectual property and software) granted to others in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

	(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

	(s) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;

	(t) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.01;

	(u) other Liens with respect to property or assets (other than Accounts and Inventory) of the Company or any Subsidiary securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 4.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of creation of the Lien for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04; provided, that if any such Lien shall secure Indebtedness and shall cover any Collateral, such Lien shall be subordinated to the Liens under the Security Documents and the holder of such Lien shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

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	(v) the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

	(w) agreements to subordinate any interest of the Company or any Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

	(x) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding operating leases;

	(y) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures securing obligations of such joint venture;

	(z) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Permitted Investments under clause (c) of the definition thereof;

	(aa) Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of a Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such Lien secures only the obligations of such Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent permitted under Section 6.01;

	(bb) Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements, provided, that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;

	(cc) Liens on the Collateral securing the Second Lien Obligations that are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement; and

	(dd) Liens securing obligations of the Borrowers and any Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or any other Loan Party; provided that (i) such obligations shall have been incurred in the normal course of such Loan Party’s business in connection with the cash management operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, or shall be otherwise permitted under the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) if and to the extent that any such Lien attaches to any Accounts or Inventory of any Loan Party, such Lien and any rights of enforcement in respect thereof shall be subordinated to the Liens created under the Security Documents pursuant to a subordination agreement on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”); provided, that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be permitted (a) with respect to property (i) owned by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary that is acquired after the Existing Agreement Date so long as such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is consummated within 180 days of the acquisition of such property or (ii) by any Foreign Subsidiary regardless

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of when such property was acquired, and (b) with respect to any property owned by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary, (x) if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, the Remaining Present Value of such lease, together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Sections 6.01(i) and the Remaining Present Value of outstanding leases previously entered into under this Section 6.03(b), would not exceed the greater of $60.0 million and 5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date the lease was entered into for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04.

SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with a person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (each, an “Investment”), any other person, except:


	(a) the Transactions;

	(b) (i) Investments by the Company or any Subsidiary in the Equity Interests of the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) intercompany loans from the Company or any Subsidiary to the Company or any Subsidiary; and (iii) Guarantees by the Company or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted hereunder of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, that the sum of (A) Investments (valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) made after the Existing Agreement Date by the Loan Parties pursuant to clause (i) in Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties, plus (B) net intercompany loans made after the Existing Agreement Date to Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to clause (ii), plus (C) Guarantees of Indebtedness after the Existing Agreement Date of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to clause (iii), shall not exceed an aggregate net amount equal to (x) the greater of (1) $50.0 million and (2) 4% of Consolidated Total Assets (plus any return of capital actually received by the respective investors in respect of Investments theretofore made by them pursuant to this paragraph (b)); plus (y) the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Company elects to apply to this Section 6.04(b)(y), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Company calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided, further, that intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries shall not be included in calculating the limitation in this paragraph at any time;

	(c) Permitted Investments and investments that were Permitted Investments when made;

	(d) Investments arising out of the receipt by the Company or any Subsidiary of noncash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05;

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	(e) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Subsidiary (i) in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $15.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding (calculated without regard to write downs or write offs thereof), (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) solely to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Company in cash as common equity;

	(f) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;

	(g) Swap Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 6.13;

	(h) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Existing Agreement Date and set forth on Schedule 6.04 and any extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this clause (h) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment existing on the Existing Agreement Date;

	(i) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in Section 6.02(f) and (g);

	(j) other Investments by the Company or any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed (i) the greater of $100.0 million and 8% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (plus any returns of capital actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this paragraph (j)) plus (ii) the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Company elects to apply to this Section 6.04(j)(ii), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Company calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied;

	(k) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;

	(l) intercompany loans between Foreign Subsidiaries and Guarantees by Foreign Subsidiaries permitted by Section 6.01(m);

	(m) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

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	(n) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a corporation merged into the Company or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, to the extent permitted under this Section 6.04 and, in the case of any merger or consolidation, in accordance with Section 6.05 to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

	(o) acquisitions by the Company of obligations of one or more officers or other employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officer’s or employee’s acquisition of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

	(p) Guarantees by the Company or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

	(q) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity);

	(r) Investments in the equity interests of one or more newly formed persons that are received in consideration of the contribution by Holdings, the Company or the applicable Subsidiaries of assets (including Equity Interests) to such person or persons; provided, that (i) the fair market value of such assets, determined on an arms’-length basis, so contributed pursuant to this paragraph (r) shall not in the aggregate exceed $10.0 million and (ii) in respect of each such contribution, a Responsible Officer of the Company shall certify, in a form to be agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent (x) after giving effect to such contribution, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (y) the fair market value of the assets so contributed and (z) that the requirements of paragraph (i) of this proviso remain satisfied;

	(s) Investments consisting of the redemption, purchase, repurchase or retirement of any Equity Interests permitted under Section 6.06;

	(t) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

	(u) Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries not to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate, as valued at the fair market value of such Investment at the time such Investment is made;

	(v) Guarantees permitted under Section 6.01 (except to the extent such Guarantee is expressly subject to Section 6.04);

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	(w) advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the Company or such Subsidiary; and

	(x) investments by the Company and its Subsidiaries, including loans to any direct or indirect parent of the Company, if such Borrower or any other Subsidiary would otherwise be permitted to make a dividend or distribution in such amount (provided that the amount of any such investment shall also be deemed to be a distribution under the appropriate clause of Section 6.06 for all purposes of this Agreement).

SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other person or any division, unit or business of any person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:


	(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Subsidiary or (iv) the sale of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;

	(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the merger of any Subsidiary into the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the survivor, (ii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary into or with any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Subsidiary Loan Party and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than the Company or Subsidiary Loan Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party into or with any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, (iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary (other than the Company) if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders or (v) any Subsidiary may merge with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.10;

	(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to the Company or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided, that any sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan

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	Party shall be made in compliance with Section 6.07 and shall be included in Section 6.05(g);

	(d) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;

	(e) Investments permitted by Section 6.04, Liens permitted by Section 6.02, Dividends permitted by Section 6.06 and purchases and leases permitted by Section 6.10;

	(f) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;

	(g) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05 (or required to be included in this clause (g) pursuant to Section 6.05(c)); provided, that (i) the aggregate gross proceeds (including noncash proceeds) of any or all assets sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this paragraph (g) shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the Company, the greater of $100.0 million and 8% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (iii) immediately after giving effect thereto, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Borrowing Base calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition, and (iv) immediately after giving effect to any such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of Accounts or Inventory not undertaken in the ordinary course of business, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Borrowing Base;

	(h) Permitted Business Acquisitions (including any merger or consolidation in order to effect a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided, that following any such merger or consolidation (i) involving the Company, the Company is the surviving corporation, (ii) involving a Domestic Subsidiary, the surviving or resulting entity shall be a Subsidiary Loan Party that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and (iii) involving a Foreign Subsidiary, the surviving or resulting entity shall be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary;

	(i) leases, licenses (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to intellectual property), or subleases or sublicenses (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to intellectual property) of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

	(j) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined by the management of the Company to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;

	(k) acquisitions and purchases made with the proceeds of any Asset Sale pursuant to the first proviso of paragraph (a) of the definition of “Net Proceeds”;

	(l) [Reserved]; and

	(m) any exchange of assets for other assets of comparable or greater value; provided, that (i) at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of

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assets (other than cash) that will be used in a business or business activity permitted hereunder, (ii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value in excess of $5.0 million, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Company with respect to such fair market value and (iii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value in excess of $15.0 million, such exchange shall have been approved by at least a majority of the board of directors of Holdings or the Company; provided, further, that (A) the aggregate gross consideration (including exchange assets, other noncash consideration and cash proceeds) of any or all assets exchanged in reliance upon this paragraph (m) shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the Company, the greater of $100.0 million and 8% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, (B) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, and (C) immediately after giving effect to such exchange, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Borrowing Base calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such exchange.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.05 above, (i) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by this Section 6.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to Loan Parties pursuant to paragraph (c) hereof) unless such disposition is for fair market value, (ii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets in excess of $5.0 million shall be permitted by paragraph (g) of this Section 6.05 unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided, that for purposes of clause (iii), (A) the amount of liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets, (B) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Company or such Subsidiary of the Company from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Subsidiary of the Company into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and $35 million at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) shall be deemed to be cash. To the extent any Collateral is disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 6.05 as to any Person other than Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent shall take, and shall be authorized by each Lender to take, any actions reasonably requested by the Company in order to evidence the foregoing. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (A) neither the Company nor any other Loan Party shall sell or otherwise dispose of any Inventory or Accounts (other than sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and sales of Accounts for collection) if, as a result of such sale or other disposition, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure would exceed the Borrowing Base, in each case determined as of the time of such sale or other disposition, and (B) none of the capital stock of any Borrower shall be sold or transferred, nor shall any Borrower enter into any merger or similar transaction in which such Borrower is not the surviving entity, unless in any such case (1) the obligations of such Borrower

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are assumed by another Borrower on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (2) such event would not result in a Default or an Event of Default, and (3) the portion of the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of the assuming Borrower does not exceed the portion of the Borrowing Base attributable to the Accounts and Inventory of the assuming Borrower.

SECTION 6.06. Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person paying such dividends or distributions) or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any of its Equity Interests or set aside any amount for any such purpose (other than through the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person redeeming, purchasing, retiring or acquiring such shares) (collectively, “Distributions”); provided, however, that:


	(a) any Subsidiary of the Company may declare and pay dividends to, repurchase its Equity Interests from or make other distributions to the Company or to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company (or, in the case of non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, to the Company or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Company or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests so long as any repurchase of its Equity Interests from a person that is not the Company or a Subsidiary is permitted under Section 6.04);

	(b) the Company may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to Holdings in respect of (i) overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses of Holdings or any Parent Entity, (ii) fees and expenses related to any public offering or private placement of equity securities of Holdings or any Parent Entity that is not consummated, (iii) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses in connection with the maintenance of its existence and its (or any Parent Entity’s indirect) ownership of the Company, (iv) payments permitted by Section 6.07(b), (v) the tax liability to each relevant jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for the relevant jurisdiction of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) attributable to Holdings, the Company or its Subsidiaries and (vi) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of Holdings or any Parent Entity, in each case in order to permit Holdings or any Parent Entity to make such payments; provided, that in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the amount of such dividends and distributions shall not exceed the portion of any amounts referred to in such clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) that are allocable to the Company and its Subsidiaries (which shall be 100% for so long as Holdings or such parent, as the case may be, owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in the Company);

	(c) the Company may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to Holdings the proceeds of which are used to purchase or redeem the Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity (including related stock appreciation rights or similar

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	securities) held by then present or former directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Plan upon such person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided, that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this paragraph (c) shall not exceed in any fiscal year $12.5 million (plus the amount of net proceeds (x) received by Holdings or any Parent Entity during such calendar year from sales of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity of Holdings to directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements and (y) of any key-man life insurance policies received during such calendar year), which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year;

	(d) noncash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;

	(e) the Company may pay dividends to Holdings in an aggregate amount equal to the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on such date that the Company elects to apply to this Section 6.06(e), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Company calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided, that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and, after giving effect thereto, that the Company shall be in Pro Forma Compliance;

	(f) the Company may pay dividends after the Closing Date to permit Holdings to make payments required under the Acquisition Agreement (including Sections 2.9 and 5.4 thereof); and

	(g) the Company may pay dividends or distributions to allow Holdings or any Parent Entity to make payments in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such person; provided, that the aggregate amount of such dividends or distributions does not exceed $2.5 million.

SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates. (a) Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates or any known direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of any class of capital stock of Holdings or any Affiliate of any such person, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise permitted (or required) under this Agreement or (ii) upon terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate.

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	(i) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of Holdings,

	(ii) loans or advances to employees or consultants of Holdings (or any Parent Entity), the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.04(e),

	(iii) transactions among the Company or any Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction,

	(iv) the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities to directors, officers, consultants and employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Company and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (limited, in the case of any Parent Entity, to the portion of such fees and expenses that are allocable to the Company and its Subsidiaries (which shall be 100% for so long as Holdings or such Parent Entity, as the case may be, owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in the Company and assets incidental to the ownership of the Company and its Subsidiaries)),

	(v) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.07(b)(xiv), if applicable, transactions pursuant to the Transaction Documents and permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.07 or any amendment thereto to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect,

	(vi) (A) any employment agreements entered into by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with employees, officers or directors, and (C) any employee compensation, benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan which covers employees, and any reasonable employment contract and transactions pursuant thereto,

	(vii) dividends, redemptions and repurchases permitted under Section 6.06, including payments to Holdings (and any Parent Entity),

	(viii) any purchase by Holdings of the equity capital of the Company; provided, that any Equity Interests of the Company purchased by Holdings shall be pledged to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to the Collateral Agreement,

	(ix) payments by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, or a majority of disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company, in good faith,

	(x) transactions with Wholly Owned Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with past practice,

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	(xi) any transaction in respect of which the Company delivers to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of the Company from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is (A) in the good faith determination of the Company qualified to render such letter and (B) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which letter states that such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate,

	(xii) subject to paragraph (xiv) below, the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards related to the Transactions contemplated by Offering Memorandum, including fees to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate,

	(xiii) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice,

	(xiv) any agreement to pay, and the payment of, monitoring, management, transaction, advisory or similar fees payable to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate (A) in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the sum of (1) the greater of $2.5 million and 1.5% of EBITDA, plus reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith and unpaid amounts accrued for prior periods; plus (2) any deferred fees (to the extent such fees were within such amount in clause (A) (1) above originally), plus (B) 1.5% of the value of transactions with respect to which the Fund or any Fund Affiliate provides any transaction, advisory or other services, plus (C) so long as no Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in the event of a Qualified IPO, the present value of all future amounts payable pursuant to any agreement referred to in clause (A) (1) above in connection with the termination of such agreement with the Fund and its Fund Affiliates (the “Fund Termination Fee”); provided, that if any such payment pursuant to clause (C) is not permitted to be paid as a result of an Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default, such payment shall accrue and may be payable when no Availability Triggering Events or Events of Default are continuing to the extent that no further Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default would result therefrom,

	(xv) the issuance, sale, transfer of Equity Interests of the Company to Holdings and capital contributions by Holdings to the Company,

	(xvi) the issuance of Equity Interests to the management of Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transaction, or

	(xvii) payments by Holdings (and any Parent Entity), the Company and the Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among Holdings (and any such parent Entity), the Company and the Subsidiaries on customary terms that require each party to make payments when such taxes are due or refunds received of amounts equal to the income tax liabilities and refunds generated by each such party calculated on a separate return basis and payments to the party generating tax benefits and credits of amounts

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	equal to the value of such tax benefits and credits made available to the group by such party.

SECTION 6.08. Business of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than any business or business activity conducted by any of them on the Closing Date and any business or business activities incidental or related thereto, or any business or activity that is reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc. (a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders, or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders), the articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or the Acquisition Agreement.


	(b) (i) Make, or agree or offer to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on the loans under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted Additional Debt or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing or any preferred Equity Interests or any Disqualified Stock (“Junior Financing”), or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination in respect of any Junior Financing except for (A) Refinancings permitted by Section 6.01(l) or (r), (B) payments of regularly scheduled interest, and, to the extent this Agreement is then in effect, principal on the scheduled maturity date any Junior Financing, (C) payments or distributions in respect of all or any portion of the Junior Financing with the proceeds contributed to the Company by Holdings from the issuance, sale or exchange by Holdings (or any Parent Entity) of Equity Interests made within eighteen months prior thereto, (D) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity; and (E) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and after giving effect to such payment or distribution the Company would be in Pro Forma Compliance, payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity made, in an aggregate amount, not to exceed the sum of (x) $10.0 million and (y) the Cumulative Credit; or

		(ii) Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of Junior Financing, or any agreement, document or instrument evidencing or relating thereto, other than amendments or modifications that are not in any manner materially adverse to Lenders and that do not affect the subordination or payment provisions thereof (if any) in a manner adverse to the Lenders.

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	(c) Permit any Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances to the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens pursuant to the Security Documents (or compliance with any element of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement), in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:

		(A) restrictions imposed by applicable law;

		(B) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date under Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01, the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Notes or any agreements related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness that does not expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction;

		(C) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

		(D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business;

		(E) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

		(F) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

		(G) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;

		(H) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

		(I) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset permitted under Section 6.05 pending the consummation of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;

		(J) customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (1) such Lien is permitted under Section 6.02 and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien, and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 6.09;

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		(K) customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by Subsidiaries of the Company, so long as the Company has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;

		(L) any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;

		(M) restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 of a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party; or

		(N) customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity and assets subject thereto; or

		(O) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 6.10. Capital Expenditures. Make any Capital Expenditure, except for Capital Expenditures not exceeding in the aggregate for the Company and its Subsidiaries during any fiscal year the greater of (a) $70.0 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year; provided, that any portion of such amount that is not expended in the fiscal year for which it is permitted above, may be carried over for expenditure in the next following fiscal year.

SECTION 6.11. Availability Triggering Event. If an Availability Triggering Event or Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, permit the ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the preceding fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(b), to be less than 1.00 to 1.00 (which calculation shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis to take into account any events described in the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” occurring during the period of four fiscal quarters ending on the last day of such preceding fiscal quarter).

SECTION 6.12. [Reserved].

SECTION 6.13. Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement, other than (a) Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Company or any Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities (including, without limitation, raw material, supply costs and currency risks), (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest bearing liability or investment of the Company or any Subsidiary and (c) Swap Agreements entered into in order to swap currency in connection with funding the business of Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

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SECTION 6.14. No Other “Designated Senior Indebtedness”. Designate, or permit the designation of, any Indebtedness as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or any other similar term for the purpose of the definition of the same or the subordination provisions contained in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture or any indenture governing the Permitted Additional Debt that are senior subordinated notes or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof or of the Senior Subordinated Notes other than (a) the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the Second Lien Obligations, and (c) obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

SECTION 6.15. Fiscal Year; Accounting. In the case of Holdings and the Borrowers, permit its fiscal year to end on any date other than September 30 without prior notice to the Administrative Agent given concurrently with any required notice to the SEC.

SECTION 6.16. Qualified CFC Holding Companies. Permit any Qualified CFC Holding Company to (a) create, incur or assume any Indebtedness or the liability, or create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on, or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, other than in a transaction permitted under Section 6.05, any of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary held by such Qualified CFC Holding Company, or any other assets, or (b) engage in any business or activity or acquire or hold any assets other than the Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company and/or one or more other Qualified CFC Holding Companies and the receipt and distribution of dividends and distributions in respect thereof.

ARTICLE VIA

Holdings Negative Covenants

Holdings covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, (a) Holdings will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (other than Liens of a type described in Section 6.02(d), (e) or (k)) on any of the Equity Interests issued by the Company other than the Liens created under the Loan Documents, (b) Holdings shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence; provided, that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, Holdings may merge with any other person, and (c) Holdings shall at all times own directly 100% of the Equity Interests of the Company and shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Equity Interests in the Company.

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ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”):


	(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by Holdings, any Borrower or any other Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed made;

	(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;

	(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C Disbursement or in the payment of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;

	(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.01(a), 5.05(a) or 5.08 or in Article VI or VIA;

	(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in (i) Section 5.07 or Sections 5.12 through 5.16 and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of seven days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers, or (ii) any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Company;

	(f) (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity or (ii) Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall fail to pay the principal of any Material Indebtedness at the stated final maturity thereof; provided, that this clause (f) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness;

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	(g) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;

	(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary (except, in the case of any Subsidiary, in a transaction permitted by Section 6.05); and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

	(i) Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) become unable or admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

	(j) the failure by Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess of $20.0 million (to the extent not covered by insurance), which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a period of 45 consecutive days;

	(k) (i) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Plan, (ii) an ERISA Event or ERISA Events shall have occurred with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (iii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any Plan or Plans, (iv) Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or (v) Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

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	(l) (i) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by Holdings, any Borrower or any Subsidiary not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that are not immaterial to Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or that constitute a material portion of the Collateral, shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and therein) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent arising from the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreement or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or take the actions described on Schedule 3.04 and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer, or (iii) the Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by Holdings, any Borrower or the Subsidiary Loan Parties of any of the Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by Holdings or any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations;

	(m) (i) the Obligations shall fail to constitute “Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof) and “Designated Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof) under the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and under the documentation governing any Permitted Additional Debt constituting subordinated Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted Additional Debt constituting subordinated Indebtedness, or (ii) the subordination provisions thereunder shall be invalidated or otherwise cease, or shall be asserted in writing by Holdings, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary Loan Party to be invalid or to cease to be legal, valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms; or

	(n) there shall occur and be continuing an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Company, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding and (iii) if the Loans have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (ii) above, demand cash collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(j); and in

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any event with respect to any Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for cash collateral to the full extent permitted under Section 2.05(j), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 7.02. Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries. Solely for the purposes of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred under clause (h), (i) or (l) of Section 7.01, any reference in any such clause to any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to include any Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstance referred to in any such clause that did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended, have assets with a value in excess of 5% of the Consolidated Total Assets or 5% of consolidated total revenues of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries as of such date; provided, that if it is necessary to exclude more than one Subsidiary from clause (h), (i) or (l) of Section 7.01 pursuant to this Section 7.02 in order to avoid an Event of Default thereunder, all excluded Subsidiaries shall be considered to be a single consolidated Subsidiary for purposes of determining whether the condition specified above is satisfied.

SECTION 7.03. Holdings’ Right to Cure. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01, in the event that the Borrowers fail to comply with the requirements of the ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio set forth in Section 6.11 hereof, until the expiration of the 10th day subsequent to the date that the certificate calculating such ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), Holdings shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of Holdings, and, in each case, to contribute any such cash to the capital of the Company (collectively, the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by the Company of such cash (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise by Holdings of such Cure Right, such ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustment:


	(i) EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable quarter and any four-quarter period that contains such quarter, solely for the purpose of measuring the ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; and

	(ii) If, after giving effect to the foregoing pro forma adjustment, the Borrowers shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the ABL Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio set forth in Section 6.11 hereof, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of such Section 6.11 as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of such Section 6.11 that had occurred shall be deemed cured for this purposes of the Agreement.

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exercised, (ii) in each eight-fiscal-quarter period, there shall be a period of at least four consecutive fiscal quarters during which the Cure Right is not exercised, and (iii) for purposes of this Section 7.03, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with Section 6.11.

ARTICLE VIII

The Agents

SECTION 8.01. Appointment. (a) Each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and the Swingline Lender (if applicable) and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Swap Agreements) and each Issuing Bank (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Swap Agreements) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement), and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which such Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including (a) the determination of the applicability of ineligibility criteria and other determinations with respect to the calculation of the Borrowing Base, (b) the making of Agent Advances pursuant to Section 2.04(d), and (c) the exercise of remedies pursuant to Section 7.01, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Lenders.

(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and the Swingline Lender (if applicable) and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Swap Agreements) and each Issuing Bank (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Swap Agreements) hereby appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto and to enter into and take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the

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Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Collateral Agent (and any Subagents appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights or remedies thereunder at the direction of the Collateral Agent) shall be entitled to the benefits of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, Section 8.07) as though the Collateral Agent (and any such Subagents) were an “Agent” under the Loan Documents, as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

(c) Each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and the Swingline Lender (if applicable) and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Swap Agreements) and each Issuing Bank (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Swap Agreements) irrevocably authorizes each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, (i) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (A) upon termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration, termination or cash collateralization of all Letters of Credit and Bankers’ Acceptances, (B) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (C) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 9.08 hereof, (ii) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Loan Documents if such person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder; and (iii) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(i) and (j). Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Loan Documents.

(d) In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, (i) the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Company) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise (A) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of any or all of the Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent and any Subagents allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (B) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and (ii) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent

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and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.

SECTION 8.02. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent may also from time to time, when the Administrative Agent deems it to be necessary or desirable, appoint one or more trustees, co-trustees, collateral co-agents, collateral subagents or attorneys-in-fact (each, a “Subagent”) with respect to all or any part of the Collateral; provided, that no such Subagent shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any Collateral unless and except to the extent expressly authorized in writing by the Administrative Agent. Should any instrument in writing from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party be required by any Subagent so appointed by the Administrative Agent to more fully or certainly vest in and confirm to such Subagent such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrowers shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent. If any Subagent, or successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Subagent, to the extent permitted by law, shall automatically vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Subagent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent, attorney-in-fact or Subagent that it selects in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.02 in the absence of the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 8.03. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent or its Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, 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 for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party. The Administrative

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Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (x) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (y) the Administrative Agent shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers, a Lender or an Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 8.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) or conversation believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to any Credit Event, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Bank prior to such Credit Event. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to Holdings or the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the

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other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

SECTION 8.05. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender, Holdings or the Borrowers referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders); provided, that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

SECTION 8.06. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any 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 credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

SECTION 8.07. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent and each Issuing Bank in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Holdings or the Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of Holdings or the Borrowers to do so), in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and unused Commitments hereunder; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans owing to the Swingline Lender and of L/C - BA Disbursements owing to any Issuing

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Bank shall be considered to be owed to the Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposure), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent or such Issuing Bank in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement) or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent or such Issuing Bank under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s or such Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The failure of any Lender to reimburse any Agent or any Issuing Bank, as the case may be, promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any amount required to be paid by the Lenders to such Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, as provided herein shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to reimburse such Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for its ratable share of such amount, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to reimburse such Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such other Lender’s ratable share of such amount. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

SECTION 8.08. Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued, or Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan participated in, by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.

SECTION 8.09. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrowers. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until

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such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.09 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 8.10. Sole Lead Arranger. The Sole Lead Arranger shall not have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.

SECTION 8.11. [Reserved]

SECTION 8.12. Field Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer by Lenders. By signing this Agreement, each Lender:


	(a) is deemed to have requested that the Collateral Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report (each a “Report” and collectively, “Reports”) prepared by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent;

	(b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that neither the Banks nor the Agents (i) make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, or (ii) shall be liable for any information contained in any Report;

	(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that the Collateral Agent, a Bank, or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Borrowers and will rely significantly upon the Borrowers’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Borrowers’ personnel;

	(d) agrees to keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use, and not to distribute except to its participants, or use any Report in any other manner; and

	(e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold the Agents and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to the Borrowers, or the indemnifying Lender’s participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a loan or loans of the Borrowers; and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold the Agents and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Agents and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.

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ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01. Notices; Communications. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 9.01(b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:


	(i) if to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such person on Schedule 9.01; and

	(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

	(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrowers may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

	(c) Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received. Notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Section 9.01(b) above shall be effective as provided in such Section 9.01(b).

	(d) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

	(e) Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically (including as set forth in Section 9.17) and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Company’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.01, or (ii) on which such documents are posted on

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the Company’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided, that (A) the Company shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrowers to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, and (B) the Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrowers shall be required to provide paper copies of the certificates required by Section 5.04(c) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such certificates required by Section 5.04(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrowers with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and each Issuing Bank and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or L/C - BA Disbursement or any Fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not been terminated. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations contained herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.17 and 9.05) shall survive the payment in full of the principal and interest hereunder, the expiration of the Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments or this Agreement.

SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Holdings, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings, the Borrowers, each Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance), except that (i) the Borrowers may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrowers without such consent shall

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be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 9.04. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 9.04), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:


	(A) the Company; provided, that no consent of the Company shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, if an Event of Default under Sections 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, any other person;

	(B) the Administrative Agent: and

	(C) the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender.

	(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

	(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5.0 million, unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided, that (1) no such consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default under Sections 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds (with simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;

	(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee set forth on Schedule 9.04;

	(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and

	(D) the Assignee shall not be a Borrower or an Affiliate or Subsidiary of a Borrower.

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For the purposes of this Section 9.04, “Approved Fund” means any person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be permitted to assign or transfer any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any entity previously identified in that certain letter dated as of the date hereof from the Company to the Administrative Agent and available to any Lender upon request.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 9.04.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and Revolving L/C - BA Exposure owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (b)(v).

(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided, that (A) such Lender’s

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obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided, that (x) such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to Section 9.04(a)(i) or clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the first proviso to Section 9.08(b) and (2) directly affects such Participant and (y) no other agreement with respect to amendment, modification or waiver may exist between such Lender and such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 9.04, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.

(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Company’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 to the extent such Participant fails to comply with Section 2.17(e) and (f) as though it were a Lender.

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided, that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e) The Borrowers, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agree to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent. Each of Holdings, the Borrowers, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto and each

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Loan Party for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.

(g) If the Borrower wishes to replace the Loans or Commitments under the Revolving Facility with ones having different terms, it shall have the option, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and subject to at least three Business Days’ advance notice to the Lenders under such Facility, instead of prepaying the Loans or reducing or terminating the Commitments to be replaced, to (i) require the Lenders under such Facility to assign such Loans or Commitments to the Administrative Agent or its designees and (ii) amend the terms thereof in accordance with Section 9.08 (with such replacement, if applicable, being deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 9.08(d)). Pursuant to any such assignment, all Loans and Commitments to be replaced shall be purchased at par (allocated among the Lenders under such Facility in the same manner as would be required if such Loans were being optionally prepaid or such Commitments were being optionally reduced or terminated by the Borrowers), accompanied by payment of any accrued interest and fees thereon and any amounts owing pursuant to Section 9.05(b). By receiving such purchase price, the Lenders under such Facility shall automatically be deemed to have assigned the Loans or Commitments under such Facility pursuant to the terms of the form of Assignment and Acceptance attached hereto as Exhibit A, and accordingly no other action by such Lenders shall be required in connection therewith. The provisions of this paragraph (g) are intended to facilitate the maintenance of the perfection and priority of existing security interests in the Collateral during any such replacement.

SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity. (a) The Borrowers agree to pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or by the Administrative Agent in connection with the syndication of the Commitments or the administration of this Agreement (including expenses incurred in connection with due diligence to the extent incurred with the reasonable prior approval of the Company and the reasonable fees, disbursements and charges for no more than one counsel in each jurisdiction where Collateral is located) or in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the Transactions hereby contemplated shall be consummated), including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Sole Lead Arranger, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction; (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Sole Lead Arranger for (A) the costs of appraisals, inspections and verifications of the Collateral, including travel, lodging, and meals for inspections of the Collateral and the Loan Parties’ operations by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, plus the Administrative Agent’s then customary charge for field examinations and audits and the preparation of reports thereof (such charge is currently $850 per day (or portion thereof) for each agent or employee of the Administrative Agent with respect to each field examination or audit), (B) the costs and expenses of forwarding loan proceeds, collecting checks, and other items of payment, and establishing and maintaining Payment Accounts and lock boxes, and (C) the costs and expenses of lien searches, taxes, fees and other charges for filing financing statements, and other actions to maintain, preserve and protect the Collateral and the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon; provided, that so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such costs, expenses and charges described in

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clauses (A)-(C) shall not exceed (x) $100,000 per year in any year that the Collateral Agent conducts no more than one Collateral Audit and one appraisal of the Collateral and (y) $150,000 per year in any year that the Collateral Agent conducts more than one Collateral Audit and appraisal of the Collateral; (iii) sums paid or incurred to pay any amount or take any action required of any Borrower or other Loan Party under the Loan Documents that such Borrower or Loan Party fails to take; and (iv) all out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in connection with the Loans made or the Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent (including any special and local counsel).

(b) The Borrowers agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Sole Lead Arranger, each Issuing Bank, each Lender, each of their respective Affiliates and each of their respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including, without limitation, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement) or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (for purposes of this proviso only, each of the Administrative Agent, the Sole Lead Arranger, any Issuing Bank or any Lender shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them together with its respective Related Parties, shall be treated as a single Indemnitee). Subject to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Borrowers agree to indemnify each Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel or consultant fees, charges and disbursements (limited to not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (A) any claim related in any way to Environmental Laws and Holdings, any Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, or (B) any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials at, under, on or from any Property; provided, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties. None of the Indemnitees (or any of their respective affiliates) shall be responsible or liable to the Fund, Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective subsidiaries, Affiliates or stockholders or any other person

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or entity for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, which may be alleged as a result of the Facility or the Transactions. The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.

(c) Except as expressly provided in Section 9.05(a) with respect to Other Taxes, which shall not be duplicative with any amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.17, this Section 9.05 shall not apply to Taxes.

(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Holdings and the Borrowers shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

(e) The agreements in this Section 9.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Issuing Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off 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 or such Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of Holdings, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary against any of and all the obligations of Holdings or the Borrowers now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender and each Issuing Bank under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender or such Issuing Bank may have.

SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN LETTERS OF CREDIT AND AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by Holdings, any Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on Holdings, any Borrower or any other Loan Party in any case shall entitle such person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) as provided in Section 2.21, (y) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrowers and the Required Lenders, and (z) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each party thereto and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of any Security Documents, the Collateral Agent if so provided therein) and consented to by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement shall


	(i) decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the final maturity of, or decrease the rate of interest on, any Loan or any L/C - BA Disbursement, or extend the stated expiration of any Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance beyond the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, except as provided in Section 2.05(c),

	(ii) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender or decrease the Commitment Fees or L/C-BA Participation Fees or other fees of any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender (it being understood that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the aggregate Commitments shall not constitute an increase of the Commitments of any Lender),

	(iii) extend any date on which payment of interest on any Loan or any L/C - BA Disbursement or any Fees is due, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby,

	(iv) amend the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Collateral Agreement in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby,

	(v) amend or modify the provisions of this Section 9.08 or the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or

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	percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Loans and Commitments are included on the Closing Date),

	(vi) release all or substantially all the Collateral or release any of Holdings, the Company or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Loan Parties from their respective Guarantees under the Collateral Agreement, unless, in the case of a Subsidiary Loan Party, all or substantially all the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Loan Party is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Agreement, without the prior written consent of each Lender,

	(vii) increase any of the percentages set forth in the definition of the Borrowing Base without the consent of all of the Lenders; or

	(viii) increase the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment above $100 million or add any other Indebtedness under the Facility without the prior written consent of each Lender;

provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank acting as such at the effective date of such agreement, as applicable. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 9.08 and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any assignee of such Lender.

(c) Without the consent of the Sole Lead Arranger or any Lender or Issuing Bank, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent may (in their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrowers (i) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.

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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, technical and conforming modifications to the Loan Documents may be made with the consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent to the extent necessary to integrate any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments on substantially the same basis as the Revolving Loans.

SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”), as provided for herein or in any other document executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved by any Lender or any Issuing Bank, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all Charges payable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate; provided, that such excess amount shall be paid to such Lender or such Issuing Bank on subsequent payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation.

SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among or representations from the parties or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fee Letter shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.

SECTION 9.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

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SECTION 9.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or other electronic transmission pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.

SECTION 9.14. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof (collectively, “New York Courts”), in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in the courts of any jurisdiction, except that each of the Loan Parties agrees that (a) it will not bring any such action or proceeding in any court other than New York Courts (it being acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that any other forum would be inconvenient and inappropriate in view of the fact that more of the Lenders who would be affected by any such action or proceeding have contacts with the State of New York than any other jurisdiction), and (b) in any such action or proceeding brought against any Loan Party in any other court, it will not assert any cross-claim, counterclaim or setoff, or seek any other affirmative relief, except to the extent that the failure to assert the same will preclude such Loan Party from asserting or seeking the same in the New York Courts.

(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality. Each of the Lenders, each Issuing Bank and each of the Agents agrees that it shall maintain in confidence any information relating to Holdings, the Borrowers and any Subsidiary furnished to it by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (other than information that (a) has become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party, (b) has been independently developed by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such Agent without violating this Section 9.16

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or (c) was available to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such Agent from a third party having, to such person’s knowledge, no obligations of confidentiality to Holdings, the Borrowers or any other Loan Party) and shall not reveal the same other than to its directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors with a need to know or to any person that approves or administers the Loans on behalf of such Lender (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), except: (A) to the extent necessary to comply with law or any legal process or the requirements of any Governmental Authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any Affiliate of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of normal reporting or review procedures to, or examinations by, Governmental Authorities or self-regulatory authorities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (C) to its parent companies, Affiliates or auditors (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), (D) in order to enforce its rights under any Loan Document in a legal proceeding, (E) to any pledge under Section 9.04(d) or any other prospective assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this Agreement (so long as such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16) and (F) to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in Swap Agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.16).

SECTION 9.17. Platform; Borrower Materials. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Sole Lead Arranger will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”), and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrowers or their securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). Each Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrowers shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Sole Lead Arranger, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as either publicly available information or not material information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrowers or their securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws, (iii) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Sole Lead Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”

SECTION 9.18. Release of Liens and Guarantees. In the event that any Loan Party conveys, sells, leases, assigns, transfers or otherwise disposes of all or any portion of any of the Equity Interests or assets of any Subsidiary Loan Party to a person that is not (and is not required to become) a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited by Section 6.05, the Collateral

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Agent shall promptly (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by Holdings or the Borrowers and at the Borrowers’ expense to release any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Equity Interests or assets, and, in the case of a disposition of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction permitted by Section 6.05 and as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party would cease to be a Subsidiary, terminate such Subsidiary Loan Party’s obligations under its Guarantee. In addition, the Collateral Agent agrees to take such actions as are reasonably requested by Holdings or the Borrowers and at the Borrowers’ expense to terminate the Liens and security interests created by the Loan Documents when all the Obligations are paid in full and all Letters of Credit and Commitments are terminated. Any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Loan Document relating to any such Equity Interests, asset or subsidiary of Holdings shall no longer be deemed to be made once such Equity Interests or asset is so conveyed, sold, leased, assigned, transferred or disposed of.

SECTION 9.19. Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrowers in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from any Borrower in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to such Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).

SECTION 9.20. USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the Act.

SECTION 9.21. Joint and Several Liability. All Revolving Loans, upon funding, shall be deemed to be jointly funded to and received by the Borrowers. Each Borrower jointly and severally agrees to pay, and shall be jointly and severally liable under this Agreement for, all Obligations, regardless of the manner or amount in which proceeds of Revolving Loans are used,

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allocated, shared, or disbursed by or among the Borrowers themselves, or the manner in which an Agent and/or any Lender accounts for such Revolving Loans or other extensions of credit on its books and records. Each Borrower shall be liable for all amounts due to an Agent and/or any Lender under this Agreement, regardless of which Borrower actually receives Revolving Loans or other extensions of credit hereunder or the amount of such Revolving Loans and extensions of credit received or the manner in which such Agent and/or such Lender accounts for such Revolving Loans or other extensions of credit on its books and records. Each Borrower’s Obligations with respect to Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit made to it, and such Borrower’s Obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of such Borrower hereunder, with respect to Loans made to the other Borrowers hereunder, shall be separate and distinct obligations, but all such Obligations shall be primary obligations of such Borrower. The Borrowers acknowledge and expressly agree with the Agents and each Lender that the joint and several liability of each Borrower is required solely as a condition to, and is given solely as inducement for and in consideration of, credit or accommodations extended or to be extended under the Loan Documents to any or all of the other Borrowers and is not required or given as a condition of extensions of credit to such Borrower. Each Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and as an obligor under a Guaranty Agreement shall be separate and distinct obligations. Each Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be unconditional irrespective of (i) the validity or enforceability, avoidance, or subordination of the Obligations of any other Borrower or of any promissory note or other document evidencing all or any part of the Obligations of any other Borrower, (ii) the absence of any attempt to collect the Obligations from any other Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other security therefor, or the absence of any other action to enforce the same, (iii) the waiver, consent, extension, forbearance, or granting of any indulgence by an Agent and/or any Lender with respect to any provision of any instrument evidencing the Obligations of any other Borrower or Guarantor, or any part thereof, or any other agreement now or hereafter executed by any other Borrower or Guarantor and delivered to an Agent and/or any Lender, (iv) the failure by an Agent and/or any Lender to take any steps to perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to preserve its rights to, any security or collateral for the Obligations of any other Borrower or Guarantor, (v) an Agent’s and/or any Lender’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, (vi) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by any other Borrower, as debtor-in-possession under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, (vii) the disallowance of all or any portion of an Agent’s and/or any Lender’s claim(s) for the repayment of the Obligations of any other Borrower under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (viii) any other circumstances which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor or of any other Borrower. With respect to any Borrower’s Obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of the Borrowers hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans or other extensions of credit made to any of the other Borrowers hereunder, such Borrower waives, until the Obligations shall have been paid in full and this Agreement shall have been terminated, any right to enforce any right of subrogation or any remedy which an Agent and/or any Lender now has or may hereafter have against any other Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations, and any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to an Agent and/or any Lender to secure payment of the Obligations or any other liability of any Borrower to an Agent and/or any Lender. Upon any Event of Default, the Agents may proceed directly and at once, without notice, against any Borrower to collect and recover the full amount, or any portion of the

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Obligations, without first proceeding against any other Borrower or any other Person, or against any security or collateral for the Obligations. Each Borrower consents and agrees that the Agents shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Borrower or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations.

SECTION 9.22. Contribution and Indemnification among the Borrowers. Each Borrower is obligated to repay the Obligations as joint and several obligor under this Agreement. To the extent that any Borrower shall, under this Agreement as a joint and several obligor, repay any of the Obligations constituting Revolving Loans made to another Borrower hereunder or other Obligations incurred directly and primarily by any other Borrower (an “Accommodation Payment”), then the Borrower making such Accommodation Payment shall be entitled to contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, each of the other Borrowers in an amount, for each of such other Borrowers, equal to a fraction of such Accommodation Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such other Borrower’s Allocable Amount (as defined below) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Borrowers. As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of each Borrower shall be equal to the maximum amount of liability for Accommodation Payments which could be asserted against such Borrower hereunder without (a) rendering such Borrower “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101 (31) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (“UFTA”) or Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (“UFCA”), (b) leaving such Borrower with unreasonably small capital or assets, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA, or (c) leaving such Borrower unable to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA. All rights and claims of contribution, indemnification, and reimbursement under this Section shall be subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations. The provisions of this Section shall, to the extent expressly inconsistent with any provision in any Loan Document, supersede such inconsistent provision.

SECTION 9.23. Agency of Company for Each Other Borrower. Each of the other Borrowers irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for all purposes relevant to this Agreement, including the giving and receipt of notices and execution and delivery of all documents, instruments, and certificates contemplated herein (including, without limitation, execution and delivery to the Agents of Borrowing Base Certificates, Borrowing Requests and Interest Election Requests) and all modifications hereto. Any acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification, or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken by all or any of the Borrowers or acting singly, shall be valid and effective if given or taken only by the Company, whether or not any of the other Borrowers joins therein, and the Agents and the Lenders shall have no duty or obligation to make further inquiry with respect to the authority of the Company under this Section 9.23, provided that nothing in this Section 9.23 shall limit the effectiveness of, or the right of the Agents and the Lenders to rely upon, any notice (including without limitation a Borrowing Request or an Interest Election Request), document, instrument, certificate, acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification, or other action delivered by any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

SECTION 9.24. Additional Borrowers. Addition of any Person as a Borrower under this Agreement is subject to approval of the Administrative Agent and the Required

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Lenders, and may be conditioned upon such requirements as they may determine in their discretion, including, without limitation, (a) the furnishing of such financial and other information as the Administrative Agent or any such Lender may request; (b) approval by all appropriate approval authorities of the Administrative Agent and each such Lender; (c) execution and delivery by the Borrowers, such person, the Administrative Agent, and the Required Lenders of such agreements and other documentation (including, without limitation, an amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document), and the furnishing by such person or any of the Borrowers of such certificates, opinions, and other documentation, as the Administrative Agent and any such Lender may request. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to approve any such person for addition as a Borrower under this Agreement.

SECTION 9.25. Express Waivers By Borrowers In Respect of Cross Guaranties and Cross Collateralization. Each Borrower agrees as follows:


	(a) Each Borrower hereby waives: (i) notice of acceptance of this Agreement; (ii) notice of the making of any Revolving Loans, the issuance of any Letter of Credit or any other financial accommodations made or extended under the Loan Documents or the creation or existence of any Obligations; (iii) notice of the amount of the Obligations, subject, however, to such Borrower’s right to make inquiry of the Administrative Agent to ascertain the amount of the Obligations at any reasonable time; (iv) notice of any adverse change in the financial condition of any other Borrower or of any other fact that might increase such Borrower’s risk with respect to such other Borrower under the Loan Documents; (v) notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest, and notice thereof as to any promissory notes or other instruments among the Loan Documents; and (vii) all other notices (except if such notice is specifically required to be given to such Borrower hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party) and demands to which such Borrower might otherwise be entitled;

	(b) Each Borrower hereby waives the right by statute or otherwise to require an Agent or any Lender to institute suit against any other Borrower or to exhaust any rights and remedies which an Agent or any Lender has or may have against any other Borrower. Each Borrower further waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of any other Borrower (other than the defense that the Obligations shall have been fully and finally performed and paid) or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of any such Borrower in respect thereof.

	(c) Each Borrower hereby waives and agrees not to assert against an Agent, any Lender, or any Issuing Bank: (i) any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which such Borrower may now or at any time hereafter have against any other Borrower or any other party liable under the Loan Documents; (ii) any defense, set-off, counterclaim, or claim of any kind or nature available to any other Borrower against an Agent, any Lender, or any Issuing Bank, arising directly or indirectly from the present or future lack of perfection, sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the Obligations or any security therefor; (iii) any right or defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by an Agent, any Lender, or any Issuing Bank under any applicable law; (iv) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting any other Borrower’s liability hereunder;

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	(d) Each Borrower consents and agrees that, without notice to or by such Borrower and without affecting or impairing the obligations of such Borrower hereunder, the Agents may (subject to any requirement for consent of any of the Lenders to the extent required by this Agreement), by action or inaction: (i) compromise, settle, extend the duration or the time for the payment of, or discharge the performance of, or may refuse to or otherwise not enforce the Loan Documents; (ii) release all or any one or more parties to any one or more of the Loan Documents or grant other indulgences to any other Borrower in respect thereof; (iii) amend or modify in any manner and at any time (or from time to time) any of the Loan Documents; or (iv) release or substitute any Person liable for payment of the Obligations, or enforce, exchange, release, or waive any security for the Obligations or any Guaranty of the Obligations;

	(e) Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that such Borrower is currently informed of the financial condition of all other Borrowers and all other circumstances which a diligent inquiry would reveal and which bear upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations. Each Borrower further represents and warrants that such Borrower has read and understands the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. Each Borrower agrees that neither the Agents, any Lender, nor any Issuing Bank has any responsibility to inform any Borrower of the financial condition of any other Borrower or of any other circumstances which bear upon the risk of nonpayment or nonperformance of the Obligations.

SECTION 9.26. Intercreditor Agreements. Each Lender hereunder (a) consents to the priority and/or subordination of Liens provided for in the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement, (b) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement or the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement, (c) authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement as First Lien Intercreditor Agent and on behalf of such Lender, and (d) authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement as Revolving Facility Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, respectively, and on behalf of such Lender. The foregoing provisions are intended as an inducement to the Lenders to extend credit and such Lenders are intended third party beneficiaries of such provisions and the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Lender Intercreditor Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.


	COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS CORP.

	By:	/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXX

		Name:
		Title:


	COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS HOLDING CORP.

	By:	/s/ XXXXX XXXXXX

		Name:
		Title:


COVALENCE SPECIALTY ADHESIVES LLC

By:	COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS CORP., its sole member and manager

	By:	/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXX

		Name:
		Title:


COVALENCE SPECIALTY COATINGS LLC

By:	COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS CORP., its sole member and manager

	By:	/s/ XXXX X. XXXXXX

		Name:
		Title:


	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent and as a Lender

	By:	/s/ XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX

		Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
		Title: SVP

Schedule 9.04

Processing and Recordation Fees

The Administrative Agent will charge a processing and recordation fee (an “Assignment Fee”) in the amount of $2,500 for each assignment; provided, however, that in the event of two or more concurrent assignments to members of the same Assignee Group (which may be effected by a suballocation of an assigned amount among member of such Assignee Group) or two or more concurrent assignments by members of the same Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group), the Assignment fee will be $2,500 plus the amount set forth below:


Transaction		Assignment Fee

First four concurrent assignments or suballocations to members of an Assignee Group (or from members of an Assignee Group, as applicable)		-0-

Each additional concurrent assignment or suballocation to a member of such Assignee Group (or from a member of such Assignee Group, as applicable)		$500

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in connection with any assignment.

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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of May 18, 2006, Among COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS HOLDING CORP. COVALENCE SPECIALTY MATERIALS CORP. and CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES PARTY HERETO as Borrowers, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as...

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