BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7,941,177 Shares Class A Common Stock (par value $0.01 per share) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7,941,177 Shares Class A Common Stock (par value $0.01 per share) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

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BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

7,941,177 Shares

Class A Common Stock
(par value $0.01 per share)

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

July • , 2004

Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
As the representative of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Bucyrus International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of 7,941,177 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Stock") of the Company, and AIP/BI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Selling Stockholder"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the Underwriters, at the election of the Underwriters, 1,191,176 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01, of the Company, each of which shares shall convert automatically into one share of Stock upon its transfer to the Underwriter. The aggregate of 7,941,177 shares to be sold by the Company is herein called the "Firm Shares" and the aggregate of 1,191,176 additional shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder is herein called the "Optional Shares". The Firm Shares, together with any Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof, are herein collectively called the "Shares".

Prior to the First Time of Delivery (as defined below), (i) (A) the Company shall have formed [merger subsidiary], a Delaware corporation ("Merger Sub"), as its wholly-owned subsidiary and (B) Merger Sub shall have merged with and into the Company, with the Company the surviving entity; (ii) the Company and Bucyrus Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Bucyrus Holdings") shall have entered into the Asset Contribution Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2004 (the "Asset Contribution Agreement") and pursuant thereto (A) Bucyrus Holdings shall have contributed to the Company (1) $75,635,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 9³/4% Senior Notes due 2007 (the "Holdings Notes") and (2) all of its shares of common stock of the Company (the "Contributed Common Stock"), (B) Bucyrus Holdings shall retain its right to receive all deferred interest to which it is entitled through the date of the Asset Contribution Agreement in respect of the Holdings Notes, (C) the Company shall have cancelled the Holdings Notes and (D) the Company shall have issued to Bucyrus Holdings (1) a promissory note with substantially similar terms and principal amount as the Holdings Notes (the "New Note") and (2) 11,442,400 shares of newly authorized Class B common stock of the Company; (iii) subsequent to the Merger (as defined below) and prior to the issuance of the Class B common stock pursuant to the Asset Contribution Agreement (as defined below), the Company shall have (A) reclassified its common equity from one class of common stock to two classes of common stock, such classes to be Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share and (B) issued to each holder of its common stock, other than Bucyrus Holdings, one share of Class A common stock in respect of each share of common stock of the Company held by such holder; (iv) (A) Bucyrus Holdings, Minserco, Inc., the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary ("Minserco"), General Electric Capital Corporation ("GECC"), Bahama Rock Ltd. ("Bahama Rock") and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Materials, Inc. ("MM") shall have entered into the Assignment and Consent Agreement (the "Assignment Agreement") and pursuant thereto Bucyrus Holdings shall have assigned to Minserco (1) its obligations and rights under that certain Equipment Lease Agreement, dated November 7, 2001 ("Dragline Lease"), among BCC Equipment Leasing Corporation (including any successor in interest thereto) ("BCC") and Bucyrus Holdings, and (2) its obligations under that certain Limestone Extraction Agreement, dated July 2, 2001, among Bahama

Rock, MM and Bucyrus Holdings and (B) in connection with the Assignment Agreement, the Company shall provide a guaranty of Minserco's obligations under the Dragline Lease; (v) Bucyrus Holdings shall have dissolved and transferred all of its right, title and interest in and to (A) all of its 11,442,400 shares of Class B common stock, (B) the New Note and (C) the right to receive deferred interest under the Holdings Notes to American Industrial Partners Capital Fund II, L.P. ("Fund II"); and (vi) (A) Fund II shall have formed the Selling Stockholder and shall have contributed all of its right, title and interest in and to all of its 11,442,400 shares of Class B Common Stock to the Selling Stockholder and (B) American Industrial Partners, a Delaware General Partnership ("AIGP") and the Company shall terminate the Management Services Agreement (the "MSA"), dated as set forth therein, by and among AIPGP, the Company Boonville Mining Services, Inc., Minserco and Von's Welding, Inc. The formation of Merger Sub and the merger described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence is hereinafter referred to as the "Merger", Bucyrus Holdings' contribution of the Holdings Notes to the Company and the Company's issuance to Bucyrus Holdings of the New Note is hereinafter referred to as the "Notes Exchange", the recapitalization of the Company described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence is hereinafter referred to as the "Recapitalization", the lease and extraction agreement assignments described in clause (iv) above are hereinafter referred to as the "Asset Contribution" and the dissolution of Holdings, formation of the Selling Stockholder and contribution to the Selling Stockholder of all of Holdings' equity interest in the Company is hereinafter referred to as the "Parent Recapitalization". In connection with the Merger, the Company shall, or shall be deemed to have, as the surviving company of such Merger, cancelled its outstanding common stock and re-issued new common stock to its then existing common stockholders.

1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:

(i) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-114326) (the "Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to you for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus");

(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all

material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein or by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the answers therein to Item 7 of Form S-1;

(iii) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein or by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the answers therein to Item 7 of Form S-1;

(iv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, backlog, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus;

(v) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and all real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;

(vi) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;

(vii) Each "significant subsidiary" of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, and each a "Significant Subsidiary") that is a corporation has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; each Significant Subsidiary of the Company that is a limited liability company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation; and each Significant Subsidiary of the Company that is a limited partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, and in each case with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction;

(viii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and conform to the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying shares and except as set forth in the Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;

(ix) The unissued Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;

(x) The Asset Contribution Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company; and none of the Company's execution and delivery of and performance under Asset Contribution Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, the Merger, the Recapitalization, the Notes Exchange, the Parent Recapitalization or Bucyrus Holdings' entry into the Assignment Agreement and its performance thereunder will conflict with or cause a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries is subject, (ii) the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or constituent documents of any subsidiary except, in the case of clause (i) for such violations that (x) would not result in material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole and (y) could not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the offering of the Shares (a "Material Adverse Effect");

(xi) The issue and sale of the Firm Shares to be sold by the Company and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or (iii) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or

any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), for such violations that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;

(xii) Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, if a corporation, Certificate of Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement, if a limited liability company, or Certificate of Partnership or Partnership Agreement, if a partnership, (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except in the case of clause (ii), for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(xiii) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, and under the caption "Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects;

(xiv) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which would be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

(xv) (a) The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, "Intellectual Property") except where the failure to own or posses or be able to acquire, such Intellectual Property would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or its Subsidiaries therein, and which infringement, conflict, invalidity, individually, or in the aggregate could be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xvi) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim;

(xvii) (a) Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries, nor any of its or their officers, directors, employees or, to their knowledge, agents, in their capacities as such, has made any payments, loans, gifts, or promises or offers of payments, loans, gifts or anything of value, directly or indirectly to or for the use or benefit in whole or in part of, any officer or employee of a Governmental Authority, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any Governmental Authority (a "Public Official") or state-owned company or other state-owned enterprise, or to or for the use of any political party or official thereof, or candidate for political office, or to any other person if any such party knew or should have known or had reason to suspect, that any part of such payment, loan, gift or promise or offer, (i) was for purposes of corruptly (A) influencing any act or decision of the recipient in its official capacity or (B) inducing such recipient to (1) do or omit to do any act in violation of its lawful duty or (2) use its influence to affect or influence any act or decision of any Governmental Authority, or (C) securing any improper advantage, in each case, in order to assist the parties in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person unless such payment, loan, gift or promise or offer thereof is lawful under written applicable law of the relevant jurisdiction or (ii) would violate any applicable law, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. For purposes of this representation and warranty, the term "Governmental Authority" means any public international, multinational or transnational organization or any national, state, municipal or local governmental, judicial, legislative, administrative or other authority, ministry, department, agency, instrumentality, office or organization.

(b): The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have and had a system of internal accounting controls, recordkeeping and procedures sufficient to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the economic sanctions of the United States administered by the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

(xviii) Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries have operations or investments in, or made payments to, any country or person targeted by any of the economic sanctions of the United States administered by the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

(xix) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment company", as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act").

(xx) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, were and are, respectively, each independent public accountant as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(xxi) The Optional Shares, upon the transfer to the Underwriters, will convert automatically into shares of Stock.

(xxii) The Significant Subsidiaries of the Company, as of the date hereof, are Bucyrus (Africa) (Proprietary) Limited, Bucyrus (Brasil) Ltda., Bucyrus Canada Limited, Bucyrus International (Chile) Limitada, Wisconsin Holdings Pty. Ltd. and Bucyrus (Australia) Proprietary Ltd.

(b): Each of the Selling Stockholder and Bucyrus Holdings, jointly and severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters and the Company that:

(i) Each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to

any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; and the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein;

(ii) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder of (I) this Agreement and (II) for the sale and delivery of the Optional Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder, have been obtained; and Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder each have full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and the Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Optional Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder;

(iii) The sale of the Optional Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder and the compliance by Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder is subject, (ii) the provisions of the constituent documents of Bucyrus Holdings or the Selling Stockholder or (iii) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder or the property of the Selling Stockholder, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), as (x) could not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the offering of the Shares, and (y) would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Selling Stockholder to consummate the offering of the Optional Shares or otherwise perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(iv) Bucyrus Holdings has duly authorized the Asset Contribution Agreement and the Assignment Agreement; all consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by Bucyrus Holdings of the Asset Contribution Agreement and the Assignment Agreement, have been obtained; Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder each have full right, power and authority to enter into and perform under the Asset Contribution Agreement, Bucyrus Holdings has full right, power and authority to consummate the Notes Exchange and the Parent Recapitalization;

(v) The execution and delivery of and performance under the Asset Contribution Agreement and the Assignment Agreement on the part of Bucyrus Holdings and the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which Bucyrus Holdings is a party or by which Bucyrus Holdings is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Bucyrus Holdings is subject, (ii) the constituent documents of Bucyrus Holdings or (iii) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over Bucyrus Holdings or its property, except, in the case of clause (i) any waiver has been obtained, and except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), as (x) could not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the offering of the Shares and (y) would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Selling Stockholder to consummate the offering and sale of the Optional Shares or otherwise perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vi) Neither the consummation of the Notes Exchange nor the consummation of the Parent Recapitalization will conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which Bucyrus Holdings is a party or by which Bucyrus Holdings is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Bucyrus Holdings is subject, (ii) the constituent documents of Bucyrus Holdings or (iii) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over Bucyrus Holdings or its property, except, in the case of clause (i) any waiver has been obtained, and except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), as (x) could not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the offering of the Shares and (y) would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Selling Stockholder to consummate the offering and sale of the Optional Shares or otherwise perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii) The Selling Stockholder is, and immediately prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) the Selling Stockholder will be the sole registered and beneficial owner of the Optional Shares to be sold thereby hereunder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, upon delivery of such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, the Underwriters shall be "protected persons" (as defined under Section 8-803 of the Uniform Commercial Code of New York (the "UCC")) provided that they have no notice of an "adverse claim" as defined in the UCC;

(viii) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to offer, sell contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement), without your prior written consent;

(ix) Neither Bucyrus Holdings nor the Selling Stockholder nor any of their affiliates have taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Optional Shares;

(x) To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein, such Preliminary Prospectus and the Registration Statement did, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

(xi) In order to document the Underwriters' compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated, the Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior to or at the First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof);

(xii) The obligations of the Selling Stockholder hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the dissolution of the Selling Stockholder or by the occurrence of any other event; if the Selling Stockholder should be dissolved, or if any other such event should occur, before the delivery of the Optional Shares hereunder, certificates representing the Optional Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at a purchase price per share of $ • , the number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Shares to be sold by the Company by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from the Company hereunder and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Selling Stockholder agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Stockholder, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.

The Selling Stockholder hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 1,191,176 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Shares, provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the

Optional Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company and the Selling Stockholder, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement and setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the Selling Stockholder otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.

3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company and the Selling Stockholder to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, as their interests may appear, to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the "Designated Office"). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on July • , 2004 or such other time and date as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the date specified by Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. in the written notice given by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. of the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the "First Time of Delivery", such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the "Second Time of Delivery", and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of Delivery".

(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7(l) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (the "Closing Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, "New York Business Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:

(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of

the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus or suspending any such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;

(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject;

(c) Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;

(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, or file a registration statement with respect to, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock option

plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement), without your prior written consent;

(f) To furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;

(g) During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to you as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed;

(h) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds";

(i) To use its reasonable best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations National Market System ("NASDAQ");

(j) To timely file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q of Form 10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act;

(k) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act; and

(l) Upon the reasonable request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company's trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the "License"); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred.

6. The Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder covenant and agree with one another and with the several Underwriters that (a) the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares for quotation on the NASDAQ; and (v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section; and (b) the Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the Selling Stockholder's obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section, including (i) any fees and expenses of counsel for the Selling Stockholder, (ii) the fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and (iii) all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder. It is understood, however, that the Company shall bear, and the Selling Stockholder shall not be required to pay or to reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, and that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties

and other statements of the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder shall have performed all of their respective obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;

(b) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, with respect to such matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

(c) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

(d) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the First Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto;

(e) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto; and on the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer of the Company shall have furnished to you certificates, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof; in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex II and Annex III hereto;

(f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock, backlog or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

(g) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities;

(h) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on NASDAQ; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

(i) The Shares at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed for quotation on NASDAQ;

(j) The Company has obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of an agreement from each of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Day, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Narayan Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx X.X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, substantially to the effect set forth in Subsection 1(b)(viii) hereof in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(k) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement;

(l) The Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder, respectively, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder, respectively, herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section; and

(m) (i) The Company shall have (1) entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with Minserco, Inc., Boonville Mining Services, Inc., as Borrowers, Bucyrus Canada Limited, as Guarantor, and GMAC Commercial Finance LLC and Xxxxxxx Sachs Credit Partners L.P. providing for a line of credit to the Company in the amount and on the terms described in the Prospectus; (2) entered into the Asset Contribution Agreement and consummated the Asset Contribution thereunder and (ii) Bucyrus Holdings shall have entered into the Assignment Agreement and shall have performed its obligations thereunder to be performed through the time of the Closing.

(n) Each of the Merger, the Recapitalization, the Notes Exchange and the Parent Recapitalization shall have been consummated.

8. (a) The Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein and, provided, further, that the aggregate liability of Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder under this paragraph (a) shall not exceed the sum of (i) the gross proceeds received by the Selling Stockholder from the Underwriters through any sales of the Optional Shares under this Agreement; (ii) amounts received thereby on or after the First Time of Delivery in respect of principal and accrued interest, including deferred interest, and premium on the New Notes; and (iii) amounts paid by or on behalf of the Company on or after the First Time of Delivery in respect of accrued and unpaid management fees and interest thereon pursuant to that certain Management Services Agreement by and among the Company, Boonville Mining Services, Inc., Minserco and Von's Welding, Inc. and American Industrial Partners.

(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder or any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any

indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholder on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to

contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholder under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the respective Selling Stockholder may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of the Act.

9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company and the Selling Stockholder that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company and the Selling Stockholder notify you that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall have the right to postpone a Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Stockholder as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Stockholder as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all of the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall not exercise the right described in

subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company and the Selling Stockholder to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the Selling Stockholder, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or Bucyrus Holdings, or the Selling Stockholder, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, or any controlling person of Bucyrus Holdings or the Selling Stockholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.

11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, neither the Company, Bucyrus Holdings nor the Selling Stockholder shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company and the Selling Stockholder as provided herein, the Company and the Selling Stockholder pro rata (based on the number of Shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholder hereunder) will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.

12. In all dealings hereunder and under any agreement or instrument delivered pursuant hereto, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, warrant, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. on behalf of you as the representatives; and in all dealings with the Selling Stockholder hereunder, you and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of the Selling Stockholder made or given by any or all of the Attorneys-in-Fact for the Selling Stockholder.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration Department; if to Bucyrus Holdings or the Selling Stockholder shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to counsel for the Selling Stockholder at its address set forth in Schedule II hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(d) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company or the Selling Stockholder by you on request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

15. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us one for each of the Company and Bucyrus Holdings and each of the Representatives plus one for each counsel and the Custodian, if any counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company, Bucyrus Holdings and the Selling Stockholder for examination, upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

		Very truly yours, Bucyrus International, Inc.
		By:
			Name: Title:
		Bucyrus Holdings, LLC
		By:
			Name: Title:
		AIP/BI LLC
		By:
			Name: Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
By:
	(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.) on behalf of the Underwriters

SCHEDULE I

Underwriter		Total Number of Firm Shares to be Purchased	Number of Optional Shares to be Purchased if Maximum Option Exercised
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Incorporated

	Total	7,941,177	1,191,176

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SCHEDULE II

		Total Number of Firm Shares to be Sold	Number of Optional Shares to be Sold if Maximum Option Exercised
The Company.		7,941,177	—
The Selling Stockholder(a):		—	1,191,176

	Total	7,941,177	1,191,176

(a): The Selling Stockholder, AIP/BI LLC, is represented by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.

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ANNEX I

Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:

(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;

(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and included in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the representatives of the Underwriters (the "Representatives");

(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus for years ended December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2003, as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been separately furnished to the Representatives, and on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations;

(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatements where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for such fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;

(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K;

(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

(A) (i) the unaudited consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;

(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus;

(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the Prospectus but from which were derived any unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and referred to in clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus;

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(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements;

(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest financial statements included in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and

(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements included in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Representatives, except in each case for decreases or increases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and

(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s) included in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Representatives, which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus, or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.

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ANNEX II

Bucyrus International, Inc.

Certificate of Chief Financial Officer

On June 17, 2002, Bucyrus International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") removed Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP ("Xxxxxxxx") as the Company's independent accountants and engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent accountants commencing with the Company's 2002 fiscal year. This change was made with the approval of the Company's board of directors and was based on continuing uncertainty regarding Xxxxxxxx'x future. Given this transition in independent accountants, I, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, have been asked to deliver this certificate in my capacity as Chief Financial Officer of the Company in connection with the offering by the Company of shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Stock"), pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated July , 2004, among the Company, Bucyrus Holdings, LLC, AIP/BI LLC and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., as the Representative of the Underwriters named therein. Based upon my examination of the Company's financial records and schedules undertaken by me or members of my staff who are responsible for the Company's financial and accounting matters, I hereby certify that:

1. Nothing has come to my attention that would lead me to believe that the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), shareholders' investment (deficit) and cash flows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and the related financial statement schedules contained in the Preliminary Prospectus of the Company, dated July [ ], 2004 (the "Prospectus"), related to the offering of shares of Stock do not present fairly the financial position of the Company and subsidiaries at December 31, 2001, and the results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

2. I, or members of my staff, have read the items marked on the attached copies of certain pages of the Prospectus and have performed the following procedures, which were applied as indicated by the letters indicated below.

a. Compared the amount or number to the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2001 and noted agreement.

b. [Compared the amount or number to the Company's accounting records for the applicable period and noted agreement.]

c. With respect to historical data taken from statements for periods prior to the periods covered in the audited statements included in the Prospectus, compared the amount or number to the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto of the Company at December 31, 1999 and 2000, which are not included in the Prospectus, and noted agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name on this • day of July • , 2004.

		Bucyrus International, Inc.
		By:
			Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Title: Chief Financial Officer

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ANNEX III

Bucyrus International, Inc.

Certificate of Chief Financial Officer

I, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer of Bucyrus International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in my capacity as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in connection with the offering by the Company of 7,941,177 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and based upon my examination of the Company's customer orders and financial and operational records hereby certify that:

1.: The Company's backlog at December 31, 2003 was $233,642,000, $122,643,000 of which is expected to be recognized in 2004.
2.: The Company's backlog at December 31, 2002 was $245,695,000, $94,571,000 of which was expected as of such date to be recognized in 2003.
3.: The Company's backlog at December 31, 2001 was $229,752,000, $107,690,000 of which was expected as of such date to be recognized in 2002.
4.: The Company's backlog at March 31, 2004 was $283,962,000, $153,554,000 of which was expected as of such date to be recognized during the twelve month period commencing on March 31, 2004.
5.: The Company's backlog at June 30, 2004 (the "Determination Date") was $267,070,000, $150,810,000 of which is expected to be recognized during the twelve month period commencing on the Determination Date. Attached as Annex A hereto is a true and correct description of the orders comprising such backlog, the amounts recognized in respect thereof as of the Determination Date and the amounts expected to be recognized in respect of such backlog during the twelve month period commencing on the Determination Date.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name on this • day of July • , 2004.

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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx

Chief Financial Officer