Contract

Exhibit 10.2

CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 13, 2004, among PP HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), PP ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “Lenders”), GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the “Co-Documentation Agents”), BEAR XXXXXXX CORPORATE LENDING INC., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as administrative agent.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower will acquire all the capital stock of Polypore, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004 (the “Acquisition Agreement”), between the Company, the sellers named therein and the Borrower;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, the Borrower will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in such merger (the “Merger”); and

WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of the Merger, the Company will succeed to all rights and obligations of the Borrower by operation of law and all references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the term “Borrower” shall thereupon be deemed to be references to the Company;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower hereunder, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

“Acquired CapEx Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.10(a).

“Acquired Entity” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.4(g).

“Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition by the Borrower of all the outstanding capital stock of the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, under which the Company shall have been merged into the Borrower, with the Borrower being the surviving entity.

“Acquisition Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 6.15.

“Acquisition Documentation” shall mean, collectively, the Acquisition Agreement and all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and all side letters and agreements affecting the terms thereof or entered into in connection therewith.

“Administrative Agent” shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, together with its affiliates, as the arranger of the Commitments and as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors.

“Administrative Agent Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.5(b).

“Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified.

“Agents” shall mean the collective reference to the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent.

“Aggregate Alternative Currency Exposure” shall mean, as at any date of determination with respect to any Lender, the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of (a) the principal amount of such Lender’s outstanding Revolving Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency on such date and (b) the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Alternative Currency L/C Exposure on such date.

“Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures.

“Alternate Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%. For purposes hereof: “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with extensions of credit to debtors). Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

“Alternative Currencies” shall mean Euros.

“Alternative Currency L/C Exposure” shall mean at any time the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency at such time and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C Disbursements with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The Alternative Currency L/C Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate Alternative Currency L/C Exposure at such time.

“Alternative Currency Loans” shall mean Term Loans and Revolving Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency.

“Alternative Currency Sublimit” shall mean $50,000,000.

“Applicable Percentage” shall mean, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or ABR Loan, as the case may be, the applicable percentage set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread-

Term Loans”, “ABR Spread-Term Loans”, “Eurodollar Spread-Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans” or “ABR Spread-Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans”, as the case may be:

Eurodollar Spread- Term Loans		ABR Spread- Term Loans		Eurodollar Spread- Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans		ABR Spread- Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans
2.50	%	1.50	%	2.50	%	1.50	%

; provided, that on and after the first Adjustment Date (as defined in the definition of “Pricing Grid”) occurring after October 2, 2004, the Applicable Percentage with respect to Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid.

“Approved Fund” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.4.

“Asset Sale” shall mean the sale, transfer or other disposition (by way of merger, casualty, condemnation or otherwise but excluding investments permitted by Section 6.4) by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to any person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor of (a) any Equity Interests of any of the Subsidiaries (other than directors’ qualifying shares or the sale by any person of Equity Interests of such person) or (b) any other assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than (i) inventory, damaged, obsolete or worn out assets, scrap and Permitted Investments, in each case disposed of in the ordinary course of business, (ii) dispositions between or among the Borrower and Domestic Subsidiaries, (iii) dispositions listed on Schedule 1.1(c) hereto; (iv) dispositions between or among Foreign Subsidiaries and (v) dispositions of assets from the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary if the disposition were treated as an Investment in the Foreign Subsidiary and would be permitted by Section 6.4), provided, that any asset sale or series of related asset sales described in clause (b) above having a value not in excess of $2,000,000 shall be deemed not to be an “Asset Sale” for purposes of this Agreement.

“Assignee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.4(b).

“Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent.

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

“Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Borrowing” shall mean (a) Loans of the same Class and Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (b) a Swingline Loan.

“Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3 and substantially in the form of Exhibit B, or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Breakage Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15.

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

“Calculation Date” shall mean (a) three Business Days prior to the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and (b) any other Business Day selected by the Administrative Agent in its discretion; provided that each date that is on or about the date of any borrowing request or rollover request with respect to any Alternative Currency Loan shall also be a “Calculation Date” with respect to the relevant Alternative Currency.

“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations or Synthetic Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such period, but excluding in each case (i) any such expenditure made to restore, replace or rebuild property to the condition of such property immediately prior to any damage, loss, destruction or condemnation of such property, to the extent such expenditure is made with insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or damage recovery proceeds relating to any such damage, loss, destruction or condemnation, (ii) any such expenditure made as the purchase price of any Permitted Acquisition, (iii) capital expenditures relating to the construction or acquisition of any property that has been transferred to a Person (other than Holdings or any Subsidiary) pursuant to a sale-leaseback transaction permitted under Section 6.3, (iv) interest capitalized during such period, (v) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (x) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (y) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (vi) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of the such price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded at such time or (vii) any capital expenditures made with Net Cash Proceeds received from an Asset Sale. Except for purposes of computing Excess Cash Flow, any buyout payments of the Exide Lease not in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate shall be deemed not to constitute a Capital Expenditure.

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

“Cash Management Obligations” shall mean obligations owed by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds.

“Change in Control” shall mean any of the following events:

(a) prior to the initial Public Equity Offering, the Permitted Investors shall fail to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests in Holdings representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings;

(b) after the initial Public Equity Offering, any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) other than the Permitted Investors becomes, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of Equity Interests in Holdings representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings and the percentage of aggregate voting power owned by such “person” or “group” exceeds the percentage of ordinary voting power owned by the Permitted Investors;

(c) at any time, occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Holdings or the Borrower by persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be, nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated;

(d) the occurrence of any change in control or similar event (however denominated) with respect to Holdings or the Borrower under and as defined in any indenture or agreement in respect of Material Indebtedness to which Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a party; or

(e) at any time, Holdings shall cease to directly own, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower.

“Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.14, by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

“Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.9.

“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Other Term Loans or Swingline Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, a Term Loan Commitment, an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or a Swingline Commitment.

“Closing Date” shall mean May 13, 2004.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Co-Documentation Agents” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Collateral” shall mean all the “Collateral” as defined in any Security Document, and shall include the Mortgaged Properties.

“Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and Term Loan Commitment.

“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.5(a).

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

“Conduit Lender” shall mean any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.14, 2.15, 2.19 or 9.5 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.

“Confidential Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated April 16, 2004.

“Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) all income tax expense (including, without limitation, income tax expense of consolidated Foreign Subsidiaries) and foreign withholding tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (iv) any non-recurring fees, cash charges and other cash expenses made or incurred in connection with the Transactions that are paid or otherwise accounted for within 180 days of the consummation of the Transactions, (v) any extraordinary losses, (vi) (A) facilities relocation or closing costs, (B) non-recurring restructuring costs and (C) integration costs and fees, including cash severance costs, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, in each case incurred during such period and payable in cash, in an aggregate amount under this clause (vi) not to exceed $10,000,000, (vii) amortization and impairment charges resulting from purchase accounting adjustments (including inventory step-up adjustments recognized in costs of sales and write-offs of in-process research and development costs), (viii) any non-cash compensation charges and deferred compensation charges, including arising from stock options, taken during such period, (ix) any other non-cash charges (other than the write-down of current assets), impairments and expenses for such period (including amortization of loan acquisition costs and unrealized gains and losses on Hedging Agreements and gains and losses on foreign exchange (including in respect of intercompany notes)), (x) special incentives paid in the first fiscal quarter of 2003 to management of the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,361,000, (xi) one-time salary and bonus payment made prior to the Closing Date to certain stockholders of the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed $7,500,000 and (xii) all operating lease payments not in excess of $3,000,000 associated with the Exide Lease during such period minus (b) without duplication (i) all cash payments made during such period on account of non-cash charges added to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clauses (a)(viii) or (ix) above in such period or in a previous period and (ii) to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary gains and all non-cash items of income (other than normal accruals in the ordinary course of business) for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, the sum of (a) the interest expense (including imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) any interest accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is required to be capitalized rather than included in consolidated interest expense for such period in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of the foregoing, interest expense shall be determined (a) by excluding non-cash interest expense and amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discount and (b) after giving effect to any net

payments made or received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with respect to interest rate Hedging Agreements.

“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the net income or loss of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (adjusted to reflect any charge, tax or expense incurred or accrued by Holdings during such period as though such charge, tax or expense had been incurred by the Borrower, to the extent that the Borrower has made or would be entitled under the Loan Documents to make any payment to or for the account of Holdings in respect thereof); provided, that there shall be excluded (a) the income of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by the Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary, (b) the income or loss of any person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the date that such person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (c) the income of any person in which any other person (other than the Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary or any director holding qualifying shares in accordance with applicable law) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary by such person during such period, (d) any gains or losses attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary course of business in excess of $2,500,000 and (e) gains and losses, realized or unrealized, relating to fluctuations in currency values. Notwithstanding anything set forth in clause (a) above to the contrary, a Foreign Subsidiary may agree to restrict its ability to declare dividends or similar distributions without excluding the net income of such Foreign Subsidiary from Consolidated Net Income so long as (a) the agreement that restricts such ability relates to Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary described in Section 6.1(h) or Section 6.1(n), (b) the proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly through intercompany transfers, to prepay the Loans and (c) the net income of such Foreign Subsidiary, together with the net income of each other Foreign Subsidiary subject to a similar restriction, does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Income.

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

“Credit Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.1.

“Cumulative Excess Cash Flow” shall mean the sum of Excess Cash Flow (but not less than zero in any period) for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on January 1, 2005 and Excess Cash Flow for each succeeding fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and ending on the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal year.

“Cure Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

“Cure Right” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

“Current Assets” shall mean, at any time, the consolidated current assets (other than cash, deferred income taxes and Permitted Investments) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.

“Current Liabilities” shall mean, at any time, the consolidated current liabilities of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries at such time, but excluding, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any long-term Indebtedness and (b) outstanding Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans.

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

“Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Term Loans, Revolving Loans, participations in L/C Exposure or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.

“De Minimis Holders” shall mean, with respect to any wholly owned Subsidiary holders of directors’ qualifying shares and other de minimis ownership interests required to be owned under foreign law by local residents.

“Determination Date” shall mean each date that is three Business Days after any Calculation Date.

“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean on any date of determination, with respect to any amount hereunder denominated in an Alternative Currency, the amount of Dollars that may be purchased with such amount of such currency at the Exchange Rate (determined as of the applicable Determination Date) with respect to such currency on such date.

“Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

“Domestic Subsidiaries” shall mean all Subsidiaries incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia. If a Foreign Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor and complies with the provisions of Section 5.9 as to collateral, the Borrower may elect by written notice to the Administrative Agent to treat such Subsidiary as a Domestic Subsidiary for purposes of the Loan Documents; provided, that the Administrative Agent concludes, in its reasonable discretion, that the Lenders would have substantially the same rights against such Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents under the law of the relevant foreign jurisdiction as the Lenders would have if such Subsidiary were organized in the United States of America.

“Environmental Laws” shall mean all former, current and future Federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives having the force of law and orders (including consent orders), in each case, relating to protection of the environment, natural resources, human health and safety or the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling or handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous Materials.

“Environmental Liability” shall mean all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising out of or relating to (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Environmental Permits” shall mean any and all permits, licenses, approvals, registrations, notifications, exemptions and any other authorization pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Equity Interests” shall mean shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity interests in any person.

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time.

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

“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan that would require the provision of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or Section 307 of ERISA; (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (h) the occurrence of a “prohibited transaction” with respect to which Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with respect to which Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate could otherwise be liable; or (i) any other event or condition with respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan that could result in liability of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

“Euro” and “€” shall mean the single currency of participating member states of the European Union.

“Euro Term Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.

“Euro Term Loan Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Euro Term Loans.

“Euro Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Euro Term Loans hereunder as set forth on Schedule 2.1, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Euro Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (i) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.9 and (ii) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.4. The original aggregate amount of the Euro Term Loan Commitments is €36,000,000.

“Euro Term Percentage”: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Euro Term Loan Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Euro Term Loan Commitments (or, at any time after the Closing Date, the percentage which the principal amount of such Lender’s Euro Term Loan then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Euro Term Loans then outstanding).

“Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements” shall mean, for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System. “Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.

“Eurodollar Base Rate” shall mean with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in the relevant currency for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on the relevant page of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M., Local Time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on the Telerate screen, the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying Eurodollar rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered deposits in the relevant currency at or about 11:00 A.M., Local Time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank Eurodollar market where its relevant Eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein.

“Eurodollar Rate” shall mean, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):

	Eurodollar Base Rate
1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the excess of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year and (ii) reductions to noncash working capital of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such fiscal year (i.e., the decrease, if any, in Current Assets minus Current Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such fiscal year) over (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the amount of any Tax Payments in cash by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries with respect to such fiscal year, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such fiscal year payable in cash, (iii) Capital Expenditures made in cash in accordance with Section 6.10 and cash expenditures in connection with Permitted Acquisitions during such fiscal year, in each case except to the extent financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness, equity issuances or other proceeds that would not be included in Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal year, (iv) permanent repayments of Indebtedness (other than mandatory prepayments of Loans under Section 2.13), including the principal component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations, made by the Borrower and the

Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, but only to the extent that such prepayments by their terms cannot be reborrowed or redrawn and do not occur in connection with a refinancing of all or any portion of such Indebtedness, (v) additions to noncash working capital for such fiscal year (i.e., the increase, if any, in Current Assets minus Current Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such fiscal year), (vi) proceeds received by the Loan Parties during such fiscal year from insurance claims with respect to casualty events, business interruption or product recalls which reimburse prior business expenses, (vii) management fees for such fiscal year permitted to be paid under Section 6.6(a)(iii), (viii) cash indemnity payments received during such fiscal year pursuant to indemnification provisions in any agreement in connection with the Acquisition, any Permitted Acquisition or any other Investment permitted hereunder (or in any similar agreement related to any other acquisition consummated prior to the Closing Date), (ix) Restricted Payments made in such fiscal year to the extent such Restricted Payments are permitted under Section 6.6(a)(ii) and 6.6(a)(iv), (x) letter of credit fees paid in such fiscal year, (xi) all extraordinary cash charges for such fiscal year, (xii) cash payments made in satisfaction of current liabilities during such fiscal year, (xiii) to the extent included in determining Consolidated EBITDA, non-recurring cash charges for such fiscal year, (xiv) to the extent added to Consolidated Net Income in determining Consolidated EBITDA, losses from discontinued operations for such fiscal year, (xv) cash expenditures made in respect of Hedging Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not reflected in the computation of Consolidated EBITDA, (xvi) to the extent not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in determining Consolidated EBITDA, cash payments for employment benefits made during such fiscal year and (xvii) to the extent not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in determining Consolidated EBITDA, cash payments for reserves deemed appropriate by the Borrower for environmental liabilities during such fiscal year. For purposes of computation of Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated EBITDA shall be computed by excluding (A) items (iv), (v), (vi) and, so long as no Indebtedness is incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the buyout of the Exide Lease, item (xii) of clause (a) of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA to the extent such items are paid in cash during such fiscal year, (B) without duplication of clause (b)(xvii) above and to the extent added to Consolidated Net Income in determining Consolidated EBITDA, reserves deemed appropriate by the Borrower for environmental liabilities for such fiscal year, (C) without duplication of clause (b)(xvi) above and to the extent added to Consolidated Net Income in determining Consolidated EBITDA, employment benefits for such fiscal year and (D) to the extent added to Consolidated Net Income in determining Consolidated EBITDA, working capital changes resulting from purchase accounting for such fiscal year.

“Exchange Rate” shall mean, on any day, with respect to any Alternative Currency, the rate at which such Alternative Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 A.M., Local Time, on such day on the applicable Reuters World Spot Page. In the event that any such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Spot Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower for such purpose or, at the discretion of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such Alternative Currency are then being conducted, at or about 11:00 A.M., Local Time, on such day for the purchase of the applicable Alternative Currency for delivery three Business Days later, provided that, if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any other reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.

“Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in

which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.20(a)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.19(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.19(a).

“Executive Order” shall mean have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.26.

“Exide Lease” shall mean, collectively, (i) the Master Equipment Lease Agreement dated as of December 23, 1997 between General Electric Capital Corporation, as Lessor, and Exide Corporation, as Lessee, and (ii) the Sublease Agreement dated as of December 15, 1999 between Exide Delaware LLC and Daramic, Inc.

“Existing Credit Agreement” shall mean the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1999, among the Company, each of the subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof.

“Facility” shall mean each of (a) the US$ Term Commitments and the US$ Term Loans made thereunder (the “US$ Term Facility”), (b) the Euro Term Commitments and the Euro Term Loans made thereunder (the “Euro Term Facility”), (c) the Incremental Term Commitments and the Incremental Term Loans made thereunder (the “Incremental Term Facility”) and (d) the Revolving Credit Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “Revolving Facility”).

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

“Fee Letter” shall mean the Administrative Agent Fee Letter dated January 30, 2004, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

“Fee Payment Date” shall mean (a) the third Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

“Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the Administrative Agent Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the Issuing Bank Fees and any other fees payable by a Loan Party pursuant to a fee agreement entered into with the Administrative Agent or any other Lender.

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

“Financial Performance Covenant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

“Foreign Asset Control Regulations” shall mean have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.26.

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

“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Funded Debt” shall mean, as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.

“Funding Office” shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 9.1 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

“GAAP” shall mean United States of America generally accepted accounting principles.

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

“Group Members” shall mean the collective reference to Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.

“Guarantee” of or by any person shall mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation or (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

“Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” shall mean the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

“Guarantors” shall mean Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

“Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum products or byproducts and all other hydrocarbons, coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated

biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances and (b) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Hedging Agreement” shall mean any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.

“Holdings” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Holdings Equity Contribution” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.2(j).

“Inactive Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower that (a) does not conduct any business operations, (b) has assets with a total book value not in excess of $10,000 and (c) does not have any Indebtedness outstanding.

“Incremental Term Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.

“Incremental Term Loan Amount” shall mean, at any time, the excess, if any, of (a) $200,000,000 over (b) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loan Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.23.

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

“Incremental Term Loan Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Incremental Term Loans.

“Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.23, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.

“Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the final maturity date of any Incremental Term Loan, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement.

“Incremental Term Loan Repayment Dates” shall mean the dates scheduled for the repayment of principal of any Incremental Term Loan, as set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement.

“Incremental Term Loans” shall mean Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(b). Incremental Term Loans may be made in the form of additional Term Loans or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.23 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, Other Term Loans.

“Indebtedness” of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured

by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed (it being understood that, unless such person shall have assumed such obligations, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of (x) the fair market value of the property securing such Indebtedness and (y) the stated principal amount of such Indebtedness), (f) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such person, (h) all outstanding reimbursement obligations of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, (i) all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances and (j) all obligations of such person under or in respect of Hedging Agreements. For purposes of determining the amount of Indebtedness of any person under clause (j) of the preceding sentence, the amount of the obligations of such person in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be zero prior to the time any counterparty to such Hedging Agreement shall be entitled to terminate such Hedging Agreement and, thereafter, shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such person would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner only to the extent such person is liable therefor by contract, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall not include any Indebtedness of such partnership that is expressly non-recourse to such person. For clarification purposes, the liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to make any periodic payments to licensors in consideration for the license of patents and technical information under license agreements in existence on the Closing Date and any amount payable in respect of a settlement of disputes with respect to such payments thereunder, shall not constitute Indebtedness. Indebtedness incurred by Holdings pursuant to Section 6.1 shall not be included in the computations under Sections 6.11 or 6.12. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the term “Indebtedness” shall not be deemed to include (x) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of the applicable Person, (y) any deferred compensation arrangements or (z) any non compete or consulting obligations incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions and (ii) the amount of Indebtedness for which recourse is limited either to a specified amount or to an identified asset of such Person shall be deemed to be equal to such specified amount or the fair market value of such identified asset, as the case may be.

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

“Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.

“Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) as to any ABR Loan (other than any Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period, (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan and any Swingline Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof and (e) as to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.

“Interest Period” shall mean, as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if available to all Lenders under the relevant Facility) twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if available to all Lenders under the relevant Facility) twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M., Local Time, on the date that is three

Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

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

(ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period under a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or beyond the date final payment is due on the Term Loans, as the case may be; and

(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.

“Issuing Bank” shall mean, as the context may require, (a) JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and (b) any other Lender that may become an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.22(i) or 2.22(k), with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Lender. The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

“Issuing Bank Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.5(c).

“Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.19.

“Judgment Currency Conversion Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.19.

“L/C Commitment” shall mean the commitment of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.22.

“L/C Disbursement” shall mean a payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

“L/C Exposure” shall mean at any time the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The L/C Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate L/C Exposure at such time.

“L/C Participation Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.5(c).

“Lenders” shall mean (a) the persons listed on Schedule 2.1 (other than any such person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption) and (b) any person that has become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term “Lenders” shall include the Swingline Lender.

“Letter of Credit” shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.22.

“Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of the total Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date.

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

“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the Security Documents, any fee letters entered into between any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent or any Lender and each Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement.

“Loan Parties” shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.

“Loans” shall mean the Revolving Loans, the Term Loans and the Swingline Loans.

“Local Time” shall mean (a) in the case of Alternative Currency Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, London time (or, in the case of the definition of “Eurodollar Base Rate” with respect to Loans denominated in Euros, Brussels time) and (b) in all other cases, New York City time.

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

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) a materially adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is or will be a party or (c) a material impairment of the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under any Loan Document.

“Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000.

“Material Subsidiary” shall mean, at any time, any Subsidiary which at such time shall be a “significant subsidiary” of the Borrower within the meaning of Regulation S-X of the SEC as in effect on the date hereof; provided, that the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries shall at all times have assets during the term of this Agreement constituting at least 90% of the Borrower’s consolidated total assets; provided, further, that each Subsidiary which owns any Intellectual Property (other than Intellectual Property with an aggregate fair market value of less than $1,500,000) shall be deemed to be a Material Subsidiary hereunder.

“Materials of Environmental Concern” shall mean any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation, molds, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity, radiofrequency radiation or any other radiation associated with or allegedly associated with the telecommunications business, and any other substance of any kind that is regulated pursuant to or gives rise to liability under any applicable Environmental Law.

“Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.9.

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

“Mortgaged Properties” shall mean, initially, the real properties owned or leased by the Loan Parties specified on Schedule 1.1(b), and shall include each parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.9.

“Mortgages” shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust, leasehold mortgages, assignments of leases and rents, modifications and other security documents delivered pursuant to clause (i) of Section 4.2(h) or pursuant to Section 5.9, each substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean (a) with respect to any Asset Sale or Recovery Event, the cash proceeds (including cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when received) in respect of noncash consideration initially received), net of (i) selling expenses (including reasonable broker’s and investment banking fees or commissions, legal, environmental assessment, appraisal and consultant’s fees, transfer and similar taxes and the Borrower’s good faith estimate of income taxes paid or payable in connection with such sale), (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against (A) any liabilities under any indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment associated with such Asset Sale and (B) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction (provided, that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds) and (iii) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness for borrowed money which is secured by the asset sold in such Asset Sale or the asset relating to such Recovery Event, as applicable, and which is required to be repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset); provided, however, that, if (x) the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Financial Officer to the Administrative Agent at the time of receipt thereof setting forth the Borrower’s intent to reinvest such proceeds in productive assets of a kind used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries within 365 days of receipt of such proceeds and (y) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing at the time of such certificate or at the proposed time of the application of such proceeds, such proceeds shall not constitute Net Cash Proceeds except to the extent not so used or contractually committed to be used at the end of such 365-day period, at which time such proceeds shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds; and (b) with respect to any issuance or disposition of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds thereof, net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees, underwriting discounts, commissions, costs and other out-of-pocket expenses and other customary expenses) incurred in connection therewith.

“Not Otherwise Applied” shall mean, with reference to any amount of Net Cash Proceeds of any transaction or event or of Excess Cash Flow, that such amount was not required to be applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(c).

“Obligation Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.19.

“Obligations” the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans (including the Incremental Term Loans) and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the

Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of Specified Hedging Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedging Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise.

“OID” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(b).

“Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.

“Other Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).

“Parent” shall mean any direct or indirect parent of Holdings.

“Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.4(c).

“Patriot Act shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.

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

“Perfection Certificate” shall mean the Perfection Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D, prepared by the Borrower.

“Permitted Acquisition” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.4(g).

“Permitted Cure Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

“Permitted Investments” shall mean:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America) or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, marketable direct obligations issued by or unconditionally guaranteed by the government of the country of such Foreign Subsidiary or backed by the full faith and credit of the government of the country of such Foreign Subsidiary, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, one of the two highest credit ratings obtainable from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or from Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of investments;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, Eurodollar deposits, overnight bank deposits or banker’s acceptances, demand deposits and time deposits maturing within one year from the date

of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, the Administrative Agent or any domestic office of any Lender or any other commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 or issued by or offered by a bank organized under the laws of any foreign country recognized by the United States the long-term debt of which is rated at least “A” or the equivalent by S&P or “A” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 or the foreign currency equivalent thereof;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria of clause (c) above;

(e) investments in marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, one of the two highest credit ratings obtainable from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or from Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.;

(f) investments in “money market funds” within the meaning of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, substantially all of whose assets are invested in investments of the type described in clauses (a) through (e) above;

(g) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments of a type analogous to the foregoing; and

(h) solely with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, non-Dollar denominated (i) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxx’x is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”) and maturing within twelve (12) months of the date of acquisition and (ii) equivalents of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank.

“Permitted Investors” shall mean (a) the Sponsor, (b) the other holders of Equity Interests in Holdings on the Closing Date and, to the extent approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) other persons who, within 45 days after the Closing Date, become holders of Equity Interests in Holdings (and any Affiliate of any such person under this clause (b)) and (c) the directors, executive officers and other management employees of Holdings or the Borrower on the Closing Date.

“person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, limited liability company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

“Pricing Grid” the table set forth below.

Leverage Ratio	Eurodollar Spread- Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans		ABR Spread- Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans
Category 1 Greater than 3.50 to 1.00	2.50	%	1.50	%

Category 2 Greater than 3.00 to 1.00, but less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00	2.25	%	1.25	%

Category 3 Greater than 2.50 to 1.00, but less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00	1.75	%	0.75	%

Category 4 Less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00	1.50	%	0.50	%

Each change in the Applicable Percentage resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective with respect to all Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding on and after the date (the “Adjustment Date”) of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.4(a) or (b) and Section 5.4(c), respectively, indicating such change, and until the date immediately preceding the next date of delivery of such financial statements and certificates indicating another such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Borrower shall have delivered the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.4(b) and Section 5.4(d), respectively, for the fiscal period ended on or about June 30, 2004, the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1 for purposes of determining the Applicable Percentage. In addition, (a) at any time during which the Borrower has failed to deliver the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.4(a) or (b) and Section 5.4(c), respectively, or (b) at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require that the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1 for purposes of determining the Applicable Percentage.

“Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, compliance with such covenant or test after giving effect to any proposed Permitted Acquisition, the proposed Exide Lease buyout or Asset Sale (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to the proposed Permitted Acquisition or Asset Sale, are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case as reasonably determined by the Borrower and as certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent) using, for purposes of determining such compliance, the historical financial statements of all entities or assets so acquired or sold or to be acquired or sold and the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which shall be reformulated as if such Permitted Acquisitions or Asset Sale, and all other Permitted Acquisitions or Asset Sales that have been consummated during the period, and any Indebtedness or other liabilities incurred or repaid in connection with any such Permitted Acquisitions or Asset Sale had been consummated and incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period (and if such

Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided, that, in connection with any Permitted Acquisition and the buyout of the Exide Lease, the Borrower shall be permitted to assume cost savings certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and expected to be achieved within a twelve-month period following the closing of such Permitted Acquisition if the consolidated balance sheet of such acquired Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of the period preceding the acquisition of such Person and the related consolidated statements of income and stockholders’ equity and of cash flows for the period in respect of which Consolidated EBITDA is to be calculated (x) have been previously provided to the Administrative Agent and (y) either (1) have been reported on without a qualification arising out of the scope of the audit by independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing or (2) have been found acceptable by the Administrative Agent. For purposes of determining compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.11 and 6.12 (and the computations made for purposes of determining the Applicable Percentage), all calculations shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the Transactions, treating each as if it were a Permitted Acquisition (subject, in the case of the Transactions, to the limitations contained in clause (a)(iv) of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA).

“Pro Forma Compliance” shall mean, at any date of determination, that the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.11 and 6.12 as of the date of such determination or the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter-end, as the case may be (computed on the basis of (a) balance sheet amounts as of such date and (b) income statement amounts for the most recently completed period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in respect of the event giving rise to such determination).

“Pro Rata Percentage” shall mean, of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall mean the percentage of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. In the event the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, the Pro Rata Percentages shall be determined on the basis of the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect.

“Proposed Restructuring” shall mean the proposed restructuring of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as set forth in Schedule 1.1(d) hereto.

“Public Equity Offering” shall mean an underwritten public offering of common stock of, and by, Holdings or Parent pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which yields not less than $75,000,000 in Net Cash Proceeds to Holdings.

“Recovery Event” shall mean any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Loan Party.

“Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.4(b).

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

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

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

“Reimbursement Obligation” shall mean the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.22(e) for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.

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

“Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture.

“Repayment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11.

“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, the holders of more than 50% of (a) until the Closing Date, the Commitments then in effect and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Total Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the total Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such time; provided, that the unused Term Commitment, unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Exposure held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

“Reset Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.5.

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

“Restricted Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the payment, prepayment, repurchase or defeasance of which is restricted under Section 6.9(b).

“Restricted Payment” shall mean any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

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

“Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Credit Loans and participate in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

“Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s L/C Exposure, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s Swingline Exposure. In the case of Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, such amount shall be calculated using the Dollar Equivalent thereof.

“Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment or an outstanding Revolving Loan.

“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean May 13, 2010.

“Revolving Loans” shall mean the revolving loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 2.1(a).

“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority.

“Secured Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Security Documents” shall mean the Mortgages, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each of the security agreements, mortgages and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 5.9.

“Senior Subordinated Note Indenture” shall mean the Indenture entered into by the Borrower and certain of the Subsidiary Guarantors in connection with the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes, together with all instruments and other agreements entered into by the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor in connection therewith.

“Senior Subordinated Notes” shall mean (a) the 8 ¾% subordinated notes of the Borrower issued on or about the Closing Date pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, together with any exchange notes or any replacement notes issued under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and (b) additional subordinated notes of the Borrower issued after the Closing Date pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture to the extent permitted under Section 6.1.

“Specified Hedging Agreement” shall mean any Hedging Agreement entered into by the Borrower and any Lender or affiliate thereof in respect of interest rates.

“Sponsor” shall mean Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Warburg Pincus International Partners, L.P. and their respective Affiliates.

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

“Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Borrower.

“Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.1(a), and each other Subsidiary that is or becomes a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Swingline Commitment” shall mean the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make loans pursuant to Section 2.21, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.9 or Section 2.21.

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

“Swingline Lender” shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

“Swingline Loan” shall mean any loan made by the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.21.

“Syndication Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“Synthetic Lease” shall mean, as to any person, any lease (including leases that may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) (a) that is accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP and (b) in respect of which the lessee retains or obtains ownership of the property so leased for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such person is the lessor.

“Synthetic Lease Obligations” shall mean, as to any person, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any Synthetic Lease which are attributable to principal and, without duplication, (b) the amount of any purchase price payment under any Synthetic Lease assuming the lessee exercises the option to purchase the leased property at the end of the lease term.

“Synthetic Purchase Agreement” shall mean any swap, derivative or other agreement or combination of agreements pursuant to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is or may become obligated to make (a) any payment in connection with a purchase by any third party from a person other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Equity Interest or Restricted Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary or (b) any payment (other than on account of a permitted purchase by it of any Equity Interest or Restricted Indebtedness) the amount of which is determined by reference to the price or value at any time of any Equity Interest or Restricted Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided, that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only to current or former directors, officers or employees of Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries (or to their heirs or estates) shall be deemed to be a Synthetic Purchase Agreement.

“Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges, liabilities or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

“Tax Payments” shall mean net payments in cash by the Borrower (or by Holdings or Parent on behalf of the Borrower) to Holdings in respect of Taxes pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement.

“Tax Sharing Agreement” shall mean the Tax Sharing Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among Holdings, Parent, the Borrower and certain Subsidiaries.

“Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s (a) US$ Term Loan Commitment, (b) Euro Term Loan Commitment and (c) Incremental Term Loan Commitment.

“Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean November 12, 2011.

“Term Loans” shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2.1(a). Unless the context shall otherwise require, the term “Term Loans” shall include Incremental Term Loans.

“Total Enterprise Value” shall mean the sum of (a) the Holdings Equity Contribution and (b) the aggregate principal amount of Funded Debt of the Borrower as of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions).

“Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments, as in effect at such time. The initial Total Revolving Credit Commitment is $90,000,000.

“Trading With the Enemy Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.26.

“Transactions” shall mean, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by Holdings and the Borrower of the Acquisition Agreement and the consummation of the Acquisition, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the making of the initial Borrowings hereunder, (c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and related documents to which they are a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes, (d) the repayment of all amounts outstanding or due under, and the termination of, the Existing Credit Agreement, (e) the Holdings Equity Contribution and (e) the payment of related fees and expenses.

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

“Uniform Customs” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.7.

“US$ Term Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.

“US$ Term Loan Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of US$ Term Loans.

“US$ Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make US$ Term Loans hereunder as set forth on Schedule 2.1, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender assumed its US$ Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (i) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.9 and (ii) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.4. The original aggregate amount of the US$ Term Loan Commitments is $370,000,000.

“US$ Term Percentage”: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s US$ Term Loan Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate US$ Term Loan Commitments (or, at any time after the Closing Date, the percentage which the principal amount of such Lender’s US$ Term Loan then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the US$ Term Loans then outstanding).

“wholly owned Subsidiary” of any person shall mean a subsidiary of such person of which securities (except for directors’ qualifying shares and other de minimis ownership interests required to be owned under foreign law by local residents) or other ownership interests representing 100% of the Equity Interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by such person or

one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such person or by such person and one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such person.

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

SECTION 1.2. Terms Generally. The definitions in Section 1.1 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”; and the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and (b) all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if, before or after any change in GAAP occurs, the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend any covenant in Article VI or any related definition to eliminate the effect of any such change in GAAP occurring after the date of this Agreement on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend Article VI or any related definition for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant (and the computations made for purposes of determining the Applicable Percentage) shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders.

SECTION 1.3. Pro Forma Calculations. With respect to any period during which any Permitted Acquisition, the buyout of the Exide Lease or Asset Sale occurs as permitted pursuant to the terms hereof, the Leverage Ratio and the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and such Permitted Acquisition or Asset Sale on a Pro Forma Basis.

SECTION 1.4. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing”).

SECTION 1.5. Exchange Rates. (a) Not later than 1:00 P.M., Local Time, on each Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent shall (i) determine the Exchange Rate as of such Calculation Date for each Alternative Currency in which a Loan is then outstanding and (ii) give notice thereof to the Borrower. The Exchange Rates so determined shall become effective on the first Business Day immediately following the relevant Calculation Date (a “Reset Date”) and shall remain effective until the next succeeding Reset Date.

(b) Not later than 2:00 P.M., Local Time, on each Reset Date with respect to the Revolving Facility, the Administrative Agent shall (i) determine the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Exposure on such date (after giving effect to any Multicurrency Revolving Loans to be made in connection with such determination) and (ii) notify the Borrower of such determination.

SECTION 1.6. Currency Equivalents Generally. Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles 2, 8 and 9) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount to be determined at the rate of exchange quoted by JPMorgan Chase Bank in New York, New York at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding any date of determination thereof, to prime banks in New York, New York for the spot purchase in the New York foreign exchange market of such amount in Dollars with such other currency; provided that the determination of any Dollar Equivalent shall be made in accordance with the definition of “Dollar Equivalent”. The maximum amount of Indebtedness, investments and other threshold amounts that Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may incur under Article VI shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, investments and other threshold amounts solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. When calculating capacity for the incurrence of additional Indebtedness, investments and other threshold amounts by Holdings, the Borrower and any Subsdiary, the exchange rate of currencies shall be measured as of the date of such calculation.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.1. Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, (i) to make a term loan to the Borrower in Dollars (a “US$ Term Loan”) on the Closing Date in a principal amount not to exceed its US$ Term Loan Commitment, (ii) to make a term loan to the Borrower in Euros (a “Euro Term Loan”) on the Closing Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Euro Term Loan Commitment and (iii) to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency, at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof, and until the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender in accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment or (b) the Aggregate Alternative Currency Exposure of all Lenders exceeding the Alternative Currency Sublimit. Within the limits set forth in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence and subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

(b) Incremental Term Loans. Each Lender having an Incremental Term Loan Commitment hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement and in reliance on the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan documents, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Incremental Term Loan Commitment. Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of Incremental Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 2.2. Loans. (a) Each Loan (other than Swingline Loans) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their applicable Commitments; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to make any Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan required to be made by such other Lender). Except for Swingline Loans and Loans deemed made pursuant to Section 2.2(f), the Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (i) (A) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000, (B) in the case of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Euros, an integral multiple of €1,000,000 and not less than €1,000,000, (C) in the case of a US$ Term Loan Borrowing or an

Incremental Term Loan Borrowing, an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (except with respect to any Incremental Term Loan Borrowing, to the extent otherwise provided in the related Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement) and (D) in the case of a Euro Term Loan Borrowing, an integral multiple of €1,000,000 and not less than €5,000,000 or (ii) in the case of any Borrowing, equal to the remaining available balance of the applicable Commitments.

(b) Subject to Section 2.8, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans or, with respect to Term Loans or Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, ABR Loans, as the Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.3. Each Lender may at its option make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided, that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be entitled to request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in more than ten (10) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding hereunder at any time. For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.

(c) Except with respect to Swingline Loans and Loans made pursuant to Section 2.2(f), each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Funding Office not later than 12:00 (noon), Local Time, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly transfer the amounts so received to the account designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any condition precedent herein specified shall not have been met, return the amounts so received to the respective Lenders.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (c) above and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent shall have so made funds available then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to represent its cost of overnight or short-term funds (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error). If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request any Revolving Credit Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

(f) If the Issuing Bank shall not have received from the Borrower the payment required to be made by Section 2.22(e) within the time specified in such Section, the Issuing Bank will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the L/C Disbursement and the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of such L/C Disbursement and its Pro Rata Percentage thereof. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative

Agent not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date (or, if such Revolving Credit Lender shall have received such notice later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, on any day, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately following Business Day), an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of such L/C Disbursement (it being understood that such amount shall be deemed to constitute an ABR Revolving Loan of such Lender and such payment shall be deemed to have reduced the L/C Exposure), and the Administrative Agent will promptly pay to the Issuing Bank amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit Lenders. The Administrative Agent will promptly pay to the Issuing Bank any amounts received by it from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.22(e) prior to the time that any Revolving Credit Lender makes any payment pursuant to this paragraph (f); any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent thereafter will be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders that shall have made such payments and to the Issuing Bank, as their interests may appear. If any Revolving Credit Lender shall not have made its Pro Rata Percentage of such L/C Disbursement available to the Administrative Agent as provided above, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay interest on such amount, for each day from and including the date such amount is required to be paid in accordance with this paragraph to but excluding the date such amount is paid, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank at (i) in the case of the Borrower, a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable to Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.6(a), and (ii) in the case of such Lender, for the first such day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and for each day thereafter, the Alternate Base Rate.

SECTION 2.3. Borrowing Procedure. In order to request a Borrowing (other than a Swingline Loan or a deemed Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2(f), as to which this Section 2.3 shall not apply), the Borrower shall hand deliver or fax to the Administrative Agent (or give telephonic notice promptly confirmed by written notice) a duly completed Borrowing Request (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 12:00 (noon), Local Time, three Business Days before a proposed Borrowing, and (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, one Business Day before a proposed Borrowing. Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable, shall be signed by or on behalf of the Borrower and shall specify the following information: (i) whether the Borrowing then being requested is to be a US$ Term Loan Borrowing, a Euro Term Loan Borrowing, an Incremental Term Loan Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, whether such Borrowing is denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency, and whether such Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing (provided, that until the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower that the primary syndication of the Commitment has been completed (which notice shall be given as promptly as practicable and, in any event, within 7 days after the Closing Date), the Borrower shall not be permitted to request a Eurodollar Borrowing for any Loans denominated in US Dollars); (ii) the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day); (iii) the number and location of the account to which funds are to be disbursed; (iv) the amount of such Borrowing; and (v) if such Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect thereto; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any contrary specification in any Borrowing Request, each requested Borrowing shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 2.2. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then (a) if such Borrowing is denominated in US Dollars, the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing and (b) if such Borrowing is denominated in an Alternative Currency, the requested Borrowing shall be a Eurodollar Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.3 (and the contents thereof), and of each Lender’s portion of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.4. Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to each Lender, through the Administrative Agent, (i) the principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.11 and (ii) the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving

Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The Borrower hereby promises to pay to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

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

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

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

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it hereunder be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event any Lender shall request and receive such a promissory note, the interests represented by such note shall at all times (including after any assignment of all or part of such interests pursuant to Section 9.4) be represented by one or more promissory notes payable to the payee named therein or its registered assigns.

SECTION 2.5. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender, through the Administrative Agent, on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December in each year and on each date on which any Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) equal to 0.50% per annum on the daily unused amount of the Commitments of such Lender (other than the Swingline Commitment) during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the date hereof or ending with the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the date on which the Commitments of such Lender shall expire or be terminated); provided that any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided, further that no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the date hereof and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be terminated as provided herein. For purposes of calculating Commitment Fees only, no portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed utilized as a result of outstanding Swingline Loans.

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the administration fees set forth in the Fee Letter at the times and in the amounts specified therein (the “Administrative Agent Fees”).

(c) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to each Revolving Credit Lender, through the Administrative Agent, on each Fee Payment Date a fee (an “L/C Participation Fee”) calculated on such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of the daily aggregate L/C Exposure (excluding the portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements) during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the date hereof or ending with the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the date on which all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired and the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders shall have been terminated) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Percentage from time to time used to determine the interest rate on Revolving Credit Borrowings comprised of Eurodollar Loans pursuant to Section 2.6, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee of 0.25% per annum on the undrawn and unexpired amount of each Letter of Credit, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date (the “Issuing Bank Fees”). All L/C Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

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

SECTION 2.6. Interest on Loans. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, the Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing, including each Swingline Loan, shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, when the Alternate Base Rate is determined by reference to the Prime Rate and over a year of 360 days at all other times and calculated from and including the date of such Borrowing to but excluding the date of repayment thereof) at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Percentage in effect from time to time.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, the Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Percentage in effect from time to time.

(c) Interest on each Loan shall be payable to the applicable Lenders, through the Administrative Agent, on the Interest Payment Dates applicable to such Loan except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate for each Interest Period or day within an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.7. Default Interest. Any amount (whether of principal, interest, Fees or otherwise) not paid when due hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall bear interest, to the extent permitted by law (after as well as before judgment), payable on demand, (a) in the case of principal, at the rate otherwise applicable thereto pursuant to Section 2.6 plus 2.00% per annum and (b) in all other cases, at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, when determined by reference to the Prime Rate and over a year of 360 days at all other times) equal to the rate that would be applicable to an ABR Term Loan plus 2.00% per annum.

SECTION 2.8. Alternate Rate of Interest. In the event, and on each occasion, that on the day two Business Days prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing the Administrative Agent shall have determined that dollar deposits in the principal amounts of the Loans comprising such Borrowing are not generally available in the London interbank market, or that the rates at which such dollar deposits are being offered will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to a majority in interest of the Lenders participating or to participate in such Loan of making or maintaining its Eurodollar Loan

during such Interest Period, or that reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, give written or fax notice of such determination to the Borrower and the Lenders. In the event of any such determination, until the Administrative Agent shall have advised the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.10 shall be deemed to be a request for an ABR Borrowing. Each determination by the Administrative Agent under this Section 2.8 shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.9. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) The US$ Term Loan Commitments and the Euro Term Loan Commitments shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date. The Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swingline Commitment and the L/C Commitment shall automatically terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all the Commitments shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 30, 2004, if the initial Credit Event shall not have occurred by such time.

(b) Upon at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable written or fax notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed by written notice) to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may at any time in whole permanently terminate, or from time to time in part permanently reduce, the Term Loan Commitments or the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, however, that (i) each partial reduction of the Term Loan Commitments or the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and (ii) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall not be reduced to an amount that is less than the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure at the time.

(c) Each reduction in the Term Loan Commitments or the Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective applicable Commitments. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders, on the date of termination of the Commitments of any Class, all accrued and unpaid Commitment Fees relating to such Class to but excluding the date of such termination.

SECTION 2.10. Conversion and Continuation of Borrowings. The Borrower shall have the right at any time upon prior irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (a) not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, one Business Day prior to conversion, to convert any Eurodollar Borrowing denominated in Dollars into an ABR Borrowing, (b) not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, three Business Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any ABR Borrowing into a Eurodollar Borrowing denominated in Dollars or to continue any Eurodollar Borrowing as a Eurodollar Borrowing for an additional Interest Period, and (c) not later than 12:00 (noon), Local Time, three Business Days prior to conversion, to convert the Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing to another permissible Interest Period, subject in each case to the following:

(i) until the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower that the primary syndication of the Commitments has been completed (which notice shall be given as promptly as practicable and, in any event, within seven (7) days after the Closing Date), no ABR Borrowing may be converted into a Eurodollar Borrowing; provided, that after such seven-day (or shorter) period, each ABR Borrowing converted to a Eurodollar Borrowing shall have an initial Interest Period of thirty (30) days;

(ii) each conversion or continuation shall be made pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts of the Loans comprising the converted or continued Borrowing;

(iii) if less than all the outstanding principal amount of any Borrowing shall be converted or continued, then each resulting Borrowing shall satisfy the limitations specified in Sections 2.2(a) and 2.2(b) regarding the principal amount and maximum number of Borrowings of the relevant Type;

(iv) each conversion shall be effected by each Lender and the Administrative Agent by recording for the account of such Lender the new Loan of such Lender resulting from such conversion and reducing the Loan (or portion thereof) of such Lender being converted by an equivalent principal amount; accrued interest on any Eurodollar Loan (or portion thereof) being converted shall be paid by the Borrower at the time of conversion;

(v) if any Eurodollar Borrowing is converted at a time other than the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall pay, upon demand, any amounts due to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.15; and

(vi) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default specified in clause (b) or (c) of Article VII (without regard to any applicable grace period in such clause (c)), no outstanding Loan denominated in Dollars may be converted into, or continued as, a Eurodollar Loan.

Each notice pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement and specify (i) the identity, currency denomination and amount of the Borrowing that the Borrower requests be converted or continued, (ii) whether such Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing, (iii) if such notice requests a conversion, the date of such conversion (which shall be a Business Day) and (iv) if such Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. The Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.10 and of each Lender’s portion of any converted or continued Borrowing. If the Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.10 to continue any Eurodollar Borrowing into a subsequent Interest Period (and shall not otherwise have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.10 to convert such Borrowing), such Borrowing shall, at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto (unless repaid pursuant to the terms hereof), automatically be converted into an ABR Borrowing.

SECTION 2.11. Repayment of Term Loan Borrowings. (a) The Borrower shall pay to the applicable Lenders, through the Administrative Agent, on the dates set forth below, or if any such date is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day (each such date being called a “Repayment Date”), a principal amount of the US$ Term Loans and Euro Term Loans (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.11(c), 2.12, 2.13(e) and 2.23(d)) equal to such Lender’s US$ Term Percentage or Euro Term Percentage, as the case may be, multiplied by a percentage of the original aggregate principal amount of the US$ Term Loans or the Euro Term Loans, as applicable, as set forth below (together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment):

Repayment Date	Amount

October 2, 2004	0.25	%
January 1, 2005	0.25	%
April 2, 2005	0.25	%
July 2, 2005	0.25	%
October 1, 2005	0.25	%

December 31, 2005	0.25	%
April 1, 2006	0.25	%
July 1, 2006	0.25	%
September 30, 2006	0.25	%
December 30, 2006	0.25	%
March 31, 2007	0.25	%
June 30, 2007	0.25	%
September 29, 2007	0.25	%
December 29, 2007	0.25	%
March 29, 2008	0.25	%
June 28, 2008	0.25	%
September 27, 2008	0.25	%
January 3, 2009	0.25	%
April 4, 2009	0.25	%
June 27, 2009	0.25	%
October 3, 2009	0.25	%
January 2, 2010	0.25	%
April 3, 2010	0.25	%
July 3, 2010	0.25	%
October 2, 2010	0.25	%
January 1, 2011	0.25	%
April 2, 2011	0.25	%
July 2, 2011	0.25	%
October 1, 2011	0.25	%
Term Loan Maturity Date	92.75	%

(b) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on each Incremental Term Loan Repayment Date, a principal amount of the Other Term Loans (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.11(c), 2.12 and 2.13(e)) equal to the amount set forth for such date in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment.

(c) In the event and on each occasion that any Term Loan Commitment (other than any Incremental Term Loan Commitment) shall be reduced or shall expire or terminate other than as a result of the making of a Term Loan, the installments payable on each Repayment Date shall be reduced pro rata by an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such reduction, expiration or termination.

(d) To the extent not previously paid, all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date and all Incremental Term Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of payment.

(e) All repayments pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be subject to Section 2.15, but shall otherwise be without premium or penalty.

SECTION 2.12. Optional Prepayments. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, upon at least three Business Days’ prior written or fax notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed by written notice) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or written or fax notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed by written notice) at least one Business Day prior to the date of prepayment in the case of ABR Loans, to the Administrative Agent before 12:00 (noon), Local Time; provided, however, that (i) each partial prepayment of Loans denominated in Dollars

shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000 and (ii) each partial prepayment of Loans denominated in Euros shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of €100,000 and not less than €500,000.

(b) Optional prepayments of Term Loans shall be allocated ratably between the Term Loans and the Other Term Loans, if any, and shall be applied first, in chronological order to the installments of principal in respect of the Term Loans and Other Term Loans scheduled to be paid within 12 months after such optional prepayment and second, pro rata against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans and Other Term Loans.

(c) Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount and currency denomination of each Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrower to prepay such Borrowing by the amount stated therein on the date stated therein. All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be subject to Section 2.15 but otherwise without premium or penalty. All prepayments under this Section 2.12 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be prepaid to but excluding the date of payment; provided, however, that in the case of a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan that is not made in connection with a termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount prepaid shall be payable on the next scheduled Interest Payment Date with respect to such ABR Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan.

SECTION 2.13. Mandatory Prepayments. (a) In the event of any termination of all the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall, on the date of such termination, repay or prepay all its outstanding Revolving Credit Borrowings and all outstanding Swingline Loans and replace all outstanding Letters of Credit. If as a result of any partial reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment after giving effect thereto, then the Borrower shall, on the date of such reduction, repay or prepay Revolving Credit Borrowings or Swingline Loans (or a combination thereof) and/or replace outstanding Letters of Credit in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.

(b) Not later than the third Business Day following the completion of any Asset Sale or Recovery Event, the Borrower shall apply 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received with respect thereto to prepay outstanding Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.13(e).

(c) No later than the earlier of (i) 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2005, and (ii) the date on which the financial statements with respect to such period are delivered pursuant to Section 5.4(a), the Borrower shall prepay outstanding Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.13(e) in an aggregate principal amount equal to 50% of Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year then ended; provided, however, that in the event the Leverage Ratio at the end of such fiscal year was equal to or less than 3.75 to 1.00 and greater than 3.25 to 1.00, then such amount shall be reduced to 25% of such Excess Cash Flow and in the event the Leverage Ratio at the end of such fiscal year was equal to or less than 3.25 to 1.00, no such prepayment shall be required.

(d) In the event that any Loan Party or any subsidiary of a Loan Party shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance or other disposition of Indebtedness for money borrowed (or similar transaction evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments) of any Loan Party or any subsidiary of a Loan Party (other than Indebtedness for money borrowed (or similar transaction evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments) permitted pursuant to Section 6.1, except for Indebtedness incurred under (i) the proviso to Section 6.1(g)(i) to the extent the proceeds thereof are not applied to finance the cash consideration payable in a Permitted Acquisition (including the refinancing of

Indebtedness of the Acquired Entity and the payment of related fees and expenses) or (ii) Section 6.1(j), for which a mandatory prepayment shall be required), the Borrower shall, substantially simultaneously with (and in any event not later than the third Business Day next following) the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by such Loan Party or such subsidiary, apply an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay outstanding Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.13(e).

(e) Mandatory prepayments of outstanding Term Loans under this Agreement shall be allocated ratably between the Term Loans and the Other Term Loans, if any, and shall be applied first, in chronological order to the installments of principal in respect of the Term Loans and Other Term Loans scheduled to be paid within 12 months after such mandatory prepayment and second, pro rata against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans and Other Term Loans under Section 2.11.

(f) If, on any Determination Date, the Aggregate Alternative Currency Exposure exceed 105% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit, the Borrower shall, without notice or demand, within three Business Days after such Determination Date, prepay Aternative Currency Loans in an aggregate amount such that, after giving effect thereto, the Aggregate Alternative Currency Exposure do not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit.

(g) The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the time of each prepayment required under this Section 2.13, (i) a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment and (ii) to the extent practicable, at least three days prior written notice of such prepayment. Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date, the Type of each Loan being prepaid and the principal amount of each Loan (or portion thereof) to be prepaid. All prepayments of Borrowings under this Section 2.13 shall be subject to Section 2.15, but shall otherwise be without premium or penalty.

SECTION 2.14. Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of or credit extended by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (except any such reserve requirement which is reflected in the Eurodollar Rate) or shall impose on such Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan or increase the cost to any Lender of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or purchasing or maintaining a participation therein or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), in each case, by an amount deemed by such Lender or the Issuing Bank to be material, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, upon demand such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have determined that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made or participations in Letters of Credit purchased by such Lender pursuant hereto or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank pursuant hereto to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender or the Issuing Bank to

be material, then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

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

(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation for any increased costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided, that the Borrower shall not be under any obligation to compensate any Lender or the Issuing Bank under paragraph (a) or (b) above with respect to increased costs or reductions with respect to any period prior to the date that is 180 days prior to such request if such Lender or the Issuing Bank knew or could reasonably have been expected to know of the circumstances giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of the fact that such circumstances would result in a claim for increased compensation by reason of such increased costs or reductions; provided, further, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any increased costs or reductions arising out of the retroactive application of any Change in Law within such 180-day period. The protection of this Section shall be available to each Lender and the Issuing Bank regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of the Change in Law that shall have occurred or been imposed.

SECTION 2.15. Indemnity. The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) any event, other than a default by such Lender in the performance of its obligations hereunder, which results in (i) such Lender receiving or being deemed to receive any amount on account of the principal of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the Interest Period in effect therefor, (ii) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan to an ABR Loan, or the conversion of the Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, in each case other than on the last day of the Interest Period in effect therefor, or (iii) any Eurodollar Loan to be made by such Lender (including any Eurodollar Loan to be made pursuant to a conversion or continuation under Section 2.10) not being made after notice of such Loan shall have been given by the Borrower hereunder (any of the events referred to in this clause (a) being called a “Breakage Event”) or (b) any default in the making of any payment or prepayment required to be made hereunder. In the case of any Breakage Event, such loss shall include an amount equal to the excess, as reasonably determined by such Lender, of (i) its cost of obtaining funds for the Eurodollar Loan that is the subject of such Breakage Event for the period from the date of such Breakage Event to the last day of the Interest Period in effect (or that would have been in effect) for such Loan over (ii) the amount of interest likely to be realized by such Lender in redeploying the funds released or not utilized by reason of such Breakage Event for such period, but such loss shall not, in any event, include any lost profit or loss of applicable margin. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts which such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.16. Pro Rata Treatment. Each Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing, each payment of interest on the Loans, each payment of the Commitment Fees or the L/C Participation Fees, each reduction of the Term Loan Commitments or the Revolving Credit Commitments and each conversion of any Borrowing to or continuation of any Borrowing as a Borrowing of any Type shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective applicable Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, in accordance with the respective principal amounts of their outstanding Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements, as

applicable). Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lender’s portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lender’s percentage of such Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount.

SECTION 2.17. Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise of a right of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or pursuant to a secured claim under Section 506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or interest arising from, or in lieu of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means, obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any Loan or L/C Disbursement as a result of which the unpaid portion of its Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements shall be proportionately less than the unpaid portion of the Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements of any other Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have purchased from such other Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay to such other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in the Loans and L/C Exposure of such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid amount of the Loans and L/C Exposure and participations in Loans and L/C Exposure held by each Lender shall be in the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid amount of all Loans and L/C Exposure then outstanding as the amount of its Loans and L/C Exposure prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event was to the amount of all Loans and L/C Exposure outstanding prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or other event; provided, however, that if any such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 2.17 and the payment giving rise thereto shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the extent of such recovery and the purchase price or prices or adjustment restored without interest. The Borrower and Holdings expressly consent to the foregoing arrangements and agree that any Lender holding a participation in a Loan or L/C Disbursement deemed to have been so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing by the Borrower and Holdings to such Lender by reason thereof as fully as if such Lender had made a Loan directly to the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

SECTION 2.18. Payments. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment (including principal of or interest on any Borrowing or any L/C Disbursement or any Fees or other amounts) hereunder and under any other Loan Document not later than 12:00 (noon), Local Time, on the date when due in Dollars or the relevant Alternative Currency, as applicable, and in immediately available funds, without setoff, defense or counterclaim. Each such payment (other than (i) Issuing Bank Fees, which shall be paid directly to the Issuing Bank, and (ii) principal of and interest on Swingline Loans, which shall be paid directly to the Swingline Lender except as otherwise provided in Section 2.20(e)) shall be made to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office, or at such other location as the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower from time to time in accordance with Section 9.1. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.

(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, whenever any payment (including principal of or interest on any Borrowing or any Fees or other amounts) hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall become due, or otherwise would occur, on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or Fees, if applicable.

SECTION 2.19. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, that if the Borrower or any Loan Party shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions

applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower or such Loan Party shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower or such Loan Party shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

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

(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto (other than penalties or interest attributable to (i) a failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, in making such written demand to the Borrower or (ii) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable), whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

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

(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.

SECTION 2.20. Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate. (a) In the event (i) any Lender or the Issuing Bank delivers a certificate requesting compensation pursuant to Section 2.14, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or the Issuing Bank or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.19, (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or (iv) any Lender refuses to consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Document requested by the Borrower that requires the consent of a greater percentage of the Lenders than the Required Lenders and such amendment, waiver or other modification is consented to by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.4(b)), upon notice to such Lender or the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender or the Issuing Bank to transfer and assign, without recourse, representation or warranty, except as to warranty as to its ownership of the assigned obligations (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.4), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such assigned obligations and, with respect to clause (iv) above, shall consent to such requested amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Document (which assignee may be another Lender,

if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (x) such assignment shall not conflict with any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, (y) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Credit Commitment is being assigned, of the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, and (z) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the affected Lender or the Issuing Bank in immediately available funds an amount equal to the sum of the principal of and interest accrued to the date of such payment on the outstanding Loans or L/C Disbursements of such Lender or the Issuing Bank plus all Fees and other amounts accrued for the account of such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (including any amounts under Section 2.14 and Section 2.15); provided, further, that, if prior to any such transfer and assignment the circumstances or event that resulted in such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or the amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.19, as the case may be, cease to cause such Lender or the Issuing Bank to suffer increased costs or reductions in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital or cease to result in amounts being payable under Section 2.19, as the case may be (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to paragraph (b) below), or if such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall waive its right to claim further compensation under Section 2.14 in respect of such circumstances or event or shall waive its right to further payments under Section 2.19 in respect of such circumstances or event or shall consent to the proposed amendment, waiver, consent or other modification, as the case may be, then such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall not thereafter be required to make any such transfer and assignment hereunder.

(b) If (i) any Lender or the Issuing Bank shall request compensation under Section 2.14 or (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or the Issuing Bank or any Governmental Authority on account of any Lender or the Issuing Bank, pursuant to Section 2.19, then such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall use reasonable efforts (which shall not require such Lender or the Issuing Bank to incur an unreimbursed loss or unreimbursed cost or expense or otherwise take any action inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions or suffer any disadvantage or burden deemed by it to be significant) (x) to file any certificate or document reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or (y) to assign its rights and delegate and transfer its obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if such filing or assignment would reduce its claims for compensation under Section 2.14 or would reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.19, as the case may be, in the future. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the Issuing Bank in connection with any such filing or assignment, delegation and transfer.

SECTION 2.21. Swingline Loans. (a) Swingline Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Swingline Lender agrees to make loans to the Borrower at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and until the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate or (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure, after giving effect to any Swingline Loan, exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment. Each Swingline Loan shall be in a principal amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $100,000. The Swingline Commitment may be terminated or reduced from time to time as provided herein. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans hereunder, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein.

(b) Swingline Loan Borrowing Procedure. The Borrower shall notify the Swingline Lender by fax, or by telephone (confirmed by fax), not later than 12:00 (noon), New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Such notice shall be delivered on a Business Day, shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and

amount of such Swingline Loan and the wire transfer instructions for the account of the Borrower to which the proceeds of such Swingline Loan should be transferred. The Swingline Lender shall promptly make each Swingline Loan by wire transfer to the account specified by the Borrower in such request.

(c) Prepayment. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Swingline Loan, in whole or in part, upon giving written or fax notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed by written notice) to the Swingline Lender and to the Administrative Agent before 12:00 (noon), New York City time on the date of prepayment at the Swingline Lender’s address for notices specified in Section 9.1.

(d) Interest. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan and, subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, shall bear interest at the rate provided for the ABR Revolving Loans as provided in Section 2.6(a).

(e) Participations. The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Credit Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which the Revolving Credit Lenders will participate. The Administrative Agent will, promptly upon receipt of such notice, give notice to each Revolving Credit Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.2(c) with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.2(c) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders) and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower (or other party liable for obligations of the Borrower) of any default in the payment thereof.

SECTION 2.22. Letters of Credit. (a) General. The Borrower may request the issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency for its own account or for the account of any Subsidiary, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time while the Revolving Credit Commitments remain in effect. This Section shall not be construed to impose an obligation upon the Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit that is inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. In order to request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or to amend, renew or extend an existing Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or fax to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) below), whether such Letter of Credit shall be issued in Dollars or an Alternative Currency, the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare such Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly (i) notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount and expiry date of each Letter of Credit issued by it and (ii) provide a copy of each such Letter of Credit (and any amendments, renewals or extensions thereof) to the Administrative Agent. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if, and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that, after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the L/C Exposure shall not exceed $50,000,000, (ii) the Aggregate Alternative Currency Exposure shall not exceed $50,000,000 and (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment. The Borrower shall be deemed to have complied with the notification and other information delivery requirements set forth in this Section 2.22(b) in respect of the Letter of Credit in the form attached hereto as Schedule 2.22(b), which Letter of Credit shall be issued on the Closing Date.

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at the close of business on the earlier of the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit and the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, unless such Letter of Credit expires by its terms on an earlier date; provided, that a Letter of Credit may, upon the request of the Borrower, include a provision whereby such Letter of Credit shall be renewed automatically for additional consecutive periods of 12 months or less (but not beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date) unless the Issuing Bank notifies the beneficiary thereof at least 30 days prior to the then-applicable expiration date that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed.

(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Credit Lender, and each such Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, effective upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower (or, if applicable, another party pursuant to its obligations under any other Loan Document) forthwith on the date due as provided in Section 2.2(f). Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent (or directly to the Issuing Bank, with concurrent notice to the Administrative Agent) an amount (in the currency in which the Letter of Credit was denominated) equal to such L/C Disbursement not later than two hours after the Borrower shall have received notice from the Issuing Bank that payment of such draft will be made, or, if the Borrower shall

have received such notice later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on any Business Day, not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the immediately following Business Day.

(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations to reimburse L/C Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) above shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under any and all circumstances whatsoever, and irrespective of:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or any Loan Document, or any term or provision therein;

(ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the provisions of any Letter of Credit or any Loan Document;

(iii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower, any other party guaranteeing, or otherwise obligated with, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof or any other person may at any time have against the beneficiary under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other related or unrelated agreement or transaction;

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

(v) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and

(vi) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind of the Issuing Bank, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any other person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that the absolute and unconditional obligation of the Borrower hereunder to reimburse L/C Disbursements will not be excused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank. However, the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof; it is understood that the Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary and, in making any payment under any Letter of Credit (i) the Issuing Bank’s exclusive reliance on the documents presented to it under such Letter of Credit as to any and all matters set forth therein, including reliance on the amount of any draft presented under such Letter of Credit, whether or not the amount due to the beneficiary thereunder equals the amount of such draft and whether or not any document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be insufficient in any respect, if such document on its face appears to be in order, and whether or not any other statement or any other document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be forged or invalid or any statement therein proves to be inaccurate or untrue in any respect whatsoever and (ii) any noncompliance in any immaterial respect of the documents presented under such Letter of Credit

with the terms thereof shall, in each case, be deemed not to constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Issuing Bank.

(g) Disbursement Procedures. The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall as promptly as possible give telephonic notification, confirmed by fax, to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided, that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Revolving Credit Lender notice thereof.

(h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in full on such date, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest for the account of the Issuing Bank, for each day from and including the date of such L/C Disbursement, to but excluding the earlier of the date of payment by the Borrower or the date on which interest shall commence to accrue thereon as provided in Section 2.2(f), at the rate per annum that would apply to such amount if such amount were an ABR Revolving Loan.

(i) Resignation or Removal of the Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower, and may be removed at any time by the Borrower by notice to the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. Subject to the next succeeding paragraph, upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Issuing Bank hereunder by a Lender that shall agree to serve as successor Issuing Bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the interests, rights and obligations of the retiring Issuing Bank and the retiring Issuing Bank shall be discharged from its obligations to issue additional Letters of Credit hereunder. At the time such removal or resignation shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Section 2.5(c)(ii). The acceptance of any appointment as the Issuing Bank hereunder by a successor Lender shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such successor, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such successor Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the previous Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the resignation or removal of the Issuing Bank hereunder, the retiring Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or removal, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Borrower shall, on the Business Day it receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Credit Lenders holding participations in outstanding Letters of Credit representing greater than 50% of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit) thereof and of the amount to be deposited, deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the L/C Exposure as of such date; provided, however, that the obligation to deposit such cash shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of Article VII. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of

withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits in Permitted Investments, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall (i) automatically be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for L/C Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed, (ii) be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the L/C Exposure at such time and (iii) if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Credit Lenders holding participations in outstanding Letters of Credit representing greater than 50% of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit), be applied to satisfy the Obligations. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

(k) Additional Issuing Banks. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and such Lender, designate one or more additional Lenders to act as an Issuing Bank under the terms of the Agreement. Any Lender designated as an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph (k) shall be deemed to be an “Issuing Bank” (in addition to being a Lender) in respect of Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Lender, and, with respect to such Letters of Credit, such term shall thereafter apply to the other Issuing Bank and such Lender.

SECTION 2.23. Increase in Term Loan Commitments. (a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, request Incremental Term Loan Commitments in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Term Loan Amount from one or more Incremental Term Lenders (which may include any existing Lender) willing to provide such Incremental Term Loans in their own discretion; provided, that (i) before submitting any such request to a Person that is not a Lender, the Borrower shall first give each existing Lender the opportunity to provide such Incremental Term Loan Commitments (in which case, existing Lenders shall have no more than two (2) Business Days from the date of such notice to indicate whether they are willing to provide such Incremental Term Loans) and (ii) each Incremental Term Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $1,000,000 and a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or equal to the remaining Incremental Term Loan Amount), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are requested to become effective (which shall not be less than 10 Business Days after the date of such notice) and (iii) whether such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are to be Term Loan Commitments or commitments to make term loans with terms different from the Term Loans (“Other Term Loans”).

(b) The Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Incremental Term Lender. Each Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the Incremental Term Loans to be made thereunder; provided, that, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, (i) the final maturity date of any Other Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Term Loan Maturity Date and (ii) the average life to maturity of any Other Term Loans shall be no shorter than the average life to maturity of the Term Loans and provided, further, that, if the interest rate margin in respect of any Other Term Loan would exceed the Applicable Percentage for the Term Loans by more than ½ of 1% (it being understood that any such increase may take the form of original issue discount (“OID”), with OID being equated to the interest rates in a manner determined by the Administrative Agent based on an assumed four-year life to maturity), the Applicable Percentage for

`the Term Loans shall be increased so that the interest rate margin in respect of such Other Term Loan (giving effect to any OID issued in connection with such Other Term Loan) is no more than ½ of 1% higher than the Applicable Percentage for the Term Loans. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitment evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.8(b). Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.23 unless (i) on the date of such effectiveness, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.1 shall be satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received (with sufficient copies for each of the Incremental Term Lenders) legal opinions, board resolutions and other closing certificates and documentation consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.2 and (iii) the Borrower would be in Pro Forma Compliance after giving effect to such Incremental Term Loan Commitment and the Loans to be made thereunder and the application of the proceeds therefrom as if made and applied on such date.

(d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that all Incremental Term Loans (other than Other Term Loans), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans on a pro rata basis, and the Borrower agrees that Section 2.15 shall apply to any conversion of Eurodollar Term Loans to ABR Term Loans reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing. In addition, to the extent any Incremental Term Loans are not Other Term Loans, the scheduled amortization payments under Sections 2.11(a) required to be made after the making of such Incremental Term Loans shall be ratably increased by the aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Term Loans.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

Each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each of the Lenders that (both prior to and after giving effect to the Acquisition):

SECTION 3.1. Organization; Powers. Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow hereunder.

SECTION 3.2. Authorization. The Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate and, if required, stockholder action and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (B) any order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any

provision of any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) except as set forth on Schedule 3.2, be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation under any such indenture, material agreement or other material instrument or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than any Lien created hereunder or under the Security Documents).

SECTION 3.3. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 3.4. Governmental Approvals. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4, no action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, (b) recordation of any Mortgages, (c) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect or which are not material to the consummation of the Transactions and (d) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.5. Financial Statements. (a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) the consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, audited by and accompanied by the unqualified opinion of Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for each fiscal quarter subsequent to January 3, 2004 ended 45 days before the Closing Date. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5(a), such balance sheets and the notes thereto disclose all material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof. Such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, except that the unaudited financial statements are subject to normal year-end adjustments and do not contain notes thereto.

(b) The Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at May 13, 2004, prepared giving effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred on such date. Such pro forma financial statements have been prepared in good faith by the Borrower, based on the assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial information contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum (which assumptions are believed by the Borrower on the date hereof and on the Closing Date to be reasonable), are based on the best information available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof, accurately reflect, in all material respects, all adjustments required to be made to give effect to the Transactions and present fairly, in all material respects, on a pro forma basis the estimated consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of such date and for such periods, assuming that the Transactions had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of such period, as the case may be.

SECTION 3.6. No Material Adverse Change. No event, change or condition has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities,

financial condition or results of operations of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since January 3, 2004.

SECTION 3.7. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases. (a) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its material properties and material assets, except for minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets for their intended purposes and Liens permitted by Section 6.2 and except where the failure to have such title could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such material properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.2.

(b) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has complied with all material obligations due and payable or required to be performed under all material leases to which it is a party and all such material leases are in full force and effect. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, except where the failure to so enjoy could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.8. Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.8 sets forth as of the Closing Date a list of all Subsidiaries and the percentage ownership interest of Holdings or the Borrower therein. The shares of Equity Interests so indicated on Schedule 3.8 are owned by Holdings or the Borrower, directly or indirectly, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created under the Security Documents).

SECTION 3.9. Litigation; Compliance with Laws. (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9, there are not any actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened against or affecting Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any business, property or rights of any such person (i) that involve any Loan Document or the Transactions or (ii) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the matters disclosed on Schedule 3.9 that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective material properties or material assets is in violation of, nor will the continued operation of their material properties and material assets as currently conducted violate, any law, rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, Environmental Law, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits), or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction, decree or order of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10. Agreements. (a) None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any corporate restriction that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is in default in any manner under any provision of any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness, or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets are or may be bound, where such default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.11. Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.

(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, U or X.

SECTION 3.12. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is (a) an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a “holding company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

SECTION 3.13. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans (other than any Incremental Term Loans) and will request the issuance of Letters of Credit only for the purposes specified in Section 5.8. The Borrower will use the proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans solely as set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement.

SECTION 3.14. Tax Returns. Each of the Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all Federal and all material state, local and foreign tax returns or materials required to have been filed by it and has paid or caused to be paid all material taxes due and payable by it and all assessments received by it, except taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves and except for taxes the nonpayment of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.15. No Material Misstatements. None of (a) the Confidential Information Memorandum or (b) any other information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule furnished by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of any Loan Document or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto contained, which, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), when taken as a whole and together with the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, contains or will contain any material misstatement of fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were, are or will be made, not misleading; provided that to the extent any such information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, each of Holdings and the Borrower represents only that it acted in good faith and utilized reasonable assumptions and due care in the preparation of such information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule and it is understood that actual results may differ from forecasts and projections.

SECTION 3.16. Employee Benefit Plans. Each of the Borrower and each of its ERISA Affiliates is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all benefit liabilities under any underfunded Plan (based on the assumptions used to fund such plan and when considered together with all such underfunded Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation dates applicable thereto, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such underfunded Plans by an amount that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.17. Environmental Matters. (a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.17 and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

(b) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the matters disclosed on Schedule 3.17 that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.18. Insurance. Schedule 3.18 sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all insurance maintained by the Borrower or by the Borrower for its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof and the Closing Date. As of each such date, such insurance is in full force and effect and all premiums have been duly paid if due. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have insurance in such amounts and covering such risks and liabilities as are, when considered in its entirety, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower prudent in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.19. Security Documents. (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, will create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) and the proceeds thereof and (i) when the Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) is delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Pledged Collateral, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, and (ii) when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 3.19(a), the Lien created under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement will constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in all such Collateral as to which a security interest may be perfected by such a filing (other than Intellectual Property, as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.2.

(b) Upon the recordation of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, together with the financing statements in appropriate form filed in the offices specified on Schedule 3.19(a), the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the United States and its territories and possessions, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the date hereof).

(c) The Mortgages are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 3.19(d), the Mortgages shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, other than with respect to the rights of persons pursuant to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.2.

SECTION 3.20. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises. Schedule 3.20(a) lists completely and correctly as of the Closing Date all domestic real property owned by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and the addresses thereof. The Borrower and the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, as of the Closing Date, own in fee all the real property set forth on Schedule 3.20(a). Schedule 3.20(b) lists completely and correctly as of the Closing Date all material domestic real property leased by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and the addresses thereof. The Borrower and the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, as of the Closing Date, have valid leasehold interests in all the real property set forth on Schedule 3.20(b).

SECTION 3.21. Labor Matters. As of the date hereof and the Closing Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is bound. Except to the extent any of the following, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation in any material respect of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters and (b) all payments due from Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary.

SECTION 3.22. Solvency. Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date and immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of each Loan, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Loan Parties taken as a whole will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) the Loan Parties taken as a whole will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Loan Parties taken as a whole will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which they are engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.

SECTION 3.23. Representations and Warranties in Acquisition Documents. All representations and warranties set forth in the Acquisition Documents were true and correct at the time as of which such representations and warranties were made (or deemed made) except where the failure to be true and correct could not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.24. Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations constitute “Senior Indebtedness” under and as defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture.

SECTION 3.25. Certain Treasury Regulation Matters. The Borrower does not intend to treat the Loans and related transactions as being a “reportable” transaction (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.6011-4). The Borrower acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and one or more of the Lenders may treat its Loans as part of a transaction that is subject to Treasury Regulation Section 301.6112-1 to the extent that the Borrower’s application of the proceeds of the Loans requires the same and the Administrative Agent and such Lender or Lenders, as applicable, may, in connection therewith, maintain such lists and other records as they may determine is required by such Treasury Regulation.

SECTION 3.26. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc. None of the requesting or borrowing of the Loans, the requesting or issuance, extension or renewal of any Letters of Credit or the use of the proceeds of any

thereof will violate the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., as amended) (the “Trading With the Enemy Act”) or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) (the “Foreign Assets Control Regulations”) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto (which for the avoidance of doubt shall include, but shall not be limited to (a) Executive Order 13224 of September 21, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) (the “Executive Order”) and (b) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56)). To the knowledge of the Borrower, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is a “blocked person” as described in the Executive Order, the Trading With the Enemy Act or the Foreign Assets Control Regulations or (b) engages transactions with any such “blocked person” blocked by such order, law or regulation.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions of Lending

The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

SECTION 4.1. All Credit Events. On the date of each Borrowing, including each Borrowing of a Swingline Loan and on the date of each issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit (each such event being called a “Credit Event”):

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required by Section 2.3 (or such notice shall have been deemed given in accordance with Section 2.3) or, in the case of the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.22(b) or, in the case of the Borrowing of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting such Swingline Loan as required by Section 2.21(b).

(b) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III hereof and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Event with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.

(c) At the time of and immediately after such Credit Event, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Credit Event shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower and Holdings on the date of such Credit Event as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.1.

SECTION 4.2. First Credit Event. On the Closing Date:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, a favorable written opinion of (i) Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, counsel for Holdings and the Borrower, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit E-1, and (ii) each local counsel listed on Schedule 4.2(a), substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit E-2, in each case

(A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (C) covering such other matters relating to the Loan Documents and the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, and Holdings and the Borrower hereby request such counsel to deliver such opinions.

(b) All legal matters incident to this Agreement, the Borrowings and extensions of credit hereunder and the other Loan Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, to the Issuing Bank and to the Administrative Agent.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, and a certificate as to the good standing of each Loan Party as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State; (ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) that the certificate or articles of incorporation of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing furnished pursuant to clause (i) above and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party; (iii) a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above; and (iv) such other documents as the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.1.

(e) The Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent shall have received all Fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

(f) The Security Documents shall have been duly executed by each Loan Party that is to be a party thereto and shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date. The Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties shall have a security interest in the Collateral of the type and priority described in each Security Document, except to the extent otherwise provided herein or in such Security Documents.

(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Perfection Certificate with respect to the Loan Parties dated the Closing Date and duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, and shall have received the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code filings (or equivalent filings) made with respect to the Loan Parties in the states (or other jurisdictions) of formation of such persons, in which the chief executive office of each such person is located and in the other jurisdictions in which such persons maintain property, in each case as indicated on such Perfection Certificate, together with copies of the financing statements

(or similar documents) disclosed by such search, and accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated in any such financing statement (or similar document) would be permitted under Section 6.2 or have been or will be contemporaneously released or terminated.

(h) (i) Each of the Mortgages, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, relating to each of the Mortgaged Properties shall have been duly executed by the parties thereto and delivered to the Administrative Agent and shall be in full force and effect, (ii) each of such Mortgaged Properties shall not be subject to any Lien other than those permitted under Section 6.2, (iii) each of such Mortgages shall have been filed and recorded in the recording office as specified on Schedule 3.19(d) (or a lender’s title insurance policy or a final marked commitment, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring such Mortgage as a first lien on such Mortgaged Property (subject to any Lien permitted by Section 6.2) shall have been received by the Administrative Agent) and, in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it of each such filing and recordation and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, including a policy or policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, insuring the Mortgages as valid first liens on the Mortgaged Properties, free of Liens other than those permitted under Section 6.2.

(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section 5.2 and the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a customary lender’s loss payable endorsement and to name the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as additional insured, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(j) Acquisition, etc. The following transactions shall have been consummated, in each case on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders:

(1) the Acquisition shall have been consummated.

(2) Holdings shall have received at least $275,000,000 from the proceeds of equity issued by Holdings, and such proceeds shall have been contributed to the Borrower (the “Holdings Equity Contribution”);

(3) the Borrower shall have received at least $225,000,000 and €150,000,000 in gross cash proceeds from the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes;

(4) the Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the fees and expenses to be incurred in connection with the Acquisition and the financing thereof shall not exceed $55,000,000;

(5) (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been terminated and all amounts thereunder shall have been paid in full and (ii) arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been made for the termination of all Liens granted in connection therewith; and

(6) Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness or preferred stock other than (a) Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement, (b) the Senior Subordinated Notes and (c) Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 6.01. Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, Holdings shall have no outstanding Indebtedness or preferred stock other than (a) its Guarantee of the Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement and its Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Notes.

(k) The Lenders shall have received the financial statements and opinion referred to in Section 3.5.

(l) All requisite Governmental Authorities shall have approved or consented to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby to the extent required, all applicable appeal periods shall have expired and there shall not be any pending or threatened litigation, governmental, administrative or judicial action that could reasonably be expected to prevent or impose materially burdensome conditions on the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby. All requisite third-party consents necessary for the consummation of the Acquisition shall have been obtained except for those third-party consents where the failure to so obtain such consents would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(m) The Lenders shall have received a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower certifying that the Leverage Ratio as at January 3, 2004 for fiscal year 2003 is no greater than 6.1 to 1.0 and containing all information and calculations necessary for determining such ratio.

(n) The aggregate amount of the Holdings Equity Contribution shall be no less than the product of (x) 0.25 and (y) the Total Enterprise Value of the Borrower.

(o) The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate from the chief financial officer of the Borrower documenting the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Transactions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Material Subsidiaries to:

SECTION 5.1. Existence; Businesses and Properties. (a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 6.5.

(b) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect all rights, licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names used in or relating to the conduct of its business, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; maintain and operate such business in substantially the manner in which it is presently conducted and operated, including any reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof; comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and at all times maintain and preserve all property material to the conduct of such business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.2. Insurance. (a) Keep its insurable properties adequately insured at all times by financially sound and reputable insurers; maintain such other insurance, to such extent and against such risks, including fire and other risks insured against by extended coverage, as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, including public liability insurance against claims for personal injury or death or property damage occurring upon, in, about or in connection with the use of any properties owned, occupied or controlled by it; and maintain such other insurance as may be required by law.

(b) Cause all such policies covering any Collateral to be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a customary lender’s loss payable endorsement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which endorsement shall provide that, from and after the Closing Date, if the insurance carrier shall have received written notice from the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the insurance carrier shall pay all proceeds otherwise payable to the Borrower or the Loan Parties under such policies directly to the Administrative Agent; cause all such policies to provide that neither the Borrower, the Administrative Agent nor any other party shall be a coinsurer thereunder and to contain a “Replacement Cost Endorsement”, without any deduction for depreciation, and such other provisions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require from time to time to protect their interests; deliver evidence of all such policies to the Administrative Agent; upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, deliver original or certified copies of all such policies to the Administrative Agent upon its request; cause each such policy to provide that it shall not be canceled, modified or not renewed (i) by reason of nonpayment of premium upon not less than 10 days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent (giving the Administrative Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (ii) for any other reason upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent; deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to the cancellation, modification or nonrenewal of any such policy of insurance, evidence of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Administrative Agent) together with evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of payment of the premium therefor.

(c) If at any time the area in which the Premises (as defined in the Mortgages) are located is designated (i) a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), obtain flood insurance in such total amount as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time require, and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from time to time, or (ii) a “Zone 1” area, obtain earthquake insurance in such total amount as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time require.

(d) With respect to any Mortgaged Property, carry and maintain comprehensive general liability insurance including a “broad form” commercial general liability endorsement and coverage on an occurrence basis against claims made for personal injury (including bodily injury, death and property damage) and umbrella liability insurance against any and all claims, in no event for a combined single limit of less than $15,000,000, naming the Administrative Agent as an additional insured, on forms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(e) Notify the Administrative Agent immediately whenever any separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this Section 5.2 is taken out by the Borrower; and promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a duplicate original copy of such policy or policies.

SECTION 5.3. Taxes. Pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default; provided, however, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such tax, assessment, charge or levy so long as (a) the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and such contest operates to suspend collection of the contested obligation, tax, assessment or charge and enforcement of a Lien and, in the case of a Mortgaged Property, there is no risk of forfeiture of such property or (b) the nonpayment thereof could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.4. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. In the case of the Borrower, furnish to the Administrative Agent (either physically or through electronic delivery reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), which shall furnish to each Lender:

(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows showing the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such year, together with comparative figures for the immediately preceding fiscal year, all audited by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which shall not be qualified in any material respect) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows showing the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, and comparative figures for the same periods in the immediately preceding fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments;

(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a), or (b) above, a certificate of the accounting firm (in the case of paragraph (a)) or Financial Officer (in the case of paragraph (b)) opining on or certifying such statements (which certificate, when furnished by an accounting firm, may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility

for legal interpretations and which may be provided by a Financial Officer if accounting firms generally are not providing such certificates) (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 6.6, 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 and, in the case of a certificate delivered with the financial statements required by paragraph (a) above, (x) setting forth the Borrower’s calculation of Excess Cash Flow and (y) certifying that there has been no change in the business activities, assets or liabilities of Holdings, or if there has been any such change, describing such change in reasonable detail and certifying that Holdings is in compliance with Section 6.8;

(d) within 45 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal year);

(e) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or, after the initial Public Equity Offering (disregarding for purposes of this Section 5.4(e) the Net Cash Proceeds dollar threshold contained in the definition of such term), distributed to its shareholders, as the case may be;

(f) promptly after the receipt thereof by Holdings or the Borrower or any Subsidiary, a copy of any “management letter” received by any such person from its certified public accountants and the management’s response thereto; and

(g) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.4(a), (b) or (e) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the Borrower’s website address; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).

SECTION 5.5. Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

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

(b) the filing or commencement of, or any threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority, against the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount exceeding $2,500,000; and

(d) any development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.6. Information Regarding Collateral. (a) Furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change in (i) any Loan Party’s legal name, (ii) the jurisdiction of organization or formation of any Loan Party, (iii) any Loan Party’s identity or corporate structure or (iv) any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number. Holdings and the Borrower agree not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral. Holdings and the Borrower also agree promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.

(b) In the case of the Borrower, each year, at the time of delivery of the annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 5.4(a), deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth the information required pursuant to Section 2 of the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.6.

SECTION 5.7. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all requirements of law are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary at reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested (but not, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, more than two times per fiscal year) and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor. Except following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default, the Borrower shall be entitled to have a representative present at all such discussions and to obtain a copy of all written requests for information relating to any Loan Party made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to any third party.

SECTION 5.8. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of (a) the Term Loans (other than the Incremental Term Loans) to pay (i) a portion of the Existing Credit Agreement and other existing Indebtedness of the Borrower, (ii) transaction costs incurred in connection with the Transactions and (iii) a portion of the purchase price set forth in the Acquisition Agreement, (b) the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans for working capital and general corporate purposes; provided, that up to $10,000,000 in the aggregate of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans may be borrowed on the Closing Date to pay the costs described in clauses (a)(i) through (a)(iii) above, (c) the Letters of Credit for general corporate purposes and (d) Incremental Term Loans for general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions).

SECTION 5.9. Further Assurances. Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all further action (including (i) filing Uniform Commercial Code and other financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust and (ii) delivering duly executed deposit account control agreements as contemplated by, and within the time period referred to in, the Guarantee and

Collateral Agreement) that may be required under applicable law, or that the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and first priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents. The Borrower will cause any subsequently acquired or organized Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Inactive Subsidiary) or any Domestic Subsidiary that ceases to be an Inactive Subsidiary to become a Loan Party by executing the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other applicable Security Document in favor of the Administrative Agent. In addition, subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.9, from time to time, the Borrower will, at its cost and expense, promptly secure the Obligations by pledging or creating, or causing to be pledged or created, perfected security interests with respect to such of its assets and properties as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall designate (it being understood that it is the intent of the parties that the Obligations shall be secured by substantially all the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including real and other properties acquired subsequent to the Closing Date, but excluding real property with a value of less than $1,000,000, leasehold real property, other immaterial leasehold property, and other Excluded Property (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement). Such security interests and Liens will be created under the Security Documents and other security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust and other instruments and documents in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Lenders all such instruments and documents (including legal opinions, title insurance policies and lien searches) as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to evidence compliance with this Section 5.9. The Borrower agrees to provide such evidence as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the perfection and priority status of each such security interest and Lien. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Borrower will give prompt notice to the Administrative Agent of the acquisition by it or any of the Domestic Subsidiaries of any real property (or any interest in real property) having a value in excess of $1,000,000. The actions required under this Section 5.9 shall be taken with 30 days (or such later time as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) after the event giving rise to the requirement to take such action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the Administrative Agent shall not take a security interest in those assets as to which the Administrative Agent shall determine, in its reasonable discretion, that the cost of obtaining such Lien (including any mortgage, stamp, intangibles or other tax) are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders of the security afforded thereby and (y) Liens required to be granted pursuant to this Section 5.9 shall be subject to exceptions and limitations consistent with those set forth in the Collateral Documents as in effect on the Closing Date (to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction).

SECTION 5.10. Certain Treasury Regulation Matters. In the event the Borrower determines to take any action inconsistent with its intention as set forth in the first sentence of Section 3.25, it will promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof.

SECTION 5.11. Hedging Agreements. In the case of the Borrower, within 90 days after the Closing Date, enter into, and thereafter maintain, Hedging Agreements with one or more Lenders (or Affiliates thereof) to the extent necessary to provide that at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Funded Debt of the Borrower outstanding on the Closing Date is subject to either a fixed interest rate or interest rate protection for a period of not less than two years from the Closing Date, which Hedging Agreements shall have terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 5.12. Environmental Laws. Except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) Comply in all material respects with, and use reasonable efforts to ensure compliance in all material respects by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, and use reasonable efforts to ensure that all

tenants and subtenants obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, any and all Environmental Permits required of them by any applicable Environmental Laws. For purposes of this Section 5.12(a), noncompliance with the foregoing shall be deemed not to constitute a breach of this covenant, provided, that upon learning of any actual or suspected noncompliance, Borrower shall promptly undertake reasonable efforts to achieve compliance.

(b) Conduct and complete in all material respects all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required to be undertaken by any Group Member under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all orders and directives applicable to any Group Member of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws; provided, however, that this covenant shall be deemed not violated if the relevant Group Member promptly challenges in good faith any such order or directive in a manner consistent with all applicable Environmental Laws and other Requirements of Law and pursues such challenge or challenges diligently.

(c) Generate, use, treat, store, release, dispose of, and otherwise manage Materials of Environmental Concern in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to any Group Member or to materially affect any real property owned or leased by any of them; and take reasonable efforts to prevent any other Person from generating, using, treating, storing, releasing, disposing of, or otherwise managing Materials of Environmental Concern in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to, or materially affect any real property owned or operated by, any Group Member. For purposes of this Section 5.12(c), noncompliance with the foregoing shall be deemed not to constitute a breach of this covenant, provided, that, upon learning of any actual or suspected noncompliance, the Borrower shall promptly undertake reasonable efforts to remove such Materials of Environmental Concern or otherwise remediate them in a manner consistent with applicable Environmental Law.

(d) Maintain, update as appropriate, and implement in all material respects an ongoing program reasonably designed to ensure that all the properties and operations of the Group Members are regularly and reasonably reviewed by competent professionals to identify and promote compliance with and to reasonably and prudently manage any liabilities or potential liabilities under any Environmental Law that may affect any Group Member, including, without limitation, compliance and liabilities relating to: discharges to air and water; acquisition, transportation, storage and use of hazardous materials; waste disposal; repair, maintenance and improvement of properties; employee health and safety; species protection; and recordkeeping.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

Each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been cancelled or have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they cause or permit any of the Material Subsidiaries to:

SECTION 6.1. Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.1, including in the case of lines of credit the maximum amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred thereunder;

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

(d) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (plus the amount of any interest, premiums or penalties required to be paid thereon plus fees and expenses associated therewith); provided, that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 120 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this Section 6.1(d), when combined with the aggregate principal amount of all Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(e), shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(e) Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations in an aggregate principal amount, when combined with the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(d), not in excess of $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(f) Indebtedness under completion guarantees, performance or surety bonds or with respect to workers’ compensation claims, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(g) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $400,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided, however, that additional Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes may be incurred so long as (w) the Borrower complies with the provisions of Section 2.13(d), (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or shall result therefrom, (y) the Borrower will be in Pro Forma Compliance and (z) to the extent the Borrower uses the proceeds of such Indebtedness to finance the cash consideration payable in a Permitted Acquisition (including the refinancing of Indebtedness of the Acquired Entity and the payment of related fees and expenses), the principal amount of such Indebtedness incurred, when combined with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(i), shall not exceed $250,000,000 at any time outstanding; and (ii) Guarantees of any Guarantor in respect of such Indebtedness, provided that such Guarantees are subordinated to the same extent as the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes;

(h) Indebtedness acquired or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any Permitted Acquisition in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $20,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided, that such Indebtedness existed at the time of such Permitted Acquisition and was not created in connection therewith or in contemplation thereof;

(i) unsecured subordinated Indebtedness of Holdings or the Borrower (which may be Guaranteed by any Loan Party on a subordinated basis) the proceeds of which are used to finance the cash consideration payable in a Permitted Acquisition (including the refinancing of Indebtedness of the Acquired Entity and the payment of related fees and expenses) in an aggregate principal amount, when combined with the aggregate principal amount of all

Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the proviso to Section 6.1(g)(i) (to the extent the proceeds thereof are not required to be applied to the prepayment of outstanding Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(d)), not in excess of $250,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided, that such Indebtedness (i) matures after the six-month anniversary of the Term Loan Maturity Date, (ii) requires no scheduled payment of principal prior to its maturity, (iii) contains subordination provisions that are no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination provisions contained in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and (iv) does not require the issuer thereof or any other obligor thereon to maintain any specified financial condition or performance (other than as a condition to the taking of certain actions);

(j) additional unsecured subordinated Indebtedness of Holdings or the Borrower (which may be Guaranteed by any Loan Party on a subordinated basis) the proceeds of which are used to prepay outstanding Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(d); provided, that such Indebtedness (i) matures after the six-month anniversary of the Term Loan Maturity Date, (ii) requires no scheduled payment of principal prior to its maturity, (iii) contains subordination provisions that are no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination provisions contained in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and (iv) does not require the issuer thereof or any other obligor thereon to maintain any specified financial condition or performance (other than as a condition to the taking of certain actions);

(k) Indebtedness under or in respect of Hedging Agreements that are not speculative in nature;

(l) Indebtedness incurred to extend, renew or refinance any Indebtedness described in Section 6.1(a), (d), (g), (h), (i) or (j) (“Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided, that (i) such Refinancing Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced, plus the amount of any interest, premiums or penalties required to be paid thereon plus fees and expenses associated therewith, (ii) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a later or equal final maturity and a longer or equal weighted average life to maturity than the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced, (iii) if the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced is subordinated to the Obligations, the Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced, (iv) only the obligors in respect of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced may become obligated with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, (v) the security interest(s) granted in connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness, if any, shall not cover more collateral, in any material respect, than the security interest(s), if any, granted in connection with the Indebtedness being refinanced and (vi) the non-economic covenants, events of default, remedies and other provisions of the Refinancing Indebtedness, when taken as a whole, shall be materially no less favorable to the Lenders than those contained in the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced;

(m) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, so long as such Indebtedness is extinguished within three Business Days of the incurrence thereof;

(n) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time;

(o) Indebtedness of Holdings incurred for the purpose of making Restricted Payments or purchasing stock of management so long as such Indebtedness (i) matures at least six months after the Term Loan Maturity Date, (ii) requires no scheduled payment of principal prior to maturity, (iii) does not permit any payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof and (iv) is subordinated to the prior payment in full of the Obligations on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(p) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts;

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

(r) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims; provided, that (i) upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence and (ii) such letters of credit are not provided to secure the repayment of other Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries; and

(s) other Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Domestic Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $50,000,000 at any time outstanding.

SECTION 6.2. Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including Equity Interests or other securities of any person, including any Subsidiary) now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.2; provided, that such Liens shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the date hereof and any extensions, renewals and replacements thereof permitted hereunder;

(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents;

(c) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided, that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, (ii) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien does not materially interfere with the use, occupancy and operation of any Mortgaged Property;

(d) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in compliance with Section 5.3;

(e) carriers’, landlords’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not due and payable or which are being contested in compliance with Section 5.3;

(f) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

(g) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(h) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business which, in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as currently operated;

(i) purchase money security interests in real property, improvements thereto or equipment hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided, that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1, (ii) such security interests are incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 120 days after such acquisition (or construction), and (iii) such security interests do not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (it being agreed that transactions with the same vendor or any Affiliate of such vendor may be cross-collateralized);

(j) Liens arising out of judgments or awards in respect of which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review in respect of which there shall be secured a subsisting stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings; provided, that the aggregate amount of all such judgments or awards (and any cash and the fair market value of any property subject to such Liens) does not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(k) any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublessor under any license or lease agreement pursuant to which rights are granted to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(l) licenses, leases or subleases granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to third persons in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(m) Liens in favor of customs or revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(n) restrictions imposed in the ordinary course of business on the sale or distribution of designated inventory pursuant to agreements with customers under which such inventory is consigned by the customer or such inventory is designated for sale to one or more customers;

(o) (i) Liens on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by such Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.1(m) and (ii) other Liens on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor securing Indebtedness by such Foreign Subsidiary not, in the case of this clause (ii), in excess of $1,000,000;

(p) any interest of a lessor under Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings regarding leases entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(q) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Liens deemed to exist in connection with investments in repurchase agreements permitted under this Agreement;

(s) Liens that are contractual or statutory setoff rights arising in the ordinary course of business with financial institutions, relating to pooled deposit accounts or sweep accounts of Holdings and its Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or relating to purchase orders or other agreements entered into with customers of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(t) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement; and

(u) other Liens on the assets of the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary that do not, individually or in the aggregate, secure obligations (or encumber property with a fair market value) in excess of $50,000,000 at any one time.

SECTION 6.3. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred unless (a) the sale of such property is permitted by Section 6.5 and (b) any Capital Lease Obligations, Synthetic Lease Obligations or Liens arising in connection therewith are permitted by Sections 6.1 and 6.2, as applicable.

SECTION 6.4. Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire any Equity Interests, evidences of indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other person, except:

(a) (i) investments by Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof in the Equity Interests of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (ii) additional investments by Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the Equity Interests of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries; provided, that (A) any such Equity Interests held by a Loan Party shall be pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (subject to the limitations applicable to voting stock of a Foreign Subsidiary referred to therein) and (B) the aggregate amount of investments by Loan Parties in, and loans and advances by Loan Parties to, Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (other than in connection with (a) any transfer made to pay off the Existing Credit Agreement and (b) the Proposed Restructuring) (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such investments, loans and advances but taking into account repayments, redemptions, return of capital, etc.) under this clause (ii) shall not exceed at any time outstanding the sum of (v) $25,000,000, (w) the principal amount of any loan the proceeds of which are used to fund Capital Expenditures in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 (provided, that any such loan made by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a

Loan Party must have a maturity of no greater than, and must be repaid within, two (2) years from the date of issuance), (x) the principal amount of any dividend by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party made in the form of a promissory note payable by such Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to such Loan Party (provided, that, in connection with the issuance of such promissory note, no loans, advances or other payments were made by such Loan Party to such Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party), (y) the amount of any investment or principal amount of any advance funded with the proceeds of Equity Interests issued by Holdings and (z) the amount of any investment or principal amount of any advance the proceeds of which are used to fund a Permitted Acquisition and which such Loan Party obtained through items (I) through (IV) of Section 6.4(g)(iii)(D);

(b) Permitted Investments;

(c) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that (i) any such loans and advances made by a Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note pledged to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (ii) the amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties shall be subject to the limitation set forth in clause (a) above and (iii) the aggregate amount of outstanding loans and advances made to Holdings shall not exceed $3,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower or $15,000,000 at any time during the term of this Agreement; provided, that the amount of any loans and advances that can be made during any fiscal year pursuant to clause (iii) above shall be increased by the amount of unused permitted loans and advances for any preceding fiscal year so long as the aggregate amount of such loans and advances does not exceed $15,000,000 at any time during the term of this Agreement;

(d) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(e) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may make loans and advances in the ordinary course of business to their respective employees so long as the aggregate principal amount thereof at any time outstanding (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans and advances) shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time and advances in the ordinary course of business of payroll payments to employees;

(f) the Borrower may enter into Hedging Agreements that are not speculative in nature;

(g) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may acquire all or substantially all the assets of a person or line of business of such person, or not less than 100% of the Equity Interests (except for directors’ qualifying shares) of a person (referred to herein as the “Acquired Entity”); provided, that (i) such acquisition was not preceded by an unsolicited tender offer for such Equity Interests by, or proxy contest initiated by, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) the Acquired Entity shall be a going concern and after giving effect to the acquisition the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 6.8; (iii) at the time of such transaction (A) both before and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (B) the Borrower would be in Pro Forma Compliance (assuming for purposes of making such determination with respect to the covenant set forth in Section 6.12 that the Leverage Ratio is at least 0.25 to 1.00 lower than the Leverage Ratio set forth therein and in effect at the time such

determination is made); (C) after giving effect to such acquisition, there must be at least $10,000,000 of unused and available Revolving Credit Commitments; and (D) each Permitted Acquisition shall only consist of, or be financed with (I) cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (II) the proceeds of Equity Interests of Holdings, (III) Incremental Term Loans and (IV) Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.1(c), (g), (h), (i), (n) and (s) (or any Refinancing Indebtedness thereof), and (iv) the Borrower shall comply, and shall cause the Acquired Entity to comply, with the applicable provisions of Section 5.9 and the Security Documents (any acquisition of an Acquired Entity meeting all the criteria of this Section 6.4(g) being referred to herein as a “Permitted Acquisition”);

(h) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold receivables owing to it, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms (including the dating of receivables) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;

(i) Holdings may acquire and hold obligations of one or more officers or other employees of Holdings or its subsidiaries in connection with such officers’ or employees’ acquisition of Equity Interests of Holdings;

(j) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold non-cash consideration issued by the purchaser of assets in connection with a sale of such assets to the extent permitted by Section 6.5;

(k) investments, loans and advances existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.4; and

(l) investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in joint ventures or similar arrangements in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $5,000,000;

(m) in addition to investments permitted by paragraphs (a) through (l) above, additional investments, loans and advances by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries so long as the aggregate amount invested, loaned or advanced pursuant to this paragraph (m) (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such investments, loans and advances but taking into account repayments, redemptions, return of capital etc.) does not exceed (i) $75,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding or (ii) $35,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding with respect to investments in foreign joint ventures or similar arrangements (provided, that clause (ii) above shall not limit investments in Foreign Subsidiaries).

SECTION 6.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. (a) Merge into or consolidate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) of the Borrower or less than all the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other person, except that (i) the Borrower and any Subsidiary may purchase and sell inventory, materials and equipment in the ordinary course of business and may license intellectual property in the ordinary course of business and (ii) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing (u) any Subsidiary may change its form of organization in compliance with Section 5.6(a), if applicable, (v) any Person may make investments and advances permitted by Section 6.4, (w) any wholly owned Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (x) any

wholly owned Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with any other wholly owned Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a wholly owned Subsidiary and no person other than the Borrower, a wholly owned Subsidiary or the De Minimis Holders receives any consideration (provided, that if any party to any such transaction is a Loan Party, the surviving entity of such transaction shall be a Loan Party), (y) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may make Permitted Acquisitions and (z) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with another person in a transaction constituting an Asset Sale permitted hereunder.

(b) Engage in any Asset Sale otherwise permitted under paragraph (a) above unless (i) such Asset Sale is for consideration at least 75% of which is cash (other than in the case of a like-kind exchange or trade-in of one asset for another asset used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), (ii) such consideration is at least equal to the fair market value of the assets being sold, transferred, leased or disposed of and (iii) other than in the case of the sale of one or more parcels of real property in connection with the relocation of the operations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the fair market value of all assets sold, transferred, leased or disposed of pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall not exceed $35,000,000 in any fiscal year.

SECTION 6.6. Restricted Payments; Restrictive Agreements. (a) Declare or make, or agree to declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment (including pursuant to any Synthetic Purchase Agreement but excluding any Restricted Payment made to consummate the Transactions), or incur any obligation (contingent (unless the contingency is the repayment of the Obligations or receipt of consent from the requisite lenders under this Agreement) or otherwise) to do so; provided, however, that:

(i) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions ratably to its equity holders;

(ii) so long as no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, Holdings may (and the Borrower may make distributions to Holdings to enable Holdings to repurchase or make distributions to Parent to enable it to) repurchase Equity Interests of Holdings or Parent owned by employees of Holdings or Parent, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or make payments to employees of Holdings or Parent, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries upon termination of employment of such employees (including as a result of retirement or severance) in connection with the exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights or similar equity incentives or equity based incentives pursuant to management incentive plans or in connection with the death or disability of such employees in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year (it being agreed that (A) any amount not utilized in any fiscal year may be carried forward and utilized in any subsequent fiscal year, (B) such amount shall be increased by the amount of cash proceeds received by Holdings from the sale of Equity Interests of Holdings or Parent to such employees after the Closing Date to the extent such proceeds are contributed directly or indirectly to the Borrower as common equity and (C) any proceeds of key man life insurance actually received by the Borrower or Holdings may be used or distributed by the Borrower or Holdings for purposes of such repurchases without regard to such amount);

(iii) so long as no Event of Default under clause (b) or (c) of Article VII shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings to permit Holdings to pay management fees in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000 per fiscal year; provided, that (a) any such amount referred to above, if not so expended in the fiscal year for which it is permitted, may be carried over for expenditure in the next two succeeding fiscal years and (b) management fees paid pursuant to this clause (iii) during any fiscal year shall be deemed made, first, in respect of amounts carried over from the fiscal year two years prior thereto pursuant to

clause (a) above, second, in respect of amounts carried over from the immediately prior fiscal year pursuant to clause (a) above, and, third, in respect of amounts permitted for such fiscal year as provided above;

(iv) the Borrower and Holdings may make Restricted Payments to Holdings and/or Parent (x) the proceeds of which shall be applied by Holdings and/or Parent to pay out of pocket general corporate and overhead expenses incurred by Holdings and/or Parent not to exceed $5,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower and (y) in the form of Tax Payments, to the extent directly attributable to (or arising as a result of) the operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (A) the amount of such dividends shall not exceed the amount that the Borrower and the Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of Federal, State and local taxes were the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to pay such taxes as stand-alone taxpayers, (B) all Restricted Payments made to Holdings and/or Parent pursuant to this clause (iv) are used by Holdings and/or Parent for the purposes specified herein within 20 days of the receipt thereof and (C) in the case of any Restricted Payment made to Holdings pursuant to this clause (iv), Holdings owns, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower at the time of such Restricted Payment;

(v) in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments to Holdings the proceeds of which may be utilized by Holdings to make additional Restricted Payments, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 100% of Cumulative Excess Cash Flow that is Not Otherwise Applied if the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the immediately preceding four fiscal quarters (after giving pro forma effect to such additional Restricted Payments) was less than 3.25 to 1.00;

(vi) Holdings may make Restricted Payments in any fiscal year to the extent made with the proceeds of an incurrence of Indebtedness or equity issuance (so long as such equity issuance is to any person other than a Loan Party) permitted hereunder; and

(vii) Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make additional Restricted Payments not in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the failure to comply with any Financial Performance Covenant is cured through the exercise of the Cure Right set forth in Article VII, Section 6.6(a)(iii), (v) (vi) and (vii) above shall only be available to the Loan Parties if (x) the Required Lenders consent to the relevant Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 6.6(a)(iii), (v), (vi) or (vii) or (y) the Borrower is in compliance with all Financial Performance Covenants for the end of any two consecutive fiscal quarters following the fiscal quarter in which the Borrower exercised its Cure Right.

(b) Enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (i) the ability of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets to secure the Obligations or (ii) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that (A) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document or the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, (B) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of stock or assets of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided, such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted

hereunder, (C) clause (i) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (D) clause (i) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof and (E) clause (i) and (ii) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed (1) under debt agreements of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred under Section 6.1(h) and Section 6.1(n) or (2) under contracts with customers entered into the ordinary course of business that contain restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth.

SECTION 6.7. Transactions with Affiliates. Except for transactions by or among Loan Parties, sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except that (a) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may engage in any of the foregoing transactions at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) dividends and purchases may be paid and effected to the extent provided in Section 6.6, (c) the Loan Parties may perform their respective obligations under the terms of the Tax Sharing Agreement or any other agreement with any of its Affiliates in effect on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.7, or any amendments thereto that do not materially increase the Loan Parties’ obligations thereunder, (d) reasonable fees and compensation may be paid to, and indemnities may be provided on behalf of, officers, directors and employees of, and consultants (other than the Sponsor) to, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, as determined by the Board of Directors or appropriate officers of the Borrower in good faith, (e) securities may be issued and other payments, awards or grants (in cash, equity securities or otherwise) may be made pursuant to, or with respect to the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower in good faith, (f) the Loan Parties may perform their respective obligations under the terms of any registration rights agreement, (g) loans, investments and advances may be made to the extent permitted by Sections 6.1 and 6.4, (h) Restricted Payments permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.6, (i) equity securities may be sold, (j) fees may be paid to the Sponsor in respect of any acquisitions or dispositions with respect to which the Sponsor acts as an adviser to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an amount not to exceed 1% of the value of such transaction.

SECTION 6.8. Business of Holdings, Borrower and Subsidiaries. (a) With respect to Holdings, engage in any business activities or have any assets or liabilities other than (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and liabilities incidental thereto, including its liabilities hereunder and pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (ii) Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.1.

(b) With respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than the business currently conducted by them and business activities that constitute a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof (including engaging in engineered components businesses not within the aerospace industry) reasonably incidental thereto.

SECTION 6.9. Other Indebtedness; Material Agreements. (a) Permit any supplement, modification or amendment of any joint venture or similar agreement or any indenture, instrument or agreement pursuant to which any Material Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is outstanding if the effect of such supplement, modification or amendment as a whole would materially increase the obligations (including, without limitation, the pricing thereof) of the obligor or confer additional material rights on the holder of such Indebtedness (or the counterparty to the joint venture or similar agreement, as applicable) in a manner that would be, or could reasonably be expected to be, materially detrimental to the Borrower or materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.

(b) (i) Make any distribution, whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof in excess of $15,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, other than regular scheduled payments of principal and interest as and when due (to the extent not prohibited by applicable subordination provisions), in respect of, or pay, or offer or commit to pay, or directly or indirectly (including pursuant to any Synthetic Purchase Agreement) redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire for consideration, or set apart any sum for the aforesaid purposes, any subordinated Indebtedness (provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit any refinancings of Indebtedness in accordance with Section 6.1(l) or the conversion of any such Indebtedness into equity securities) or (ii) pay in cash any amount in respect of any Indebtedness or preferred Equity Interests that may at the obligor’s option be paid in kind or in other securities.

SECTION 6.10. Capital Expenditures. (j) Permit the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in any fiscal year of the Borrower to exceed the sum of (i) the amount set forth below for such fiscal year as the “Capital Expenditure Base Amount” for such year, and (ii) the Acquired CapEx Amount:

Fiscal Year Ended		Capital Expenditure Base Amount
January 1, 2005		$45,000,000
December 31, 2005		$45,000,000
December 30, 2006		$45,000,000
December 29, 2007		$45,000,000
January 3, 2009		$45,000,000
January 2, 2010		$45,000,000
January 1, 2011		$45,000,000
December 31, 2011		$45,000,000

For purposes of this Section 6.10, the “Acquired CapEx Amount”, with respect to any Acquired Entity, shall equal the product of (x) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by the Acquired Entity in the two fiscal years prior to the date of the Permitted Acquisition and (y) 0.50.

(b) The amount of permitted Capital Expenditures set forth in paragraph (a) above (as adjusted in accordance with the terms thereof) in respect of any fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on January 1, 2005, shall be increased (but not decreased) by the amount of unused permitted Capital Expenditures for the two immediately preceding fiscal years; provided, that Capital Expenditures made pursuant to this Section during any fiscal year shall be deemed made, first, in respect of amounts carried over from the fiscal year two years prior thereto pursuant to the preceding sentence, second, in respect of amounts carried over from the immediately prior fiscal year pursuant to the preceding sentence, and, third, in respect of amounts permitted for such fiscal year as provided above.

SECTION 6.11. Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Interest Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, in each case taken as one accounting period, ending on a date or during any period set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth opposite such date or period below:

Date or Period		Ratio
October 2, 2004 through July 1, 2006		2.25 to 1.00
September 30, 2006 through January 3, 2009		2.50 to 1.00
April 4, 2009 through January 2, 2010		2.75 to 1.00
April 3, 2010 and each fiscal quarter thereafter		3.00 to 1.00

SECTION 6.12. Maximum Leverage Ratio. Permit the Leverage Ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter ending on a date or during a period set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such date or period below.

Date or Period		Ratio
October 2, 2004 through July 2, 2005		6.25 to 1.00
October 1, 2005		6.00 to 1.00
December 31, 2005 through July 1, 2006		5.75 to 1.00
September 30, 2006 through December 30, 2006		5.50 to 1.00
March 31, 2007 through June 30, 2007		5.25 to 1.00
September 29, 2007		5.00 to 1.00
December 29, 2007 through March 29, 2008		4.75 to 1.00
June 28, 2008 through September 27, 2008		4.50 to 1.00
January 3, 2009 through October 3, 2009		4.25 to 1.00
January 2, 2010 and each fiscal quarter thereafter		4.00 to 1.00

SECTION 6.13. Fiscal Year. With respect to Holdings and the Borrower, change their fiscal year-end to a date other than the end of the 52 or 53-week period ending the Saturday nearest to December 31.

SECTION 6.14. Amendments to Acquisition Documentation. (a) Amend, supplement or otherwise modify (pursuant to a waiver or otherwise) the terms and conditions of the indemnities and licenses furnished to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Acquisition Documentation such that after giving effect thereto such indemnities or licenses shall be materially less favorable to the interests of the Loan Parties or the Lenders with respect thereto or (b) otherwise amend, supplement or otherwise modify the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Documentation or any such other documents except for any such amendment, supplement or modification that (i) becomes effective after the Closing Date and (ii) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

In case of the happening of any of the following events (“Events of Default”):

(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the borrowings or issuances of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any representation, warranty, statement or information contained in any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument furnished in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished;

(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;

(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or L/C Disbursement or of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.1(a), 5.5(a) or in Article VI;

(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in (b), (c) or (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Borrower;

(f) (i) Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall fail to pay any principal or interest, regardless of amount, due in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, or (ii) any other event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided, that this clause (ii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

(g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or a Material Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary; and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(h) Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in (g) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (vi) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(i) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000 (net of amounts covered by independent third party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and does not deny coverage and of amounts covered by an indemnity from a Person that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, is creditworthy) from a party shall be rendered against Holdings, the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

(j) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000;

(k) any Guarantee under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement for any reason shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms), or any Guarantor shall deny in writing that it has any further liability under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (other than as a result of the discharge of such Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents);

(l) any security interest in any material item of Collateral purported to be created by any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by the Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid, perfected, first priority (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or such Security Document) security interest in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of certificates representing securities pledged under the Pledge Agreement and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and the related insurer shall not have denied or disclaimed in writing that such loss is covered by such title insurance policy;

(m) the Indebtedness under the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Guarantees thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Obligations, as provided in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert; or

(n) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Holdings or the Borrower described in paragraph (g) or (h) (i) - (v) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in

part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; and in any event with respect to Holdings or the Borrower described in paragraph (g) or (h) (i) - (v) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VII, in the event that the Borrower would otherwise fail to comply with the requirements of Sections 6.11 or 6.12 (each, a “Financial Performance Covenant”) at the end of any fiscal quarter, at any time within ten days after the date on which a Compliance Certificate must be delivered for the end of such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, Holdings shall have the right, exercisable at any time during the term of this Agreement (provided that it may not be exercised with respect to more than two fiscal quarters during any consecutive four fiscal quarter period), to issue Permitted Cure Securities (as defined below) for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of Holdings, and to contribute any such cash to the capital of Borrower (the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by Borrower of such cash (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise by Holdings of such Cure Right, the Financial Performance Covenants shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments:

(i) Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenants and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; and

(ii) if, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of all Financial Performance Covenants, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenants as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of any such Financial Performance Covenant that would have otherwise occurred on such date but for the application of the foregoing recalculations shall be deemed not to have occurred.

As used in this Article VII, the term “Permitted Cure Securities” shall mean an equity security of Holdings having no mandatory redemption, repurchase, repayment or similar requirements prior to the six-month anniversary of the Term Loan Maturity Date and upon which all dividends or distributions, at the election of Holdings, may be payable in additional shares of such equity security.

ARTICLE VIII

The Agents

SECTION 8.1. Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 8.2. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

SECTION 8.3. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.

SECTION 8.4. Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Holdings or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

SECTION 8.5. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender, Holdings or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The

Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

SECTION 8.6. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

SECTION 8.7. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Holdings or the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Holdings or the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

SECTION 8.8. Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.

SECTION 8.9. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 7(b), (c), (g) or (h) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 8.10. Co-Documentation Agents and Syndication Agent. Neither the Co-Documentation Agents nor the Syndication Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.1. Notices. Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

(a) if to the Borrower or Holdings, to it at 00000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxx, Fax No. (000) 000-0000, with a copy to Warburg Pincus, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Fax No. (000) 000-0000;

(b) if to the Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, Loan and Agency Services Group, 0000 Xxxxxx, 00^xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX, 00000 Attention: Xxxxx XxXxxx, Fax No. (000) 000-0000, with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Fax No. (000) 000-0000;

(c) if to the Funding Office with respect to Alternative Currcncy Loans, to X.X. Xxxxxx Europe Ltd., 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Attention: Loans Agency (Xxxxxxx Xxxx/Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx), Fax No. 00-000-000-0000/2360; and

(d) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth on Schedule 2.1 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party hereto.

All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in

this Section 9.1 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 9.1. As agreed to among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the applicable Lenders from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.

SECTION 9.2. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower or Holdings herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and the Issuing Bank and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit by the Issuing Bank, regardless of any investigation made by the Lenders or the Issuing Bank or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any Fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not been terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.19 and 9.5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Loans, the expiration of the Commitments, the expiration of any Letter of Credit, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank.

SECTION 9.3. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower, Holdings and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.

SECTION 9.4. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other Person;

(B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and

(C) the Issuing Bank, provided that no consent of the Issuing Bank shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 (or, in the case of (x) US$ Term Loans and Incremental Term Loans, $1,000,000 or (y) Euro Term Loans, €1,000,000) unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;

(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and

(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire.

For the purposes of this Section 9.4, “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.19 and 9.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.4 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to Section 9.8(b) and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.19 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 9.6 as though it were a Lender.

(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.19 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. Any Participant that is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.19 unless such Participant complies with Section 2.19(e).

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 9.4(b). Each of Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.

SECTION 9.5. Expenses; Indemnity. (a) The Borrower and Holdings agree, jointly and severally, to pay all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein and the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions hereby or thereby contemplated shall be consummated) or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the

other Loan Documents or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent, and, in connection with any such enforcement or protection, the fees, charges and disbursements of any other counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

(b) The Borrower and Holdings agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Issuing Bank and each Related Party of any of the foregoing persons (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto or thereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit, (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto, or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries; provided, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(c) To the extent that Holdings and the Borrower fail to pay any amount required to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided, that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such. For purposes hereof, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at the time.

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, neither Holdings nor the Borrower shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

(e) The provisions of this Section 9.5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Loans, the expiration of the Commitments, the expiration of any Letter of Credit, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank. All amounts due under this Section 9.5 shall be payable on written demand therefor.

SECTION 9.6. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, except to the extent prohibited by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and

other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or Holdings against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower or Holdings now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and other Loan Documents held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section 9.6 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

SECTION 9.7. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN LETTERS OF CREDIT AND AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH LETTER OF CREDIT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OR RULES DESIGNATED IN SUCH LETTER OF CREDIT, OR IF NO SUCH LAWS OR RULES ARE DESIGNATED, THE UNIFORM CUSTOMS AND PRACTICE FOR DOCUMENTARY CREDITS MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED AND IN EFFECT, ON THE DATE SUCH LETTER OF CREDIT WAS ISSUED, BY THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (THE “UNIFORM CUSTOMS”) AND, AS TO MATTERS NOT GOVERNED BY THE UNIFORM CUSTOMS, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 9.8. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank in exercising any power or right hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on the Borrower or Holdings in any case shall entitle the Borrower or Holdings to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any of the Security Documents nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower, Holdings and the Required Lenders; provided, however, that (x) the Borrower, Holdings and the Administrative Agent may enter into an amendment to effect the provisions of Section 2.23(b) upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement (and any such amendment shall in any event be deemed to have occurred upon such effectiveness) and (y) no such agreement under this Section 9.8(b) shall (i) decrease the principal amount of, or extend the maturity of or any scheduled principal payment date or date for the payment of any interest on any Loan or any date for reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement, or waive or excuse any such payment or any part thereof, or decrease the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Disbursement, without the prior written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (ii) increase or extend the Commitment or decrease or extend the date for payment of any Fees of or any other amount actually due and payable hereunder to any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender, (iii) amend or modify the pro rata requirements of Section 2.16, the provisions of Section 9.4(j), the provisions of this Section, or release any Guarantor or all or substantially all of the Collateral, without the prior written consent of each Lender, (iv) change the provisions of any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments due to Lenders holding Loans of one Class differently from the rights of Lenders holding Loans of any other Class without the prior written consent of Lenders holding a majority in interest of the

outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each adversely affected Class, (v) amend, modify or waive compliance by Holdings or the Borrower with the provisions of Section 6.11 or 6.12 (or with the provisions of Section 4.1, as it relates to an Event of Default following a breach of any provision of this Agreement) without the prior written consent of Revolving Lenders holding a majority in interest of the Revolving Credit Commitments, (vii) reduce the percentage contained in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” without the prior written consent of each Lender (it being understood that with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Term Loan Commitments and Revolving Credit Commitments on the date hereof) or (viii) without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, amend the definition of the term “Interest Period” in any way which would permit Interest Periods to be in excess of six months without regard to availability to Lenders; provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).

SECTION 9.9. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan or participation in any L/C Disbursement, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan or participation in such L/C Disbursement under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan or participation in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan or participation hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan or participation but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 9.9 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or participations or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Fee Letter and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any other previous agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto and thereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereunder (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO

ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.

SECTION 9.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 9.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.3. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.14. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against the Borrower, Holdings or their respective properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(b) Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or Federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(c) Each of Holdings and the Borrower irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be

disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or quasi-regulatory authority (such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or any suit, action or proceeding relating to the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder, (v) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 9.16, to (A) any actual or prospective assignee or pledgee of or participant in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective obligations, (vi) with the consent of the Borrower or (vii) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.16. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” shall mean all information received from the Borrower or Holdings and related to the Borrower or Holdings or their business, other than any such information that was available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Borrower or Holdings; provided that, in the case of Information received from the Borrower or Holdings after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.16 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such person would accord its own confidential information.

SECTION 9.17. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

SECTION 9.18. Releases of Guarantees and Liens. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 9.8) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 9.8 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.

(b) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than obligations under or in respect of Hedging Agreements) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

SECTION 9.19. Judgment Currency. (a) The Borrower’s obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to make payments in a specified currency (the “Obligation Currency”) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any currency other than the Obligation Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by the Administrative Agent or a Lender of the full amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender under this Agreement or

the other Loan Documents. If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Loan Party in any court or in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any currency other than the Obligation Currency (such other currency being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in the Obligation Currency, the conversion shall be made, at the rate of exchange (as quoted by the Administrative Agent or if the Administrative Agent does not quote a rate of exchange on such currency, by a known dealer in such currency designated by the Administrative Agent) determined, in each case, as of the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which the judgment is given (such Business Day being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Currency Conversion Date”).

(b) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Currency Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the Borrowers covenant and agree to pay, or cause to be paid, such additional amounts, if any (but in any event not a lesser amount), as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial award at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Currency Conversion Date.

(c) For purposes of determining any rate of exchange or currency equivalent for this Section, such amounts shall include any premium and costs payable in connection with the purchase of the Obligation Currency.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

	PP HOLDING CORPORATION,

	by	/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
		Name: Xxxx Xxxx
		Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary


	PP ACQUISITION CORPORATION,

	by	/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
		Name: Xxxx Xxxx
		Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that, upon the effectiveness of the Merger, it will succeed by operation of law to all of the rights and obligations of the Borrower set forth herein and that all references herein to the “Borrower” shall thereupon be deemed to be references to the undersigned.


POLYPORE, INC.

by	/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title:

	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually and as Administrative Agent,

	by	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Title: Vice President


	BEAR XXXXXXX CORPORATE LENDING INC., individually and as Syndication Agent,

	by	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
		Title: Vice President


	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, individually and as Co-Documentation Agent,

	by	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Title: Vice President

	XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.

	by	/s/ G. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
		Name: G. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
		Title: Authorized Signatory


	UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC

	by	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Saint
		Name: Xxxxxxx X. Saint
		Title: Director, Banking Products Services U.S.

	by	/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx-XxXxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx-XxXxxxxxx
		Title: Associate Director, Banking Products Services U.S.

	ING CAPITAL LLC

	by	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
		Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
		Title: Managing Director


	NATIONAL CITY BANK

	by	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
		Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
		Title: Account Officer


	XXXXXXXXXXX SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

	by	/S/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
		Title: A.V.P.


	KZH CYPRESS TREE-1 LLC

	by	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Authorized Agent


	KZH SOLEIL-2 LLC

	by	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Authorized Agent


	KZH STERLING LLC

	by	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Authorized Agent


	BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY


	by	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
		Title: Vice President

	KZH CRESCENT-2 LLC


	by	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Authorized Agent


	KZH CRESCENT-3 LLC


	by	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Authorized Agent


	KZH SOLEIL LLC


	by	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Authorized Agent

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