May 7, 2004 Foster Wheeler LLC Perryville Corporate Park Service Road East 173 Clinton, New Jersey 08809-4000

Exhibit 99.29

EXECUTION COPY

May 7, 2004

Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLC

Perryville Corporate Park

Service Road East 173

Clinton, New Jersey 08809-4000

FOURTH EXTENSION OF COMMITMENTS

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Commitment Letter dated February 4, 2004 (as modified by the Extension of Commitments dated April 5, 2004, the Second Extension of Commitments dated April 12, 2004 and the Third Extension of Commitments dated May 4, 2004, the “Commitment Letter”), among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and the entities listed on Schedule 1 thereto (the “Purchasers”), in connection with the proposed repayment of approximately $120,000,000 of certain funded debt of the Company.  Terms defined in the Commitment Letter are used herein as defined therein.

The Company has requested that the Purchasers consent to a fourth extension of the Commitment Letter and the Purchasers are willing to so consent upon the terms and conditions of this letter (the “Letter”).  Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.  Amendments.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 hereof, the Commitment Letter shall be amended as follows:

1.01.  Termination of Commitment.  Section 7(a) of the Commitment Letter is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

“(a)         May 19, 2004;”

Section 2.  Conditions.  The amendments set forth in Section 1 hereof shall become effective, as of the date hereof, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a)  Execution of this Letter. The execution and delivery of counterparts of this Letter by the Company and each of the Purchasers not later than May 7, 2004; and

(b)  Payment of Fees.  The payment of any outstanding invoices for fees and expenses incurred by Saybrook Restructuring Advisors, LLC and Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, with respect to which invoices have been delivered to the Company on or before May 7, 2004.

Section 3.  Miscellaneous.  Except as herein provided, the terms and conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter shall continue unchanged and in full force and effect.  This Letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

                                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Letter to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.

	Very truly yours,
	XXXXXX XXXXXXX LLC
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Title:	Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Name:	Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

	Purchaser:
	Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
	Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
	Title: Vice President

	Purchaser:
	Xxxxxx Advisors, LLC
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
	Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
	Title: SVP

Purchaser:

Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

		By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
		Name:		Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
		Title:		Portfolio Manager

	Purchaser:
	Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International Investment Fund
	- MLIIF Global Allocation Fund
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
	Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
	Title: Portfolio Manager

	Purchaser:
	Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Variable Series Fund, Inc. -
	Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Global Allocation V.I. Fund
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
	Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
	Title: Portfolio Manager

	Purchaser:
	Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Series Funds, Inc. - Global
	Allocation Strategy Portfolio
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
	Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
	Title: Portfolio Manager

	Purchaser:
	Tribeca Investments Ltd.
	By:	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
	Name:			Xxxxx Xxxxxx
	Title:		Chief Financial Officer Tribeca Management LLC

	Purchaser:
	Highbridge Capital Corporation
	By:	Highbridge Capital Management, LLC
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
	Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
	Title: Portfolio Manager

	Purchaser:
	SPECIAL VALUE ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND, LLC
	By:	SVAR/MM, LLC
	Its:	Managing Member
	By:	Xxxxxxxxxx Capital Partners, LLC
	Its:	Managing Member
	By:	Xxxxxxxxxx & Co., LLC
	Its:	Managing Member
	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
	Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
	Title: Managing Partner

	Purchaser:
	SPECIAL VALUE BOND FUND II, LLC
	By:	SVIM/MSM II, LLC
	Its:	Managing Member
	By:	Xxxxxxxxxx & Co., LLC
	Its:	Managing Member

	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
	Title:	Managing Partner