PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG SUPERIOR TELECOM INC., SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC., ESSEX INTERNATIONAL INC., ESSEX GROUP, INC., THE ALPINE GROUP, INC. AND ALPINE HOLDCO INC. DATED: October 31, 2002Purchase Agreement • November 14th, 2002 • Alpine Group Inc /De/ • Drawing & insulating of nonferrous wire • Delaware
THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into this 31st day of October, 2002 by and among Superior TeleCom Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SUT"), Superior Telecommunications Inc., a Delaware corporation ("STI"), Essex International Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Essex International"), Essex Group, Inc., a Michigan corporation ("Essex Group" and, together with Essex International, "Essex"), The Alpine Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Alpine"), and Alpine Holdco Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Buyer") and a newly-formed, wholly-owned corporate subsidiary of Alpine. SUT, STI and Essex are sometimes hereinafter referred to individually as a "Seller" and collectively as the "Sellers."
RECEIVABLES FUNDING AGREEMENT Dated as of November 6, 2002 by and among SUPERIOR ESSEX FUNDING LLC, as Borrower, SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC., as Servicer, THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SIGNATORY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, as Lenders and GENERAL...Receivables Funding Agreement • November 14th, 2002 • Alpine Group Inc /De/ • Drawing & insulating of nonferrous wire • Delaware
THIS RECEIVABLES FUNDING AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Agreement") is entered into as of November 6, 2002 by and among SUPERIOR ESSEX FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Borrower"), Superior Telecommunications Inc., a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as servicer hereunder (in such capacity, the "Servicer"), the financial institutions signatory hereto from time to time as lenders (the "Lenders"), and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as a Lender and as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent").
SECTION ONE—AMENDMENTSCredit Agreement • November 14th, 2002 • Alpine Group Inc /De/ • Drawing & insulating of nonferrous wire • New York
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTSettlement Agreement • November 14th, 2002 • Alpine Group Inc /De/ • Drawing & insulating of nonferrous wire • New York
AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") made as of the 13th day of September 2002, by and among Superior TeleCom Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Parent"), Superior Telecommunications Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent (the "Company," and together with the Parent and its affiliated companies, the "Employer"), and Steven S. Elbaum ("Elbaum").
QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this documentCredit Agreement • November 14th, 2002 • Alpine Group Inc /De/ • Drawing & insulating of nonferrous wire • New York
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT, dated as of July 29, 2002 (this "Amendment"), to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 27, 1998, as previously amended, modified and supplemented and as last amended by Amendment Number Seven, dated as of March 28, 2002 (the "Credit Agreement"), among SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. (formerly known as Superior/Essex Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), ESSEX GROUP INC., a Michigan corporation ("Essex" and, together with the Company, the "Borrowers"), each of the Guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors") (which Guarantors include Superior TeleCom Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Parent")), the lending institutions from time to time party thereto (each a "Lender" and, collectively, the "Lenders"), BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Administrative Agent, MERRILL LYNCH & CO., as Documentation Agent, and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Syndication Agent (the "Agents"). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the mean
RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT Dated as of November 6, 2002 by and among EACH OF THE ENTITIES PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME AS ORIGINATORS SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. and SUPERIOR ESSEX FUNDING LLCReceivables Sale Agreement • November 14th, 2002 • Alpine Group Inc /De/ • Drawing & insulating of nonferrous wire • Delaware
THIS RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this "Agreement") is entered into as of November 6, 2002, by and among each of the persons signatory hereto from time to time as Originators, each an "Originator" and, collectively, the "Originators"), SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation ("Superior"), and SUPERIOR ESSEX FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Buyer").
