CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
and
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,
as Borrowers;
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
NATIONAL CITY BANK
and
BANK OF MONTREAL, Chicago Branch,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
and
THE OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO
Closing Date: June 15, 2007
 
$300,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility
 
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Arranger and Sole Book Runner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

         
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    1  
Section 1.1 Definitions
    1  
Section 1.2 Times
    13  
Section 1.3 Accounting Terms and Determinations
    13    
ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
    14  
Section 2.1 Revolving Advances
    14  
Section 2.2 Procedure for Making Revolving Advances
    14  
Section 2.3 Interest
    15  
Section 2.4 Limitation of Outstandings
    17  
Section 2.5 Principal and Interest Payment Dates
    17  
Section 2.6 Level Status and Margins
    17  
Section 2.7 Letters of Credit
    19  
Section 2.8 Facility Fee
    21  
Section 2.9 Other Fees
    21  
Section 2.10 Termination or Reduction of the Commitment
    22  
Section 2.11 Voluntary Prepayments
    22  
Section 2.12 Computation of Interest and Fees
    22  
Section 2.13 Payments
    22  
Section 2.14 Payment on Nonbusiness Days
    23  
Section 2.15 Use of Advances and Letters of Credit
    24  
Section 2.16 Yield Protection; Funding Indemnification
    24  
Section 2.17 Taxes
    25  
Section 2.18 Capital Adequacy
    27  
Section 2.19 Joint and Several Liability; Accommodation Party Defenses Waived
    28  
Section 2.20 Swing Line
    29  
Section 2.21 Substitution of Lender
    31  
Section 2.22 Increase of Aggregate Commitment Amount
    32    
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
    33  
Section 3.1 Conditions to Effectiveness
    33  
Section 3.2 Initial Conditions Precedent
    34  
Section 3.3 Additional Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions to Designated
Subsidiaries
    34  
Section 3.4 Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions
    35    
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
    35  
Section 4.1 Corporate Existence and Power
    35  
Section 4.2 Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law or Agreements
    36  
Section 4.3 Legal Agreements
    36  
Section 4.4 Subsidiaries
    36  
Section 4.5 Financial Condition
    37  
Section 4.6 Adverse Change
    37  
Section 4.7 Litigation
    37  

 

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Section 4.8 Hazardous Substances
    37  
Section 4.9 Regulation U
    38  
Section 4.10 Taxes
    38  
Section 4.11 Burdensome Restrictions
    38  
Section 4.12 Titles and Liens
    38  
Section 4.13 ERISA
    38  
Section 4.14 Investment Company Act
    39  
Section 4.15 Solvency
    39  
Section 4.16 Swap Obligations
    39  
Section 4.17 Insurance
    39  
Section 4.18 Compliance With Laws
    39  
Section 4.19 No Contractual Default
    39    
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
    39  
Section 5.1 Financial Statements
    40  
Section 5.2 Books and Records; Inspection and Examination
    41  
Section 5.3 Compliance with Laws
    42  
Section 5.4 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
    42  
Section 5.5 Maintenance of Properties
    42  
Section 5.6 Insurance
    42  
Section 5.7 Preservation of Corporate Existence
    43  
Section 5.8 Use of Proceeds
    43    
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
    43  
Section 6.1 Liens
    43  
Section 6.2 Sale of Assets
    45  
Section 6.3 Consolidation and Merger
    45  
Section 6.4 Hazardous Substances
    46  
Section 6.5 Restrictions on Nature of Business
    46  
Section 6.6 Transactions with Affiliates
    46  
Section 6.7 Leverage Ratio
    46  
Section 6.8 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
    46  
Section 6.9 Adjusted Net Worth
    46  
Section 6.10 Investments
    47  
Section 6.11 Guarantees
    48    
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
    49  
Section 7.1 Events of Default
    49  
Section 7.2 Rights and Remedies
    51  
Section 7.3 Pledge of Cash Collateral Account
    52    
ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
    53  
Section 8.1 Authorization
    53  
Section 8.2 Distribution of Payments and Proceeds
    53  
Section 8.3 Expenses
    54  
Section 8.4 Payments Received Directly by Lenders
    54  
Section 8.5 Indemnification
    54  

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Section 8.6 Exculpation
    55  
Section 8.7 Administrative Agent and Affiliates
    56  
Section 8.8 Credit Investigation
    56  
Section 8.9 Resignation
    56  
Section 8.10 Assignments
    56  
Section 8.11 Participations
    59  
Section 8.12 Limitation on Assignments and Participations
    60  
Section 8.13 Disclosure of Information
    60  
Section 8.14 Titles
    61    
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS
    61  
Section 9.1 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
    61  
Section 9.2 Designation of Designated Subsidiaries
    61  
Section 9.3 Amendments, Etc
    62  
Section 9.4 Notices
    63  
Section 9.5 Costs and Expenses
    64  
Section 9.6 Indemnification by Borrowers
    64  
Section 9.7 Execution in Counterparts
    65  
Section 9.8 Binding Effect, Assignment
    65  
Section 9.9 Governing Law
    65  
Section 9.10 Severability of Provisions
    65  
Section 9.11 Consent to Jurisdiction
    65  
Section 9.12 Waiver of Jury Trial
    65  
Section 9.13 Prior Agreements; Restatement of Existing Credit Agreement
    66  
Section 9.14 General Release
    66  
Section 9.15 Recalculation of Covenants Following Accounting Practices Change
    66  
Section 9.16 Headings
    66  
Section 9.17 Nonliability of Lenders
    66  
Section 9.18 Customer Identification –USA Patriot Act Notice
    67  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 15, 2007
Sensient Technologies Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation; the Lenders, as
defined below; and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking
association, as Administrative Agent, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Article have
the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as
the singular.
     “Accounting Practices Change” means any change in the Company’s accounting
practices that is required under the standards of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board.
     “Acquisition Target” means any Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company
after the date hereof; any Person that is merged into or consolidated with the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof; or any Person
with respect to which all or a substantial part of that Person’s assets are
acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof.
     “Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “Additional Lender” means a financial institution that becomes a Lender
pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 8.10.
     “Adjusted Net Worth” means, as of the date of any determination, the
aggregate amount of the capital stock accounts (net of treasury stock, at cost),
plus (or minus, in the case of a deficit) (a) the surplus in retained earnings
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as determined in accordance with GAAP, minus
(b) all Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries other than those
specified in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Section 6.10.
     “Administrative Agent” means Wells Fargo acting in its capacity as
administrative agent for itself and the other Lenders hereunder.
     “Advance” means a Revolving Advance or a Swing Line Advance.
     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such Person.
A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person
owns 25% or more of the voting securities (or other ownership interests) of the
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or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through
ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise. Unless otherwise specified,
“Affiliate” means an Affiliate of the Company or a Subsidiary.
     “Aggregate Commitment Amount” means $300,000,000, as such amount may be
reduced pursuant to Section 2.10 or increased pursuant to Section 2.22.
     “Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as it may be amended, modified or
restated from time to time in accordance with Section 9.3.
     “Alternative Currency” means Canadian dollars, English pounds, Euros, Swiss
francs, or any other currency (other than Dollars) requested by any Borrower and
acceptable to all of the Lenders.
     “Alternative Currency Funding” means a Borrowing or any portion thereof
that is made in an Alternative Currency.
     “Alternative Currency Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency.
     “Assignment Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.10.
     “Base Rate” means an annual rate equal to the Reference Rate, plus the Base
Rate Margin, which rate shall change when and as the Reference Rate or any
component of the Base Rate Margin changes.
     “Base Rate Funding” means any Borrowing, or any portion of the principal
balance of the Notes, bearing interest at the Base Rate.
     “Base Rate Margin” means a percentage, determined as set forth in
Section 2.6.
     “Borrower” means the Company or any Designated Subsidiary. The parties
acknowledge that, as of the date hereof, the Company is the only Borrower
hereunder.
     “Borrowing” means a borrowing under Article II consisting of Revolving
Advances made to a Borrower at the same time by each of the Lenders severally.
     “Business Day” means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate
selection of Eurodollar Rate Fundings, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday)
on which banks generally are open in Minnesota, California, Wisconsin and New
York for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending
activities, interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system and
dealings in United States dollars or the applicable Alternative Currency, as the
case may be, are carried on in the London interbank market and (ii) for all
other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally
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Wisconsin and New York for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial
lending activities and interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire
system.
     “Capitalized Lease” means any lease that in accordance with GAAP should be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee thereunder.
     “Cash Collateral Account” means an interest-bearing account maintained with
the Administrative Agent in which funds are deposited pursuant to Section 2.7(h)
or Section 7.2(c).
     “Change of Control” means, with respect to any corporation, either (i) the
acquisition by any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the SEC, except that a Person shall be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of all securities that such Person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time), directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the then-outstanding voting
capital stock of such corporation; or (ii) a change in the composition of the
Governing Board of such corporation or any corporate parent of such corporation
such that continuing directors cease to constitute more than 50% of such
Governing Board. As used in this definition, “continuing directors” means, as of
any date, (i) those members of the Governing Board of the applicable corporation
who assumed office prior to such date, and (ii) those members of the Governing
Board of the applicable corporation who assumed office after such date and whose
appointment or nomination for election by that corporation’s shareholders was
approved by a vote of at least 50% of the directors of such corporation in
office immediately prior to such appointment or nomination.
     “Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, that Lender’s commitment
to make Advances and participate in Letters of Credit pursuant to Article II.
     “Commitment Amount” means, with respect to each Lender, the amount set
forth opposite that Lender’s name in Exhibit A or on any Assignment Certificate,
unless said amount is reduced pursuant to Section 2.10 or increased pursuant to
Section 2.22, in which event it means the amount to which said amount is reduced
or increased.
     “Commitment Termination Date” means June 15, 2012, or the earlier date of
termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.10 or 7.2.
     “Company” means Sensient Technologies Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation
and a party to this Agreement.
     “Compliance Certificate” means a certificate in substantially the form of
Exhibit D, or such other form as the Company and the Lenders may from time to
time agree upon in writing, executed by the chief financial officer, controller,
chief accounting officer or treasurer of the Company, (i) setting forth relevant
facts in reasonable detail the computations as to whether or not the Company is
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with the requirements set forth in the Financial Covenants, (ii) stating that
the financial statements delivered therewith have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to year-end
audit adjustments, and (iii) stating whether or not such officer has knowledge
of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder not theretofore
reported or remedied and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts with
respect thereto.
     “Credit Extension” means the making of any Advance or the issuance of any
Letter of Credit.
     “Default” means an event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of
time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
     “Departing Lender” means a Person that (i) was a Lender under and as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness
of this Agreement, and (ii) is not a Lender under this Agreement immediately
upon the effectiveness of this Agreement.
     “Designated Subsidiary” means any corporate Subsidiary of the Company
designated for borrowing privileges under this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.2.
     “Designation Letter” means a letter in the form of Exhibit H.
     “Dollar Equivalent” means (i) with respect to a Borrowing, Advance or
Letter of Credit made or denominated in Dollars, the amount of such Borrowing,
Advance or Letter of Credit, and (ii) with respect to an Alternative Currency
Funding or Alternative Currency Letter of Credit, the amount in
freely-transferable Dollars that the Administrative Agent may purchase for the
amount and in the currency of such Alternative Currency Funding or Alternative
Currency Letter of Credit on the spot market on the day of determination,
determined at the Administrative Agent’s discretion within the period of three
Business Days preceding the day of such Alternative Currency Funding, as of the
first day of the Interest Period applicable to such Alternative Currency
Funding, on the date of the issuance of or any draw under such Alternative
Currency Letter of Credit and at such other times as the Administrative Agent
shall determine in accordance with this Agreement.
     “Dollars” means United States Dollars.
     “EBITDA” means, with respect to any period, EBITR with respect to that
period, less (to the extent included in EBITR) Rental Expense, plus (to the
extent deducted in determining net income for purposes of EBITR) depreciation
and amortization.
     “EBITR” means, with respect to any period:

  (i)   (A) the after-tax net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for
such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP,
excluding (B) non-operating gains and losses (including

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      extraordinary or unusual gains and losses, gains and losses from
discontinuance of operations, gains and losses arising from the sale of assets
other than inventory, and other non-recurring gains and losses)

     plus

  (ii)   the sum of the following to the extent deducted in arriving at the
after-tax net income determined in clause (i)(A) of this definition (but without
duplication for any item):

  (A)   Interest Expense,     (B)   income tax expense of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and     (C)   Rental Expense.

     “Effective Date” means the first date on or after the date hereof on which
all conditions set forth in Section 3.1 have been satisfied.
     “Eligible Lender” means (a) a financial institution organized under the
laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $250,000,000; (b) a commercial bank organized under the
laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such country, and
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000, provided that
such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States; or
(c) a person controlled by, controlling, or under common control with any entity
identified in clause (a) or (b) above.
     “Eligible Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that (i) is a
corporation or limited liability company, (ii) is wholly-owned (directly or
indirectly) by the Company, and (iii) if such Subsidiary is a Foreign
Subsidiary, has been expressly approved by the Administrative Agent as a
Borrower hereunder.
     “Environmental Law” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1802 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act,
15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. §
1252 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1321 et seq., the Clean Air Act,
42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq., and any other federal, state, county, municipal, local
or other statute, law, ordinance or regulation which may relate to or deal with
human health or the environment, all as may be from time to time amended.
     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.

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     “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
that is, along with the Company, a member of a controlled group of corporations
or a controlled group of trades or businesses, as described in sections 414(b)
and 414(c), respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     “Eurodollar Base Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the rate
per annum which appears under the heading “British Bankers Association LIBOR
Rates”  on Reuters page LIBOR01 in the column designated USD (or such other
column and page as may be appropriate with respect to any Alternative Currency
Funding) as of approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on the date two Business
Days before the commencement of such Interest Period as the rate at which dollar
deposits (or deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency) in immediately
available funds are offered on the London interbank dollar market for a term
substantially equivalent to the applicable Interest Period; provided, however,
that if such page is no longer available, the Eurodollar Base Rate shall be
determined by the Administrative Agent on the basis of the offered rate on such
other page or other service acceptable to the Required Lenders that displays an
average British Bankers Association LIBOR rate for deposits in United States
dollars (or deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency) (for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period.
     “Eurodollar Rate” means the annual rate equal to the sum of (i) the rate
obtained by dividing (a) the applicable Eurodollar Base Rate for funds to be
made available on the first day of any Interest Period in an amount
approximately equal to the amount for which a Eurodollar Rate has been requested
and maturing at the end of such Interest Period, by (b) a percentage equal to
100% minus the Federal Reserve System reserve requirement (expressed as a
percentage) imposed under Regulation D on Eurocurrency liabilities, and (ii) the
Eurodollar Rate Margin.
     “Eurodollar Rate Funding” means any Borrowing, or any portion of the
principal balance of the Notes, bearing interest at a Eurodollar Rate (including
any Alternative Currency Funding).
     “Eurodollar Rate Margin” means a percentage, determined as set forth in
Section 2.6.
     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Existing Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated September 2,
2004 to which the Company, Wells Fargo, as administrative agent, and the Lenders
(as defined therein) are parties, as such Credit Agreement has been amended and
modified prior to the date hereof.
     “Facility Fee Rate” means a percentage, determined as set forth in
Section 2.6.

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     “Federal Funds Rate” means at any time an interest rate per annum equal to
the weighted average of the rates for overnight federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as
published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate
is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative
Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it, it
being understood that the Federal Funds Rate for any day which is not a Business
Day shall be the Federal Funds Rate for the next preceding Business Day.
     “Fee Letter” means the separate agreement between the Company and the
Administrative Agent, setting forth the terms of certain fees to be paid by the
Company to the Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent’s own behalf or
for the benefit of the Lenders, as more fully set forth therein.
     “Financial Covenant” means any of the Company’s obligations set forth in
Sections 6.7, 6.8 and 6.9.
     “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of
the Company, the ratio of EBITR to the sum of Interest Expense and Rental
Expense, determined with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries for the
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such quarter-end.
     “Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that is organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America
(including any state or territory thereof and the District of Columbia) and that
is not dually incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia.
     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time applied on a basis consistent with the accounting practices applied
in the financial statements of the Company referred to in Section 4.5, except
for changes concurred in by Company’s independent public accountants and
disclosed in Company’s financial statements or the notes thereto.
     “Governing Board” means, with respect to any corporation, limited liability
company or similar Person, the board of directors, board of governors or other
body or entity that sets overall institutional direction for such Person.
     “Hazardous Substance” means any asbestos, urea-formaldehyde,
polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), nuclear fuel or material, chemical waste,
radioactive material, explosives, known carcinogens, petroleum products and
by-products and other dangerous, toxic or hazardous pollutants, contaminants,
chemicals, materials or substances listed or identified in, or regulated by, any
Environmental Law.

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     “Interest Expense” means, with respect to any period, the aggregate
interest expense (including capitalized interest) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis) for such period, including but
not limited to the interest portion of any Capitalized Lease.
     “Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Funding, a
period of one, two, three or six months beginning on a Business Day, as elected
by a Borrower; provided, however, that if an Interest Period would otherwise end
on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on the next
following Business Day (unless such next following Business Day is the first
Business Day of a calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end
on the next preceding Business Day).
     “Investment” means any stock or other securities or evidence of
indebtedness of, loans or advances to, or other interest in, any Person.
     “Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
     “Issuing Bank” means Wells Fargo, acting as the bank issuing Letters of
Credit.
     “L/C Amount” means the sum of (i) the aggregate face amount of any issued
and outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (ii) amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit for which the Lenders have neither been reimbursed nor effected a
Borrowing.
     “L/C Application” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b).
     “L/C Sublimit” means $20,000,000.
     “Lender Party” means the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line
Lender and the Issuing Bank.
     “Lenders” means Wells Fargo, acting on its own behalf and not as
Administrative Agent, each of the undersigned banks and any financial
institution that becomes a Lender pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Section 8.10, collectively.
     “Letter of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).
     “Level Status” means a level (designated “Level 1”, “Level 2”, and so on)
determined pursuant to Section 2.6(c).
     “Leverage Ratio” means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company,
the ratio of (A) Total Funded Debt as of that quarter-end, to (B) EBITDA during
the period of four fiscal quarters ending on that quarter-end, all determined
with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
     “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, security interest
or other charge or encumbrance, of any kind whatsoever, including but not
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interest of the lessor or titleholder under any Capitalized Lease, title
retention contract or similar agreement.
     “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, any L/C Application, the
Fee Letter and any Designation Letter.
     “Material Adverse Change” means a material adverse change in the business,
condition (financial or otherwise), or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
     “Maximum Aggregate Commitment Amount” means $375,000,000, unless said
amount is reduced pursuant to Section 2.10, in which event it means the amount
to which said amount is reduced.
     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
     “Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
     “Note” means a Revolving Note or the Swing Line Note.
     “Obligations” means each and every debt, liability and obligation of every
type and description arising under any of the Loan Documents which any Borrower
may now or at any time hereafter owe to any Lender or the Administrative Agent,
whether such debt, liability or obligation now exists or is hereafter created or
incurred, whether it is direct or indirect, due or to become due, absolute or
contingent, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, or sole, joint,
several or joint and several, including but not limited to principal of and
interest on the Notes and all fees due under this Agreement, the Fee Letter or
any other Loan Document.
     “Off-Balance Sheet Liability” of a Person means (i) any repurchase
obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes
receivable sold by such Person, (ii) any liability under any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction which is not a Capitalized Lease, and (iii) all Synthetic Lease
Obligations of such Person.
     “Organizational Documents” means, (i) with respect to any corporation, the
articles of incorporation and bylaws of such corporation, (ii) with respect to
any partnership, the partnership agreement of such partnership, (iii) with
respect to any limited liability company, the articles of organization and
operating agreement of such company, and (iv) with respect to any entity, any
and all other shareholder, partner or member control agreements and similar
organizational documents relating to such entity.
     “Outstandings” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
aggregate principal balance of the Notes then outstanding, and (ii) the L/C
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     “Participating Affiliate” means, (a) with respect to any Lender, (i) an
Affiliate of such Lender or (ii) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership,
trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course
of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of
such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in
bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank
loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment
advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
     “Percentage” means, with respect to each Lender, the ratio of (i) that
Lender’s Commitment Amount, to (ii) the aggregate Commitment Amounts of all of
the Lenders. For purposes of this definition only, following the Commitment
Termination Date, each Lender’s Commitment Amount shall be deemed to be the
principal balance outstanding of that Lender’s Revolving Note.
     “Permitted Swap Obligations” means all obligations (contingent or
otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof existing or arising under
Swap Contracts, provided that each of the following criteria is satisfied:
(a) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person or its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly
mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments or assets held or to
be held by such Person and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market
view;” and (b) such Swap Contracts do not contain any provision
(“walk-away” provision) exonerating the non-defaulting party from its
obligations to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting
party.
     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
     “Plan” means an employee benefit plan or other plan established or
maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate and covered by
Title IV of ERISA.
     “Prime Rate” means, at any time, the rate of interest most recently
announced by Wells Fargo at its principal office as its “prime rate” or, if
Wells Fargo ceases to announce a rate so designated, any similar successor rate
designated by Wells Fargo. Such rate is one of Wells Fargo’s base rates and
serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for
those loans making reference thereto, and is evidenced by the recording thereof
in such publication or publications as Wells Fargo may designate.
     “Reference Debt” means the Company’s non-credit-enhanced long-term
indebtedness that is not subordinated to any other long-term indebtedness of the
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     “Reference Debt Rating Level” means a level (designated “RDR1”, “RDR2”, and
so on) determined pursuant to Section 2.6(b).
     “Reference Rate” means, at any time, the greater of:
               (a) the Prime Rate,
               or
               (b) the Federal Funds Rate, plus 50 basis points (0.50%).
     “Rental Expense” means, with respect to any period, the aggregate amount of
rental payments made by the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on a
consolidated basis) for such period with respect to operating leases.
     “Reportable Event” means (i) a “reportable event,” described in
Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder, in respect of any
Plan, as to which notice is required to be given to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, (ii) a withdrawal from any Plan, as described in Section 4063 of
ERISA, (iii) an action to terminate a Plan for which a notice is required to be
filed under Section 4041 of ERISA, or (iv) a complete or partial withdrawal from
a Multiemployer Plan as described in Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA.
     “Required Lenders” means one or more Lenders (including, where relevant,
Additional Lenders) having an aggregate Percentage greater than 50%.
     “Revolving Advance” means an advance by the Lenders to any Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.1.
     “Revolving Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
     “S&P” means Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of McGraw-Hill
Corporation.
     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement, directly or
indirectly, with any Person whereby a seller or transferor shall sell or
otherwise transfer any real or personal property and concurrently therewith
lease, or repurchase under an extended purchase contract, conditional sales or
other title retention agreement, the same or substantially similar property.
     “Solvent” means, with respect to any Person, that as of the date of
determination (i) the fair market value of the property of such Person is
(A) greater than the total liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of
such Person, and (B) not less than the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liabilities on such Person’s debts as they come due, considering all
financing alternatives and potential asset sales reasonably available to such
Person; (ii) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its
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transaction; (iii) such Person does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should
it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such
debts as they become due; and (iv) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning
given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent
transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any
contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light
of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the
amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
     “Subsidiary” means (i) any corporation of which more than 50% of the
outstanding shares of capital stock having general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect a majority of the Governing Board of such corporation,
irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency, is at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries, or by one or more other
Subsidiaries, (ii) any partnership of which more than 50% of the partnership
interest therein are directly or indirectly owned by the Company, by the Company
and one or more other Subsidiaries, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, and
(iii) any limited liability company or other form of business organization the
effective control of which is held by the Company, the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries, or by one or more other Subsidiaries.
     “Swap Contracts” means any agreement, whether or not in writing, relating
to any transaction that is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction,
commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond,
note or bill option, interest rate option, forward foreign exchange transaction,
cap, collar or floor transaction, currency swap, cross-currency rate swap,
swaption, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option
to enter into any of the foregoing) or any combination of the foregoing, and,
unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any master agreement relating to
or governing any or all of the foregoing.
     “Swing Line Advance” has the meaning provided in Section 2.20.
     “Swing Line Lender” has the meaning provided in Section 2.20.
     “Swing Line Note” has the meaning provided in Section 2.20.
     “Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person
under (i) a so-called synthetic or off-balance sheet or tax retention lease or
(ii) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations
that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the
insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as indebtedness
of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment). The amount of Synthetic
Lease Obligations of any Person under any such lease or agreement shall be the
amount which would be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with GAAP if such lease or agreement were accounted for
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     “Total Funded Debt” of any Person means (without duplication) (i) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (ii) the deferred and unpaid
balance of the purchase price owing by such Person on account of any assets or
services purchased (other than trade payables and other accrued liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business) if such purchase price is (A) due
more than nine months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect
thereof or (B) evidenced by a note or a similar written instrument; (iii) all
Capitalized Lease obligations; (iv) all indebtedness secured by a Lien on any
property owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed
by such Person or is nonrecourse to such Person; (v) notes payable and drafts
accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing
obligations for borrowed money (other than such notes or drafts for the deferred
purchase price of assets or services to the extent such purchase price is
excluded from clause (ii) above); (vi) indebtedness evidenced by bonds, notes or
similar written instrument; (vii) the face amount of all letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptances issued for the account of such Person, and without
duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (other than such letters of credit,
bankers’acceptances and drafts for the deferred purchase price of assets or
services to the extent such purchase price is excluded from clause (ii) above);
(viii) net obligations of such Person under Swap Contracts which constitute
interest rate agreements or currency agreements; (ix) guaranty obligations of
such Person with respect to indebtedness for borrowed money of another Person
(including Affiliates); and (x) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities; provided,
however, that in no event shall any calculation of Total Funded Debt of the
Company include deferred taxes.
     “Welfare Plan” means a “welfare plan” as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.
     “Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national
banking association and a party to this Agreement.
Section 1.2 Times
All references to times of day in this Agreement shall be references to
Minneapolis, Minnesota time unless otherwise specifically provided.
Section 1.3 Accounting Terms and Determinations
Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be
interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all
financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP; provided that in the event of any Accounting Practices
Change, then the Company’s compliance with the covenants set forth in the
Financial Covenants shall be determined on the basis of generally accepted
accounting principles in effect immediately before giving effect to the
Accounting Practices Change, until such covenants are amended in a manner
satisfactory to the Company and the Required Lenders in accordance with Section
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ARTICLE II
Amount and Terms of the Loans and Letters of Credit
Section 2.1 Revolving Advances.
Each Lender agrees, severally but not jointly, on the terms and subject to the
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Revolving Advances to the Borrowers
from time to time during the period from the date hereof to and including the
Commitment Termination Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding that Lender’s Commitment Amount, less that Lender’s Percentage of
the sum of the then-outstanding L/C Amount. The total amount of the Revolving
Advances outstanding hereunder shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitment Amount
minus any then-outstanding Swing Line Advances and the L/C Amount. Within the
limits of each Lender’s Commitment Amount, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay
pursuant to Section 2.11 and reborrow under this Section 2.1. If so requested by
any Lender, the Company’s obligation to repay Revolving Advances made by that
Lender shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Company (each, a
“Revolving Note”) payable to the order of that Lender, substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto. The Revolving Advances shall bear interest on the unpaid
principal amount thereof from the date thereof until paid as set forth in
Section 2.3.
Section 2.2 Procedure for Making Revolving Advances.
Each Borrowing under Section 2.1 shall occur following written notice from a
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or telephonic request from any person
purporting to be authorized to request Advances on behalf of a Borrower. Each
such notice or request shall specify (i) the identity of the Borrower (if other
than the Company), (ii) the date of the requested Borrowing, (iii) the amount
thereof, (iv) if any portion of such Borrowing will bear interest at a
Eurodollar Rate or be made in an Alternative Currency, the Interest Period
selected by the applicable Borrower with respect thereto, and (v) if such
Borrowing will be made in an Alternative Currency, the Alternative Currency in
which such Borrowing will be made. Such notice or request must be received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. on the day on which such
Borrowing is to occur or, if all or any portion of the Borrowing will bear
interest at a Eurodollar Rate or be made in an Alternative Currency, not later
than three Business Days prior to the date on which such Borrowing is to occur.
Concurrent with any such notice or request, the applicable Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent in writing (which may be by facsimile
transmission) the certificate required by Section 3.4(b). Upon receiving a
request for a Borrowing under Section 2.1, and in any event not later than 1:30
p.m. on the date that the requested Borrowing is to occur, or, if the requested
Borrowing is to bear interest at a Eurodollar Rate or be made in an Alternative
Currency, the close of business on the day that the request is received, the
Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of the amount of the requested
Borrowing, the amount of each Lender’s Revolving Advance with respect thereto,
and, if applicable, the fact that the Borrowing will bear interest at a
Eurodollar Rate and the Interest Period selected by the applicable Borrower.
Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, each
Lender shall remit its Percentage of the requested Borrowing to the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds. So long as a Lender
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the requested Borrowing prior to 1:30 p.m. on the date that the requested
Borrowing is to occur, or, if the requested Borrowing is to bear interest at a
Eurodollar Rate, the close of business on the day that the request is received,
that Lender will make its Revolving Advance with respect to that Borrowing
available to the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the date called
for in such notice. Prior to the close of business on the day of the requested
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall disburse such funds by crediting the
same to the applicable Borrower’s demand deposit account maintained with the
Administrative Agent or in such other manner as the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Borrower may from time to time agree. The Administrative Agent shall
have no obligation to disburse the requested Borrowing if any condition set
forth in Article III has not been satisfied on the day of the requested
Borrowing. Each Borrowing shall be in the amount of $500,000 or an integral
multiple of $100,000 greater than $500,000; provided, however, that any portion
of such Borrowing bearing interest at a Eurodollar Rate must be in the amount of
$3,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 greater than $3,000,000. The
applicable Borrower shall promptly confirm each telephonic request for an
Advance by executing and delivering an appropriate confirmation certificate to
the Administrative Agent. However, the Borrowers shall be obligated to repay all
Advances for which any Borrower actually received the moneys (including but not
limited to all Advances the proceeds of which were deposited in any account of a
Borrower) or in respect of which the Administrative Agent reasonably believed
the person requesting the same to be authorized to do so, notwithstanding the
fact that the person requesting the same was not in fact authorized so to do.
Any request for an Advance shall be deemed to be a representation that the
statements set forth in Section 3.4 are correct.
Section 2.3 Interest
     (a) The Revolving Advances shall bear interest on the unpaid principal
amount thereof from the date thereof until paid as set forth in this
Section 2.3.
     (b) Except as set forth in this Section, the principal balance of each
Revolving Advance shall bear interest at the Base Rate.
     (c) The principal balance of each Alternative Currency Funding shall bear
interest at the Eurodollar Rate applicable thereto during the Interest Period
applicable thereto.
     (d) At the election of a Borrower, which may be exercised from time to
time, a Borrower may request in writing or by telephone that a Eurodollar Rate
be applicable for the portion of the outstanding principal balance of the
Revolving Advances to that Borrower (including any Revolving Advance requested
or to be requested) and for the Interest Period indicated by that Borrower in
its request; provided, however, that in no event shall more than eight
Eurodollar Rate Fundings be outstanding at any one time as to all Borrowers
combined; and provided further that this paragraph (d) shall not be applicable
to Alternative Currency Fundings. The portion of the outstanding balance of the
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Rate is requested (i) must be in the amount (as to all Revolving Advances
combined) of $3,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 greater than
$3,000,000, and (ii) if such request relates to Revolving Advances already
outstanding, must, on the first day of the applicable Interest Period, either
(1) bear interest at the Base Rate, or (2) bear interest at a Eurodollar Rate
with respect to which the Interest Period expires on such first day. In no event
may a Borrower select an Interest Period extending beyond the Commitment
Termination Date. A request for a Eurodollar Rate (i) must be received by the
Administrative Agent before 10:00 a.m. on the day three Business Days before the
first day of the proposed Interest Period (and the Administrative Agent shall
give the Lenders prompt notice thereof), and (ii) may not be rescinded by a
Borrower after such request has been made. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the applicable Eurodollar Rate shall (subject to fluctuations
in the applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin) be the interest rate applicable for
the proposed Interest Period to the portion of the outstanding principal balance
of the Revolving Advances to which the Eurodollar Rate request related (and the
remaining part of the principal balance of the Revolving Advances, if any, shall
continue to bear interest at the rate or rates previously applicable to such
amounts). At the termination of such Interest Period, the interest rate
applicable to the portion of the principal balance of the Revolving Advances to
which the Eurodollar Rate request was applicable shall revert to the Base Rate
unless a new Eurodollar Rate request is made by a Borrower in accordance with
this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section,
(i) the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to permit the application
of a Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period if any Lender, in its sole
discretion, determines that deposits in amounts equal to the requested amount,
maturing at the end of the proposed Interest Period are not readily available to
such Lender from major banks in the London interbank market, and (ii) without
the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent will not permit
the application of a Eurodollar Rate for any interest period if a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing when the request for the
Eurodollar Rate is made. Absent manifest error, the records of the
Administrative Agent shall be conclusive evidence as to the amount of the
Revolving Advances bearing interest at a Eurodollar Rate, the applicable
Eurodollar Rate and the date on which the Interest Period applicable to such
Eurodollar Rate expires.
     (e) If any Lender, in its sole discretion, determines that it is unlawful
for it to continue to maintain its portion of any Eurodollar Rate Funding
outstanding at the time of such determination, such Lender may, by notice to the
Administrative Agent and the Company, require the immediate repayment thereof
or, if legally permissible, convert its portion of such Eurodollar Rate Funding
to a Revolving Advance bearing interest at the Base Rate in an amount equal to
the Dollar Equivalent of such portion of the applicable Eurodollar Rate Funding.
Any such Revolving Advance shall be applied to the prepayment of that Lender’s
portion of such Eurodollar Rate Funding, but (i) no amount shall be required to
be paid under Section 2.16 on account of such prepayment, and (ii) except as
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Obligations, no interest shall be due and payable with respect to such Revolving
Advance until the end of the applicable Interest Period.
     (f) Unless the Borrowers repay an Alternative Currency Funding on the
expiration of the Interest Period applicable thereto in the applicable
Alternative Currency (whether through a new Borrowing in the applicable
Alternative Currency or otherwise), the outstanding principal balance of such
Alternative Currency Funding shall be converted from the applicable Alternative
Currency to Dollars on the expiration of such Interest Period. Upon any such
conversion to Dollars, the Dollar Equivalent resulting from such conversion
shall be deemed a Borrowing by the applicable Borrower from the Lenders
hereunder consisting of Revolving Advances by each Lender in proportion to their
shares of the corresponding Alternative Currency Funding. The principal balance
of such Borrowing shall initially bear interest at the Base Rate, but the rate
of interest that applies to such Borrowing may be converted in accordance with
paragraph (d).
     (g) If, as a result of any conversion of an Alternative Currency Funding to
Dollars pursuant to paragraph (f) or any conversion of the Lenders’reimbursement
obligation with respect to any Alternative Currency Letter of Credit pursuant to
Section 2.7, the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of all Outstandings exceeds the
aggregate Commitment Amounts of the Lenders, the Borrowers shall on demand by
the Administrative Agent repay the amount of such excess, together with interest
thereon from the date of such conversion until payment at the Base Rate.
Section 2.4 Limitation of Outstandings.
In no event shall the aggregate Outstandings at any time exceed the aggregate of
the Commitment Amounts.
Section 2.5 Principal and Interest Payment Dates.
     (a) Interest. Interest accruing at the Base Rate shall be due and payable
on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the
Commitment Termination Date. Interest accruing at a Eurodollar Rate shall be due
and payable on the last day of the applicable Interest Period or, if an Interest
Period is in excess of three months, on the date that is three months after the
beginning of the Interest Period and after each such interest payment date
thereafter, and on the last day of the Interest Period and on the Commitment
Termination Date.
     (b) Principal. The principal balance of the Revolving Advances shall be due
and payable in full on the Commitment Termination Date.
Section 2.6 Level Status and Margins.
     (a) Interpretation: “lower”. In making the determinations set forth below,
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applicable table, so that (for example) RDR2 is lower than RDR3 in the table in
paragraph (b) below.
     (b) Step One: Determining the Reference Debt Rating Level. The Company’s
Reference Debt Rating Level shall be determined on the basis of the rating
accorded the Reference Debt by S&P and Moody’s, in accordance with the following
table:

              S&P   Moody’s
RDR5
  Less than BB+   Less than Ba1
RDR4
  BB+ or better, but less than BBB-   Ba1 or better, but less than Baa3
RDR3
  BBB- or better, but less than BBB   Baa3 or better, but less than Baa2
RDR2
  BBB or better, but less than BBB+   Baa2 or better, but less than Baa1
RDR1
  BBB+ or better   Baa1 or better

If the ratings applied by S&P and Moody’s differ such that they do not fall
within a single row in the table set forth above, (i) if the applicable rows are
adjacent to each other, the Reference Debt Rating Level shall be based on the
lower of the applicable rows, and (ii) in all other cases, the Reference Debt
Rating Level in effect shall be based on the row immediately above the lower of
such rows. In making the determinations under this paragraph:

  (i)   If either S&P or Moody’s changes the meaning or designation for its
ratings referenced in this paragraph, the criteria for the Reference Debt Rating
Level in the foregoing table shall be adjusted in such manner as the Required
Lenders may reasonably determine to correspond with the applicable rating
designations used by S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, in effect on the date
hereof.     (ii)   If either S&P or Moody’s, but not both of them, ceases to
rate the Reference Debt, the determination in this paragraph shall be made on
the basis of the rating accorded by whichever one continues to rate such debt.  
  (iii)   If neither S&P nor Moody’s rates the Reference Debt, the Company’s
Reference Debt Rating Level shall be deemed to be at RDR5.

     (c) Step Two: Determining the Company’s Level Status. The Company’s Level
Status shall be determined based on the Company’s Reference Debt Rating Level
and Leverage Ratio, in accordance with the following table:

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              Reference Debt Rating Level   Leverage Ratio
Level 5
  RDR5   Greater than or equal to 3.25 to 1
Level 4
  RDR4   Greater than or equal to 2.75 to 1, but less than 3.25 to 1
Level 3
  RDR3   Greater than or equal to 2.25 to 1, but less than 2.75 to 1
Level 2
  RDR2   Greater than or equal to 1.75 to 1, but less than 2.25 to 1
Level 1
  RDR1   Less than 1.75 to 1

If the Company’s Reference Debt Rating Level and its Leverage Ratio fall in
different rows above, the Company’s Level Status shall be based on the lower of
such rows.
     (d) Step Three: Determining the Rates. The Base Rate Margin, Eurodollar
Rate Margin and Facility Fee Rate at any time shall be determined from time to
time on the basis of the Company’s Level Status, in accordance with the
following table, with each change to a rate or margin to be immediately
effective upon the announcement or determination of the related change in the
Company’s Leverage Ratio or Reference Debt Rating Level:

                              Base Rate Margin   Eurodollar Rate Margin  
Facility Fee Rate
Level 5
    0 %     0.925 %     0.200 %
Level 4
    0 %     0.725 %     0.150 %
Level 3
    0 %     0.530 %     0.120 %
Level 2
    0 %     0.450 %     0.090 %
Level 1
    0 %     0.350 %     0.080 %

     (e) Default Rates. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, and so long
as such Event of Default continues without written waiver thereof by the
Lenders, a default increment equal to 200 basis points (2.00%) shall be added to
the Base Rate Margin, Eurodollar Rate Margin and Facility Fee Rate. Inclusion of
such default increment in calculating the Base Rate Margin, Eurodollar Rate
Margin and Facility Fee Rate shall not be deemed a waiver or excuse of any such
Event of Default.
Section 2.7 Letters of Credit.
     (a) Any Borrower may from time to time request that the Issuing Bank issue
one or more letters of credit (each, a “Letter of Credit”) for the account of
that Borrower. No Letter of Credit shall be issued if (i) the Dollar Equivalent
of the face amount of that Letter of Credit, together with the sum of the
then-applicable L/C Amount and the aggregate principal balance of the Advances
then outstanding, would exceed the aggregate Commitment Amounts, or (ii) the
Dollar Equivalent of the face amount of that Letter of Credit, together with the
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     (b) At least three days prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the
applicable Borrower shall execute a letter of credit application and
reimbursement agreement in the Issuing Bank’s standard form, as required by the
Issuing Bank (an “L/C Application”).
     (c) Each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars or an Alternative
Currency specified by the applicable Borrower in its application and
reimbursement agreement.
     (d) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued in a form acceptable to the
Issuing Bank. Unless otherwise approved by all of the Lenders, no Letter of
Credit shall have an initial or any renewal term ending more than one year after
the date of issuance or ending later than five Business Days prior to the
Commitment Termination Date.
     (e) A letter of credit fee shall be due and payable to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in connection with each Letter of Credit.
The letter of credit fee payable with respect to each standby Letter of Credit
shall be computed at an annual rate equal to the applicable Eurodollar Rate
Margin in effect from time to time, applied to the face amount of such Letter of
Credit outstanding from time to time, from and including the date of issuance of
such Letter of Credit until the expiration thereof, payable in arrears on the
last day of each calendar quarter and on the expiration date of such Letter of
Credit. The letter of credit fee payable with respect to each commercial Letter
of Credit shall be computed at an annual rate equal to one half (50%) of the
applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin in effect on the issuance date, applied to the
initial face amount of such Letter of Credit, payable on the date of issuance.
In addition to the applicable letter of credit fee, a fronting fee shall be due
and payable to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank in
connection with each Letter of Credit, in the amount specified in the Fee
Letter. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay or reimburse the Issuing Bank for
such additional fees as are specified in the Fee Letter and for such normal and
customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Bank in
issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter
of Credit.
     (f) The Borrowers shall pay the amount of each draft drawn under any Letter
of Credit to the Issuing Bank on demand (or, if demand is not earlier made, on
the Commitment Termination Date), together with interest at the Base Rate from
the date that such draft is paid by the Issuing Bank until payment of such
amount in full. The Issuing Bank shall provide notice to the Company or the
applicable Borrower of payment of the draft within one Business Day of such
payment. The Issuing Bank may (at its option) charge any deposit account
maintained by any Borrower with the Issuing Bank for the amount of any draft
drawn under a Letter of Credit. Unless the Borrowers make such payment with
respect to an Alternative Currency Letter of Credit in the applicable
Alternative Currency on the same Business Day as the day of payment of such
draft by the Issuing Bank, the Borrowers’obligation to pay the amount of such
draft shall be converted from the applicable Alternative Currency to Dollars
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     (g) Each Lender shall be deemed to hold a participation interest in each
Letter of Credit equal to that Lender’s Percentage of the face amount of that
Letter of Credit. If the Issuing Bank makes any payment pursuant to the terms of
any Letter of Credit and is not promptly reimbursed, the Issuing Bank may
request that each other Lender pay such Lender’s Percentage of the unreimbursed
amount (which amount shall, in the case of an Alternative Currency Letter of
Credit, have been converted to Dollars as set forth in Section 2.7(f)). Upon
receipt of any such request prior to 1:30 p.m. on a Business Day, the recipient
shall be unconditionally and irrevocably obligated to pay its Percentage of the
unreimbursed amount to the Issuing Bank in immediately available funds prior to
3:00 p.m. on such date. Notices received after 1:30 p.m. shall be deemed to have
been received on the following Business Day. If payment is not made by a Lender
when due hereunder, interest on the unpaid amount shall accrue from and
including the date of the Issuing Bank’s request to the date of payment at the
Federal Funds Rate. After making any payment to the Issuing Bank under this
subsection in connection with a particular Letter of Credit, a Lender shall be
entitled to participate to the extent of its Percentage in the related
reimbursements received by the Issuing Bank from the Borrowers or otherwise.
Upon receiving any such reimbursement, the Issuing Bank will distribute to each
Lender its Percentage of such reimbursement. At the option of the Administrative
Agent, payment by the Lenders hereunder may be deemed a Revolving Advance.
     (h) Unless otherwise agreed by each Lender in writing, the Borrowers shall
deposit in the Cash Collateral Account, on the fifth Business Day preceding the
Commitment Termination Date, an amount equal to the then-applicable L/C Amount,
less the balance (if any) then outstanding in the Cash Collateral Account. Such
deposit shall be made (i) with respect to each Alternative Currency Letter of
Credit, in the applicable Alternative Currency, and (ii) with respect to each
Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars, in Dollars.
Section 2.8 Facility Fee.
     (a) The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Lenders, a facility fee computed each day from the Effective Date through
the Commitment Termination Date at an annual rate equal to the Facility Fee Rate
in effect on such day applied to the Aggregate Commitment Amount (whether used
or unused) hereunder.
     (b) The facility fee set forth in this Section shall be due and payable
quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December
during the term of the Commitments. Any facility fees remaining unpaid on the
Commitment Termination Date shall be due and payable on that date.
Section 2.9 Other Fees.
The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent (i) for the benefit of the
Lenders, the upfront fee set forth in the Fee Letter, and (ii) for the
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and not for the benefit of the Lenders, certain additional fees in the amounts
set forth in the Fee Letter.
Section 2.10 Termination or Reduction of the Commitment.
The Company shall have the right at any time and from time to time upon three
Business Days’prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly
notify the Lenders) permanently to terminate the Commitments in whole or
permanently to reduce the Commitment Amounts in part, without penalty or
premium, provided that (i) the Commitments may not be terminated while any
Advance or L/C Amount remains outstanding, (ii) each partial reduction shall be
in the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or a multiple thereof, (iii) any partial
reduction of the Commitment Amounts shall be pro rata as to each Lender in
accordance with that Lender’s Percentage, and (iv) no reduction shall reduce the
Commitment Amounts to an amount less than the sum of the aggregate Credit
Extensions outstanding (after giving effect to any prepayments of Advances to be
made on or prior to the effective date of such reduction) at the time. Each
reduction in the Commitment Amounts hereunder shall constitute a corresponding
reduction in the Maximum Aggregate Commitment Amount.
Section 2.11 Voluntary Prepayments.
The Borrowers may prepay the Advances in whole or in part, without penalty or
premium, at any time and from time to time; provided that (i) any prepayment of
the Revolving Advances shall be applied pro rata to the prepayment of each
Lender’s Revolving Advances, (ii) any prepayment of the full amount of the
Advances shall include accrued interest thereon, (iii) any prepayment of any
Eurodollar Rate Funding shall be accompanied by compensation as specified in
Section 2.16(b), (iv) any prepayment of any Eurodollar Rate Funding that is not
an Alternative Currency Funding shall be made only upon one Business Day’s prior
notice, and any prepayment of any Alternative Currency Funding shall be made
only upon three Business Days’prior notice, and (v) each prepayment of the
Revolving Advances (other than prepayment of the Revolving Advances in full)
shall be in the principal amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000. Each partial prepayment of principal on the Advances shall be
applied, first, to that portion of such Advances bearing interest at the Base
Rate, and, second, to that portion of such Advances bearing interest at a
Eurodollar Rate, in inverse order of the maturities of the Interest Periods
applicable thereto.
Section 2.12 Computation of Interest and Fees.
All interest on Base Rate Fundings accruing based on the Prime Rate will be
calculated based on the actual days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366 days, as the
case may be. All other interest and all fees hereunder shall be computed on the
basis of actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.
Section 2.13 Payments.
     (a) All payments of the Obligations shall be made to the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds, without setoff or counterclaim at such
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the Administrative Agent may from time to time designate. All payments of
principal and interest on any Advance shall be made in Dollars, except that
Alternative Currency Fundings and reimbursement obligations arising from
Alternative Currency Letters of Credit shall be repaid in that same Alternative
Currency or converted as set forth in Section 2.7(f). Payments received after
noon on any day shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day.
The Borrowers agree that the amount shown on the books and records of each
Lender as being the principal balance of that Lender’s Advances, if any, shall
be prima facie evidence of such principal balance. Each Borrower hereby
authorizes the Administrative Agent to charge against any demand deposit account
the Borrowers maintain with the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the
accrued interest and fees from time to time due and payable to the Lender
Parties under the Notes or hereunder, or (at the Lenders’option) to effect a
Borrowing in such amount, all without receipt of any request for such charge or
Borrowing.
     (b) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary
to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars or any Alternative Currency (the
“Specified Currency”) into another currency (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate
of exchange which shall be applied shall be that at which in accordance with
normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the Specified
Currency with that amount of the Judgment Currency on the Business Day next
preceding the day on which such judgment is rendered. The obligation of the
Borrowers with respect to any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender (each, an “Entitled Person”) shall, notwithstanding the rate of
exchange actually applied in rendering such judgment, be discharged only to the
extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Entitled Person of any
sum adjudged to be due hereunder or under the Notes in the Judgment Currency,
such Entitled Person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase
and transfer to the required location of payment the Alternative Currency with
the amount of the Judgment Currency so adjudged to be due; and the Borrowers
hereby, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, agree to
indemnify such Entitled Person against, and to pay such Entitled Person on
demand, in the applicable Alternative Currency, any difference between the sum
originally due to such Entitled Person in the Alternative Currency and the
amount of the Alternative Currency so purchased and transferred on that Business
Day.
Section 2.14 Payment on Nonbusiness Days.
Whenever any payment to be made hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to
be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in each case be
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Section 2.15 Use of Advances and Letters of Credit.
The proceeds of each Borrowing, and each Letter of Credit, shall be used by the
Borrowers for their general corporate purposes (including commercial paper
backup).
Section 2.16 Yield Protection; Funding Indemnification.
In addition to any interest payable on Advances made hereunder and any fees or
other amounts payable hereunder, the Borrowers agree:
     (a) If at any time after the date hereof any adoption of or change in any
applicable law, rule or regulation or the interpretation or administration
thereof by any governmental authority (including, without limitation,
Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board):

  (i)   shall subject any Lender to any tax, duty or other charges with respect
to this Agreement, or shall materially change the basis of taxation of payments
to any Lender of the principal of or interest on any of that Lender’s Eurodollar
Rate Fundings or Alternative Currency Fundings (except for the imposition of or
changes in the rate of Excluded Taxes (as defined in Section 2.17) and, without
limiting Section 2.17, except for Taxes (as defined in Section 2.17) deducted or
withheld by the Borrower in accordance with applicable law); or     (ii)   shall
impose or deem applicable or increase any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended by any Lender (other than reserves and assessments described in clause
(i)(b) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate”and taken into account in
determining the applicable Eurodollar Rate) because of any portion of the
principal balance of that Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Fundings or Alternative
Currency Fundings and the result of any of the foregoing would be to increase
the cost to that Lender of making or maintaining any such portion or to reduce
any sum received or receivable by that Lender with respect to such portion;

then, within 30 days after demand by any Lender the Borrowers shall pay that
Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate that Lender for such
increased cost or reduction. A Lender shall not make demand hereunder unless
that Lender is generally imposing such increased costs on its similarly situated
customers. No Lender may demand such compensation more than 90 days following
the end of the Interest Period with respect to which such demand is made;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall in no way limit the right of any
Lender to demand compensation to the extent that such compensation relates to
the retroactive application of any law, rule or regulation if such demand is
made within 90 days after the adoption of or change in such law, rule or
regulation. A certificate in reasonable detail of that Lender setting forth the
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amounts shall be promptly submitted by that Lender to the Company and shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding as to such amount or
amounts.
(b) The Borrowers shall also compensate any Lender, upon written request by that
Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts),
for all losses and expenses in respect of any interest or other consideration
paid by that Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it or deposited with it to
maintain any portion of the principal balance of that Lender’s Eurodollar Rate
Fundings or Alternative Currency Fundings which that Lender may sustain to the
extent not otherwise compensated for hereunder and not mitigated by the
reemployment of such funds if any prepayment of any such portion occurs on a
date that is not the expiration date of the relevant Interest Period or if a
Borrowing or prepayment in whole or in part of a Eurodollar Rate Funding fails
to occur. A certificate as to any such loss or expense (including calculations,
in reasonable detail, showing how that Lender computed such loss or expense)
shall be promptly submitted by that Lender to the Company and shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding as to the amount thereof.
Such loss or expense may be computed as though that Lender acquired deposits in
the London interbank market to fund that portion of the principal balance
whether or not that Lender actually did so.
Section 2.17 Taxes.
     (a) All payments made by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender or Additional Lender (herein any “Payee”) under this Agreement or any of
the Loan Documents shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or
withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes imposed by any
governmental or other taxing authority, except as required by law. As used
herein, the term “Taxes”shall include all income, excise and other taxes, duties
or charges of whatever nature imposed on a Payee (other than taxes based on or
measured by the net income of the Payee, franchise taxes in lieu thereof, taxes
on doing business or measured by or imposed upon the capital or net worth of any
such Payee, and branch profits taxes or similar taxes, in each case imposed by
the government or other taxing authority of the country, state or political
subdivision in which such Payee is organized or incorporated or in which such
Payee’s principal executive office or the office through which the Payee is
acting is located or in which the Payee is otherwise subject to taxation (such
excluded taxes being herein called “Excluded Taxes”)). If any Borrower is
compelled by law to make any such deductions or withholdings of Taxes it will:

  (i)   pay to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be so
withheld or deducted;     (ii)   except to the extent that such deduction or
withholding of Taxes results from the failure by any Payee to comply with
Section 2.17(c) or the relevant Assignment Certificate, pay such additional
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      may be necessary in order that the net amount received by each Payee after
such deductions or withholdings of Taxes (including any required deduction or
withholding on such additional amounts) shall equal the amount such Payee would
have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made; and     (iii)  
promptly forward to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to such Payee) an
official receipt or other documentation reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent evidencing such payment to such authorities.

     (b) If any Taxes otherwise subject to indemnification by any Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.17(a) are directly asserted against any Payee, such Payee
may pay such Taxes and the Borrowers promptly shall reimburse such Payee to the
full extent otherwise required by such paragraph. The obligations of the
Borrowers under this Section 2.17 shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
     (c) If any Payee is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than
the United States or any state thereof, such Payee will, prior to the date it
becomes a party hereto, furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Company
either original, accurate and duly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN, or original, accurate and duly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8ECI, as applicable, wherein such Payee will certify as to such Payee’s
entitlement to complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax on all
payments under any Loan Document. In addition, each Payee will deliver such
forms promptly upon learning of the obsolescence or invalidity of any forms
previously delivered by such Payee; provided, however, that a Payee shall not be
obligated to deliver such additional forms claiming complete exemption from U.S.
federal withholding tax on all payments under the Loan Documents pursuant to
this sentence if it is unable to deliver such forms as a result of a change in
statute, tax, treaty or regulation since the date of any U.S. Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, as applicable,
previously delivered by such Payee. In addition, each Payee shall deliver, to
the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable request by any Borrower,
to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent, such other original, accurate and
duly executed forms and documents as may be reasonably required to establish the
legal entitlement of such Payee to an exemption for withholding with respect to
payments under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents. The Borrowers shall
not be required to pay additional amounts to any Payee pursuant to this
Section 2.17 to the extent that the obligation to pay such additional amounts
would not have arisen but for the failure of such Payee to comply with this
Section 2.17(c).
     (d) The amount that the Borrowers shall be required to pay to any Payee
pursuant to Section 2.17(a) or (b) shall be reduced by the amount of any refund,
credit or allowance which such Payee receives in respect of Taxes as to which it
has received additional amounts or has been indemnified by the Borrowers as
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determined by such Payee; provided, however, that (i) such Payee’s determination
of the amount of such refund, credit or allowance and the date on which it is
received shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, (ii) no Payee shall be
obliged to disclose information regarding its tax affairs or tax computations,
(iii) nothing herein shall interfere with a Payee’s right to manage its tax
affairs in whatever manner it sees fit, and (iv) if such Payee shall
subsequently determine that it has lost the benefit of all or a portion of such
refund, credit or allowance, the Borrowers shall promptly remit to such Payee
the amount certified by such Payee to be the amount necessary to restore such
Payee to the position it would have been in if no payment of such refund, credit
or allowance or such portion thereof, as applicable, had been made pursuant to
this Section 2.17(d).
     (e) If the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental
authority of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent or any Borrower did not
properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender
(because the appropriate form, if any, required to be delivered under paragraph
(c) above was not delivered or properly completed, because such Lender failed to
notify the Administrative Agent or that Borrower of a change in circumstances
which rendered its exemption from withholding ineffective, or due to any other
act, or failure to act, of such Lender), such Lender shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent or that Borrower, as applicable, fully for all amounts
paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent or that Borrower, as
applicable, as tax, withholding therefor, or otherwise, including penalties and
interest, and including taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable to
the Administrative Agent or that Borrower, as applicable, under this subsection,
together with all costs and expenses related thereto (including attorneys fees
and time charges of attorneys for the Administrative Agent or that Borrower, as
applicable, which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent or that
Borrower, as applicable). The obligations of the Lender under this
Section 2.17(e) shall survive the payment of the Obligations and termination of
this Agreement.
Section 2.18 Capital Adequacy.
If any Lender determines at any time that its Return has been reduced as a
result of any Capital Adequacy Rule Change, that Lender may require the
Borrowers to pay it the amount necessary to restore its Return to what it would
have been had there been no Capital Adequacy Rule Change. For purposes of this
Section:
     (a) “Return”, for any period, means the percentage determined by dividing
(i) the sum of interest and ongoing fees earned by a Lender under this Agreement
during such period, by (ii) the average capital that Lender is required to
maintain during such period as a result of its being a party to this Agreement,
as determined by that Lender based upon its total capital requirements and a
reasonable attribution formula that takes account of the Capital Adequacy Rules
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be calculated for each calendar quarter and for the shorter period between the
end of a calendar quarter and the date of termination in whole of this
Agreement.
     (b) “Capital Adequacy Rule”means any law, rule, regulation or guideline
regarding capital adequacy that applies to any Lender, or the interpretation
thereof by any governmental or regulatory authority. Capital Adequacy Rules
include rules requiring financial institutions to maintain total capital in
amounts based upon percentages of outstanding loans, binding loan commitments
and letters of credit.
     (c) “Capital Adequacy Rule Change”means any change in any Capital Adequacy
Rule occurring after the date of this Agreement, but the term does not include
any changes in applicable requirements that at the date hereof are scheduled to
take place under the existing Capital Adequacy Rules or any increases in the
capital that any Lender is required to maintain to the extent that the increases
are required due to a regulatory authority’s assessment of the financial
condition of that Lender.
     (d) “Lender”includes (but is not limited to) the Lenders, as defined
elsewhere in this Agreement; any participant in the loans made hereunder (to the
extent provided in Section 8.11 only); and any bank holding company with respect
to any of the foregoing.
The initial notice sent by a Lender shall be sent as promptly as practicable
after that Lender learns that its Return has been reduced, shall include a
demand for payment of the amount necessary to restore that Lender’s Return for
the quarter in which the notice is sent and, if applicable, the preceding
quarter, and shall state in reasonable detail the cause for the reduction in its
Return and its calculation of the amount of such reduction. Thereafter, that
Lender may send a new notice with respect to each calendar quarter setting forth
the calculation of the reduced Return for that quarter and including a demand
for payment of the amount necessary to restore its Return for that quarter. In
such event, the Borrowers shall pay the Lender such amount within 30 days after
demand by such Lender. A Lender’s calculation in any such notice shall be
conclusive and binding absent demonstrable error. A Lender shall not make demand
hereunder unless that Lender is generally imposing such increased costs on its
similarly situated customers. No Lender may demand any compensation hereunder
more than 45 days following the end of the quarter for which compensation is
sought.
Section 2.19 Joint and Several Liability; Accommodation Party Defenses Waived.
     (a) Generally. The parties intend that each of the Borrowers shall be fully
liable, jointly and severally, for the entire Obligations. Nonetheless, in case
a court finds that any Borrower is not such a primary obligor with respect to
all or any part of the Obligations, the Borrowers expressly waive the benefit of
any and all defenses and discharges available to a guarantor, surety, endorser
or accommodation party dependent on an obligor’s character as such. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the liability of the Borrowers
hereunder shall not be affected or impaired in any way by any of the following
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expressly authorized to do, omit or suffer from time to time without notice to
or consent of anyone): (i) any acceptance of collateral security, guarantors,
accommodation parties or sureties for any or all of the Obligations; (ii) any
extension or renewal of any or all of the Obligations (whether or not for longer
than the original period) or any modification of the interest rate, maturity or
other terms of any or all of the Obligations; (iii) any waiver or indulgence
granted to any Borrower, and any delay or lack of diligence in the enforcement
of any or all of the Obligations; (iv) any full or partial release of,
compromise or settlement with, or agreement not to sue, any Borrower or any
guarantor or other person liable on any or all of the Obligations; (v) any
release, surrender, cancellation or other discharge of any or all of the
Obligations or the acceptance of any instrument in renewal or substitution for
any instrument evidencing any or all of the Obligations; (vi) any failure to
obtain collateral security (including rights of setoff) for any or all of the
Obligations, or to see to the proper or sufficient creation and perfection
thereof, or to establish the priority thereof, or to preserve, protect, insure,
care for, exercise or enforce any collateral security for any or all of the
Obligations; (vii) any modification, alteration, substitution, exchange,
surrender, cancellation, termination, release or other change, impairment,
limitation, loss or discharge of any collateral security for any or all of the
Obligations; (viii) any assignment, sale, pledge or other transfer of any or all
of the Obligations arising under this Agreement; or (ix) any manner, order or
method of application of any payments or credits on any or all of the
Obligations.
     (b) Foreign Borrowers: Non-Liability for Domestic Borrowings.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, no Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary shall have any obligation or
liability hereunder (y) on account of any borrowings by any Borrower other than
that Foreign Subsidiary, or (z) under Section 9.6 on account of the actions or
inactions of any Borrower other than that Foreign Subsidiary, in each case to
the extent that (i) (A) such obligation or liability is prohibited by applicable
law governing that Foreign Subsidiary, or (B) the Borrower has reasonably
determined that such obligation or liability would have a material adverse tax
consequence for the Company or any Subsidiary (including any material
consequence arising from the operation of Section 956 of the Internal Revenue
Code), and (ii) the Borrower has so indicated in the applicable Designation
Letter.
Section 2.20 Swing Line.
In order to accommodate the Company’s need for short-term revolving credit,
Wells Fargo (in such capacity, the “Swing Line Lender”) agrees to make Advances
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section (each a
“Swing Line Advance”).
     (a) Swing Line Advances shall be available during the period from the date
of this Agreement through and including the Commitment Termination Date.
     (b) The maximum amount of Swing Line Advances that may be outstanding at
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of the Swing Line Advances plus the aggregate amount of Advances outstanding
under Section 2.1 and the L/C Amount shall never exceed the sum of the
Commitment Amounts.
     (c) Each Swing Line Advance shall occur following written or telephonic
request to the Swing Line Lender from any person purporting to be authorized to
request Advances on behalf of the Company. Each such notice or request must be
received by the Swing Line Lender no later than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day on
which the Swing Line Advance is to occur and shall specify (i) that the Company
is requesting a Swing Line Advance, and (ii) the amount thereof. Prior to the
close of business on the day it receives the notice or request, the Swing Line
Lender shall disburse the Swing Line Advance by crediting the same to the
Company’s demand deposit account maintained with the Administrative Agent or in
such other manner as the Swing Line Lender and the Company may from time to time
agree in writing. The Swing Line Lender shall have no obligation to, and shall
not, disburse any Swing Line Advance if any condition set forth in Article III
has not been satisfied on the day of the requested Swing Line Advance. Each
Swing Line Advance shall be in the amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple
thereof.
     (d) Each Swing Line Advance shall bear interest at an annual rate equal to
the Base Rate. Interest on the Swing Line Advance shall be payable in arrears on
the last day of each calendar quarter, and on the Commitment Termination Date.
     (e) The Swing Line Advances shall be evidenced by and repayable in
accordance with a single promissory note of the Company (the “Swing Line Note”)
payable to the order of the Swing Line Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, dated the date hereof.
     (f) The Company shall repay the principal of the Swing Line Advances in
full from time to time no later than the tenth Business Day following the date
of the earliest then-outstanding Swing Line Advance, and upon such repayment in
full, shall not request another Swing Line Advance for at least one full
Business Day. The Company may use the proceeds of an Advance made pursuant to
Section 2.1 to repay any Swing Line Advance.
     (g) The Swing Line Lender may at any time and from time to time (whether
before or after the occurrence of an Event of Default), by notice to the
Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on any Business Day, request that
the Lenders make Advances to the Company pursuant to Section 2.1 in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the then-outstanding principal amount of the Swing
Line Advances plus interest accrued thereon to and including the date of such
notice and request. Upon receiving such notice and request, and in any event not
later than 2:00 p.m. on the date of the notice and request, the Administrative
Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of the requested Borrowing, that
the proceeds of the Borrowing are to be used to repay a Swing Line Advance and
of the amount of each Lender’s Advance with respect thereto. Unless one of the
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or (i) shall have occurred with respect to Company, then subject to the
provisions of Section 2.20(i) below, so long as a Lender receives such notice
from the Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date the requested
Borrowing is to occur, each Lender shall make its Advance with respect to that
Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the same
day. Prior to the close of business on the same day, the Administrative Agent
will disburse the Borrowing by crediting the same to the account of the Swing
Line Lender. Any Advances made by Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.20(g) shall
initially bear interest at the Base Rate, but the rate of interest that applies
to such Advances may be converted pursuant to Section 2.3(d), and such Advances
shall in all other respects be treated in the same manner as Advances made
pursuant to Section 2.1.
     (h) The Company may prepay any Swing Line Advance on the Business Day it is
made or on any subsequent Business Day; provided, however, that each such
prepayment shall be in the principal amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple
thereof.
     (i) In the event that one of the events of default described in
Sections 7.1(h) or (i) shall have occurred, the Administrative Agent shall
immediately notify the Swing Line Lender and the Lenders, and, if any Swing Line
Advances or interest thereon is outstanding on such day it receives notice, each
Lender will purchase from the Swing Line Lender an undivided participation
interest in the Swing Line Advance and interest thereon in an amount equal to
its Percentage of such Swing Line Advance. Upon request, each Lender will
promptly transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, the
amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Swing Line Lender will
deliver to such Lender a loan participation certificate, dated the date of
receipt of such funds and in such amount. Thereafter, the Swing Line Lender
shall make no further Swing Line Advances, any payments received directly by the
Swing Line Lender with respect to the Swing Line Advances shall be treated as
excess payments subject to Section 8.4, and all other payments made by the
Company shall be applied in the manner required by Section 8.2.
     (j) Any Swing Line Advances that are outstanding on the Commitment
Termination Date shall be paid in full on such date, with all accrued interest.
     (k) No Borrower other than the Company may borrow any Swing Line Advance.
However, all Borrowers shall be jointly and severally liable for the repayment
of each Swing Line Advance, as provided in Section 2.19 (and subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.19(b))
Section 2.21 Substitution of Lender.
Upon the receipt by the Company from any Lender (an “Affected Lender”) of a
notice of illegality under Section 2.3(e) or a claim for compensation under
Sections 2.16(a), 2.17 or 2.18, the Company may: (a) request that one or more of
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of such Affected Lender’s Advances and Commitment (which request each such other
Lender may decline or agree to in its sole discretion); or (b) designate a
replacement bank or other entity satisfactory to the Company to acquire and
assume all or part of such Affected Lender’s Advances and Commitment at the face
amount thereof (a “Substitute Lender”). Any such designation of a Substitute
Lender under clause (b) shall be subject to the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld). Any
transfer of Advances or Commitments pursuant to this Section shall be made in
accordance with Section 8.10, and the Affected Lender shall be entitled to
payment in full of the principal amount of its outstanding Advances, all accrued
interest thereon, and all accrued fees to the date of such transfer.
Section 2.22 Increase of Aggregate Commitment Amount.
     (a) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Company may, upon at least 25 days’written notice to the
Administrative Agent, propose to increase the Aggregate Commitment Amount by a
multiple of $5,000,000 that is not less than $10,000,000 and not greater than
$75,000,000 (the amount of any such increase, the “Additional Commitment
Amount”). In no event shall any such increase cause the Aggregate Commitment
Amount to exceed the Maximum Aggregate Commitment Amount. The Administrative
Agent will promptly provide a copy of any such notice to each Lender. Each
Lender may, not more than 20 days following such notice, elect by written notice
to the Company and the Administrative Agent to increase its Commitment Amount by
a principal amount equal to its Percentage of the Additional Commitment Amount.
No Lender (or any successor thereto) shall have any obligation to increase its
Commitment Amount or its other obligations under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, and any decision by a Lender to increase its Commitment Amount
shall be made in its sole discretion independently from any other Lender.
     (b) If any Lender elects not to increase its Commitment Amount pursuant to
paragraph (a), the Company may designate another Eligible Lender (which may be,
but need not be, one or more of the existing Lenders) that will, in the case of
any such Person that is an existing Lender, increase its Commitment Amount and
in the case of any other such Person (an “Incremental Lender”), become a party
to this Agreement; provided, however, that any Incremental Lender must in all
respects be acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which acceptance will not be
unreasonably withheld. The sum of the increases in the Commitment Amounts of the
existing Lenders pursuant to this paragraph (b) plus the Commitment Amounts of
the Incremental Lenders shall not in the aggregate exceed the unsubscribed
amount of the Maximum Aggregate Commitment Amount.
     (c) An increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount pursuant to this
Section 2.22 shall become effective upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent
of an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
signed by the Borrowers, by each Incremental Lender and by each other Lender
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Aggregate Commitment Amount is to be increased, setting forth the new Commitment
Amounts of such Lenders and setting forth the agreement of each Incremental
Lender to become a party to this Agreement and to be bound by all the terms and
provisions hereof (a “Commitment Increase Agreement”), together with a
replacement or additional Revolving Note, as applicable, evidencing the new
Commitment Amount of each affected Lender, duly executed and delivered by the
Company and such evidence of appropriate corporate authorization on the part of
the Borrowers with respect to the increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount
and such opinions of counsel for the Borrowers with respect to the increase in
the Aggregate Commitment Amount as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request.
     (d) Upon the acceptance of the Commitment Increase Agreement by the
Administrative Agent, the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall automatically be
increased by the amount of the Commitment Amounts added through such Commitment
Increase Agreement.
     (e) Upon any increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount pursuant to this
Section 2.22 that is not pro rata among all Lenders, within 5 Business Days, the
Borrowers shall prepay all Borrowings hereunder in their entirety and, to the
extent the Borrowers elect to do so and subject to the conditions specified in
Section 3.4, the Borrowers shall effect new Borrowings from the Lenders in
proportion to their respective Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such
increase.
     (f) In no event shall the Company make more than three requests for an
Additional Commitment Amount pursuant to this Section 2.22.
ARTICLE III
Conditions Precedent
Section 3.1 Conditions to Effectiveness.
Sections 2.1, 2.7 and 2.20 of this Agreement shall become effective only upon
delivery to the Administrative Agent of each of the following, each in form and
substance satisfactory to each Lender Party:
     (a) This Agreement, duly executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent
and each of the Lenders.
     (b) The Notes, dated the date hereof, properly executed on behalf of the
Company.
     (c) The consent of each Departing Lender to the termination of that
Departing Lender’s Commitment (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) upon
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Section 3.2 Initial Conditions Precedent.
The obligation of the Lender Parties to provide any Credit Extension is subject
to the further condition precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have
received, on or before the day of the first Credit Extension, all of the
following, in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender Party:
     (a) The Fee Letter, properly executed on behalf of the Company.
     (b) A certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company
(i) certifying that the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
Documents and other documents contemplated hereunder have been duly approved by
all necessary action of the Governing Board of the Company, and attaching true
and correct copies of the applicable resolutions granting such approval,
(ii) certifying that attached to such certificate are true and correct copies of
the Organizational Documents of the Company, together with such copies, and
(iii) certifying the names of the officers of the Company who are authorized to
sign the Loan Documents and other documents contemplated hereunder, together
with the true signatures of such officers.
     (c) A certificate of good standing of the Company, dated not more than ten
days before such date.
     (d) A signed copy of an opinion of counsel for the Company, addressed to
the Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto.
     (e) All fees required to be paid as of the date hereof under this Agreement
or the Fee Letter.
     (f) Such other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders may reasonably deem necessary or advisable in connection with the
initial Credit Extensions.
Section 3.3 Additional Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions to Designated
Subsidiaries.
The obligation of the Lender Parties to provide any Credit Extension to any
Designated Subsidiary is subject to the further condition precedent that the
Administrative Agent shall have received, on or before the day of the first
Credit Extension to such Designated Subsidiary, all of the following, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to each Lender Party:
     (a) A Designation Letter, duly executed by such Designated Subsidiary and
the Company.
     (b) A certificate of an appropriate officer (or individual performing the
function thereof) of such Designated Subsidiary (i) certifying that the
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hereunder have been duly approved by all necessary action of the Governing Board
of such Designated Subsidiary, and attaching true and correct copies of the
applicable resolutions granting such approval, (ii) certifying that attached to
such certificate are true and correct copies of the Organizational Documents of
such Designated Subsidiary, together with such copies, and (iii) certifying the
names of the officers of such Designated Subsidiary who are authorized to sign
the Designation Letter and other documents contemplated hereunder, together with
the true signatures of such officers.
     (c) A certificate of good standing (or equivalent certificate or
confirmation, in each case to the extent available in the applicable
jurisdiction) of such Designated Subsidiary, dated not more than ten days before
such date.
     (d) A signed copy of an opinion of counsel for such Designated Subsidiary,
addressed to the Lenders, opining as to the due execution, delivery and
enforceability of the Loan Documents to which such Designated Subsidiary is a
party and as to such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request.
     (e) Such other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders may reasonably deem necessary or advisable in connection with the
initial Credit Extension to such Designated Subsidiary.
Section 3.4 Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions.
The obligation of the Lender Parties to provide any Credit Extension is subject
to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Credit Extension:
     (a) The representations and warranties contained in Article IV are correct
on and as of the date of such Credit Extension as though made on and as of such
date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate
solely to an earlier date.
     (b) The Borrower requesting such Credit Extension has delivered to the
Administrative Agent a certificate in the form of Exhibit G hereto, duly
executed by a person authorized to request Credit Extensions on behalf of that
Borrower.
     (c) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such
Credit Extension, which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties
The Company represents and warrants to the Lenders as follows:
Section 4.1 Corporate Existence and Power.
The Company and its Subsidiaries are each corporations duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective
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each duly licensed or qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions where
the character of the property owned or leased or the nature of the business
transacted by them makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where
the failure to be so licensed or qualified (i) will not permanently preclude the
Company or any Subsidiary from maintaining any material action in any such
jurisdiction even though such action arose in whole or in part during the period
of such failure, and (ii) will not result in any other Material Adverse Change.
The Company has (and, upon becoming a Borrower hereunder, each Designated
Subsidiary will have) all requisite power and authority, corporate or otherwise,
to conduct its business, to own its properties and to execute and deliver, and
to perform all of its obligations under, the Loan Documents.
Section 4.2 Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law or Agreements.
The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of the Loan Documents,
the borrowings from time to time hereunder, the issuance of the Notes, and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not (i) require
any consent or approval of the stockholders of any Borrower, or any
authorization, consent, approval, order, filing, registration or qualification
by or with any governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, other than those consents described in
Schedule 4.2, each of which has been obtained and is in full force and effect,
(ii) violate any provision of any law, rule or regulation (including, without
limitation, Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
and Section 7 of the Exchange Act or any regulation promulgated thereunder) or
of any order, writ, injunction or decree presently in effect having
applicability to any Borrower or of the Organizational Documents of any
Borrower, (iii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any
indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease or
instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it or
its properties may be bound or affected, or (iv) result in, or require, the
creation or imposition of any Lien or other charge or encumbrance of any nature
upon or with respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter acquired by
the Company or any Subsidiary.
Section 4.3 Legal Agreements.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Borrowers, enforceable against the Borrowers in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that such
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors’rights generally or by general equitable
principles.
Section 4.4 Subsidiaries.
Schedule 4.4 hereto is a complete and correct list of all Subsidiaries as of the
date of this Agreement and of the percentage of the ownership of the Company or
any other Subsidiary in each as of the date of this Agreement. Except as
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shares of each Subsidiary owned by the Company or by any such other Subsidiary
are validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
Section 4.5 Financial Condition.
The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the year ended
December 31, 2006, and its unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements
for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. Those financial statements fairly present
in all material respects the financial condition of the Company on the date
thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the period then
ended, and were prepared in accordance with GAAP. The information, exhibits and
reports furnished by the Company to the Lender Parties, taken as a whole, in
connection with the negotiation of or compliance with the Loan Documents did not
contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or
any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
Section 4.6 Adverse Change.
There has been no Material Adverse Change between December 31, 2006 and the date
of this Agreement.
Section 4.7 Litigation.
Except as set forth in Schedule 4.7, there are no actions, suits or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company or any Subsidiary or the properties of the Company or any Subsidiary
before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency
or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to
effect a Material Adverse Change. Other than any liability incident to any
litigation, arbitration or proceeding which could not reasonably be expected to
effect a Material Adverse Change, the Company knows of no material contingent
obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements referred
to in Section 4.5.
Section 4.8 Hazardous Substances.
Except as set forth in Schedule 4.8, to the best of the Company’s knowledge,
(i) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or other Person has ever caused or
permitted any Hazardous Substance to be disposed of on, under or at any real
property which is operated by the Company or any Subsidiary or in which the
Company or any Subsidiary has any interest, except to the extent that such
disposal can not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;
and (ii) no such real property has ever been used (either by the Company or by
any Subsidiary or other Person) as a dump site or permanent or temporary storage
site for any Hazardous Substance in a manner that could reasonably be expected
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Section 4.9 Regulation U.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is engaged in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the
meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System), and no part of the proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or
carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any margin stock.
Section 4.10 Taxes.
The Company and its Subsidiaries have each paid or caused to be paid to the
proper authorities when due all federal, state and local taxes required to be
withheld and paid by them. The Company and its Subsidiaries have each filed all
federal, state and local tax returns which to the knowledge of the officers of
the Company or any Subsidiary are required to be filed, and the Company and its
Subsidiaries have each paid or caused to be paid to the respective taxing
authorities all taxes as shown on said returns or on any assessment received by
it to the extent such taxes have become due, other than taxes whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which the Company or applicable Subsidiary has provided
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.
Section 4.11 Burdensome Restrictions.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any agreement,
or subject to any restriction in any Organizational Document, or any requirement
of law, which would reasonably be expected to effect a Material Adverse Change.
Section 4.12 Titles and Liens.
The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has good title to each of the properties
and assets material to the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, which it purports to own or which are reflected as owned on its
books and records, in each case free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances,
except for Liens and encumbrances permitted by Section 6.1 and covenants,
restrictions, rights, easements and irregularities in title which do not
materially interfere with the business or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.13 ERISA.
No Plan will have an accumulated funding deficiency (as such term is defined in
Section 302 of ERISA) in excess of $10,000,000 as of the last day of the most
recent fiscal year of such Plan ended prior to the date hereof, and no liability
to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or the Internal Revenue Service in
excess of such amount has been, or is expected by the Company or any Subsidiary
or ERISA Affiliate to be, incurred with respect to any Plan that could become a
liability of the Company or any Subsidiary. Except as disclosed in Company’s
financial statements, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any contingent
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excess of $10,000,000, other than liability for continuation coverage described
in Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.
Section 4.14 Investment Company Act.
No Borrower is, and no Borrower will at any time be, an “investment company,”as
such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.
Section 4.15 Solvency.
Each Borrower is and, upon the making of any Advance and the issuance of any
Letter of Credit, will be, Solvent.
Section 4.16 Swap Obligations.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any outstanding
obligations under any Swap Contracts, other than Permitted Swap Obligations.
Section 4.17 Insurance.
The properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries are insured with responsible
and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Company, in such
amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily
carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties
in localities where the Company and such Subsidiaries operate.
Section 4.18 Compliance With Laws.
The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable statutes,
rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of any domestic or foreign
government or any instrumentality or agency thereof having jurisdiction over the
conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of their respective
properties, assets and rights, where failure to comply would result in a
Material Adverse Change.
Section 4.19 No Contractual Default.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any term of any
contract, agreement, judgment or decree, the violation of which would
(individually or together with all other such violations in existence) have a
Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants of the Company
So long as any Obligations (other than obligations of indemnification described
in Section 9.6 that are not then due and payable) remain unpaid or any
Commitment or L/C Amount shall be outstanding, the Company will comply with the
following requirements, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in
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Section 5.1 Financial Statements.
The Company will deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
     (a) As soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the annual audit report of the
Company and its Subsidiaries prepared by nationally recognized independent
certified public accountants, which annual report shall include the balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and
the related statements of income, shareholders’equity and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, all presented on a
consolidated basis in reasonable detail and all prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
     (b) As soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of
each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, the balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and
related statements of earnings and cash flows of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for such quarter and for the year to date, in reasonable detail and
prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end
adjustments.
     (c) Concurrent with the delivery of any financial statements under
paragraph (a) or (b), a Compliance Certificate, duly executed by the chief
financial officer or treasurer of the Company.
     (d) Promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all regular and
periodic financial reports which the Company or any Subsidiary shall file with
the SEC or any national securities exchange.
     (e) Immediately after the commencement thereof, notice in writing of all
litigation and of all proceedings before any governmental or regulatory agency
affecting the Company or any Subsidiary of the type described in Section 4.7 or
which seek a monetary recovery against the Company or any Subsidiary combined in
excess of $10,000,000.
     (f) As promptly as practicable (but in any event not later than five
Business Days) after an officer of the Company obtains knowledge of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, notice of such occurrence,
together with a detailed statement by a responsible officer of the Company of
the steps being taken by the Company to cure the effect of such event.
     (g) Promptly upon becoming aware of any Reportable Event or the occurrence
of a prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code or Section 406 of ERISA) in connection with any Plan or any trust created
thereunder, which could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to
Company or any Subsidiary in excess of $10,000,000, a written notice specifying
the nature thereof, what action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto, and, when known, any action taken or threatened by
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Revenue Service, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or the Department of
Labor with respect thereto.
     (h) Promptly upon their receipt, copies of (a) all notices received by the
Company, any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate of the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation’s intent to terminate any Plan or to have a trustee appointed to
administer any Plan, and (b) all notices received by the Company, any Subsidiary
or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan concerning the imposition or
amount of withdrawal liability imposed pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA, which
withdrawal liability individually or in the aggregate exceeds $10,000,000.
     (i) All notices required to be delivered under Section 9.15.
     (j) Promptly after it obtains knowledge of any such change, notice (by
telephone, followed by written notice sent promptly thereafter in accordance
with Section 9.4) of any change in the rating by S&P or Moody’s of the Reference
Debt, together with the details thereof, and of any announcement by S&P or
Moody’s that its rating is “under review” or that any such rating has been
placed on a “CreditWatch List” or “watch list” or that any similar action has
been taken by such rating agency.
     (k) Such other information respecting the financial condition and results
of operations of the Company or any Subsidiary as any Lender may from time to
time reasonably request.
Section 5.2 Books and Records; Inspection and Examination.
The Company will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, accurate books of
record and account for itself in which true and complete entries will be made in
accordance with GAAP. Upon request of any Applicable Party, as defined below,
the Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, give any representative of
such Applicable Party access to, and permit such representative to examine, copy
or make extracts from, any and all books, records and documents in its
possession (except to the extent that such access is restricted by law or by a
bona fide non-disclosure agreement not entered into primarily for the purpose of
evading the requirements of this Section), to inspect any of its properties
(subject to such physical security requirements as the Company or the applicable
Subsidiary may require) and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with
any of its principal officers, all at such times during normal business hours,
upon reasonable notice, and as often as such Applicable Party may reasonably
request. As used in this Section 5.2, “Applicable Party” means (i) so long as
any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent or
any Lender, and (ii) at all other times, the Administrative Agent. The
provisions of this Section 5.2 shall in no way preclude any Lender from
discussing the general affairs, finances and accounts of the Company with any of
its principal officers at such times during normal business hours and as often
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Section 5.3 Compliance with Laws.
The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply with the
requirements of applicable laws and regulations, the noncompliance with which
would effect a Material Adverse Change. In addition, and without limiting the
foregoing sentence, the Company will (i) ensure, and cause each Subsidiary to
ensure, that no Person who owns a controlling interest in or otherwise controls
the Company or any Subsidiary is or shall be listed on the Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Person List or other similar lists maintained by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the Department of the Treasury or
included in any Executive Orders, (ii) not use or permit the use of the proceeds
of any Advance to violate any of the foreign asset control regulations of OFAC
or any enabling statute or Executive Order relating thereto, and (iii) comply,
and cause each Subsidiary to comply, with all applicable Bank Secrecy Act
(“BSA”) laws and regulations, as amended.
Section 5.4 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, pay or discharge, when due,
(a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or
upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the
date on which penalties attach thereto, (b) all federal, state and local taxes
required to be withheld by it, and (c) all lawful claims for labor, materials
and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon any
properties of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, that neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge or
claim (i) whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary
has provided adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (ii) where failure to
pay such tax, assessment, charge or claim could not reasonably be expected to
result in a liability in excess of $5,000,000.
Section 5.5 Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will keep and maintain, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep and
maintain, all of its properties necessary or useful in its business in good
condition, repair and working order; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the
operation and maintenance of, or disposing of, any of its properties if (i) (A)
such discontinuance or disposition is, in the reasonable judgment of the Company
or that Subsidiary, desirable in the conduct of its business, and (B) no Default
or Event of Default exists at the time of, or will be caused by, such
discontinuance or disposition or (ii) such discontinuance or disposition relates
to obsolete or worn-out property.
Section 5.6 Insurance.
The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, obtain and maintain
insurance with insurers reasonably believed by the Company or such Subsidiary to
be responsible and reputable, in such amounts and against such risks as are
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Section 5.7 Preservation of Corporate Existence.
The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, preserve and maintain its
corporate existence and all of its rights, privileges and franchises; provided,
however, that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall be required to
preserve any of its rights, privileges and franchises or to maintain its
corporate existence if (i) its Governing Board shall reasonably determine that
the preservation or maintenance thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of
the business of the Company or that Subsidiary, and (ii) no Default or Event of
Default exists upon, or will be caused by, the termination of such right,
privilege, franchise or existence; provided, further, that in no event shall the
foregoing be construed to permit the Company to terminate its corporate
existence.
Section 5.8 Use of Proceeds.
The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, use the proceeds of the
Advances and L/C Amounts for general corporate purposes (including, without
limitation, support of commercial paper) and to repay outstanding Advances and
L/C Amounts. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, use any
of the proceeds of the Advances and L/C Amounts to purchase or carry any “margin
stock” (as defined in Regulation U) or to make any acquisition of any
corporation, limited liability company or other business entity unless, prior to
making such acquisition, the Company or such Subsidiary shall have obtained
written approval from the Governing Board of such entity.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
So long as any Obligations (other than obligations of indemnification described
in Section 9.6 that are not then due and payable) remain unpaid or any
Commitment or L/C Amount shall be outstanding, the Company agrees that, without
the prior written consent of the Required Lenders:
Section 6.1 Liens.
The Company will not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of
its assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of such Subsidiary’s
assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, except the following:
     (a) Liens for taxes or assessments or other governmental charges to the
extent not required to be paid by Section 5.4.
     (b) Materialmen’s, merchants’, carriers’ worker’s, repairer’s, or other
like liens arising in the ordinary course of business to the extent not required
to be paid by Section 5.4.
     (c) Pledges or deposits to secure obligations under worker’s compensation
laws, unemployment insurance, social security and other similar laws, or to
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money) or leases or to secure statutory obligations or surety or appeal bonds,
or to secure indemnity, performance or other similar bonds in the ordinary
course of business.
     (d) Zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, restrictions on the use of
real property or minor irregularities in title thereto, which do not materially
impair the use of such property in the operation of the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the value of such property for the
purpose of such business.
     (e) Purchase money Liens upon or in property acquired after the date
hereof, provided that (i) such Lien is created not later than the 120th day
following the acquisition or completion of construction of such property by the
Company or its applicable Subsidiary, and (ii) no such Lien extends or shall
extend to or cover any property of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than
the property then being acquired, fixed improvements then or thereafter erected
thereon and improvements and modifications thereto necessary to maintain such
properties in working order.
     (f) Liens granted by any Acquisition Target prior to the acquisition by the
Company or any Subsidiary of any interest in such Acquisition Target or its
assets, so long as (i) such Lien was granted by the Acquisition Target prior to
such acquisition and not in contemplation thereof, and (ii) no such Lien extends
to any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary other than the assets of the
Acquisition Target and improvements and modifications thereto necessary to
maintain such properties in working order or, in the case of an asset transfer,
the assets so acquired by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary and
improvements and modifications thereto.
     (g) Liens (other than those described in subsection (e)) securing any
indebtedness for borrowed money in existence on the date hereof and listed in
Schedule 6.1 hereto.
     (h) Liens securing any refinancing of indebtedness secured by the Liens
described in paragraphs (e) and (f), so long as the amount of such indebtedness
secured by any such Lien does not exceed the amount of such refinanced
indebtedness immediately prior to the refinancing and such Liens do not extend
to assets other than those encumbered prior to such refinancing and improvements
and modifications thereto.
     (i) Liens granted by any Subsidiary of the Company in favor of the Company
or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.
     (j) Liens on patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, trade names, copyrights, technology and know-how to the extent
such Liens arise from the granting (a) of exclusive licenses with respect to the
foregoing if such licenses relate to either (x) intellectual property which is
immaterial and not necessary for the on-going conduct of the businesses of the
Company and its Subsidiaries or (y) uses that would not materially restrict the
conduct of the on-going businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
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use any of the foregoing to any Person, in any case in the ordinary course of
business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
     (k) Possessory Liens in favor of lessees or sublessees of properties leased
or subleased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to such Persons.
     (l) Liens not otherwise described in this Section 6.1, so long as the
aggregate amount of indebtedness secured by all such Liens does not at any time
exceed 5% of Adjusted Net Worth.
Section 6.2 Sale of Assets.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, lease,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a Material Part of the Assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions) to any other Person other than (i) in the ordinary course of
business, (ii) any transfer of an interest in accounts or notes receivable on a
limited recourse basis; provided, that (w) such transfer qualifies as a sale
under GAAP, (x) the amount of such financing does not exceed $100,000,000 in the
aggregate after the date of this Agreement, (y) at least 80% of the proceeds of
such transfers are paid in cash and (z) the Company and its Subsidiaries do not
retain a residual liability therefor in excess of 10% of the amount of any such
financing, and (iii) dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the
business of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company may sell, lease, or transfer all or a
substantial part of its assets to the Company or another wholly-owned Subsidiary
of the Company, and the Company or such other wholly-owned Subsidiary, as the
case may be, may acquire all or substantially all of the assets of the
Subsidiary so to be sold, leased or transferred to it, and any such sale, lease
or transfer shall not be included in determining if the Company and/or its
Subsidiaries disposed of a Material Part of the Assets. For purposes hereof,
“Material Part of the Assets” means assets with a net book value in excess of
10% of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis as determined in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries available as of the date of
determination.
Section 6.3 Consolidation and Merger.
The Company will not consolidate with or merge into any Person, or permit any
other Person to merge into it, or acquire (in a transaction analogous in purpose
or effect to a consolidation or merger) all or substantially all of the assets
of any other Person; provided, however, that the restrictions contained in this
Section shall not apply to or prevent the consolidation or merger of (a) any
Person with, or a conveyance or transfer of its assets to, the Company so long
as (i) no Default or Event of Default exists at the time of, or will be caused
by, such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, and (ii) the Company
shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, or (b) the merger of a
wholly-owned Subsidiary with the Company, provided that the Company is the
legally surviving entity, or (c) the merger of a wholly-owned Subsidiary with
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Section 6.4 Hazardous Substances.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, cause or permit any
Hazardous Substance to be disposed of in any manner, or on, under or at any real
property which is operated by the Company or any Subsidiary or in which the
Company or any Subsidiary has any interest, if such disposition could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Section 6.5 Restrictions on Nature of Business.
The Company and its Subsidiaries will not engage in any business materially
different from those businesses in which they are presently engaged.
Section 6.6 Transactions with Affiliates.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will make any loan or capital
contribution to, or any other investment in, any Affiliate, or pay any dividend
to any Affiliate, or make any other cash transfer to any Affiliate; provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit any of the following:
     (a) Transactions made upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to
the Company or applicable Subsidiary than would obtain, taking into account all
facts and circumstances, in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person
not an Affiliate.
     (b) Loans or contributions of capital to Subsidiaries, so long as such
transaction (if constituting a sale, lease, assignment, transfer or other
disposition of assets) does not violate Section 6.2 of this Agreement.
Section 6.7 Leverage Ratio.
The Company will not permit its Leverage Ratio, determined as at the end of each
fiscal quarter of the Company, to be greater than 3.50 to 1.
Section 6.8 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
The Company will not permit its Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, determined as at
the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, to be less than 2.00 to 1.
Section 6.9 Adjusted Net Worth.
The Company will not permit its Adjusted Net Worth, determined as of the end of
each fiscal quarter of the Company, to be less than the sum of (i) $505,790,400,
plus (ii) an amount equal to 50% of the consolidated net income of the Company
and its Subsidiaries (with no deduction for any quarterly loss) in each fiscal
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Section 6.10 Investments.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will purchase or hold
beneficially any Investment, except:
     (a) Investments in its Subsidiaries, including investments in connection
with acquisitions.
     (b) Existing investments described on Schedule 6.10.
     (c) Investments in commercial paper of corporations organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof maturing in 270 days or less from
the date of issuance which, at the time of acquisition by the Company or any
Subsidiary, is accorded a rating of “A-1” by S&P or “P-1” by Moody’s.
     (d) Investments in direct obligations of the United States of America or
any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment or
guarantee of which constitutes a full faith and credit obligation of the United
States of America, in either case, maturing within twelve months from the date
of acquisition thereof.
     (e) Investments in certificates of deposit and time deposits maturing
within one year from the date of issuance thereof, either (i) issued by a bank
or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof, Canada or any province thereof, or any member state of the European
Union as of April 30, 2004 (other than Greece), having in each such case
capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least U.S.$100,000,000 (or
the equivalent under local currency), provided that at the time of acquisition
thereof by the Company or a Subsidiary, the senior unsecured long-term debt of
such bank or trust company or of the holding company of such bank or trust
company is rated “A” or better by S&P, or “A2” or better by Moody’s, or
(ii) issued by any bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof to the extent that such Investments are fully
insured by the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation.
     (f) Investments in repurchase agreements with respect to any Investment
described in paragraph (d) above entered into with a depository institution or
trust company of the type described in (e) above acting as principal, so long as
such repurchase agreements are by their terms to be performed by the repurchase
obligor and such repurchase agreements are deposited with a bank or trust
company of the type described in clause (e) above.
     (g) Investments in (i) variable rate demand notes of any state of the
United States or any municipality organized under the laws of any state of the
United States or any political subdivision thereof which, at the time of
acquisition by the Company, are accorded either of the two highest ratings by
S&P or Moody’s, Inc., provided that in each such case, such notes permit the
Company to require the issuer thereof to repurchase such notes within not more
than 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof by the Company, and
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municipality thereof organized under the laws of any state of the United States
or any political subdivision thereof which are provided unconditional credit
support by, and are unconditionally putable within a period not to exceed one
year from the date of acquisition thereof by the Company or applicable
Subsidiary to financial institutions rated “A” or better by S&P or Moody’s.
     (h) Investments in (i) preferred stocks which, at the date of acquisition
by the Company or any Subsidiary, are accorded one of the three highest ratings
by S&P or Moody’s or (ii) adjustable rate preferred stock funds rated “A-” or
better by S&P or “A-3” or better by Moody’s.
     (i) Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary in direct obligations of the
country in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized, in each such case
maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof by such Foreign
Subsidiary.
     (j) Advances in the form of progress payments, prepaid rent or security
deposits made or incurred in the ordinary course of business.
     (k) Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries not described in the
foregoing paragraphs (a) through (j), so long as the aggregate amount of all
such Investments shall not at any time exceed the greater of (i) U.S.
$50,000,000 or (ii) 10% of the aggregate amount of the capital stock accounts
(net of treasury stock, at cost) plus (or minus in the case of a deficit) the
surplus and retained earnings of the Company as determined in accordance with
GAAP as at the time of making such Investment.
Section 6.11 Guarantees.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will assume, guarantee, endorse
or otherwise become directly or contingently liable in connection with any
obligations of any other Person, except:
     (a) The endorsement of negotiable instruments by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary
course of business.
     (b) Guaranties, endorsements and other direct or contingent liabilities in
connection with the obligations of other Persons in existence on the date hereof
and listed in Schedule 6.11 hereto.
     (c) Contingent obligations (A) of the Company with respect to obligations
of its Subsidiaries and (B) of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries with respect to
obligations of the Company or another such Subsidiary.
     (d) Contingent obligations with respect to surety, appeal and performance
bonds obtained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
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ARTICLE VII
Events of Default, Rights and Remedies
Section 7.1 Events of Default.
“Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:
     (a) Default in the payment of any principal of any Note or L/C Amount when
it becomes due and payable; or default in the payment of any other Obligations
when the same become due and payable and the continuance of such default for
five Business Days.
     (b) Default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement on
the part of the Company contained in any Financial Covenant or any of
Sections 5.1(f), 6.1 through 6.3, 6.6, 6.10 or 6.11.
     (c) Default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of
the Borrowers in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (excluding any
covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and the continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 30 days after the Administrative Agent, at the
request of any Lender, has given notice to the Company specifying such default
or breach and requiring it to be remedied.
     (d) Any representation or warranty made by any Borrower in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or by any Borrower (or any of its officers) in any
certificate, instrument, or statement contemplated by or made or delivered
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, shall prove to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made.
     (e) Any Borrower shall assert that any Loan Documents are not enforceable
in accordance with their terms.
     (f) A default in the payment when due (after giving effect to any
applicable grace periods) of principal or interest with respect to any item of
Total Funded Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any
Obligations) if the aggregate amount of all such items of Total Funded Debt as
to which such payment defaults exist is not less than $10,000,000.
     (g) A default (other than a default described in paragraph (f)) under any
agreement relating to any item of Total Funded Debt of the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than under any of the Loan Documents) or under any indenture
or other instrument under which any such agreement has been issued or by which
it is governed and the expiration of the applicable period of grace, if any,
specified in such agreement if the effect of such default is to cause or to
permit the holder of such item of Total Funded Debt (or trustee or agent on
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of Total Funded Debt to come due prior to its stated maturity (or to cause or to
permit the counterparty in respect of a Swap Contract to elect an early
termination date in respect of such Swap Contract); provided, however, that no
Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred under this paragraph if the
aggregate amount owing as to all such items of Total Funded Debt as to which
such defaults have occurred and are continuing is less than $10,000,000;
provided further that if such default shall be cured by the Company or such
Subsidiary, or waived by the holders of such items of Total Funded Debt or
counterparties in respect of such Swap Contracts, in each case prior to the
commencement of any action under Section 7.2 and as may be permitted by such
evidence of indebtedness, indenture, other instrument, or Swap Contract, then
the Event of Default hereunder by reason of such default shall be deemed
likewise to have been thereupon cured or waived.
     (h) The Company or any Subsidiary shall be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, or
make an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Company or any
Subsidiary shall apply for or consent to the appointment of any receiver,
trustee, or similar officer for it or for all or any substantial part of its
property; or such receiver, trustee or similar officer shall be appointed
without the application or consent of the Company or such Subsidiary, and such
appointment shall continue undischarged for a period of 60 days; or the Company
or any Subsidiary shall institute (by petition, application, answer, consent or
otherwise) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment
of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar proceeding relating to it under the
laws of any jurisdiction; or any such proceeding shall be instituted (by
petition, application or otherwise) against the Company or any Subsidiary and
shall continue undischarged for 60 days; or any judgment, writ, warrant of
attachment or execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against a
substantial part of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary and such
judgment, writ, or similar process shall not be released, vacated, stayed or
fully bonded within 60 days after its issue or levy.
     (i) A petition shall be filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the
United States Bankruptcy Code naming the Company or that Subsidiary as debtor;
or an involuntary petition shall be filed against the Company or any Subsidiary
under the United States Bankruptcy Code, and such petition shall not have been
dismissed within 60 days after such filing; or an order for relief shall be
entered in any case under the United States Bankruptcy Code naming the Company
or any Subsidiary as debtor.
     (j) A Change of Control shall occur with respect to the Company.
     (k) The rendering against the Company or any Subsidiary of a final
judgment, decree or order for the payment of money if the amount of such
judgment, decree or order, together with the amount of all other such judgments,
decrees and orders then outstanding, less (in each case) the portion thereof
covered by insurance proceeds, is greater than $5,000,000 and if such judgment,
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unsatisfied and in effect for any period of 30 consecutive days without a stay
of execution.
     (l) Any Plan shall have been terminated as a result of which the Company or
any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate has incurred an unfunded liability in excess
of $10,000,000; or a trustee shall have been appointed by an appropriate United
States District Court to administer any Plan or the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation shall have instituted proceedings to terminate any Plan or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan and in either case such action could
reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Company or any Subsidiary
in excess of $10,000,000, or the Company or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate
shall have incurred withdrawal liability in excess of $10,000,000 in respect of
any Multiemployer Plan; or the Company or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate
shall have incurred any joint and several liability to the Internal Revenue
Service or the Department of Labor, or the Company or any Subsidiary shall have
incurred any other liability to the Internal Revenue Service or the Department
of Labor, in excess of $10,000,000 with respect to any Plan; or any Reportable
Event that the Required Lenders may determine in good faith could reasonably be
expected to constitute grounds for the termination of any Plan by the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, for the appointment by the appropriate United
States District Court of a trustee to administer any Plan or for the imposition
of withdrawal liability with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, and which, in any
such case, could reasonably be expected to result in liability to Company or any
Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate in excess of $10,000,000, shall have occurred and
be continuing 30 days after written notice to such effect shall have been given
to the Company by the Lenders.
     (m) Any court, government or governmental agency shall condemn, seize or
otherwise appropriate, or take custody or control of, all or any Material Part
of the Assets (as defined in Section 6.2) of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
     (n) Failure of the Borrowers to maintain or deposit in the Cash Collateral
Account on or after the fifth Business Day preceding the Commitment Termination
Date (or earlier, if required by Section 7.2(c)) an amount equal to the face
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
Section 7.2 Rights and Remedies.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or at any time thereafter until such
Event of Default is waived by the Required Lenders or cured, the Administrative
Agent may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, and shall, upon the request
of the Required Lenders, exercise any or all of the following rights and
remedies:
     (a) The Administrative Agent may, by notice to the Company, declare the
Commitments, the Swing Line Lender’s commitment under Section 2.20 and the
Issuing Bank’s commitment under Section 2.7 to be terminated, whereupon the same
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     (b) The Administrative Agent may, by notice to the Company, declare the
entire unpaid principal amount of the Obligations then outstanding, all interest
accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts payable under this Agreement
to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Obligations, all such accrued
interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which
are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers.
     (c) If any Letter of Credit remains outstanding, the Administrative Agent
may, by notice to the Company, require the Borrowers to deposit in the Cash
Collateral Account immediately available funds equal to the aggregate face
amount of all such outstanding Letters of Credit (less any amounts then on
deposit in the Cash Collateral Account). Such funds shall be deposited (i) with
respect to each Alternative Currency Letter of Credit, in the applicable
Alternative Currency, and (ii) with respect to each Letter of Credit denominated
in Dollars, in Dollars.
     (d) The Lenders may, without notice to the Borrowers and without further
action, apply any and all money owing by any Lender to any Borrower to the
payment of the Obligations then outstanding, including interest accrued thereon,
and of all other sums then owing by the Borrowers hereunder. For purposes of
this paragraph (d), “Lender” means the Lenders, as defined elsewhere in this
Agreement, and any participant in the loans made hereunder; provided, however,
that each such participant, by exercising its rights under this paragraph (d),
agrees that it shall be obligated under Section 8.4 with respect to such payment
as if it were a Lender for purposes of that Section.
     (e) The Administrative Agent may exercise and enforce all rights and
remedies available to it in respect of the Cash Collateral Account.
     (f) The Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the Issuing Bank and
the Lenders may exercise any other rights and remedies available to them by law
or agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
described in Section 7.1(i) hereof (whether or not such Event of Default also
arises under Section 7.1(h) hereof), the Commitments shall terminate and the
entire unpaid principal amount of the Obligations then outstanding, all interest
accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts payable under this Agreement
shall be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or
notice of any kind.
Section 7.3 Pledge of Cash Collateral Account.
The Borrowers hereby pledge, and grant the Administrative Agent, as agent for
the Lenders, including the Issuing Bank, a security interest in, all sums held
in the Cash Collateral Account from time to time and all proceeds thereof as
security for the payment of the Obligations, specifically including (without
limitation) the Borrowers’ obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any
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reimbursement obligation arises directly under this Agreement or under a
separate reimbursement agreement. Upon request of the Company, the
Administrative Agent shall permit the Borrowers to withdraw from the Cash
Collateral Account, so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists, the
lesser of (i) the Excess Balance (as defined below), or (ii) the balance of the
Cash Collateral Account. If a Default or Event of Default then exists, the
Administrative Agent shall, upon the request of the Company, apply the Excess
Balance to the payment of the Obligations. As used herein, “Excess Balance”
means (A) after the fifth Business Day preceding the Commitment Termination
Date, the amount by which the balance of the Cash Collateral Account exceeds the
L/C Amount, and (B) prior to the fifth Business Day preceding the Commitment
Termination Date, the balance of the Cash Collateral Account. The Administrative
Agent shall have full control of the Cash Collateral Account, and, except as set
forth above, the Borrowers shall have no right to withdraw the funds maintained
in the Cash Collateral Account.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
Section 8.1 Authorization.
Each Lender, the holder of each Note and the Issuing Bank irrevocably appoints
and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act on its behalf to the extent
provided herein or in any document or instrument delivered hereunder or in
connection herewith, and to take such other action as may be reasonably
incidental thereto.
Section 8.2 Distribution of Payments and Proceeds.
     (a) After deduction of any costs of collection as hereinafter provided, the
Administrative Agent shall remit to each Lender that Lender’s Percentage of all
payments of principal, interest, Letter of Credit fees payable under
Section 2.7(e) and facility fees payable under Section 2.8 that are received by
the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Each Lender’s interest in the
Loan Documents shall be payable solely from payments, collections and proceeds
actually received by the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents; and the
Administrative Agent’s only liability to the Lenders hereunder shall be to
account for each Lender’s Percentage of such payments, collections and proceeds
in accordance with this Agreement. If the Administrative Agent is ever required
for any reason to refund any such payments, collections or proceeds, each Lender
will refund to the Administrative Agent, upon demand, its Percentage of such
payments, collections or proceeds, together with its Percentage of interest or
penalties, if any, payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with such
refund. The Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, make payment to
the Lenders in anticipation of receipt of payment from the Borrowers. If the
Administrative Agent fails to receive any such anticipated payment from the
Borrowers, each Lender shall promptly refund to the Administrative Agent, upon
demand, any such payment made to it in anticipation of payment from the
Borrowers, together with interest for each day on such amount until so refunded
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     (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Lender has wrongfully refused to
fund its Percentage of any Borrowing or other Advance or purchase its
participation in a Swing Line Advance or in a Letter of Credit as required
hereunder, or if the principal balance of any Lender’s Obligations is for any
other reason less than its Percentage of the aggregate principal balances of the
Lenders’ Obligations then outstanding, the Administrative Agent may remit all
payments received by it to the other Lenders until such payments have reduced
the aggregate amounts owed by the Borrowers to the extent that the aggregate
amount owing to such Lender hereunder is equal to its Percentage of the
aggregate amount owing to all of the Lenders hereunder. The provisions of this
paragraph are intended only to set forth certain rules for the application of
payments, proceeds and collections in the event that a Lender has breached its
obligations hereunder and shall not be deemed to excuse any Lender from such
obligations.
Section 8.3 Expenses.
All payments, collections and proceeds received or effected by the
Administrative Agent may be applied, first, to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all costs, expenses, damages and liabilities at any
time incurred by or imposed upon the Administrative Agent in connection with
this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including but not limited to all
reasonable attorney’s fees, foreclosure expenses and advances made to protect
the security of collateral, if any, but excluding any costs, expenses, damages
or liabilities arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent). If the Administrative Agent does not receive payments,
collections or proceeds from the Borrowers or their properties sufficient to
cover any such costs, expenses, damages or liabilities within 30 days after
their incurrence or imposition, each Lender shall, upon demand, remit to the
Administrative Agent its Percentage of the difference between (i) such costs,
expenses, damages and liabilities, and (ii) such payments, collections and
proceeds.
Section 8.4 Payments Received Directly by Lenders.
If any Lender or other holder of a Note shall obtain any payment or other
recovery (whether voluntary, involuntary, by application of offset or otherwise)
on account of principal of or interest on any Note other than through
distributions made in accordance with Section 8.2, such Lender or holder shall
promptly give notice of such fact to the Administrative Agent and shall purchase
from the other Lenders or holders such participations in the Obligations held by
them as shall be necessary to cause the purchasing Lender or holder to share the
excess payment or other recovery ratably with each of them; provided, however,
that if all or any portion of the excess payment or other recovery is thereafter
recovered from such purchasing Lender or holder, the purchase shall be rescinded
and the purchasing Lender restored to the extent of such recovery (but without
interest thereon).
Section 8.5 Indemnification.
The Administrative Agent shall not be required to do any act hereunder or under
any other document or instrument delivered hereunder or in connection herewith,
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defend any suit in respect of this Agreement or the Notes or any documents or
instrument delivered hereunder or in connection herewith unless indemnified to
its satisfaction by the holders of the Obligations against loss, cost, liability
and expense (other than any such loss, cost, liability or expense attributable
to the Administrative Agent’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct). If
any indemnity furnished to the Administrative Agent for any purpose shall, in
the opinion of the Administrative Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, the
Administrative Agent may call for additional indemnity and not commence or cease
to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished.
Section 8.6 Exculpation.
     (a) The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon advice of
counsel concerning legal matters, and upon this Agreement, any Loan Document and
any schedule, certificate, statement, report, notice or other writing which it
in good faith believes to be genuine or to have been presented by a proper
person. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents shall (a) be responsible for any recitals, representations
or warranties contained in, or for the execution, validity, genuineness,
effectiveness or enforceability of this Agreement, any Loan Document, or any
other instrument or document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith,
(b) be responsible for the validity, genuineness, perfection, effectiveness,
enforceability, existence, value or enforcement of any collateral security,
(c) be under any duty to inquire into or pass upon any of the foregoing matters,
or to make any inquiry concerning the performance by the Borrowers or any other
obligor of its obligations (it being understood and agreed that the
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Material
Adverse Change, Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has
received written notice thereof from the Company or any Lender, referring to
this Agreement, describing such Material Adverse Change, Default or Event of
Default), or (d) in any event, be liable as such for any action taken or omitted
by it or them, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The appointment of Wells Fargo as Administrative Agent hereunder
shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any
duties or obligations upon, Wells Fargo in its individual capacity.
     (b) The term “agent” is used herein in reference to the Administrative
Agent merely as a matter of custom. It is intended to reflect only an
administrative relationship between the Administrative Agent and the other
Lender Parties, in each case as independent contracting parties. However, the
obligations of the Administrative Agent shall be limited to those expressly set
forth herein. In no event shall the use of such term create or imply any
fiduciary relationship or any other obligation arising under the general law of
agency, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties,
obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan
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Section 8.7 Administrative Agent and Affiliates.
The Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder in its
individual capacity as any other Lender, and may exercise or refrain from
exercising the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from and generally
engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers as fully as if the
Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
Section 8.8 Credit Investigation.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has made its own independent credit decision
and investigation and taken such care on its own behalf as would have been the
case had its Commitment been granted and the Advances made directly by such
Lender to the Borrowers without the intervention of the Administrative Agent or
any other Lender. Each Lender agrees and acknowledges that the Administrative
Agent makes no representations or warranties about the creditworthiness of the
Company or any other Borrower or other party to this Agreement or with respect
to the legality, validity, sufficiency or enforceability of this Agreement, any
Loan Document, or any other instrument or document delivered hereunder or in
connection herewith.
Section 8.9 Resignation.
The Administrative Agent may resign as such at any time upon at least 30 days’
prior notice to the Company and the Lenders. In the event of any resignation of
the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall as promptly as practicable
appoint a Lender as a successor Administrative Agent; provided, however, that so
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such
time, no such successor Administrative Agent may be appointed without the prior
written consent of the Company. If no such successor Administrative Agent shall
have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the resigning Administrative Agent’s giving of
notice of resignation, then the resigning Administrative Agent may, on behalf of
the Lenders, appoint a Lender as a successor Administrative Agent, which shall
be a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or
of any State thereof. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative
Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor
Administrative Agent shall thereupon be entitled to receive from the prior
Administrative Agent such documents of transfer and assignment as such successor
Administrative Agent may reasonably request and the resigning Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement.
After any resignation pursuant to this Section, the provisions of this Section
shall inure to the benefit of the retiring Administrative Agent as to any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an Administrative Agent
hereunder.
Section 8.10 Assignments.
     (a) Any Lender may, at any time, assign a portion of the Obligations and
Commitment that it holds to an Eligible Lender (an “Applicant”) on any date (the
“Adjustment Date”) selected by such Lender, subject to the terms and provisions
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this Section 8.10. The aggregate principal amount of the Obligations and
Commitment so assigned in any assignment shall be not less than $5,000,000, and
the assigning Lender shall retain at least $5,000,000 of such Obligations and
Commitment for its own account; provided, however, that the foregoing
restriction shall not apply to a Lender assigning its entire Obligations and
Commitment to the Applicant. Any Lender proposing an assignment hereunder shall
give notice of such assignment to the Administrative Agent and the Company at
least ten Business Days prior to such assignment (unless the Administrative
Agent and, so long as the Company’s consent is required for such assignment, the
Company consent to a shorter period of time). Such notice shall specify the
identity of such Applicant and the Percentage which it proposes that such
Applicant acquire (which Percentage shall be the same for the Commitment and the
Obligations held by the assigning Lender). Except as provided in paragraph
(d) below, any assignment hereunder may be made only with the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent and the Company; provided, however, that
(i) in no event shall such consent be unreasonably withheld, and (ii) the
consent of the Company shall not be required if a Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment.
     (b) Subject to the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and
the Company (if applicable), to confirm the status of an Applicant as a party to
this Agreement and to evidence the assignment of the applicable portion of the
assigning Lender’s Commitment and Obligations in accordance herewith:

  (i)   the Company, such Lender, such Applicant, and the Administrative Agent
shall, on or before the Adjustment Date, execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment Certificate (provided that, if a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the applicable Adjustment
Date, the assignment will be effective whether the Company signs it or not), in
substantially the form of Exhibit F (an “Assignment Certificate”); and     (ii)
  the Company will, at its own expense and in exchange for the assigning
Lender’s Revolving Note, execute and deliver to the assigning Lender a new
Revolving Note, payable to the order of the Applicant in an amount corresponding
to the applicable interest in the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
acquired by such Applicant pursuant to such assignment, and, if the assigning
Lender has retained interests in such rights and obligations, a new Revolving
Note, payable to the order of that Lender in an amount corresponding to such
retained interests. Such new Revolving Notes shall be in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Revolving Note to be replaced by
such new Revolving Notes (or, if less, the Commitment Amount of the assigning
Lender prior to giving effect to such assignment, unless such assignment is made
after the Commitment Termination Date, in which case the aggregate principal
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equal the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Note to be replaced by
such new Revolving Notes), shall be dated the effective date of such assignment
and shall otherwise be in the form of the Revolving Note to be replaced thereby.
Such new Revolving Notes shall be issued in substitution for, but not in
satisfaction or payment of, the Revolving Note being replaced thereby; and
Upon the execution and delivery of such Assignment Certificate and such
Revolving Notes, (a) this Agreement shall deemed to be amended to the extent,
and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Additional
Lender and the resulting adjustment of Percentages arising therefrom, (b) the
assigning Lender shall be relieved of all obligations hereunder to the extent of
the reduction of such Lender’s Percentage, and (c) the Additional Lender shall
become a party hereto and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and
privileges accorded to a Lender herein and in each other document or instrument
executed pursuant hereto and subject to all obligations of a Lender hereunder,
including the right to approve or disapprove actions which, in accordance with
the terms hereof, require the approval of the Required Lenders or all Lenders,
and the obligations to make Advances hereunder.
     (c) In order to facilitate the addition of Additional Lenders hereto, the
Company shall (subject to the written agreement of any prospective Additional
Lender to be subject to the confidentiality provisions of Section 8.13) provide
all reasonable assistance requested by each Lender and the Administrative Agent
relating thereto, which shall not require undue effort or expense on the part of
the Company, including, without limitation, the furnishing of such written
materials and financial information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries
as any Lender or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and the
participation by officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries in a meeting or
teleconference call with any Applicant upon the reasonable request upon
reasonable notice of any Lender or the Administrative Agent.
     (d) Without limiting any other provision hereof:

       (i)   each Lender shall have the right at any time upon written notice to
the Company and the Administrative Agent (but without requiring the consent of
the Company or the Administrative Agent) to sell, assign, transfer, or negotiate
all or any part of its Commitment, Obligations, Notes, and other rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the Loan Documents to one or more
Affiliates of such Lender, provided that, unless consented to by the Company and
the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), no
such sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of Commitment shall relieve the
transferring Lender from its obligations (to the extent such Affiliate does not
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       (ii)   each Lender shall have the right at any time upon written notice
to the Company and the Administrative Agent (but without requiring the consent
of the Company or the Administrative Agent) to sell, assign, transfer, or
negotiate all or any part of its Commitment, Obligations, Notes, and other
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Loan Documents to one or
more Lenders, and any such sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation shall
relieve the transferring Lender from its obligations hereunder to the extent of
the obligations so transferred (except, in any event, to the extent that the
Company, any other Lender or the Administrative Agent has rights against such
transferring Lender as a result of any default by such transferring Lender under
this Agreement);

provided, however, that any partial sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation
pursuant to this Section shall be pro rata as to all of the Commitment,
Obligations and Advances transferred.
     (e) Simultaneously with any assignment under this Section, the Lender
making such assignment shall pay the Administrative Agent a transfer fee in the
amount of $3,500.
     (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Lender may
at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under
this Agreement and that Lender’s Obligations in favor of any Federal Reserve
Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
     (g) The Administrative Agent shall maintain a copy of each Assignment
Certificate delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, principal amount of the
Advances by, and amount of the participation in Letters of Credit of each Lender
(the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and all of
the parties to this Agreement shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in
the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes
of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by any party to this Agreement from time to time upon
reasonable notice.
     (h) Upon its receipt of a duly completed and executed Assignment
Certificate and the transfer fee required by Section 8.10(e), the Administrative
Agent will accept such Assignment Certificate and record the information 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 subsection.
Section 8.11 Participations
Each Lender may grant participations in a portion of its Obligations and
Commitments to any Eligible Lender, upon prior written notice to the
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consent of the Administrative Agent or the Company, but only so long as the
principal amount of the participation so granted is no less than $5,000,000 (or,
if the participant is a Participating Affiliate, no less than $1,000,000). No
holder of any such participation, other than an Affiliate of such Lender, shall
be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder,
except that such Lender may agree with such participant that such Lender will
not, without such participant’s consent, agree to any action described in
paragraph (a) of Section 9.3. No Lender shall, as between the Borrowers and such
Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such
granting of a participation. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge and agree that any
participant described in this Section will, for purposes of Sections 2.16, 2.17
and 2.18 only, be considered to be a Lender hereunder (provided that such
participant shall not be entitled to receive any more than the Lender selling
such participation would have received had such sale not taken place). For the
avoidance of doubt, no participant will be entitled to the benefits of
Section 2.17 unless it complies with the provisions of Section 2.17(c) as if
such participant were a Lender hereunder.
Section 8.12 Limitation on Assignments and Participations.
Except as set forth in Sections 8.10 and 8.11, no Lender may assign any of its
rights or obligations under, or grant any participation in, any Loan Document or
Commitment.
Section 8.13 Disclosure of Information.
The Lender Parties shall keep confidential (and cause their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents and representatives to keep confidential) all
information, materials and documents furnished by the Company and its
Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (the “Disclosed
Information”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and each
Lender may disclose Disclosed Information (i) to the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender; (ii) to any Affiliate of any Lender in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, provided that such Affiliate has been informed
of the confidential nature of such information; (iii) to legal counsel,
accountants and other professional advisors to the Administrative Agent or such
Lender; (iv) to any regulatory body having jurisdiction over any Lender or the
Administrative Agent; (v) to the extent required by applicable laws and
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, or requested by any
governmental agency or authority; (vi) to the extent such Disclosed Information
(A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this
Agreement, (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or such Lender on a
non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or a Subsidiary, or
(C) was available to the Administrative Agent or such Lender on a
non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to the Administrative Agent or
such Lender by the Company or a Subsidiary; (vii) to the extent the Company or
such Subsidiary shall have consented to such disclosure in writing; (viii) to
the extent reasonably deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
in the enforcement of the remedies of the Lender Parties provided under the Loan
Documents; or (ix) in connection with any potential assignment or participation
in the interest granted hereunder, provided that any such potential assignee or
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such potential assignee or participant substantially the same obligations as are
imposed on the Lender Parties under this Section 8.13.
Section 8.14 Titles.
The Persons identified on the title page as “Sole Book Runner”, “Arranger”,
“Co-Syndication Agent”, and “Co-Documentation Agent” shall have no right, power,
obligation or liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document on
account of such identification other than those applicable to such Persons in
their capacity (if any) as Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not
relied, and will not rely, on any Person so identified in deciding to enter into
this Agreement or in taking or omitting any action hereunder.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
Section 9.1 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
No failure or delay on the part of the Lenders in exercising any right, power or
remedy under the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
Lender’s acceptance of payments while any Default or Event of Default is
outstanding operate as a waiver of such Default or Event of Default, or any
right, power or remedy under the Loan Documents; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy under the
Loan Documents. The remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and
not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 9.2 Designation of Designated Subsidiaries.
At any time and from time to time, the Company may designate any Eligible
Subsidiary as a “Designated Subsidiary” by delivering to the Administrative
Agent a Designation Letter, duly executed by the Company and such Eligible
Subsidiary. Upon receipt of such Designation Letter by the Administrative Agent,
and approval of the Administrative Agent if required to confirm that the
applicable Subsidiary is an Eligible Subsidiary, such Eligible Subsidiary shall
thereupon become a “Designated Subsidiary” for purposes of this Agreement and,
as such, shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Borrower hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of each such
designation by the Company and the identity of such Eligible Subsidiary. The
Company’s designation of an Eligible Subsidiary as such shall be irrevocable,
and no Subsidiary shall cease to be a Designated Subsidiary without the prior
written consent of the Required Lenders. Upon request of any Lender, each
Designated Subsidiary shall execute any Revolving Note delivered hereunder, but
the failure of the Borrowers other than the Company to execute such Revolving
Note shall not diminish the liability of any Borrower with respect to the
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Section 9.3 Amendments, Etc.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any
departure by the Borrowers therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be
in writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent
with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders), and any such waiver
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which given. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
     (a) No such amendment or waiver shall be effective to do any of the
following unless signed by each of the Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent
with the consent or at the request of each of the Lenders):

  (i)   Increase the Commitment Amount of any Lender or extend the Commitment
Termination Date.     (ii)   Permit any Borrower to assign its rights under this
Agreement.     (iii)   Amend this Section, the definition of “Required Lenders”
in Section 1.1, or any provision herein providing for consent or other action by
all Lenders.     (iv)   Forgive any indebtedness of any Borrower arising under
this Agreement or any L/C Application or evidenced by the Notes, or reduce the
rate of interest or any fees charged under this Agreement or the Notes.     (v)
  Postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document
for any payment of principal, interest, facility fees or other material amounts
due to any Lender Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document.     (vi)  
Amend Section 2.10(iii), 2.11(i) or 8.2(a) in a manner that would alter the pro
rata sharing required thereby.

     (b) No amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of
the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless
in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent.
     (c) No amendment, modification or (except as provided elsewhere herein)
termination of this Agreement or waiver of any rights of any Borrower or
obligations of any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be
effective unless that Borrower shall have consented thereto in writing.
No notice to or demand on any Borrower in any case shall entitle any Borrower to
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Section 9.4 Notices.
     (a) Generally. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices
and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
(i) personally delivered, (ii) transmitted by registered mail, postage prepaid,
(iii) sent by Federal Express or similar expedited delivery service, or
(iv) transmitted by telecopy, in each case addressed or transmitted by telecopy
to the party to whom notice is being given at its address or telecopier number
(as the case may be) as set forth in Exhibit A or in any applicable Assignment
Certificate; or, as to each party, at such other address or telecopier number as
may hereafter be designated in a notice by that party to the other party
complying with the terms of this Section. All such notices or other
communications shall be deemed to have been given on (w) the date received if
delivered personally, (x) five business days after the date of posting, if
delivered by mail, (y) the date of receipt, if delivered by Federal Express or
similar expedited delivery service, or (z) the date of transmission if delivered
by telecopy, except that notices or requests to the Lenders pursuant to any of
the provisions of Article II shall not be effective as to any Lender until
received by that Lender. Notice given by any Lender Party to the Company at the
address and/or telecopier number determined as set forth in this Section shall
be deemed sufficient as to all Borrowers, regardless of whether the other
Borrowers are sent separate copies of such notice or even specifically
identified in such notice. The Company shall be deemed to be authorized to
provide any communication hereunder (including but not limited to requests for
Advances and requests regarding interest rates under Section 2.3) on behalf of
any Borrower.
     (b) Use of Platform to Distribute Communications. The Administrative Agent
may make any material delivered by any Borrower to the Administrative Agent, as
well as any amendments, waivers, consents, and other written information,
documents, instruments and other materials relating to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any other materials or matters relating to any Loan Documents,
or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (collectively, the
“Communications”) available to the Lender Parties by posting such notices on an
electronic delivery system such as IntraLinks or a substantially similar
electronic system (the “Platform”). The Borrowers acknowledge that (i) the
distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure
and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such
distribution, (ii) the Platform is provided “as is” and “as available” and
(iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Affiliates warrants the
accuracy, completeness, timeliness, sufficiency, or sequencing of the
Communications posted on the Platform. The Administrative Agent and its
Affiliates expressly disclaim with respect to the Platform any liability for
errors in transmission, incorrect or incomplete downloading, delays in posting
or delivery, or problems accessing the Communications posted on the Platform and
any liability for any losses, costs, expenses or liabilities that may be
suffered or incurred in connection with the Platform. No warranty of any kind,
express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability,
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non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code
defects, is made by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in
connection with the Platform.
Section 9.5 Costs and Expenses.
The Company agrees to pay on demand (i) all costs and expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution,
administration or amendment of the Loan Documents and the other instruments and
documents to be delivered hereunder and thereunder, and (ii) all costs and
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with
the workout or enforcement of the Loan Documents and the other instruments and
documents to be delivered hereunder and thereunder; including, in each case,
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel with respect thereto,
whether paid to outside counsel or allocated to the Administrative Agent or such
Lender by in-house counsel. The Company also agrees to pay and reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all of its out-of-pocket and allocated costs incurred
in connection with each audit or examination conducted by the Administrative
Agent, its employees or agents, which audits and examinations shall be for the
sole benefit of the Lender Parties.
Section 9.6 Indemnification by Borrowers.
Each Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify each Lender Party and each officer,
director, employee and agent thereof (herein individually each called an
“Indemnitee” and collectively called the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and
all losses, claims, damages, reasonable expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees) and liabilities (all of the foregoing being herein
called the “Indemnified Liabilities”) incurred by an Indemnitee in connection
with or arising out of the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties
hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the use of the proceeds of
any Advance or Letter of Credit hereunder (including but not limited to any such
loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arising out of any claim that any
Environmental Law has been breached with respect to any activity or property of
the Company or its Subsidiaries), except with respect to taxes, which shall be
governed by Section 2.17, and except for any portion of such losses, claims,
damages, expenses or liabilities incurred solely as a result of the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the applicable Indemnitee. If and to the
extent that the foregoing indemnity may be unenforceable for any reason, each
Borrower hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and
satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under
applicable law. All obligations provided for in this Section shall survive any
termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers
shall not be obligated to indemnify any Indemnitee in respect of any Indemnified
Liabilities arising as a result of the Issuing Bank’s failure to pay any Letter
of Credit after the presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the
terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit.

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Section 9.7 Execution in Counterparts.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which counterparts of this Agreement or such other Loan
Document, as the case may be, taken together, shall constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 9.8 Binding Effect, Assignment.
The Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Borrowers and the Lender Parties and their respective successors and assigns,
except that no Borrower shall have the right to assign its rights thereunder or
any interest therein without the prior written consent of each of the Lenders.
Section 9.9 Governing Law.
The Loan Documents shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of Minnesota.
Section 9.10 Severability of Provisions.
Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof.
Section 9.11 Consent to Jurisdiction.
Each party irrevocably (i) agrees that any suit, action or other legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document may be brought in a court of record in Hennepin County in the State of
Minnesota or in the courts of the United States located in such State,
(ii) consents to the jurisdiction of each such court in any suit, action or
proceeding, (iii) waives any objection which it may have to the laying of venue
of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such courts and any claim that any
such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum, and
(iv) agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, 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.
Section 9.12 Waiver of Jury Trial.
THE BORROWERS AND THE LENDER PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL
PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN
TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED
WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES OR THE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER.

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Section 9.13 Prior Agreements; Restatement of Existing Credit Agreement.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and related documents described
herein restate and supersede in their entirety any and all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, between the Lenders and the Borrowers relating
to the subject matter hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 hereof,
the Existing Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended, superseded and
restated in its entirety by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. This
Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement or
the indebtedness created thereunder. The Company shall have the obligation to
pay any fees and interest under the Existing Credit Agreement accruing through
the effective date of this Agreement. All outstanding Letters of Credit (as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall continue as Letters of Credit
hereunder.
Section 9.14 General Release.
Effective upon the first Credit Extension, the Company hereby absolutely and
unconditionally releases and forever discharges each Indemnitee (as defined in
Section 9.6) from any and all claims, demands or causes of action (arising from
the beginning of time to and including the date of this Agreement) of any kind,
nature or description, whether arising in law or equity or upon contract or tort
or under any state or federal law or otherwise, whether such claims, demands and
causes of action are matured or unmatured or known or unknown, which the Company
has had, now has or may claim to have against any Indemnitee for or by reason of
any act, omission, matter, cause or thing arising out of or in any way related
to the Existing Credit Agreement or any document executed in connection
therewith.
Section 9.15 Recalculation of Covenants Following Accounting Practices Change.
The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any Accounting Practices
Change promptly upon becoming aware of the same. Promptly following such notice,
the Company and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith in order to effect any
adjustments to the Financial Covenants necessary to reflect the effects of such
Accounting Practices Change.
Section 9.16 Headings.
Article and Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for
convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement
for any other purpose.
Section 9.17 Nonliability of Lenders.
The relationship between the Borrowers on the one hand and the Lenders, the
Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent on the other hand shall be solely that
of borrower and lender. Neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor the
Issuing Bank shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrowers. Neither
the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor the Issuing Bank undertakes any
responsibility to any Borrower to review or inform the Borrowers of any matter
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operations. The Borrowers agree that neither the Administrative Agent, any
Lender nor the Issuing Bank shall have liability to the Borrowers (whether
sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by any Borrower in
connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, the transactions
contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan Documents, or any act,
omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless it is determined in
a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such
losses resulted from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party
from which recovery is sought or (ii) the Issuing Bank’s failure to pay any
Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a request strictly complying
with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. Neither the
Administrative Agent, any Lender nor the Issuing Bank shall have any liability
with respect to, and each Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue
for, any special, indirect or consequential damages suffered by any Borrower in
connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the Loan Documents or
the transactions contemplated thereby.
Section 9.18 Customer Identification -USA Patriot Act Notice.
The Administrative Agent hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into
law October 26, 2001) (the “Act”), and the Administrative Agent’s policies and
practices, each Lender is required to obtain, verify and record certain
information and documentation that identifies each Borrower, which information
includes the name and address of each Borrower and such other information that
will allow each Lender to identify each Borrower in accordance with the Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first
above written.

            SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
      By   /s/ John F. Collopy         Name: John F. Collopy        Title:  
Treasurer     

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            WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
     ASSOCIATION, as Administrative
     Agent and as a Lender
      By   /s/ Mark H. Halldorson         Name:   Mark H. Halldorson       
Title:   Vice President     

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            KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
      By   /s/ Thomas J. Purcell         Name:   Thomas J. Purcell        
Title:   Senior Vice President     

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            WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
      By   /s/ Patrick J. Kaufmann         Name:   Patrick J. Kaufmann        
Title:   Senior Vice President     

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            NATIONAL CITY BANK
      By   /s/ Stephen E. Green         Name:   Stephen E. Green        Title:  
Senior Vice President     

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            BANK OF MONTREAL, Chicago Branch
    By    /s/ Betzaida Erdelyi       Name:   Betzaida Erdelyi      Title:  
Director    

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            THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI
    UFJ, LTD., Chicago Branch
      By   /s/ Masakazu Sato         Name:   Masakazu Sato        Title:  
Deputy General Manager     

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            COÖPERATIEVE CENTRALE
RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEEN BANK
B.A., “Rabobank Nederland”, New
York Branch
      By   /s/ Michael L. Laurie         Name:   Michael L. Laurie       
Title:   Executive Director              By   /s/ Andrew Sherman         Name:  
Andrew Sherman        Title:   Executive Director     

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            THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK          OF IRELAND       By  
/s/ Daniel McAneney         Name : Daniel McAneney        Title:   Authorised
Signatory              By   /s/ Frank Schmitt         Name : Frank Schmitt     
  Title:   Authorised Signatory     

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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

     
Exhibit A
  Commitment Amounts and Addresses
Exhibit B
  Revolving Note
Exhibit C
  Swing Line Note
Exhibit D
  Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E
  Opinion of Borrowers’ Counsel
Exhibit F
  Assignment Certificate
Exhibit G
  Borrowing Certificate
Exhibit H
  Designation Certificate
 
   
Schedule 4.2
  Consents
Schedule 4.4
  Subsidiaries
Schedule 4.7
  Litigation
Schedule 4.8
  Environmental Matters
Schedule 6.1
  Liens
Schedule 6.10
  Existing Investments
Schedule 6.11
  Guaranties, Etc.

 

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Exhibit A
COMMITMENT AMOUNTS AND ADDRESSES

          Name   Commitment Amount   Notice Address
Sensient Technologies Corporation
  N/A   777 East Wisconsin Avenue
 
      Milwaukee, WI 53202-5304
 
      Attention: Richard F. Hobbs
 
      Telecopier: 414-347-4794
 
       
Wells Fargo Bank, National
  N/A   MAC N9305-031
Association, as Administrative
      Sixth and Marquette
Agent
      Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
 
      Attention: Mark Halldorson
 
      Telecopier: 612-667-2276
 
       
Wells Fargo Bank, National
  $50,000,000   MAC N9305-031
Association, as a Lender
      Sixth and Marquette
 
      Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
 
      Attention: Mark Halldorson
 
      Telecopier: 612-667-2276
 
       
Keybank National Association
  $40,000,000   127 Public Square
 
      Cleveland, OH 44114
 
      Attention: Brian Fox
 
      Telecopier: 216-689-4649
 
       
Wachovia Bank, National
  $40,000,000   2240 Butler Pike PA5414
Association
      Plymouth, PA 19482
 
      Attention: Patrick Kaufmann
 
      Telecopier: 610-397-2558
 
       
National City Bank
  $40,000,000   1 North Franklin, Suite 20th Floor
 
      Chicago, IL 60606
 
      Attention: Stephanie Kline
 
      Telecopier: 312-240-0301
 
       
Bank of Montreal, Chicago Branch
  $40,000,000   111 West Monroe Street
 
      Chicago, IL 60603-4095
 
      Attention: Betsy Erdelyi
 
      Telecopier: 312-461-4049
 
       
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,
  $35,000,000   227 W. Monroe St., Suite 2300
Ltd., Chicago Branch
      Chicago, IL 60606
 
      Attention: Wayne Yamanaka
 
      Telecopier: 312-696-4535  
Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-
  $35,000,000   123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2100
Boerenleenbank B.A.,
      Chicago, IL 60606
“Rabobank Nederland”, New
      Attention: Michael L. Laurie
York Branch
      Telecopier: 312-408-8240
 
       
The Governor and Company of the
  $20,000,000   B2, Lower Baggot Street
Bank of Ireland
      Dublin 2
 
      Ireland
 
      Attention: Noelle McGrath/Ciaran Doyle
 
      Telecopier: 353-1-604-4798

 

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Exhibit B
PROMISSORY NOTE
 

$                       Minneapolis, Minnesota                         , 20     

     For value received, Sensient Technologies Corporation, a Wisconsin
corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay to the order of
                                                                    
            (the “Lender”), at such place as the Administrative Agent under the
Credit Agreement defined below may from time to time designate in writing, the
principal sum of                                         Dollars
($                     ), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
all advances made by the Lender to the Borrowers (as defined in the Credit
Agreement described below) pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement dated
June 15, 2007 among the Company, the other Borrowers (as defined therein), the
Lender, certain other Lenders (as defined therein), and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Administrative Agent (together with all amendments,
modifications and restatements thereof, the “Credit Agreement”), and to pay
interest on the principal balance of this Note outstanding from time to time at
the rate or rates determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
     This Note is issued pursuant to, and is subject to, the Credit Agreement,
which provides (among other things) for the amount and date of payments of
principal and interest required hereunder, for the acceleration of this Note
upon an Event of Default and for the voluntary prepayment of this Note. This
Note is a Revolving Note, as defined in the Credit Agreement.
     The Borrowers shall pay all costs of collection, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, if this Note is not paid when due, whether
or not legal proceedings are commenced.
     Presentment or other demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest are
expressly waived.

                      SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION    
 
               
 
  By                          
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               

 

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Exhibit C
SWING LINE NOTE
      

$20,000,000   Minneapolis, Minnesota     June 15, 2007

     For value received, Sensient Technologies Corporation, a Wisconsin
corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay to the order of Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association (the “Swing Line Lender”), at the office of the Swing Line
Lender in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the principal sum of Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing
Line Advances made by the Swing Line Lender to the Company pursuant to
Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement of even date herewith among the Company,
the other Borrowers (as defined therein), the Swing Line Lender, certain other
Lenders (as defined therein), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent (together with all amendments, modifications and
restatements thereof, the “Credit Agreement”), and to pay interest on the
principal balance of this Note outstanding from time to time at the rate or
rates determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
     This Note is issued pursuant to, and is subject to, the Credit Agreement,
which provides (among other things) for the amount and date of payments of
principal and interest required hereunder, for the acceleration of this Note
upon an Event of Default and for the voluntary prepayment of this Note. This
Note is the Swing Line Note, as defined in the Credit Agreement.
     The Company shall pay all costs of collection, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, if this Note is not paid when due, whether
or not legal proceedings are commenced.
     Presentment or other demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest are
expressly waived.

                      SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION    
 
               
 
  By                          
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               

 

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Exhibit D
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
                    , 20     
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
          for itself and as Administrative Agent under
          the Credit Agreement described below
The Lenders, as defined under the Credit
          Agreement described below
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 15, 2007, as it
may be amended from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”) among Sensient
Technologies Corporation (the “Company”), the Lenders (as defined therein), and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent. All terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.
     This is a Compliance Certificate submitted in connection with the Company’s
financial statements (the “Statements”) as of                     ,      (the
“Covenant Date”). I hereby certify to you as follows:
     (a) I am the                      [**chief financial officer/treasurer] of
the Company, and I am familiar with the financial statements and financial
affairs of the Company.
     (b) The Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, [subject to
year-end audit adjustments].
     (c) The computations on the Annexes hereto set forth the Company’s
compliance or non-compliance with the requirements set forth in Sections 6.7,
6.8 and 6.9 as of the Covenant Date.
     I have no knowledge of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default,
except as set forth in the attachments, if any, hereto.

 

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                      Very truly yours,    
 
                    SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION    
 
               
 
  By                          
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               

 

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ANNEX 1 TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Leverage Ratio (Section 6.7)

                     
1.
  Total Funded Debt                
 
  (a) Indebtedness for Borrowed Money   $            
 
                   
 
  (b) Purchase Money Debt (9 month maturity or Note)   $            
 
                   
 
  (c) Capitalized Lease Obligations   $            
 
                   
 
  (d) Other Debt Secured by Lien   $            
 
                   
 
  (e) Other Notes and Drafts   $            
 
                   
 
  (f) Bonds, Notes and Similar   $            
 
                   
 
  (g) Letters of Credit and Acceptances   $            
 
                   
 
  (h) Net liabilities under Swap Contracts   $            
 
                   
 
  (i) Guaranties of indebtedness of others   $            
 
                   
 
  (j) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities   $            
 
                   
 
  (k) Total Funded Debt (sum of Items (a) through (j))           $    
 
                   
2.
  EBITDA                
 
  (a) EBITR (from Annex 2, Item l(e)   $            
 
                   
 
  (b) Rental Expense (from Annex 2, Item l(d))   $            
 
                   
 
  (c) Depreciation   $            
 
                   
 
  (d) Amortization   $            
 
                   
 
  (e) EBITDA ((a)-(b)+(c)+(d)           $    
 
                   
3.
  Leverage Ratio (Ratio of Item l(k) to Item 2(f))                
 
  (not to be greater than 3.50 to 1.0)           ____ to 1.0  

 

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     ANNEX 2 TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (Section 6.8)

                     
1.
  EBITR                
 
  (a) Net income   $            
 
                   
 
  (b) Non-operating gains (to be subtracted)   $            
 
                   
 
  (c) Non-operating losses (to be added)   $            
 
                   
 
  (d) Interest Expense   $            
 
                   
 
  (e) Income taxes   $            
 
                   
 
  (f) Rental Expense   $            
 
                   
 
  (g) EBITR ((a)-(b)+total of (c) through (f))           $    
 
                   
2.
  Fixed Charges                
 
  (a) Interest Expense   $            
 
                   
 
  (b) Rental Expense   $            
 
                   
 
  (c) Fixed charges (total of (a) and (b))           $    
 
                   
3.
  Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (Ratio of Item I(g) to ltem2(c))                
 
  (not to be less than 2.0 to 1.0)           ___ to 1.0  

 

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     ANNEX 3 TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Adjusted Net Worth (Section 6.9)

                     
1.
  Base Net Worth           $ 505,790,400  
2.
  Additional net income component                
 
  (a) Positive quarterly net income in quarters ending 12/31/06 or later   $    
       
 
                   
 
  (b) Multiplier     50 %        
 
  (c) Additional net income ((a)*(b))           $    
 
                   
4.
  Minimum Net Worth (l+2(c))           $    
 
                   
5.
  Adjusted Net Worth                
 
  (a) Capital stock accounts net of treasury stock   $            
 
                   
 
  (b) Retained earnings surplus (or deficit)   $            
 
                   
 
  (c) Specified Investments   $            
 
                   
 
  (d) Adjusted Net Worth ((a)±(b)-(c)) (not to be less than total in #4)        
  $    
 
                   

 

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Exhibit E
OPINION OF BORROWERS’ COUNSEL
[To be Provided]

 

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Exhibit F
ASSIGNMENT CERTIFICATE
Assigning Lender:                                                             
Applicant:                                                             
     This Certificate (the “Certificate”) is delivered pursuant to Section 8.10
of the Credit Agreement dated as of June 15, 2007 (together with all amendments,
supplements, restatements and other modifications, if any, from time to time
made thereto, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sensient Technologies Corporation,
a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), the Lenders (as defined therein), and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.
     The Assigning Lender named above wishes to assign a portion of its interest
arising under the Credit Agreement to the Applicant named above pursuant to
Section 8.10 of the Credit Agreement, and the Applicant wishes to become an
Additional Lender pursuant thereto. This Certificate is an Assignment
Certificate, as defined in the Credit Agreement, and is executed for purposes of
informing the Administrative Agent and the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and obtaining the consent of the Administrative Agent and
the Company to the extent required under the Credit Agreement.
     Accordingly, the undersigned hereby agree as follows:
     1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used herein have the
meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
     2. Allocation of Payments. Any interest, fees and other payments accrued to
the Effective Date with respect to the Assigning Lender’s interest under the
Loan Documents shall be for the account of the Assigning Lender. Any interest,
fees and other payments accruing on and after the Assignment Date with respect
to the interests assigned hereunder shall be for the account of the Applicant.
Each of the Assigning Lender and the Applicant agrees that it will hold in trust
for the other party any interest, fees and other amounts which it may receive to
which the other party is entitled pursuant to the preceding sentence and pay to
the other party any such amounts which it may receive promptly upon receipt.
     3. Assignment Date: Conditions. The date on which the Applicant shall
become an Additional Lender (the “Assignment Date”) is                     , 20
___ ; provided, however, that the assignment and assumption described in this
Certificate shall not be effective unless, on or before the Assignment Date,
(i) the Administrative Agent has received counterparts of this Certificate duly
executed and delivered by the Company (unless the Company’s consent to the
assignment hereunder is not required under Section 8.10 of the Credit
Agreement), the Assigning Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Applicant,
(ii) the Administrative Agent has received the transfer fee for the account of
the Administrative Agent in the amount of $3,500, and (iii) all other terms and
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Certificate and the Credit Agreement relating to the assignment hereunder have
been satisfied.
     4. Applicant’s Interest. Effective as of the Assignment Date, (i) the
Applicant’s Commitment Amount shall be the amount designated as the “Assigned
Commitment Amount” opposite the Applicant’s signature below (and the Applicant
shall be deemed to have assumed the Assigning Lender’s Commitment in the amount
of such Assigned Commitment Amount), (ii) the principal amount of Advances under
Section 2.1 owing to the Applicant shall be the amount designated as the
“Assigned Committed Advances” opposite the Applicant’s signature below, and
(iii) the Applicant’s Percentage shall be the percentage designated as the
“Assigned Percentage” opposite the Applicant’s signature below.
     5. Retained Interest. Effective as of the Assignment Date, (i) the
Assigning Lender’s Commitment Amount shall be the amount designated as the
“Retained Commitment Amount” opposite the Assigning Lender’s signature below
(and the Assigning Lender shall be relieved of all of its obligations under the
Credit Agreement to the extent of the reduction in its Commitment Amount in
accordance herewith), (ii) the principal amount of Advances under Section 2.1
owing to the Assigning Lender shall be the amount designated as the “Retained
Committed Advances” opposite the Assigning Lender’s signature below, and
(iii) the Assigning Lender’s Percentage shall be the percentage designated as
the “Retained Percentage” opposite the Assigning Lender’s signature below.
     6. New Notes. On the Assignment Date, the Company shall issue and deliver
to the Administrative Agent in exchange for the Assigning Lender’s Revolving
Note (i) a Revolving Note payable to the order of the Applicant in a face
principal amount equal to the Applicant’s “Assigned Commitment Amount” (or, if
the Assignment Date is after the Commitment Termination Date, the Applicant’s
“Assigned Committed Advances”), in substantially the form of Exhibit B to the
Credit Agreement, and (ii) a Revolving Note payable to the order of the
Assigning Lender in the amount of the “Retained Commitment Amount” (or, if the
Assignment Date is after the Commitment Termination Date, the Assigning Lender’s
“Retained Committed Advances”), in substantially the form of Exhibit B to the
Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall deliver the foregoing Revolving
Notes to the Applicant and the Assigning Lender promptly after the Assignment
Date, or (if later) the receipt by the Administrative Agent thereof.
     7. Notice Address. The address shown below the Applicant’s signature hereto
shall be its notice address for purposes of Section 9.4 of the Credit Agreement,
unless and until it shall designate, in accordance with such Section 9.4,
another address for such purposes.
     8. Assumption. Upon the Assignment Date, the Applicant shall become a party
to the Credit Agreement and a Lender thereunder and (i) shall be entitled to all
rights, benefits and privileges accorded to a Lender in the Credit Agreement,
(ii) shall be subject to all obligations of a Lender thereunder, and (iii) shall
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and confirmed (and by executing this Certificate the Applicant hereby
specifically ratifies and confirms) all of the provisions of the Credit
Agreement and the Loan Documents.
     9. Independent Credit Decision. The Applicant (a) acknowledges that it has
received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits thereto,
together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in
Section 4.5 or 5.1 of the Credit Agreement, and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit and legal
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Certificate;
(b) acknowledges and agrees that in becoming an Additional Lender and in making
any Advance under the Credit Agreement, such actions have been and will be made
without recourse to, or representation or warranty by, the Assigning Lender or
the Administrative Agent; and (c) agrees that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Assigning Lender, the Administrative 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 and legal decisions in taking or not
taking action under the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, the Assigning Lender hereby warrants and represents that it is the
legal and beneficial owner of the interests assigned hereby, and that such
interests are not subject to any adverse claims.
     10. Withholding Tax. The Applicant (a) represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that under applicable law and treaties no
tax will be required to be withheld by the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers
with respect to any payments to be made to the Applicant under the Credit
Agreement or its Note, (b) agrees to furnish (if it is organized under the laws
of any jurisdiction other than the United States or any State thereof) to the
Administrative Agent and the Company prior to the time that the Administrative
Agent or any Borrower is required to make any payment of principal, interest or
fees hereunder, duplicate executed originals of U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN (or appropriate replacement forms) and agrees to provide
new Forms W-8ECI or W-8BEN (or appropriate replacement forms) upon the
expiration of any previously delivered form or comparable statements, in each
case certifying as to the Applicant’s entitlement to complete exemption from
U.S. federal withholding tax on payments under the Credit Agreement and its Note
in accordance with applicable U.S. law and regulations and amendments thereto,
duly executed and completed by the Applicant, and (c) agrees to comply with all
applicable U.S. laws and regulations with regard to such withholding tax
exemption.
     11. Further Assurances. The Company, the Assigning Lender and the Applicant
shall, at any time and from time to time upon the written request of the
Administrative Agent, execute and deliver such further documents and do such
further acts and things as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in
order to effect the purpose of this Certificate.
     12. Miscellaneous. This Certificate may be executed in any number of
counterparts by the parties hereto, each of which counterparts shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same
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relating to this Certificate shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the internal laws of the State of Minnesota.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate as of
the Assignment Date set forth above.

                 
Retained Committed Advances:
                            $                                              
[Assigning Lender]    
Retained Commitment Amount:
               
  $                                        
               
Retained Percentage:                     %
  By                          
 
      Its        
 
         
 
   
 
               
Assigned Committed Advances:
                            $                                              
[Applicant]    
Assigned Commitment Amount:
               
  $                                        
               
Assigned Percentage:                     %
  By                          
 
      Its        
 
         
 
        Notice Address:    
 
                         
 
                         
 
                              Telecopier:        
 
               

Consent of Administrative Agent
The Administrative Agent hereby consents to the foregoing Assignment.

                      WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION    
 
               
 
  By                          
 
      Its        
 
               

 

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Consent of Company
The Company hereby consents to the foregoing Assignment.

                      SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION    
 
               
 
  By                          
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               

 

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Exhibit G
BORROWING CERTIFICATE
                                        , 20__
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
      for itself and as Administrative Agent under the Credit
      Agreement described below
MAC ___
Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
          Re: $300,000,000 Sensient Technologies Corporation Credit Facility
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated June 15, 2007 (together
with all amendments, modifications and restatements thereof, the “Credit
Agreement”) among Sensient Technologies Corporation (the “Company”), the Lenders
(as defined therein), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent. As used herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given them in the Credit
Agreement.
                                             , [which is a Borrower under the
Credit Agreement,]1 has requested [a Revolving Borrowing] [a Letter of Credit],
as more specifically described on Attachment 1.
     The undersigned hereby [certify/certifies] to you that the
[Borrowing/Letter of Credit (including the Borrowers’ obligation to reimburse
the Lenders on account of any draw under such Letter of Credit)] requested by
the Borrower identified above (i) has been duly authorized by the Governing
Board of such Borrower pursuant to its resolution dated
                                        , and (ii) does not and will not require
any other authorization, consent or approval by any governmental department,
commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign.
     The undersigned further [certify/certifies] to you that the
[Borrowing/Letter of Credit (including the Borrowers’ obligation to reimburse
the Lenders on account of any draw under such Letter of Credit)] requested by
the Borrower identified above complies with all applicable requirements of each
board resolution described above, including but not limited to any applicable
limitation on the aggregate amount of debt that the Company or any Borrower may
have outstanding at any one time.
 

1   Include if the Borrower is not the Company.

 

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  By                          
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               

 

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Attachment 1
Terms of Borrowing:

  1.   The Business Day of the proposed Borrowing is
                                        .     2.   The aggregate amount of the
proposed Borrowing is                                         2.     3.   The
proposed Borrowing is to be comprised of                     2 of Advances to
bear interest at the Base Rate and                     2 of Advances to bear
interest at the Eurodollar Rate.     4.   The duration of the Interest Period
for Advances that bear interest at the Eurodollar Rate shall be
                     months.

Terms of Letter of Credit:

  1.   The proposed date of issuance is
                                        .     2.   The stated amount of the
Letter of Credit is                                         2.     3.   The
Letter of Credit is to be issued to                                         .  
  4.   The expiration date of the Letter of Credit is                     .

 

2   State currency (e.g., “$”, “USD”, etc.) and amount.

 

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Exhibit H
DESIGNATION LETTER
                                        , 20__
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
     for itself and as Administrative Agent under the Credit
     Agreement described below
MAC ___
Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
          Re: $300,000,000 Sensient Technologies Corporation Credit Facility
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated June 15, 2007 (together
with all amendments, modifications and restatements thereof, the “Credit
Agreement”) among Sensient Technologies Corporation (the “Company”), the Lenders
(as defined therein), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent. As used herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given them in the Credit
Agreement.
     As used herein, “Applicable Subsidiary” means                         
                  , a                                           .
     The Company hereby designates the Applicable Subsidiary as a Designated
Subsidiary under the Credit Agreement.
     In consideration of the Lender Parties’ agreements to make Credit
Extensions under the Credit Agreement, the Applicable Subsidiary hereby assumes
each of the obligations imposed upon a “Designated Subsidiary” and a “Borrower”
under the Credit Agreement, including but not limited to the obligation to pay
and perform each of the Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Documents, and assumes the obligation to perform and observe all of the
covenants and agreements of the Borrowers contained in the Loan Documents.
     [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Subsidiary is a Foreign
Subsidiary and [applicable law governing the Applicable Subsidiary prohibits the
Applicable Subsidiary’s assumption of the obligations of some or all of the
other Borrowers on account of Advances made to the other Borrowers] [the
Applicable Subsidiary’s assumption of the obligations of some or all of the
other Borrowers on account of Advances made to the other Borrowers would have a
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Subsidiary. Accordingly, the foregoing assumption of obligations is subject to
the limitations set forth in Section 2.19(b) of the Credit Agreement.]1
     Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute or imply any release or
diminution of the liability of any existing Borrower with respect to the
Obligations.
     The Company and the Applicable Subsidiary hereby confirm that each of the
representations and warranties set forth in Article IV is true and correct as of
the date hereof, after giving effect to this Designation Letter and the
inclusion of the Applicable Subsidiary as a Designated Subsidiary and Borrower.

                          Very truly yours,                    
 
                                    SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION          
           
 
                       
By
          By                              
 
Name:           Name:         
 
 
 
               
 
Title:           Title:        
 
 
 
               

 

1   To be inserted only if the Applicable Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary and
one of the alternative statements is true.