Exhibit 10.1

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated August 15, 2007

among

StoneMor Operating LLC,

as a Borrower,

various subsidiaries thereof, as additional Borrowers,

StoneMor Partners L.P. and StoneMor GP LLC,

as Guarantors,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and

L/C Issuer,

and

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section

        Page

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

  

1.01

   Defined Terms    1

1.02

   Other Interpretive Provisions    34

1.03

   Accounting Terms    35

1.04

   Rounding    35

1.05

   Times of Day    35

1.06

   Letter of Credit Amounts    35

1.07

   Currency Equivalents Generally    36

ARTICLE II

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

  

2.01

   The Loans    36

2.02

   Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans    37

2.03

   Letters of Credit    38

2.04

   Swing Line Loans    47

2.05

   Prepayments    50

2.06

   Termination or Reduction of Commitments    53

2.07

   Repayment of Loans    54

2.08

   Interest    55

2.09

   Fees    56

2.10

   Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate
   56

2.11

   Evidence of Debt    57

2.12

   Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback    57

2.13

   Sharing of Payments by Lenders    59

2.14

   Increase in Revolving Credit Facility    61

2.15

   Increase in Acquisition Facility    62

2.16

   Borrower Funds Administrator    63

ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

  

3.01

   Taxes    64

3.02

   Illegality    66

3.03

   Inability to Determine Rates    66

3.04

   Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans    67

3.05

   Compensation for Losses    68

3.06

   Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders    69

3.07

   Survival    69

 

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ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

4.01

   Conditions of Initial Credit Extension    69

4.02

   Conditions to all Credit Extensions    73

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  

5.01

   Existence, Qualification and Power    74

5.02

   Authorization; No Contravention    74

5.03

   Governmental Authorization; Other Consents    75

5.04

   Binding Effect    75

5.05

   Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect    75

5.06

   Litigation    76

5.07

   No Default    76

5.08

   Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments    76

5.09

   Environmental Compliance    77

5.10

   Insurance    78

5.11

   Taxes    78

5.12

   ERISA Compliance    78

5.13

   Subsidiaries; Equity Interests; Credit Parties    79

5.14

   Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act    80

5.15

   Disclosure    80

5.16

   Compliance with Laws    80

5.17

   Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.    81

5.18

   Solvency    81

5.19

   Casualty, Etc.    81

5.20

   Labor Matters    81

5.21

   Security Documents    81

5.22

   Capitalization    82

5.23

   Tax Shelter Regulations    82

5.24

   Common Enterprise    82

5.25

   Compliance with Cemetery Laws    82

ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

  

6.01

   Financial Statements    83

6.02

   Certificates; Other Information    86

6.03

   Notices    87

6.04

   Payment of Obligations    89

6.05

   Preservation of Existence, Etc.    89

6.06

   Maintenance of Properties    89

6.07

   Maintenance of Insurance    89

6.08

   Compliance with Laws    90

6.09

   Books and Records    90

 

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6.10

   Inspection Rights    90

6.11

   Use of Proceeds    91

6.12

   Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security    91

6.13

   Compliance with Environmental Laws    93

6.14

   Preparation of Environmental Reports    94

6.15

   Further Assurances    94

6.16

   Compliance with Terms of Leaseholds    94

6.17

   Material Contracts    95

6.18

   Maintenance of Company Separateness    95

6.19

   Maintenance of Trust Funds and Trust Accounts    95

6.20

   Amendment to Note Purchase Document Covenants    95

ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

  

7.01

   Liens    96

7.02

   Indebtedness    97

7.03

   Investments    98

7.04

   Fundamental Changes    101

7.05

   Dispositions    101

7.06

   Restricted Payments; Equity Issuances    102

7.07

   Change in Nature of Business    103

7.08

   Transactions with Affiliates    103

7.09

   Burdensome Agreements    104

7.10

   Use of Proceeds    104

7.11

   Financial Covenants    104

7.12

   Amendment of Partnership Units and Organizational Documents    105

7.13

   Accounting Changes    105

7.14

   Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness    105

7.15

   Amendment of Note Purchase Documents and Indebtedness    105

7.16

   Holding Company    105

7.17

   Trust Funds    106

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

  

8.01

   Events of Default    106

8.02

   Remedies upon Event of Default    109

8.03

   Application of Funds    110

ARTICLE IX

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

  

9.01

   Appointment and Authority    111

9.02

   Rights as a Lender    111

9.03

   Exculpatory Provisions    111

9.04

   Reliance by Administrative Agent    112

 

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9.05

   Delegation of Duties    113

9.06

   Resignation of Administrative Agent    113

9.07

   Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders    114

9.08

   No Other Duties, Etc.    114

9.09

   Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim    114

9.10

   Collateral and Guaranty Matters    115

ARTICLE X

CONTINUING GUARANTY

  

10.01

   Guaranty    115

10.02

   Rights of Lenders    116

10.03

   Certain Waivers    116

10.04

   Obligations Independent    117

10.05

   Subrogation    117

10.06

   Termination; Reinstatement    117

10.07

   Subordination    117

10.08

   Stay of Acceleration    118

10.09

   Condition of Borrowers    118

10.10

   Acknowledgement of Joint and Several Liability    118

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

  

11.01

   Amendments, Etc.    120

11.02

   Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications    122

11.03

   No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies    124

11.04

   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver    124

11.05

   Payments Set Aside    126

11.06

   Successors and Assigns    126

11.07

   Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality    130

11.08

   Right of Setoff    131

11.09

   Interest Rate Limitation    132

11.10

   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness    132

11.11

   Survival of Representations and Warranties    132

11.12

   Severability    132

11.13

   Replacement of Lenders    133

11.14

   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.    133

11.15

   Waiver of Jury Trial    134

11.16

   No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility    135

11.17

   USA PATRIOT Act Notice    135

11.18

   Effect on Existing Credit Agreement    135

SIGNATURES

   S-1

 

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SCHEDULES

 

2.01

   Commitments and Applicable Percentages

5.08(c)

   Owned Real Property

5.08(d)(i)

   Leased Real Property (Lessee)

5.08(d)(ii)

   Leased Real Property (Lessor)

5.08(e)

   Existing Investments

5.09

   Environmental Matters

5.12(d)

   Multiemployer Plans

5.13

   Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments; Credit Parties

5.17

   Intellectual Property Matters

11.02

   Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

 

   Form of

A

   Committed Loan Notice

B

   Swing Line Loan Notice

C-1

   Acquisition Note

C-2

   Revolving Credit Note

D

   Compliance Certificate

E

   Borrowing Base Certificate

F

   Assignment and Assumption

G

   Mortgage Modification

H

   Approved Installment Agreements

I

   Seller Subordination Provisions

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into on
August 15, 2007, among StoneMor Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Operating Company”), each of the Subsidiaries of the Operating
Company (together with the Operating Company, each individually a “Borrower” and
collectively, the “Borrowers”), StoneMor GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “General Partner”), StoneMor Partners L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Partnership”), each lender from time to time party hereto
(collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

A. The Borrowers, the General Partner and the Partnership are parties to that
certain Credit Agreement, dated September 20, 2004, with various lender
institutions (the “Existing Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent, as successor
by merger to Fleet National Bank, as amended by a First Amendment, dated
November 12, 2004, a Second Amendment dated September 28, 2006, a Third
Amendment dated May 7, 2007, a Fourth Amendment dated June 29, 2007, a Fifth
Amendment dated July 31, 2007 and various joinders thereto (as amended, the
“Existing Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Existing Lenders have
provided to the Borrowers an acquisition line and a revolving credit line in the
aggregate maximum principal amount of Thirty-Five Million Dollars ($35,000,000).

B. The Borrowers have requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in order provide for an increase
to the (a) acquisition line, to a maximum principal amount of Forty Million
Dollars ($40,000,000) (with an option to increase such line by up to an
additional Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000)) and (b) revolving credit line,
to a maximum principal amount of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) (with
an option to increase such line by up to an additional Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000)).

C. The Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend and the L/C Issuer has
indicated its willingness to issue letters of credit, in each case, on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the
Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meanings set forth below:

“Account Receivable” means an “account”, “tangible chattel paper” or “note”, as
defined in the UCC, in favor of a Borrower.

 

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“Acquired Person” means any Person in which a Borrower has acquired Equity
Interests through a Permitted Acquisition.

“Acquisition Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Acquisition
Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the
same Interest Period, made by each of the Acquisition Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01(a).

“Acquisition Commitment” means, as to each Acquisition Lender, its obligation to
make Acquisition Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Acquisition Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Acquisition
Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant
to which such Acquisition Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such
amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Acquisition Facility” means, at any time, (a) during the Availability Period in
respect of such Facility, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of the unused
portion of the Acquisition Commitments at such time and (ii) the aggregate
principal amount of the Acquisition Loans of all Acquisition Lenders outstanding
at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of the
Acquisition Loans of all Acquisition Lenders outstanding at such time.

“Acquisition Lender” means, (a) at any time during the Availability Period, any
Lender that has an Acquisition Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after
the Availability Period, any Lender that holds Acquisition Loans at such time.

“Acquisition Loan” means an advance made by any Acquisition Lender under the
Acquisition Facility.

“Acquisition Note” means a promissory note issued by the Borrowers in favor of
an Acquisition Lender evidencing Acquisition Loans made by such Acquisition
Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.

“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative
agent and as collateral agent, as applicable, under any of the Credit Documents,
or any successor administrative agent, appointed in accordance with this
Agreement.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other address or
account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time provide notice of to
the Borrowers and the Lenders.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or
is under common Control with the Person specified, and shall include, without
limitation, for purposes of Section 7.08, any Person that directly or indirectly
owns more than 10% of the partnership interests or membership interests in the
Partnership or General Partner, as applicable, any Senior Manager, or any
director or manager of any Credit Party.

 

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“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.

“Aggregate Consideration” means, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the
sum (without duplication) of (a) the fair market value of the Partnership Common
Units (based on the average closing trading price of the Partnership Common
Units for the 20 trading days immediately prior to the date of such Permitted
Acquisition on the stock exchange on which the Partnership Common Units are
listed or, if the Partnership Common Units are not so listed, the good faith
determination of the senior management of the General Partner) issued (or to be
issued) as consideration in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, (b) the
aggregate amount of all cash paid (or to be paid) by the Partnership or any of
its Subsidiaries as consideration in connection with such Permitted Acquisition
(including, without limitation, payment, as consideration, of fees and costs and
expenses in connection therewith) and the contingent cash purchase price or
other earnout obligations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries incurred in
connection therewith (as determined in good faith by the senior management of
the General Partner), (c) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness
assumed, incurred and/or issued in connection with such Permitted Acquisition,
(d) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the senior management
of the General Partner) of any Preferred Equity issued in connection with such
Permitted Acquisition and (e) the fair market value (determined in good faith by
senior management of the General Partner) of all other consideration payable in
connection with such Permitted Acquisition.

“Aggregate Credit Exposures” means, at any time, in respect of (a) the
Acquisition Facility, the sum of (i) the unused portion of the Acquisition
Facility at such time and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Acquisition Loans
outstanding at such time and (b) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility,
the sum of (i) the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time
and (ii) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at such time.

“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as may be amended,
modified, or supplemented from time to time.

“Applicable Acquisition Percentage” means with respect to any Acquisition Lender
at any time, such Acquisition Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the
Acquisition Facility at such time.

“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the Acquisition Facility, with
respect to any Acquisition Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to
the ninth decimal place) of the Acquisition Facility represented by such
Acquisition Lender’s Aggregate Credit Exposure at such time, and (b) in respect
of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at
any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the
Revolving Credit Facility represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Lender to
make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions
have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, or if the Commitments under a
Facility have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect
of the applicable Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable

 

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Percentage of such Lender in respect of such Facility most recently in effect,
giving effect to any subsequent assignments made in accordance with this
Agreement. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each
Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party
hereto, as applicable.

“Applicable Rate” means the applicable percentage per annum set forth below for
Eurodollar Rate Loans, Letter of Credit Fees and Base Rate Loans, as determined
by reference to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent
Compliance Certificate at any time received by the Administrative Agent (a) on
the Closing Date, or (b) thereafter pursuant to Section 6.02(b):

Applicable Rate

 

Pricing

Level

  

Consolidated Leverage

Ratio

  

Eurodollar Rate Loans and

Letter of Credit Fees

    Base Rate
Loans   1    < 1.50:1    2.25 %   0.00 % 2    > 1.50:1 but < 2.50:1    2.75 %  
0.25 % 3    > 2.50:1    3.25 %   0.75 %

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day
immediately following the applicable Start Date; provided, however, that if a
Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such
Section, then Pricing Level 3 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the
date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered
(until the first Business Day after the date which such Compliance Certificate
is actually delivered which demonstrates another Pricing Level is applicable).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the
determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 2.10(b) and (c).

“Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving
Credit Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage
in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.

“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any of the
Acquisition Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that has a
Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds an Acquisition Loan or a
Revolving Credit Loan, respectively, at such time, (b) with respect to the
Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit
have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders and
(c) with respect to the Swing Line Sublimit, (i) the Swing Line Lender and
(ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the
Revolving Credit Lenders.

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender,
(b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that
administers or manages a Lender.

 

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“Approved Installment Agreement” means a pre-need installment agreement, in a
form approved for use by all applicable Governmental Authorities, and complying
with all applicable Laws, between a Borrower and an individual pursuant to which
such Borrower has agreed to provide for and sell to such individual cemetery
services and/or Cemetery Property, in substantially in the form(s) set forth at
Exhibit H, as such form(s) may be modified from time to time in a manner
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Arranger” means Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as sole lead
arranger and sole book manager.

“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in
substantially the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any
Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would
appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance
with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized
amount of the remaining lease or similar payments under the relevant lease or
other applicable agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease or
other agreement or instrument were accounted for as a Capitalized Lease and
(c) all Synthetic Debt of such Person.

“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of
the Partnership and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Partnership and
its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

“Availability Period” means (a) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the
period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (i) the Maturity
Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, (ii) the date of termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (iii) the date of
termination of the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving
Credit Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit
Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02 and (b) in respect of the Acquisition
Facility, the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of
(i) the Maturity Date for the Acquisition Facility, (ii) the date the entire
Acquisition Commitment of each Acquisition Lender has been advanced hereunder,
and (iii) the date of termination of the commitments of the respective
Acquisition Lenders to make Acquisition Loans pursuant to Section 8.02.

“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher
of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in
effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America
as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based
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and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used
as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or
below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America
shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public
announcement of such change.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan or an Acquisition Loan that bears
interest based on the Base Rate.

“Borrower” and “Borrowers” have the meanings specified in the introductory
paragraph hereto.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or an
Acquisition Borrowing, as the context may require.

“Borrowing Base” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of 80% of
aggregate Eligible Receivables; provided however that, the Administrative Agent
may, in its reasonable discretion, adjust the advance rate set forth above, set
up reserves or change the definition of Eligible Receivables from time to time
as the Administrative Agent determines is necessary based on the audits
conducted by the Administrative Agent or other information made available to the
Administrative Agent.

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit E.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact
closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if
such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which
dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market.

“Calculation Period” means, as to any Permitted Acquisition or issuance of
Future Senior Secured Notes, the most recent Measurement Period for which a
Compliance Certificate is required to have been delivered (as of the date of
such acquisition or issuance).

“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, any
expenditure in respect of the purchase or other acquisition of any fixed or
capital asset (excluding normal replacements and maintenance which are properly
charged to current operations).

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means all obligations under Capital Leases of
any Person, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as
liabilities in accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance
with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.

 

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“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).

“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the
extent owned by a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all
Liens (other than Liens created under any Security Document):

(a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof
having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition
thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America
is pledged in support thereof;

(b) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United
States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one year from the
date of acquisition thereof; provided that at the time of acquisition such
obligations have the highest rating obtainable from S&P or Moody’s;

(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’
acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding
company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve
System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as
described in clause (c) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and
surplus of at least $250,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than
one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(d) commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state
of the United States of America and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then
equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by
S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date of
acquisition thereof;

(e) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of such
Credit Party or Subsidiary, in money market investment programs registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial
institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P,
and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character,
quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this
definition; and

(f) other short term investments approved in writing by the Administrative Agent
in the exercise of its reasonable discretion.

“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management
services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card,
electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

 

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“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash
Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity
as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

“Cemetery Management Agreement” an agreement pursuant to which any Borrower
agrees to manage the operations of any Person in the business of providing
cemetery services and/or Cemetery Property.

“Cemetery Property” means, at any time as to any Borrower, such Borrower’s
interest in its real or personal property of the type sold or transferred
pursuant to Approved Installment Agreements which property (a) has not, at such
time, been sold or transferred to, and (b) is not under contract to be sold or
transferred to, any other Person.

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and the regulations promulgated and rulings
issued thereunder.

“CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Information System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.

“Certificate of Indebtedness” means an agreement delivered to a Borrower from a
non-profit cemetery which evidences an enforceable obligation to pay money
together with a right to vote in connection with all shareholder decisions.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any
of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation
or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the
administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.

“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:

(a) any two of the individuals acting as chairman, chief executive officer or
chief financial officer of the Partnership on the Effective Date shall cease to
hold such positions (unless replaced by individuals reasonably satisfactory to
the Required Lenders within 90 days after any such individual ceases to hold
such position); or

(b) any Person or group of Persons, which do not, on the Effective Date, hold
Equity Interests in the Partnership or the General Partner, thereafter obtain
beneficial ownership or voting control of thirty-three percent (33%) or more of
the Equity Interests in the Partnership or the General Partner; or

(c) the General Partner ceases to act as the sole general partner of the
Partnership; or

(d) the Partnership ceases to own 100% of the Equity Interests in the Operating
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(e) except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement, the Operating
Company ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interest in
each of the other Borrowers.

“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01
are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” and “Mortgaged Property” referred to
in the Security Documents and all of the other property that is under the terms
of the Security Documents subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent.

“Collateral Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01(b).

“Commitment” means an Acquisition Commitment or a Revolving Credit Commitment,
as the context may require.

“Commitment Fee Rate” means, at any time, the percentage per annum set forth
below for the Commitment Fee, as determined by reference to the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate at any
time received by the Administrative Agent (a) on the Closing Date, or
(b) thereafter pursuant to Section 6.02(b):

Commitment Fee Rate

Pricing
Level   

Consolidated Leverage

Ratio

   Commitment Fee   1   

< 1.50:1

   0.30 % 2   

> 1.50:1 but < 2.50:1

   0.40 % 3   

> 2.50:1

   0.50 %

Any increase or decrease in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business
Day immediately following the applicable Start Date; provided, however, that if
a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such
Section, then Pricing Level 3 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the
date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered
(until the first Business Day after the date which such Compliance Certificate
is actually delivered which demonstrates another Pricing Level is applicable).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the
determination of the Commitment Fee Rate for any period shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 2.10(b) and (c).

“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) an Acquisition Borrowing, (b) a
Revolving Credit Borrowing, (c) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the
other, or (d) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to
Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.

 

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“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit D.

“Confirmation Agreement” means that certain Confirmation and Amendment
Agreement, dated the Closing Date, among the Credit Parties and the Collateral
Agent.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount equal to Consolidated Net
Income of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, plus, in each case to the extent
actually deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period,
without duplication, (a) consolidated interest expense of the Partnership and
its Subsidiaries, (b) provision for income taxes, (c) depreciation and
amortization expense, (d) non-cash cost for Cemetery Property and real property
sold, (e) any extraordinary losses, (f) losses from sales of assets other than
inventory and Cemetery Property and real property sold in the ordinary course of
business, (g) other non-cash items (including, without limitation, one-time
charges associated with “cheap stock” compensation expense), and (h) reasonable
fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transaction and the
restructuring of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Note Purchase Agreement,
minus, in each case to the extent actually included in determining Consolidated
Net Income for such period, without duplication, (i) any extraordinary gains,
(ii) gains from sales of assets other than inventory and Cemetery Property and
real property sold in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the amount of
non-cash gains during such period (other than as a result of deferral of
purchase price with respect to notes or installment sales contracts received in
connection with sales of Cemetery Property); and (iv) other non-cash gains.
Consolidated EBITDA shall be adjusted for any changes versus the prior period in
net Deferred Revenue (excluding Deferred Margin), net Accounts Receivable
(excluding any increase relating to any Permitted Acquisition made after the
Closing Date for the eight consecutive fiscal quarters immediately following the
date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated), Merchandise Liability
(including Merchandise Liabilities converted to Accounts Payable in the normal
course of business and to be paid within 15 days of the date of determination)
and Merchandise Trust (excluding any change in Trust Income Receivable), as each
such term is defined in the consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership, but
excluding any increases pursuant to purchase accounting pursuant to future
acquisitions; provided that, all calculations of Consolidated EBITDA shall
additionally be adjusted on a Pro Forma Basis to account for any Permitted
Acquisition then being consummated, if applicable, as well as any other
Permitted Acquisition consummated, on or after the first day of any related
Calculation Period or Measurement Period, as applicable (as if consummated on
the first day of such applicable Calculation Period or Measurement Period), and
provided further, that, for purposes of calculating the Permitted Acquisition
Step-Up, Consolidated EBITDA for a Permitted Acquisition required by
Section 7.11(a) shall be calculated (A) using the above method (including
adjustments on a Pro Forma Basis) with respect to the Person or assets so
acquired and (B) for the trailing 12 month period ending on the last day of the
month immediately preceding the date of such Permitted Acquisition.

“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for
the Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, without
duplication, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations,
whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including, without limitation,
(i) all Obligations hereunder, (ii) all Seller Subordinated Debt and (iii) all
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similar instruments), (b) the outstanding principal amount of all purchase money
Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit,
bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments,
(d) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of capital leases and Synthetic Lease
Obligations, (e) all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the
types specified in clauses (a) through (d) above of Persons other than the
Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, and (g) all Indebtedness of the types
referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above of any partnership or joint venture
(other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability
company) in which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is a general
partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made
non-recourse to the Partnership or such Subsidiary.

“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, (a) the total
consolidated interest expense of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries for such
period (calculated without regard to any limitations on payment thereof) payable
in respect of any Indebtedness plus (b) without duplication, that portion of
Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis representing the interest factor for such period. All
calculations of Consolidated Interest Charges shall additionally be adjusted on
a Pro Forma Basis to account for any Permitted Acquisition then being
consummated, if applicable, as well as any other Permitted Acquisition
consummated, on or after the first day of any related Calculation Period or
Measurement Period, as applicable (as if consummated on the first day of such
applicable Calculation Period or Measurement Period).

“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination,
the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Charges, in
each case, of or by the Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
for the most recently completed Measurement Period.

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio
of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated
EBITDA for the most recently completed Measurement Period.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net after tax income (or
loss) of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP, provided that in determining Consolidated Net Income of
the Partnership and its Subsidiaries (a) the net income of any of Person which
is not a Subsidiary of the Partnership or is accounted for by the Partnership by
the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the
payment of cash dividends or cash disbursements by such Person to the
Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Partnership during such period, and
(b) except for determinations expressly required to be made on a Pro Forma
Basis, the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it
becomes a Subsidiary or all or substantially all of the property or assets of
such Person are acquired by a Subsidiary shall be excluded from such
determination.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

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“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Controlled Non-Profit” means a Borrower which (a) is organized as a non-profit
entity, whether pursuant to Section 501 of the Code or otherwise, or (b) which
has contracted with any Borrower for the provisions of services under a Cemetery
Management Agreement.

“Credit Documents” means, collectively, (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes,
(c) the Security Documents, (d) the Fee Letter, (e) each Issuer Document,
(f) each Secured Hedge Agreement, (g) each Secured Cash Management Agreement and
(h) the Intercreditor Agreement; provided that for purposes of the definition of
“Material Adverse Effect” and Articles IV through IX, “Credit Documents” shall
not include Secured Hedge Agreements or Secured Cash Management Agreements.

“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C
Credit Extension.

“Credit Party” means, individually, and “Credit Parties” means, collectively,
each Borrower and each Guarantor.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all
other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization,
or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable
jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.

“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or
that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an
Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter
of Credit Fees and Eurodollar Rate Loans, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base
Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum;
(b) when used with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall
be an interest rate equal to (i) the related Eurodollar Rate plus (ii) the
Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum and (b) when
used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to (i) the Applicable
Rate for Letter of Credit Fees plus (ii) 2% per annum.

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of
the Acquisition Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, participations in L/C Obligations
or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder
within one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder,
(b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business
Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has
been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency
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“Dignity 2007” means the acquisition by one or more of the Borrowers of certain
operating assets of the cemetery and funeral home properties identified on
Exhibit “A” attached to that certain letter of intent dated June 6, 2007,
between the Operating Company and Service Corporation International (the “LOI”),
in accordance with the terms of the LOI (as provided to the Lenders prior to the
Closing Date).

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by
any Person (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the
foregoing), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or
without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith.

“Disposition Note” means a promissory note issued by a purchaser of assets in
connection with a Disposition permitted under Section 7.05.

“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

“Effective Date” means September 20, 2004, the effective date of the Existing
Credit Agreement.

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an
assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if
any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).

“Eligible Receivables” means any Account Receivable of a Borrower that meets all
of the following requirements on its date of invoice or other origination date
and continuing thereafter until collected:

(a) such Account Receivable represents a bona fide transaction evidenced by an
Approved Installment Agreement;

(b) an installment, or portion thereof, under such Account Receivable has been
paid within the immediately preceding sixty (60) days and such Account
Receivable has not been repudiated by the related account debtor;

(c) such Account Receivable, to the extent evidenced by chattel paper or an
instrument of any kind, is evidenced by only one original which is kept at the
chief executive office (or, if required by law, the applicable local office) of
the applicable Borrower, provided that, if required by law, such Borrower may
deliver the original to a trustee for a Trust Account and/or may deliver an
additional original to the account debtor thereon;

(d) the related Approved Installment Agreement, (i) to the extent created or
entered into after the Effective Date, shall be stamped or stickered on its face
to indicate that has been assigned to the Administrative Agent, in its capacity
as “collateral agent” for various secured creditors pursuant to the
Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) otherwise shall be stored in a filing cabinet
prominently marked to appropriately indicate that the contents thereof have been
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(e) the account debtor with respect to such Account Receivable is not insolvent
or the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings of any kind;

(f) such Account Receivable is a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the
account debtor with respect thereto and is not subject to any present, or
contingent, and the Borrowers have no knowledge or reason to believe there are
any facts which are the basis for any future, offset or counterclaim or other
defense on the part of such account debtor, including, without limitation, any
account payable owing by such Person to such account debtor;

(g) such Account Receivable shall be subject to a valid and perfected first
priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, subject to no Lien, except
for Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent and other Permitted Liens;

(h) all statutory rescission periods with respect to each such Account
Receivable have ended;

(i) the related Borrower is not a Controlled Non-Profit; and

(j) such Account Receivable is not deemed ineligible by the Administrative
Agent, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion;

provided that, for the purpose of calculating the Borrowing Base the amount of
any Eligible Receivables which will be included in such calculation will be
equal to the gross amount of such Eligible Receivables, less, with respect to
such Eligible Receivables: (i) all collection reserves; (ii) without
duplication, all imputed interest earnings; (iii) the portion of such Eligible
Receivables required to be paid into any Trust Account; and (iv) any unpaid
sales commission.

“Employment Agreements” means all material employment agreements entered into by
any Credit Party.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign
statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees,
permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental
restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the
release of any materials into the environment, including those related to
hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public
systems.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of any Credit Party or any of their respective
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation
of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation,
storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any
Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other
consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with
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“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number,
license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of
capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of
the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such
Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in)
such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares
of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or
warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of
such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit
interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests
therein, and Certificates of Indebtedness), whether voting or nonvoting, and
whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are
outstanding on any date of determination.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
under common control with any Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of
provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

“ERISA Event” means: (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan
subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation
of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of
ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is
in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, or
the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan
(including notification to any Borrower of an intent to commence such
proceedings); (e) notification to any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of (i) the
filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Multiemployer Plan, (ii) the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination of a Multiemployer Plan under
Section 4041A of ERISA, or (iii) the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to
terminate a Multiemployer Plan; (f) an event or condition which constitutes
grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment
of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or notification to any Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate of the same with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the
imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC
premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate.

“Eurodollar Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar
Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR
Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available
source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative
Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for
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such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason,
then the “Eurodollar Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in
Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds
in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or
converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period
would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan or an Acquisition Loan that
bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Excluded Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender,
the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account
of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by
its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it
(in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision
thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its
principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its
applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by
the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which
any Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an
assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrowers under Section 11.13), any
withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the
time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending
Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other
than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e), except to
the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at
the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Borrowers with respect to such withholding tax
pursuant to Section 3.01(a).

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Preliminary
Statements hereto.

“Existing Letters of Credit” means any Letters of Credit issued under the
Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding as of the Closing Date, including that
certain Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit # 68009417, dated October 13, 2005,
issued by the LC Issuer in the stated amount of $1,900,000 to the beneficiary
Bond Safeguard Insurance Company.

“Extraordinary Receipt” means any cash received by or paid to or for the account
of any Person which represent proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of
business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute
compensation for lost earnings) or condemnation awards (and any payments in lieu
thereof).

“Facility” means the Acquisition Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility, as
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“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such
day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day
next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day,
the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on
the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business
Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded
upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of
America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.

“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated March 15, 2007, among the
Partnership, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, as may be amended,
restated, modified, extended, renewed, replaced or supplemented from time to
time.

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

“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be)
engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

“Future Senior Secured Notes” means senior secured notes issued after the
Closing Date, from time to time, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Note
Purchase Agreement, meeting each of the following requirements: (a) such notes
are in an aggregate original principal amount that, when aggregated with the
aggregate original principal amount of the Senior Secured Notes issued before
and on the Closing Date, does not exceed the limitation set forth in
Section 7.02(b); (b) the terms of such notes are substantially similar to those
of the Senior Secured Notes issued before and on the Closing Date (provided that
(i) the scheduled maturity date for any principal payment under such notes shall
not be prior to the fifth anniversary of the issuance date of such notes and
(ii) the interest rate payable on such notes shall be a market rate for the
issuance of such notes at the time issued); (c) no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or would result from the issuance of such notes;
and (d) the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, not less
than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the issuance of such notes (or
such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree to in writing), a pro
forma Compliance Certificate showing compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis (for the
related Calculation Period), with the covenants set forth in Section 7.11
immediately after giving effect to the issuance of such notes (and the
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other
principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of
the date of determination, consistently applied.

“General Partner” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any
agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any
supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“GP Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Agreement of StoneMor GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated as of
September 20, 2004, as may be amended, restated, modified, replaced or
supplemented from time to time.

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by
another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect,
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of
income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor
to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or
(b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other
obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other
obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of
any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any
Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable
amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of
which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.

“Guarantor” means, individually, and “Guarantors” means, individually and
collectively, the Partnership, the General Partner and each Borrower (other than
any Controlled Non-Profit) solely in its capacity as a guarantor of the
Obligations of the other Borrowers pursuant to Article X, and each other
Subsidiary of the Partnership that shall be required to execute and deliver any
joinder or guaranty pursuant to Section 6.12.

 

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“Guaranty” means, collectively, the Guaranty made by the Credit Parties, other
than the Controlled Non-Profits, under Article X, together with each other
guaranty delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes
and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other
substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge
Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party
to such Secured Hedge Agreement.

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without
duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or
liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other
similar instruments;

(b) the maximum amount of all direct or contingent obligations of such Person
arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’
acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than trade accounts payable and accrued expenses, in
each case arising the ordinary course of business, and any other trade accounts
payable and deferred rent not past due for more than 90 days);

(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on
property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising
under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not
such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in
recourse;

(f) all Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized Leases and Synthetic
Lease Obligations of such Person and all Synthetic Debt of such Person;

(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or
otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or
any other Person or any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity
Interest, in each case prior to a date which is at least six months after the
Maturity Date, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the
greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and
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(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture
that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person
is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly
made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any
Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value
thereof as of such date.

“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.

“Intercompany Loan” means a loan permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(c).

“Intercompany Note” means any promissory note evidencing an Intercompany Loan.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Intercreditor
and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated the Closing Date, among the Credit
Parties, the Lenders, the Purchasers, the Collateral Agent and the
Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, modified, extended, renewed,
replaced or supplemented from time to time.

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day
of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the
Facility under which such Loan was made; provided, however, that if any Interest
Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates
that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall
also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan or Swing Line
Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the
Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made (with Swing Line
Loans being deemed made under the Revolving Credit Facility for purposes of this
definition).

“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing
on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued
as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as selected by the Borrowers in a Committed Loan Notice ; provided
that:

(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business
Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business
Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall
end on the next preceding Business Day;

(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of
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(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility
under which such Loan was made.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or
investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other
acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or
capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or
other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person, or (c) the
purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit or all or a
substantial part of the business of, such Person.

“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.17.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby
Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law &
Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).

“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of
Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered
into by the L/C Issuer and any Borrower or in favor of the L/C Issuer and
relating to such Letter of Credit.

“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and
administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged
with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority,
in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s
funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its
Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage.

“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any
Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when due or
refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.

“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance
thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount
thereof.

“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of
Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount
available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate
of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of
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available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of
Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of
this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired
by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the
operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be
“outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“Lender” and “Lenders” have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.

“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other
office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent.

“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and shall
include the Existing Letters of Credit.

“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the
issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use
by the L/C Issuer.

“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the
Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $5,000,000. The Letter of
Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit
Facility.

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge,
preference, priority or other security agreement of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing or similar
statement or notice filed under the UCC or any similar recording or notice
statute (other than any unauthorized financing statement or other notice filing
for which there is not otherwise any underlying Lien or secured obligation), and
any lease having substantially the same effect as the foregoing).

“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to any Borrower under Article II
in the form of an Acquisition Loan, a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line
Loan.

“Management Agreement” means any material agreement with respect to the
management of any Credit Party, including, without limitation, any consulting
agreement or other management advisory agreement, but excluding any employment
agreement.

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual
or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
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whole; (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Credit Document, or of the ability
of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Credit Document to
which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Partnership and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole of any Credit Document.

“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, each contract to which
such Person is a party involving aggregate consideration payable to or by such
Person of the Threshold Amount or more in any year or otherwise material to the
business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance,
properties or prospects of such Person.

“Maturity Date” means, as to each of the Acquisition Facility and the Revolving
Credit Facility, August 15, 2012; provided, however, that, in each case, if such
date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding
Business Day.

“Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently
completed four fiscal quarters of the Partnership.

“Merchandise Trust” means a trust fund, pre-need trust, pre-construction trust
or other reserve, trust, escrow or any similar arrangement established and
administered by a Borrower as required in accordance with applicable Law to
receive and administer the aggregate of all amounts derived from the sale of
services and personal property, such as foundations, markers, memorials,
memorial bases, monuments, urns, vases, vaults and caskets, used in connection
with the final disposition, memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment
of human remains.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“Mortgage Policies” means the title insurance policies delivered to the
Administrative Agent in connection with the Mortgages, as each may be amended,
restated, modified, extended, renewed, replaced or supplemented from time to
time.

“Mortgages” means all deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt,
mortgages, leasehold mortgages, leasehold deeds of trust and other similar
documents and agreements delivered by the Credit Parties to the Administrative
Agent, whether pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any
other Credit Document, as each may be amended, restated, modified, extended,
renewed, replaced or supplemented from time to time.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes
or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years,
has made or been obligated to make contributions.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means:

(a) with respect to any Disposition by any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any Extraordinary Receipt received or paid to the account of
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum
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Equivalents received in connection with such transaction (including any cash or
Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by
monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so
received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that
is secured by the applicable asset and that is required to be repaid in
connection with such transaction (other than Indebtedness under the Credit
Documents or the Note Purchase Documents), (B) the reasonable and customary
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary in
connection with such transaction and (C) income taxes reasonably estimated to be
actually payable within two years of the date of the relevant transaction as a
result of any gain recognized in connection therewith; provided that, if the
amount of any estimated taxes pursuant to subclause (C) exceeds the amount of
taxes actually required to be paid in cash in respect of such Disposition, the
aggregate amount of such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds; and

(b) with respect to the sale or issuance of any Equity Interest by any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and Cash
Equivalents received in connection with such transaction over (ii) the
underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and customary
out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary in
connection therewith.

“Note” means an Acquisition Note or a Revolving Credit Note, as the context may
require.

“Note Purchase Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Note Purchase
Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2007, from the Credit Parties to the
Purchasers, as may be amended, restated, modified, extended, renewed, replaced
or supplemented from time to time.

“Note Purchase Documents” means the Note Purchase Agreement, the Senior Secured
Notes, the Intercreditor Agreement, and the related guarantees, pledge
agreements, security agreements, mortgages, notes and all other agreements,
instruments and other documents pursuant to which the Senior Secured Notes have
been or will be issued or otherwise setting forth the terms of the Senior
Secured Notes or otherwise entered into in connection with the Note Purchase
Agreement, as each may be amended, restated, modified, extended, renewed,
replaced or supplemented from time to time.

“NPL” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.

“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit Document or
otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or
indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due
or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such
proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in
such proceeding; provided, however, that the Obligations shall not include any
obligations of the Credit Parties to the Purchasers under the Note Purchase
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“Operating Company” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.

“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the
certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or
comparable constitutive documents with respect to (i) any entity organized under
any non-U.S. jurisdiction and (ii) any Controlled Non-Profit); (b) with respect
to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or
organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership,
joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint
venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any
agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection
with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in
the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any
certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any
payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any
other Credit Document.

“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Acquisition Loans, Revolving
Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments
or repayments of Acquisition Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans,
as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C
Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after
giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other
changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date,
including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrowers of Unreimbursed
Amounts.

“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).

“Partnership” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“Partnership Agreement” means that certain First Amended and Restated Agreement
of Limited Partnership of StoneMor Partners L.P. dated as of September 20, 2004,
as amended, restated, modified, extended, renewed, replaced or supplemented from
time to time.

“Partnership Common Units” means the common units of the Partnership.

“Partnership Subordinated Units” means the subordinated units of the
Partnership.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes
or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or
other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any
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“Permitted Acquisition Step-Up” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(a)

“Permitted Acquisition” means an acquisition by a Borrower of (a) the assets
constituting a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of any
Person, other than a then existing Subsidiary of the Partnership, that is
organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States and
transacts all of its material business within the United States (each a
“Domestic Person”), or (b) 100% of the capital stock or other Equity Interests
of any Domestic Person, which acquisition complies with each of the following
requirements:

(i) such acquisition has been approved by the board of directors or similar
governing body of the related Domestic Person;

(ii) the consideration paid by such Borrower consists solely of (A) Partnership
Common Units, (B) cash (including proceeds of Acquisition Loans), and (C) Seller
Subordinated Debt permitted hereunder;

(iii) any Acquired Person shall own no capital stock or other Equity Interests
of any other Person unless the Acquired Person owns 100% of the capital stock or
other Equity Interests of such other Person;

(iv) the assets or Person acquired are used in or constitute a Permitted
Business; and

(v) the acquisition has been approved by the Operating Company’s Board of
Managers.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding
sentence (i), an acquisition which does not otherwise meet the requirements set
forth above in the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” shall constitute a
Permitted Acquisition if, and to the extent, the Required Lenders agree in
writing that such acquisition shall constitute a Permitted Acquisition for
purposes of this Agreement and (ii) Dignity 2007 shall constitute a Permitted
Acquisition.

“Permitted Business” means any business engaged in or related to the cemetery
and funeral home business in the United States and the provision of product and
services in connection therewith.

“Permitted Encumbrances” (a) with respect to any property that is subject to a
Mortgage, has the meaning specified in the related Mortgage, and (b) with
respect to any real property not subject to a Mortgage, (i) those liens,
encumbrances and other matters affecting title to such property and found
reasonably acceptable by the Collateral Agent, (ii) such easements,
encroachments, covenants, conditions, restrictions, rights of way, minor
defects, irregularities or encumbrances on title which could not reasonably be
expected to materially impair such property for the purpose for which it is held
by the applicable Credit Party, (iii) zoning and other municipal ordinances
which are not violated in any material respect by the existing improvements and
the present use made by the applicable Credit Party of the premises,
(iv) general real estate taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, and
(v) such other similar items as the Collateral Agent may consent to (such
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“Permitted Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

“Perpetual Care Trust” means a trust fund, pre-need trust, pre-construction
trust or other reserve, trust, escrow or any similar arrangement established and
administered by a Borrower as required in accordance with applicable Law for the
purpose of receiving the aggregate of all amounts derived from the sale of
interests in real property, or fixtures, including, without limitation,
mausoleums, niches, columbaria, urns, or crypts, used in connection with the
final disposition, memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human
remains and set aside in reserve, trust, escrow or any similar arrangement and
administering such amounts for the perpetual care and maintenance of cemetery
lots, graves, grounds, landscaping, roads, paths, parking lots, fences,
mausoleums, columbaria, vaults, crypts, utilities, and other improvements,
structures and embellishments.

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

“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by any Borrower or, with respect to any such
plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA
Affiliate.

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge Agreement, dated the Effective
Date, among the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent, as amended,
restated, modified, extended, renewed, replaced or supplemented from time to
time.

“Pledged Debt” means Indebtedness pledged by a Credit Party under the Pledge
Agreement, including, without limitation, any Intercompany Note.

“Pledged Equity” means Equity Interests pledged by a Credit Party under the
Pledge Agreement, including, without limitation, any Certificate of
Indebtedness.

“Preferred Equity” as applied to the Equity Interests of any Person, means
Equity Interests of such Person (other than common stock or units of such
Person) of any class or classes (however designated) that ranks prior, as to the
payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of
Equity Interests of any other class of such Person.

“Pro Forma Basis” means, as of any date, in connection with any calculation of
compliance with any financial covenant or financial term, the calculation
thereof after giving effect on a pro forma basis to the Indebtedness from any
Future Senior Secured Notes then being issued and/or Permitted Acquisition then
being consummated, if applicable, as well as any other Permitted Acquisition
consummated on or after the first day of any relevant Calculation Period (in
each case, as if consummated on the first day of such Calculation Period and
based on the best available historical financial information provided by the
Person who is being or was, or whose assets are being or were, acquired in
connection with each such Permitted Acquisition, whether prepared in accordance
with GAAP or otherwise, and accepted by the Borrowers in the exercise of their
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Acquisition, adjusted to account for (a) expenses eliminated or reasonably
expected to be eliminated by the Borrowers pursuant to synergies and other
efficiencies of each such acquisition, and (b) income, gains and losses from any
Trust Accounts being acquired, using a net asset value of Perpetual Care Trusts
multiplied by ten-year Treasury Rate plus 150 basis points and Merchandise
Trusts multiplied by five-year Treasury Rate plus 150 basis points; provided
that any such calculations delivered pursuant to Section 7.03(h)(viii) shall
also give effect on a pro forma basis to (i) the incurrence of any Indebtedness
by any Credit Parties on or after the first day of the relevant Calculation
Period as if such Indebtedness had been incurred (and the proceeds thereof
applied) on the first day of the relevant Calculation Period and (ii) the
permanent repayment of any Indebtedness of any Credit Parties on or after the
first day of the relevant Calculation Period as if such Indebtedness had been
retired or redeemed on the first day of the relevant Calculation Period (in each
case, based on the historical financial information described above).

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Purchasers” means the initial purchasers of the Senior Secured Notes, together
with any successors thereto as holders of such notes.

“Reduction Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(vii).

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates
and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such
Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion
or continuation of Acquisition Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan
Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit
Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan
Notice.

“Required Acquisition Lenders” means, as of any date of determination,
Acquisition Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total
Acquisition Outstandings and (b) aggregate unused Acquisition Commitments;
provided that the unused Acquisition Commitment of, and the portion of the Total
Acquisition Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Acquisition Lenders.

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more
than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of
each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in
L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving
Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused
Commitments; provided that the unused Commitment of, and the portion of the
Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
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“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving
Credit Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Revolving
Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s
risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line
Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this
definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that
the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total
Revolving Credit Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving
Lenders.

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to (i) delivering financial
information and officer’s certificates pursuant to this Agreement, the chief
financial officer, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the
corporate controller, any treasurer or other financial officer of the General
Partner and (ii) any other matter in connection with this Agreement or any other
Credit Document, any officer (or a person or persons so designated by such
officer) of the General Partner or the Operating Company, as the case may be, in
each case to the extent reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity
Interest of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in
cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar
deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance,
acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other
Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to any Person’s
stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent of any thereof), or any
option, warrant or other right to acquire any such dividend or other
distribution or payment.

“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate
Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its
obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to any Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01(b), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and
(c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite
such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit
Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant
to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may
be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the
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“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving
Credit Commitment at such time.

“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).

“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrowers in favor
of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line
Loans, as the case may be, made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially
in the form of Exhibit C-2.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.

“Scheduled Repayment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a).

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is
entered into by and between any Credit Party and any Cash Management Bank.

“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any interest rate Swap Contract permitted under
Article VI or VII that is entered into by and between any Borrower and any Hedge
Bank.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or
sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to
Section 9.05, the Administrative Agent and the other Persons the Obligations
owing to which are secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Security
Documents.

“Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated the Effective
Date, among the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent, as amended,
restated, modified, extended, renewed, replaced or supplemented from time to
time.

“Security Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Pledge
Agreement, the Mortgages, the Confirmation Agreement, each of the mortgages,
collateral assignments, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar
agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Existing Credit
Agreement or Section 6.12, and each of the other agreements, instruments or
documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral
Agent, all as may be amended, restated, modified, extended, renewed, replaced or
supplemented from time to time.

“Seller Subordinated Debt” means Indebtedness of a Borrower to a seller of
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“Senior Manager” means any chairman, president, chief executive officer, chief
financial officer or similar officer of the General Partner, the Partnership or
the Operating Company.

“Senior Secured Notes” means (a) the 7.66% Senior Secured Notes of the Credit
Parties due September 20, 2009, in an aggregate principal amount of $80,000,000
issued and originally sold on September 20, 2004, (b) the 9.34% Senior Secured
Notes of the Credit Parties due August 15, 2012, in an aggregate principal
amount of $35,000,000 issued and sold on August 15, 2007, and (c) any Future
Senior Secured Notes, each issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement.

“Shareholders’ Agreement” means any agreement (including, without limitation,
any shareholders’ agreement, subscription agreement or registration rights
agreement, but excluding any Organizational Document) entered into by any Credit
Party governing the terms and relative rights of the Equity Interests of the
entity that is a party to such agreement and any agreement entered into by
shareholders relating to any such entity with respect to its Equity Interests to
which such entity is also a party.

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of
determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such
Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent
liabilities, of such Person, in each case, taking into account any rights of
subrogation and contribution to the Affiliates of such Person, (b) the present
fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that
will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as
they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does
not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s
ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not
engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or
a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably
small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities,
contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary
course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be
computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances
existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
become an actual or matured liability.

“Start Date” means the date the most recent Compliance Certificate has been
delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) or a pro forma Compliance Certificate has
been delivered pursuant to Section 2.10(c).

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the
shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency)
are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both,
by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of
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“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps,
commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or
options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or
forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options,
forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions,
collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar
transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options
to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions
of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign
Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including
any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts,
after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting
agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date
such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in
accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to
the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the
mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or
more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized
dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender).

“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.04.

“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing
Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit B.

“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $5,000,000 and
(b) the Revolving Credit Facility. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not
in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.

“Synthetic Debt” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of
determination thereof, all obligations of such Person in respect of transactions
entered into by such Person that are intended to function primarily as a
borrowing of funds (including any minority interest transactions that function
primarily as a borrowing) but are not otherwise included in the definition of
“Indebtedness” or as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such
Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

 

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“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under
(a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an
agreement for the use or possession of property (including sale and leaseback
transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear on the
balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor
Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such
Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

“Tax Allocation Agreement” means any tax sharing or tax allocation agreement
entered into by any Credit Party.

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental
Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto.

“Threshold Amount” means $2,000,000.

“Total Acquisition Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
Acquisition Loans.

“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all
L/C Obligations.

“Total Revolving Credit Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations.

“Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the entering into by the Credit Parties
of the Credit Documents and amendments to the Note Purchase Documents, (b) the
refinancing of the Existing Credit Agreement and (c) the payment of the fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the foregoing.

“Trust Accounts” means, collectively, the Perpetual Care Trusts and Merchandise
Trusts.

“Trust Funds” means, at the time of any determination thereof, in connection
with the Trust Accounts, the aggregate of all amounts required by applicable Law
to be set aside in reserve, trust, escrow or any similar arrangement.

“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Rate Loan.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or
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“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit
liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that
Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for
funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable
plan year.

“Uninsured Liabilities” shall mean any losses, damages, costs, expenses and/or,
liabilities (including any losses, damages, costs, expenses or liabilities
resulting from property damage or casualty, general liability, workers’
compensation claims and business interruption) incurred by any Borrower or any
Subsidiary which are not covered by insurance, but with respect to which
insurance coverage is commercially available in the ordinary course of business
to Persons engaged in the same or similar business as the Permitted Business.

“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).

1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each
other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit
Document:

(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise,
(i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Credit
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include
such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document, shall
be construed to refer to such Credit Document in its entirety and not to any
particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Credit Document to
Articles, Sections, Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary Statements,
Exhibits and Schedules to, the Credit Document in which such references appear,
(v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory
provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any
reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to
such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time,
and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets
and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and
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(c) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this
Agreement or any other Credit Document.

1.03 Accounting Term. (a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or
completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all
financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations)
required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in
conformity with, GAAP as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis
consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements (so
that, to the extent alternative definitions for such terms, or alternative
treatments for such data, are permissible under GAAP, the particular definition
or treatment chosen for the Audited Financial Statements shall continue to be
used unless use of such alternatives would not be material).

(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Credit
Document, and either the Operating Company or the Required Lenders shall so
request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Operating Company shall
negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the
original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval
of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or
requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such
change therein and (ii) the Operating Company shall provide to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents
required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth
a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before
and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

(c) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to
consolidated financial statements of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries or to
the determination of any amount for the Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to
include each variable interest entity that the Partnership is required to
consolidate pursuant to FASB Interpretation No. 46 – Consolidation of Variable
Interest Entities: an interpretation of ARB No. 51 (January 2003) as if such
variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.

1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Credit
Parties pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the
appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place
more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and
rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if
there is no nearest number).

1.05 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of
day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of
a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the undrawn portion of the
stated amount of such Letter of Credit (including any reinstated portion) in
effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of
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Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the
stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be
the maximum undrawn portion of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit
(including any reinstated portion) after giving effect to all such increases,
whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

1.07 Currency Equivalents Generally. Any amount specified in this Agreement
(other than in Articles II, IX and X) or any of the other Credit Documents to be
in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency
other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in the applicable currency to
be determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot
Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such currency with Dollars. For
purposes of this Section 1.07, the “Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person
acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such
currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading
office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the
date of such determination; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain
such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the
Administrative Agent if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of
the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.

ARTICLE II

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01 The Loans. (a) The Acquisition Borrowings. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Acquisition Lender severally agrees to make
Acquisition Loans to the Borrowers from time to time, on any Business Day during
the Availability Period for the Acquisition Facility, in an aggregate amount not
to exceed such Acquisition Lender’s Acquisition Commitment. Each Acquisition
Borrowing shall consist of Acquisition Loans made simultaneously by the
Acquisition Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage of
the Acquisition Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid
or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Acquisition Loans may be Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

(b) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each
such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrowers from time to time, on any
Business Day during the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility,
in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving
effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Credit
Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (A) the Borrowing Base, and (B) the
Revolving Credit Facility, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s
Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of
each Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the
other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this
Section 2.01(b), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this
Section 2.01(b). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar
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2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. (a) Each Acquisition
Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Acquisition Loans
or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon a Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be
received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three
Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate
Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of
Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by a Borrower pursuant to this
Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative
Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by
a Responsible Officer of such Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000
or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in
Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans
shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in
excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall
specify (i) whether a Borrower is requesting an Acquisition Borrowing, a
Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Acquisition Loans or Revolving
Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as
the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of
Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be
borrowed or to which existing Acquisition Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to
be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with
respect thereto. If such Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed
Loan Notice or if such Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a
conversion or continuation, then the applicable Acquisition Loans or Revolving
Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such
automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of
the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar
Rate Loans. If a Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but
fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an
Interest Period of one month. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a
Swing Line Loan may not be converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage under the
applicable Facility of the applicable Acquisition Loans or Revolving Credit
Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by
any Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details
of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a). In
the case of an Acquisition Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, each
Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative
Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the
applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions
set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit
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received available to such Borrower in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of such Borrower on the
books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of
such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and
reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by such Borrower; provided,
however, that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a
Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by a Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings
outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall
be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall
be made available to such Borrower as provided above.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued
or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate
Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted
to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required
Lenders.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders
of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans
upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are
outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders
of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate
promptly following the public announcement of such change.

(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one
Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall
not be more than six (6) Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Loans.

2.03 Letters of Credit. (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance
upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from
the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of
Credit for the account of any Borrower, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit
previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor
drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of
any Borrower and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to
any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total
Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility,
(y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any
Revolving Credit Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s
Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing
Line Loans shall not exceed such LeJnder’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and
(z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of
Credit Sublimit. Each request by any Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a
Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrowers that
the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in
the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers’ ability to obtain Letters of
Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrowers may, during the
foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that
have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters
of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and
after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and
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(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of
Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last
extension, unless the Required Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date;
or

(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders have
approved such expiry date.

(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of
Credit if:

(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing
such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that
the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such
Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect
to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for
which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on
the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss,
cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C
Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of
the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer,
such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount of less than $100,000;

(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;

(E) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of
the stated amount after any drawing thereunder (however, the L/C Issuer may
issue such Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.03(b)(iv)); or

(F) a default of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.03(c) exists
or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C
Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrowers or such
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(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would
not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form
under the terms hereof.

(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if
(A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of
Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of
such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of
Credit.

(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with
respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated
therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities
(A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts
taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of
Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents
pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative
Agent” as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts
or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C
Issuer.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension
Letters of Credit. (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the
case may be, upon the request of a Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower.
Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or
such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may
agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed
issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request
for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application
shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the
proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a
Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name
and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by
such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing
thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and
(H) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request
for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit
Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer
(1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment
thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed
amendment; and (4) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require.
Additionally, the Borrowers shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such
requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer
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(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer
will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application
from a Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative
Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice
from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Credit Party,
at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment
of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions
contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a
Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower or enter into the
applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the
L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the
issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed
to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C
Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the
product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage
times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii) If any Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit
Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its reasonable discretion, agree to issue a
Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter
of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once
in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter
of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a
day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be
agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise
directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers shall not be required to make a
specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders
shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to
permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not
later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that the L/C
Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined
that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation at such time to
issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms
hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a)
or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in
writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the
Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required
Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the
Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or any Borrower that one or
more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then
satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such
extension.

(iv) If any Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application,
the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter
of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the
stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an “Auto-Reinstatement
Letter of Credit”). Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers
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a specific request to the L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement. Once an
Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the
following sentence, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have
authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of
the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of
Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of
Credit permits the L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the
stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such
non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the
“Non-Reinstatement Deadline”), the L/C Issuer shall not permit such
reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in
writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the
Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required
Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Borrower that one or more of the
applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied (treating
such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and,
in each case, directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.

(v) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a
Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary
thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or
amendment.

(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations. (i) Upon receipt
from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under
such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the third Business
Day following the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of
Credit, the Borrowers shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative
Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrowers fail to
so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the amount of any unreimbursed
drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”) and the amount of such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such event, the
Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base
Rate Loans to be disbursed on the third Business Day following the date of such
payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the
related Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples
specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but
subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit
Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the
delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by
telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an
immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of
such notice.

(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount
equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount
not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
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to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so
makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the
Borrowers in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so
received to the L/C Issuer.

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a
Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth
in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrowers shall
be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of
the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be
due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at
the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in
such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in
satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C
Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any
amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s
Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the
account of the L/C Issuer.

(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or
L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may
have against the L/C Issuer, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other
occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;
provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make
Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by any Borrower of a
Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or
otherwise impair the obligation of any Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for
the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit,
together with interest as provided herein.

(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be
paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c)
by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled
to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on
demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such
payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available
to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds
Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar
fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If
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amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in
the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the
relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer
submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with
respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.

(d) Repayment of Participations. (i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a
payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit
Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with
Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C
Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest
thereon (whether directly from the Borrowers or otherwise, including proceeds of
Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative
Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage
thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the
L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any
of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving
Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the
date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders
under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the
termination of this Agreement.

(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the L/C
Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C
Borrowing shall be joint and several, absolute, unconditional and irrevocable,
and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under
all circumstances, including the following:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this
Agreement, or any other Credit Document;

(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right
that any Credit Party or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any
beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom
any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or
any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument
relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such
Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in
any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required
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(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the
terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such
Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy,
debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator,
receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.

Each Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each
amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with any Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, such
Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. Each Credit Party shall be
conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and each Borrower agree that, in paying any
drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any
responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates
and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or
inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of
the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer,
the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any
correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any
Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request
or with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Revolving
Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness,
validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter
of Credit or Issuer Document. Each Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts
or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any
Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to,
and shall not, preclude any Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it
may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other
agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their
respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the
L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in
such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, any Borrower may have a claim
against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to any Borrower, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or
exemplary, damages suffered by such Borrower which such Borrower proves were
caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C
Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s)
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept
documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of
any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in
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(g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the
L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of
Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains
outstanding, the Borrowers shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize
the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. Sections 2.05 and 8.02(c)
set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder.
For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.05 and Section 8.02(c), “Cash
Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the
L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives
of such term have corresponding meanings. Each Borrower hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a
security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein
and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in
blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. If at any
time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral
are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative
Agent or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrowers will, forthwith upon
demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as
additional funds to be deposited as Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the
excess of (x) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (y) the total amount of
funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent
determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of
any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such
funds shall be applied, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, to
reimburse the L/C Issuer.

(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C
Issuer and the Borrowers when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such
agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP
shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform
Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the
International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to any
commercial Letter of Credit.

(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its
Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of
Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate for Letter
of Credit Fees times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under
any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable
on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and
December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of
such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on
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there is any change in the Applicable Rate for Letter of Credit Fees during any
quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit
shall be computed and multiplied by such Applicable Rates separately for each
period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of
the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of
Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.

(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer.
The Borrowers shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a
fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum
specified in the Fee Letter, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn
under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee
shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March,
June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly
period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with
the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of
computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the
amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.06. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer
for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other
processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer
relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary
fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are
nonrefundable.

(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the
terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall
control.

2.04 Swing Line Loans. (a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements
of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make loans (each such
loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to any Borrower from time to time on any Business Day
during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that
such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C
Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving
effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall
not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, and (ii) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Revolving Credit Lender
at such time, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time, plus
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans at such time shall not exceed such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and provided further that no Borrower
shall use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing
Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and
conditions hereof, any Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under
Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall
bear interest only at a rate based on the Base Rate. Immediately upon the making
of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and
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unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk
participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the
amount of such Swing Line Loan.

(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon a
Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative
Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the
Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the
requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which
shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which
shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly
by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written
Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible
Officer of a Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any
telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent
has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender
will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the
contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone
or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any
Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing
Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line
Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first
sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable
conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00
p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the
amount of its Swing Line Loan available to a Borrower.

(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans. (i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in
its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrowers (which
hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its
behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount
equal to such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of
Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which
written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes
hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard
to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base
Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit
Facility and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender
shall furnish the Borrowers with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice
promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each
Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving
Credit Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice
available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the
account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later
than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon,
subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds
available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrowers in such
amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing
Line Lender.

(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a
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Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be
deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving
Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and
each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed
payment in respect of such participation.

(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount
required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line
Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the
Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the
period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment
is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to
the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line
Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus
any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing
Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount
(with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate
of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative
Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or
to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, any
Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each
Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to
this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No
such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the
obligation of any Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as
provided herein.

(d) Repayment of Participations. (i) At any time after any Revolving Credit
Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if
the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan,
the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its
Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof in the same funds as those
received by the Swing Line Lender.

(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or
interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line
Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including
pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its
discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its
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Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon
from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such
demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders
under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the
termination of this Agreement.

(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be
responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for interest on the Swing Line Loans.
Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest
in respect of such Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage shall be solely for
the account of the Swing Line Lender.

(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrowers shall make all
payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly
to the Swing Line Lender.

2.05 Prepayments. (a) Optional. (i) The Borrowers may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay
Acquisition Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium
or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of
prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment of Base
Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof; and
(C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000
or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof; or, in each case, if less,
the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall
specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be
prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s)
of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its
receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion
of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of
the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by any Borrower, the Borrowers
shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall
be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar
Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid,
together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each
prepayment of the outstanding Acquisition Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)
shall be applied to reduce the then remaining Scheduled Repayments pro rata
(based upon the then remaining principal amounts of the Scheduled Repayments
after giving effect to all prior reductions thereto); provided that, at any time
the Borrowers may, at their option, direct that any voluntary prepayment of
Acquisition Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) be applied (in which case it
shall be applied), first, to reduce the first four immediately succeeding
Scheduled Repayments (after giving effect to all prior reductions thereto) as of
the date of the respective payments pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) in direct
order of maturity and second, to the extent in excess thereof, as otherwise
provided above without regard to this proviso;

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Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that
(A) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative
Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such
prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice
shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by
the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

(b) Mandatory. (i) [Intentionally Omitted].

(ii) If any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries Disposes of any property
(other than any Disposition expressly permitted by Subsections 7.05(a) through
(i) and (k)) which results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash
Proceeds, the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans
equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds immediately upon receipt thereof by such
Person (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clauses (v) and
(vii) below); provided, however, that, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds
realized under a Disposition described in this Section 2.05(b)(ii), at the
election of the Borrowers (as notified by the Borrowers to the Administrative
Agent on or prior to the date of such Disposition), and so long as no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, such Credit Party or such Subsidiary may
reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in operating assets or to
fund a Permitted Acquisition so long as within 180 days after the receipt of
such Net Cash Proceeds, (A) such purchase shall have been consummated (as
certified by the Borrowers in writing to the Administrative Agent) or (B) a
definitive agreement to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within 180 days of the
date of such agreement shall have been entered into; and provided further,
however, that any Net Cash Proceeds not (1) so reinvested or (2) reinvested
pursuant to such definitive agreement within 180 days of the date of such
agreement, shall, in each case, be immediately applied to the prepayment of the
Loans as set forth in this Section 2.05(b)(ii).

(iii) Upon the sale or issuance by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries of
any of its Equity Interests (other than any sales or issuances of Equity
Interests (A) to the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) to the extent
required by the express terms of the Partnership Agreement, (C) for the purpose
of financing all or a portion of any Permitted Acquisition completed within 180
days before or 365 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, (D) to the
General Partner in order for the General Partner to continue to hold two percent
(2%) of the issued Partnership Common Units, and (E) to directors, consultants
and employees of the General Partner pursuant to the Partnership’s Long Term
Incentive Plan), the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of
Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon
receipt thereof by the Partnership or such Subsidiary (such prepayments to be
applied as set forth in clauses (v) and (vii) below).

(iv) Upon any Extraordinary Receipt received by or paid to or for the account of
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and not otherwise included in
clause (ii) or (iii) of this Section 2.05(b), the Borrowers shall prepay an
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immediately upon receipt thereof by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary (such
prepayments to be applied as set forth in clauses (v) and (vii) below);
provided, however, that (x) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Extraordinary Receipt do not
exceed $500,000, such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on such
date to the extent that a Responsible Officer of such Credit Party has delivered
a certificate to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such date stating that
such proceeds shall be applied or shall be committed to be applied within 180
days after the receipt of thereof to replace or repair the equipment, fixed
assets or real property in respect of which such proceeds were received (which
certificate shall set forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended),
and (y) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and to the
extent that (a) the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Extraordinary Receipt exceeds
$500,000, and (b) a Responsible Officer of such Credit Party has delivered to
the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent a certificate on or prior
to the date the application would otherwise be required pursuant to this
Section 2.05(b)(iv) in the form described in clause (x) above, then the entire
amount of such proceeds and not just the portion in excess of $500,000 shall be
deposited with the Administrative Agent pursuant to a cash collateral
arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Administrative Agent whereby such proceeds shall be disbursed to such Credit
Party from time to time as needed to pay or reimburse such Credit Party in
connection with the replacement or restoration of the respective properties or
assets (pursuant to such certification requirements as may be established by the
Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent), provided further, that at
any time while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required
Lenders may, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, direct the
Administrative Agent (in which case the Administrative Agent shall, and is
hereby authorized by the Credit Parties to, follow said directions) to apply any
or all proceeds then on deposit in such collateral account to the prepayment of
the Loans (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clauses (v) and
(vii) below), and provided further, that if all or any portion of the Net Cash
Proceeds of any Extraordinary Receipt not required to be applied as a mandatory
repayment pursuant to the second preceding proviso (whether pursuant to clause
(x) or (y) thereof) are not so used within 180 days after (A) the date received
or (B) the date so committed to be used pursuant to a definitive agreement, to
the extent so committed within 180 days of the date received, then such
remaining portion not used shall be applied on the final date of such 180 day
period as a mandatory repayment in accordance with the requirements of this
Section 2.05(b)(iv).

(v) Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.05(b) shall be applied, first, to the extent the Administrative Agent,
in its sole determination, determines that such amounts relate to assets
acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or of a Borrower so acquired, such amounts
shall be used to repay the amounts outstanding under any Acquisition Loan used
to fund such Permitted Acquisition, and, second, (A) to the extent any such
Acquisition Loans are paid in full, and (B) as to all other amounts required to
be applied pursuant to this Section 2.05(b), any such amounts shall be applied
pro rata among all outstanding Loans, and, in either case, all such repayments
applied to outstanding Acquisition Loans shall be applied to the principal
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(vi) If for any reason the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at any time
exceed the lesser of (A) the Borrowing Base at such time and (B) the Revolving
Credit Facility at such time, the Borrowers shall immediately prepay Revolving
Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Borrowings and/or Cash Collateralize the
L/C Obligations (other than the L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount equal to
such excess.

(vii) Prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility made pursuant to this
Section 2.05(b), first, shall be applied ratably to the L/C Borrowings and the
Swing Line Loans, second, shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Revolving
Credit Loans, and, third, shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C
Obligations; and, in the case of prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility
required pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this
Section 2.05(b), the amount remaining, if any, after the prepayment in full of
all L/C Borrowings, Swing Line Loans and Revolving Credit Loans outstanding at
such time and the Cash Collateralization of the remaining L/C Obligations in
full may be retained by the Borrowers for use in the ordinary course of its
business. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that has been Cash
Collateralized, the funds held as Cash Collateral shall be applied (without any
further action by or notice to or from any Borrower or any other Credit Party)
to reimburse the L/C Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable.

(c) Anything contained in Section 2.05(b) to the contrary notwithstanding, so
long as any Indebtedness is outstanding under any Note Purchase Document, if the
Intercreditor Agreement governs the initial application of any Net Cash
Proceeds, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement with regard to such
application shall apply.

(d) In the absence of a designation by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent
shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its sole discretion with a
view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 3.05.

2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) Optional. The Borrowers may,
upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Revolving Credit
Facility, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, or from time
to time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Facility, the Letter of Credit
Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit; provided that (i) any such notice shall be
received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three Business
Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial
reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrowers shall not terminate or
reduce (A) the Revolving Credit Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to
any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings
would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit
if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not
fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit,
or (C) the Swing Line Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and to any
concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans
would exceed the Swing Line Sublimit. In addition, during the Availability
Period in respect of the Acquisition Facility, the Borrowers may, upon notice to
the Administrative Agent as set forth above, from time to time terminate (in
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(b) Mandatory.

(i) The aggregate Acquisition Commitments shall be automatically and permanently
reduced to zero on the last day of the Availability Period for the Acquisition
Facility.

(ii) If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of Revolving Credit
Commitments under this Section 2.06, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing
Line Sublimit exceeds the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Letter of
Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be
automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.

(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. (i) The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or
reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Swing Line Sublimit or the Revolving
Credit Commitment under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of the Revolving
Credit Commitments, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit
Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage
of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility
accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit
Facility shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

(ii) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any
termination or reduction of the unused portion of the aggregate Acquisition
Commitments under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of the unused portion of
the aggregate Acquisition Commitments, the Acquisition Commitment of each
Acquisition Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s ratable portion of such
reduction amount. All fees in respect of the Acquisition Facility accrued until
the effective date of any termination of the Acquisition Facility shall be paid
on the effective date of such termination.

2.07 Repayment of Loans. (a) Acquisition Loans. The Borrowers shall repay to the
Acquisition Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Acquisition Loans in
quarterly installments (each a “Scheduled Repayment”), based on a ten (10) year
principal amortization schedule of equal quarterly payments (which amounts shall
be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the
order of priority set forth in Section 2.06), with the first such quarterly
principal payment to be made on the date twelve (12) months following the date
such Acquisition Loan was made, with quarterly principal payments to be made on
each three (3) month interval thereafter, provided, however, that (i) if there
shall be no corresponding date in any applicable month in which any such
principal payment would otherwise be due, such payment shall be due on the last
Business Day of such month, (ii) all “Acquisition Loans” outstanding under the
Existing Credit Agreement on the Closing Date shall (A) be deemed to be
Acquisition Loans hereunder that were made as of the date originally advanced
under the Existing Credit Agreement for purposes of the timing of Scheduled
Repayments, and (B) be subject to new ten (10) year principal amortization
schedules, based on the outstanding amount of such Acquisition Loan as of the
Closing Date, starting on the first related Scheduled Repayment falling after
the Closing Date, and (iii) the final principal repayment installment of all
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Acquisition Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of all Acquisition Loans outstanding on such date.

(b) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrowers shall repay to the Revolving Credit
Lenders on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date. All
“Revolving Loans” outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Closing
Date shall be deemed to be Revolving Credit Loans hereunder.

(c) Swing Line Loans. The Borrowers shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the
earlier to occur of (i) the date ten Business Days after such Loan is made and
(ii) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility.

2.08 Interest. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar
Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate
Loans; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to
the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans; and (iii) each Swing
Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from
the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus
the Applicable Rate for the Base Rate Loans.

(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without
regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a
fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrowers
under any Credit Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable
grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then
upon the request of the Required Lenders such amount shall thereafter bear
interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the
Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default
exists, the Borrowers shall pay interest on the principal amount of all
outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at
all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws.

(iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past
due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest
Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified
herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms
hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any
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2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(i) and (j):

(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable
Revolving Credit Percentage, a commitment fee equal to the Commitment Fee Rate
times the actual daily amount by which the Revolving Credit Facility exceeds the
sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) the
Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of each Acquisition Lender in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage of the Acquisition Facility, a
commitment fee equal to the Commitment Fee Rate times the actual daily amount by
which the aggregate Acquisition Commitments exceed the Outstanding Amount of
Acquisition Loans. The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the
relevant Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of
the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly
in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December,
commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and, in the
case of the commitment fee with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, on the
last day of the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility or, in the
case of the commitment fee with respect to the Acquisition Facility, on the last
day of the Availability Period for the Acquisition Facility. The commitment fee
shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the
Commitment Fee Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be
computed and multiplied by the Commitment Fee Rate separately for each period
during such quarter that such Commitment Fee Rate was in effect.

(b) Other Fees. (i) The Borrowers shall pay to the Arranger and the
Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and
at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when
paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

(ii) The Borrowers shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been
separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.
Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any
reason whatsoever.

2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable
Rate. (a) All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is
determined by Bank of America’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a
year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other
computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year
and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable,
being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall
accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue
on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion
is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is
made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each
determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder
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(b) If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial
statements of the Partnership or for any other reason, the Credit Parties or the
Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the
Partnership as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper
calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher
pricing for such period, the Borrowers shall immediately and retroactively be
obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable
Lenders, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the
occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to
any Credit Party under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically
and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C
Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that
should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees
actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under
Section 2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(i) or 2.08(b) or under Article VIII. The Borrowers’
obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Aggregate
Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

(c) The Borrowers shall have the option, by delivering written notice thereof to
the Administrative Agent at the time of the consummation of any Permitted
Acquisition, to set, as of the date of such Permitted Acquisition, a new Start
Date for purposes of calculating the then Commitment Fee Rate and Applicable
Rate, to be calculated based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio set forth in
the related Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to 7.03(h)(viii).

2.11 Evidence of Debt. (a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be
evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by
the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or
records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be
conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by
the Lenders to any Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure
to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise
affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with
respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts
and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the
request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall
execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note,
which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or
records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the
date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with
respect thereto.

(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each
Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender
of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any
conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent
and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of
manifest error.

2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback. (a) General. All
payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or
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payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the
Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not
later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will
promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the
relevant Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment
in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All
payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed
received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee
shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrowers shall come
due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next
following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected on
computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing)
that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with
Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such
Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required
by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to
any Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact
made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to
the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in
immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is made available to any Borrower to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of
a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar
fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrowers, the
interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrowers and such Lender
shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an
overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the
Borrowers the amount of such interest paid by the Borrowers for such period. If
such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative
Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in
such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrowers shall be without prejudice to any
claim the Borrowers may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make
such payment to the Administrative Agent.

(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrowers prior to the
time at which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such
payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact made
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Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such
Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon,
for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the
Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrowers with respect
to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error.

(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to
the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as
provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not
made available to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent because the
conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not
satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative
Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to
such Lender, without interest.

(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to
make Acquisition Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, to fund participations in
Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to
Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under
Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other
Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to
purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).

(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to
obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute
a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for
any Loan in any particular place or manner.

(f) Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and
available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C
Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied
(i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among
the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees
then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal and L/C
Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in
accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such
parties.

2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any
right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of
(a) Obligations in respect of any the Facilities due and payable to such Lender
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents at such time in excess of its
ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations
due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the
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and under the other Credit Documents at such time) of payments on account of the
Obligations in respect of the Facilities due and payable to all Lenders
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents at such time obtained by all the
Lenders at such time or (b) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities
owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other
Credit Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the
proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and payable)
to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in
respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders
hereunder and under the other Credit Parties at such time) of payment on account
of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable)
to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Credit Documents at such time
obtained by all of the Lenders at such time then the Lender receiving such
greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and
(b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and
subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders,
or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all
such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the
aggregate amount of Obligations in respect of the Facilities then due and
payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the
case may be, provided that:

(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any
portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or
subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the
extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any
payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express
terms of this Agreement or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration
for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or
subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or
participant, other than to any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which
the provisions of this Section shall apply).

Each Credit Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the fullest extent it
may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such
Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Credit
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2.14 Increase in Revolving Credit Facility. (a) Request for Increase. Provided
there exists no Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall
promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders), the Borrowers may from time to
time, request an increase in the Revolving Credit Facility by an amount (for all
such requests) not exceeding Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000); provided that
any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of Five Million
Dollars ($5,000,000). At the time of sending such notice, the Borrowers (in
consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within
which each Revolving Credit Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no
event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to
the Revolving Credit Lenders).

(b) Lender Elections to Increase. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall notify the
Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to
increase its Revolving Credit Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal
to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of
such requested increase. Any Revolving Credit Lender not responding within such
time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Credit
Commitment.

(c) Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Revolving Credit Lenders.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and each Revolving Credit
Lender of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ responses to each request made
hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, and subject to
the approval of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line
Lender (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Borrowers and
the Arranger may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Revolving
Credit Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(d) Effective Date and Allocations. If the Revolving Credit Facility is
increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the
Borrowers shall determine the effective date (the “Revolving Credit Increase
Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Revolving Credit Lenders of
the final allocation of such increase and the Revolving Credit Increase
Effective Date.

(e) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such
increase, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate
of each Credit Party dated as of the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date
(in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such
Credit Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Credit
Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) certifying that, before
and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties
contained in Article V and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer
to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier
date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.14, the representations and
warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed
to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and
(b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (B) no Default exists. The Borrowers
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Loans outstanding on the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date (and pay any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to
keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Applicable
Revolving Credit Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the
Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section.

(f) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in
Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary.

2.15 Increase in Acquisition Facility. (a) Request for Increase. Provided there
exists no Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly
notify the Acquisition Lenders), the Borrowers may from time to time, request an
increase in the Acquisition Facility by an amount (for all such requests) not
exceeding $15,000,000; provided that any such request for an increase shall be
in a minimum amount of $5,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, the
Borrowers (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time
period within which each Acquisition Lender is requested to respond (which shall
in no event be less than ten Business Days from the date of delivery of such
notice to the Acquisition Lenders).

(b) Lender Elections to Increase. Each Acquisition Lender shall notify the
Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to
increase its Acquisition Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to,
greater than, or less than its Applicable Acquisition Percentage of such
requested increase. Any Acquisition Lender not responding within such time
period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Acquisition Commitment.

(c) Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Acquisition Lenders. The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and each Acquisition Lender of
the Acquisition Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve
the full amount of a requested increase, and subject to the approval of the
Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), the
Borrowers and the Arranger may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to
become Acquisition Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(d) Effective Date and Allocations. If the Acquisition Facility is increased in
accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall
determine the effective date (the “Acquisition Increase Effective Date”) and the
final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrowers and the Acquisition Lenders of the final allocation of such
increase and the Acquisition Increase Effective Date.

(e) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such
increase, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate
of each Credit Party dated as of the Acquisition Increase Effective Date (in
sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such
Credit Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Credit
Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) certifying that, before
and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties
contained in Article V and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in
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warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true
and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this
Section 2.15, the representations and warranties contained in subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent
statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of
Section 6.01, and (B) no Default exists. The Borrowers shall prepay any
Acquisition Loans (which may be with the proceeds of Acquisition Loans received
on such date) outstanding on the Acquisition Increase Effective Date (and pay
any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent
necessary to keep the outstanding Acquisition Loans ratable with any revised
Applicable Acquisition Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the
Acquisition Commitments under this Section.

(f) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in
Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary.

2.16 Borrower Funds Administrator.

(a) Borrowers maintain an integrated cash management system reflecting their
interdependence on one another and the mutual benefits shared among them as a
result of their respective operations. In order to efficiently fund and operate
their respective businesses and minimize the number of borrowings which they
will make under this Agreement and thereby reduce the administrative costs and
record keeping required in connection therewith, including the necessity to
enter into and maintain separately identified and monitored borrowing
facilities, Borrowers have requested, and Administrative Agent and Lenders have
agreed that, subject to Section 10.10, all Loans will be advanced to and for the
account of Borrowers (other than the Controlled Non-Profits) on a joint and
several basis in accordance with the other provisions hereof. Each Borrower
hereby acknowledges that it will be receiving a direct benefit from each Loan
made pursuant to this Agreement.

(b) Each Borrower hereby designates, appoints, authorizes and empowers the
Operating Company as its agent to act as specified in this Agreement and each of
the other Credit Documents and the Operating Company hereby acknowledges such
designation, authorization and empowerment, and accepts such appointment. Each
Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Operating Company to take
such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents, and any other instruments, documents and agreements referred
to herein or therein, and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties
hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the
Operating Company by the respective terms and provisions hereof and thereof, and
such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, including, without
limitation, to take the following actions for and on such Borrower’s behalf:

(i) to submit on behalf of each Borrower, Requests for Credit Extensions in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;

(ii) to receive on behalf of each Borrower the proceeds of Loans in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement, such proceeds to be disbursed to or for
the account of the applicable Borrower as soon as practicable after its receipt
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(iii) to submit and receive on behalf of each Borrower, Compliance Certificates
and all other certificates, notices and other communications given or required
to be given hereunder.

The Operating Company is further authorized and directed by each Borrower to
take all such actions on behalf of such Borrower necessary to exercise the
specific power granted in clauses (i) through (iii) above and to perform such
other duties hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and deliver such
documents as delegated to or required of the Operating Company by the terms
hereof or thereof. The agency relationship established pursuant to this
Section 2.16(b) is for administrative convenience only and such agency
relationship shall not extend to any matter outside the scope of the Credit
Documents.

(c) The administration by Administrative Agent and Lenders of the credit
facilities under this Agreement as a co-borrowing facility with a funds
administrator in the manner set forth herein is solely as an accommodation to
Borrowers and at their request and neither the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer nor any Lender shall incur any liability to
any Credit Party as a result thereof.

ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.01 Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of
any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document
shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if such Credit Party shall be
required by applicable Law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other
Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) such Credit Party shall make such deductions and (iii) such Credit Party
shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority
in accordance with applicable Law.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Credit Parties. Without limiting the
provisions of subsection (a) above, the Credit Parties shall timely pay any
Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
Law.

(c) Indemnification by the Credit Parties. The Credit Parties shall, jointly and
severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer,
within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any
penalties, interest and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or
with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.
A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the
Borrowers by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a
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(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental
Authority, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the
original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other
evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from
or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which any
Credit Party is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other
Credit Document shall deliver to such Credit Party (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law or
reasonably requested by such Credit Party or the Administrative Agent, such
properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Law as
will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of
withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by a Credit Party or the
Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by
applicable Law or reasonably requested by a Credit Party or the Administrative
Agent as will enable such Credit Party or the Administrative Agent to determine
whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information
reporting requirements.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Credit Party is
resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver
to such Credit Party and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as
shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such
Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time
thereafter upon the request of such Credit Party or the Administrative Agent,
but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the
following is applicable:

(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming
eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a
party,

(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for
portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate to the
effect that such Foreign Lender is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of
section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of any Credit
Party within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a
“controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code
and (B) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or

(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming
exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly
completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by

applicable Law to permit the Borrowers to determine the withholding or deduction
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(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the
L/C Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of
any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Credit Party
or with respect to which such Credit Party has paid additional amounts pursuant
to this Section, it shall pay to such Credit Party an amount equal to such
refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts
paid, by such Credit Party under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other
Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and
without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental
Authority with respect to such refund), provided that such Credit Party, upon
the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agrees
to repay the amount paid over to such Credit Party (plus any penalties, interest
or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer if the Administrative Agent,
such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax
returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems
confidential) to any Credit Party or any other Person.

3.02 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or
that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender
or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate
Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate,
or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority
of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the
London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrowers
through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or
continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and
the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer
exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall, upon demand from such
Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable,
convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on
the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully
continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if
such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans.
Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued
interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for
any reason in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a
conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being
offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable
amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any
requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan, or
(c) the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a
proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to
such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so
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obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be
suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required
Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers may
revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such
request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount
specified therein.

3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. (a) Increased Costs
Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with
or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender
(except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e)) or the L/C
Issuer;

(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter
of Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of
taxation of payments to such Lender or the L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except
for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition
of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the
L/C Issuer); or impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank
market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or
Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or
participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the
L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or
of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of
Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such
Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other
amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers will
pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount
or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any
Change in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of
such Lender or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any,
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such
Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or
participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of
Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the
L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could have
achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or
the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s
holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Borrowers will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or
such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction
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(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer
setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the
L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrowers shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate
within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C
Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right
to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrowers shall not be required
to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than
nine months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, notifies the Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s intention
to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to
such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof).

(e) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Borrowers shall pay to each Lender,
as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits
(currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs
of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such
Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable
on such Loan, provided the Borrowers shall have received at least 10 days’ prior
notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest
from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant
Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 10 days
from receipt of such notice.

3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrowers shall promptly compensate
such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense
incurred by it as a result of:

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a
Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such
Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or
otherwise);

(b) any failure by the Borrowers (for a reason other than the failure of such
Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other
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(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of
the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by any Borrower pursuant
to Section 11.13;

including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from
the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or
from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
The Borrowers shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such
Lender in connection with the foregoing.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrowers to the Lenders
under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each
Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a
matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market
for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such
Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) Designation of a
Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 3.04, or the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any
Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to
Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then
such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office
for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in
the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate
or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be,
in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as
applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender provides notice under Section 3.02 or
requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrowers are required to
pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the
account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrowers may replace such
Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.

3.07 Survival. All of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Article III shall
survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other
Obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the L/C Issuer
and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be
either originals or telecopies or electronic copies, followed in either case
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signing Credit Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of
certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date)
and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each
of the Lenders:

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for
distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Operating Company;

(ii) a Note executed by the Borrowers in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;

(iii) the Confirmation Agreement, duly executed by each Credit Party, together
with:

(A) certificates representing any Pledged Equity referred to therein accompanied
by undated stock powers executed in blank registered in the name of such nominee
or nominees as the Administrative Agent shall specify and instruments evidencing
the Pledged Debt indorsed in blank, to the extent not previously delivered to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement,

(B) stamped receipt copies of proper financing statements, duly filed on or
before the day of the initial Credit Extension under the Uniform Commercial Code
of all jurisdictions that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or
desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement,
covering the Collateral described in the Security Agreement, to the extent not
previously received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Existing Credit
Agreement,

(C) completed UCC lien search requests, dated through a date not earlier than
forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the initial Credit Extension, for such
Credit Parties as may be agreed to between the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent, in its reasonable discretion,

(D) evidence of the completion of all other actions, recordings and filings of
or with respect to the Security Agreement that the Administrative Agent may deem
necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens created thereby, and

(E) evidence that all other action that any Lender may deem necessary or
desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under the Security Documents has
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(iv) modifications to the existing Mortgages, in substantially the form of
Exhibit G (with such changes as may be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and its counsel to account for local law matters) and covering the properties
identified as mortgaged on Schedules 5.08(c), (d)(i) and (d)(ii) (the
“Modifications”), duly executed by the appropriate Credit Party, together with:

(A) evidence that counterparts of the Modifications have been duly executed,
acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable for filing or recording in
all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary
or desirable in order to create, together with the Mortgages, a valid first and
subsisting Lien on the property described therein in favor of the Administrative
Agent and that all filing, documentary, stamp, intangible and recording taxes
and fees have been paid,

(B) modifications to the Mortgage Policies, with endorsements and in amounts
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, issued, coinsured and reinsured by title
insurers acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring the Mortgages, as
modified by the Modifications, to be valid first and subsisting Liens on the
property described therein, free and clear of all defects (including, but not
limited to, mechanics’ and materialmen’s Liens) and encumbrances, excepting only
Permitted Encumbrances and other Liens permitted under the Credit Documents, and
providing for such other affirmative insurance (including endorsements for
future advances under the Credit Documents, for mechanics’ and materialmen’s
Liens and for zoning of the applicable property), affidavits of no change with
respect to surveys and such other documents as the Administrative Agent or title
insurer may deem necessary or desirable, and

(C) evidence that all other action that the Administrative Agent may deem
necessary or desirable in order to create valid first and subsisting Liens on
the property described in the Mortgages has been taken, subject only to
Permitted Encumbrances;

(v) the Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by each party thereto;

(vi) copies of the duly executed Note Purchase Agreement and Note Purchase
Documents delivered on the Closing Date;

(vii) an officer’s certificate (A) either (1) attaching a certified copy of each
Credit Party’s Organizational Documents or (2) certifying that no changes have
been made to the copies delivered under the Existing Credit Agreement,
(B) attaching resolutions authorizing the Transaction, each, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (C) attaching incumbency
certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Credit
Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority
and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a
Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents to which such Credit Party is a party or is to be a party;

(viii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require to evidence that each Credit Party is duly organized or
formed, and that each Credit Party is validly existing, in good standing and
qualified to engage in business in (A) its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization and (B) each other jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably
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(ix) a favorable opinion of Blank Rome, counsel to the Credit Parties, addressed
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning the
Credit Parties and the Credit Documents as the Required Lenders may reasonably
request;

(x) a favorable opinion of each local counsel to the Credit Parties, addressed
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning the
Credit Parties and the Credit Documents as the Required Lenders may reasonably
request;

(xi) the Audited Financial Statements, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(xii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers certifying
(A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been
satisfied, (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since December 31,
2006, that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; (C) all materials and
information provided to the Lenders by the Credit Parties in connection with the
Transaction was, at the time provided, and continues to be complete and correct
in all material respects as of the Closing Date; and (D) either (1) attaching
copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the
consummation by such Credit Party of the Transaction and the execution, delivery
and performance by such Credit Party and the validity against such Credit Party
of the Credit Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and
approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (2) stating that no such
consents, licenses or approvals are so required;

(xiii) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the
Credit Documents has been obtained and is in effect, together with the
certificates of insurance, naming the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the
Lenders, as a mortgagee, additional insured or loss payee, as the case may be,
under all insurance policies maintained with respect to the assets and
properties of the Credit Parties that constitutes Collateral; and

(xiv) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as
the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any Lender
reasonably may require.

(b)(i) All fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent and the Arranger
on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid and (ii) all fees required to
be paid to the Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid (which
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(c) Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall have paid all
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative
Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the
extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of
such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate
of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through
the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter
preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent).

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 9.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions
specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall
be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with,
each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved
by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date
specifying its objection thereto.

4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor
any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting
only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar
Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of each Credit Party contained in
Article V or any other Credit Document, or which are contained in any document
furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit
Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and
correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this
Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.05(a)
and (b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished
pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and (b), respectively.

(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension
or from the application of the proceeds thereof.

(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing
Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance
with the requirements hereof.

(d) the Borrowing Base exceeds the Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations at such time, after giving effect to
such Credit Extension.

Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting
only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar
Rate Loans) submitted by any Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been
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ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Credit Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders that:

5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Credit Party and each of its
Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as
applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all
requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to
(i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a party
and consummate the Transaction, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and,
as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in
clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. Neither the execution, delivery or
performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents or Note Purchase
Documents to which it is a party, nor compliance by any Credit Party with the
terms and provisions thereof, nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein or therein:

(a) on the Closing Date, (i) will contravene, conflict with or result in a
breach or default under any applicable Law, statute, rule or regulation, or any
order, writ, injunction, judgment, ruling or decree of any court, arbitrator or
governmental instrumentality, (ii) will contravene, constitute a default under,
conflict or be inconsistent with or result in any breach of, any of the terms,
covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or (other
than pursuant to the Security Documents) result in the creation or imposition of
(or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or
assets of any Credit Party pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, credit agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which any Credit Party is a party or by which it or any of its
property or assets are bound or to which it may be subject, or (iii) will
contravene or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation,
by-laws, certificate of partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of
limited liability company, limited liability company agreement or equivalent
organizational document, as the case may be, any Credit Party; or

(b) after the Closing Date, (i) will contravene, conflict with or result in a
breach or default under any material provision of any material applicable Law,
statute, rule or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction, judgment, ruling or
decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental instrumentality, (ii) will
contravene, constitute a default under, conflict or be inconsistent with or
result in any breach of, any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions
of, or constitute a default under, or (other than pursuant to the Security
Documents) result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create
or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party
pursuant to the terms of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, credit agreement or any other material agreement or instrument to
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which it may be subject, or (iii) will contravene or violate any provision of
the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of partnership,
partnership agreement, certificate of limited liability company, limited
liability company agreement or equivalent organizational document, as the case
may be, any Credit Party.

(c) at any time, contravene, conflict with or result in a breach or default
under any registration, license, permit or certificate to conduct any cemetery
or funeral home business issued by any Governmental Authority.

5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent,
exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in
connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement
against, any Credit Party of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or for
the consummation of the Transaction, (b) the grant by any Credit Party of the
Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents, (c) the perfection or
maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents, or (d) the
priority of such Liens required under the Credit Documents.

5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Credit Document,
when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each
Credit Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other
Credit Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against each Credit Party that is
party thereto in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the
enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by
equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or
at law).

5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect. (a) The Audited Financial
Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted
therein; (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of
the Partnership and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of
operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly
noted therein; and (iii) to the extent required by GAAP, show all material
indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Partnership and
its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes,
material commitments and Indebtedness.

(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership and its
Subsidiaries dated March 31, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of
income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter
ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly
noted therein, and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and
their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case
of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end
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(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event
or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) The consolidated budgets of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries for 2007
delivered pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement were prepared in good faith
on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were fair in
light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and
represented, at the time of delivery, the Partnership’s best estimate of its and
its Subsidiaries future financial condition and performance, it being recognized
by the Lenders that such forecasts are not to be viewed as facts and that actual
results during the period or periods covered by any such forecasts may differ
from the projected results contained therein and such differences may be
material.

5.06 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations
pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting,
nor has any Credit Party received any notices of a claim, (a) with respect to
any Credit Document or Note Purchase Document, or any portion of the
Transaction, or (b) against any Credit Party (i) as of the Closing Date, as to
which the amount in controversy is in excess of the Threshold Amount or
(ii) that if adversely determined could, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Additionally,
there does not exist any judgment, order or injunction prohibiting or imposing
material adverse conditions upon the occurrence of any Credit Extension.

5.07 No Default. Neither any Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is in
default under or with respect to, or a party to, any Contractual Obligation that
could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would
result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or any other Credit Document.

5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments. (a) Each Credit Party and each
of its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or
valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the
ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

(b) The property of each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries is subject to
no Liens other than Permitted Liens.

(c) Schedule 5.08(c) sets forth a complete and accurate list of all real
property owned by each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries as of the
Closing Date, showing as of the date hereof the street address, county or other
relevant jurisdiction, state and record owner thereof. Each Credit Party and
each of its Subsidiaries has good, marketable and insurable fee simple title to
the real property owned by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary, free and clear
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(d) (i) Schedule 5.08(d)(i) sets forth a complete and accurate list of all
leases of real property under which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a
Credit Party is the lessee as of the Closing Date (other than intercompany
leases among the Credit Parties), showing as of the date hereof the street
address, county or other relevant jurisdiction, state, lessor, lessee and
expiration date thereof. Each such lease is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the lessor thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by
applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by equitable principles (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in equity or at law).

(ii) Schedule 5.08(d)(ii) sets forth a complete and accurate list of all leases
of real property under which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit
Party is the lessor as of the Closing Date (other than intercompany leases among
the Credit Parties), showing as of the date hereof the street address, county or
other relevant jurisdiction, state, lessor, lessee and expiration date thereof.
Each such lease is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the lessee
thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the
enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by
equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or
at law).

(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.08(e), no Credit Party or Subsidiary
thereof maintains any Investments other than Investments permitted under
Section 7.03 hereof.

5.09 Environmental Compliance. (a) The Credit Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect
of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or
responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective
businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Credit
Parties have reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and claims could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

(b) Except as (i) could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) otherwise set forth in
Schedule 5.09: (A) none of the properties currently or formerly owned or
operated by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is listed or proposed
for listing on the NPL or on the CERCLIS or any analogous foreign, state or
local list or is adjacent to any such property; (B) there are no and never have
been any underground or above-ground storage tanks or any surface impoundments,
septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or
have been treated, stored or disposed on any property currently owned or
operated by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the best of the
knowledge of the Credit Parties, on any property formerly owned or operated by
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) there is no asbestos or
asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries; and (D) Hazardous Materials have not
been released, discharged or disposed of on any property currently or formerly
owned or operated by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c) Except as (i) could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) otherwise set forth on
Schedule 5.09: (A) neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is
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assessment or remedial or response action relating to any actual or threatened
release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any site, location or
operation, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any Governmental
Authority or the requirements of any Environmental Law; and (B) all Hazardous
Materials generated, used, treated, handled or stored at, or transported to or
from, any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Credit Party
or any of its Subsidiaries have been disposed of in a manner not reasonably
expected to result in material liability to any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries.

5.10 Insurance. The properties of each Borrower and their Subsidiaries are
insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates
of any Credit Party, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such
risks as (a) are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses
and owning similar properties in localities where such Borrower or the
applicable Subsidiary operates and (b) are necessary to ensure that Uninsured
Liabilities of any Borrower and/or any Subsidiary are not reasonably likely to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

5.11 Taxes. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have filed all Federal and
other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all
Federal and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental
charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets
otherwise due and payable, except for (a) the filing of tax returns (other than
Federal tax returns), the failure of which to file could not reasonably be
expected to be material in relation to the business, properties, assets,
operations, liabilities, prospects or financial condition of the Credit Parties
taken as a whole, and (b) the payment of taxes and assessments (i) the amount of
which is not individually, or in the aggregate, material in relation to the
business, properties, assets, operations, liabilities, prospects or financial
condition of the Credit Parties taken as a whole or (ii) which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for
which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no
material action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit, or claim now pending
or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened by any authority regarding
any taxes relating to any Credit Party. No Credit Party knows of any basis for
any other taxes or assessments that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party has
entered into an agreement or waiver or been requested to enter into an agreement
or waiver extending any statute of limitations relating to the payment or
collection of taxes of any Credit Party, or is aware of any circumstances that
would cause the taxable years or other taxable periods of any Credit Party not
to be subject to the normally applicable statute of limitations. The income of
the Partnership, of the Operating Company and of the Subsidiaries of the
Operating Company that are intended by the Partnership to be treated as
disregarded entities pursuant to Treas. Reg. Section 301.7701-3, is not subject
to federal income tax at the company level. Neither any Credit Party nor any
Subsidiary thereof is party to any Tax Allocation Agreement.

5.12 ERISA Compliance. (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects
with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state
Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has
received a favorable determination letter, or a favorable opinion letter in the
case of a prototype Plan, from the IRS or an application for such a letter is
currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best
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loss of, such qualification. Each Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made
all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and
no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period
pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.

(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened
claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with
respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary
responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)(i) No ERISA Event has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur,
which would result in liabilities, individually or in the aggregate, in excess
of Threshold Amount; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability in
excess of the Threshold Amount; (iii) neither any Borrower nor any ERISA
Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability in excess
of the Threshold Amount under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan
(other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA);
(iv) neither any Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability in excess of the Threshold Amount (and no event
has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would
result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a
Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither any Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has
engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of
ERISA.

(d) Except as provided on Schedule 5.12(d), none of the Plans are Multiemployer
Plans. Schedule 5.12(d) sets forth, as of the Closing Date, the total number of
employees of any Borrower or ERISA Affiliate who are participants in each such
Multiemployer Plan listed on Schedule 5.12(d) and the total number of
participants in each such Multiemployer Plan.

5.13 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests; Credit Parties.

(a) No Credit Party has any Subsidiaries other than those (i) specifically
disclosed in Schedule 5.13 or (ii) formed or acquired after the Closing Date in
accordance with Section 7.03, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in
such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and, to the extent
applicable, non-assessable and are owned by a Credit Party in the amounts
specified on Schedule 5.13 (or any update thereto) free and clear of all Liens
except those created under the Security Documents. Schedule 5.13 is a complete
and accurate list of all Credit Parties as of the Closing Date, showing (as to
each such Credit Party) the jurisdiction of its incorporation, the address of
its principal place of business and its U.S. taxpayer identification number.

(b) No Credit Party has any equity investments in any other corporation or
entity (other than a Subsidiary) other than those (i) specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.08(e) or (ii) formed or acquired after the Closing Date in accordance
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(c) All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrowers have been validly
issued, are fully paid and, to the extent applicable, non-assessable and are
owned by the Credit Parties and in the amounts specified on Schedule 5.13 free
and clear of all Liens except those created under the Security Documents.

(d) The copy of the Organizational Documents of each Credit Party, and each
amendment thereto, provided pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and this
Agreement, is a true and correct copy of each such document, each of which is
valid and in full force and effect.

5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act. (a) No Credit Party is engaged
or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the
business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock.

(b) None of the Borrowers, any Person Controlling any Borrower, or any
Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under
the Investment Company Act of 1940.

5.15 Disclosure.

(a) The Credit Parties have disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which
any Credit Party is subject, and all other matters known to any of them, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.

(b) As of the Closing Date, no Material Contracts (other than the Note Purchase
Documents), Shareholders’ Agreements or Tax Allocation Agreements exist, and no
Management Agreements exist other than Cemetery Management Agreements.

(c) The reports, financial statements, certificates and other factual
information, taken as a whole, furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on
behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this
Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Credit Document (in each
case as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) do not
contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to
projected financial information, the Credit Parties represent only that such
information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be
reasonable at the time, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections
are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or
periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results
contained therein and such differences may be material.

5.16 Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof is in
compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all
orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties,
except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ,
injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually
or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
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5.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Each Credit Party and each of its
Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and
other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are
reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without
conflict with the rights of any other Person that, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
and Schedule 5.17 sets forth a complete and accurate list of (a) all such IP
Rights owned by any Credit Party and registered with any Governmental Authority
(other than trade names), and (b) all material trade names of the Credit Parties
(whether or not registered), each as of the Closing Date. To the best knowledge
of the Credit Parties, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process,
method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to
be employed, by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries infringes upon any
rights held by any other Person. No claim or litigation regarding any of the
foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened,
which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.18 Solvency. Each of the Partnership and the Operating Company is,
individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in each
case taking into account any rights of subrogation and contribution among the
Credit Parties, Solvent.

5.19 Casualty, Etc. Neither the businesses nor the properties of any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries are affected by any fire, explosion, accident,
strike, lockout or other labor dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake,
embargo, act of God or of the public enemy or other casualty (whether or not
covered by insurance) that, either individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.20 Labor Matters. No Credit Party is engaged in any unfair labor practice that
has had or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
There is no (a) unfair labor practice complaint pending against any Credit Party
or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against any of them, before
the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding
arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending
against any Credit Party or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened
against any of them, (b) strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending
against any Credit Party or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened
against any Credit Party and (c) union representation question existing with
respect to the employees of any Credit Party and no union organizing activities
are taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a),
(b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as has not had
and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

5.21 Security Documents. The provisions of the Security Documents are effective
to create in favor of the Administrative Agent a legal, valid and enforceable
first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on all right, title and
interest of the respective Credit Parties in the Collateral described therein.
Except for filings completed on or prior to the Closing Date and as contemplated
hereby and by the Security Documents, no filing or other action will be
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5.22 Capitalization. On the Closing Date and after giving effect to the
Transaction and the other transactions contemplated hereby, the outstanding
Equity Interests in the Partnership shall consist of (i) the general partner
interest in the Partnership, (ii) “incentive distribution rights” (as defined in
the Partnership Agreement) issued to the General Partner in connection with the
transfer of all of its membership interests in the Operating Company to the
Partnership, (iii) 4,795,750 Partnership Common Units, (iv) 4,239,782
Partnership Subordinated Units, and (v) rights of directors, consultants and
employees of the General Partner to acquire Partnership Common Units or their
equivalent pursuant to the Partnership’s Long Term Incentive Plan. On the
Closing Date, and after giving effect to the Transaction and the other
transactions contemplated hereby, all outstanding Equity Interests in the
Partnership have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and free of any
preemptive rights. As of the Closing Date, the Partnership does not have
outstanding any securities convertible into or exchangeable for its units or
outstanding any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the
purchase of, or any agreement providing for the issuance (contingent or
otherwise) of, or any calls, commitments or claims for the issuance of the
Partnership Common Units.

5.23 Tax Shelter Regulations. The Borrowers do not intend to treat any Loan or
Letter of Credit and related transactions as being a “reportable transaction”
(within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4). In the event any
Borrower determines to take any action inconsistent with such intention, it will
promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof. If any Borrower so notifies
the Administrative Agent, such Borrower acknowledges that one or more of the
Lenders may treat its Loans, its interest in Swing Line Loans and/or Letters of
Credit as part of a transaction that is subject to Treasury Regulation
Section 301.6112-1, and such Lender or Lenders, as applicable, will maintain the
lists and other records required by such Treasury Regulation.

5.24 Common Enterprise. Each Borrower is engaged solely in a Permitted Business
as of the Closing Date. These operations require financing on a basis such that
the credit supplied can be made available from time to time to the Borrowers, as
required for the continued successful operation of the Borrowers as a whole. The
Borrowers have requested the Lender to make credit available hereunder for the
purposes set forth in Section 6.11. The Credit Parties expect to derive benefit,
directly or indirectly, from a portion of the credit extended by the Lenders
hereunder, both in its separate capacity and as a member of the group of
companies, since the successful operation and condition of the Credit Parties is
dependent on the continued successful performance of the functions of the group
as a whole. The Credit Parties acknowledge that, but for the agreement by each
of the Credit Parties to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders would not have made available the credit facilities
established on the terms set forth herein.

5.25 Compliance with Cemetery Laws. Each of the Credit Parties has complied in
all material respects with, and on the date of each Credit Extension is in
material compliance with, all applicable Laws governing the operation of its
cemeteries and funeral homes, the providing of cemetery and funeral services,
and the sale of Cemetery Property and other cemetery and funeral merchandise,
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valid registrations, licenses, permits, and certificates to conduct each
cemetery and funeral home business from each applicable Governmental Authority;
(b) employing qualified representatives, employees, and sales agents who are
registered with the appropriate governmental authorities; (c) submitting all
required notices, records, statements, affidavits, financial reports and other
documents, each in form and substance satisfactory to the appropriate
Governmental Authorities; (d) making all required disclosures in accordance with
applicable Laws; (e) using contracts, agreements, and other documents in form,
wording and substance that comply with applicable Laws; (f) establishing,
funding and administering trust or escrow accounts, including, but not limited
to, Trust Accounts, in accordance with applicable Laws; (g) appointing qualified
trustees and escrow agents to manage and administer trust funds established
under applicable Laws; (h) maintaining and caring for cemeteries with the
standard of care required by applicable Laws; (i) constructing columbaria and
mausoleums in accordance with applicable Laws; (j) canceling contracts for
cemetery and funeral services and merchandise, including making refunds to
consumers, in accordance with applicable Laws; (k) owning no more than the
maximum amount of land permitted for cemetery and burial use under applicable
Laws; and (l) establishing cemeteries in areas permitted by applicable Laws.
Furthermore, there are no material pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit
Party, threatened claims or suspensions against any Credit Party, by any Person,
entity or Governmental Authority which relate to the operation of any cemetery
or funeral home, the providing of any cemetery or funeral services or the sale
of any Cemetery Property or other cemetery or funeral merchandise.

5.26 Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc.

The amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement, the issuance of
the Notes and use of Loan proceeds will not violate (a) the Trading with the
Enemy Act, as amended, or (b) any of the foreign assets control regulations of
the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as
amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.
Without limiting the foregoing, no Credit Party (a) is or will become a person
whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to Section 1 of
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism
(66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) or (b) knowingly engages or will engage in any
dealings or transactions, or be otherwise associated, with any such person. The
Credit Parties are in compliance with the Uniting And Strengthening America By
Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept And Obstruct Terrorism Act
(USA Patriot Act of 2001).

ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other
Obligation hereunder (other than indemnification obligations which are solely
contingent, if any) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit
shall remain outstanding, each Credit Party shall, and shall (except in the case
of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03 and 6.11) cause each
Subsidiary to:

6.01 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender,
in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 95 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Partnership, a consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership
and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash
flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in
accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of
Deloitte & Touche LLP or another independent certified public accountant of
nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or
like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the
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(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each
of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Partnership, a
consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries as at the end
of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for
the portion of the Partnership’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the
previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year,
all in reasonable detail, certified by the chief executive officer, chief
financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Partnership as fairly
presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Partnership and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(c) as soon as available, but in any event within 35 days after the end of each
month (or 45 days after the end of each month ending a fiscal quarter) of each
fiscal year of the Partnership, a consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership
and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such month, and the related consolidated
statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such
month and for the portion of the Partnership fiscal year then ended setting
forth in each case in comparative form for the corresponding month of the
previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year,
all in reasonable detail and duly certified by the chief executive officer,
chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Partnership; and

(d) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Partnership, an annual business plan and budget of
the Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, including
forecasts prepared by management of the Partnership, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of consolidated balance sheets and
statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Partnership and its
Subsidiaries on a quarterly basis for the immediately following fiscal year.

As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to
Section 6.02(d), the Borrowers shall not be separately required to furnish such
information under Section 6.01(a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be
in derogation of the obligation of the Borrowers to furnish the information and
materials described in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) above at the times specified
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6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in
Section 6.01(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants
certifying such financial statements and stating that in making the examination
necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default under the financial
covenants set forth herein or, if any such Default shall exist, stating the
nature and status of such event;

(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in
Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the
chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the
Partnership;

(c) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(through the Administrative Agent), copies of any detailed audit reports,
management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or
the audit committee of the board of directors) of any Credit Party by
independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any audit of any of them;

(d) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy
or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the holders of
the Partnership Common Units, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and
special reports and registration statements which the Partnership may file or be
required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, or with any national securities exchange, and in any case
not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant
hereto;

(e) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report
furnished to any holder of debt securities of any Credit Party or of any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar
agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.01 or any other clause of this Section 6.02;

(f) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(through the Administrative Agent), a report summarizing the insurance coverage
(specifying type, amount and carrier) in effect for each Credit Party and its
Subsidiaries and containing such additional information as the requesting Person
may reasonably specify;

(g) promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof
by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other
correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable
non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or
other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of
any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof;

(h) not later than five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Credit Party
or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of all notices, requests and other documents
(including amendments, waivers and other modifications) so received under or
pursuant to any Note Purchase Document and, from time to time upon request by
the Administrative Agent, such information and reports regarding the Note
Purchase Documents and other Material Contracts as the Administrative Agent may
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(i) promptly after the assertion or occurrence thereof, notice of any action or
proceeding against or of any noncompliance by any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit that could
reasonably be expected to (i) have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) result in
cleanup, removal or remedial costs in excess of the Threshold Amount or
(iii) cause any property described in the Mortgages to be subject to any
restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any
Environmental Law;

(j) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(through the Administrative Agent), (i) a report supplementing any of the real
property related Schedules described in Section 5.08, including an
identification of all owned and leased real property disposed of by the
Partnership or any Subsidiary thereof since such Schedules were previously
delivered, a list and description (including the street address, county or other
relevant jurisdiction, state and record owner thereof and, in the case of leases
of property, lessor, lessee and expiration date thereof) of all real property
acquired or leased since such Schedules were previously delivered and a
description of such other changes in the information included in such Schedules
as may be necessary for such Schedules to be accurate and complete; (ii) a
report supplementing Schedule 5.17, setting forth (A) a list of registration
numbers for all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights
awarded to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof since such Schedule was
previously delivered and (B) a list of all patent applications, trademark
applications, service mark applications, trade name applications and copyright
applications submitted by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof since such
Schedule was previously delivered and the status of each such application; and
(iii) a report supplementing any other Schedules described in Section 5.08 and
Section 5.13 containing a description of all changes in the information included
in such Schedules as may be necessary for such Schedules to be accurate and
complete if made as of the date of such request, each such report to be signed
by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers and to be in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(k) as soon as available, but in any event within 30 days after the end of each
month, a Borrowing Base Certificate, as at the end of such month, duly certified
by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller
of the Borrower;

(l) as soon as available, but in any event within 30 days after the end of each
month, a summary describing all investments of Trust Funds as at the end of such
month, duly certified by the Partnership’s investment advisors; and

(m) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(through the Administrative Agent), such additional information regarding the
business, financial, legal or corporate affairs of any Credit Party or any
Subsidiary thereof, or compliance with the terms of the Credit Documents, as
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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or
Section 6.02(d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials
otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so
delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the
Partnership posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the
Partnership’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule
11.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Partnership’s behalf on
an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the
Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or
whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrowers
shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender that requests in writing that the Borrowers deliver such paper copies
until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Borrowers shall notify the
Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the
posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by
electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrowers shall
be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by
Section 6.02(b) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance
Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the
delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any
event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrowers with
any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for
requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the
Arranger will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or
information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (collectively,
“Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another
similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each,
a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material
non-public information with respect to the Borrowers or their Affiliates, or the
respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in
investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’
securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable
efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be
distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall
be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean
that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof;
(x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrowers shall be deemed to
have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material
non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with
respect to any Credit Party or their securities for purposes of United States
Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such
Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in
Section 11.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be
made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;”
and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat any
Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for
posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”

6.03 Notices. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

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(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, including, to the extent applicable, (i) breach or
non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of any Credit
Party or any Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding
or suspension between any Credit Party or any Subsidiary and any Governmental
Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any
litigation or proceeding affecting any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, including
pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws;

(c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;

(d) any change or intended change in the individual holding any Senior Manager
position;

(e) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting
practices by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, including any
determination by the Credit Parties referred to in Section 2.10(b);

(f) of the (i) occurrence of any Disposition of property or assets for which any
Credit Party is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.05(b)(ii), (ii) occurrence of any sale of capital stock or other
Equity Interests for which any Credit Party is required to make a mandatory
prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii), and (iii) receipt of any
Extraordinary Receipt for which any Credit Party is required to make a mandatory
prepayment pursuant to Section 2.0(b)(iv);

(g) of the occurrence of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending
or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting, any Credit
Party in which the amount in controversy is in excess of the Threshold Amount;

(h) of any Borrower or ERISA Affiliate becoming obligated to contribute to any
Multiemployer Plan that is not set forth on Schedule 5.12(d);

(i) of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate failing to make an installment
payment with respect its withdrawal liability under any Multiemployer Plan, on
the date such payment is due, provided that the failure to make such installment
payment prior to the expiration of the sixty-day (60) time period described in
Section 4219(c)(5)(A) of ERISA could reasonably be expected to result in the
acceleration of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA,
individually or in the aggregate, in excess of the Threshold Amount;

(j) of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate failing to make a required employer
contribution under any Multiemployer Plan, on the date such payment is due,
provided that such required employer contribution exceeds the Threshold Amount;
and

(k) of any IP Rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of any
Credit Party’s respective businesses or material trade names of the Credit
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Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03 (other than Section 6.03(e), (f) or (k))
shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers
setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what
action(s) the Borrowers have taken and propose to take with respect thereto.
Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any
and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Credit Document that have
been breached. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(h) shall be made within
fifteen (15) Business Days prior to incurring such contribution obligation. Each
notice pursuant to Section 6.03(i) or 6.03(j) shall be made within ten
(10) Business Days following the date such installment payment or contribution
was otherwise due. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(k) shall be made within
thirty (30) days following the date such IP Right or trade name is created or
acquired (or, if later, becomes necessary or material).

6.04 Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and
payable: (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies
upon it or its properties or assets, except as expressly permitted under
Section 5.11; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien
upon its property not otherwise permitted under Section 7.01; and (c) except in
such instances in which the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all Indebtedness and other
Contractual Obligations, as and when due and payable but subject to any
subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing
such Indebtedness.

6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full
force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, except as permitted by Section 10.4 or
Section 10.5; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges,
permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of
its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its
registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the
non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

6.06 Maintenance of Properties. (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its
material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in
good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; (b) make all
necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where the
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the
operation and maintenance of its facilities.

6.07 Maintenance of Insurance.

(a) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not
Affiliates of any Credit Party, insurance with respect to its properties and
business against loss or damage (i) of the kinds customarily insured against by
Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such
amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other
Persons, and (ii) in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks
as are necessary to ensure that Uninsured Liabilities of any Credit Party and/or
any Subsidiary are not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
and (iii) providing for not less than 30 days’ (or 10 days’ in the case of
non-payment of premiums) prior notice to the Administrative Agent of
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(b) At all times keep all of its property (except real or personal property
leased or financed through third parties in accordance with this Agreement)
insured in favor of the Administrative Agent, and all policies or certificates
with respect to such insurance (and any other insurance maintained by, or on
behalf of, any Credit Party) (i) shall be endorsed to the Administrative Agent’s
satisfaction for the benefit of the Administrative Agent (including, without
limitation, by naming the Administrative Agent as certificate holder, mortgagee
and loss payee with respect to real property, certificate holder and loss payee
with respect to personal property, additional insured with respect to general
liability and umbrella liability coverage and certificate holder with respect to
workers’ compensation insurance), (ii) shall state that such insurance policies
shall not be canceled or materially changed without at least 30 days’ (or 10
days’ in the case of non-payment of premiums) prior written notice thereof by
the respective insurer to the Administrative Agent and (iii) shall be delivered
to the Administrative Agent.

(c) If any Credit Party shall fail to maintain all insurance in accordance with
this Section 6.07, or if any Credit Party shall fail to so name the
Administrative Agent as an additional insured, mortgagee or loss payee, as the
case may be, or so deliver all certificates with respect thereto, the
Administrative Agent and/or the Administrative Agent shall have the right (but
shall be under no obligation), upon five (5) Business Days prior written notice
to the Partnership, to procure such insurance, and the Credit Parties agree
jointly and severally to reimburse the Administrative Agent or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, for all costs and expenses of
procuring such insurance.

(d) The provisions of this Section 6.07 shall be deemed supplemental to, but not
duplicative of, the provisions of any Security Documents that require the
maintenance of insurance.

6.08 Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party will comply with all applicable
statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by,
all governmental bodies, domestic or foreign, in respect of the conduct of its
business and the ownership of its property (including, without limitation,
regulations, administrative orders and other orders referred to in
Section 5.25), except to the extent any failures to comply with the above
requirements, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.09 Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account (a) in
conformity with GAAP consistently applied, and (b) in material conformity with
all applicable requirements of Law or any Governmental Authority having
regulatory jurisdiction over such Credit Party or such Subsidiary, as the case
may be.

6.10 Inspection Rights. Permit representatives and independent contractors of
the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its
properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make
copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and
accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all
at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be
reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrowers and up to
twice in any calendar year at the expense of the Borrowers with respect to all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent (it being agreed
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expense of Lenders except as set forth in the following proviso); provided,
however, that when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or any
Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors)
may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrowers at any time during
normal business hours and without advance notice.

6.11 Use of Proceeds.

(a) The proceeds of the Acquisition Loans shall be utilized by the Borrowers to
finance (i) Permitted Acquisitions and related transaction costs and (ii) the
purchase and construction of mausoleums and related costs.

(b) The proceeds of all Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans shall be
utilized to finance working capital requirements, finance Capital Expenditures,
and other general corporate purposes of the Borrowers (which in no case will
include Permitted Acquisitions).

6.12 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security. (a) Prior to or
concurrently with the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect
Subsidiary by any Credit Party (or in the case of formation of any new
Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, prior to or concurrently
with the earlier of (x) the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition and
(y) the date such Subsidiary otherwise acquires material assets), then the
Borrowers shall, at the Borrowers’ expense:

(i) cause such Subsidiary, and cause each direct and indirect parent of such
Subsidiary (if it has not already done so), to duly execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent a joinder to the Credit Documents as an additional Borrower
under the Credit Documents, together with a certified copy of its Organizational
Documents and resolutions authorizing the above actions, each, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,

(ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the real and personal
properties of such Subsidiary, in detail reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent,

(iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, cause such Subsidiary
and each direct and indirect parent of such Subsidiary (if it has not already
done so) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent deeds of trust,
trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, leasehold mortgages, leasehold
deeds of trust and other security and pledge agreements, as specified by and in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
(including delivery of all Pledged Debt and Pledged Equity in and of such
Subsidiary), securing payment of all the Obligations of such Subsidiary or such
parent, as the case may be, under the Credit Documents and constituting Liens on
all such real and personal properties (other than Excluded Collateral),

(iv) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, cause such Subsidiary
and each direct and indirect parent of such Subsidiary (if it has not already
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Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, the giving of notices and the
endorsement of notices on title documents) may be necessary or advisable in the
opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in
any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and
subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the deeds of
trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, leasehold mortgages,
leasehold deeds of trust and security and pledge agreements delivered pursuant
to this Section 6.12, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with
their terms,

(v) deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion, signed copies of favorable opinions, addressed to
the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, of counsel(s) for the
Credit Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the
matters contained in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above, and as to such other
matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and

(vi) deliver, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, to the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of real
property owned or held by the entity that is the subject of such formation or
acquisition title reports, surveys and engineering, soils and other reports, and
environmental assessment reports, each in scope, form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, provided, however, that to the extent
that any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have otherwise received
any of the foregoing items with respect to such real property, such items shall,
promptly after the receipt thereof, be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

(b) Prior to or concurrently with the acquisition of any property by any Credit
Party, if such property, in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, shall not
already be subject to a perfected first priority security interest (subject to
any Permitted Liens) in favor of the Administrative Agent, then the Borrowers
shall, at the Borrowers’ expense:

(i) furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the property so
acquired in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,

(ii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, cause the applicable
Credit Party to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent deeds of
trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, leasehold mortgages,
leasehold deeds of trust and other security and pledge agreements, as specified
by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, securing payment of all the Obligations of the applicable Credit Party
under the Credit Documents and constituting Liens on all such properties (other
than Excluded Collateral),

(iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, cause the applicable
Credit Party to take whatever action (including the recording of mortgages, the
filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, the giving of notices
and the endorsement of notices on title documents) may be necessary or advisable
in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent
(or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid
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(iv) deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion, signed copies of favorable opinions, addressed to
the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, of counsel(s) for the
Credit Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the
matters contained in clauses (ii) and (iii) above and as to such other matters
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and

(v) deliver, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, to the Administrative Agent with respect to such real property title
reports, surveys and engineering, soils and other reports, and environmental
assessment reports, each in scope, form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, provided, however, that to the extent that any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have otherwise received any of the
foregoing items with respect to such real property, such items shall, promptly
after the receipt thereof, be delivered to the Administrative Agent,

(c) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent following the occurrence and
during the continuance of a Default, the Borrowers shall, at the Borrower’s
expense, promptly:

(i) furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the real and personal
properties of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries in detail
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

(ii) deliver, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, to the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of real
property owned or held by any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, title reports,
surveys and engineering, soils and other reports, and environmental assessment
reports, each in scope, form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent; provided, however, that to the extent that any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries shall have otherwise received any of the foregoing items with
respect to such real property, such items shall, promptly after the receipt
thereof, be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

(d) At any time upon request of the Administrative Agent, promptly execute and
deliver any and all further instruments and documents and take all such other
action as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in obtaining
the full benefits of, or (as applicable) in perfecting and preserving the Liens
of, such guaranties, deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt,
mortgages, leasehold mortgages, leasehold deeds of trust and other security and
pledge agreements.

6.13 Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and cause all lessees and other
Persons operating or occupying its properties to comply with all applicable
Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; obtain and renew all Environmental
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undertake any cleanup, removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove and
clean up all Hazardous Materials from any of its properties, in accordance with
the requirements of all Environmental Laws, except to the extent any failures to
comply with the above requirements, either individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.14 Preparation of Environmental Reports. At the request of the Required
Lenders from time to time, provide to the Lenders within 60 days after such
request, at the expense of the Borrowers, an environmental site assessment
report for any of its properties described in such request, prepared by an
environmental consulting firm acceptable to the Administrative Agent, indicating
the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the estimated cost of any
compliance, removal or remedial action in connection with any Hazardous
Materials on such properties; without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
if the Administrative Agent determines at any time that a material risk exists
that any such report will not be provided within the time referred to above, the
Administrative Agent may retain an environmental consulting firm to prepare such
report at the expense of the Borrowers, and the Borrowers hereby grant and agree
to cause any Subsidiary that owns any property described in such request to
grant at the time of such request to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, such
firm and any agents or representatives thereof an irrevocable non-exclusive
license, subject to the rights of tenants, to enter onto their respective
properties to undertake such an assessment; provided that in no event shall such
request for any report described in this Section 6.14 be made unless (a) a
Default exists or (b) a notice has been delivered under Section 6.02(i).

6.15 Further Assurances. Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent,
(a) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Credit
Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and
(b) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file,
register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates,
assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require from time to time in order to (i) carry out more effectively the
purposes of the Credit Documents, (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Law, subject any Credit Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
properties, assets, rights or interests (other than Excluded Collateral) to the
Liens now or hereafter intended to be covered by any of the Security Documents,
(iii) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of
the Security Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder
and (iv) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm
more effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or hereafter
intended to be granted to the Secured Parties under any Credit Document or under
any other instrument executed in connection with any Credit Document to which
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is or is to be a party, and cause
each of its Subsidiaries to do so.

6.16 Compliance with Terms of Leaseholds. Make all payments and otherwise
perform all obligations in respect of all leases of real property to which any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, keep such leases in full
force and effect and not allow such leases to lapse or be terminated or any
rights to renew such leases to be forfeited or cancelled, notify the
Administrative Agent of any default by any party with respect to such leases and
cooperate with the Administrative Agent in all respects to cure any such
default, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so, except, in any case, where
the failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, could not be
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6.17 Material Contracts. Perform and observe all the terms and provisions of
each Material Contract to be performed or observed by it, maintain each such
Material Contract in full force and effect, enforce each such Material Contract
in accordance with its terms, take all such action to such end as may be from
time to time requested by the Administrative Agent and, upon request of the
Administrative Agent, make to each other party to each such Material Contract
such demands and requests for information and reports or for action as any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled to make under such Material
Contract, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so, except, in any case,
where the failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.18 Maintenance of Company Separateness. The Partnership will, and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, satisfy customary corporate or other organizational
formalities, including, as applicable, the holding of regular board of
directors’ and shareholders’ meetings or action by directors or shareholders
without a meeting (or other legal equivalents thereof) and the maintenance of
offices, books and records. Neither the Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall take any action, or conduct its affairs in a manner, which could
reasonably be expected to result in the separate legal existence of the
Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries being ignored, or in the assets and
liabilities of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries being substantively
consolidated with those of any other such Person in a bankruptcy, reorganization
or other insolvency proceeding.

6.19 Maintenance of Trust Funds and Trust Accounts. Each Borrower shall set
aside in the appropriate Trust Account all applicable Trust Funds at the time
such funds are received by such Borrower and such Borrower shall establish and
maintain all of the funding obligations of each of the Trust Accounts in
accordance with applicable Law.

6.20 Amendment to Note Purchase Document Covenants. If the Credit Parties shall,
at any time after the Closing Date, amend or modify any Note Purchase Document
in a manner that requires any Credit Party to make a mandatory prepayment,
comply with a covenant or add an event of default that either is not at such
time included in this Agreement or, if such mandatory prepayment, covenant or
event of default shall already be included in this Agreement, is more
restrictive upon any Credit Party than such existing mandatory prepayment,
covenant or event of default, each such mandatory prepayment, covenant and each
event of default, definition and other provision relating to such mandatory
prepayment, covenant or event of default in such Note Purchase Document (as
amended or modified from time to time thereafter) shall be automatically deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, as if then
set forth herein in full. Promptly after any such amendment or modification, the
Credit Parties will (a) furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a
copy of each such mandatory prepayment, covenant and each event of default,
definition and other provisions related thereto and (b) execute and deliver to
the Administrative Agent and each Lender an instrument, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, modifying this Agreement by
adding or modifying, as the case may be, the full text of such mandatory
prepayment, covenant and the events of default, definitions and other related
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ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other
Obligation hereunder (other than indemnification obligations which are solely
contingent, if any) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit
shall remain outstanding, the Credit Parties shall not, nor shall they permit
any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, and solely in the case of
Section 7.16, the Partnership and the General Partner shall not:

7.01 Liens. Create, incur, assume, sign, file or suffer to exist any Lien upon
any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, or assign any accounts or other right to receive income, other than
the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):

(a) Liens pursuant to any Credit Document;

(b) Liens in favor of an insurance company or agent which secure insurance
premium financing arrangements with such Person, to the extent permitted under
Section 7.02(e); provided that such Liens are limited to the insurance contracts
with respect to which related premiums are being financed;

(c) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges not yet due or which
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books
of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(d) Liens in respect of property or assets of a Credit Party imposed by law
which were incurred in the ordinary course of business and which have not arisen
to secure Indebtedness for borrowed money, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and
mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlord’s Liens, and other similar Liens arising in
the ordinary course of business, and which either (x) do not in the aggregate
materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially
impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of such Credit Party or
(y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which
proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property
or asset subject to such Lien;

(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

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

(g) Permitted Encumbrances;

(h) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not
constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h), provided that no cash or
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(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(g) and Liens
securing accounts payable for the purchase of pre-assembled mausoleums and
crypts; provided that (A) such Liens only serve to secure the payment of
Indebtedness or accounts payable arising under such related obligation, (B) the
Liens encumbering the assets giving rise to such obligations do not encumber any
other asset of any Credit Party, and (C) such Liens do not secure aggregate
lease payments, principal amounts and accounts payable in excess of the
limitation set forth in Section 7.02(g);

(j) Licenses, leases or subleases granted to third Persons in the ordinary
course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of
any Credit Party;

(k) Liens arising from or related to precautionary UCC financing statements
regarding operating leases entered into by any Credit Party;

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

(m) bankers liens and customary rights of setoff, revocation and chargeback
under deposit or credit card agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business; and

(n) any Lien or other restriction on the use of property (including cash)
deposited in any Trust Fund, to the extent imposed by law or by the terms of the
agreement governing such Trust Fund.

7.02 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness,
except:

(a) obligations (contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Swap
Contract, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such
Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating
risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates
and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the
non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding
transactions to the defaulting party (it being agreed that cross-default, setoff
and other customary provisions under any Swap Contract shall be permitted);

(b) Indebtedness evidenced by Senior Secured Notes in an aggregate outstanding
principal amount not to exceed a maximum amount of $150,000,000 at any time, as
from time to time reduced by all principal repayments thereof (except that no
reduction in such maximum amount shall occur as a result of the refinancing of
Senior Secured Notes, to the extent refinanced with the proceeds of Future
Senior Secured Notes);

(c) loans and advances from (i) the Partnership to any Borrower, (ii) any
Borrower to any other Borrower, (iii) any Borrower to the Partnership made for
the purpose of making payments permitted pursuant to Section 7.06 and (iv) any
Borrower or the Partnership to the Partnership or the General Partner for the
purpose of paying ordinary business expenses of the Partnership and the General
Partner;

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(e) Insurance premium financing arrangements made on customary and reasonable
terms;

(f) Guarantees of any Borrower in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted
hereunder of any Borrower;

(g) Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations
and purchase money obligations for fixed or capital assets within the
limitations set forth in Section 7.01(i); provided, however, that the aggregate
lease payments and principal amounts of all such Indebtedness at any one time
outstanding shall not exceed $7,500,000;

(h) Seller Subordinated Debt, provided that (i) such Indebtedness is
subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit I
hereto, and (ii) at the time of the related Permitted Acquisition, such
Indebtedness does not exceed 25% of the total value of (A) the assets so
acquired or (B) the assets of the Acquired Person, as the case may be;

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

(j) Indebtedness of the Borrowers evidenced by completion guarantees,
performance bonds and surety bonds incurred in the ordinary course of business
for purposes of insuring the performance of the Borrowers;

(k) Indebtedness of a type described in clause “(g)” of the definition of
Indebtedness, to the extent payment of such Indebtedness is permitted under
Section 7.06;

(l) Unsecured Indebtedness of the General Partner issued solely for the purpose
of financing Investments permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(k); and

(m) Other unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted above, in an aggregate
principal amount outstanding not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time.

7.03 Investments. Make or hold any Investments, except:

(a) Investments held by any Credit Party in the form of Cash Equivalents;

(b) loans and advances by any Credit Party to officers and employees of such
Credit Party, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, in an
aggregate outstanding principal amount for all Credit Parties not to exceed
$500,000 at any time (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs
of such loans and advances);

(c)(i) Investments by any Credit Party and its Subsidiaries in their respective
Subsidiaries outstanding on the date hereof, (ii) additional Investments by any
Credit Party and its Subsidiaries in any Borrower, (iii) additional Investments
by Subsidiaries of the Borrowers that are not Credit Parties in other
Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties, and (iv) without duplication,
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(d) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts
receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the
ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial
satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors or from account
debtors in settlement of delinquent accounts to the extent reasonably necessary
in order to prevent or limit loss;

(e) Guarantees permitted by Section 7.02;

(f) Investments existing on the date hereof (other than those referred to in
Section 7.03(c)(i)) and set forth on Schedule 5.08(e);

(g) Investments by any Borrower in Swap Contracts permitted under
Section 7.02(a);

(h) Permitted Acquisitions by any Borrower; provided that, with respect to each
such Permitted Acquisition:

(i) any such newly-created or acquired Subsidiary shall comply with the
requirements of Section 6.12;

(ii) the lines of business of the Person to be (or the property of which is to
be) so purchased or otherwise acquired shall be substantially the same lines of
business as one or more of the principal businesses of the Borrowers in the
ordinary course;

(iii) such Permitted Acquisition shall not include or result in any contingent
liabilities that could reasonably be expected to be material to the business,
financial condition, operations or prospects of the Partnership, or the
Partnership and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (as determined in good faith
by the board of directors (or the persons performing similar functions) of the
Operating Company if the board of directors is otherwise approving such
transaction and, in each other case, by a Responsible Officer);

(iv) updated schedules to the Credit Documents to reflect the transactions
related to such Permitted Acquisition shall be delivered prior to such
acquisition, and upon consideration thereof all representations and warranties
contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in
all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and
warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Permitted Acquisition
(both before and after giving effect thereto), unless stated to relate to a
specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date;

(v) the Aggregate Consideration paid by or on behalf of the Borrowers for any
such Permitted Acquisition (other than Dignity 2007) shall not exceed
$2,500,000, on an individual basis, or $20,0000,000, when aggregated with the
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Aggregate Consideration paid by or on behalf of the Borrowers for all other
Permitted Acquisitions (other than Dignity 2007) which closed in the immediately
preceding 365 days, without Required Lender approval (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed);

(vi) immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any
such Permitted Acquisition (other than Dignity 2007), on a Pro Forma Basis (for
the related Calculation Period), no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;

(vii) the receipt by the Administrative Agent and Lenders, not less than
(A) thirty (30) days prior to such Permitted Acquisition (other than Dignity
2007) (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree to in
writing), of (1) the approval package to be presented to the Operating Company’s
Board of Managers and (2) all appraisals completed in connection therewith, for
any such acquisition the consideration for which is greater than $5,000,000 and
(B) ten (10) Business Days prior to such Permitted Acquisition (other than
Dignity 2007) (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree to
in writing), the approval package to be presented to the Operating Company’s
Board of Managers, for any such acquisition the consideration for which is less
than or equal to $5,000,000; and

(viii) the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, at least five Business Days prior to the date on which any such
Permitted Acquisition (other than Dignity 2007) is to be consummated, a
certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders,
(A) certifying that all of the requirements set forth in this clause (h) have
been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such
purchase or other acquisition, and (B) attaching a pro forma Compliance
Certificate showing compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis (for the related
Calculation Period), with the covenants set forth in Section 7.11 immediately
after giving effect to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition;

(i) Investments in newly formed wholly-owned Subsidiaries so long as, in each
case, (i) at least 30 days prior written notice thereof is given to the
Administrative Agent (or such lesser prior written notice as may be agreed to by
the Administrative Agent in any give case), (ii) the Equity Interests of such
new Subsidiary are promptly pledged pursuant to, and to the extent required by,
this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and the certificates, if any,
representing such Equity Interests, together with appropriate transfer powers
duly executed in blank, are delivered to the Administrative Agent, (iii) such
new Subsidiary promptly executes a counterpart hereto and of the Pledge
Agreement and the Security Agreement, and (iv) all actions required pursuant to
Section 6.12 have been taken;

(j) Bank deposits in the ordinary course of business;

(k) Investments of the General Partner in Partnership Common Units in order for
the General Partner to continue to hold two percent (2%) of the issued
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(l) Disposition Notes issued in connection with Dispositions permitted under
Section 7.05 where not less than 75% of the consideration was paid to the
applicable Credit Party in cash; provided that, the aggregate principal
outstanding amount of such Disposition Notes shall not exceed $1,500,000 at any
time;

(m) Investments of Trust Funds, and interest and other earning thereon, in
accordance with Section 7.17;

(n) Advances by the Borrowers to their suppliers which are made in the ordinary
course for the purpose of prepaying purchases of inventory; and

(o) Other Investments not otherwise permitted above, in an aggregate amount
outstanding not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time.

7.04 Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into
another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or
hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no
Default exists or would result therefrom:

(a) any Borrower may merge with and into, may convert into or be dissolved or
liquidated into, or may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon
voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any other Borrower, so long as (i) the
security interests granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents in the assets of such
Borrower shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least the
same extent as in effect immediately prior to such merger, conversion,
dissolution or liquidation) and (ii) such merger, conversion, dissolution or
liquidation does not violate the terms of the Partnership Agreement or otherwise
result in negative tax consequences for the Partnership; and

(b) any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may dispose of all or
substantially all its assets (including any Disposition that is in the nature of
a liquidation) to (i) another Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or (ii) to a
Credit Party.

7.05 Dispositions. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any
Disposition, except:

(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;

(b) Dispositions of inventory and Cemetery Property in the ordinary course of
business;

(c) Dispositions, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of
business, of overdue accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of
business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and
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(d) Licenses, leases or subleases of property to third Persons, made in the
ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the
business of any Credit Party;

(e) Dispositions of tangible personal property to the extent that (i) such
property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar
replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably
promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(f) Dispositions of real property by any Borrower which is not otherwise
permitted under clause (b) above; provided that (i) at the time of such
Disposition, no Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition,
(ii) the aggregate book value of all such property Disposed of in reliance on
this clause (f) in any fiscal year shall not exceed $6,000,000 and (iii) the
purchase price for such property shall be paid to such Borrower in cash (and any
Disposition Note permitted by Section 7.03(l));

(g) Dispositions by any Borrower to any other Borrower, so long as the security
interests granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties pursuant to the Security Documents in the assets so transferred shall
remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least the same extent as in
effect immediately prior to such transfer);

(h) Dispositions of Equity Interests in the Partnership by the General Partner,
to the extent required under the terms of the Partnership Agreement or any
employee benefit plan of a Credit Party;

(i) Dispositions constituting Permitted Liens or permitted by Section 7.04; and

(j) Dispositions of tangible property (real or personal), so long as (i) no
Default then exists or would result therefrom, (ii) each such sale is in an
arm’s-length transaction and the applicable Credit Party receives at least fair
market value (as determined in good faith by such Credit Party), (iii) the total
consideration received by such Credit Party is paid at the time of the closing
of such sale in cash (and any Disposition Note permitted by Section 7.03(l)),
and (iv) the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied and/or reinvested as (and
to the extent) required by Section 2.05; and

(k) Dispositions of Cash Equivalents made in the ordinary course of business.

To the extent the Required Lenders waive the provisions of this Section 7.05
with respect to any Disposition of Collateral, or any Collateral is Disposed of
as permitted by this Section 7.05, such Collateral (unless transferred to a
Credit Party) shall be Disposed of free and clear of the Liens created by the
Security Documents and the Administrative Agent shall take such actions as are
appropriate in connection therewith.

7.06 Restricted Payments; Equity Issuances.

(a) Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur
any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:

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(ii) the Partnership and the General Partner shall be permitted to make
regularly scheduled quarterly distributions to its general and limited partners
or members, as applicable, to the extent set forth in the Partnership Agreement
and the GP Agreement, respectively, each as in effect as of the Closing Date, to
the extent that (A) at the time such distribution is made no Default exists, or
would exist after giving effect to such distribution, and (B) for the fiscal
quarter most recently ended prior to the date of such distribution and the chief
financial officer of the Partnership or General Partner, as applicable, delivers
to the Administrative Agent a certificate that the above conditions have been
satisfied; or

(b) Issue or sell any Equity Interests (including by way of sales of treasury
stock), except for:

(i) Issuances by the Partnership and the General Partner of Equity Interests
which are not mandatorily redeemable;

(ii) transfers to any Credit Party and replacements of then outstanding shares
of capital stock or other Equity Interests of any Borrower (subject to the
delivery of any documents required by the Pledge Agreement or any other Credit
Document);

(iii) stock splits, stock dividends and additional issuances by any Borrower
which does not decrease the percentage ownership of the Partnership or any of
its Subsidiaries in any class of the Equity Interests of such Borrower (or
otherwise adversely affect the Lien of the Collateral Agent in the Equity
Interests of such Borrower);

(iv) any issuances made to qualify directors to the extent required by
applicable Law; and

(v) issuances of Equity Interests by Subsidiaries formed after the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 6.12 (to the extent in accordance with the requirements of
Section 6.12); provided that all Equity Interests issued in accordance with this
clause (v) shall, to the extent required by the Pledge Agreement or any other
Credit Document, be delivered to the Collateral Agent.

7.07 Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any line of business other than the
Permitted Business.

7.08 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction of any kind with
any Affiliate of any Credit Party, whether or not in the ordinary course of
business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to
such Credit Party as would be obtainable by such Credit Party at the time in a
comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate;
provided that the following shall in any event be permitted: (i) the
Transaction; (ii) intercompany transactions among Credit Parties that are
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Agreement or any other Credit Document; (iii) the payment of consulting or other
fees to any Credit Party in the ordinary course of business; (iv) customary fees
to non-officer directors (or equivalents) of the General Partner; (v) the Credit
Parties may perform their respective obligations under any Employment
Agreements, employee benefit plans of any Credit Party and other employment
arrangements with respect to the procurement of services with their respective
officers and employees, in each case so long as any such employment arrangements
are entered into in the ordinary course of business; (vi) Restricted Payment may
be paid by Credit Parties to the extent permitted by Section 7.06;
(vii) payments may be made pursuant to any Tax Allocation Agreement;
(viii) Credit Parties may enter into transactions with employees and/or officers
of the Credit Parties in the ordinary course of business so long as any such
material transaction has been approved by the governing bodies of such Credit
Parties; and (ix) the Credit Parties may perform their respective obligations
under (A) the Omnibus Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among certain
Credit Parties and certain of their Affiliates, and (B) the Assignment
Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, between McCown De Leeuw & Co. IV,
L.P. and the Partnership. In no event shall any management, consulting or
similar fee be paid or payable by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries to
any Affiliate, except as specifically provided in this Section 7.08.

7.09 Burdensome Agreements. Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual
Obligation that (a) limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make Restricted
Payments or Intercompany Loan payments to any Credit Party or to otherwise
transfer property to or invest in any Credit Party, except for (A) this
Agreement, the other Credit Documents, and the Note Purchase Documents,
(B) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease
governing a leasehold interest of any Borrower, or (C) the Partnership
Agreement; provided, however, that this clause (a) shall not prohibit any
negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness
permitted under Section 7.02(g) solely to the extent any such negative pledge
relates to the property financed by the holder of such Indebtedness; or
(b) requires the grant of a Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a
Lien is granted to secure another obligation of such Person.

7.10 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly
or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase
or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock
or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.

7.11 Financial Covenants. (a) Minimum EBITDA. The Partnership will not permit
Consolidated EBITDA for any Measurement Period to be less than the sum of
(i) $26,900,000 plus (ii) 80% of the aggregate of all Consolidated EBITDA for
each Permitted Acquisition completed after the Closing Date (the “Permitted
Acquisition Step-Up”).

(b) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio for any Measurement Period to be less than 3.50 to 1.0.

(c) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for any
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7.12 Amendment of Partnership Units and Organizational Documents. (a) Amend or
modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of any
Partnership Common Unit or Partnership Subordinated Unit or of any agreement
(including, without limitation, certificate of designation) relating thereto in
a manner that is inconsistent with the Partnership Agreement or that could
reasonably be expected to be adverse in any material respect to the interests of
the Lenders; or

(b) amend modify or change in any way adverse to the interests of the Lenders in
any material respect the Partnership Agreement, the GP Agreement or any other
Credit Party’s Organizational Documents, or any Shareholders’ Agreement, Tax
Allocation Agreement or Management Agreement, or enter into any new
Organizational Document, Shareholders’ Agreement, Tax Allocation Agreement or
Management Agreement which could reasonably be expected to be adverse in any
material respect to the interests of the Lenders or, in the case of any
Management Agreement, which involves the payment by any Credit Party of any
amount which could give rise to a violation of this Agreement; provided that,
the foregoing clause shall not restrict (i) the ability of Partnership or the
General Partner to amend the Partnership Agreement or the GP Agreement,
respectively, to authorize the issuance of Equity Interests otherwise permitted
to be issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) the ability of the
Partnership to amend its Organizational Documents to adopt customary takeover
defenses for a public company, such as classification of its board of directors,
requirements for notice of acquisition of shares and other similar measures.

7.13 Accounting Changes. Make any material change in any accounting policies or
reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, or make any change in fiscal
year.

7.14 Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness. Make (or give any notice in respect of)
any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on or redemption, repurchase or
acquisition for value of (including, without limitation, by way of depositing
with the trustee with respect thereto or any other Person, money or securities
before due for the purpose of paying when due), or any prepayment or redemption
(except as expressly required under the terms of the relevant agreement) as a
result of any asset sale, change of control or similar event of any Indebtedness
pursuant to the Note Purchase Documents, or, after the incurrence or issuance
thereof, any Seller Subordinated Debt.

7.15 Amendment of Note Purchase Documents and Indebtedness.

(a) Amend, modify or change, in any way adverse to the interests of the Lenders,
any Note Purchase Document; or

(b) amend, modify or change in any way adverse to the interests of the Lenders
in any material respect any Seller Subordinated Debt.

7.16 Holding Company. In the case of the General Partner and the Partnership:

(a) the General Partner will not itself: (i) engage in a Permitted Business;
(ii) own any significant assets (other than (A) its general partnership Equity
Interest in the Partnership, (B) cash to be loaned, dividended, contributed
and/or otherwise promptly applied for purposes not otherwise prohibited by this
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connection with the performance of activities permitted to be conducted by the
General Partner); or (iii) have any liabilities (other than those liabilities
for which it is responsible under any Credit Document or Note Purchase Document
to which it is a party, the GP Agreement, and any other Indebtedness permitted
to be incurred by the General Partner pursuant to Section 7.02); provided
however, the restrictions above shall not prohibit (or be construed to
prohibit), the General Partner or its employees from conducting the activities
contemplated to be conducted by the General Partner under the GP Agreement and
the Partnership Agreement (each as in effect on the Closing Date or as amended
in accordance with this Agreement), and other administrative, management or
ordinary course “holding company” activities necessary or desirable in
connection with the operation of the Permitted Business through the General
Partner and the Borrowers (including, without limitation, intercompany
management functions and the provision of umbrella insurance policies); and

(b) the Partnership will not itself: (i) engage in a Permitted Business;
(ii) own any significant assets (other than (A) the Equity Interests in the
Operating Company, (B) any Intercompany Loan permitted to be made by it pursuant
to Section 7.02(c), whether or not evidenced by an Intercompany Note, (C) cash
to be loaned, dividended, contributed and/or otherwise promptly applied for
purposes not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement, and (D) other assets used
or held in connection with the performance of activities permitted to be
conducted by the Partnership); or (iii) have any liabilities (other than those
liabilities for which it is responsible under this Agreement, the Partnership
Agreement, the Credit Documents and the Note Purchase Documents to which it is a
party, any Intercompany Loan permitted to be incurred by it pursuant to
Section 7.02(c) and any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the
Partnership pursuant to Section 7.02); provided however, the restrictions
contained above shall not prohibit (or be construed to prohibit) the Partnership
from conducting administrative and other ordinary course “holding company”
activities necessary or desirable in connection with the operation of the
Permitted Business through the Borrowers.

7.17 Trust Funds. Except in accordance with reasonable business practices and
applicable Law, (a) withdraw or otherwise remove any monies or other assets
(whether principal, interest or other earnings) from any Trust Account except
for the purpose of providing the merchandise or services which are intended to
be provided out of such Trust Account or (b) make any investments of Trust Funds
or interest or other earnings thereon.

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of
Default:

(a) Non-Payment. Any Credit Party fails to (i) pay when and as required to be
paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation or
deposit any funds as Cash Collateral in respect of L/C Obligations, or (ii) pay
within three days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any
L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) pay within five days after
the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other
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(b) Specific Covenants. Any Credit Party fails to perform or observe any term,
covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05, 6.10,
6.11, 6.12, 6.18, 6.19 or Article VII;

(c) Other Defaults. Any Credit Party fails to perform or observe any other
covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a) or (b) above) contained
in any Credit Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure
continues unremedied for 30 days after notice thereof is provided to any Credit
Party by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders;

(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification
or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party
herein, in any other Credit Document, or in any document delivered in connection
herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect
when made or deemed made;

(e) Cross-Default. (i) Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to
make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand, or otherwise), but subject to any applicable grace or cure
period, in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee of Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an
aggregate outstanding principal amount (including amounts owing to all creditors
under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold
Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition
relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee of Indebtedness or contained in
any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any
other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or
to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or
beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder
or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice
if required, but subject to any applicable grace or cure period, such
Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid,
defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase,
prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated
maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect
thereof to be demanded (it being understood that a default or other event or
condition described in this clause (B) shall cease to constitute an Event of
Default if and when the same has been cured or otherwise ceases to exist, in
each case prior to the taking of any action by the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders pursuant to Section 8.02); or (ii) there occurs under any Swap
Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting
from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which a Credit
Party or any Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap
Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract
as to which a Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is an Affected Party (as so
defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by such Credit
Party or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold
Amount;

(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof
institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for
or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material
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rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent
of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 90
calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any
such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without
the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 90 calendar
days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding;

(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary
thereof becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to
pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or
execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material
part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully
bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy;

(h) Judgments. There is entered against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary
thereof (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an
aggregate amount (as to all such judgments and orders) exceeding the Threshold
Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to
which the insurer is rated at least “A” by A.M. Best Company, has been notified
of the potential claim and does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more
non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case,
(A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or
order, or (B) there is a period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not
in effect;

(i) ERISA. (i) any ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result,
individually or in the aggregate, in liability of any Borrower under Title IV of
ERISA, to any Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC, in excess of the
Threshold Amount; (ii) any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay any
installment payment with respect to any withdrawal liability pursuant to
Section 4201 of ERISA, within a period of thirty (30) calendar days after such
payment was otherwise due pursuant to Section 4219 of ERISA under any
Multiemployer Plan, provided that the failure to make such installment payment
prior to the expiration of the sixty-day (60) time period described in
Section 4219(c)(5)(A) of ERISA could reasonably be expected to result in the
acceleration of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA,
individually or in the aggregate, in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(iii) any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate currently is, or is reasonably
expected to be, in “default” under a Multiemployer Plan, as described in
Section 4219(c)(5)(B), which has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to
result, individually or in the aggregate, in withdrawal liability of the
Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Multiemployer Plan in excess of the
Threshold Amount;

(j) Invalidity of Credit Documents. Any provision of any Credit Document, at any
time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly
permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the
Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Credit Party or any
other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any
provision of any Credit Document; or any Credit Party denies that it has any or
further liability or obligation under any provision of any Credit Document, or
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(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control;

(l) Intercreditor Agreement. The Intercreditor Agreement or any provision
thereof shall cease to be in full force and effect;

(m) Security Documents. Any Security Document after delivery thereof pursuant to
Section 4.01 or 6.12 shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms
thereof) cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to
Liens permitted by Section 7.01) on the Collateral purported to be covered
thereby; or

(n) Subordination. (i) The subordination provisions of any documents evidencing
or governing any subordinated Indebtedness (the “Subordinated Provisions”)
shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be
legally valid, binding and enforceable against any holder of the applicable
subordinated Indebtedness; or (ii) any Credit Party shall, directly or
indirectly, disavow or contest in any manner (A) the effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any of the Subordination Provisions, (B) that the
Subordination Provisions exist for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the L/C Issuer or (C) that all payments of principal of or premium
and interest on the applicable subordinated Indebtedness, or realized from the
liquidation of any property of any Credit Party, shall be subject to any of the
Subordination Provisions.

8.02 Remedies upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the
consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:

(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of
the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such
commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest
accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or
under any other Credit Document to be immediately due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;

(c) require that the Borrowers to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an
amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and

(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and
remedies available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under the Credit
Documents;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an
order for relief with respect to any Credit Party under the Bankruptcy Code of
the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any
obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically
terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest
and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and
the obligation of the Borrowers to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as
aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act
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8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in
Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and
payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash
Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts
received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative
Agent in the following order:

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
non-contingent and liquidated indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and
amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its
capacity as such;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
non-contingent and liquidated indemnities and other amounts (other than
principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the
L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to the extent set forth in any Credit
Document, and amounts payable under Article III, ratably among them in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to
them;

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and
unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other
Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the
respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid
principal of the Loans, L/C Borrowings and amounts owing under Secured Hedge
Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, ratably among the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to
the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash
Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn
amount of Letters of Credit; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations (other than
indemnification obligations which are solely contingent, if any) have been
indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrowers or as otherwise required by Law.

Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate
undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be
applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any
amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have
either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to
the other Obligations (other than indemnification obligations which are solely
contingent, if any), if any, in the order set forth above.

 

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ARTICLE IX

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

9.01 Appointment and Authority. (a) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer
hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the
Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and
authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to
exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and no Credit Party
shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the
Credit Documents (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and each of the
Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender, Swing Line Lender (if applicable),
potential Hedge Bank and potential Cash Management Bank) and the L/C Issuer
hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as
the agent of such Lender and the L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding
and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Credit
Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the
Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and
attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.05
for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion
thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and
remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be
entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article XI
(including Section 11.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and
attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Credit Documents) as if
set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

9.02 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent
hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as
any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the
Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise
expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person
serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such
Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the
financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in
any kind of business with any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate
thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and
without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties
or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit
Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative
Agent:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
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by the other Credit Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to
exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the
other Credit Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be
required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel,
may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any
Credit Document or applicable Law; and

(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit
Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to
disclose, any information relating to any Credit Party or any of their
Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken
by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the
Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the
circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall
be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice
describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers, a
Lender or the L/C Issuer.

The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to
ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in
or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the
contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or
thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Credit
Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation,
perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security
Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other
than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.

9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any
notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other
writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting
or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed,
sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent
also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed
by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability
for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to
the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms
must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the
Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such
Lender or the L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of
such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may
consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), independent
accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any
action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such
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9.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of
its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other
Credit Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this
Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective
activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided
for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any
time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the
Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, in consultation with and, so long as no Event of Default
exists, subject to the prior written approval of the Borrowers (which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor, which
shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such
bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been
so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its
resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders
and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the
qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall
notify the Borrowers and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such
appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in
accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit
Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of the
Credit Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such
collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is
appointed) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to
be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or
to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required
Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this
Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative
Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of
the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired)
Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged
from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit
Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this
Section). The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent
shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed
between the Borrowers and such successor. After the retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, the
provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the
benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as
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9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and the
L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and
based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and
the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their
Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from
time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or
not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Credit Document
or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none
of any Bookrunners or Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any
powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative
Agent, a Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder.

9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding
relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether
the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as
herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Credit Party) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest
owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other
Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C
Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C
Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and
all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent
under Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial
proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable
on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent
and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent
any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C
Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to
authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender
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9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably
authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion
(including, without limitation, in its capacity as Collateral Agent to take such
actions),

(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative
Agent under any Credit Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate
Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than indemnification
obligations which are solely contingent, if any) and the expiration, termination
or cash collateralization of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or
otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in
connection with any sale or other disposition permitted hereunder or under any
other Credit Document, or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing
in accordance with Section 11.01;

(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such
Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted
hereunder; and

(c) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent under any Credit Document to the holder of any Lien on such
property that is permitted by Section 7.01(i).

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will
confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or
subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release
any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this
Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the Administrative
Agent will, at the Borrowers’ expense, execute and deliver to the applicable
Credit Party such documents as such Credit Party may reasonably request to
evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security
interest granted under the Security Documents or to subordinate its interest in
such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty,
in each case in accordance with the terms of the Credit Documents and this
Section 9.10.

ARTICLE X

CONTINUING GUARANTY

10.01 Guaranty. Each Guarantor hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees,
as a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of
collection, prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by required
prepayment, upon acceleration, demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter,
of any and all of the Obligations, whether for principal, interest, premiums,
fees, indemnities, damages, costs, expenses or otherwise, of the Borrowers to
the Secured Parties, arising hereunder and under the other Credit Documents
(including all renewals, extensions, amendments, refinancings and other
modifications thereof and, to the extent set forth in any Credit Document, all
costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Parties in
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Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and
absent manifest error shall be binding upon each Guarantor, and conclusive for
the purpose of establishing the amount of the Obligations. This Guaranty shall
not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of
the Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Obligations, or by
the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, non-perfection or extent of
any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the
Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of any
Guarantor under this Guaranty, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any
defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to any or all
of the foregoing.

10.02 Rights of Lenders. Each Guarantor consents and agrees that the Secured
Parties may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or demand, and
without affecting the enforceability or continuing effectiveness hereof:
(a) amend, extend, renew, compromise, discharge, accelerate or otherwise change
the time for payment or the terms of the Obligations or any part thereof;
(b) take, hold, exchange, enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect, sell, or
otherwise dispose of any security for the payment of this Guaranty or any
Obligations; (c) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale
thereof as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders in their
sole discretion may determine; and (d) release or substitute one or more of any
endorsers or other guarantors of any of the Obligations. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor consents to the taking of, or
failure to take, any action which might in any manner or to any extent vary the
risks of such Guarantor under this Guaranty or which, but for this provision,
might operate as a discharge of such Guarantor.

10.03 Certain Waivers. Each Guarantor waives (a) any defense arising by reason
of any disability or other defense of any Borrower or any other guarantor, or
the cessation from any cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of any
Secured Party) of the liability of the Borrower; (b) any defense based on any
claim that such Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those
of any Borrower; (c) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such
Guarantor’s liability hereunder; (d) subject to Section 10.05, any right to
proceed against any Borrower, proceed against or exhaust any security for the
Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party
whatsoever; (e) subject to Section 10.05, any benefit of and any right to
participate in any security now or hereafter held by any Secured Party; and
(f) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other defenses or
benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable Law limiting the
liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties. To the fullest extent
permitted under applicable Law, each Guarantor expressly waives all setoffs and
counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices
of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of
dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with
respect to the Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty or of
the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional Obligations. Each
Guarantor waives any rights and defenses that are or may become available to
such Guarantor by reason of §§ 2787 to 2855, inclusive, and §§ 2899 and 3433 of
the California Civil Code. As provided below, this Guaranty shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. The foregoing waivers and the provisions hereinafter set forth in
this Guaranty which pertain to California law are included solely out of an
abundance of caution, and shall not be construed to mean that any of the
above-referenced provisions of California law are in any way applicable to this
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10.04 Obligations Independent. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are
those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the
Obligations and the obligations of any other guarantor, and a separate action
may be brought against such Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty whether or not
any Borrower or any other person or entity is joined as a party.

10.05 Subrogation. Each Guarantor shall not exercise any right of subrogation,
contribution, indemnity, reimbursement or similar rights with respect to any
payments it makes under this Guaranty until all of the Obligations (other than
indemnification obligations which are solely contingent, if any) and any amounts
payable under this Guaranty have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full
and the Commitments and the Facilities are terminated. If any amounts are paid
to any Credit Party in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts
shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall
forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent to reduce the amount of the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

10.06 Termination; Reinstatement. This Guaranty is a continuing and irrevocable
guaranty of all Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full
force and effect until all Obligations and any other amounts payable under this
Guaranty are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Commitments and the
Facilities with respect to the Obligations are terminated. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect or be revived,
as the case may be, if any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower or any Credit
Party is made, or any of the Secured Parties exercises its right of setoff, in
respect of the Obligations and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or
any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by any of the Secured Parties in their discretion) to be repaid to
a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under
any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such payment had not been made or
such setoff had not occurred and whether or not the Secured Parties are in
possession of or have released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior
revocation, rescission, termination or reduction. The obligations of each
Guarantor under this paragraph shall survive termination of this Guaranty.

10.07 Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby subordinates the payment of all
obligations and indebtedness of any Credit Party owing to such Guarantor whether
now existing or hereafter arising, including but not limited to any obligation
of any Credit Party to such Guarantor as subrogee of the Secured Parties or
resulting from any other Guarantor’s performance under this Guaranty, to the
indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations; provided, however, that
the Credit Parties may pay and Guarantors may accept payments to the extent not
prohibited under this Agreement unless and until the Administrative Agent
exercises its rights contained in the next sentence. If the Administrative Agent
so requests following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, any such obligation or indebtedness of any Borrower to any Credit Party
shall be enforced and performance received by each Credit Party as trustee for
the Secured Parties and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the
Administrative Agent on account of the Obligations, but without reducing or
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10.08 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of
the Obligations is stayed, in connection with any case commenced by or against
any Borrower under any Debtor Relief Laws, or otherwise, all such amounts shall
nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors immediately upon demand by the
Administrative Agent.

10.09 Condition of Borrowers. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has
the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from the
Borrowers and any other guarantor such information concerning the financial
condition, business and operations of the Borrowers and any such other guarantor
as such Guarantor requires, and that none of the Secured Parties has any duty,
and such Guarantor is not relying on the Secured Parties at any time, to
disclose to such Guarantor any information relating to the business, operations
or financial condition of the Borrowers or any other guarantor (and hereby
waives any duty on the part of the Secured Parties to disclose such information
and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).

10.10 Acknowledgement of Joint and Several Liability. (a) Each Borrower (other
than the Controlled Non-Profits) acknowledges that it is jointly and severally
liable for all of the Obligations under the Credit Documents. Subject to
Section 10.10(e), each Borrower expressly understands, agrees and acknowledges
that (i) Borrowers are all affiliated entities by common ownership, (ii) each
Borrower desires to have the availability of one common credit facility instead
of separate credit facilities, (iii) each Borrower has requested that the
Lenders extend such a common credit facility on the terms herein provided,
(iv) the Lenders will be lending against, and relying on a lien upon, all of the
Borrowers’ assets even though the proceeds of any particular Loan made hereunder
may not be advanced directly to a particular Borrower, (v) each Borrower will
nonetheless benefit by the making of all such loans by each Lender and the
availability of a single credit facility of a size greater than each could
independently warrant, (vi) all of the representations, warranties, covenants,
obligations, conditions, agreements and other terms contained in the Credit
Documents shall be applicable to and shall be binding upon each Borrower, and
(vii) the Borrowers have each executed the Notes as co-makers of the Notes and
that it would not be able to obtain the credit provided by the Lenders hereunder
without the financial support provided by the other Borrowers.

(b) Each Borrower (other than the Controlled Non-Profits) is obligated to repay
the Obligations as joint and several obligors under this Agreement. To the
extent that any Credit Party shall, under this Agreement as a joint and several
obligor, repay any of the Obligations constituting Borrowings or other Credit
Extensions made to or for another Borrower hereunder or other Obligations
incurred directly and primarily by any other Borrower (an “Accommodation
Payment”), then the Borrower making such Accommodation Payment shall be entitled
to contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, each of the
other Borrowers in an amount, for each of such other Borrowers, equal to a
fraction of such Accommodation Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such
other Borrower’s Allocable Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of the
Allocable Amounts of all of the Borrowers. As of any date of determination, the
“Allocable Amount” of each Borrower shall be equal to the maximum amount of
liability for Accommodation Payments which could be asserted against such
Borrower hereunder without (i) rendering such Borrower “insolvent” within the
meaning of Section 101 (31) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 2 of the Uniform
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(ii) leaving such Borrower with unreasonably small capital or assets, within the
meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4 of the UFTA, or
Section 5 of the UFCA, or (iii) leaving such Borrower unable to pay its debts as
they become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or
Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA. All rights and claims of
contribution, indemnification, and reimbursement under this Section 11.18 shall
be subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the
Obligations. The provisions of this Section 11.18 shall, to the extent
inconsistent with any provision in any Credit Document, supersede such
inconsistent provision.

(c) If (i) any court holds that Borrowers are guarantors and not jointly and
severally liable or (ii) bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings at any time
are instituted by or against any Borrower under any Debtor Relief Law, each
Borrower hereby: (A) until indefeasible payment in full in cash of the
Obligations, expressly and irrevocably subordinates, to the fullest extent
possible, on behalf of such Borrower, any and all rights at law or in equity to
subrogation, to reimbursement, to exoneration, to contribution, to
indemnification, to set off or to any other rights that could accrue to a surety
against a principal, to a guarantor against a maker or obligor, to an
accommodation party against the party accommodated, to a holder or transferee
against a maker, or to the holder of a claim against any Person, and which such
Borrower may have or hereafter acquire against any Person in connection with or
as a result of such Borrower’s execution, delivery and/or performance of this
Agreement, or any other documents to which such Borrower is a party or
otherwise; (B) expressly and irrevocably subordinates any “claim” (as such term
is defined in the Bankruptcy Code) of any kind against any other Borrower, and
further subordinates any such rights against any Person (including any surety),
either directly or as an attempted set off to any action commenced against such
Borrower by Administrative Agent or a Lender or any other Person; and
(C) acknowledges and agrees (I) that this subordination is intended to benefit
Administrative Agent and Lenders and shall not limit or otherwise affect such
Borrower’s liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Agreement, and
(II) that Administrative Agent and Lenders and their successors and permitted
assigns are intended beneficiaries of this subordination, and agreements set
forth in this Section 10.10 and their rights under this Section 10.10 shall
survive payment in full of the Obligations.

(d) This Agreement shall in all respects be continuing, absolute and
unconditional, and shall remain in full force and effect with respect to each
Borrower until all Obligations shall have been indefeasibly fully paid. No
compromise, settlement, release or discharge of, or indulgence with respect to,
or failure, neglect or omission to enforce or exercise any right against, any
one or Borrowers shall release or discharge the other Borrowers.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the
other Credit Documents, each Controlled Non-Profit shall be liable only for that
portion of the Obligations evidenced by (i) any Loan or other extension of
credit made to, or for the benefit of, such entity hereunder or under any other
Credit Document, (ii) any loan, advance or other distribution to such entity of
proceeds of any Loan or other extension of credit made to any other Borrower
hereunder, and (iii) its proportionate share of all Loans and other extensions
of credit made hereunder to fund any administrative and other management related
fees, costs and expenses of the General Partner, the Partnership, the Operating
Company or any Borrower providing services to such Controlled Non-Profit
pursuant to a Cemetery Management Agreement; and the Collateral of such
Controlled Non-Profit shall only secure, or be utilized to repay, such portion
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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

11.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement
or any other Credit Document, and no consent to any departure by any Borrower or
any other Credit Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by
the Required Lenders and the applicable Credit Parties, and acknowledged by the
Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided,
however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)(i)
or (c)), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.02, without
the written consent of each Lender;

(b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, waive any condition set
forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility
without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, or the Required
Acquisition Lenders, as the case may be;

(c) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment
terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;

(d) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Credit Document for
any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or
other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other
Credit Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such
payment;

(e) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any
Loan or L/C Borrowing, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under
any other Credit Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to
such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders
shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any
obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the
Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined
term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the
rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable
hereunder;

(f) change (i) Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of
payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the
order of application of any reduction in the Commitments or any prepayment of
Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the
applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) or 2.06(b), respectively, in any manner
that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the
written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Acquisition Facility, the
Required Acquisition Lenders, and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit
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(g) change (i) any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of
“Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or
percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights
hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than
the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 11.01(g)), without the
written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving
Lenders” or “Required Acquisition Lenders,” without the written consent of each
Lender under the applicable Facility;

(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or
series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;

(i) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the
written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any
Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which
case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or

(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility
to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent
of (i) if such Facility is the Acquisition Facility, the Required Acquisition
Lenders, and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the
Required Revolving Lenders;

and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above,
affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer
Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no
amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing
Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or
duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; and (iii) no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of
the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; and
(iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived,
in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or
disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the
Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent
of such Lender.

If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or
release with respect to any Credit Document that requires the consent of
(a) each Lender (or each Revolving Lender or Acquisition Lender, as applicable)
or (b) Required Lenders (or Required Revolving Lenders or Required Acquisition
Lenders, as applicable), and that has been approved by the Required Lenders (or
the Required Revolving Lenders or Required Acquisition Lenders, as applicable),
the Borrowers shall have the right, within sixty (60) days of the receipt of
approval by such Required Lenders (or Required Revolving Lenders or Required
Acquisition Lenders, as applicable), and upon five (5) Business Days’ prior
written notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative
Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), to (A) replace any such
non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 11.13 or (B) repay all Loans of
any such non-consenting Lender (including all amounts, if any, owing pursuant to
Article III), together with accrued and unpaid interest, fees and all other
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such non-consenting Lender (or owing to such non-consenting Lender with respect
to each Facility which gave rise to the need to obtain such non-consenting
Lender’s individual consent), so long as (1) the related Commitment(s) of such
non-consenting Lender are terminated concurrently with the repayment of such
Loans and (2) such Lender’s pro rata share of any L/C Obligations are Cash
Collateralized (at which time Schedule I shall be deemed modified to reflect the
changed Commitments); provided that, to the extent applicable, such amendment,
waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment
contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required
by the Borrowers to be made pursuant to this paragraph).

11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications. (a) Notices Generally.
Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be
given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices
and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other
communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be
made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, telecopier number,
electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on
Schedule 11.02; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail
address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or
registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent
by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not
given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have
been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the
recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent
provided in subsection (b) below shall be effective as provided in such
subsection (b).

(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders
and the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic
communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to
procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article
II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the
Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such
Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrowers
may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it,
provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices
or communications.

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other
communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
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function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement),
provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the
normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be
deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for
the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or
intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the
intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing
clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and
identifying the website address therefor.

(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT
PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE
BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM
LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD
PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT
PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event
shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the
“Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Credit Party, any Lender, the L/C
Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the
Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials
through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a
final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event
shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Credit Party, any Lender, the
L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential
or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each Credit Party, the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone
number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other
parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or
telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.
In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to
time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective
address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail
address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate
wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to
cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all
times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the
content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender
or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures
and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws,
to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the
“Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material
non-public information with respect to any Credit Party or its securities for
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(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders. The Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any
notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan
Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Credit Party even if (i) such
notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not
preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the
terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation
thereof. The Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer,
each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs,
expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each
notice purportedly given by or on behalf of any Credit Party. All telephonic
notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may
be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby
consents to such recording.

11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender, the L/C Issuer
or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in
exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other
Credit Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy,
power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided,
and provided under each other Credit Document, are cumulative and not exclusive
of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers
shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges
and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with
the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation,
negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment
thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the
L/C Issuer) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights
(A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, including
its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with Loans made or Letters
of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred
during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or
Letters of Credit.

(b) Indemnification by the Borrowers. The Borrowers shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the L/C
Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person
being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from,
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any
counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any
Indemnitee by any third party or by any Borrower or any other Credit Party
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with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any
other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or
thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations
hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any
sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or
the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the
L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the
documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or
release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any
Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability
related in any way to any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries, or (iv) any
actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to
any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory,
whether brought by a third party or by any Borrower or any other Credit Party or
any of the Borrower’s or such Credit Party’s directors, shareholders or
creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by any Borrower or any other
Credit Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s
obligations hereunder or under any other Credit Document, if such Borrower or
such Credit Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor
on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrowers for any reason
fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of
this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent
thereof), the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each
Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent), the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount,
provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage,
liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuer in
its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing
acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in
connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this
subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Law, each Borrower and each other Credit Party shall not assert, and
hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement, any other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of
Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in
subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by
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telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in
connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined
by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than
ten Business Days after demand therefor.

(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of
the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the
replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the
repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

11.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the
Borrowers is made to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or
the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of
setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside
or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be
repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of
such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such
payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender
and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon
demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered
from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date
of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders
and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the
payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

11.06 Successors and Assigns. (a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
except that no Borrower or other Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer
any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in
accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06(b), (ii) by way of participation
in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06(d), or (iii) by way of pledge
or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of
Section 11.06(f) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party
hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied,
shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto,
their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the
extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
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(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more
assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment(s) and the Loans (including for
purposes of this Section 11.06(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in
Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment
shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts.

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Commitment under any Facility and the Loans at the time owing to it
under such Facility or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of
a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the
aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans
outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the
principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to
each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption
with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if
“Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade
Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent
and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Borrowers otherwise consent (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an
Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a
single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee
Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining
whether such minimum amount has been met;

(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment
assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not (A) apply to the Swing Line
Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or (B) prohibit
any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among
separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis;

(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except
to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

(A) the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender
with a commitment in respect of the applicable facility, an Affiliate of such
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(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (1) any
Acquisition Commitment or Revolving Credit Commitment if such assignment is to a
Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of the applicable
Facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such
Lender or (2) any Acquisition Loan to a Person that is not a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;

(C) the consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation
of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit
(whether or not then outstanding); and

(D) the consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the
Revolving Credit Facility.

(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with
a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however,
that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such
processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if
it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire.

(v) No Assignment to Borrowers. No such assignment shall be made to any Borrower
or any Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a
natural person.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant
to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to
this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 11.04 with
respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment. Upon request, the Borrowers (at their expense) shall execute and
deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of
rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this
subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such
Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
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(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an
agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a
copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of,
and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender, at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or
notice to, the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any
Person (other than a natural person or any Borrower or any Borrower’s Affiliates
or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s
rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of
its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C
Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly
with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells
such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right
to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver
of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument
may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant,
agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first
proviso to Section 11.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection
(e) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled
to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were
a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to
Section 11.06(b). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender, provided
such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a
Lender.

(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable
Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation
sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such
Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant
that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the
benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrowers are notified of the participation
sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Borrowers, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.

(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security
interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including
under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any
pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided
that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender
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(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,”
“signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be
deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic
form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or
enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the fullest extent and as provided
for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global
and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records
Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act.

(h) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank
of America assigns all of its Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit
Loans pursuant to Section 11.06(b), Bank of America may, (i) upon 30 days’
notice to the Borrowers and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon
30 days’ notice to the Borrowers, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of
any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers shall be
entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line
Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrowers to appoint
any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer
or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Bank of America resigns as L/C
Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C
Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the
effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with
respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate
Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall
retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with
respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date
of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base
Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant
to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing
Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of
the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing
Line Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue
letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding
at the time of such succession or make other arrangements reasonably
satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of
America with respect to such Letters of Credit.

11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives
(it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep
such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory
authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to
the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
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connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Credit
Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other
Credit Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder,
(f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as
those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any
prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to
Section 2.14(c) or Section 2.15(c) or (ii) any actual or prospective
counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to
any Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the written consent of the Borrowers
or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than
as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective
Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers.

For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from
any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Credit Party or any
Subsidiary thereof or their respective businesses, other than any such
information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C
Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Credit Party or any
Subsidiary thereof, provided that, in the case of information received from a
Credit Party or any such Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is
clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required
to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall
be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has
exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer acknowledges
that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning
any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed
compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and
(c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with
applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.

11.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates
is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any
time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such
Lender, the L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account
of any Borrower or any other Credit Party against any and all of the obligations
of any Borrower or any other Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement or any other Credit Document to such Lender or the L/C Issuer,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made any
demand under this Agreement or any other Credit Document and although such
obligations of such Borrower or such Credit Party may be contingent or unmatured
or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the L/C Issuer different
from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such
indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuer and their respective
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(including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their
respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees to notify
the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and
application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such setoff and application.

11.09 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in any Credit Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under
the Credit Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest
permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or
any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate,
the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it
exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrowers. In determining whether
the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or
a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal
as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary
prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and
spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the
contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed
in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts),
each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Credit
Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except
as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall
have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent
shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the
signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or by electronic
means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.

11.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and
warranties made hereunder and in any other Credit Document or other document
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith
shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such
representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding
that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of
any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full
force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall
remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

11.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Credit
Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality,
validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the
parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of
which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
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11.13 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 3.04, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to
any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant
to Section 3.01, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or if any other
circumstance exists under Section 11.01 or elsewhere hereunder that gives the
Borrowers the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the Borrowers
may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and
consents required by, Section 11.06), all of its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the related Credit Documents to an assignee
that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a
Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

(a) the Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee
specified in Section 11.06(b);

(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the
outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon,
accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other
Credit Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee
(to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or
the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts);

(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation
under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01,
such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments
thereafter; and

(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation
cease to apply.

11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. (a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA.

(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH BORROWER AND EACH OTHER CREDIT PARTY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE
NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
SITTING IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN
ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL
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OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH
PENNSYLVANIA STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT
IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY
LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY
RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE
HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
CREDIT DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY BORROWER OR ANY OTHER CREDIT PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES
IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH BORROWER AND EACH OTHER CREDIT PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT
DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF
PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS
AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY
OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW

11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH
PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE
MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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11.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of
each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any
amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document),
each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’
understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this
Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, are
arm’s-length commercial transactions among the Credit Parties, on the one hand,
and the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, on the other hand, (B) each
Credit Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax
advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each Credit Party is
capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and
conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit
Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger each is and has
been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by
the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an
advisor, agent or fiduciary for each Credit Party or any of their respective
Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor the
Arranger has any obligation to any Credit Party or any of their respective
Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those
obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents; and
(iii) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger and their respective Affiliates
may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that
differ from those of any Credit Party and their respective Affiliates, and
neither the Administrative Agent nor the Arranger has any obligation to disclose
any of such interests to any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Credit Party hereby waives and
releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent and the
Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary
duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

11.17 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as
hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf
of any Lender) hereby notifies each Credit Party 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”), it is required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies such Credit Party, which information includes the
name and address of such Credit Party and other information that will allow such
Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Credit Party
in accordance with the Act.

11.18 Effect on Existing Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding that this Agreement
is amending and restating the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Closing Date,
nothing contained herein shall be deemed to cause a novation of any transfers,
conveyances or transactions which were effected under the Existing Credit
Agreement, or of any Obligations, including, without limitation, the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes issued pursuant thereto and the security
interests granted pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

General Partner: STONEMOR GP LLC By:   /s/ Paul Waimberg Name:   Paul Waimberg
Title:   Vice President Partnership: STONEMOR PARTNERS L.P. By:   STONEMOR GP
LLC  

its General Partner

By:   /s/ Paul Waimberg Name:   Paul Waimberg Title:   Vice President Operating
Company: STONEMOR OPERATING LLC By:   /s/ Paul Waimberg Name:   Paul Waimberg
Title:   Vice President

Credit Parties Signature Page

 

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Additional Credit Parties

Alleghany Memorial Park LLC

Alleghany Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

Altavista Memorial Park LLC

Altavista Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

Arlington Development Company

Augusta Memorial Park Perpetual Care Company

Bedford County Memorial Park LLC

Bedford County Memorial Park Subsidiary LLC

Bethel Cemetery Association

Beth Israel Cemetery Association of Woodbridge, New Jersey

Birchlawn Burial Park LLC

Birchlawn Burial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens LLC

Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Subsidiary LLC

Butler County Memorial Park LLC

Butler County Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

Cedar Hill Funeral Home, Inc.

Cemetery Investments LLC

Cemetery Investments Subsidiary, Inc.

Cemetery Management Services, L.L.C.

Cemetery Management Services of Mid-Atlantic States, L.L.C.

Cemetery Management Services of Ohio, L.L.C.

Cemetery Management Services of Pennsylvania, L.L.C.

Chartiers Cemetery LLC

Chartiers Cemetery Subsidiary LLC

Clover Leaf Park Cemetery Association

CMS West LLC

CMS West Subsidiary LLC

Columbia Memorial Park LLC

Columbia Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

The Coraopolis Cemetery LLC

The Coraopolis Cemetery Subsidiary LLC

Cornerstone Family Insurance Services, Inc.

Cornerstone Family Services of New Jersey, Inc.

Cornerstone Family Services of West Virginia LLC

Cornerstone Family Services of West Virginia Subsidiary, Inc.

Cornerstone Funeral and Cremation Services LLC

Covenant Acquisition LLC

Covenant Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc.

Crown Hill Cemetery Association

Eloise B. Kyper Funeral Home, Inc.

Glen Haven Memorial Park LLC

Glen Haven Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

Green Lawn Memorial Park LLC

 

By:   /s/ Paul Waimberg Paul Waimberg, as Vice President of Finance for each of
the above-named Credit Parties

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Additional Credit Parties Signature Page

 

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Green Lawn Memorial Park Subsidiary LLC

Henlopen Memorial Park LLC

Henlopen Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

Henry Memorial Park LLC

Henry Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

J.V. Walker LLC

J.V. Walker Subsidiary LLC

Juniata Memorial Park LLC

Juniata Memorial Park Subsidiary LLC

KIRIS LLC

KIRIS Subsidiary, Inc.

Lakewood/Hamilton Cemetery LLC

Lakewood/Hamilton Cemetery Subsidiary, Inc.

Lakewood Memory Gardens South LLC

Lakewood Memory Gardens South Subsidiary, Inc.

Laurel Hill Memorial Park LLC

Laurel Hill Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

Laurelwood Cemetery LLC

Laurelwood Cemetery Subsidiary LLC

Laurelwood Holding Company

Legacy Estates, Inc.

Locustwood Cemetery Association

Loewen [Virginia] LLC

Loewen [Virginia] Subsidiary, Inc.

Lorraine Park Cemetery LLC

Lorraine Park Cemetery Subsidiary, Inc.

Melrose Land LLC

Melrose Land Subsidiary LLC

Modern Park Development LLC

Modern Park Development Subsidiary, Inc.

Morris Cemetery Perpetual Care Company

Mount Lebanon Cemetery LLC

Mount Lebanon Cemetery Subsidiary LLC

Mt. Airy Cemetery LLC

Mt. Airy Cemetery Subsidiary LLC

Oak Hill Cemetery LLC

Oak Hill Cemetery Subsidiary, Inc.

Osiris Holding Finance Company

Osiris Holding of Maryland LLC

Osiris Holding of Maryland Subsidiary, Inc.

Osiris Holding of Pennsylvania LLC

Osiris Holding of Pennsylvania Subsidiary LLC

Osiris Holding of Rhode Island LLC

Osiris Holding of Rhode Island Subsidiary, Inc.

 

By:   /s/ Paul Waimberg Paul Waimberg, as Vice President of Finance for each of
the above-named Credit Parties

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Additional Credit Parties Signature Page

 

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Osiris Management, Inc.

Osiris Telemarketing Corp.

Perpetual Gardens.Com, Inc.

The Prospect Cemetery LLC

The Prospect Cemetery Subsidiary LLC

Prospect Hill Cemetery LLC

Prospect Hill Cemetery Subsidiary LLC

PVD Acquisitions LLC

PVD Acquisitions Subsidiary, Inc.

Riverside Cemetery LLC

Riverside Cemetery Subsidiary LLC

Riverview Memorial Gardens LLC

Riverview Memorial Gardens Subsidiary LLC

Rockbridge Memorial Gardens LLC

Rockbridge Memorial Gardens Subsidiary Company

Rolling Green Memorial Park LLC

Rolling Green Memorial Park Subsidiary LLC

Rose Lawn Cemeteries LLC

Rose Lawn Cemeteries Subsidiary, Incorporated

Roselawn Development LLC

Roselawn Development Subsidiary Corporation

Russell Memorial Cemetery LLC

Russell Memorial Cemetery Subsidiary, Inc.

Shenandoah Memorial Park LLC

Shenandoah Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

Southern Memorial Sales LLC

Southern Memorial Sales Subsidiary, Inc.

Springhill Memory Gardens LLC

Springhill Memory Gardens Subsidiary, Inc.

Star City Memorial Sales LLC

Star City Memorial Sales Subsidiary, Inc.

Stephen R. Haky Funeral Home, Inc.

Stitham LLC

Stitham Subsidiary, Incorporated

StoneMor Alabama LLC

StoneMor Alabama Subsidiary, Inc.

StoneMor Colorado LLC

StoneMor Colorado Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor Georgia LLC

StoneMor Georgia Subsidiary, Inc.

StoneMor Illinois LLC

StoneMor Illinois Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor Indiana LLC

StoneMor Indiana Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor Kansas LLC

 

By:   /s/ Paul Waimberg Paul Waimberg, as Vice President of Finance for each of
the above-named Credit Parties

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Additional Credit Parties Signature Page

 

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StoneMor Kansas Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor Kentucky LLC

StoneMor Kentucky Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor Michigan LLC

StoneMor Michigan Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor Missouri LLC

StoneMor Missouri Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor North Carolina LLC

StoneMor North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc.

StoneMor North Carolina Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor Oregon LLC

StoneMor Oregon Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor Pennsylvania LLC

StoneMor Pennsylvania Subsidiary LLC

StoneMor Washington, Inc.

StoneMor Washington Subsidiary LLC

Sunset Memorial Gardens LLC

Sunset Memorial Gardens Subsidiary, Inc.

Sunset Memorial Park LLC

Sunset Memorial Park Subsidiary, Inc.

Temple Hill LLC

Temple Hill Subsidiary Corporation

Tioga County Memorial Gardens LLC

Tioga County Memorial Gardens Subsidiary LLC

Tri-County Memorial Gardens LLC

Tri-County Memorial Gardens Subsidiary LLC

Twin Hills Memorial Park and Mausoleum LLC

Twin Hills Memorial Park and Mausoleum Subsidiary LLC

The Valhalla Cemetery Company LLC

The Valhalla Cemetery Subsidiary Corporation

Virginia Memorial Service LLC

Virginia Memorial Service Subsidiary Corporation

WNCI LLC

W N C Subsidiary, Inc.

Westminster Cemetery LLC

Westminster Cemetery Subsidiary LLC

Wicomico Memorial Parks LLC

Wicomico Memorial Parks Subsidiary, Inc.

Willowbrook Management Corp.

Woodlawn Memorial Gardens LLC

Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Subsidiary LLC

Woodlawn Memorial Park LLC

Woodlawn Memorial Park Subsidiary LLC

 

By:   /s/ Paul Waimberg Paul Waimberg, as Vice President of Finance for each of
the above-named Credit Parties

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Additional Credit Parties Signature Page

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent By:   /s/ Kenneth G. Wood Name:  
Kenneth G. Wood Title:   Senior Vice President BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a
Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender By:   /s/ Kenneth G. Wood Name:  
Kenneth G. Wood Title:   Senior Vice President

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Lender Signature Page

 

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SOVEREIGN BANK By:   /s/ Karl F. Schultz Name:   Karl F. Schultz Title:   Vice
President

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Lender Signature Page

 

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COMMERCE BANK, N.A. By:   /s/ Peter L. Davis Name:   Peter L. Davis Title:  
Senior Vice President

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Lender Signature Page

 

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