Exhibit 10.1
 

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BEARINGPOINT, INC.
 
$220,000,000
 
5.95% Series A Senior Notes due 2005
6.43% Series B Senior Notes due 2006
6.71% Series C Senior Notes due 2007
 
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
Dated as of November 26, 2002
 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Section

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1.
 
AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES
  
1
2.
 
SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES
  
2
3.
 
CLOSING
  
2
4.
 
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
  
2
   
4.1.
  
Representations and Warranties
  
3
   
4.2.
  
Performance; No Default
  
3
   
4.3.
  
Compliance Certificates
  
3
   
4.4.
  
Opinions of Counsel
  
3
   
4.5.
  
Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, etc.
  
3
   
4.6.
  
Sale of Other Notes
  
4
   
4.7.
  
Payment of Special Counsel Fees
  
4
   
4.8.
  
Private Placement Number
  
4
   
4.9.
  
Changes in Corporate Structure
  
4
   
4.10.
  
Subsidiary Guarantee
  
4
   
4.11.
  
Proceedings and Documents
  
5
5.
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
  
5
   
5.1.
  
Organization; Power and Authority
  
5
   
5.2.
  
Authorization, etc.
  
5
   
5.3.
  
Disclosure
  
5
   
5.4.
  
Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates
  
6
   
5.5.
  
Financial Statements
  
7
   
5.6.
  
Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, etc.
  
7
   
5.7.
  
Governmental Authorizations, etc.
  
7
   
5.8.
  
Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders
  
7
   
5.9.
  
Taxes
  
8
   
5.10.
  
Title to Property; Leases
  
8
   
5.11.
  
Licenses, Permits, etc.
  
8
   
5.12.
  
Compliance with ERISA
  
9
   
5.13.
  
Private Offering by the Company
  
10
   
5.14.
  
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
  
10
   
5.15.
  
Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens
  
10
   
5.16.
  
Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc.
  
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5.17.
  
Status under Certain Statutes
  
11
    
5.18.
  
Environmental Matters
  
11
    
5.19.
  
Representations of Subsidiary Guarantors
  
12
6.
  
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER
  
12
    
6.1.
  
Purchase for Investment
  
12
    
6.2.
  
Source of Funds
  
12
7.
  
INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY
  
14
    
7.1.
  
Financial and Business Information
  
14
    
7.2.
  
Officer’s Certificate
  
17
    
7.3.
  
Inspection
  
17
    
7.4
  
Limitation on Disclosure Obligation
  
18
8.
  
PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES; INTEREST ON THE NOTES
  
18
    
8.1.
  
Maturity
  
18
    
8.2.
  
Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount
  
18
    
8.3.
  
Allocation of Partial Prepayments
  
19
    
8.4.
  
Prepayments in Connection with a Change in Control
  
19
    
8.5.
  
Maturity; Surrender, etc.
  
20
    
8.6.
  
Purchase of Notes
  
21
    
8.7.
  
Make-Whole Amount
  
21
    
8.8.
  
Interest
  
22
9.
  
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
  
23
    
9.1.
  
Compliance with Law
  
23
    
9.2.
  
Insurance
  
23
    
9.3.
  
Maintenance of Properties
  
23
    
9.4.
  
Payment of Taxes and Claims
  
23
    
9.5.
  
Corporate Existence, etc.
  
24
    
9.6.
  
Subsidiary Guarantees; Release
  
24
10.
  
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
  
25
    
10.1.
  
Transactions with Affiliates
  
25
    
10.2.
  
Merger, Consolidation, etc.
  
25
    
10.3.
  
Liens
  
26
    
10.4.
  
Sale of Assets
  
28
    
10.5.
  
Leverage Ratio
  
29
    
10.6.
  
Priority Indebtedness
  
29
    
10.7.
  
Indebtedness of Subsidiaries
  
29
    
10.8.
  
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
  
30
    
10.9.
  
Consolidated Net Worth
  
30
    
10.10.
  
Nature of Business
  
30

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11.
  
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
  
30
12.
  
REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.
  
33
    
12.1.
  
Acceleration
  
33
    
12.2.
  
Other Remedies
  
33
    
12.3.
  
Rescission
  
34
    
12.4.
  
No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, etc.
  
34
13.
  
REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES
  
34
    
13.1.
  
Registration of Notes
  
34
    
13.2.
  
Transfer and Exchange of Notes
  
35
    
13.3.
  
Replacement of Notes
  
35
14.
  
PAYMENTS ON NOTES
  
36
    
14.1.
  
Place of Payment
  
36
    
14.2.
  
Home Office Payment
  
36
15.
  
EXPENSES, ETC.
  
36
    
15.1.
  
Transaction Expenses
  
36
    
15.2.
  
Survival
  
37
16.
  
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT
  
37
17.
  
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
  
37
    
17.1.
  
Requirements.
  
37
    
17.2.
  
Solicitation of Holders of Notes
  
38
    
17.3.
  
Binding Effect, etc.
  
38
    
17.4.
  
Notes held by Company, etc.
  
38
18.
  
NOTICES
  
38
19.
  
REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
  
39
20.
  
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
  
39
21.
  
SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER
  
40
22.
  
MISCELLANEOUS
  
41
    
22.1.
  
Successors and Assigns
  
41
    
22.2.
  
Payments Due on Non-Business Days
  
41
    
22.3.
  
Severability
  
41
    
22.4.
  
Construction
  
41
    
22.5.
  
Counterparts
  
41
    
22.6.
  
Governing Law
  
42

 
SCHEDULE A — INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS
 
SCHEDULE B — DEFINED TERMS

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SCHEDULE 4.2 — Performance; No Default
 
SCHEDULE 4.9 — Changes in Corporate Structure
 
SCHEDULE 5.3 — Disclosure Materials
 
SCHEDULE 5.4 — Subsidiaries of the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock
 
SCHEDULE 5.5 — Financial Statements
 
SCHEDULE 5.8 — Certain Litigation
 
SCHEDULE 5.11 — Patents, etc.
 
SCHEDULE 5.14 — Use of Proceeds
 
SCHEDULE 5.15 — Existing Indebtedness/Liens
 
EXHIBIT 1-A — Form of 5.95% Series A Senior Note due 2005
 
EXHIBIT 1-B — Form of 6.43% Series B Senior Note due 2006
 
EXHIBIT 1-C — Form of 6.71% Series C Senior Note due 2007
 
EXHIBIT 4.4(a) — Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Company
 
EXHIBIT 4.4(b) — Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchasers
 
EXHIBIT 4.10 — Form of Subsidiary Guarantee

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BEARINGPOINT, INC.
1676 International Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102-4828
 
5.95% Series A Senior Notes due 2005
6.43% Series B Senior Notes due 2006
6.71% Series C Senior Notes due 2007
 
As of November 26, 2002
 
TO THE PURCHASER WHOSE NAME
  APPEARS IN THE ACCEPTANCE FORM
  AT THE END HEREOF:
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
BEARINGPOINT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), agrees with you as
follows:
 
1.
 
AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.

 
The Company will authorize the issue and sale of $220,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its senior notes, of which $29,000,000 aggregate principal
amount shall be its 5.95% Series A Senior Notes due 2005 (the “Series A Notes”),
$46,000,000 aggregate principal amount shall be its 6.43% Series B Senior Notes
due 2006 (the “Series B Notes”) and $145,000,000 aggregate principal amount
shall be its 6.71% Series C Senior Notes due 2007 (the “Series C Notes” and,
together with the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes, the “Notes”, such term
to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13
of this Agreement or the Other Agreements (as hereinafter defined)). The Series
A Notes, Series B Notes and Series C Notes shall be substantially in the form
set out in Exhibits 1-A, 1-B and 1-C, respectively, with such changes therefrom,
if any, as may be approved by you and the Company. Certain capitalized terms
used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B; references to a “Schedule” or
an “Exhibit” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit
attached to this Agreement.

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Payment of the principal of, Make-Whole Amount (if any) and interest on the
Notes and other amounts owing hereunder shall be unconditionally guaranteed by
the Subsidiary Guarantors as provided in the Subsidiary Guarantees.
 
2.
 
SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES.

 
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue
and sell to you and you will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided
for in Section 3, Notes in the respective series and in the principal amount
specified opposite your name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the
principal amount thereof. Contemporaneously with entering into this Agreement,
the Company is entering into separate Note Purchase Agreements (the “Other
Agreements”) identical with this Agreement with each of the other purchasers
named in Schedule A (the “Other Purchasers”), providing for the sale at such
Closing to each of the Other Purchasers of Notes in the principal amount
specified opposite its name in Schedule A. Your obligation hereunder and the
obligations of the Other Purchasers under the Other Agreements are several and
not joint obligations and you shall have no obligation under any Other Agreement
and no liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance by any
Other Purchaser thereunder.
 
3.
 
CLOSING.

 
The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by you and the Other
Purchasers shall occur at the offices of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP,
One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, New York 10005, at 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, at a closing (the “Closing”) on November 26, 2002. At the Closing the
Company will deliver to you the Notes to be purchased by you in the form of a
single Note for each series to be so purchased (or such greater number of Notes
in denominations of at least $100,000 as you may request) dated the date of the
Closing and registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee), against
delivery by you to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in
the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately
available funds for the account of the Company to account number
                 at JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, New York, ABA No. 021000021.
If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to you as provided
above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall
not have been fulfilled to your satisfaction, you shall, at your election, be
relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby
waiving any rights you may have by reason of such failure or such
nonfulfillment.
 
4.
 
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.

 
Your obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to you at the
Closing is subject to the fulfillment to your satisfaction, prior to or at the
Closing, of the following conditions:

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4.1.
 
Representations and Warranties.

 
The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and of the
Subsidiary Guarantors in the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be correct when made and
at the time of the Closing.
 
4.2.
 
Performance; No Default.

 
The Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions
contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it
prior to or at the Closing and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the
Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Schedule
5.14) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
shall have entered into any transaction since the date of the Memorandum that
would have been prohibited by Section 10.1 or 10.4 hereof had such Sections
applied since such date.
 
4.3.
 
Compliance Certificates.

 
(a)    Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to you an
Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the
conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.
 
(b)    Secretary’s Certificate. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall
have delivered to you a certificate, dated the date of the closing, certifying
as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating
to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes, this Agreement and
the Other Agreements (in the case of the Company) and of the Subsidiary
Guarantee (in the case of each Subsidiary Guarantor).
 
4.4.
 
Opinions of Counsel.

 
You shall have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to you,
dated the date of the Closing (a) from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson,
counsel for the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, and David Schwiesow,
Associate General Counsel for the Company covering the matters set forth in
Exhibit 4.4(a) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions
contemplated hereby as you or your counsel may reasonably request (and the
Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to you) and (b)
from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, your special New York counsel in
connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as
you may reasonably request.
 
4.5.
 
Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, etc.

 
On the date of the Closing your purchase of Notes shall (i) be permitted by the
laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which you are subject, without
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Section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments
by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular
investment, (ii) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including,
without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System) and (iii) not subject you to any tax, penalty or
liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or
regulation was not in effect on the date hereof. If requested by you, you shall
have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as
you may reasonably specify to enable you to determine whether such purchase is
so permitted.
 
4.6.
 
Sale of Other Notes.

 
Contemporaneously with the Closing the Company shall sell to the Other
Purchasers and the Other Purchasers shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by
them at the Closing as specified in Schedule A.
 
4.7.
 
Payment of Special Counsel Fees.

 
Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid on
or before the Closing the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of your
special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a
statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day
prior to the Closing.
 
4.8.
 
Private Placement Number.

 
A Private Placement number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in
cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained for each series of Notes.
 
4.9.
 
Changes in Corporate Structure.

 
Except as specified in Schedule 4.9, the Company shall not have changed its
jurisdiction of incorporation or been a party to any merger or consolidation and
shall not have succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of
any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial
statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.
 
4.10.
 
Subsidiary Guarantee.

 
Such Purchaser shall have received a true and complete copy of the Subsidiary
Guarantee, duly executed and delivered by each Subsidiary Guarantor required to
have so executed and delivered a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section
9.6(a), the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be in full force and effect, and the
representations and warranties of the Subsidiary Guarantors in the Subsidiary
Guarantee shall be correct when made and at the time of Closing.

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4.11.
 
Proceedings and Documents.

 
All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to
such transactions shall be satisfactory to you and your special counsel, and you
and your special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or
certified or other copies of such documents as you or they may reasonably
request.
 
5.
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

 
The Company represents and warrants to you that:
 
5.1.
 
Organization; Power and Authority.

 
The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions
as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own or hold
under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact
the business it transacts and proposes to transact (each as described in the
Memorandum), to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Other Agreements and
the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.
 
5.2.
 
Authorization, etc.

 
This Agreement and the Other Agreements and the Notes have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement
constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute,
a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
(ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
 
5.3.
 
Disclosure.

 
The Company, through its agent, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., has delivered to
you and each Other Purchaser a copy of a Private Placement Memorandum, dated
October 17, 2002 (such document, including all appendices thereto, the
“Memorandum”), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Memorandum
fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business
and principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Except as
disclosed in Schedule 5.3, this Agreement, the Memorandum, the documents,
certificates or other writings delivered to you by or on behalf of the Company
in connection with the transactions

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contemplated hereby and the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5, taken
as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Except as disclosed in
the Memorandum or as expressly described in Schedule 5.3, or in one of the
documents, certificates or other writings identified therein, or in the
financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5, since June 30, 2002, there has been
no change in the financial condition, operations, business or properties of the
Company or any Subsidiary except changes that individually or in the aggregate
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no
fact known to the Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Memorandum or in the
other documents, certificates and other writings delivered to you by or on
behalf of the Company specifically for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
 
5.4.
 
Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates.

 
(a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists
(i) of the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct
name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, the percentage of shares of
each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by
the Company and each other Subsidiary and whether as of the date of the Closing
such Subsidiary shall be (x) a Material Subsidiary, (y) a Subsidiary Guarantor
or (z) a Domestic Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) of the Company’s
Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) of the Company’s directors and
senior officers.
 
(b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests
of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Company and its
Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are
owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as
otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.4).
 
(c) Each Subsidiary identified in Schedule 5.4 is a corporation or other legal
entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation
or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such
Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under
lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the
business it transacts and proposes to transact (each as described in the
Memorandum).
 
(d) No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any legal restriction
or any agreement (other than this Agreement, the agreements listed on Schedule
5.4 and limitations imposed by statutes) restricting the ability of such
Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar
distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns
outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such
Subsidiary.

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5.5.
 
Financial Statements.

 
The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements
of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5. All of said
financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes)
fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such
Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the
respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the
notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to
normal year-end adjustments).
 
5.6.
 
Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, etc.

 
The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Notes will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default
under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of the
Company or any Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan,
purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws, or any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by
which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be
bound or affected, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary
or (iii) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any
Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary.
 
5.7.
 
Governmental Authorizations, etc.

 
No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration
with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes.
 
5.8.
 
Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders.

 
(a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.8, there are no actions, suits or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any
Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any
Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under any term of any
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any
order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental
Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or
regulation (including without limitation Environmental Laws) of any Governmental
Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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5.9.
 
Taxes.

 
The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to
have been filed in any jurisdiction (taking into account granted extensions of
the due dates thereof), and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on
such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their
properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and
assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent,
except for any taxes and assessments (i) the amount of which is not individually
or in the aggregate Material or (ii) the amount, applicability or validity of
which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has
established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The Company knows of no
reasonable basis for any other tax or assessment that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves
on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of federal, state or
other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate in all Material respects.
 
5.10.
 
Title to Property; Leases.

 
The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their
respective properties that individually or in the aggregate are Material,
including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet
referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Company or
any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the
ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by
this Agreement. All leases that the Company or any Subsidiary is party to as
lessee and that individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and
subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects.
 
5.11.
 
Licenses, Permits, etc.

 
Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.11,
 
(a) the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits,
franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, service marks, trademarks and
trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are
Material, without known conflict with the rights of others;
 
(b) to the best knowledge of the Company, no product of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries infringes in any material respect any license, permit,
franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, service mark, trademark, trade name
or other right owned by any other Person; and
 
(c) to the best knowledge of the Company, there is no Material violation by any
Person of any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to
any patent,

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copyright, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
 
5.12.
 
Compliance with ERISA.

 
(a) The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each
Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of
noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate
has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or
excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined
in Section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or
exists that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such
liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any
Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty
or excise tax provisions or to Section 401(a)(29) or 412 of the Code, other than
such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate
Material.
 
(b) The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the
Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan’s
most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions
specified for funding purposes in such Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation
report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan
allocable to such benefit liabilities. The term “benefit liabilities” has the
meaning specified in Section 4001 of ERISA and the terms “current value” and
“present value” have the meaning specified in Section 3 of ERISA.
 
(c) The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred withdrawal
liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under
Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that
individually or in the aggregate are Material.
 
(d) The expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last
day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106, without regard to
liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by Section 4980B of
the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not Material.
 
(e) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of
the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the
prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be
imposed pursuant to Section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representation by
the Company in the first sentence of this Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance
upon and subject to the accuracy of your representation in Section 6.2 as to the
sources of the funds used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased
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5.13. Private Offering by the Company.
 
Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any
similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person
other than you, the Other Purchasers and not more than 60 other Institutional
Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for
investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or
will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to
the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.
 
5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.
 
The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes as set forth in
Schedule 5.14. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will
be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any
margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or
trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in
a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker
or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin
stock does not constitute more than 10% of the value of the consolidated assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present
intention that margin stock will constitute more than 10% of the value of such
assets. As used in this Section, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying
or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.
 
5.15. Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens.
 
(a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct
list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of
September 30, 2002, since which date there has been no Material change in the
amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of
the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the
payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or such
Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of
the Company or any Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the
lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such
Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its
regularly scheduled dates of payment.
 
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of
a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter
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5.16. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc.
 
Neither the sale of the Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use of the
proceeds thereof will violate (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended,
(ii) 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 or (iii) Executive Order No.
13,224, 66 Fed Reg 49,079 (2001), issued by the President of the United States
(Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who
Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism).
 
5.17. Status under Certain Statutes.
 
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, as amended, the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, or the Federal
Power Act, as amended.
 
5.18. Environmental Matters.
 
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any claim or has
received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising
any claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of
them or other assets, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any
Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed
to you in writing,
 
(a) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which
would give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental
Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way
related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of
them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(b) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has stored any Hazardous
Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of
them and has not disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner contrary to any
Environmental Laws in each case in any manner that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
 
(c) all buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with applicable
Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply could not reasonably be
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5.19. Representations of Subsidiary Guarantors.
 
The representations and warranties of each Subsidiary Guarantor contained in the
Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary are true and correct as of the date they
are made and will be true and correct at the time of Closing.
 
6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER.
 
6.1. Purchase for Investment.
 
You represent that you (i) are an institutional accredited investor within the
meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and (ii) are
purchasing the Notes for your own account or for one or more separate accounts
maintained by you or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and
not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of
your or their property shall at all times be within your or their control. You
understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and
may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities
Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under
circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required
by law, and that the Company is not required to register the Notes.
 
6.2. Source of Funds.
 
You represent that at least one of the following statements is an accurate
representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used by you to pay
the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by you hereunder:
 
(a) the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined
in PTE 95-60 (issued July 12, 1995 and as amended by PTE 2002-13 (“PTE 95-60”))
in respect of which the amount of reserves and liabilities for the general
account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan (as
defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the “NAIC Annual Statement”))
together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account
contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained
by the same employer (or affiliate thereof within the meaning of Section V(a) of
PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not
exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account
(exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the
NAIC Annual Statement filed with your state of domicile; or
 
(b) the Source is a separate account of an insurance company that is maintained
solely in connection with your fixed contractual obligations under which the
amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related
trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or
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annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the
separate account; or
 
(c) the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account,
within the meaning of PTE 90-1 (issued January 29, 1990), or (ii) a bank
collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 (issued July 12,
1991) and, except as you have disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to
this paragraph (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the
same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all
assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund;
or
 
(d) the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of
Part V of the QPAM Exemption) managed by a “qualified professional asset
manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption), no
employee benefit plan’s assets that are included in such investment fund, when
combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or
maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of
Section V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee
organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client assets
managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Sections I(c) and (g) of the QPAM
Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled
by the QPAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section V(e) of the QPAM
Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the Company and (i) the identity of
such QPAM and (ii) the names of all employee benefit plans whose assets are
included in such investment fund have been disclosed to the Company in writing
pursuant to this paragraph (d); or
 
(e) the Source constitutes assets of a “plan” or more than one “plan” (within
the meaning of Part IV of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”)) managed by an
“in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV of the INHAM
Exemption), the conditions of Sections I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption
are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the
INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section IV(d) of the INHAM
Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the Company and (i) the identity of
such INHAM and (ii) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets
constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to
this paragraph (e); or
 
(f) the Source is a governmental plan; or
 
(g) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or
trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has
been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (g); or
 
(h) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than
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As used in this Section 6.2, the terms “employee benefit plan” and “separate
account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3
of ERISA.
 
7. INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY.
 
7.1. Financial and Business Information.
 
The Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional
Investor:
 
(a) Quarterly Statements — within 60 days (or such shorter period ending 15 days
after the period that is then applicable to the filing of a Form 10-Q with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with applicable rules and
regulations) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year
of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal
year), duplicate copies of,
 
(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the
end of such quarter, and
 
(ii) consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and
cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the
case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending
with such quarter,
 
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in
accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and
certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting, in all material
respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their
results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end
adjustments, provided that delivery within the time period specified above of
copies of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q prepared in compliance
with the requirements therefor and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(a);
 
(b) Annual Statements — within 105 days (or such shorter period ending 15 days
after the period that is then applicable to the filing of a Form 10-K with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with applicable rules and
regulations) after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies
of,
 
(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as at the
end of such year, and
 
(ii) consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and
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setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and
accompanied by
 
(A) an opinion thereon of independent certified public accountants of recognized
national standing, which opinion shall contain a statement to the effect that
such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of
operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and
that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial
statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in
the circumstances, and
 
(B) a certificate of such accountants indicating whether or not in connection
with their audits, anything came to their attention that caused them to believe
that the Company failed to comply with any terms, covenants or conditions of
Sections 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 or 10.9 (it being understood that such
accountants shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any failure to
obtain such knowledge since their audit was not directed primarily toward
obtaining knowledge of such noncompliance in making an audit in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards),
 
provided that the delivery within the time period specified above of the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for such fiscal year (together with the
Company’s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3
under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with the
accountant’s certificate described in clause (B) above, shall be deemed to
satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b);
 
(c) SEC and Other Reports — promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of
(i) each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the
Company or any Subsidiary to public securities holders generally, and (ii) each
regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits except
as expressly requested by such holder), and each prospectus and all amendments
thereto filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and of all press releases and other statements made available
generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments
that are Material;
 
(d) Notice of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within
five days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any
Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any
action with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given
any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type
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specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
 
(e) ERISA Matters — promptly, and in any event within five days after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of the following, a written notice
setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an
ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto:
 
(i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in Section
4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has
not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof; or
 
(ii) the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the
PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the
receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer
Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such
Multiemployer Plan; or
 
(iii) any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of
any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of
ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee
benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties
or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of
ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken
together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(f) Notices from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event within 30
days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary
from any federal or state Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling,
statute or other law or regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
 
(g) Material Adverse Events — promptly, and in any event within five days after
a Responsible Officer becoming aware thereof, notice of any event or condition
that results in, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect;
 
(h) Notice of Control Event — promptly, and in any event within fifteen Business
Days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware thereof, notice of any Control
Event describing such Control Event in reasonable detail (including the Persons
party thereto), provided that to the extent the Company is not permitted
legally, pursuant to confidentiality provisions entered into in good faith in
connection with the transactions relating to such Control Event or otherwise, to
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such notice shall be provided as soon thereafter as the Company reasonably
believes it is legally permitted to make such disclosure; and
 
(i) Requested Information — with reasonable promptness, such other data and
information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition,
assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to
the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the
Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of
Notes.
 
7.2. Officer’s Certificate.
 
Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to
Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) hereof shall be accompanied by a certificate of
a Senior Financial Officer setting forth:
 
(a) Covenant Compliance — the information (including detailed calculations)
required in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the
requirements of Sections 10.3 through 10.9, inclusive, during the quarterly or
annual period covered by the statements then being furnished (including with
respect to each such Section, where applicable, the calculations of the maximum
or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under
the terms of such Sections, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or
percentage then in existence); and
 
(b) Event of Default — a statement that such officer has reviewed the relevant
terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a
review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries
from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements
then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall
not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event
that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or
event existed or exists (including, without limitation, any such event or
condition resulting from the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to comply
with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and period of existence
thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
 
7.3. Inspection.
 
The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an
Institutional Investor:
 
(a) No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense
of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company, to visit the
principal executive office of the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and
accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers, and
(with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably
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accountants, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of the Company
and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be
reasonably requested in writing; and
 
(b) Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of
the Company, to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the
Company or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account,
records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to
discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective
officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company
authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be
requested.
 
7.4 Limitation on Disclosure Obligation.
 
The Company shall not be required to disclose any information pursuant to
Section 7.1(i) or 7.3 (x) to any Competitor or (y) if the Company is prohibited
from disclosing such information by the terms of an obligation of
confidentiality contained in any agreement which is binding upon the Company and
which was entered into on normal commercial terms (and not in contemplation of
this clause (y)), provided that the Company shall make a good faith attempt (i)
to include in any such agreement entered into after the date hereof customary
exceptions with respect to the disclosure of information to the Company’s
lenders and creditors that have agreed to take such information on a
confidential basis and (ii) to obtain consent from the party in whose favor the
obligation of confidentiality was made to permit the disclosure of the relevant
information if reasonably requested to do so by the holder or holders of the
Notes requesting such information.
 
8. PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES; INTEREST ON THE NOTES.
 
8.1. Maturity.
 
As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Series A Notes,
Series B Notes and Series C Notes shall be due and payable on November 26, 2005,
November 26, 2006 and November 26, 2007, respectively.
 
8.2. Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount.
 
The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any
time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an aggregate amount
not less than $5,000,000 in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the
principal amount so prepaid, plus the applicable Make-Whole Amounts determined
for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. The Company will
give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this
Section 8.2 not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify such date, the
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to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such
holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3), and the
interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount
being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial
Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amounts due in connection with such
prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the
prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation. Two Business Days
prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes a
certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of such
Make-Whole Amounts as of the specified prepayment date.
 
8.3. Allocation of Partial Prepayments.
 
In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to Section 8.2, the
Company shall prepay the same percentage of the unpaid principal amount of the
Notes of each series, and the principal amount of the Notes of each series so to
be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes of such series at the time
outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid
principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment.
 
8.4. Prepayments in Connection with a Change in Control.
 
(a) Notice of Change in Control. The Company will, promptly, and in any event
within 15 Business Days after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the
occurrence of any Change in Control, give written notice of such Change in
Control to each holder of Notes unless notice in respect of such Change in
Control shall have been given pursuant to Subsection (b) below. If a Change in
Control has occurred, such notice shall contain and constitute an offer to
prepay Notes as described in Subsection (c) below and shall be accompanied by
the certificate described in Subsection (g) below.
 
(b) Notice of Proposed Change in Control. If the Company proposes to take any
action (or is otherwise aware of any action which will be taken by any other
Person or Persons) that the Company reasonably believes will result in the
consummation of a Change in Control, the Company may at least 30 days prior to
the taking of such action give written notice thereof to each holder of Notes
containing and constituting an offer to prepay Notes as described in Subsection
(c) below, accompanied by the certificate described in Subsection (g) below, and
contemporaneously with such action, prepay all Notes required to be prepaid in
accordance with this Section 8.4.
 
(c) Offer to Prepay Notes. The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by Subsections
(a) and (b) above shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to
this Section 8.4, all, but not less than all, the Notes held by each holder of a
Note on a date specified in such offer (the “Proposed Prepayment Date”). If such
Proposed Prepayment Date is in connection with an offer contemplated by
Subsection (a) above, such date shall be not less than 30 days and not more than
60 days after the date of such offer. If such Proposed Prepayment Date is in
connection with an offer contemplated by Subsection (b) above, such date shall
be the date that the Company reasonably believes the Change in Control will be
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(d) Acceptance. A holder of Notes may accept the offer to prepay made pursuant
to this Section 8.4 by causing a notice of such acceptance to be delivered to
the Company at least 10 days prior to the Proposed Prepayment Date. A failure by
a holder of Notes to respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section
8.4 shall be deemed to constitute an acceptance of such offer by such holder.
 
(e) Prepayment. Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section
8.4 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus the Make-Whole
Amount determined for the date of prepayment with respect to such principal
amount, together with interest on such Notes accrued to the date of prepayment.
Two Business Days preceding the date of prepayment, the Company shall deliver to
each holder of Notes being prepaid a statement showing the Make-Whole Amount due
in connection with such prepayment and setting forth the details of the
computation of such amount. The prepayment shall be made on the Proposed
Prepayment Date except as provided in Subsection (f) below.
 
(f) Deferral Pending Change in Control. The obligation of the Company to prepay
Notes pursuant to the offers made in accordance with Subsection (b) above and
accepted in accordance with Subsection (d) above is subject to the occurrence of
the Change in Control in respect of which such offers and acceptances shall have
been made. In the event that such Change in Control does not occur on the
Proposed Prepayment Date in respect thereof, the prepayment shall be deferred
until and shall be made on the date on which such Change in Control occurs. The
Company shall keep each holder of Notes reasonably and timely informed of (i)
any such deferral of the date of prepayment, (ii) the date on which such Change
in Control and the prepayment are expected to occur, and (iii) any determination
by the Company that efforts to effect such Change in Control have ceased or been
abandoned (in which case the offers and acceptances made pursuant to this
Section 8.4 in respect of such Change in Control shall be deemed rescinded).
 
(g) Officer’s Certificate. Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this
Section 8.4 shall be accompanied by a certificate, executed by a Senior
Financial Officer of the Company and dated the date of such offer, specifying:
(i) the Proposed Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this
Section 8.4; (iii) the principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid
(which shall be the outstanding principal amount of each Note); (iv) the
estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated
as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth
the details of such computation; (v) the interest that would be due on each Note
offered to be prepaid, accrued to the Proposed Prepayment Date; and (vi) in
reasonable detail, the nature and date or proposed date of the Change in
Control.
 
8.5. Maturity; Surrender, etc.
 
In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the
principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and
payable on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on such
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applicable Make-Whole Amount, if any. From and after such date, unless the
Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable,
together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest
on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full
shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and
no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.
 
8.6. Purchase of Notes.
 
The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate to purchase, redeem,
prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding
Notes except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement and the Notes or (b) pursuant to an offer to
purchase made by the Company or an Affiliate pro rata to the holders of all
Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any such offer
shall provide each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an
informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least
30 days. If the holders of more than 50% of the principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding accept such offer, the Company shall promptly notify the
remaining holders of such fact and the expiration date for the acceptance by
holders of Notes of such offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary
to give each such remaining holder at least five Business Days from its receipt
of such notice to accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes
acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase
of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued
in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.
 
8.7. Make-Whole Amount.
 
The term “Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments
with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called
Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than
zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms
have the following meanings:
 
“Called Principal” means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note
that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.4 or has become or is
declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the
context requires.
 
“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the
amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to
such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the
Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with
accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same
periodic basis as that on which interest on the Notes is payable) equal to the
Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.
 
“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note,
the sum of (x) (i) if such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section
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(ii) if such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has
become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section
12.1, 0.50% plus (y) the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported,
as of 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the
Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated
as “Page PX1” on Bloomberg Financial Markets (or such other display as may
replace Page PX1 on Bloomberg Financial Markets) for actively traded U.S.
Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining term of such Called
Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as
of such time or the yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable, the
Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which
such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the
Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor publication) for
actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the
remaining term of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. Such implied
yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill
quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial
practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the actively traded U.S.
Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such remaining
term and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the maturity
closest to and less than such remaining term.
 
“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of
any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon (at the
rate in effect on the date of calculation) that would be due after the
Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such
Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if
such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made
under the terms of the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled
interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such
Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to
Section 8.2, 8.4 or 12.1.
 
“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the
date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or
8.4 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to
Section 12.1, as the context requires.
 
8.8. Interest.
 
(a) Interest will accrue and be payable on each Note in the amounts and at the
times specified in the first paragraph thereof. Notwithstanding anything above
or in any Note to the contrary, upon the occurrence and as of the date of a
Credit Rating Event and for so long as such Credit Rating Event shall continue,
interest shall accrue and be payable on each Note at a rate per annum that is
equal to the respective rate of interest applicable to such Note pursuant to the
first paragraph thereof plus 1.00%.
 
(b) Promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after (i) the
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of a Credit Rating Event or (ii) a Credit Rating Event ceases to exist, the
Company shall give written notice thereof to the holders of all outstanding
Notes, which notice shall refer specifically to this Section 8.8.
 
9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.
 
The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:
 
9.1. Compliance with Law.
 
The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with all
laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is
subject, including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, and will obtain and
maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other
governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective
properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the
extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or
governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect
such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental
authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
9.2. Insurance.
 
The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their
respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies,
of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles,
co-insurance and self-insurance, if reserves are maintained with respect thereto
in accordance with GAAP) as is customary in the case of entities of established
reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated.
 
9.3. Maintenance of Properties.
 
The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and keep,
or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair,
working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all
times, provided that this Section shall not prevent the Company or any
Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its
properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business
and an appropriate officer of the Company has concluded that such discontinuance
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
 
9.4. Payment of Taxes and Claims.
 
The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to file all tax returns
required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes
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payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges,
or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or
franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable
and before they have become delinquent, and all claims for which sums have
become due and payable that have or would become a Lien on properties or assets
of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary need pay any such tax or assessment or claims if (i) the amount,
applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary
on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company
or a Subsidiary has established reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the
books of the Company or such Subsidiary or (ii) the nonpayment of all such
taxes, assessments and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
9.5. Corporate Existence, etc.
 
Subject to any transactions taken in compliance with Sections 10.2 and 10.4, the
Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence, and the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full
force and effect the corporate existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless
merged into the Company or a Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the
Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company,
the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect the
corporate existence of any Subsidiary or any such right or franchise of the
Company or any Subsidiary could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
 
9.6. Subsidiary Guarantees; Release.
 
(a) The Company will ensure that, at all times, (i) each Material Subsidiary
(other than KCI Funding Corporation (or any other similar special purpose entity
used in respect of a Receivables Purchase Facility) and any Foreign Subsidiary)
and (ii) each Subsidiary that has outstanding a Guaranty with respect to any
Credit Facility (or is otherwise a co-obligor or jointly liable with respect to
any such Credit Facility), will execute and deliver to each holder of any Note a
Subsidiary Guarantee.
 
The Company will cause any Subsidiary in existence on the date hereof that is
required to execute and deliver a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this
Subsection (a) to do so as contemplated by Section 4.10.
 
The Company will cause any Subsidiary which is required to execute and deliver a
Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this Subsection (a) after the date hereof to do
so (x) in the case of clause (i) above, within 30 days after such Subsidiary
shall become a Material Subsidiary and (y) in the case of clause (ii) above,
simultaneously with such Subsidiary providing a Guaranty with respect to any
Credit Facility (or becoming a co-obligor or jointly liable with respect
thereto).
 
(b) In connection with the execution and delivery by any Subsidiary of a
Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Subsection (a) after the date of the Closing,
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delivered to each holder of any Note certificates and an opinion of counsel
relating to such Subsidiary and such Subsidiary Guarantee substantially in the
forms of the certificates and opinion delivered in connection with the Closing
pursuant to Section 4 with respect to the original Subsidiary Guarantors and
Subsidiary Guarantee.
 
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the Subsidiary Guarantee to
the contrary, upon notice by the Company to each holder of a Note (which notice
shall contain a certification by the Company as to the matters specified in
clauses (x) and (y) below), any Subsidiary Guarantor specified in such notice
shall cease to be a Subsidiary Guarantor and shall be automatically released
from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee (without the need for the
execution or delivery of any other document by any holder of any Note or any
other Person) if, as at the date of such notice (x) after giving effect to such
release, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and (y) (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall no longer be a Material Subsidiary
or shall no longer be a Domestic Subsidiary and (ii) such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall not have outstanding a Guaranty with respect to any Credit Facility (and
shall not otherwise be a co-obligor or jointly liable with respect to any Credit
Facility).
 
10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
 
The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:
 
10.1. Transactions with Affiliates.
 
The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to enter into directly
or indirectly any transaction or group of related transactions (including
without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any
kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company
or another Subsidiary), pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company’s
or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less
favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.
 
10.2. Merger, Consolidation, etc.
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, consolidate with or
merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of
its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person
unless:
 
(a) in the case of the Company, the successor formed by such consolidation or
the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer
or lease substantially all of the assets of the Company as an entirety, as the
case may be, shall be a solvent Person organized and existing under the laws of
the United States or any State thereof (including the District of Columbia),
and, if the Company is not such Person, (i) such Person shall have executed and
delivered to each holder of any Notes its assumption of the due and punctual
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Agreement, the Other Agreements and the Notes and (ii) the Company shall have
caused to be delivered to each holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally
recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that all agreements or
instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their
terms and comply with the terms hereof;
 
(b) in the case of any Subsidiary, the successor formed by such consolidation or
the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer
or lease substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary as an entirety, as
the case may be (the “Subsidiary Successor”), shall be (1) the Company, such
Subsidiary or another Subsidiary and, if any such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary
Guarantor and any Subsidiary Successor (other than the Company) in relation
thereto shall not be a Subsidiary Guarantor, (i) such Subsidiary Successor shall
have executed and delivered to each holder of any Notes its assumption of the
due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of
the Subsidiary Guarantee and (ii) the Company shall have caused to be delivered
to each holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent
counsel in the appropriate jurisdiction, or other independent counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that all agreements or
instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their
terms and comply with the terms hereof or (2) any other Person so long as the
transfer of all of the assets of such Subsidiary would have otherwise been
permitted by Section 10.4 and such transaction is treated as a Disposition of
the assets of such Subsidiary for purposes of Section 10.4; and
 
(c) immediately after giving effect to any such transaction, no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (as of the actual date of such
transaction and, in the case of Sections 10.5 and 10.8, assuming that such
transaction had occurred on the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company
immediately preceding the actual date of such transaction).
 
No such conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the effect of releasing the
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, or any successor
corporation that shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in
this Section 10.2 from its liability under (x) this Agreement or the Notes, in
the case of the Company, or (y) the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee, in the case
of any Subsidiary Guarantor.
 
10.3. Liens.
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume,
incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any property or
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of the Company or any
Subsidiary, unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured with a Lien over
such property or assets pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the
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(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies, either not
yet due and payable or to the extent that nonpayment thereof is permitted by the
proviso to Section 9.4;
 
(b) (i) Liens incidental to the normal conduct of the business of the Company or
any Subsidiary or the ownership of their properties and assets (including
landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s and other
similar Liens), which are not incurred in connection with the incurrence of
Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially impair the use of such
property in the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, or the value of such property for the purpose of such
business, and (ii) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, leases, or
trade contracts, or to secure statutory obligations (including obligations under
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation), surety or appeal bonds or other similar Liens, in each case
incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the
incurrence of Indebtedness;
 
(c) Liens resulting from judgments, unless such judgments are not, within 60
days, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or shall not have been discharged
within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay;
 
(d) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary owed to the Company or to
another Subsidiary;
 
(e) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary outstanding at
Closing as specified in Schedule 5.15 (excluding, however, any Lien created in
connection with the Receivables Purchase Facility);
 
(f) Liens arising from leases or subleases granted to others, easements,
rights-of-way, minor survey exceptions, zoning restrictions and other similar
charges or encumbrances on real property, in each case incidental to the
ownership of property or assets or the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Company or any Subsidiary, and that, in the aggregate, do not materially impair
the use of such property in the operation of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or the value of such all property for the purpose
of such business;
 
(g) Liens (i) existing on property at the time of its acquisition by the Company
or a Subsidiary (and not created in contemplation thereof); (ii) in respect of
assets (including capital stock) or property acquired, constructed or improved
by the Company or a Subsidiary after the date hereof, which Liens are created at
the time of acquisition or the completion of construction or improvement of such
property or within 180 days thereof to secure the purchase price or the cost of
construction or improvement thereof; or (iii) existing on property of a Person
at the time such Person is consolidated with or merged into the Company or a
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Lien shall attach solely to the assets or property acquired or constructed or
improved and the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien shall
not exceed the cost of acquisition or construction or improvement of such
property;
 
(h) any Lien renewing, extending or replacing any Liens permitted by Subsection
(e) or (g) above, provided that (i) the maximum amount of the Indebtedness which
could be available under such Indebtedness and is secured thereby immediately
before giving effect to such renewal, extension or replacement is not increased
or the maturity thereof reduced, (ii) such Lien is not extended to any other
property, and (iii) immediately after giving effect to such extension, renewal,
or refunding, no Default or Event of Default would exist; and
 
(i) in addition to the Liens described in Subsections (a) through (h),
inclusive, above, any other Lien securing Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary, provided that upon the incurrence thereof and after giving effect
thereto the Company is in compliance with Section 10.6.
 
10.4. Sale of Assets.
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, transfer,
lease or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets (collectively, a
“Disposition”), except:
 
(a) Dispositions in the ordinary course of business;
 
(b) Dispositions of property by the Company or any Subsidiary within 180 days
after the acquisition or construction of such property where the Company or such
Subsidiary as part of the same transaction leases such property as lessee;
 
(c) Dispositions to the Company or a Subsidiary;
 
(d) Dispositions of receivables related to the Receivables Purchase Facility;
 
(e) Dispositions of obsolete, worn-out, surplus or other property not useful in
the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and
 
(f) other Dispositions, provided that such Dispositions are for fair market
value and (i) the aggregate book value of the properties and assets subject to
all such Dispositions pursuant to this clause (i) of this Subsection (f) during
any fiscal year of the Company does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Total Assets
as at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Company or (ii)
within 365 days after any such Disposition, the proceeds thereof are used (x) to
purchase productive assets for use by the Company or any Subsidiary in their
business or (y) to prepay or repay any Indebtedness of the Company or any
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Any Disposition of shares of stock of any Subsidiary shall, for purposes of this
Section, be valued at an amount that bears the same proportion to the total
assets of such Subsidiary as the number of such shares bears to the total number
of shares of stock of such Subsidiary.
 
10.5. Leverage Ratio.
 
The Company will not permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the
Company, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Indebtedness as of such date to (ii)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the
Company ending on such date, to exceed 2.50 to 1.00.
 
10.6. Priority Indebtedness.
 
The Company will not permit at any time Priority Indebtedness to exceed 10% of
Consolidated Total Assets.
 
10.7. Indebtedness of Subsidiaries.
 
The Company will not permit any Subsidiary to create, assume, incur, guarantee
or otherwise become liable in respect of any Indebtedness, excluding from the
operation of this Section:
 
(a) Indebtedness owing to the Company or to any Subsidiary;
 
(b) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof as specified in Schedule 5.15
(excluding, however, any Indebtedness attributable to the Receivables Purchase
Facility) and any renewal, extension or refunding thereof, provided that (i) the
maximum amount of the Indebtedness which could be available under such
Indebtedness immediately before giving effect to such renewal, extension or
refunding is not increased and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such
renewal, extension or refunding, no Default or Event of Default would exist;
 
(c) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries secured by Liens pursuant to Section 10.3(g);
 
(d) Indebtedness of a Person outstanding at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary (including by way of acquisition, merger, consolidation or
otherwise), or Indebtedness related to an asset acquired by a Person, provided
that (i) such Indebtedness is not incurred in anticipation thereof and (ii) no
Default or Event of Default shall result therefrom, and provided further that
such Indebtedness may not be extended, renewed or refunded unless otherwise
permitted pursuant to Subsection (g) below;
 
(e) obligations arising from agreements by a Subsidiary to provide for
indemnification, earn-outs or other similar obligations or from guarantees or
letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing such an obligation
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pursuant to such an agreement, in each case, incurred in connection with the
acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or capital stock of a
Subsidiary;
 
(f) Guarantees by Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or
another Subsidiary; and
 
(g) Indebtedness in addition to that described in Subsections (a) through (f)
above, provided that upon the incurrence thereof and after giving effect thereto
the Company is in compliance with Section 10.6.
 
10.8. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
 
The Company will not permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the
Company, the ratio of (i) Income Available for Fixed Charges for the period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on such date to (ii)
Fixed Charges for such period, to be less than 2.00 to 1.00.
 
10.9. Consolidated Net Worth.
 
The Company will not at any time permit Consolidated Net Worth to be less than
the sum of (i) $832,654,000 plus (ii) an amount equal to the sum of 50% of
Consolidated Net Income of the Company for each completed fiscal quarter of the
Company ending after September 30, 2002 (but only if Consolidated Net Income for
such quarter is positive).
 
10.10. Nature of Business.
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in
any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business in which the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would be
substantially changed from the general nature of the business in which the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged in at Closing as
described in the Memorandum.
 
11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
 
An “Event of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events
shall occur and be continuing:
 
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount,
if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity
or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or
 
(b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more
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(c) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term
contained in Sections 10.1 through 10.10, inclusive; or
 
(d) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term
contained herein (other than those referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
this Section 11) and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the
earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default
and (ii) the Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of
a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to
refer specifically to this paragraph (d) of Section 11); or
 
(e) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or by any officer of the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor in this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guarantee or in any
writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the
date as of which made; or
 
(f) (i) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as
guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or
make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness that is outstanding in an
aggregate principal amount of at least $25,000,000 beyond any period of grace
provided with respect thereto, or (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary is in
default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any
Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least
$25,000,000 or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or
any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition
such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared (or one or more Persons are
entitled to declare such Indebtedness to be), due and payable before its stated
maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a
consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other
than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Indebtedness to convert
such Indebtedness into equity interests), (x) the Company or any Subsidiary has
become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness before its regular maturity
or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding
principal amount of at least $25,000,000, or (y) one or more Persons have the
right to require the Company or any Subsidiary so to purchase or repay such
Indebtedness; or
 
(g) the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Material Subsidiary (i) is
generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as
they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing
against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any
other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any
jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv)
consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer
with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part
of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi)
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(h) a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order
appointing, without consent by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
Material Subsidiary, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with
similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its
property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief
or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to
take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or
ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any Material Subsidiary, or any such petition shall be
filed against the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Material Subsidiary
and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or
 
(i) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess
of $25,000,000 (excluding any judgment which is covered by insurance and as to
which the insurer has admitted liability in writing) are rendered against one or
more of the Company and its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60
days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are
not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or
 
(j) if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA
or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or
extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of
the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is
reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted
proceedings under ERISA Section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the
aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with
Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed $25,000,000, (iv) the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability
pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of
the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) the Company or any
Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides
post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability
of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events
described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, either individually or together
with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; or
 
(k) any Subsidiary Guarantee shall cease to be in full force and effect (other
than in accordance with Section 9.6(c)) or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall contest in any manner
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As used in Section 11(j), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee
welfare benefit plan” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms
in Section 3 of ERISA.
 
12. REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.
 
12.1. Acceleration.
 
(a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in paragraph
(g) or (h) of Section 11 (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i)
of paragraph (g) or described in clause (vi) of paragraph (g) by virtue of the
fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of paragraph (g)) has occurred, all
the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and
payable.
 
(b) If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required
Holders may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the
Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and
payable.
 
(c) If any Event of Default described in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 11 has
occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time
outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their
option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held by it or
them to be immediately due and payable.
 
Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether
automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire
unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus (x) all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon and (y) the applicable Make-Whole Amounts determined in respect of such
principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be
immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand,
protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The Company
acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the
right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company
(except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment
of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or
are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide
compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.
 
12.2. Other Remedies.
 
If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and
irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately
due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time
outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an
action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the
specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note, or for an
injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid
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12.3. Rescission.
 
At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to
paragraph (b) or (c) of Section 12.1, the Required Holders, by written notice to
the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if
(a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and
Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid
other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue
principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (to the extent permitted by
applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes, at the Default
Rate, (b) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts
that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or
have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (c) no judgment or decree has been
entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Notes. No
rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any
subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
 
12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, etc.
 
No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in
exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or
otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or
remedy conferred by this Agreement, by any Subsidiary Guarantee or by any Note
upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy
referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity,
by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Company under
Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such
holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and
disbursements.
 
13. REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES.
 
13.1. Registration of Notes.
 
The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the
registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of
each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address
of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name
any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder
thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any
notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a
Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a
complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders
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13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes.
 
Upon surrender of any Note at the principal executive office of the Company for
registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for
registration of transfer, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or his attorney
duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the address for notices of each
transferee of such Note or part thereof), the Company shall execute and deliver
within five Business Days, at the Company’s expense (except as provided below),
one or more new Notes of the same series (as requested by the holder thereof) in
exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid
principal amount of the surrendered Note and the surrendered Note shall be
marked “cancelled”. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such
holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1-A, 1-B or
1-C, as applicable. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the
date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the
date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or
governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes
shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000, provided that
if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire
holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any
transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of
its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in
Section 6.2.
 
13.3. Replacement of Notes.
 
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the
ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which
evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such
Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation), and
 
(a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee
for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth
of at least $50,000,000 in excess of the outstanding principal amount of such
Note, such Person’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be
satisfactory), or
 
(b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,
 
the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver within five Business
Days, in lieu thereof, a new Note of the same series, dated and bearing interest
from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or
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14. PAYMENTS ON NOTES.
 
14.1. Place of Payment.
 
Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and
interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in New York, New
York at the principal office of JP Morgan Chase Bank in such jurisdiction. The
Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of
payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the
principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of
a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction.
 
14.2. Home Office Payment.
 
So long as you or your nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and
notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the
contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal,
Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest by the method and at the address
specified for such purpose below your name in Schedule A, or by such other
method or at such other address as you shall have from time to time specified to
the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender
of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written
request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after
payment or prepayment in full of any Note, you shall surrender such Note for
cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its
principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated
by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale or other disposition
of any Note held by you or your nominee you will endorse thereon the amount of
principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon
and surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes
pursuant to Section 13.2. The Company will afford the benefits of this Section
14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of
any Note purchased by you under this Agreement and that has made the same
agreement relating to such Note as you have made in this Section 14.2.
 
15. EXPENSES, ETC.
 
15.1. Transaction Expenses.
 
Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company
will pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of one
special counsel and, if reasonably required, local or other counsel) incurred by
you and each Other Purchaser or holder of a Note in connection with such
transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or
in respect of this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guarantee or the Notes (whether or
not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including, without
limitation: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or
determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this
Agreement, any Subsidiary Guarantee or the Notes or in responding to any
subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in
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being a holder of any Note, and (b) the costs and expenses, including financial
advisors’ fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the
Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of
the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes. The Company will pay, and
will save you and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in
respect of any fees, costs or expenses if any, of brokers and finders (other
than those retained by you).
 
15.2. Survival.
 
The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or
transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement or the Notes, and the termination of this Agreement.
 
16. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
 
All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by you of
any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and
may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any
investigation made at any time by or on behalf of you or any other holder of a
Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered
by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed
representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to
the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes embody the entire agreement
and understanding between you and the Company and supersede all prior agreements
and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
 
17. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.
 
17.1. Requirements.
 
This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term
hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively),
with (and only with) the written consent of the Company and the Required
Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of
Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used
therein), will be effective as to you unless consented to by you in writing, and
(b) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of the holder
of each Note at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i) subject to the
provisions of Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the
amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the rate
or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest or of the
Make-Whole Amount on, the Notes, (ii) change the percentage of the principal
amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such
amendment or waiver, or (iii) amend any of Sections 8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or
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17.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes.
 
(a) Solicitation. The Company will provide each holder of the Notes
(irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient
information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to
enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to
any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions
hereof or of the Notes. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct
copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 17 to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the
date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or
approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.
 
(b) Payment. The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid
any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or
otherwise, or grant any security, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or
as an inducement to the entering into by any holder of Notes of any waiver or
amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof or of any Subsidiary
Guarantee unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is
concurrently granted, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes then
outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.
 
17.3. Binding Effect, etc.
 
Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 applies
equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future
holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has
been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver
will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event
of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent
thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor
any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as
a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As used herein, the term
“this Agreement” and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from
time to time be amended or supplemented.
 
17.4. Notes held by Company, etc.
 
Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite
percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved
or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this
Agreement or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided
herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a
specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then
outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its
Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding.
 
18. NOTICES.
 
All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and
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recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or
certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a
recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice
must be sent:
 
(i) if to you or your nominee, to you or it at the address specified for such
communications in Schedule A, or at such other address as you or it shall have
specified to the Company in writing,
 
(ii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such
other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or
 
(iii) if to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the
beginning hereof to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer with a copy to
the General Counsel, or at such other address as the Company shall have
specified to the holder of each Note in writing.
 
Notices under this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually received.
 
19. REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.
 
This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without
limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be
executed, (b) documents received by you at the Closing (except the Notes
themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information
previously or hereafter furnished to you, may be reproduced by you by any
photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other
similar process and you may destroy any original document so reproduced. The
Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in
any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in
existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by you in the regular
course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of
such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19
shall not prohibit the Company or any other holder of Notes from contesting any
such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from
introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.
 
20. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
 
For the purposes of this Section 20, “Confidential Information” means
information delivered to you by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in
connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this
Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled
or otherwise adequately identified when received by you as being confidential
information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not
include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to you prior
to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through
no act or omission by you or any Person acting on your behalf, (c) otherwise
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disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial
statements delivered to you under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly
available. You will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential
Information in accordance with procedures adopted by you in good faith to
protect confidential information of third parties delivered to you, provided
that you may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) your directors,
officers, employees, agents, attorneys and affiliates (to the extent such
disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment
represented by your Notes), (ii) your financial advisors and other professional
advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information
substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 20, (iii) any other
holder of any Note, other than a Competitor, (iv) any Institutional Investor to
which you sell or offer to sell such Note or any part thereof or any
participation therein other than a Competitor, (if such Person has agreed in
writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the
provisions of this Section 20), (v) any Person from which you offer to purchase
any security of the Company other than a Competitor, (if such Person has agreed
in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by
the provisions of this Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over you, (vii) the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, or any nationally
recognized rating agency that requires access to information about your
investment portfolio or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or
disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any
law, rule, regulation or order applicable to you, (x) in response to any
subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which
you are a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to
the extent you may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be
necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights
and remedies under your Notes or this Agreement. Each holder of a Note, by its
acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be
entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this
Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery
to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder
under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a
party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an
agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section 20.
 
21.    SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER.
 
You shall have the right to substitute any one of your Affiliates as the
purchaser of the Notes that you have agreed to purchase hereunder, by written
notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both you and such
Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate’s agreement to be bound by this
Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy
with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt
of such notice, wherever the word “you” is used in this Agreement (other than in
this Section 21), such word shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu
of you. In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a purchaser
hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to you all of the Notes then
held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer,
wherever the word “you” is used in this Agreement (other than in this Section
21), such word shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall
refer to you, and you shall have all the rights of an original holder of the
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22.    MISCELLANEOUS.
 
22.1.  Successors and Assigns.
 
All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf
of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of
a Note) whether so expressed or not.
 
22.2.  Payments Due on Non-Business Days.
 
Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any
payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on any Note that is due
on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of
the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.
 
22.3.  Severability.
 
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
 
22.4.  Construction.
 
Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to
the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so
that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary
provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any
provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such
Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether
such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.
 
22.5.  Counterparts.
 
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less
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22.6.  Governing Law.
 
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the
rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York
excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require
the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
 
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on
the accompanying counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company,
whereupon the foregoing shall become a binding agreement between you and the
Company.
 
Very truly yours,
 
BEARINGPOINT, INC.
 
 
By                                                                              
                                                             
Title:
 

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The foregoing is hereby
agreed to as of the
date thereof.
 
[NAME OF PURCHASER]
 
By                                                                              
           
Name:
Title:

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SCHEDULE B
 
DEFINED TERMS
 
As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below
or set forth in the Section hereof following such term. Financial terms not
otherwise defined shall have the meaning in accordance with GAAP:
 
“Affiliate” means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, (a) any other
Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with,
such first Person, and (b) any Person beneficially owning or holding, directly
or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests of the
Company or any Subsidiary or any corporation of which the Company and its
Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly,
10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests. As used in this
definition, “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an “Affiliate”
is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company.
 
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed.
 
“Capital Lease” means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is
required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the
incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Change in Control” means any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof) or related persons
constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act
as in effect on the date hereof) becoming the “beneficial owner” (as such term
is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof),
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of all
classes then outstanding of the Company’s voting stock; provided, however, in
the event the Company enters into any transaction pursuant to which the Company
becomes a wholly-owned Subsidiary of another entity and the purpose of such
transaction is to create a new holding company, such transaction shall not be
deemed to be a Change in Control, so long as the owners, and their ownership
percentage, of the new holding company remains the same as the ownership, and
their ownership percentage, of the Company prior to such transaction.
 
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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.
 
“Company” means BearingPoint, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor
thereto that shall have become such in the manner prescribed in Section 10.2.
 
“Competitor” means a Person engaged and competing with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in the consulting or systems integration business; provided,
however, that the term “Competitor” shall not include any entity described in
clause (c) of the definition of Institutional Investor by reason of such
entity’s ownership for investment purposes of debt or equity securities of a
Person that is a Competitor.
 
“Confidential Information” is defined in Section 20.
 
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such
period plus, to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income
and without duplication of, (i) income tax expense, (ii) Consolidated Interest
Expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) amortization of
intangibles, (v) any extraordinary or non-recurring expenses or losses, (vi) all
amounts attributable to the impairment of goodwill or other intangibles or any
non-cash loss associated with the sale or write-down of assets not in the
ordinary course of business, (vii) any non-cash compensation expense arising
from the Company’s pre-acquisition commitment to issue shares of its common
stock to key employees of acquired businesses and (viii) all-non-cash losses
associated with foreign currency translations or interest rate hedging
transactions (including the result of marking to market any investment or
hedging arrangement thereto) and minus, to the extent included in Consolidated
Net Income for such period, the sum of (i) any extraordinary or non-recurring
income or gains, and (ii) any item included in other income that is non-cash
income. For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period, if
during such period, and after the date hereof, the Company or any Subsidiary
shall have made an acquisition or disposition in an amount greater than
$50,000,000, Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after
giving pro forma effect thereto and any Indebtedness incurred or assumed in
connection therewith as if such acquisition or disposition, as the case may be,
occurred and such Indebtedness had been incurred or assumed on the first day of
such period.
 
“Consolidated Indebtedness” means, as of any date, the aggregate outstanding
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date, determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum (without
duplication) of (i) all interest in respect of Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries (including imputed interest with respect to Capital Leases)
deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, and (ii) all
debt discount and expense amortized or required to be amortized in the
determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, but excluding any net
costs associated with hedging obligations in each case determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

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“Consolidated Lease Expense” means, for any period, the sum of the amount of
rental and related obligations required to be paid during such period by the
Company or any Subsidiary as lessee under all leases (other than Capital Leases)
of (i) real property and (ii) personal property having rental obligations in an
amount exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate on an annual basis.
 
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for such period (excluding the impact of expensing stock
options), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of any date, total stockholders’ equity of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding the impact of
expensing stock options), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
 
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date, the total assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries which would be shown as assets on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date prepared in
accordance with GAAP, after eliminating all amounts properly attributable to
minority interests, if any, in the stock and surplus of Subsidiaries.
 
“Control Event” means (a) the execution by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any agreement or letter of intent with respect to
any proposed transaction or event or series of transactions or events which,
individually or in the aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a
Change in Control or (b) the execution of any written agreement which, when
fully performed by the parties thereto, would result in a Change in Control.
 
“Credit Agreement” means, the $250,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility Credit
Agreement dated as of May 29, 2002 by and among the Company (then called KPMG
Consulting, Inc.), as borrower, BearingPoint Consulting, LLC (then called KPMG
Consulting, LLC), as a guarantor, the other guarantors party thereto, the banks
party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and the
other agents party thereto as the same may be amended, restated or modified from
time to time.
 
“Credit Facility” means the Credit Agreement and any other credit facility,
indenture, purchase, credit or similar agreement to which the Company is a party
or is bound and pursuant to which debt for borrowed money shall be incurred.
 
“Credit Rating Event” is an event that shall have occurred and shall be
continuing at any time that (i) the rating of the Company’s senior unsecured
long-term debt shall be below BBB- (in the case of S&P) or Baa3 (in the case of
Moody’s) or (ii) either S&P or Moody’s shall fail to have in effect a rating of
the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt.

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“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which
would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event
of Default.
 
“Default Rate” means, with respect to any Note, that rate of interest that is
the greater of (i) 2.0% per annum above the rate of interest stated in clause
(a) of the first paragraph of such Note or, if applicable, the rate of interest
determined pursuant to Section 8.8 with respect to such Note or (ii) 2.0% over
the rate of interest publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank in New York, New
York as its “base” or “prime” rate.
 
“Disposition” is defined in Section 10.4.
 
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, other
than any such Subsidiary that has no material assets other than capital stock of
or other investments in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries.
 
“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 but not limited to
those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to
waste or public systems.
 
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from
time to time in effect.
 
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that
is treated as a single employer together with the Company under Section 414 of
the Code.
 
“Event of Default” is defined in Section 11.
 
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
“Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest
Expense for such period, and (ii) Consolidated Lease Expense for such period.
 
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
 
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to
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“Governmental Authority” means
 
(a)        the government of
 
(i)        the United States of America or any State or other political
subdivision thereof, or
 
(ii)        any jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all
or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties
of the Company or any Subsidiary, or
 
(b)        any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.
 
“Guaranty” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the
endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any
indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations
incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person:
 
(a)        to purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any property
constituting security therefor;
 
(b)        to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such
indebtedness or obligation, or (ii) to maintain any working capital or other
balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or
otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such
indebtedness or obligation;
 
(c)        to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the
ability of any other Person to make payment of the indebtedness or obligation;
or
 
(d)        otherwise to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation
against loss in respect thereof.
 
In any computation of the indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under
any Guaranty, the indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such
Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor.
 
“Hazardous Material” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or
any other substances that might pose a hazard to health or safety, the removal
of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production,
processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use,
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which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law
(including, without limitation, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and
polychlorinated biphenyls).
 
“holder” means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is
registered in the register maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 13.1.
 
“Income Available for Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum of (i)
Consolidated EBITDA for such period and (ii) Consolidated Lease Expense for such
period.
 
“Indebtedness” with respect to any Person means, at any time, without
duplication,
 
(a)    its liabilities for borrowed money and its redemption obligations in
respect of mandatorily redeemable Preferred Stock (unless any applicable
mandatory redemption with respect thereto is not applicable until after the
maturity of the Notes);
 
(b)    its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by
such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement with respect to any such property);
 
(c)    all liabilities appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in
respect of Capital Leases;
 
(d)    all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to
any property owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise
become liable for such liabilities);
 
(e)    all its liabilities in respect of letters of credit or instruments
serving a similar function issued or accepted for its account by banks and other
financial institutions, excluding, however, contingent obligations in respect of
reimbursement agreements, performance bonds, letters of credit supporting client
engagements or bids or similar agreements in respect of letters of credit or any
such instrument; and
 
(f)    any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type
described in any of clauses (a) through (e) hereof.
 
Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the
character described in clauses (a) through (f) to the extent such Person remains
legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is
deemed to be extinguished under GAAP. Without limiting the foregoing, the
liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to amounts
outstanding under the Receivables Purchase Facility shall be deemed to be
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“Institutional Investor” means (a) any original purchaser of a Note, (b) any
holder of a Note holding more than 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding that is not a Competitor, and (c) any bank, trust
company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any
pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or
dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of
legal form.
 
“Lien” means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest or other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor,
lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement or Capital Lease, upon or with respect
to any property or asset of such Person (including in the case of stock,
stockholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements).
 
“Make-Whole Amount” is defined in Section 8.7.
 
“Material” means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs,
financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
 
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties and results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
Notes, or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Notes or
any Subsidiary Guarantee.
 
“Material Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary which (together with
its Subsidiaries) (i) accounts for more than 5% of the Consolidated Total Assets
as of such date or (ii) accounted for more than 5% of the consolidated revenue
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period of the four consecutive
fiscal quarters of the Company ending on or immediately prior to such date.
 
“Memorandum” is defined in Section 5.3.
 
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
 
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term
is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
 
“Notes” is defined in Section 1.
 
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of
any other officer of the Company whose responsibilities extend to the subject
matter of such certificate.
 
“Other Agreements” is defined in Section 2.
 
“Other Purchasers” is defined in Section 2.

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“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in
ERISA or any successor thereto.
 
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or a government or
agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
“Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA)
that is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained,
or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been
made or required to be made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with
respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.
 
“Preferred Stock” means any class of capital stock of a corporation that is
preferred over any other class of capital stock of such corporation as to the
payment of dividends or the payment of any amount upon liquidation or
dissolution of such corporation.
 
“Priority Indebtedness” means, as of any date, (without duplication) the sum of
(i) all outstanding unsecured Indebtedness on such date of all Subsidiaries of
the Company other than any such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Subsections
(a) through (f), inclusive, of Section 10.7 and (ii) all outstanding
Indebtedness on such date of the Company or any Subsidiary secured by any Lien
other than pursuant to Subsections (a) through (h), inclusive, of Section 10.3.
 
“property” or “properties” means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or
personal property of any kind, tangible or intangible, choate or inchoate.
 
“PTE” means a Prohibited Transaction Exemption issued by the Department of
Labor.
 
“QPAM Exemption” means Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 issued by
the United States Department of Labor.
 
“Receivables Purchase Facility” means that certain $150,000,000 receivables
purchase facility dated May 22, 2000 among the Company, as servicer,
BearingPoint, LLC as originator, KCI Funding Corporation, as the seller, Market
Street Funding Corporation as the purchaser and PNC Bank as the program
administrator and liquidity agent and the other parties thereto, as previously
and hereafter amended, and any renewal, extension or replacement thereof so long
as the amount of such renewal, extension or replacement does not exceed
$150,000,000.
 
“Required Holders” means, at any time, the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of all of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes
then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates).

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“Responsible Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer
of the Company with responsibility for the administration of the relevant
portion of this agreement.
 
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
 
“Senior Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal
accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of the Company.
 
“Series A Notes” is defined in Section 1.
 
“Series B Notes” is defined in Section 1.
 
“Series C Notes” is defined in Section 1.
 
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
 
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any corporation, association or other
business entity in which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting
interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing
similar functions) of such entity, and any partnership or joint venture if more
than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or
one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does (or intends
to with respect to new entities) ordinarily take major business actions without
the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless
the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a
reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.
 
“Subsidiary Guarantee” means a guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor of the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit 4.10.
 
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Subsidiary that has executed and delivered a
Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.6.
 
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary one hundred percent
(100%) of all of the equity interests (except directors’ qualifying shares) and
voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Company and the
Company’s other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at such time.

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