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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

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                           LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                                  by and among

                          HUDSON RESPIRATORY CARE INC.

                                  as Borrower,

                     THE LENDERS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO

                                 as the Lenders,

                                       and

                           WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.

                    as the Arranger and Administrative Agent

                           Dated as of October 7, 2003

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.   DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION..............................................1
     1.1    Definitions........................................................1
     1.2    Accounting Terms..................................................36
     1.3    Code..............................................................36
     1.4    Construction......................................................36
     1.5    Schedules and Exhibits............................................37

2.   LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT................................................37
     2.1    Revolver Advances.................................................37
     2.2    [Intentionally Omitted]...........................................39
     2.3    Borrowing Procedures and Settlements..............................39
     2.4    Payments..........................................................47
     2.5    Overadvances......................................................53
     2.6    Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee:  Rates, Payments,
            and Calculations..................................................54
     2.7    Cash Management...................................................55
     2.8    Crediting Payments................................................57
     2.9    Designated Account................................................57
     2.10   Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations............57
     2.11   Fees..............................................................58
     2.12   Letters of Credit.................................................58
     2.13   LIBOR Option......................................................62
     2.14   Capital Requirements..............................................65
     2.15   Designated Senior Debt............................................65

3.   CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT............................................65
     3.1    Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit...........65
     3.2    Conditions Subsequent to the Initial Extension of Credit..........70
     3.3    Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit..................70
     3.4    Term..............................................................70
     3.5    Effect of Termination.............................................71
     3.6    Early Termination by Borrower.....................................71

4.   CREATION OF SECURITY INTERESTS...........................................72
     4.1    Grant of Security Interest........................................72
     4.2    Negotiable Collateral.............................................72
     4.3    Collection of Accounts, General Intangibles, and
            Negotiable Collateral.............................................72
     4.4    Filing of Financing Statements; Commercial Tort Claims;
            Delivery of Additional Documentation Required.....................73
     4.5    Power of Attorney.................................................74
     4.6    Right to Inspect..................................................74

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     4.7    Control Agreements................................................74

5.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...........................................75
     5.1    No Encumbrances...................................................75
     5.2    Eligible Accounts.................................................75
     5.3    Eligible Inventory................................................75
     5.4    Equipment.........................................................76
     5.5    Location of Inventory and Equipment...............................76
     5.6    Inventory Records.................................................76
     5.7    State of Incorporation; Location of Chief Executive Office;
            FEIN; Organizational ID Number; Commercial Tort Claims............76
     5.8    Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries..................76
     5.9    Due Authorization; No Conflict....................................77
     5.10   Litigation........................................................79
     5.11   No Material Adverse Change........................................79
     5.12   Fraudulent Transfer...............................................79
     5.13   Employee Benefits.................................................79
     5.14   Environmental Condition...........................................79
     5.15   Brokerage Fees....................................................80
     5.16   Intellectual Property.............................................80
     5.17   Leases............................................................80
     5.18   Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts..........................80
     5.19   Complete Disclosure...............................................80
     5.20   Indebtedness......................................................81
     5.21   Subordinated Notes Indenture......................................81
     5.22   CFCs..............................................................81

6.   AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS....................................................81
     6.1    Accounting System.................................................81
     6.2    Collateral Reporting..............................................81
     6.3    Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates.......................83
     6.4    Guarantor Reports.................................................85
     6.5    Returns...........................................................85
     6.6    Maintenance of Properties.........................................85
     6.7    Taxes.............................................................85
     6.8    Insurance.........................................................86
     6.9    Location of Inventory and Equipment...............................87
     6.10   Compliance with Laws..............................................87
     6.11   Leases............................................................87
     6.12   Existence.........................................................87
     6.13   Environmental.....................................................87
     6.14   Disclosure Updates................................................88
     6.15   Formation of Subsidiaries.........................................88

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     6.16   Amendment of Preferred Stock......................................88

7.   NEGATIVE COVENANTS.......................................................89
     7.1    Indebtedness......................................................89
     7.2    Liens.............................................................90
     7.3    Restrictions on Fundamental Changes...............................90
     7.4    Disposal of Assets................................................90
     7.5    Change Name.......................................................90
     7.6    Nature of Business................................................91
     7.7    Prepayments and Amendments........................................91
     7.8    Change of Control.................................................91
     7.9    Consignments......................................................91
     7.10   Distributions.....................................................91
     7.11   Accounting Methods................................................91
     7.12   Investments.......................................................91
     7.13   Transactions with Affiliates......................................92
     7.14   Suspension........................................................92
     7.15   [Intentionally Omitted]...........................................92
     7.16   Use of Proceeds...................................................92
     7.17   Inventory and Equipment with Bailees..............................92
     7.18   Financial Covenants...............................................92
     7.19   Payments on Affiliate Notes.......................................93
     7.20   Limitation on Indebtedness of Unrestricted Subsidiaries...........93

8.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT........................................................94

9.   THE LENDER GROUP'S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES...................................96
     9.1    Rights and Remedies...............................................96
     9.2    Remedies Cumulative...............................................98

10.  TAXES AND EXPENSES.......................................................98

11.  WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION.................................................99
     11.1   Demand; Protest; etc..............................................99
     11.2   The Lender Group's Liability for Borrower Collateral..............99
     11.3   Indemnification...................................................99

12.  NOTICES.................................................................100

13.  CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER..............................101

14.  ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS..............................102
     14.1   Assignments and Participations...................................102
     14.2   Successors.......................................................105

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15.  AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS.....................................................105
     15.1   Amendments and Waivers...........................................105
     15.2   Replacement of Holdout Lender....................................106
     15.3   No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies..................................107

16.  AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP.................................................107
     16.1   Appointment and Authorization of Agent...........................107
     16.2   Delegation of Duties.............................................108
     16.3   Liability of Agent...............................................108
     16.4   Reliance by Agent................................................108
     16.5   Notice of Default or Event of Default............................109
     16.6   Credit Decision..................................................109
     16.7   Costs and Expenses; Indemnification..............................110
     16.8   Agent in Individual Capacity.....................................110
     16.9   Successor Agent..................................................111
     16.10  Lender in Individual Capacity....................................111
     16.11  Withholding Taxes................................................112
     16.12  Collateral Matters...............................................114
     16.13  Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments..........115
     16.14  Agency for Perfection............................................115
     16.15  Payments by Agent to the Lenders.................................115
     16.16  Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents.............116
     16.17  Field Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality;
            Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information............116
     16.18  Several Obligations; No Liability................................117
     16.19  Legal Representation of Agent....................................117

17.  GENERAL PROVISIONS......................................................118
     17.1   Effectiveness....................................................118
     17.2   Section Headings.................................................118
     17.3   Interpretation...................................................118
     17.4   Severability of Provisions.......................................118
     17.5   Amendments in Writing............................................118
     17.6   Counterparts; Telefacsimile Execution............................118
     17.7   Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations.........................118
     17.8   Confidentiality..................................................119
     17.9   Integration......................................................120

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                             EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

Exhibit A-1                     Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit C-1                     Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit L-1                     Form of LIBOR Notice


Schedule A-1                    Agent's Account
Schedule C-1                    Commitments
Schedule D-1                    Designated Account
Schedule E-1                    Eligible Inventory Locations
Schedule P-1                    Permitted Liens
Schedule R-1                    Real Property Collateral
Schedule 2.7(a)                 Cash Management Banks
Schedule 5.5                    Locations of Inventory and Equipment
Schedule 5.7(a)                 States of Organization
Schedule 5.7(b)                 Chief Executive Offices
Schedule 5.7(c)                 FEINs
Schedule 5.7(d)                 Commercial Tort Claims
Schedule 5.8(b)                 Capitalization of Borrower
Schedule 5.8(c)                 Capitalization of Borrower's Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.10                   Litigation
Schedule 5.14                   Environmental Matters
Schedule 5.16                   Intellectual Property
Schedule 5.18                   Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
Schedule 5.20                   Permitted Indebtedness

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                           LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
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          THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), is entered into
as of October 7, 2003, by and among, on the one hand, the lenders identified on
the signature pages hereof (such lenders, together with their respective
successors and permitted assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually
as a "Lender" and collectively as the "Lenders") and WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.,
a California corporation, as the arranger and administrative agent for the
Lenders ("Agent"), and, on the other hand, HUDSON RESPIRATORY CARE INC., a
California corporation ("Borrower").

          The parties agree as follows:

1.  DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

     1.1  Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following definitions:

          "Account" means an account (as that term is defined in the Code), and
any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof.

          "Account Debtor" means any Person who is obligated under, with respect
to, or on account of, an Account, chattel paper, or a General Intangible.

          "Additional Documents" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(c).

          "Advances" means Revolver A Advances, Revolver B Advances, Revolver C
Advances, or Revolver D Advances, as the context requires.

          "Affiliate" means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of
this definition, "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct the management and policies
of a Person, whether through the ownership of Stock, by contract, or otherwise;
provided, however, that, for purposes of the definition of Eligible Accounts and
Section 7.13 hereof: (a) any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or
more of the Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the
partnership or other ownership interests of a Person (other than as a limited
partner of such Person) shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person, (b) each
director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate
of such Person, and (c) each partnership or joint venture in which a Person is a
partner or joint venturer shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person.

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          "Affiliate Subordination Agreement" means a subordination agreement
executed and delivered by each holder of a Subordinated Convertible Note and
Agent, the form and substance of which is satisfactory to Agent.

          "Agent" means WFF, in its capacity as arranger and administrative
agent hereunder, and any successor thereto.

          "Agent Advances" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).

          "Agent-Related Persons" means Agent, together with its Affiliates,
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.

          "Agent's Account" means the Deposit Account of Agent identified on
Schedule A-1.

          "Agent's Liens" means the Liens granted by Borrower or its
Subsidiaries to Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

          "Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.

          "Applicable Base Rate Revolver A Margin" and "Applicable Base Rate
Revolver B Margin", and "Applicable Base Rate Revolver C Margin" mean, as of any
date of determination, the following margins based upon the most recent
calculation of TFQ EBITDA (determined as set forth in the following paragraph);
provided, however, that for the period from the Closing Date until the first day
of the month following the date Agent receives Borrower's audited financial
statements in respect of Borrower's fiscal year ending December 31, 2003, the
Applicable Base Rate Revolver A Margin shall be 0 percentage points, the
Applicable Base Rate Revolver B Margin shall be 0.50 percentage points, and the
Applicable Base Rate Revolver C Margin shall be 1.0 percentage points:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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  Level        TFQ EBITDA          Applicable Base Rate     Applicable Base Rate     Applicable Base Rate
                                    Revolver A Margin        Revolver B Margin        Revolver C Margin
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   <S>      <C>                   <C>                       <C>                      <C>
     I      less than or equal    0.50 percentage points    1.0 percentage points    1.5 percentage points
              to $20,000,000
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    II         greater than         0 percentage points     0.5 percentage points    1.0 percentage points
              $20,000,000 but
            less than or equal
              to $30,000,000
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    III        greater than       -0.5 percentage points     0 percentage points     0.5 percentage points
                $30,000,000
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</TABLE>

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          After the initial adjustment set forth above, the Applicable Base Rate
Revolver A Margin, the Applicable Base Rate Revolver B Margin, and the
Applicable Base Rate Revolver C Margin shall be based upon the most recent
calculation of TFQ EBITDA and shall be redetermined each fiscal quarter of
Borrower as of the first day of the month following the date Agent receives the
certified calculation of TFQ EBITDA in a Compliance Certificate pursuant to
Section 6.3(a) hereof; provided, however, that if Borrower fails to deliver a
Compliance Certificate when it is due, the applicable margin shall be set at the
margin in the row styled "Level I" as of the first day of the month following
the date on which the Compliance Certificate was required to be delivered until
the date on which the Compliance Certificate is delivered (on which date (but
not retroactively), without constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of
Default occasioned by the failure to timely deliver the Compliance Certificate,
the applicable margin shall be set at the margin based upon the TFQ EBITDA
calculation disclosed by the Compliance Certificate).

          "Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Percentage" means, as of any date of
determination, the following percentage based upon the most recent calculation
of TFQ EBITDA (determined as set forth in the following paragraph); provided,
however, that for the period from the Closing Date until the first day of the
month following the date Agent receives Borrower's audited financial statements
in respect of Borrower's fiscal year ending December 31, 2003, the Applicable
Letter of Credit Fee Percentage shall be 2.0%:

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                                                 Applicable Letter of Credit Fee
    Level               TFQ EBITDA                        Percentage
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     I            less than or equal to                      2.5%
                       $20,000,000
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     II       greater than $20,000,000 but                   2.0%
                  less than or equal to
                       $30,000,000
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    III         greater than $30,000,000                     1.5%
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          After the initial adjustment set forth above, the Applicable Letter of
Credit Fee Percentage shall be based upon the most recent calculation of TFQ
EBITDA and shall be

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redetermined each fiscal quarter of Borrower as of the first day of the month
following the date Agent receives the certified calculation of TFQ EBITDA in a
Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.3(a) hereof; provided, however,
that if Borrower fails to deliver a Compliance Certificate when it is due, the
applicable percentage shall be set at the percentage in the row styled "Level I"
as of the first day of the month following the date on which the Compliance
Certificate was required to be delivered until the date on which the Compliance
Certificate is delivered (on which date (but not retroactively), without
constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the
failure to timely deliver the Compliance Certificate, the applicable percentage
shall be set at the percentage based upon the TFQ EBITDA calculation disclosed
by the Compliance Certificate).

          "Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver A Margin", "Applicable LIBOR Rate
Revolver B Margin", and "Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver C Margin" mean, as of
any date of determination, the following margins based upon the most recent
calculation of TFQ EBITDA (determined as set forth in the following paragraph);
provided, however, that for the period from the Closing Date until the first day
of the month following the date Agent receives Borrower's audited financial
statements in respect of Borrower's fiscal year ending December 31, 2003, the
Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver A Margin shall be 2.5 percentage points, the
Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver B Margin shall be 3.0 percentage points, and the
Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver C Margin shall be 3.5 percentage points:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                             Applicable LIBOR Rate  Applicable LIBOR Rate  Applicable LIBOR Rate
 Level       TFQ EBITDA        Revolver A Margin      Revolver B Margin      Revolver C Margin
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 <S>     <C>                 <C>                    <C>                    <C>
   I     less than or equal  3.0 percentage points  3.5 percentage points  4.0 percentage points
           to $20,000,000
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  II        greater than     2.5 percentage points  3.0 percentage points  3.5 percentage points
          $20,000,000 but
         less than or equal
           to $30,000,000
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  III       greater than     2.0 percentage points  2.5 percentage points  3.25 percentage points
            $30,000,000
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</TABLE>

          After the initial adjustment set forth above, the Applicable LIBOR
Rate Revolver A Margin, the Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver B Margin, and the
Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver C Margin shall be based upon the most recent
calculation of TFQ EBITDA and shall be redetermined each fiscal quarter of
Borrower as of the first day of the

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month following the date Agent receives the certified calculation of TFQ EBITDA
in a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.3(a) hereof; provided,
however, that if Borrower fails to deliver a Compliance Certificate when it is
due, the applicable margin shall be set at the margin in the row styled "Level
I" as of the first day of the month following the date on which the Compliance
Certificate was required to be delivered until the date on which the Compliance
Certificate is delivered (on which date (but not retroactively), without
constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the
failure to timely deliver the Compliance Certificate, the applicable margin
shall be set at the margin based upon the TFQ EBITDA calculation disclosed by
the Compliance Certificate).

          "Applicable Prepayment Premium" means, as of any date of
determination, an amount equal to (a) during the period from and after the date
of the execution and delivery of this Agreement up to the date that is the first
anniversary of the Closing Date, 3.0% times the Revolver A Maximum Amount, (b)
during the period from and including the date that is the first anniversary of
the Closing Date up to the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing
Date, 2.0% times the Revolver A Maximum Amount, and (c) during the period from
and including the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing Date up to
the date that is the third anniversary of the Closing Date, 1.0% times the
Revolver A Maximum Amount.

          "Applicable Revolver D Margin" means 1.50 percentage points.

          "Assignee" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.1(a).

          "Assignment and Acceptance" means an Assignment and Acceptance
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.

          "Authorized Person" means any officer or employee of Borrower.

          "Availability" means, as of any date of determination, the amount that
Borrower is entitled to borrow as Advances hereunder (after giving effect to all
then outstanding Obligations and all sublimits and reserves then applicable
hereunder).

          "Bankruptcy Code" means title 11 of the United States Code, as in
effect from time to time.

          "Base LIBOR Rate" means the rate per annum, determined by Agent in
accordance with its customary procedures, and utilizing such electronic or other
quotation sources as it considers appropriate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the next 1/100%), to be the rate at which Dollar deposits (for delivery on the
first day of the requested Interest Period) are offered to major banks in the
London interbank market 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of the
requested Interest Period, for a term and in an amount comparable to the
Interest Period and the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested (whether as an
initial LIBOR Rate Loan or as a continuation of an extant LIBOR Rate Loan or as
a

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conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) by Borrower in accordance
with this Agreement, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error.

          "Base Rate" means, the rate of interest announced, from time to time,
within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco as its "prime rate",
with the understanding that the "prime rate" is one of Wells Fargo's base rates
(not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which
effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference
thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such
internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate.

          "Base Rate Loan" means the portion of the Advances that bears interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

          "Benefit Plan" means a "defined benefit plan" (as defined in Section
3(35) of ERISA) for which Borrower or any Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate of
Borrower has been an "employer" (as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA) within the
past six years.

          "Board of Directors" means the board of directors (or comparable
managers) of Borrower or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf
of the board of directors (or comparable managers).

          "Books" means Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' now owned or hereafter
acquired books and records (including all of their Records indicating,
summarizing, or evidencing their assets (including the Collateral) or
liabilities, all of Borrower's or its Subsidiaries' Records relating to their
business operations or financial condition, and all of their goods or General
Intangibles related to such information).

          "Borrower" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.

          "Borrower Collateral" means all of Borrower's now owned or hereafter
acquired right, title, and interest in and to each of the following:

               (a)  all of its Accounts,

               (b)  all of its Books,

               (c)  all of its commercial tort claims,

               (d)  all of its Deposit Accounts,

               (e)  all of its Equipment,

               (f)  all of its General Intangibles,

               (g)  all of its Inventory,

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               (h)  all of its Investment Property (including all of its
               securities and Securities Accounts),

               (i)  all of its Negotiable Collateral,

               (j)  money or other assets of Borrower that now or hereafter come
into the possession, custody, or control of any member of the Lender Group, and

               (k)  the proceeds and products, whether tangible or intangible,
of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance covering any or all of
the foregoing, and any and all Accounts, Books, Deposit Accounts, Equipment,
General Intangibles, Inventory, Investment Property, Negotiable Collateral, Real
Property, money, or other tangible or intangible property resulting from the
sale, exchange, collection, or other disposition of any of the foregoing, or any
portion thereof or interest therein, and the proceeds thereof; provided,
however, that Borrower Collateral does not include any Excluded Collateral.

          "Borrower Preferred Stock" means (a) 300,000 shares of Borrower's
11-1/2% Senior PIK Preferred Stock due 2010 (liquidation preference $100 per
share) and such additional shares of Borrower's 11-1/2% Senior PIK Preferred
Stock due 2010 as may be issued in lieu of cash dividends thereon and (b) 3,000
shares of Borrower's 12% Junior Convertible Preferred Stock (liquidation
preference $1,000 per share) and such additional shares of Borrower's 12% Junior
Convertible Preferred Stock as may be issued in lieu of cash dividends thereon.

          "Borrowing" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Advances made on
the same day by the Lenders (or Agent on behalf thereof), or by Swing Lender in
the case of a Swing Loan, or by Agent in the case of an Agent Advance.

          "Borrowing Base A" means, as of any date of determination, the result
of:

                    (a)  the lesser of

                              (i)   85% of the amount of Eligible Accounts less
                         the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, and

                              (ii)  an amount equal to Borrower's Collections
                         with respect to Accounts for the immediately preceding
                         45 day period, plus

                    (b)  the lowest of

                              (i)   $1,000,000

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                              (ii)  75% of the amount of Eligible Foreign
                         Accounts less the amount, if any, of the Dilution
                         Reserve, and

                              (iii) 10% of the amount of credit availability
                         created by clause (a) above, plus

                    (c)  the lowest of

                              (i)   $7,5000,000,

                              (ii)  65% of the value of Eligible Inventory,

                              (iii) 85% times the then extant Net Liquidation
                         Percentage times the book value of Borrower's
                         Inventory, and

                              (iv)  65% of the amount of credit availability
                         created by clause (a) above, minus

                    (d)  the sum of (i) the Real Property Collateral Reserve,
                    (ii) the Rent Reserve, and (iii) the aggregate amount of
                    reserves, if any, established by Agent under Section 2.1(e).

          "Borrowing Base B" means, as of any date of determination, 80% of the
net orderly liquidation value of Borrower's Equipment, based on the most recent
appraisal conducted by an appraiser selected by Agent.

          "Borrowing Base C" means, as of any date of determination, 60% of the
fair market value of the Real Property Collateral, based on the most recent
appraisal conducted by an appraiser selected by Agent.

          "Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other
day on which banks are authorized or required to close in the state of
California, except that, if a determination of a Business Day shall relate to a
LIBOR Rate Loan, the term "Business Day" also shall exclude any day on which
banks are closed for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

          "Capital Expenditures" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries
during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance
with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed.

          "Capital Lease" means a lease that is required to be capitalized for
financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

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          "Capitalized Lease Obligation" means that portion of the obligations
under a Capital Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with
GAAP.

          "Cash Equivalents" means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by,
or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency
thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each
case maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) marketable
direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political
subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing
within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either
Standard & Poor's Rating Group ("S&P") or Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
("Moody's"), (c) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date
of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least
A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's, (d) certificates of deposit or
bankers' acceptances maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof
issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus
of not less than $250,000,000, (e) demand Deposit Accounts maintained with any
bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long
as the amount maintained with any individual bank is less than or equal to
$100,000 and is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and (f)
Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested
in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (e) above.

          "Cash Management Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).

          "Cash Management Agreements" means those certain cash management
agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, each of which is among
Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries, Agent, and one of the Cash Management
Banks.

          "Cash Management Bank" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).

          "CFC" means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined
in the IRC).

          "Change of Control" means that (a) any "person" or "group" (within the
meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Permitted
Holders, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 20%, or more, of the Stock of Borrower
having the right to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors,
(b) any "person" or "group" (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Exchange Act), other than Permitted Holders, becomes the beneficial owner
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
20%, or more, of the Stock of Holding having the right to vote for the election
of members of Holding's board of directors, (c) a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors do not constitute Continuing Directors, or (d) Borrower
ceases to own, directly or indirectly, and

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control 100% of the outstanding Stock of HRC and each of the Restricted
Subsidiaries extant as of the Closing Date.

          "Closing Date" means the date of the making of the initial Advance (or
other extension of credit) hereunder.

          "Closing Date Business Plan" means the set of Projections of Borrower
for the 3 year period following the Closing Date (on a year by year basis, and
for the 1 year period following the Closing Date and the full year of 2004, on a
quarter by quarter basis), in form and substance (including as to scope and
underlying assumptions) satisfactory to Agent.

          "Code" means the California Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from
time to time.

          "Collateral" means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds
thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or the Restricted
Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is granted under any of the Loan Documents.

          "Collateral Access Agreement" means a landlord waiver, bailee letter,
or acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee,
or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or
interests in Borrower's or the Restricted Subsidiaries' Books, Equipment, or
Inventory, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

          "Collections" means all cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other
items of payment (including insurance proceeds, proceeds of cash sales, rental
proceeds, and tax refunds).

          "Commercial Tort Claim Assignment" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.4(b).

          "Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver A
Commitment, its Revolver B Commitment, its Revolver C Commitment, its Revolver D
Commitment, or its Total Commitment, as the context requires, and, with respect
to all Lenders, their Revolver A Commitments, their Revolver B Commitments,
their Revolver C Commitments, their Revolver D Commitments, or their Total
Commitments, as the context requires, in each case as such Dollar amounts are
set forth beside such Lender's name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1
or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a
Lender hereunder in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.

          "Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form
of Exhibit C-1 delivered by the chief financial officer of Borrower to Agent.

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          "Continuing Director" means (a) any member of the Board of Directors
who was a director (or comparable manager) of Borrower on the Closing Date, and
(b) any individual who becomes a member of the Board of Directors after the
Closing Date if such individual was appointed or nominated for election to the
Board of Directors by a majority of the Continuing Directors, but excluding any
such individual originally proposed for election in opposition to the Board of
Directors in office at the Closing Date in an actual or threatened election
contest relating to the election of the directors (or comparable managers) of
Borrower and whose initial assumption of office resulted from such contest or
the settlement thereof.

          "Control Agreement" means a control agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Borrower or one of the
Restricted Subsidiaries, Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary (with
respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).

          "Daily Balance" means, as of any date of determination and with
respect to any Obligation, the amount of such Obligation owed at the end of such
day.

          "Default" means an event, condition, or default that, with the giving
of notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

          "Defaulting Lender" means any Lender that fails to make any Advance
(or other extension of credit) that it is required to make hereunder on the date
that it is required to do so hereunder.

          "Defaulting Lender Rate" means (a) for the first 3 days from and after
the date the relevant payment is due, the Base Rate, and (b) thereafter, the
interest rate then applicable to Revolver C Advances that are Base Rate Loans
(inclusive of the Applicable Base Rate Revolver C Margin applicable thereto).

          "Deposit Account" means any deposit account (as that term is defined
in the Code).

          "Designated Account" means the Deposit Account of Borrower identified
on Schedule D-1.

          "Designated Account Bank" has the meaning ascribed thereto on Schedule
D-1.

          "Dilution" means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based
upon the experience of the immediately prior 90 consecutive days, that is the
result of dividing the Dollar amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts,
advertising allowances, credits, or other dilutive items (but excluding rebates)
with respect to Borrower's Accounts during such period, by (b) Borrower's
billings with respect to Accounts during such period.

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          "Dilution Reserve" means, as of any date of determination, an amount
sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts and Eligible
Foreign Accounts by 1 percentage point for each percentage point by which
Dilution is in excess of 5%.

          "Disbursement Letter" means an instructional letter executed and
delivered by Borrower to Agent regarding the extensions of credit to be made on
the Closing Date, the form and substance of which is satisfactory to Agent.

          "Dollars" or "$" means United States dollars.

          "EBITDA" means, with respect to any fiscal period, Borrower's and the
Restricted Subsidiaries' consolidated net earnings (or loss), minus
extraordinary gains and interest income, plus (a) non-cash extraordinary losses,
(b) Interest Expense (including any non-cash interest expense), (c) taxes based
on or determined by reference to income, (d) depreciation and amortization, (e)
non-recurring charges incurred in Borrower's fiscal year ending December 31,
2003 associated with the financing provided under the Loan Documents and the
repayment of Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement, (f) non-recurring
charges incurred in Borrower's fiscal year ending December 31, 2003 associated
with the operations of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an amount not
to exceed $2,000,000, (g) other non-cash charges (including noncash compensation
charges), in each case for such period and as determined in accordance with
GAAP.

          "Eligible Accounts" means those Accounts created by Borrower in the
ordinary course of its business, that arise out of Borrower's sale of goods or
rendition of services, that comply with each of the representations and
warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are
not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria
set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be revised from time
to time by Agent in Agent's Permitted Discretion to address the results of any
audit performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In
determining the amount to be included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net
of customer deposits and unapplied cash. Eligible Accounts shall not include the
following:

               (a)  (i) Accounts that the Account Debtor has failed to pay
within 90 days of original invoice date or 60 days after due date; provided that
with respect to Accounts with selling terms of 60 days, Accounts that the
Account Debtor has failed to pay within 120 days shall be Eligible Accounts up
to an aggregate amount of $500,000 at any time outstanding, or (ii) Accounts
with selling terms of more than 60 days,

               (b)  Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where
50% or more of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are
deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,

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               (c) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an
Affiliate of Borrower or an employee or agent of Borrower or any Affiliate of
Borrower,

               (d)  Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are placed
on consignment or are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a
sale on approval, a bill and hold, or any other terms by reason of which the
payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional,

               (e)  Accounts that are not payable in Dollars,

               (f)  Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor either (i)
does not maintain its chief executive office in the United States, or (ii) is
not organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, or (iii)
is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state,
province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any
department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless
(y) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to
Agent (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank) that has
been delivered to Agent and is directly drawable by Agent, or (z) the Account is
covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer,
satisfactory to Agent,

               (g)  Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is either
(i) the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which Borrower
has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent, with the Assignment of
Claims Act, 31 USC Section 3727), or (ii) any state of the United States,

               (h)  Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a
creditor of Borrower, has or has asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its
obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such
claim, right of setoff, or dispute,

               (i)  Accounts with respect to an Account Debtor whose total
obligations owing to Borrower exceed 10% (such percentage, as applied to a
particular Account Debtor, being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted
Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates) of all
Eligible Accounts (except Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is
Cardinal Health Medical Products & Services, McKesson General Medical Corp., or
Owens & Minor, Inc. in which case the applicable percentage limitation is 30%,
25%, and 25%, respectively, but not to exceed 65% in the aggregate), to the
extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such
percentage; provided, however, that, in each case, the amount of Eligible
Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be
determined by Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to
giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limit,

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               (j)  Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject
to an Insolvency Proceeding, is not Solvent, has gone out of business, or as to
which Borrower has received notice of an imminent Insolvency Proceeding or a
material impairment of the financial condition of such Account Debtor,

               (k)  Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is located
in a state or jurisdiction (e.g., New Jersey, Minnesota, and West Virginia) that
requires, as a condition to access to the courts of such jurisdiction, that a
creditor qualify to transact business, file a business activities report or
other report or form, or take one or more other actions, unless Borrower has so
qualified, filed such reports or forms, or taken such actions (and, in each
case, paid any required fees or other charges), except to the extent that
Borrower may qualify subsequently as a foreign entity authorized to transact
business in such state or jurisdiction and gain access to such courts, without
incurring any cost or penalty viewed by Agent to be significant in amount, and
such later qualification cures any access to such courts to enforce payment of
such Account,

               (l)  Accounts, the collection of which, Agent, in its Permitted
Discretion, believes to be doubtful by reason of the Account Debtor's financial
condition,

               (m)  Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first
priority Agent's Lien,

               (n)  Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to
such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, or (ii) the
services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the
Account Debtor, or

               (o)  Accounts that represent the right to receive progress
payments or other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of
performance by Borrower of the subject contract for goods or services.

          "Eligible Foreign Accounts" means those Accounts of Borrower which do
not qualify as Eligible Accounts solely because the Account Debtor with respect
to such Accounts maintains its chief executive office outside of the United
States or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United
States or any state thereof (it being understood that any Account that is an
Eligible Account due to the effect of subclauses (y) or (z) of clause (f) in the
definition of "Eligible Accounts" shall not also be considered as an Eligible
Foreign Account under this definition); provided that Eligible Foreign Accounts
shall not include the following: (a) Accounts that are not payable in Dollars;
(b) Accounts that the Account Debtor has failed to pay within 60 days of
original invoice date; or (c) Accounts with respect to an Account Debtor whose
total obligations owing to Borrower exceed 10% (such percentage, as applied to a
particular Account Debtor, being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted
Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates) of all
Eligible Accounts and Eligible Foreign Accounts, to the extent of the
obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage; provided,

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however, that, in each case, the amount of Eligible Foreign Accounts that are
excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by
Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Foreign Accounts prior to giving
effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limit,

          "Eligible Inventory" means Inventory consisting of first quality
finished goods held for sale in the ordinary course of Borrower's business, that
complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible
Inventory made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by
virtue of the one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided,
however, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent's
Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit or appraisal performed
by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to
be so included, Inventory shall be valued at the lower of cost or market on a
basis consistent with Borrower's historical accounting practices. An item of
Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory if:

               (a)  Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title
thereto,

               (b)  it is not located at one of the locations in the continental
United States set forth on Schedule E-1 (or in-transit from one such location to
another such location),

               (c)  it is located on real property leased by Borrower (other
than the Specified Locations so long as a Rent Reserve is in effect) or in a
contract warehouse, in each case, unless it is subject to a Collateral Access
Agreement executed by the lessor or warehouseman, as the case may be, and unless
it is segregated or otherwise separately identifiable from goods of others, if
any, stored on the premises,

               (d)  it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority
Agent's Lien,

               (e)  it consists of goods returned or rejected by Borrower's
customers, or

               (f)  it consists of goods that are obsolete or slow moving,
restrictive or custom items, work-in-process, raw materials, or goods that
constitute spare parts, packaging and shipping materials, supplies used or
consumed in Borrower's business, bill and hold goods, defective goods,
"seconds," or Inventory acquired on consignment.

          "Eligible Transferee" means (a) a commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having total assets in
excess of $250,000,000, (b) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any
other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development or a political subdivision of

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any such country and which has total assets in excess of $250,000,000, provided
that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United
States, (c) a finance company, insurance company, or other financial institution
or fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, or otherwise investing in
commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having (together
with its Affiliates) total assets in excess of $250,000,000, (d) any Affiliate
(other than individuals) of a Lender, (e) so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, any other Person approved by Agent and Borrower
(which approval of Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or
conditioned), and (f) during the continuation of an Event of Default, any other
Person approved by Agent.

          "Environmental Actions" means any complaint, summons, citation,
notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or
administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other communication from any
Governmental Authority, or any third party involving violations of Environmental
Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials from (a) any assets, properties, or
businesses of Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or any of their predecessors in
interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any
facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by Borrower, its
Subsidiaries, or any of their predecessors in interest.

          "Environmental Law" means any applicable federal, state, provincial,
foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and
enforceable guideline, binding and enforceable written policy, or rule of common
law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, or any judicial or
administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative
order, consent decree or judgment, to the extent binding on Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, relating to the environment, employee health and safety, or
Hazardous Materials, including CERCLA; RCRA; the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, 33 USC Section 1251 et seq; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 USC
Section 2601 et seq; the Clean Air Act, 42 USC Section 7401 et seq.; the Safe
Drinking Water Act, 42 USC Section 3803 et seq.; the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
33 USC Section 2701 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and the Community
Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 USC Section 11001 et seq.; the Hazardous Material
Transportation Act, 49 USC Section 1801 et seq.; and the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, 29 USC Section651 et seq. (to the extent it regulates occupational
exposure to Hazardous Materials); any state and local or foreign counterparts or
equivalents, in each case as amended from time to time.

          "Environmental Liabilities and Costs" means all liabilities, monetary
obligations, Remedial Actions, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential
damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees,
disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of
investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and
interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand by any Governmental
Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.

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          "Environmental Lien" means any Lien in favor of any Governmental
Authority for Environmental Liabilities and Costs.

          "Equipment" means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code) and
includes machinery, machine tools, motors, furniture, furnishings, fixtures,
vehicles (including motor vehicles), computer hardware, tools, parts, and goods
(other than consumer goods, farm products, or Inventory), wherever located,
including all attachments, accessories, accessions, replacements, substitutions,
additions, and improvements to any of the foregoing.

          "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and any successor statute thereto.

          "ERISA Affiliate" means (a) any Person subject to ERISA whose
employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of
Borrower or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(b), (b) any trade or business
subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as
the employees of Borrower or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(c), (c)
solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any
organization subject to ERISA that is a member of an affiliated service group of
which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a member under IRC Section 414(m),
or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC,
any Person subject to ERISA that is a party to an arrangement with Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of
Borrower or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(o).

          "Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.

          "Excess Availability" means, as of any date of determination, the
amount equal to Availability minus the aggregate amount, if any, of all trade
payables of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries aged in excess of
historical levels with respect thereto and all book overdrafts of Borrower and
the Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of historical practices with respect
thereto, in each case as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

          "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect
from time to time.

          "Excluded Collateral" means (a) 33-1/3% of the issued and outstanding
Stock of the Mexican Subsidiaries and the proceeds thereof and (b) any licenses,
permits, or agreements solely in the event and to the extent that a grant of a
Lien on such license, permit, or agreement would result in a breach or
termination of the terms of, or constitute a default under, or termination of
any such license, permit, or agreement (other than to the extent that any such
term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, or 9-408 of
the Uniform Commercial Code (or any successor provision or provisions) of any
relevant jurisdiction) and, in any event, immediately upon the ineffectiveness,
lapse or termination of any such terms or potential default under such license,
permit, or agreement, the Excluded

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Collateral shall not include, and Borrower shall be deemed to have granted a
security interest in, all such licenses, permits, and agreements; provided,
however, that Excluded Collateral shall not include (and, accordingly, Borrower
Collateral shall include) any and all proceeds of any of such assets; provided,
further, that, any license, permit, or agreement qualifying as Excluded
Collateral no longer shall constitute Excluded Collateral (and instead shall
constitute Borrower Collateral) from and after such time as the licensor or
other party to such license, permit, or agreement consents to the grant of a
Lien in favor of Agent in such license, permit, or agreement.

          "Existing Agent" means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
administrative agent for the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement.

          "Existing Credit Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated May 14, 2002, among Borrower, the lenders party thereto, and
Existing Agent, as amended from time to time.

          "Extraordinary Receipts" means any Collections received by Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (and not
consisting of proceeds described in Section 2.4(c)(ii) hereof), including, (a)
foreign, United States, state or local tax refunds, (b) pension plan reversions,
(c) proceeds of insurance (including proceeds of the key man life insurance
policies) to the extent such proceeds exceed the Dollar amount set forth in
Section 6.8(b) and Agent elects to apply such proceeds to payment of the
Obligations, (d) judgments, proceeds of settlements or other consideration of
any kind in connection with any cause of action other than causes of action to
collect Accounts, (e) condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), (f)
indemnity payments and (g) any purchase price adjustment received in connection
with any purchase agreement.

          "Family Member" means, with respect to any individual, any other
individual having a relationship by blood (to the second degree of
consanguinity), marriage, or adoption to such individual.

          "Family Trusts" means, with respect to any individual, trusts or other
estate planning vehicles established for the benefit of such individual or
Family Members of such individual and in respect of which such individual serves
as trustee or in a similar capacity.

          "Fee Letter" means that certain fee letter, dated as of even
date herewith, between Borrower and Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent.

          "FEIN" means Federal Employer Identification Number.

          "Funding Date" means the date on which a Borrowing occurs.

          "Funding Losses" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b)(ii).

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          "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect
from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.

          "General Intangibles" means general intangibles (as that term is
defined in the Code), including payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to
payment, rights arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or
things in action, goodwill, patents, trade names, trade secrets, trademarks,
servicemarks, copyrights, blueprints, drawings, purchase orders, customer lists,
monies due or recoverable from pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and
other rights under any royalty or licensing agreements, infringement claims,
computer programs, information contained on computer disks or tapes, software,
literature, reports, catalogs, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax
refund claims, and any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof, and
any other personal property other than Accounts, Deposit Accounts, goods,
Investment Property, and Negotiable Collateral.

          "Governing Documents" means, with respect to any Person, the
certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational
documents of such Person.

          "Governmental Authority" means any federal, state, local, or other
governmental or administrative body, instrumentality, department, or agency or
any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission,
or other similar dispute-resolving panel or body.

          "Guarantor" means each of (a) Holding and (b) IH Holding.

          "Guarantor Security Agreement" means one or more security agreements
executed and delivered by each Guarantor in favor of Agent, in each case, in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

          "Guaranty" means that certain general continuing guaranty executed and
delivered by each Guarantor in favor of Agent, for the benefit of the Lender
Group, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

          "Hazardous Materials" means (a) substances that are defined or listed
in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as
"hazardous substances," "hazardous materials," "hazardous wastes," "toxic
substances," or any other formulation intended to define, list, or classify
substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability,
corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or "EP
toxicity", (b) oil, petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas,
natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids, produced waters, and other
wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil,
natural gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or explosives
or any radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical
equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million.

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          "Hedge Agreement" means any and all agreements or documents now
existing or hereafter entered into by Borrower or its Subsidiaries that provide
for an interest rate, credit, commodity or equity swap, cap, floor, collar,
forward foreign exchange transaction, currency swap, cross currency rate swap,
currency option, or any combination of, or option with respect to, these or
similar transactions, for the purpose of hedging Borrower's or its Subsidiaries'
exposure to fluctuations in interest or exchange rates, loan, credit exchange,
security, or currency valuations or commodity prices.

          "Holding" means River Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation.

          "Holding Preferred Stock" means (a) 300,000 shares of Holding's
11-1/2% Senior PIK Preferred Stock due 2010 (liquidation preference $100 per
share) and such additional shares of Holding's 11-1/2% Senior PIK Preferred
Stock due 2010 as may be issued in lieu of cash dividends thereon and (b) 3,000
shares of Holding's 12% Junior Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock due 2010
(liquidation preference $1,000 per share) and such additional shares of
Holding's 12% Junior Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock due 2010 as may be
issued in lieu of cash dividends thereon.

          "Holding Stock Pledge Agreement" means a stock pledge agreement, in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Holding and
Agent with respect to the pledge of the Stock of Borrower.

          "Holdout Lender" has the meaning set forth in Section 15.2(a).

          "HRC" means HRC Holding Inc., a Delaware corporation.

          "HRC Notes" means those certain Unsecured Senior Promissory Notes due
2004 issued by HRC to certain Affiliates, shareholders, and officers of Borrower
in the aggregate principal amount of $10,100,000 and those certain HRC Holding
Inc. Promissory Notes issued by HRC to certain Affiliates of Borrower in the
aggregate principal amount of $2,264,241.

          "IH Holding" means IH Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.

          "Indebtedness" means, without duplication, (a) all obligations for
borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or
other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect
of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, interest rate swaps, or other
financial products, (c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (d) all obligations
or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any asset of a Person or its
Subsidiaries, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed,
(e) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than
trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in
accordance with customary trade practices), (f) all obligations owing under
Hedge Agreements, and (g) any obligation guaranteeing or intended to guarantee
(whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed,

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co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person
that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (f) above. The
amount of Indebtedness attributed to a Person under clause (d) shall be equal to
the fair market value of the assets of such Person that are subject to the Lien.

          "Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.

          "Indemnified Person" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.

          "Insolvency Proceeding" means any proceeding commenced by or against
any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state
or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of
creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with
creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar
relief.

          "Intercompany Subordination Agreement" means a subordination agreement
executed and delivered by Borrower, Holding, HRC, of the Restricted Subsidiaries
and Agent, the form and substance of which is satisfactory to Agent.

          "Intercreditor Agreement" means that certain intercreditor agreement
between WFF and Post, the form and substance of which is satisfactory to WFF and
Post.

          "Interest Expense" means, for any period, the aggregate of the
interest expense of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          "Interest Period" means, with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan, a
period commencing on the date of the making of such LIBOR Rate Loan (or the
continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a
LIBOR Rate Loan) and ending 1, 2, or 3 months thereafter; provided, however,
that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall be extended (subject to clauses (c)-(e) below) to the
next succeeding Business Day, (b) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate
based upon the LIBOR Rate from and including the first day of each Interest
Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (c) any
Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in
another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next
preceding Business Day, (d) with respect to an Interest Period that begins on
the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar
month that is 1, 2, or 3 months after the date on which the Interest Period
began, as applicable, and (e) Borrower may not elect an Interest Period which
will end after the Maturity Date.

          "Inventory" means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).

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          "Investment" means, with respect to any Person, any investment by such
Person in any other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans,
guarantees, advances, or capital contributions (excluding (a) commission,
travel, and similar advances to officers and employees of such Person made in
the ordinary course of business, and (b) bona fide Accounts arising in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), purchases or other
acquisitions of Indebtedness, Stock, or all or substantially all of the assets
of such other Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person),
and any other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance
sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.

          "Investment Property" means investment property (as that term is
defined in the Code), and any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof.

          "IRC" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time
to time.

          "Issuing Lender" means WFF or any other Lender that, at the request of
Borrower and with the consent of Agent, agrees, in such Lender's sole
discretion, to become an Issuing Lender for the purpose of issuing L/Cs or L/C
Undertakings pursuant to Section 2.12.

          "L/C" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(a).

          "L/C Disbursement" means a payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant
to a Letter of Credit.

          "L/C Undertaking" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(a).

          "Lender" and "Lenders" have the respective meanings set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement, and shall include any other Person made a party to
this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.

          "Lender Group" means, individually and collectively, each of the
Lenders (including the Issuing Lender) and Agent.

          "Lender Group Expenses" means all (a) costs or expenses (including
taxes, and insurance premiums) required to be paid by Borrower or its
Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or
incurred by the Lender Group, (b) fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent in
connection with the Lender Group's transactions with Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, including, fees or charges for photocopying, notarization,
couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches (including
tax lien, litigation, and UCC searches and including searches with the patent
and trademark office, the copyright office, or the department of motor
vehicles), filing, recording, publication, appraisal (including periodic
collateral appraisals or business valuations to the extent of the

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fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in this
Agreement), real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements,
and environmental audits, (c) costs and expenses incurred by Agent in the
disbursement of funds to Borrower or other members of the Lender Group (by wire
transfer or otherwise), (d) charges paid or incurred by Agent resulting from the
dishonor of checks, (e) reasonable costs and expenses paid or incurred by the
Lender Group to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan
Documents, or in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving,
storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the
Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is
consummated, (f) audit fees and expenses of Agent related to audit examinations
of the Books to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any
limitation) contained in this Agreement, (g) reasonable costs and expenses of
third party claims or any other suit paid or incurred by the Lender Group in
enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents or the Lender Group's relationship with
Borrower or any its Subsidiaries, (h) Agent's reasonable costs and expenses
(including attorneys fees) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting,
reviewing, administering, syndicating, or amending the Loan Documents, (i)
Agent's and each Lender's reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys,
accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in
terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other
advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a "workout," a
"restructuring," or an Insolvency Proceeding concerning Borrower or its
Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or
defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether suit is brought, or in
taking any Remedial Action concerning the Collateral, and (j) any costs,
expenses, or other amounts which are chargeable to Agent pursuant to the
Intercreditor Agreement.

          "Lender-Related Person" means, with respect to any Lender, such
Lender, together with such Lender's Affiliates, officers, directors, employees,
attorneys, and agents.

          "Letter of Credit" means an L/C or an L/C Undertaking, as the context
requires.

          "Letter of Credit Usage" means, as of any date of determination, the
aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.

          "LIBOR Deadline" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b)(i).

          "LIBOR Notice" means a written notice in the form of Exhibit L-1.

          "LIBOR Rate" means, for each Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate Loan,
the rate per annum determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next 1/100%) by dividing (a) the Base LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period, by
(b) 100% minus the Reserve Percentage. The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted on and
as of the effective day of any change in the Reserve Percentage.

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          "LIBOR Rate Loan" means each portion of an Advance that bears interest
at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.

          "Lien" means any interest in an asset securing an obligation owed to,
or a claim by, any Person other than the owner of the asset, irrespective of
whether (a) such interest is based on the common law, statute, or contract, (b)
such interest is recorded or perfected, and (c) such interest is contingent upon
the occurrence of some future event or events or the existence of some future
circumstance or circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the term "Lien" includes the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage,
deed of trust, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt, or from a
lease, consignment, or bailment for security purposes and also includes
reservations, exceptions, encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants,
conditions, restrictions, leases, and other title exceptions and encumbrances
affecting Real Property.

          "Loan Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

          "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Affiliate Subordination
Agreement, the Cash Management Agreements, the Control Agreements, the
Disbursement Letter, the Fee Letter, the Guarantor Security Agreement, the
Guaranty, the Holding Stock Pledge Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination
Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the Mortgages, the Officers' Certificate, the
Patent Security Agreement, the Stock Pledge Agreement, the Trademark Security
Agreement, any note or notes executed by Borrower in connection with this
Agreement and payable to a member of the Lender Group, and any other agreement
entered into, now or in the future, by Borrower and the Lender Group in
connection with this Agreement.

          "Material Adverse Change" means (a) a material adverse change in the
business, prospects, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or
condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, (b) a material impairment of Borrower's and its Subsidiaries ability to
perform their obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are parties or
of the Lender Group's ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the
Collateral, or (c) a material impairment of the enforceability or priority of
the Agent's Liens with respect to the Collateral as a result of an action or
failure to act on the part of Borrower or its Subsidiaries.

          "Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.

          "Mexican Subsidiaries" means Industrias Hudson, S.A. de C.V. and
Hudson Respiratory Care Tecate, S. de R.L. de C.V.

          "Mortgage Policy" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(v).

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          "Mortgages" means, individually and collectively, one or more
mortgages, deeds of trust, or deeds to secure debt, executed and delivered by
Borrower or its Subsidiaries in favor of Agent, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, that encumber the Real Property Collateral and the
related improvements thereto.

          "Negotiable Collateral" means letters of credit, letter of credit
rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts, documents, and chattel paper
(including electronic chattel paper and tangible chattel paper), and any and all
supporting obligations in respect thereof.

          "Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to any sale or disposition by
any Person or any Subsidiary thereof of property or assets, the amount of
Collections received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as
initial consideration or through the payment of deferred consideration) by or on
behalf of such Person or such Subsidiary, in connection therewith after
deducting therefrom only (i) the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any
Permitted Lien on any asset (other than (A) Indebtedness owing to Agent or any
Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B) Indebtedness
assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is required to be, and is, repaid
in connection with such disposition, (ii) reasonable expenses related thereto
incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, (iii) taxes
paid or payable to any taxing authorities by such Person or such Subsidiary in
connection therewith, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid
or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate and are properly attributable to
such transaction, and (iv) reasonable reserves as determined in accordance with
GAAP in respect of (a) liabilities relating to the property or assets sold or
disposed of that are retained by such Person and (b) indemnification liabilities
relating to the sale or disposition.

          "Net Liquidation Percentage" means the percentage of the book value of
Borrower's Inventory that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly
liquidation of such Inventory, such percentage to be as determined from time to
time by a qualified appraisal company selected by Agent.

          "Obligations" means all loans, Advances, debts, principal, interest
(including any interest that, but for the commencement of an Insolvency
Proceeding, would have accrued), contingent reimbursement obligations with
respect to outstanding Letters of Credit, premiums, liabilities (including all
amounts charged to Borrower's Loan Account pursuant hereto), obligations
(including indemnification obligations), fees (including the fees provided for
in the Fee Letter), charges, costs, Lender Group Expenses (including any fees or
expenses that, but for the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, would have
accrued), lease payments, guaranties, covenants, and duties of any kind and
description owing by Borrower to the Lender Group pursuant to or evidenced by
the Loan Documents and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing
or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid when due

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and all Lender Group Expenses that Borrower is required to pay or reimburse by
the Loan Documents, by law, or otherwise. Any reference in this Agreement or in
the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all extensions,
modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to
any Insolvency Proceeding.

          "Officers' Certificate" means the representations and warranties of
officers form submitted by Agent to Borrower, together with Borrower's completed
responses to the inquiries set forth therein, the form and substance of such
responses to be satisfactory to Agent.

          "Originating Lender" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.1(e).

          "Overadvance" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.

          "Participant" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.1(e).

          "Patent Security Agreement" means a patent security agreement executed
and delivered by Borrower and Agent, the form and substance of which is
satisfactory to Agent.

          "Pay-Off Letter" means a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent, from Existing Agent to Agent respecting the amount necessary to repay in
full all of the obligations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries owing under the
Existing Credit Agreement and obtain a release of all of the Liens existing
under the Existing Credit Agreement in and to the assets of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.

          "Permitted Discretion" means a determination made in the exercise of
reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business
judgment.

          "Permitted Dispositions" means (a) sales or other dispositions of
Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged, or obsolete in the ordinary
course of business, (b) sales of Inventory to buyers in the ordinary course of
business, (c) the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that
is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
and (d) the licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents, trademarks,
copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of
business.

          "Permitted Holder" means each of (a) Holding, (b) FS Equity Partners
III, L.P., (c) FS Equity Partners IV, LP, and (d) Helen Hudson Lovaas, her
Family Members, and her Family Trusts.

          "Permitted Intercompany Investments" means Investments by Borrower in
the Mexican Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business in amounts that
are consistent with past practices so long as (a) the Mexican Subsidiaries do
not conduct any business that is different from that which was conducted as of
the Closing Date and (b) neither of the Mexican

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Subsidiaries has cash on hand at any time for a period of more than 7 days that
exceeds $75,000.

          "Permitted Investments" means (a) Investments in cash and Cash
Equivalents, (b) Investments in negotiable instruments for collection, (c)
advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary
course of business, (d) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries effected in the ordinary course of business
or owing to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of Insolvency
Proceedings involving an Account Debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement
of any Lien in favor of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and (e) Permitted
Intercompany Investments.

          "Permitted Liens" means (a) Liens held by Agent, (b) Liens for unpaid
taxes that either (i) are not yet delinquent, or (ii) do not constitute an Event
of Default hereunder and are the subject of Permitted Protests, (c) Liens set
forth on Schedule P-1, (d) the interests of lessors under operating leases, (e)
purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to the
extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness
and so long as such Lien attaches only to the asset purchased or acquired and
the proceeds thereof, (f) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of
warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or
suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection
with the borrowing of money, and which Liens either (i) are for sums not yet
delinquent, or (ii) are the subject of Permitted Protests, (g) Liens arising
from deposits made in compliance with obtaining worker's compensation or other
unemployment insurance, (h) Liens or deposits to secure performance of bids,
tenders, contracts, or leases incurred in the ordinary course of business and
not in connection with the borrowing of money, (i) Liens granted as security for
surety, indemnity, or appeal bonds in connection with obtaining such bonds in
the ordinary course of business, (j) Liens resulting from any judgment or award
that is not an Event of Default hereunder, (k) with respect to any Real
Property, easements, rights of way, reservations, zoning, and other restrictions
on use, and such other charges and encumbrances as do not, in any case,
materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof, and (l) Liens
granted to Post to secure Indebtedness under the Post Loan Documents..

          "Permitted Protest" means the right of Borrower or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries to protest any Lien (other than any Lien that secures
the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or taxes that are the subject
of a United States federal tax lien), or rental payment, provided that (a) a
reserve with respect to such obligation is established on the Books of Borrower
or such Restricted Subsidiary in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any
such protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, in good faith, and (c) Agent is
satisfied that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no impairment
of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of the Agent's Liens.

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          "Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness" means, as of any date of
determination, Purchase Money Indebtedness incurred after the Closing Date in an
aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not in excess of
$2,000,000.

          "Person" means natural persons, corporations, limited liability
companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability
partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, land trusts, business trusts, or other
organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities, and governments
and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.

          "Post" means MW Post Advisory Group, LLC.

          "Post Loan Agreement" means that certain Loan and Security Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, among Borrower, the lenders party thereto, and
Post, as agent for such lenders, providing for such lenders to make revolving
loans in an aggregate amount of $30,000,000 to Borrower on the Closing Date.

          "Post Loan Documents" means the Post Loan Agreement and the other
"Loan Documents" (as defined in the Post Loan Agreement).

          "Projections" means Borrower's forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b)
profit and loss statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a
basis consistent with Borrower's historical financial statements, together with
appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions.

          "Pro Rata Share" means, as of any date of determination:

          (a)  with respect to a Lender's obligation to make Revolver A Advances
and receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with
respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver A Commitments being terminated or
reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lender's Revolver
A Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver A Commitments of all Lenders, and
(ii) from and after the time that the Revolver A Commitments have been
terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolver A Advances by
(z) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolver A Advances,

          (b)  with respect to a Lender's obligation to participate in Letters
of Credit, to reimburse the Issuing Lender, and to receive payments of fees with
respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver A Commitments being terminated or
reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lender's Revolver
A Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver A Commitments of all Lenders, and
(ii) from and after the time that the Revolver A Commitments have been
terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolver A Advances by
(z) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolver A Advances,

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          (c)  with respect to a Lender's obligation to make Revolver B Advances
and receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with
respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver B Commitments being terminated or
reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lender's Revolver
B Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver B Commitments of all Lenders, and
(ii) from and after the time that the Revolver B Commitments have been
terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolver B Advances by
(z) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolver B Advances,

          (d)  with respect to a Lender's obligation to make Revolver C Advances
and receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with
respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver C Commitments being terminated or
reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lender's Revolver
C Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver C Commitments of all Lenders, and
(ii) from and after the time that the Revolver C Commitments have been
terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolver C Advances by
(z) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolver C Advances,

          (e)  with respect to a Lender's obligation to make Revolver D Advances
and receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with
respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver D Commitments being terminated or
reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lender's Revolver
D Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver D Commitments of all Lenders, and
(ii) from and after the time that the Revolver D Commitments have been
terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolver D Advances by
(z) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolver D Advances, and

          (f)  with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender
(including the indemnification obligations arising under Section 16.7), the
percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lender's aggregate amount of Revolver
Commitments by (ii) the aggregate amount of Revolver Commitments of all Lenders;
provided, however, that in the event the Revolver Commitments have been
terminated or reduced to zero, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be the
percentage obtained by dividing (A) the outstanding principal amount of such
Lender's Advances plus such Lender's ratable portion of the Risk Participation
Liability with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit by (B) the outstanding
principal amount of all Advances plus the aggregate amount of the Risk
Participation Liability with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit.

          "Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (other than the
Obligations, but including Capitalized Lease Obligations), incurred at the time
of, or within 30 days after, the acquisition of any fixed assets for the purpose
of financing all or any part of the acquisition cost thereof.

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          "Qualified Cash" means, as of any date of determination, the amount of
unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its Subsidiaries that is
in Deposit Accounts or in Securities Accounts, or any combination thereof, and
which such Deposit Account or Securities Account is the subject of a Control
Agreement and is maintained by a branch office of the bank or securities
intermediary located within the United States.

          "Real Property" means any estates or interests in real property now
owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or its Subsidiaries and the improvements
thereto.

          "Real Property Collateral" means the parcel or parcels of Real
Property identified on Schedule R-1 and any Real Property hereafter acquired by
Borrower or its Subsidiaries.

          "Real Property Collateral Reserve" has the meaning set forth in the
definition of "Revolver C Maximum Amount".

          "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or
which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in
perceivable form.

          "Remedial Action" means all actions taken to (a) clean up, remove,
remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address
Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or
minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials so they do not
migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the
indoor or outdoor environment, (c) perform any pre-remedial studies,
investigations, or post-remedial operation and maintenance activities, or (d)
conduct any other actions authorized by 42 USC Section 9601.

          "Rent Reserve" means, as of any date of determination following the
Closing Date, with respect to each of the Specified Locations as to which a
Collateral Access Agreement has not been received by such date, a reserve in an
amount equal to 3 months rent under the lease with respect to each such
Specified Location.

          "Replacement Lender" has the meaning set forth in Section 15.2(a).

          "Report" has the meaning set forth in Section 16.17.

          "Required Availability" means that the sum of (a) Excess Availability,
plus (b) Qualified Cash exceeds $9,000,000.

          "Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders whose aggregate Pro
Rata Shares (calculated under clause (f) of the definition of Pro Rata Shares)
equal or exceed 50.1%.

          "Reserve Percentage" means, on any day, for any Lender, the maximum
percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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successor Governmental Authority) for determining the reserve requirements
(including any basic, supplemental, marginal, or emergency reserves) that are in
effect on such date with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to
as "eurocurrency liabilities") of that Lender, but so long as such Lender is not
required or directed under applicable regulations to maintain such reserves, the
Reserve Percentage shall be zero.

          "Restricted Group" means Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

          "Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Borrower other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.

          "Revolver A Advances" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

          "Revolver A Availability" means, as of any date of determination, the
amount that Borrower is entitled to borrow as Revolver A Advances hereunder
(after giving effect to all then outstanding Obligations and all sublimits and
reserves then applicable hereunder).

          "Revolver A Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its
Revolver A Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver A
Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such
Lender's name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 or in the Assignment
and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder in
accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.

          "Revolver A Excess Availability" means, as of any date of
determination, the amount equal to Revolver A Availability minus the aggregate
amount, if any, of all trade payables of Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries aged in excess of historical levels with respect thereto and all
book overdrafts of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of
historical practices with respect thereto, in each case as determined by Agent
in its Permitted Discretion.

          "Revolver A Maximum Amount" means $30,000,000.

          "Revolver A Usage" means, as of any date of determination, the sum of
(a) the then extant amount of outstanding Revolver A Advances, plus (b) the then
extant amount of the Letter of Credit Usage.

          "Revolver B Advances" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

          "Revolver B Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its
Revolver B Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver B
Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such
Lender's name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 or in the Assignment
and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder in
accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.

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          "Revolver B Maximum Amount" means $2,400,000 which amount shall be
reduced by $40,000 on the first day of each month, commencing on November 1,
2003, until such amount is zero.

          "Revolver C Advances" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

          "Revolver C Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its
Revolver C Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver C
Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such
Lender's name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 or in the Assignment
and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder in
accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.

          "Revolver C Maximum Amount" means $5,600,000 which amount shall be
reduced by $66,667 on the first day of each month, commencing on November 1,
2003, until such amount is zero; provided that Borrower may elect by notice to
Agent, in lieu of each $66,667 monthly reduction, to create a reserve against
Borrowing Base A in the same amount (the aggregate amount of such reserves being
referred to as, the "Real Property Collateral Reserve") so long as, after giving
effect to the addition of each such amount to the Real Property Collateral
Reserve, there is Revolver A Excess Availability of at least $1.

          "Revolver Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver
A Commitment, its Revolver B Commitment, its Revolver C Commitment, or its
Revolver D Commitment, as the context requires, and, with respect to all
Lenders, their Revolver A Commitments, their Revolver B Commitments, their
Revolver C Commitments, or their Revolver D Commitments, as the context
requires, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lender's
name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 or in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder in accordance
with the provisions of Section 14.1.

          "Revolver D Advances" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).

          "Revolver D Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its
Revolver D Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver D
Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such
Lender's name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 or in the Assignment
and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder in
accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.

          "Revolver D Maximum Amount" means $6,000,000 which amount shall be
reduced by $200,000 on the first day of each month, commencing on November 1,
2003, until such amount is zero.

          "Revolver Usage" means, as of any date of determination, the sum of
(a) the then extant amount of outstanding Advances, plus (b) the then extant
amount of the Letter of Credit Usage.

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          "Risk Participation Liability" means, as to each Letter of Credit, all
reimbursement obligations of Borrower to the Issuing Lender with respect to an
L/C Undertaking, consisting of (a) the amount available to be drawn or which may
become available to be drawn, (b) all amounts that have been paid by the Issuing
Lender to the Underlying Issuer to the extent not reimbursed by Borrower,
whether by the making of a Revolver A Advance or otherwise, and (c) all accrued
and unpaid interest, fees, and expenses payable with respect thereto.

          "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any successor thereto.

          "Securities Account" means a securities account (as that term is
defined in the Code).

          "Senior Notes" means those certain Unsecured Senior Promissory Notes
due 2004, issued by Borrower to certain Affiliates, shareholders, and officers
of Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of $12,000,000.

          "Settlement" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(f)(i).

          "Settlement Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(f)(i).

          "Solvent" means, with respect to any Person on a particular date,
that, at fair valuations, the sum of such Person's assets is greater than all of
such Person's debts.

          "Specified Locations" means Borrower's business premises located at
900 University, Arlington Heights, Illinois; 800 Mark Street, Elk Grove Village,
Illinois; 27731 Diaz Road, Temecula, California; and 28381 Vincent Moraga Drive,
Temecula, California.

          "Stock" means all shares, options, warrants, interests,
participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a
Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, or
any other "equity security" (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the
General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act).

          "Stock Pledge Agreement" means a stock pledge agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Borrower, IH Holding,
and Agent with respect to the pledge of the Stock of HRC and the Restricted
Subsidiaries.

          "Subordinated Convertible Notes" means those certain Senior
Subordinated Convertible Promissory Notes due 2005, issued by Borrower to
certain Affiliates, shareholders, and officers of Borrower in the aggregate
principal amount of $14,951,250.

          "Subordinated Notes" means Borrower's 9-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2008 issued pursuant to the Subordinated Notes Indenture.

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          "Subordinated Notes Indenture" means that certain Indenture dated as
of April 7, 1998, among Borrower, Holding, and United States Trust Company of
New York, as trustee.

          "Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, or other entity in which that Person directly or indirectly
owns or controls the shares of Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors (or appoint other comparable managers) of
such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity.

          "Swing Lender" means WFF or any other Lender that, at the request of
Borrower and with the consent of Agent agrees, in such Lender's sole discretion,
to become the Swing Lender under Section 2.3(d).

          "Swing Loan" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d)(i).

          "Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 16.11.

          "Temecula Mortgage" means a Mortgage encumbering the Real Property
Collateral that is commonly known as 27711 Diaz Road, Temecula, California
92589.

          "TFQ EBITDA" means, as of any date of determination, EBITDA of
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the 4 fiscal quarter period most
recently ended.

          "Total Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its Total
Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Total Commitments, in each
case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lender's name under the
applicable heading on Schedule C-1 attached hereto or on the signature page of
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender
hereunder in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1.

          "Trademark Security Agreement" means a trademark security agreement
executed and delivered by Borrower and Agent, the form and substance of which is
satisfactory to Agent.

          "Triggering Event" means (a) the occurrence of any Event of Default or
(b) the sum of (i) Revolver A Excess Availability plus (ii) Qualified Cash is
less than $2,500,000 for any 5 consecutive Business Days; provided that (A) with
respect to the period from the first day through the fifteenth day following the
due date of an interest payment on the Subordinated Notes, such amount shall be
$1,500,000 and (B) with respect to the period from the sixteenth day through the
thirtieth day following the due date of an interest payment on the Subordinated
Notes, such amount shall be $2,000,000.

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          "UCC Filing Authorization Letter" means a letter duly executed by
Borrower and each Guarantor authorizing Agent to file appropriate financing
statements on Form UCC-1 without the signature of Borrower or such Guarantor, as
applicable, in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of
Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests purported to be created by
the Loan Documents.

          "United States" means the United States of America.

          "Underlying Issuer" means a third Person which is the beneficiary of
an L/C Undertaking and which has issued a letter of credit at the request of the
Issuing Lender for the benefit of Borrower.

          "Underlying Letter of Credit" means a letter of credit that has been
issued by an Underlying Issuer.

          "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (a) any Subsidiary of Borrower that at
the time of determination is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board
of Directors in the manner provided below and (b) any Subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of
Borrower (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of Borrower)
to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that at the time of such
designation and in the case of clauses (x) and (y), at all times thereafter

               (x)  neither such Subsidiary nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any
          Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property
          of, Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower;

               (y)  neither Holding, Borrower, nor any Restricted Subsidiary has
          guaranteed any Indebtedness or other obligation of such Subsidiary,
          and no Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall constitute Indebtedness
          of Holding, Borrower, or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

               (z)  except in the case of HRC Holding Inc., Hudson Euro Co.
          S.a.r.l. and Steamer Holding AB and any of their Subsidiaries, such
          Subsidiary has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less;

provided that no Person designated as a "Restricted Subsidiary" under the Post
Loan Documents or otherwise providing any guaranty of the obligations under the
Post Loan Documents or a lien on any of its assets to secure obligations under
the Post Loan Documents may be an "Unrestricted Subsidiary" under this
Agreement.

          "Unrestricted Subsidiaries EBITDA" means, with respect to any fiscal
period, the Unrestricted Subsidiaries' consolidated net earnings (or loss),
minus extraordinary gains and interest income, plus (a) non-cash extraordinary
losses, (b) Interest Expense (including

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any non-cash interest expense), (c) taxes based on or determined by reference to
income, (d) depreciation and amortization, and (e) other non-cash charges
(including noncash compensation charges), in each case for such period and as
determined in accordance with GAAP.

          "Unrestricted Subsidiaries TFQ EBITDA" means as of any date of
determination, Unrestricted Subsidiaries EBITDA for the 4 fiscal quarter period
most recently ended.

          "Voidable Transfer" has the meaning set forth in Section 17.7.

          "Wells Fargo" means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national
banking association.

          "WFF" means Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc., a California corporation.

     1.2  Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP; provided that for purposes of
construing the accounting terms that compose the definition of "EBITDA", such
terms shall be interpreted in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent
with the interpretation of such terms used in Borrower's financial statements
for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2002. When used herein, the term
"financial statements" shall include the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever
the term "Borrower" is used in respect of a financial covenant or a related
definition, it shall be understood to mean Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

     1.3  Code. Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code
shall be construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined
herein.

     1.4  Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the
singular, references to the singular include the plural, the term "including" is
not limiting, and the term "or" has, except where otherwise indicated, the
inclusive meaning represented by the phrase "and/or." The words "hereof,"
"herein," "hereby," "hereunder," and similar terms in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the
case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or
such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section, subsection, clause,
schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents to any
agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions,
joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any
restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,
modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements
set forth herein). Any reference herein to the payment in full or repayment in
full of the Obligations shall mean the payment

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in full in cash of all Obligations other than contingent indemnification
Obligations and contingent expense reimbursement Obligations. Any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person's successors and
assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in the other Loan
Documents shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record and any Record
transmitted shall constitute a representation and warranty as to the accuracy
and completeness of the information contained therein.

     1.5  Schedules and Exhibits. All of the schedules and exhibits attached to
this Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.

2.  LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.

     2.1  Revolver Advances.

               (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and
during the term of this Agreement, each Lender with a Revolver A Commitment
agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make advances
("Revolver A Advances") to Borrower in an amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed such Lender's Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
the Revolver A Maximum Amount, less the Letter of Credit Usage, less the
outstanding amount of Revolver B Advances, less the outstanding amount of
Revolver C Advances, less the outstanding amount of Revolver D Advances, or (ii)
Borrowing Base A less the Letter of Credit Usage.

               (b)  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and
during the term of this Agreement, each Lender with a Revolver B Commitment
agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make advances
("Revolver B Advances") to Borrower in an amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed such Lender's Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
the Revolver B Maximum Amount, or (ii) Borrowing Base B. Borrower may terminate
the Revolver B Commitments by written notice to Agent and the Lenders holding
Revolver B Commitments at any time during the term of this Agreement, without
premium or penalty, so long as there are no Revolver B Advances then
outstanding.

               (c)  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and
during the term of this Agreement, each Lender with a Revolver C Commitment
agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make advances
("Revolver C Advances") to Borrower in an amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed such Lender's Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
the Revolver C Maximum Amount, or (ii) Borrowing Base C. Borrower may terminate
the Revolver C Commitments by written notice to Agent and the Lenders holding
Revolver C Commitments at any time during the term of this Agreement, without
premium or penalty, so long as there are no Revolver C Advances then
outstanding.

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               (d)  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and
during the term of this Agreement, each Lender with a Revolver D Commitment
agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make advances
("Revolver D Advances") to Borrower in an amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed such Lender's Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the Revolver D
Maximum Amount. Borrower may terminate the Revolver D Commitments by written
notice to Agent and the Lenders holding Revolver D Commitments at any time
during the term of this Agreement, without premium or penalty, so long as there
are no Revolver D Advances then outstanding.

               (e)  Anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1 notwithstanding
,Agent shall have the right to establish reserves in such amounts, and with
respect to such matters, as Agent in its Permitted Discretion shall deem
necessary or appropriate, against Borrowing Base A, including reserves with
respect to (i) sums that Borrower is required to pay (such as taxes,
assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or
other amounts payable under such leases) and has failed to pay under any Section
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (ii) amounts owing by Borrower
or its Subsidiaries to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust
over, any of the Collateral (other than any existing Permitted Lien set forth on
Schedule P-1 which is specifically identified thereon as entitled to have
priority over the Agent's Liens), which Lien or trust, in the Permitted
Discretion of Agent likely would have a priority superior to the Agent's Liens
(such as Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers,
mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for ad
valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where given priority under applicable
law) in and to such item of the Collateral. In addition to the foregoing, but
subject to Section 4.6, Agent shall have the right to have the Borrower's
Inventory reappraised by a qualified appraisal company selected by Agent from
time to time after the Closing Date for the purpose of re-determining the Net
Liquidation Percentage of the Eligible Inventory and, as a result,
re-determining Borrowing Base A.

               (f)  Amounts borrowed under the Revolver A Commitments pursuant
to this Section 2.1 may be repaid and, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, reborrowed at any time during the term of this Agreement.
Amounts borrowed under the Revolver B Commitments, the Revolver C Commitments
(subject to Section 2.1(j)), and the Revolver D Commitments pursuant to this
Section 2.1 may be repaid by Borrower at any time, without premium or penalty
(but subject to the terms of Section 3.6 with respect to the early termination
of this Agreement), irrespective of the scheduled commitment reductions set
forth in the definitions of "Revolver B Maximum Amount", "Revolver C Maximum
Amount", and "Revolver D Maximum Amount", but any such amounts that are repaid
may not subsequently be reborrowed.

               (g)  Lenders with Revolver A Commitments shall have no obligation
to make additional Revolver A Advances hereunder to the extent such additional
Revolver A Advances would cause the Revolver A Usage to exceed the Revolver A
Maximum Amount.

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               (h)  On no more than 2 occasions within 24 months after the
Closing Date, upon 5 Business Days prior written notice by Borrower to Agent,
Borrower may, without premium or penalty, reduce the Revolver A Maximum Amount
to an amount not less than the greater of (i) the sum of (A) the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of all Revolver A Advances, Revolver B Advances,
Revolver C Advances, and Revolver D Advances (including Swing Loans and Agent
Advances) then outstanding, (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolver A
Advances, Revolver B Advances, Revolver C Advances, and Revolver D Advances not
yet made as to which a request has been made by Borrower under Section 2.3, and
(C) the then extant Letter of Credit Usage, or (ii) $25,000,000. Each such
reduction shall be in an amount which is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and
shall be irrevocable. Once reduced, the Revolver A Maximum Amount may not be
increased. Each such reduction of the Revolver A Maximum Amount shall reduce the
Revolver A Commitment of each Lender proportionately in accordance with its Pro
Rata Share thereof. The unused line fee set forth in Section 2.11(a) is
calculated by reference to the Revolver A Maximum Amount and a decrease in the
amount of the Revolver A Maximum Amount pursuant hereto will have the effect of
decreasing the unused line fee.

               (i)  If Borrower has elected to create the Real Property
Collateral Reserve in lieu of the scheduled reductions to the Revolver C Maximum
Amount and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
Borrower shall be entitled to request an adjustment of the Real Property
Collateral Reserve on an annual basis, commencing on October 1, 2004, in the
following manner. On or before September 1 of each year, commencing on September
1, 2004, Borrower shall make a written request to Agent to order a new appraisal
of the fair market value of the Real Property Collateral (which appraisal shall
be conducted at Borrower's expense). If the results of such appraisal are that
the fair market value of the Real Property Collateral has not declined since the
Closing Date, the Real Property Collateral Reserve shall be eliminated. If, on
the other hand, the results of such appraisal are that the fair market value of
the Real Property Collateral has declined since the Closing Date, the Real
Property Collateral Reserve shall be eliminated and the Revolver C Maximum
Amount shall be reduced by the amount of the Real Property Collateral Reserve
prior to its elimination. After each such elimination of the Real Property
Collateral Reserve, Borrower, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, may
elect to establish a new Real Property Collateral Reserve commencing on the
following November 1.

               (j)  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event
shall any Lender be obligated to make any Advances to Borrower if, after giving
effect to such Advances, the sum of all outstanding Obligations plus the
Indebtedness owing to the lenders under the Post Loan Documents would exceed the
amount of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.03 of the Subordinated Notes
Indenture.

     2.2  [Intentionally Omitted].

     2.3  Borrowing Procedures and Settlements.

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               (a)  Procedure for Borrowing. Each Borrowing shall be made by an
irrevocable written request by an Authorized Person delivered to Agent (which
notice must be received by Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (California time) on
the Business Day prior to the date that is the requested Funding Date specifying
(i) the amount of such Borrowing, and (ii) the requested Funding Date, which
shall be a Business Day; provided, however, that in the case of a request for
Swing Loan in an amount of $5,000,000, or less, such notice will be timely
received if it is received by Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (California time)
on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date) specifying (i) the
amount of such Borrowing, and (ii) the requested Funding Date, which shall be a
Business Day. In lieu of delivering the above-described written request, any
Authorized Person may give Agent telephonic notice of such request by the
required time. In such circumstances, Borrower agrees that any such telephonic
notice will be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the giving of such notice
and the failure to provide such written confirmation shall not affect the
validity of the request.

               (b)  Agent's Election. Promptly after receipt of a request for a
Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(a), Agent shall elect, in its discretion, (i)
to have the terms of Section 2.3(c) apply to such requested Borrowing, or (ii)
if the Borrowing is for an Advance, to request Swing Lender to make a Swing Loan
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.3(d) in the amount of the requested
Borrowing; provided, however, that if Swing Lender declines in its sole
discretion to make a Swing Loan pursuant to Section 2.3(d), Agent shall elect to
have the terms of Section 2.3(c) apply to such requested Borrowing and shall
cause such Advance to be funded on the same day as requested so long as the
request is received no later than 10:00 a.m. (California time).

               (c)  Making of Loans.

               (i)  In the event that Agent shall elect to have the terms of
          this Section 2.3(c) apply to a requested Borrowing as described in
          Section 2.3(b), then promptly after receipt of a request for a
          Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3(a), Agent shall notify the Lenders,
          not later than 1:00 p.m. (California time) on the Business Day
          immediately preceding the Funding Date applicable thereto, by
          telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of the
          requested Borrowing. Each Lender shall make the amount of such
          Lender's Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent
          in immediately available funds, to Agent's Account, not later than
          10:00 a.m. (California time) on the Funding Date applicable thereto.
          After Agent's receipt of the proceeds of such Advances, Agent shall
          make the proceeds thereof available to Borrower on the applicable
          Funding Date by transferring immediately available funds equal to such
          proceeds received by Agent to Borrower's Designated Account; provided,
          however, that, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3(i), Agent
          shall not request any Lender to make, and no Lender shall have the
          obligation to make, any Advance if Agent shall have actual

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          knowledge that (1) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent
          set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding
          Date for the applicable Borrowing unless such condition has been
          waived, or (2) the requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability
          on such Funding Date.

               (ii) Unless Agent receives notice from a Lender on or prior to
          the Closing Date or, with respect to any Borrowing after the Closing
          Date, prior to 9:00 a.m. (California time) on the date of such
          Borrowing, that such Lender will not make available as and when
          required hereunder to Agent for the account of Borrower the amount of
          that Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, Agent may assume that
          each Lender has made or will make such amount available to Agent in
          immediately available funds on the Funding Date and Agent may (but
          shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, make
          available to Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to
          the extent any Lender shall not have made its full amount available to
          Agent in immediately available funds and Agent in such circumstances
          has made available to Borrower such amount, that Lender shall on the
          Business Day following such Funding Date make such amount available to
          Agent, together with interest at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each
          day during such period. A notice submitted by Agent to any Lender with
          respect to amounts owing under this subsection shall be conclusive,
          absent manifest error. If such amount is so made available, such
          payment to Agent shall constitute such Lender's Advance on the date of
          Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is not
          made available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding
          Date, Agent will notify Borrower of such failure to fund and, upon
          demand by Agent, Borrower shall pay such amount to Agent for Agent's
          account, together with interest thereon for each day elapsed since the
          date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate
          applicable at the time to the Advances composing such Borrowing. The
          failure of any Lender to make any Advance on any Funding Date shall
          not relieve any other Lender of any obligation hereunder to make an
          Advance on such Funding Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for
          the failure of any other Lender to make the Advance to be made by such
          other Lender on any Funding Date.

               (iii) Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting
          Lender any payments made by Borrower to Agent for the Defaulting
          Lender's benefit, and, in the absence of such transfer to the
          Defaulting Lender, Agent shall transfer any such payments to each
          other non-Defaulting Lender member of the Lender Group ratably in
          accordance with their Commitments (but only to the extent that such
          Defaulting Lender's Advance was funded by the other members of the
          Lender Group) or, if so directed by Borrower and if no Default or
          Event of Default had occurred and is continuing (and to the extent
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          Defaulting Lender's Advance was not funded by the Lender Group),
          retain same to be re-advanced to Borrower as if such Defaulting Lender
          had made Advances to Borrower. Subject to the foregoing, Agent may
          hold and, in its Permitted Discretion, re-lend to Borrower for the
          account of such Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments
          received and retained by Agent for the account of such Defaulting
          Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters
          with respect to the Loan Documents, such Defaulting Lender shall be
          deemed not to be a "Lender" and such Lender's Commitment shall be
          deemed to be zero. This Section shall remain effective with respect to
          such Lender until (x) the Obligations under this Agreement shall have
          been declared or shall have become immediately due and payable, (y)
          the non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, and Borrower shall have waived such
          Defaulting Lender's default in writing, or (z) the Defaulting Lender
          makes its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Advance and pays to Agent
          all amounts owing by Defaulting Lender in respect thereof. The
          operation of this Section shall not be construed to increase or
          otherwise affect the Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse
          the performance by such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its
          duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the
          performance by Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder to
          Agent or to the Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender. Any such
          failure to fund by any Defaulting Lender shall constitute a material
          breach by such Defaulting Lender of this Agreement and shall entitle
          Borrower at its option, upon written notice to Agent, to arrange for a
          substitute Lender to assume the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender,
          such substitute Lender to be acceptable to Agent. In connection with
          the arrangement of such a substitute Lender, the Defaulting Lender
          shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder, and agrees to
          execute and deliver a completed form of Assignment and Acceptance in
          favor of the substitute Lender (and agrees that it shall be deemed to
          have executed and delivered such document if it fails to do so)
          subject only to being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations
          (including an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the Risk
          Participation Liability) without any premium or penalty of any kind
          whatsoever; provided, however, that any such assumption of the
          Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be deemed to constitute
          a waiver of any of the Lender Groups' or Borrower's rights or remedies
          against any such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to
          such failure to fund.

               (d)  Making of Swing Loans.

               (i)  In the event Agent shall elect, with the consent of Swing
          Lender, as a Lender, to have the terms of this Section 2.3(d) apply to
          a requested Borrowing as described in Section 2.3(b), Swing Lender as
          a Lender shall make such Advance in the amount of such Borrowing (any
          such Advance made solely by Swing Lender as a Lender pursuant to this
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          referred to as a "Swing Loan" and such Advances being referred to
          collectively as "Swing Loans") available to Borrower on the Funding
          Date applicable thereto by transferring immediately available funds to
          Borrower's Designated Account. Each Swing Loan shall be deemed to be
          an Advance hereunder and shall be subject to all the terms and
          conditions applicable to other Advances, except that no such Swing
          Loan shall be eligible to be a LIBOR Rate Loan and all payments on any
          Swing Loan shall be payable to Swing Lender as a Lender solely for its
          own account (and for the account of the holder of any participation
          interest with respect to such Swing Loan). Subject to the provisions
          of Section 2.3(i), Agent shall not request Swing Lender as a Lender to
          make, and Swing Lender as a Lender shall not make, any Swing Loan if
          Agent has actual knowledge that (i) one or more of the applicable
          conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on
          the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing unless such
          condition has been waived, or (ii) the requested Borrowing would
          exceed the Revolver A Availability on such Funding Date. Swing Lender
          as a Lender shall not otherwise be required to determine whether the
          applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 have been
          satisfied on the Funding Date applicable thereto prior to making, in
          its sole discretion, any Swing Loan.

               (ii) The Swing Loans shall be secured by the Agent's Liens,
          constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate
          applicable from time to time to Revolver A Advances that are Base Rate
          Loans.

               (e)  Agent Advances.

               (i)  Agent hereby is authorized by Borrower and the Lenders, from
          time to time in Agent's sole discretion, (1) after the occurrence and
          during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (2) at
          any time that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set
          forth in Section 3 have not been satisfied, to make Advances to
          Borrower on behalf of the Lenders that Agent, in its Permitted
          Discretion deems necessary or desirable (A) to preserve or protect the
          Collateral, or any portion thereof, (B) to enhance the likelihood of
          repayment of the Obligations, or (C) to pay any other amount
          chargeable to Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
          including Lender Group Expenses and the costs, fees, and expenses
          described in Section 10 (any of the Advances described in this Section
          2.3(e) shall be referred to as "Agent Advances"). Each Agent Advance
          shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder, except that no such Agent
          Advance shall be eligible to be a LIBOR Rate Loan and all payments
          thereon shall be payable to Agent solely for its own account.

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               (ii) The Agent Advances shall be repayable on demand, secured by
          the Agent's Liens granted to Agent under the Loan Documents,
          constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate
          applicable from time to time to Revolver A Advances that are Base Rate
          Loans.

               (f)  Settlement. It is agreed that each Lender's funded portion
of the Advances is intended by the Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lender's
Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Advances. Such agreement notwithstanding,
Agent, Swing Lender, and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be
for the benefit of or enforceable by Borrower) that in order to facilitate the
administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among
them as to the Advances, the Swing Loans, and the Agent Advances shall take
place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:

               (i)  Agent shall request settlement ("Settlement") with the
          Lenders on a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so
          determined by Agent, (1) on behalf of Swing Lender, with respect to
          each outstanding Swing Loan, (2) for itself, with respect to each
          Agent Advance, and (3) with respect to Borrower's or its Subsidiaries'
          Collections received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy,
          telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested
          Settlement, no later than 2:00 p.m. (California time) on the Business
          Day immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement (the
          date of such requested Settlement being the "Settlement Date"). Such
          notice of a Settlement Date shall include a summary statement of the
          amount of outstanding Advances, Swing Loans, and Agent Advances for
          the period since the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and
          conditions contained herein (including Section 2.3(c)(iii)): (y) if a
          Lender's balance of the Advances (including Swing Loans and Agent
          Advances) exceeds such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Advances
          (including Swing Loans and Agent Advances) as of a Settlement Date,
          then Agent shall, by no later than 12:00 p.m. (California time) on the
          Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a Deposit
          Account of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such
          that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of
          the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including
          Swing Loans and Agent Advances), and (z) if a Lender's balance of the
          Advances (including Swing Loans and Agent Advances) is less than such
          Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including Swing Loans and
          Agent Advances) as of a Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later
          than 12:00 p.m. (California time) on the Settlement Date transfer in
          immediately available funds to the Agent's Account, an amount such
          that each such Lender shall, upon transfer of such amount, have as of
          the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including
          Swing Loans and Agent Advances). Such amounts made available to Agent
          under clause (z) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be
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          Swing Loans or Agent Advances and, together with the portion of such
          Swing Loans or Agent Advances representing Swing Lender's Pro Rata
          Share thereof, shall constitute Advances of such Lenders. If any such
          amount is not made available to Agent by any Lender on the Settlement
          Date applicable thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof,
          Agent shall be entitled to recover for its account such amount on
          demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the
          Defaulting Lender Rate.

               (ii) In determining whether a Lender's balance of the Advances,
          Swing Loans, and Agent Advances is less than, equal to, or greater
          than such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Advances, Swing Loans, and
          Agent Advances as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part of the
          relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of payments
          actually received in good funds by Agent with respect to principal,
          interest, fees payable by Borrower and allocable to the Lenders
          hereunder, and proceeds of Collateral. To the extent that a net amount
          is owed to any such Lender after such application, such net amount
          shall be distributed by Agent to that Lender as part of such next
          Settlement.

               (iii) Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent no Agent
          Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Swing Lender
          any payments received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of
          this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Advances, for
          application to Swing Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Advances. If, as
          of any Settlement Date, Collections of Borrower or its Subsidiaries
          received since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have
          been applied to Swing Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Advances other
          than to Swing Loans, as provided for in the previous sentence, Swing
          Lender shall pay to Agent for the accounts of the Lenders, and Agent
          shall pay to the Lenders, to be applied to the outstanding Advances of
          such Lenders, an amount such that each Lender shall, upon receipt of
          such amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of
          the Advances. During the period between Settlement Dates, Swing Lender
          with respect to Swing Loans, Agent with respect to Agent Advances, and
          each Lender (subject to the effect of letter agreements between Agent
          and individual Lenders) with respect to the Advances other than Swing
          Loans and Agent Advances, shall be entitled to interest at the
          applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on the daily
          amount of funds employed by Swing Lender, Agent, or the Lenders, as
          applicable.

               (g)  Notation. Agent shall record on its books the principal
amount of the Advances owing to each Lender, including the Swing Loans owing to
Swing Lender, and Agent Advances owing to Agent, and the interests therein of
each Lender, from time to time and such records shall, absent manifest error,
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and accurate. In addition, each Lender is authorized, at such Lender's option,
to note the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal of such
Lender's Advances in its books and records, including computer records.

               (h)  Lenders' Failure to Perform. All Advances (other than Swing
Loans and Agent Advances) shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in
accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. It is understood that (i) no Lender shall
be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligation to
make any Advance (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any
Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by
any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by
any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender
from its obligations hereunder.

               (i)  Optional Overadvances. Any contrary provision of this
Agreement notwithstanding, the Lenders hereby authorize Agent or Swing Lender,
as applicable, and Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, may, but is not
obligated to, knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Revolver A Advances
(including Swing Loans) to Borrower notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists
or thereby would be created, so long as (i) after giving effect to such Revolver
A Advances, the outstanding Revolver A Usage does not exceed Borrowing Base A by
more than $3,000,000, (ii) after giving effect to such Revolver A Advances, the
outstanding Revolver A Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the
Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) does not exceed the
Revolver A Maximum Amount, and (iii) at the time of the making of any such
Revolver A Advance, Agent does not believe, in good faith, that the Overadvance
created by such Revolver A Advance will be outstanding for more than 90 days.
The foregoing provisions are for the exclusive benefit of Agent, Swing Lender,
and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit Borrower in any way. The
Revolver A Advances and Swing Loans, as applicable, that are made pursuant to
this Section 2.3(i) shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as any
other Revolver A Advance or Swing Loan, as applicable, except that they shall
not be eligible for the LIBOR Option and the rate of interest applicable thereto
shall be the rate applicable to Revolver A Advances that are Base Rate Loans
under Section 2.6(c) hereof without regard to the presence or absence of a
Default or Event of Default.

                    (A)  In the event Agent obtains actual knowledge that the
               Revolver A Usage exceeds the amounts permitted by the preceding
               paragraph, regardless of the amount of, or reason for, such
               excess, Agent shall notify the Lenders as soon as practicable
               (and prior to making any (or any additional) intentional
               Overadvances (except for and excluding amounts charged to the
               Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) unless
               Agent determines that prior notice would result in imminent harm
               to the Collateral or its value), and the Lenders with Revolver A
               Commitments thereupon shall, together with

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               Agent, jointly determine the terms of arrangements that shall be
               implemented with Borrower intended to reduce, within a reasonable
               time, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolver A Advances
               to Borrower to an amount permitted by the preceding paragraph. In
               the event Agent or any Lender disagrees over the terms of
               reduction or repayment of any Overadvance, the terms of reduction
               or repayment thereof shall be implemented according to the
               determination of the Required Lenders.

                    (B)  Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be
               obligated to settle with Agent as provided in Section 2.3(f) for
               the amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of any unintentional
               Overadvances by Agent reported to such Lender, any intentional
               Overadvances made as permitted under this Section 2.3(i), and any
               Overadvances resulting from the charging to the Loan Account of
               interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses.

2.4  Payments.

               (a)  Payments by Borrower.

               (i)  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments
          by Borrower shall be made to Agent's Account for the account of the
          Lender Group and shall be made in immediately available funds, no
          later than 11:00 a.m. (California time) on the date specified herein.
          Any payment received by Agent later than 11:00 a.m. (California time)
          shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day
          and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue until such
          following Business Day.

               (ii) Unless Agent receives notice from Borrower prior to the date
          on which any payment is due to the Lenders that Borrower will not make
          such payment in full as and when required, Agent may assume that
          Borrower has made (or will make) such payment in full to Agent on such
          date in immediately available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so
          required), in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender
          on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender.
          If and to the extent Borrower does not make such payment in full to
          Agent on the date when due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent
          on demand such amount distributed to such Lender, together with
          interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day from the
          date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date repaid.

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               (i)  Except as otherwise provided with respect to Defaulting
          Lenders and except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents
          (including letter agreements between Agent and individual Lenders),
          aggregate principal and interest payments shall be apportioned ratably
          among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the
          Obligations to which such payments relate held by each Lender) and
          payments of fees and expenses (other than fees or expenses that are
          for Agent's separate account, after giving effect to any letter
          agreements between Agent and individual Lenders) shall be apportioned
          ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of
          Commitment or Obligation to which a particular fee relates. All
          payments shall be remitted to Agent and, except as otherwise
          specifically provided in Section 2.4(b)(iii) or Section 2.4(d), all
          such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, shall
          be applied as follows:

                    (A)  first, to pay any Lender Group Expenses then due to
               Agent under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,

                    (B)  second, to pay any Lender Group Expenses then due to
               the Lenders under the Loan Documents, on a ratable basis, until
               paid in full,

                    (C)  third, to pay any fees then due to Agent (for its
               separate account, after giving effect to any letter agreements
               between Agent and individual Lenders) under the Loan Documents
               until paid in full,

                    (D)  fourth, to pay any fees then due to any or all of the
               Lenders (after giving effect to any letter agreements between
               Agent and individual Lenders) under the Loan Documents, on a
               ratable basis, until paid in full,

                    (E)  fifth, to pay interest due in respect of all Agent
               Advances until paid in full,

                    (F)  sixth, ratably to pay interest due in respect of the
               Revolver A Advances (other than Agent Advances), the Swing Loans,
               the Revolver B Advances, the Revolver C Advances, and the
               Revolver D Advances until paid in full,

                    (G)  seventh, to pay the principal of all Agent Advances
               until paid in full,

                    (H)  eighth, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and
               is continuing to pay the principal of all Revolver D Advances
               until paid in full,

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                    (I)  ninth, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and
               is continuing to pay the principal of all Revolver C Advances
               until paid in full,

                    (J)  tenth, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and
               is continuing to pay the principal of all Revolver B Advances
               until paid in full,

                    (K)  eleventh, to pay the principal of all Swing Loans until
               paid in full,

                    (L)  twelfth, so long as no Event of Default has occurred
               and is continuing, to pay the principal of all Revolver A
               Advances until paid in full,

                    (M)  thirteenth, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
               continuing, ratably (i) to pay the principal of all Revolver A
               Advances until paid in full, and (ii) to Agent, to be held by
               Agent, for the ratable benefit of Issuing Lender and those
               Lenders having a Revolver Commitment, as cash collateral in an
               amount up to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage until
               paid in full,

                    (N)  fourteenth, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
               continuing, to pay the principal of all Revolver D Advances until
               paid in full,

                    (O)  fifteenth, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
               continuing, to pay the principal of all Revolver C Advances until
               paid in full,

                    (P)  sixteenth, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
               continuing, to pay the principal of all Revolver B Advances until
               paid in full,

                    (Q)  seventeenth, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
               continuing, to pay any other Obligations, and

                    (R)  eighteenth, to Borrower (to be wired to the Designated
               Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable
               law.

               (ii) Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to
          the applicable wire instructions received from each Lender in writing,
          such funds as it may be entitled to receive, subject to a Settlement
          delay as provided in Section 2.3(f).

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               (iii) In each instance, so long as no Event of Default has
          occurred and is continuing, this Section 2.4(b) shall not be deemed to
          apply to any payment by Borrower specified by Borrower to be for the
          payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or prepayable)
          under any provision of this Agreement.

               (iv) For purposes of the foregoing, "paid in full" means payment
          of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents according to the terms
          thereof, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees,
          interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the
          commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest
          on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not any of the
          foregoing would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in
          any Insolvency Proceeding.

               (v)  In the event of a direct conflict between the priority
          provisions of this Section 2.4 and other provisions contained in any
          other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that
          such priority provisions in such documents shall be read together and
          construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each
          other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot
          be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.4
          shall control and govern.

               (c)  Mandatory Prepayments.

               (i)  Immediately upon any sale or disposition by Borrower or any
          of the Restricted Subsidiaries of property or assets (other than sales
          or dispositions of Inventory in the ordinary course of business or a
          sale of the Stock of HRC), Borrower shall prepay the outstanding
          principal amount of the Advances and cash collateralize the Letters of
          Credit in accordance with subsection (d) below in an amount equal to
          100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection
          with such sales or dispositions to the extent that the aggregate
          amount of Net Cash Proceeds received by Borrower and the Restricted
          Subsidiaries (and not paid to Agent as a prepayment of the Advances or
          to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit) for all such sales or
          dispositions exceeds $50,000 in any fiscal year; provided that (A) if
          any such sale or disposition is a Permitted Disposition of Equipment
          that is not subject to a Lien of the type described in clause (e) of
          the definition of "Permitted Liens", Borrower may elect to use the
          proceeds of such sale or disposition, up to a maximum of $400,000
          during any fiscal year of Borrower, to purchase new Equipment so long
          as such proceeds are remitted to Agent to pay down Revolver A
          Advances, a reserve is imposed by Agent reducing Revolver A
          Availability in the amount of such proceeds, and Borrower completes
          the purchase of such new Equipment within 90 days of such sale or
          disposition (it

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          being understood that upon the purchase of new Equipment the reserve
          will be released, and if Borrower fails to complete the purchase of
          new Equipment within 90 days, the reserve will be released and the
          amount of such proceeds will be applied as a mandatory prepayment in
          accordance with Section 2.4(d)(ii)(A)(3)); and (B) if any such sale or
          disposition is a Permitted Disposition of Equipment that is subject to
          a Lien of the type described in clause (e) of the definition of
          "Permitted Liens", Borrower may elect to use the proceeds of such sale
          or disposition to purchase new Equipment so long as Borrower completes
          the purchase of such new Equipment within 180 days of such sale or
          disposition (it being understood that if Borrower fails to complete
          the purchase of new Equipment within 180 days, the amount of such
          proceeds shall be applied as a mandatory prepayment in accordance with
          Section 2.4(d)(ii)(A)(3)). Nothing contained in this paragraph (i)
          shall permit Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to sell or
          otherwise dispose of any property or assets other than in accordance
          with Section 7.4.

               (ii) Upon the receipt by Borrower or any of the Restricted
          Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts, Borrower shall prepay the
          outstanding principal of the Advances and cash collateralize the
          Letters of Credit in accordance with subsection (d) below in an amount
          equal to 100% of such Extraordinary Receipts, net of any reasonable
          expenses incurred in collecting such Extraordinary Receipts, to the
          extent that the aggregate amount of Extraordinary Receipts (other than
          proceeds of insurance) received by Borrower and the Restricted
          Subsidiaries (and not paid to Agent as a prepayment of the Advances or
          to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit) from and after the
          Closing Date exceeds $300,000.

               (d)  Application of Mandatory Prepayments.

               (i)  Each prepayment pursuant to subclause (c)(ii) above (except
          with respect to insurance proceeds and condemnation awards related to
          a casualty or loss of Collateral) shall, (A) so long as no Event of
          Default shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to
          the outstanding principal amount of Revolver D Advances until paid in
          full, second, to the outstanding principal amount of Revolver C
          Advances until paid in full, third, to the outstanding principal
          amount of Revolver B Advances until paid in full, and fourth, to the
          outstanding principal amount of Revolver A Advances and to cash
          collateral in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of
          Credit Usage until paid in full, and (B) if an Event of Default shall
          have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in
          set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i). Each such prepayment of Revolver B
          Advances, Revolver C Advances, and Revolver D Advances shall be
          applied against the scheduled reductions of the Revolver B Commitment,
          the Revolver C Commitment, and

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          the Revolver D Commitment, respectively, in the inverse order of
          maturity and shall result in permanent reductions of such Commitments
          in the amount of the applicable reduction.

               (ii) Each prepayment pursuant to subclause (c)(i) above and
          (c)(ii) with respect to insurance proceeds and condemnation awards
          related to a casualty or loss of Collateral, shall, (A) so long as no
          Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied as
          follows:

                    (1)  if the proceeds are from any sale or disposition of any
          Accounts or Inventory of Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, such
          proceeds shall be applied, first, to the outstanding principal amount
          of Revolver A Advances and cash collateral in an amount equal to 105%
          of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage until paid in full, second,
          to the outstanding principal amount of Revolver D Advances until paid
          in full, third, to the outstanding principal amount of Revolver C
          Advances until paid in full, and fourth, to the outstanding principal
          amount of Revolver B Advances until paid in full. Each such prepayment
          of Revolver B Advances, Revolver C Advances, and Revolver D Advances
          shall be applied against the scheduled reductions of the Revolver B
          Commitment, the Revolver C Commitment, and the Revolver D Commitment,
          respectively, in the inverse order of maturity and shall result in
          permanent reductions of such Commitments in the amount of the
          applicable reduction;

                    (2)  if the proceeds are from the sale or disposition of any
          assets consisting of the Real Property Collateral or any insurance
          policy or condemnation award relating to the Real Property Collateral,
          such proceeds shall be applied, first, to the outstanding principal
          amount of Revolver C Advances until paid in full, second, to the
          outstanding principal amount of Revolver D Advances until paid in
          full, third, to the outstanding principal amount of Revolver B
          Advances until paid in full, and fourth, to the outstanding principal
          amount of Revolver A Advances and to cash collateral in an amount
          equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage until paid in
          full. Each such prepayment of Revolver B Advances, Revolver C
          Advances, and Revolver D Advances shall be applied against the
          scheduled reductions of the Revolver B Commitment, the Revolver C
          Commitment, and the Revolver D Commitment, respectively, in the
          inverse order of maturity and shall result in permanent reductions of
          such Commitments in the amount of the applicable reduction;

                    (3)  if the proceeds are from the sale or disposition of any
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          Restricted Subsidiary's Equipment or any insurance policy or
          condemnation award relating to Borrower's or any Restricted
          Subsidiary's Equipment, such proceeds shall be applied, first, to the
          outstanding principal amount of Revolver B Advances until paid in
          full, second, to the outstanding principal amount of Revolver D
          Advances until paid in full, third, to the outstanding principal
          amount of Revolver C Advances until paid in full, and fourth, to the
          outstanding principal amount of Revolver A Advances and to cash
          collateral in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of
          Credit Usage until paid in full. Each such prepayment of Revolver B
          Advances, Revolver C Advances, and Revolver D Advances shall be
          applied against the scheduled reductions of the Revolver B Commitment,
          the Revolver C Commitment, and the Revolver D Commitment,
          respectively, in the inverse order of maturity and shall result in
          permanent reductions of such Commitments in the amount of the
          applicable reduction;

                    (B)  if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
          continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i).

               (e)  Sale of Stock of HRC. Upon any sale or other disposition of
the Stock of HRC, Borrower shall use the proceeds of such sale or other
disposition to prepay the Indebtedness under the Post Loan Documents and the
Obligations. As between the Lender Group and the lenders under the Post Loan
Documents, the proceeds of the Stock of HRC shall be allocated as set forth in
the Intercreditor Agreement. To the extent any of such proceeds are available to
be applied to the Obligations, (A) so long as no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, such proceeds shall be applied, first, to the
outstanding principal amount of Revolver D Advances until paid in full, second,
to the outstanding principal amount of Revolver C Advances until paid in full,
third, to the outstanding principal amount of Revolver B Advances until paid in
full, and fourth, to the outstanding principal amount of Revolver A Advances and
to cash collateral in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of
Credit Usage until paid in full, and (B) if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, such proceeds shall be applied in the manner set
forth in set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i).

     2.5  Overadvances. If, at any time or for any reason, the amount of
Obligations owed by Borrower to the Lender Group pursuant to Section 2.1 or
Section 2.12 is greater than either the Dollar or percentage limitations set
forth in Section 2.1 or Section 2.12, as applicable (an "Overadvance"), Borrower
immediately shall pay to Agent, in cash, the amount of such excess, which amount
shall be used by Agent to reduce the Obligations in accordance with the
priorities set forth in Section 2.4(b). The foregoing notwithstanding, any
optional Overadvance made pursuant to Section 2.3(i) shall be repaid in
accordance with the terms of a written agreement between Agent and Borrower (if
such an agreement is made) or on demand, as applicable. In addition, Borrower
hereby promises to pay the Obligations (including principal, interest, fees,
costs, and expenses) in Dollars in full as and when due and payable under the
terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

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     2.6  Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and
Calculations.

               (a)  Interest Rates. Except as provided in clause (c) below, all
Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the
Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily
Balance thereof as follows (i) if the relevant Obligation is a Revolver A
Advance that is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate
plus the Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver A Margin, (ii) if the relevant
Obligation is a Revolver B Advance that is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum
rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver B Margin,
(iii) if the relevant Obligation is a Revolver B Advance that is a Base Rate
Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Base Rate
Revolver B Margin, (iv) if the relevant Obligation is a Revolver C Advance that
is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the
Applicable LIBOR Rate Revolver C Margin, (v) if the relevant Obligation is a
Revolver C Advance that is a Base Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the
Base Rate plus the Applicable Base Rate Revolver C Margin, (vi) if the relevant
Obligation is a Revolver D Advance, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Revolver D Margin, and (vii) otherwise, at a per annum rate
equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Base Rate Revolver A Margin.

          The foregoing notwithstanding, at no time shall any portion of the
Obligations bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof at a per annum rate less
than 3.25%. To the extent that interest accrued hereunder at the rate set forth
herein would be less than the foregoing minimum daily rate, the interest rate
chargeable hereunder for such day automatically shall be deemed increased to the
minimum rate.

               (b)  Letter of Credit Fee. Borrower shall pay Agent (for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders with a Revolver Commitment, subject to any letter
agreement between Agent and individual Lenders), a Letter of Credit fee (in
addition to the charges, commissions, fees, and costs set forth in Section
2.12(e)) which shall accrue at a rate equal to the Applicable Letter of Credit
Fee Percentage per annum times the Daily Balance of the undrawn amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit.

               (c)  Default Rate. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default (and at the election of Agent or the
Required Lenders),

                    (i)   all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit)
               that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms
               hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof at a per
               annum rate equal to 3 percentage points above the per annum rate
               otherwise applicable hereunder, and

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                    (ii)  the Letter of Credit fee provided for above shall be
               increased to 3 percentage points above the per annum rate
               otherwise applicable hereunder.

               (d)  Payment. Except as provided to the contrary in Section
2.13(a), interest, Letter of Credit fees, and all other fees payable hereunder
shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the first day of each month at any time
that Obligations or Commitments are outstanding. Borrower hereby authorizes
Agent, from time to time without prior notice to Borrower, to charge such
interest and fees, all Lender Group Expenses (as and when incurred), the
charges, commissions, fees, and costs provided for in Section 2.12(e) (as and
when accrued or incurred), the fees and costs provided for in Section 2.11 (as
and when accrued or incurred), and all other payments as and when due and
payable under any Loan Document (including the amounts due and payable with
respect to the reduction of the Revolver B Maximum Amount, the Revolver C
Maximum Amount, and the Revolver D Maximum Amount) to Borrower's Loan Account,
which amounts thereafter shall constitute Revolver A Advances hereunder and
shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Revolver A Advances
hereunder. Any interest not paid when due shall be compounded by being charged
to Borrower's Loan Account and shall thereafter constitute Revolver A Advances
hereunder and shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Revolver A
Advances that are Base Rate Loans hereunder.

               (e)  Computation. All interest and fees chargeable under the Loan
Documents shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual number
of days elapsed. In the event the Base Rate is changed from time to time
hereafter, the rates of interest hereunder based upon the Base Rate
automatically and immediately shall be increased or decreased by an amount equal
to such change in the Base Rate.

               (f)  Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event
shall the interest rate or rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other
amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the highest rate permissible under
any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination,
deem applicable. Borrower and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this
Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner
of payment stated within it; provided, however, that, anything contained herein
to the contrary notwithstanding, if said rate or rates of interest or manner of
payment exceeds the maximum allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto, as
of the date of this Agreement, Borrower is and shall be liable only for the
payment of such maximum as allowed by law, and payment received from Borrower in
excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the
principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.

     2.7  Cash Management.

               (a)  Borrower shall and shall cause each of the Restricted
Subsidiaries to (i) establish and maintain cash management services of a type
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satisfactory to Agent at one or more of the banks set forth on Schedule 2.7(a)
(each, a "Cash Management Bank"), and shall request in writing and otherwise
take such reasonable steps to ensure that all of its and the Restricted
Subsidiaries' Account Debtors forward payment of the amounts owed by them
directly to such Cash Management Bank, and (ii) deposit or cause to be deposited
promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after the date
of receipt thereof, all of their Collections (including those sent directly by
their Account Debtors to a Cash Management Bank) into a bank account in Agent's
name (a "Cash Management Account") at one of the Cash Management Banks.

               (b)  Each Cash Management Bank shall establish and maintain Cash
Management Agreements with Agent and Borrower, in form and substance acceptable
to Agent. Each such Cash Management Agreement shall provide, among other things,
that (i) all items of payment deposited in such Cash Management Account and
proceeds thereof are held by such Cash Management Bank as agent or
bailee-in-possession for Agent, (ii) the Cash Management Bank has no rights of
setoff or recoupment or any other claim against the applicable Cash Management
Account other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly
related to the administration of such Cash Management Account and for returned
checks or other items of payment, and (iii) it immediately will forward by daily
sweep all amounts in the applicable Cash Management Account to the Agent's
Account. Subject to the mandatory prepayment provisions set forth in Section
2.4, (i) at any time that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
there are outstanding Revolver A Advances, Agent, in accordance with Section
2.8, shall apply to such outstanding Revolver A Advances all amounts that have
been swept from a Cash Management Account to the Agent's Account, and (ii) at
any time that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and there are
no Revolver A Advances outstanding, Agent shall transfer to the Designated
Account on a daily basis all amounts that have been swept from a Cash Management
Account to the Agent's Account.

               (c)  So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, Borrower may amend Schedule 2.7(a) to add or replace a Cash
Management Bank or Cash Management Account; provided, however, that (i) such
prospective Cash Management Bank shall be satisfactory to Agent and Agent shall
have consented in writing in advance to the opening of such Cash Management
Account with the prospective Cash Management Bank, and (ii) prior to the time of
the opening of such Cash Management Account, Borrower (or a Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable) and such prospective Cash Management Bank shall have
executed and delivered to Agent a Cash Management Agreement. Borrower (or a
Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) shall close any of its Cash Management
Accounts (and establish replacement cash management accounts in accordance with
the foregoing sentence) promptly and in any event within 30 days of notice from
Agent that the creditworthiness of any Cash Management Bank is no longer
acceptable in Agent's reasonable judgment, or as promptly as practicable and in
any event within 60 days of notice from Agent that the operating performance,
funds transfer, or availability procedures or performance of the Cash Management
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Agent's liability under any Cash Management Agreement with such Cash Management
Bank is no longer acceptable in Agent's reasonable judgment.

               (d)  The Cash Management Accounts shall be cash collateral
accounts, with all cash, checks and similar items of payment in such accounts
securing payment of the Obligations, and in which Borrower hereby grants a Lien
to Agent.

     2.8  Crediting Payments. The receipt of any payment item by Agent (whether
from transfers to Agent by the Cash Management Banks pursuant to the Cash
Management Agreements or otherwise) shall not be considered a payment on account
unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately available federal
funds made to the Agent's Account or unless and until such payment item is
honored when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when
presented for payment, then Borrower shall be deemed not to have made such
payment and interest shall be calculated accordingly. Anything to the contrary
contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be deemed received by
Agent only if it is received into the Agent's Account on a Business Day on or
before 11:00 a.m. (California time). If any payment item is received into the
Agent's Account on a non-Business Day or after 11:00 a.m. (California time) on a
Business Day, it shall be deemed to have been received by Agent as of the
opening of business on the immediately following Business Day.

     2.9  Designated Account. Agent is authorized to make the Advances, and
Issuing Lender is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this
Agreement based upon telephonic or other instructions received from anyone
purporting to be an Authorized Person or, without instructions, if pursuant to
Section 2.6(d). Borrower agrees to establish and maintain the Designated Account
with the Designated Account Bank for the purpose of receiving the proceeds of
the Advances requested by Borrower and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder.
Unless otherwise agreed by Agent and Borrower, any Advance, Agent Advance, or
Swing Loan requested by Borrower and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder
shall be made to the Designated Account.

     2.10 Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations. Agent shall
maintain an account on its books in the name of Borrower (the "Loan Account") on
which Borrower will be charged with all Advances (including Agent Advances and
Swing Loans) made by Agent, Swing Lender, or the Lenders to Borrower or for
Borrower's account, the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Lender for
Borrower's account, and with all other payment Obligations hereunder or under
the other Loan Documents, including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and
Lender Group Expenses. In accordance with Section 2.8, the Loan Account will be
credited with all payments received by Agent from Borrower or for Borrower's
account, including all amounts received in the Agent's Account from any Cash
Management Bank. Agent shall render statements regarding the Loan Account to
Borrower, including principal, interest, fees, and including an itemization of
all charges and expenses constituting Lender Group Expenses owing, and such
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be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account
stated between Borrower and the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after
receipt thereof by Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Agent written objection
thereto describing the error or errors contained in any such statements.

     2.11 Fees. Borrower shall pay to Agent the following fees and charges,
which fees and charges shall be non-refundable when paid (irrespective of
whether this Agreement is terminated thereafter) and shall be apportioned among
the Lenders in accordance with the terms of letter agreements between Agent and
individual Lenders:

               (a)  Unused Line Fee. On the first day of each calendar quarter
during the term of this Agreement, an unused line fee in an amount equal to
0.375% per annum times the result of (i) the Revolver A Maximum Amount, less
(ii) the sum of (A) the average Daily Balance of Revolver A Advances, Revolver B
Advances, Revolver C Advances, and Revolver D Advances that were outstanding
during the immediately preceding quarter, plus (B) the average Daily Balance of
the Letter of Credit Usage during the immediately preceding quarter; provided
that if this Agreement is terminated on any date that is not the first day of a
calendar quarter, the ratable portion of the foregoing fee that has accrued
through the date of termination shall be payable on the date of termination,

               (b)  Fee Letter Fees. As and when due and payable under the terms
of the Fee Letter, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter, and

               (c)  Audit, Appraisal, and Valuation Charges. Audit, appraisal,
and valuation fees and charges as follows (i) a fee of $850 per day, per
auditor, plus out-of-pocket expenses for each financial audit of Borrower
performed by personnel employed by Agent, (ii) if implemented, a fee of $850 per
day, per applicable individual, plus out-of-pocket expenses for the
establishment of electronic collateral reporting systems, (iii) a fee of $1,500
per day per appraiser, plus out-of-pocket expenses, for each appraisal of the
Collateral, or any portion thereof, performed by personnel employed by Agent,
and (iv) the actual charges paid or incurred by Agent if it elects to employ the
services of one or more third Persons to perform financial audits of Borrower or
its Subsidiaries, to establish electronic collateral reporting systems, to
appraise the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or to assess Borrower's or its
Subsidiaries' business valuation.

     2.12 Letters of Credit.

               (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Issuing Lender agrees to issue letters of credit for the account of Borrower
(each, an "L/C") or to purchase participations or execute indemnities or
reimbursement obligations (each such undertaking, an "L/C Undertaking") with
respect to letters of credit issued by an Underlying Issuer (as of the Closing
Date, the prospective Underlying Issuer is to be Wells Fargo) for the account of
Borrower. To request the issuance of an L/C or an L/C Undertaking (or the
amendment, renewal, or extension of an outstanding L/C or L/C Undertaking),
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shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Lender) to the
Issuing Lender and Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of
issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of
an L/C or L/C Undertaking, or identifying the L/C or L/C Undertaking to be
amended, renewed, or extended, the date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or
extension, the date on which such L/C or L/C Undertaking is to expire, the
amount of such L/C or L/C Undertaking, the name and address of the beneficiary
thereof (or the beneficiary of the Underlying Letter of Credit, as applicable),
and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or
extend such L/C or L/C Undertaking. If requested by the Issuing Lender, Borrower
also shall be an applicant under the application with respect to any Underlying
Letter of Credit that is to be the subject of an L/C Undertaking. The Issuing
Lender shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit if any of the
following would result after giving effect to the requested Letter of Credit:

               (i)    the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed Borrowing Base A
          less the then extant amount of outstanding Revolving A Advances, or

               (ii)   the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed $5,000,000, or

               (iii)  the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Revolver A
          Maximum Amount less the then extant amount of the sum of the
          outstanding Revolver A Advances, Revolver B Advances, Revolver C
          Advances, and Revolver D Advances .

          Borrower and the Lender Group acknowledge and agree that certain
Underlying Letters of Credit may be issued to support letters of credit that
already are outstanding as of the Closing Date. Each Letter of Credit (and
corresponding Underlying Letter of Credit) shall be in form and substance
acceptable to the Issuing Lender (in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion),
including the requirement that the amounts payable thereunder must be payable in
Dollars. If Issuing Lender is obligated to advance funds under a Letter of
Credit, Borrower immediately shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement to Issuing
Lender by paying to Agent an amount equal to such L/C Disbursement not later
than 11:00 a.m., California time, on the date that such L/C Disbursement is
made, if Borrower shall have received written or telephonic notice of such L/C
Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., California time, on such date, or, if such
notice has not been received by Borrower prior to such time on such date, then
not later than 11:00 a.m., California time, on the next following Business Day,
and, in the absence of such reimbursement, the L/C Disbursement immediately and
automatically shall be deemed to be a Revolver A Advance hereunder and,
thereafter, shall bear interest at the rate then applicable to Revolver A
Advances that are Base Rate Loans under Section 2.6. To the extent an L/C
Disbursement is deemed to be a Revolver A Advance hereunder, Borrower's
obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement shall be discharged and replaced
by the resulting Revolver A Advance. Promptly following receipt by Agent of any
payment from Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, Agent shall

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distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Lenders
have made payments pursuant to Section 2.12(c) to reimburse the Issuing Lender,
then to such Lenders and the Issuing Lender as their interests may appear.

               (b)  Promptly following receipt of a notice of L/C Disbursement
pursuant to Section 2.12(a), each Lender with a Revolver A Commitment agrees to
fund its Pro Rata Share of any Revolver A Advance deemed made pursuant to the
foregoing subsection on the same terms and conditions as if Borrower had
requested such Revolver A Advance and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing Lender
the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. By the issuance of a Letter of
Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and
without any further action on the part of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders with
Revolver Commitments, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have granted to each
Lender with a Revolver Commitment, and each Lender with a Revolver Commitment
shall be deemed to have purchased, a participation in each Letter of Credit, in
an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Risk Participation Liability of
such Letter of Credit, and each such Lender agrees to pay to Agent, for the
account of the Issuing Lender, such Lender's Pro Rata Share of any payments made
by the Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in
furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of the
Issuing Lender, such Lender's Pro Rata Share of each L/C Disbursement made by
the Issuing Lender and not reimbursed by Borrower on the date due as provided in
clause (a) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be
refunded to Borrower for any reason. Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to deliver to Agent, for the account
of the Issuing Lender, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata Share of each
L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.12(b)
shall be absolute and unconditional and such remittance shall be made
notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default or Default
or the failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Section 3 hereof. If any
such Lender fails to make available to Agent the amount of such Lender's Pro
Rata Share of each L/C Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender in respect of
such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section, such Lender shall be deemed
to be a Defaulting Lender and Agent (for the account of the Issuing Lender)
shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together
with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in full.

               (c)  Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, save, defend, and hold
the Lender Group harmless from any loss, cost, expense, or liability, and
reasonable attorneys fees incurred by the Lender Group arising out of or in
connection with any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that Borrower shall not
be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any loss, cost, expense, or liability to
the extent that it is caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Issuing Lender or any other member of the Lender Group. Borrower agrees to
be bound by the Underlying Issuer's regulations and interpretations of any
Underlying Letter of Credit or by Issuing Lender's interpretations of any L/C
issued by Issuing Lender to or for Borrower's account, even though this
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from Borrower's own, and Borrower understands and agrees that the Lender Group
shall not be liable for any error, negligence, or mistake, whether of omission
or commission, in following Borrower's instructions or those contained in the
Letter of Credit or any modifications, amendments, or supplements thereto.
Borrower understands that the L/C Undertakings may require Issuing Lender to
indemnify the Underlying Issuer for certain costs or liabilities arising out of
claims by Borrower against such Underlying Issuer. Borrower hereby agrees to
indemnify, save, defend, and hold the Lender Group harmless with respect to any
loss, cost, expense (including reasonable attorneys fees), or liability incurred
by the Lender Group under any L/C Undertaking as a result of the Lender Group's
indemnification of any Underlying Issuer; provided, however, that Borrower shall
not be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any loss, cost, expense, or
liability to the extent that it is caused by the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Underlying Issuer, the Issuing Lender, or any other member of
the Lender Group.

               (d)  Borrower hereby authorizes and directs any Underlying Issuer
to deliver to the Issuing Lender all instruments, documents, and other writings
and property received by such Underlying Issuer pursuant to such Underlying
Letter of Credit and to accept and rely upon the Issuing Lender's instructions
with respect to all matters arising in connection with such Underlying Letter of
Credit and the related application.

               (e)  Any and all charges, commissions, fees, and costs incurred
by the Issuing Lender relating to Underlying Letters of Credit shall be Lender
Group Expenses for purposes of this Agreement and immediately shall be
reimbursable by Borrower to Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender; it
being acknowledged and agreed by Borrower that, as of the Closing Date, the
usage charge imposed by the prospective Underlying Issuer is .825% per annum
times the face amount of each Underlying Letter of Credit, that such issuance
charge may be changed from time to time, and that the Underlying Issuer also
imposes a schedule of charges for amendments, extensions, drawings, and
renewals.

               (f)  If by reason of (i) any change after the Closing Date in any
applicable law, treaty, rule, or regulation or any change in the interpretation
or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (ii) compliance by the
Underlying Issuer or the Lender Group with any direction, request, or
requirement (irrespective of whether having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority or monetary authority including, Regulation D of the
Federal Reserve Board as from time to time in effect (and any successor
thereto):

               (i)    any reserve, deposit, or similar requirement is or shall
          be imposed or modified in respect of any Letter of Credit issued
          hereunder, or

               (ii)   there shall be imposed on the Underlying Issuer or the
          Lender Group any other condition regarding any Underlying Letter of
          Credit or any Letter of Credit issued pursuant hereto,

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and the result of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost
to the Lender Group of issuing, making, guaranteeing, or maintaining any Letter
of Credit or to reduce the amount receivable in respect thereof by the Lender
Group, then, and in any such case, Agent may, at any time within a reasonable
period after the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced,
notify Borrower, and Borrower shall pay on demand such amounts as Agent may
specify to be necessary to compensate the Lender Group for such additional cost
or reduced receipt, together with interest on such amount from the date of such
demand until payment in full thereof at the rate then applicable to Base Rate
Loans hereunder. The determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to this
Section, as set forth in a certificate setting forth the calculation thereof in
reasonable detail, shall, in the absence of manifest or demonstrable error, be
final and conclusive and binding on all of the parties hereto.

     2.13 LIBOR Option.

               (a)  Interest and Interest Payment Dates. In lieu of having
interest charged at the rate based upon the Base Rate, Borrower shall have the
option (the "LIBOR Option") to have interest on all or a portion of the Revolver
A Advances, Revolver B Advances, and Revolver C Advances be charged at a rate of
interest based upon the LIBOR Rate. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be
payable on the earliest of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which the
Required Lenders or Agent on behalf thereof elect to accelerate the maturity of
all or any portion of the Obligations, or (iii) termination of this Agreement
pursuant to the terms hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest
Period, unless Borrower properly has exercised the LIBOR Option with respect
thereto, the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan automatically
shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the
same type hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Borrower no longer shall have the option to request that Revolver A
Advances, Revolver B Advances, or Revolver C Advances bear interest at the LIBOR
Rate and Agent shall have the right to convert the interest rate on all
outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans to the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans
hereunder.

               (b)  LIBOR Election.

               (i)    Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, so long
          as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to
          exercise the LIBOR Option by notifying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m.
          (California time) at least 3 Business Days prior to the commencement
          of the proposed Interest Period (the "LIBOR Deadline"). Notice of
          Borrower's election of the LIBOR Option for a permitted portion of the
          Revolver A Advances, Revolver B Advances, or Revolver C Advances and
          an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by delivery
          to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent before the LIBOR
          Deadline, or by telephonic notice received by Agent before the LIBOR

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          Deadline (to be confirmed by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice
          received by Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. (California time) on the same
          day). Promptly upon its receipt of each such LIBOR Notice, Agent shall
          provide a copy thereof to each of the Lenders having a Revolver
          Commitment.

               (ii)   Each LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on
          Borrower. In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, Borrower shall
          indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders harmless against any
          loss, cost, or expense incurred by Agent or any Lender as a result of
          (a) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on
          the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a
          result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any LIBOR Rate
          Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
          thereto, or (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any
          LIBOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any LIBOR Notice delivered
          pursuant hereto (such losses, costs, and expenses, collectively,
          "Funding Losses"). Funding Losses shall, with respect to Agent or any
          Lender, be deemed to equal the amount determined by Agent or such
          Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that
          would have accrued on the principal amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan had
          such event not occurred, at the LIBOR Rate that would have been
          applicable thereto, for the period from the date of such event to the
          last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case
          of a failure to borrow, convert, or continue, for the period that
          would have been the Interest Period therefor), minus (ii) the amount
          of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period
          at the interest rate which Agent or such Lender would be offered were
          it to be offered, at the commencement of such period, Dollar deposits
          of a comparable amount and period in the London interbank market. A
          certificate of Agent or a Lender delivered to Borrower setting forth
          any amount or amounts that Agent or such Lender is entitled to receive
          pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be conclusive absent manifest
          error.

               (iii)  Borrower shall have not more than 8 LIBOR Rate Loans in
          effect at any given time. Borrower only may exercise the LIBOR Option
          for LIBOR Rate Loans of at least $1,000,000 and integral multiples of
          $500,000 in excess thereof.

               (c)  Prepayments. Borrower may prepay LIBOR Rate Loans at any
time; provided, however, that in the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are prepaid on
any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
including as a result of any automatic prepayment through the required
application by Agent of proceeds of Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' Collections
in accordance with Section 2.4(b) or for any other reason, including early
termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any portion
of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, Borrower shall indemnify,
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Agent and the Lenders and their Participants harmless against any and all
Funding Losses in accordance with clause (b)(ii) above.

               (d)  Special Provisions Applicable to LIBOR Rate.

               (i)    The LIBOR Rate may be adjusted by Agent with respect to
          any Lender on a prospective basis to take into account any additional
          or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining any
          eurodollar deposits or increased costs due to changes in applicable
          law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable
          Interest Period, including changes in tax laws (except changes of
          general applicability in corporate income tax laws) and changes in the
          reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal
          Reserve System (or any successor), excluding the Reserve Percentage,
          which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding
          loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate. In any such event, the
          affected Lender shall give Borrower and Agent notice of such a
          determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the
          notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from
          the affected Lender, Borrower may, by notice to such affected Lender
          (y) require such Lender to furnish to Borrower a statement setting
          forth the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate and the method for
          determining the amount of such adjustment, or (z) repay the LIBOR Rate
          Loans with respect to which such adjustment is made (together with any
          amounts due under clause (b)(ii) above).

               (ii)   In the event that any change in market conditions or any
          law, regulation, treaty, or directive, or any change therein or in the
          interpretation of application thereof, shall at any time after the
          date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful
          or impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain LIBOR Advances or
          to continue such funding or maintaining, or to determine or charge
          interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, such Lender shall give notice of
          such changed circumstances to Agent and Borrower and Agent promptly
          shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and (y) in the case of
          any LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding, the date
          specified in such Lender's notice shall be deemed to be the last day
          of the Interest Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and interest upon the
          LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at
          the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans, and (z) Borrower shall
          not be entitled to elect the LIBOR Option until such Lender determines
          that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to do so.

               (e)  No Requirement of Matched Funding. Anything to the contrary
contained herein notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of
their Participants, is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund
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fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues at the LIBOR
Rate. The provisions of this Section shall apply as if each Lender or its
Participants had match funded any Obligation as to which interest is accruing at
the LIBOR Rate by acquiring eurodollar deposits for each Interest Period in the
amount of the LIBOR Rate Loans.

     2.14 Capital Requirements. If, after the date hereof, any Lender determines
that (i) the adoption of or change in any law, rule, regulation or guideline
regarding capital requirements for banks or bank holding companies, or any
change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the administration thereof, or (ii) compliance by such
Lender or its parent bank holding company with any guideline, request, or
directive of any such entity regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having
the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return on such Lender's or
such holding company's capital as a consequence of such Lender's Commitments
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such holding company could
have achieved but for such adoption, change, or compliance (taking into
consideration such Lender's or such holding company's then existing policies
with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization of such
entity's capital) by any amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then such
Lender may notify Borrower and Agent thereof. Following receipt of such notice,
Borrower agrees to pay such Lender on demand the amount of such reduction of
return of capital as and when such reduction is determined, payable within 90
days after presentation by such Lender of a statement in the amount and setting
forth in reasonable detail such Lender's calculation thereof and the assumptions
upon which such calculation was based (which statement shall be deemed true and
correct absent manifest error). In determining such amount, such Lender may use
any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

     2.15 Designated Senior Debt. The Lender Group and Borrower agree that the
Obligations constitute "Designated Senior Debt" as defined in and for all
purposes under the Subordinated Notes Indenture.

3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT.

     3.1  Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit. The
obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make the initial
Advance (or otherwise to extend any credit provided for hereunder), is subject
to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent, of each of the conditions
precedent set forth below:

               (a)  the Closing Date shall occur on or before October 10, 2003;

               (b)  Agent shall have received a UCC Filing Authorization Letter,
duly executed by Borrower and each Guarantor, together with appropriate
financing statements on Form UCC-1 duly filed in such office or offices as may
be necessary or, in the opinion of Agent, desirable to perfect the Agent's Liens
in and to the Collateral, and Agent shall have received searches reflecting the
filing of all such financing statements;

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               (c)  Agent shall have received each of the following documents,
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, duly executed, and each such
document shall be in full force and effect:

               (i)    the Affiliate Subordination Agreement,

               (ii)   the Cash Management Agreements,

               (iii)  the Control Agreements,

               (iv)   the Disbursement Letter,

               (v)    the Fee Letter,

               (vi)   the Guarantor Security Agreement,

               (vii)  the Guaranty,

               (viii) the Holding Stock Pledge Agreement, together with all
          certificates representing the shares of Stock pledged thereunder, as
          well as Stock powers with respect thereto endorsed in blank, (ix) the
          Intercompany Subordination Agreement,

               (x)    the Intercreditor Agreement,

               (xi)   the Temecula Mortgage,

               (xii)  the Officers' Certificate,

               (xiii) the Patent Security Agreement,

               (xiv)  the Pay-Off Letter, together with UCC termination
          statements and other documentation evidencing the termination by
          Existing Lender of its Liens in and to the properties and assets of
          Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or an agreement by the Existing Agent
          to deliver such documentation upon receipt of payment in full of the
          Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement or, in the case of
          UCC termination statements, authorization for Agent to file UCC
          termination statements upon receipt of such payment),

               (xv)   the Stock Pledge Agreement, together with all certificates
          representing the shares of Stock pledged thereunder, as well as Stock
          powers with respect thereto endorsed in blank, and

               (xvi)  the Trademark Security Agreement;

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               (d)  Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary
of Borrower attesting to the resolutions of Borrower's Board of Directors
authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party and authorizing specific
officers of Borrower to execute the same;

               (e)  Agent shall have received copies of Borrower's Governing
Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified
by the Secretary of Borrower;

               (f)  Agent shall have received a certificate of status with
respect to Borrower, dated within 10 days of the Closing Date, such certificate
to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of
Borrower, which certificate shall indicate that Borrower is in good standing in
such jurisdiction;

               (g)  Agent shall have received certificates of status with
respect to Borrower, each dated within 30 days of the Closing Date, such
certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions (other
than the state of Illinois and the jurisdiction of organization of Borrower) in
which its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material
Adverse Change, which certificates shall indicate that Borrower is in good
standing in such jurisdictions;

               (h)  Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary
of each Guarantor attesting to the resolutions of such Guarantor's Board of
Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of the Loan
Documents to which such Guarantor is a party and authorizing specific officers
of such Guarantor to execute the same;]

               (i)  Agent shall have received copies of each Guarantor's
Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date,
certified by the Secretary of such Guarantor;

               (j)  Agent shall have received a certificate of status with
respect to each Guarantor, dated within 10 days of the Closing Date, such
certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of
organization of such Guarantor, which certificate shall indicate that such
Guarantor is in good standing in such jurisdiction;

               (k)  Agent shall have received certificates of status with
respect to each Guarantor, each dated within 30 days of the Closing Date, such
certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions (other
than the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor) in which its failure to
be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Change, which
certificates shall indicate that such Guarantor is in good standing in such
jurisdictions;

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               (l)  Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance,
together with the endorsements thereto, as are required by Section 6.8, the form
and substance of which shall be satisfactory to Agent;

               (m)  Agent shall have received an opinion of Borrower's counsel
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent;

               (n)  Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence (including a
certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower) that all tax returns
required to be filed by Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been timely filed and
all taxes upon Borrower and its Subsidiaries or their properties, assets,
income, and franchises (including Real Property taxes, sales taxes, and payroll
taxes) have been paid prior to delinquency, except such taxes that are the
subject of a Permitted Protest;

               (o)  Borrower shall have the Required Availability after giving
effect to the initial extensions of credit hereunder and the payment of all fees
and expenses required to be paid by Borrower on the Closing Date under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

               (p)  Agent shall have completed its business, legal, and
collateral due diligence, including (i) a collateral audit and review of
Borrower's and its Subsidiaries books and records and verification of Borrower's
representations and warranties to the Lender Group, the results of which shall
be satisfactory to Agent, and (ii) an inspection of each of the locations where
Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' Inventory is located, the results of which
shall be satisfactory to Agent;

               (q)  Agent shall have received completed reference checks with
respect to Borrower's senior management, the results of which are satisfactory
to Agent in its sole discretion;

               (r)  Agent shall have received an appraisal of the Liquidation
Percentage applicable to Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' Inventory and an
appraisal of Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' Equipment, the results of which
shall be satisfactory to Agent;

               (s)  Agent shall have received Borrower's Closing Date Business
Plan;

               (t)  Borrower shall have paid all Lender Group Expenses incurred
and billed in connection with the transactions evidenced by this Agreement;

               (u)  Agent shall have received (i) an appraisal of the Real
Property Collateral reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and (ii) a mortgagee title
insurance policy (or marked commitments to issue the same) for the Real Property
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insurance company satisfactory to Agent ("Mortgage Policy") in an amount not to
exceed the fair market value of the Real Property Collateral assuring Agent that
the Temecula Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage Lien on
such Real Property Collateral free and clear of all defects and encumbrances
except Permitted Liens, and the Mortgage Policy otherwise shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

               (v)  Agent shall have received a phase-I environmental report
with respect to each parcel composing the Real Property Collateral; the
environmental consultants retained for such reports, the scope of the reports,
and the results thereof shall be reasonably acceptable to Agent;

               (w)  The Subordinated Convertible Notes shall have been amended
or re-issued to extend the maturity date thereof to March 31, 2008, and Agent
shall have received copies of such amendments or re-issued notes certified by
the chief financial officer of Borrower;

               (x)  The Senior Notes shall have been amended or re-issued to
extend the maturity date thereof to March 31, 2008, and Agent shall have
received copies of such amendments or re-issued notes certified by the chief
financial officer of Borrower;

               (y)  The HRC Notes shall have been amended or re-issued to extend
the maturity date thereof to March 31, 2008, and Agent shall have received
copies of such amendments or re-issued notes certified by the chief financial
officer of Borrower;

               (z)  The agreements governing the Borrower Preferred Stock and
the Holding Preferred Stock shall have been amended to extend the period of time
within which cash dividends are not paid thereunder in a manner satisfactory to
Agent, and Agent shall have received copies of such amendments certified by the
chief financial officer of Borrower;

               (aa) The conditions precedent to the initial extension of credit
set forth in Section 3.1 of the Post Loan Agreement shall have been satisfied,
and the lenders under the Post Loan Agreement shall have concurrently funded the
initial loans thereunder;

               (bb) Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries shall have received
all licenses, approvals or evidence of other actions required by any
Governmental Authority in connection with the execution and delivery by Borrower
or its Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents or with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby; and

               (cc) all other documents and legal matters in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been delivered, executed,
or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

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     3.2  Conditions Subsequent to the Initial Extension of Credit. Borrower
shall use its best efforts to cause the execution and delivery to Agent of a
Collateral Access Agreement with respect to the Bonded Logistics warehouse in
Charlotte, North Carolina within 90 days of the Closing Date. The obligation of
the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to continue to make Advances (or
otherwise extend credit hereunder) is subject to the fulfillment, on or before
the date applicable thereto, of each of the conditions subsequent set forth
below (the failure by Borrower to so perform or cause to be performed
constituting an Event of Default):

               (a)  within 30 days of the Closing Date, deliver to Agent
certified copies of the policies of insurance, together with the endorsements
thereto, as are required by Section 6.8, the form and substance of which shall
be satisfactory to Agent and its counsel;

               (b)  within 30 days of the Closing Date, Agent shall have
received a certificate of status with respect to Borrower issued by the
appropriate officer of the state of Illinois which certificate shall indicate
that Borrower is in good standing in Illinios; and

               (c)  within 90 days of the Closing Date, Agent shall have
received Collateral Access Agreements with respect to the Specified Locations.

     3.3  Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit. The obligation of
the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make any Advances hereunder at any
time (or to extend any other credit hereunder) shall be subject to the following
conditions precedent:

               (a)  the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the date of such extension of credit, as though made on
and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and
warranties relate solely to an earlier date);

               (b)  no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such extension of credit, nor shall either result from
the making thereof;

               (c)  no injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order of
any nature restricting or prohibiting, directly or indirectly, the extending of
such credit shall have been issued and remain in force by any Governmental
Authority against Borrower, Agent, any Lender, or any of their Affiliates; and

               (d)  no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred.

     3.4  Term. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a
term ending on October 1, 2007 (the "Maturity Date"). The foregoing
notwithstanding, the Lender Group, upon the election of the Required Lenders,
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obligations under this Agreement immediately and without notice upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default.

     3.5  Effect of Termination. On the date of termination of this Agreement,
all Obligations (including contingent reimbursement obligations of Borrower with
respect to outstanding Letters of Credit) immediately shall become due and
payable without notice or demand (including either (i) providing cash collateral
to be held by Agent for the benefit of those Lenders with a Revolver Commitment
in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage, or (ii)
causing the original Letters of Credit to be returned to the Issuing Lender). No
termination of this Agreement, however, shall relieve or discharge Borrower or
its Subsidiaries of their duties, Obligations, or covenants hereunder and the
Agent's Liens in the Collateral shall remain in effect until all Obligations
have been paid in full and the Lender Group's obligations to provide additional
credit hereunder have been terminated. When this Agreement has been terminated
and all of the Obligations have been paid in full and the Lender Group's
obligations to provide additional credit under the Loan Documents have been
terminated irrevocably, Agent will, at Borrower's sole expense, execute and
deliver any UCC termination statements, lien releases, mortgage releases,
re-assignments of trademarks, discharges of security interests, and other
similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable form)
as are requested by Borrower to release, as of record, the Agent's Liens and all
notices of security interests and liens previously filed by Agent with respect
to the Obligations.

     3.6  Early Termination by Borrower. Borrower has the option, at any time
upon 90 days prior written notice to Agent, to terminate this Agreement by
making payment in full to Agent of the Obligations (including either (i)
providing cash collateral to be held by Agent for the benefit of those Lenders
with a Revolver Commitment in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter
of Credit Usage, or (ii) causing the original Letters of Credit to be returned
to the Issuing Lender), in full, together with the Applicable Prepayment Premium
(to be allocated based upon letter agreements between Agent and individual
Lenders). If Borrower has sent a notice of termination pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, then the Commitments shall terminate and Borrower
shall be obligated to repay the Obligations (including either (i) providing cash
collateral to be held by Agent for the benefit of those Lenders with a Revolver
Commitment in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage,
or (ii) causing the original Letters of Credit to be returned to the Issuing
Lender), in full, together with the Applicable Prepayment Premium, on the date
set forth as the date of termination of this Agreement in such notice. In the
event of the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the Obligations at
any time prior to the Maturity Date, for any other reason, including (a)
termination upon the election of the Required Lenders to terminate after the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (b) foreclosure
and sale of Collateral, (c) sale of the Collateral in any Insolvency Proceeding,
or (d) restructure, reorganization, or compromise of the Obligations by the
confirmation of a plan of reorganization or any other plan of compromise,
restructure, or arrangement in any Insolvency Proceeding, then, in view of the
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ascertaining the actual amount of damages to the Lender Group or profits lost by
the Lender Group as a result of such early termination, and by mutual agreement
of the parties as to a reasonable estimation and calculation of the lost profits
or damages of the Lender Group, Borrower shall pay the Applicable Prepayment
Premium (to be allocated based upon letter agreements between Agent and
individual Lenders) to Agent, measured as of the date of such termination. The
foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) in the event that any termination
of this Agreement by Borrower pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 3.6
occurs as a result of a refinancing by a commercial banking unit of Wells Fargo
and the outstanding Obligations are paid in full by Borrower out of the proceeds
from such refinancing, then the Applicable Prepayment Premium shall be zero, and
(b) in the event that any termination of this Agreement by Borrower pursuant to
the first sentence of this Section 3.6 occurs as a result of or in connection
with an initial public offering of Borrower's Stock or a sale of all or
substantially all of Borrower's assets or Stock, in one or a series of related
transactions, and the outstanding Obligations are paid in full by Borrower out
of the proceeds from any such transaction, then the Applicable Prepayment
Premium shall be reduced by 50%.

4. CREATION OF SECURITY INTERESTS.

     4.1  Grant of Security Interest.

               (a)  Borrower hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the
Lender Group, a continuing security interest in all of its right, title, and
interest in all currently existing and hereafter acquired or arising Borrower
Collateral in order to secure prompt repayment of any and all of the Obligations
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents and in order
to secure prompt performance by Borrower of each of its covenants and duties
under the Loan Documents.

               (b)  The Agent's Liens in and to the Borrower Collateral shall
attach to all Borrower Collateral without further act on the part of Agent or
Borrower. Anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the
contrary notwithstanding, except for Permitted Dispositions, Borrower and its
Subsidiaries have no authority, express or implied, to dispose of any item or
portion of the Collateral.

     4.2  Negotiable Collateral. In the event that any Borrower Collateral,
including proceeds, is evidenced by or consists of Negotiable Collateral, and if
and to the extent that Agent determines that perfection or priority of Agent's
security interest is dependent on or enhanced by possession, Borrower,
immediately upon the request of Agent, shall endorse and deliver physical
possession of such Negotiable Collateral to Agent.

     4.3  Collection of Accounts, General Intangibles, and Negotiable
Collateral. At any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default, Agent or Agent's designee may (a) notify Account Debtors of
Borrower that Borrower's Accounts, chattel paper, or General Intangibles have
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security interest therein, or (b) collect Borrower's Accounts, chattel paper, or
General Intangibles directly and charge the collection costs and expenses to the
Loan Account. Borrower agrees that it will hold in trust for the Lender Group,
as the Lender Group's trustee, and for Post and the lenders under the Post Loan
Documents, as their trustee, any of its or its Subsidiaries' Collections that it
receives and immediately will deliver such Collections to Agent or a Cash
Management Bank in their original form as received by Borrower or its
Subsidiaries.

     4.4  Filing of Financing Statements; Commercial Tort Claims; Delivery of
Additional Documentation Required.

               (a)  Borrower authorizes Agent to file any financing statement
necessary or desirable to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents, and any continuation statement or amendment with respect thereto, in
any appropriate filing office without the signature of Borrower where permitted
by applicable law. Borrower hereby ratifies the filing of any financing
statement filed without the signature of Borrower prior to the date hereof.

               (b)  If Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries acquire any
commercial tort claims after the date hereof, Borrower shall promptly (but in
any event within 3 Business Days after such acquisition) deliver to Agent a
written description of such commercial tort claim and shall deliver a written
agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, pursuant to which
Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall pledge and
collaterally assign all of its right, title and interest in and to such
commercial tort claim to Agent, as security for the Obligations (a "Commercial
Tort Claim Assignment").

               (c)  At any time upon the request of Agent, Borrower shall
execute or deliver to Agent, and shall cause the Restricted Subsidiaries to
execute or deliver to Agent, any and all financing statements, original
financing statements in lieu of continuation statements, fixture filings,
security agreements, pledges, assignments, Commercial Tort Claim Assignments,
endorsements of certificates of title, and all other documents (collectively,
the "Additional Documents") that Agent may request in its Permitted Discretion,
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, to create, perfect, and continue
perfected or to better perfect the Agent's Liens in the assets of Borrower and
the Restricted Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired,
tangible or intangible, real or personal), to create and perfect Liens in favor
of Agent in any Real Property acquired after the Closing Date, and in order to
fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby and under the other
Loan Documents. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower
authorizes Agent to execute any such Additional Documents in Borrower's name and
authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional Documents in any appropriate
filing office. In addition, on such periodic basis as Agent shall require,
Borrower shall (i) provide Agent with a report of all new material patentable,
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trademarkable materials acquired or generated by Borrower or the Restricted
Subsidiaries during the prior period, (ii) cause all material patents,
copyrights, and trademarks acquired or generated by Borrower or the Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not already the subject of a registration with the
appropriate filing office (or an application therefor diligently prosecuted) to
be registered with such appropriate filing office in a manner sufficient to
impart constructive notice of Borrower's or the applicable Restricted
Subsidiary's ownership thereof, and (iii) cause to be prepared, executed, and
delivered to Agent supplemental schedules to the applicable Loan Documents to
identify such patents, copyrights, and trademarks as being subject to the
security interests created thereunder.

     4.5  Power of Attorney. Borrower hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes, and
appoints Agent (and any of Agent's officers, employees, or agents designated by
Agent) as Borrower's true and lawful attorney, with power to (a) if Borrower
refuses to, or fails timely to execute and deliver any of the documents
described in Section 4.4, sign the name of Borrower on any of the documents
described in Section 4.4, (b) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, sign Borrower's name on any invoice or bill of lading
relating to the Borrower Collateral, drafts against Account Debtors, or notices
to Account Debtors, (c) send requests for verification of Borrower's or the
Restricted Subsidiaries' Accounts, (d) endorse Borrower's name on any of its
payment items (including all of its Collections) that may come into the Lender
Group's possession, (e) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, make, settle, and adjust all claims under Borrower's policies of
insurance and make all determinations and decisions with respect to such
policies of insurance, and (f) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, settle and adjust disputes and claims respecting Borrower's
or the Restricted Subsidiaries' Accounts, chattel paper, or General Intangibles
directly with Account Debtors, for amounts and upon terms that Agent determines
to be reasonable, and Agent may cause to be executed and delivered any documents
and releases that Agent determines to be necessary. The appointment of Agent as
Borrower's attorney, and each and every one of its rights and powers, being
coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until all of the Obligations have been
fully and finally repaid and performed and the Lender Group's obligations to
extend credit hereunder are terminated.

     4.6  Right to Inspect. Agent and each Lender (through any of their
respective officers, employees, or agents) shall have the right, from time to
time hereafter to inspect the Books and make copies or abstracts thereof and to
check, test, and appraise the Collateral, or any portion thereof, in order to
verify Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' financial condition or the amount,
quality, value, condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral;
provided that so long as no Triggering Event has occurred, (a) Borrower shall
not be required to pay for more than 2 inspections/audits of the Collateral per
year and (b) appraisals of the Collateral shall be conducted no more frequently
than once per year.

     4.7  Control Agreements. Borrower agrees that it will not, and will not
permit the Restricted Subsidiaries to, transfer assets out of any of their
Deposit Accounts or Securities

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Accounts; provided, however, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing or would result therefrom, Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries may use such assets (and the proceeds thereof) to the extent not
prohibited by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and, if the transfer is
to another bank or securities intermediary, so long as Borrower (or a Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable), Agent, and the substitute bank or securities
intermediary have entered into a Control Agreement. Borrower agrees that it will
and will cause the Restricted Subsidiaries to take any or all reasonable steps
that Agent requests in order for Agent to obtain control in accordance with
Sections 9-104, 9-105, 9-106, and 9-107 of the Code with respect to any of its
or their Securities Accounts, Deposit Accounts, electronic chattel paper,
Investment Property, and letter-of-credit rights. No arrangement contemplated
hereby or by any Control Agreement in respect of any Securities Accounts or
other Investment Property shall be modified by Borrower without the prior
written consent of Agent. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default or Event of Default, Agent may notify any bank or securities
intermediary to liquidate the applicable Deposit Account or Securities Account
or any related Investment Property maintained or held thereby and remit the
proceeds thereof to the Agent's Account.

5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

          In order to induce the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement,
Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to the Lender Group
which shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects, as of the
date hereof, and shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects,
as of the Closing Date, and at and as of the date of the making of each Advance
(or other extension of credit) made thereafter, as though made on and as of the
date of such Advance (or other extension of credit) (except to the extent that
such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date) and such
representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement:

     5.1  No Encumbrances. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have good
and indefeasible title to their personal property assets and good and marketable
title to their Real Property, in each case, free and clear of Liens except for
Permitted Liens.

     5.2  Eligible Accounts. The Eligible Accounts are bona fide existing
payment obligations of Account Debtors created by the sale and delivery of
Inventory or the rendition of services to such Account Debtors in the ordinary
course of Borrower's business, owed to Borrower without any known defenses,
disputes, offsets, counterclaims, or rights of return or cancellation. As to
each Account that is identified by Borrower as an Eligible Account in a
borrowing base report submitted to Agent, such Account is not excluded as
ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth in the
definition of Eligible Accounts.

     5.3  Eligible Inventory. All Eligible Inventory is of good and merchantable
quality, free from known defects. As to each item of Inventory that is
identified by Borrower as Eligible Inventory in a borrowing base report
submitted to Agent, such Inventory is not

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excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set
forth in the definition of Eligible Inventory.

     5.4  Equipment. All of the Equipment of Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries is used or held for use in their business and is fit for such
purposes, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

     5.5  Location of Inventory and Equipment. The Inventory and Equipment of
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not stored with a bailee,
warehouseman, or similar party and are located only at, or in-transit between,
the locations identified on Schedule 5.5 (as such Schedule may be updated
pursuant to Section 6.9).

     5.6  Inventory Records. Borrower keeps correct and accurate records
itemizing and describing the type, quality, and quantity of its and the
Restricted Subsidiaries' Inventory and the book value thereof.

     5.7  State of Incorporation; Location of Chief Executive Office; FEIN;
Organizational ID Number; Commercial Tort Claims.

               (a)  The jurisdiction of organization of Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries is set forth on Schedule 5.7(a).

               (b)  The chief executive office of Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries is located at the address indicated on Schedule 5.7(b) (as such
Schedule may be updated pursuant to Section 6.9).

               (c)  Borrower's and each of its Subsidiaries' FEIN and
organizational identification number, if any, are identified on Schedule 5.7(c).

               (d)  As of the Closing Date, Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries do not hold any commercial tort claims, except as set forth on
Schedule 5.7(d).

     5.8  Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.

               (a)  Borrower is duly organized and existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and qualified to do
business in any state where the failure to be so qualified reasonably could be
expected to have a Material Adverse Change; provided that until such time as the
condition subsequent set forth in Section 3.2(b) is satisfied, it is hereby
acknowledged that Borrower is not qualified to do business in the state of
Illinois.

               (b)  Set forth on Schedule 5.8(b), is a complete and accurate
description of the authorized capital Stock of Borrower, by class, and, as of
the Closing Date, a description of the number of shares of each such class that
are issued and outstanding. Other than as described on Schedule 5.8(b), there
are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or

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calls relating to any shares of Borrower's capital Stock, including any right of
conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument.
Borrower is not subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to
repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its capital Stock or any
security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its capital Stock.

               (c)  Set forth on Schedule 5.8(c), is a complete and accurate
list of Borrower's direct and indirect Subsidiaries, showing: (i) the
jurisdiction of their organization, (ii) the number of shares of each class of
common and preferred Stock authorized for each of the Restricted Subsidiaries
and HRC, and (iii) the number and the percentage of the outstanding shares of
each such class owned directly or indirectly by Borrower. All of the outstanding
capital Stock of each such Subsidiary has been validly issued and is fully paid
and non-assessable.

               (d)  Except as set forth on Schedule 5.8(c), there are no
subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of Borrower's
Subsidiaries' capital Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under
any outstanding security or other instrument. Neither Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to
repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of Borrower's Subsidiaries'
capital Stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any such
capital Stock.

     5.9  Due Authorization; No Conflict.

               (a)  The execution, delivery, and performance by Borrower of this
Agreement and the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of Borrower.

               (b)  The execution, delivery, and performance by Borrower of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will
not (i) violate any provision of federal, state, or local law or regulation
applicable to Borrower, the Governing Documents of Borrower, or any order,
judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on
Borrower, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due
notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any material contractual
obligation of Borrower, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of
any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any properties or assets of Borrower,
other than Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of Borrower's
interestholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any material
contractual obligation of Borrower, other than consents or approvals that have
been obtained and that are still in force and effect.

               (c)  Other than the filing of financing statements and the
recordation of the Mortgages, the execution, delivery, and performance by
Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a
party do not require any registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice
to, or other action with or by, any Governmental

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Authority, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are
still in force and effect.

               (d)  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
Borrower is a party, and all other documents contemplated hereby and thereby,
when executed and delivered by Borrower will be the legally valid and binding
obligations of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their
respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles
or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws
relating to or limiting creditors' rights generally.

               (e)  The Agent's Liens are validly created, perfected, and first
priority (except as contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement) Liens, subject
only to Permitted Liens.

               (f)  The execution, delivery, and performance by each Guarantor
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of such Guarantor.

               (g)  The execution, delivery, and performance by each Guarantor
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any
provision of federal, state, or local law or regulation applicable to such
Guarantor, the Governing Documents of such Guarantor, or any order, judgment, or
decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on such Guarantor,
(ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or
lapse of time or both) a default under any material contractual obligation of
such Guarantor, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any
Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any properties or assets of such Guarantor,
other than Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of such Guarantor's
interestholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any material
contractual obligation of such Guarantor, other than consents or approvals that
have been obtained and that are still in force and effect.

               (h)  Other than the filing of financing statements and the
recordation of the Mortgages, the execution, delivery, and performance by each
Guarantor of the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party do not and
will not require any registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to,
or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than consents or
approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect.

               (i)    The Loan Documents to which each Guarantor is a party, and
all other documents contemplated hereby and thereby, when executed and delivered
by such Guarantor will be the legally valid and binding obligations of such
Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with their
respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles
or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws
relating to or limiting creditors' rights generally.

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     5.10  Litigation. Other than those matters disclosed on Schedule 5.10,
there are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of
Borrower, threatened against Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries, as
applicable, except for (a) matters that are fully covered by insurance (subject
to customary deductibles), and (b) matters arising after the Closing Date that,
if decided adversely to Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable,
reasonably could not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

     5.11  No Material Adverse Change. All financial statements relating to
Borrower and its Subsidiaries that have been delivered by Borrower to the Lender
Group have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of
unaudited financial statements, for the lack of footnotes and being subject to
year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects,
Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' financial condition as of the date thereof and
results of operations for the period then ended. There has not been a Material
Adverse Change since the date of the latest financial statements submitted to
the Lender Group on or before the Closing Date.

     5.12  Fraudulent Transfer.

               (a)  Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
are Solvent.

               (b)  No transfer of property is being made by Borrower or its
Subsidiaries and no obligation is being incurred by Borrower or its Subsidiaries
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or
future creditors of Borrower or its Subsidiaries.

     5.13  Employee Benefits. None of Borrower, any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries, or any of their ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to any
Benefit Plan.

     5.14  Environmental Condition. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.14, (a) to
Borrower's knowledge, none of Borrower's or the Restricted Subsidiaries' assets
has ever been used by Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries, or by previous
owners or operators in the disposal of, or to produce, store, handle, treat,
release, or transport, any Hazardous Materials, where such production, storage,
handling, treatment, release or transport was in violation of applicable
Environmental Law, except for any such violation that reasonably could not be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (b) to Borrower's knowledge,
none of Borrower's or the Restricted Subsidiaries' properties or assets has ever
been designated or identified in any manner pursuant to any environmental
protection statute as a Hazardous Materials disposal site, (c) neither Borrower
nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has received notice that a Lien arising
under any Environmental Law has attached to any revenues or to any Real Property
owned or operated by Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, and (d) neither
Borrower nor the Restricted Subsidiaries has received any unresolved summons,
citation, notice, or directive from the Environmental Protection

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Agency or any other federal or state governmental agency concerning any action
or omission by Borrower or its Subsidiaries resulting in the releasing or
disposing of Hazardous Materials into the environment that allegedly is in
violation of applicable Environmental Law.

     5.15  Brokerage Fees. Neither Borrower nor any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries has utilized the services of any broker or finder in connection
with Borrower's obtaining financing from the Lender Group under this Agreement
and no brokerage commission or finders fee is payable by Borrower or the
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection herewith.

     5.16  Intellectual Property. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries own,
or hold licenses in, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent
rights, and licenses that are necessary to the conduct of their business as
currently conducted. Attached hereto as Schedule 5.16 (as updated from time to
time) is a true, correct, and complete listing of all material patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, copyrights, and copyright
registrations as to which Borrower or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries is the
owner or is an exclusive licensee.

     5.17  Leases. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and
undisturbed possession under all leases material to their business and to which
they are parties or under which they are operating. All of such leases are valid
and subsisting and no material default by Borrower or the Restricted
Subsidiaries exists under any of them.

     5.18  Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. Set forth on Schedule 5.18
are all of Borrower's and the Restricted Subsidiaries' Deposit Accounts and
Securities Accounts, including, with respect to each bank or securities
intermediary (i) the name and address of such Person, and (ii) the account
numbers of the Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with such
Person.

     5.19  Complete Disclosure. All factual information (taken as a whole)
furnished by or on behalf of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or
any Lender (including all information contained in the Schedules hereto or in
the other Loan Documents, but excluding any Projections) for purposes of or in
connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any transaction
contemplated herein or therein is, and all other such factual information (taken
as a whole) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of Borrower or its Subsidiaries
in writing to Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate, in all material
respects, on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not
incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information
(taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light
of the circumstances under which such information was provided. On the Closing
Date, the Closing Date Projections represent, and as of the date on which any
other Projections are delivered to Agent, such additional Projections represent
Borrower's good faith best estimate of its and its Subsidiaries future
performance for the periods covered thereby.

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     5.20  Indebtedness. Set forth on Schedule 5.20 is a true and complete list
of all Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately
prior to the Closing Date that is to remain outstanding after the Closing Date
and such Schedule accurately reflects the aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness and the principal terms thereof.

     5.21  Subordinated Notes Indenture. The Obligations are "Senior Debt" (as
defined in the Subordinated Notes Indenture) and, therefore, the repayment of
the Subordinated Notes is subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of
the Obligations to the extent and in the manner provided in Article 10 of the
Subordinated Notes Indenture. The Indebtedness owing to the Lender Group under
the Loan Documents is "Permitted Debt" (as defined in the Subordinated Notes
Indenture). The defined term "Credit Facility" (as defined in the Subordinated
Notes Indenture) includes the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.

     5.22  CFCs. As of the Closing Date, none of Borrower's Restricted
Subsidiaries that are CFCs could execute and deliver guaranties of the
Obligations or grant Liens in their assets to secure the Obligations without
creating a tax obligation under Section 956 of the IRC.

6.   AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

           Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the
Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, Borrower shall and shall
cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to do all of the following:

     6.1   Accounting System. Maintain a system of accounting that enables
Borrower to produce financial statements in accordance with GAAP and maintain
records pertaining to the Collateral that contain information as from time to
time reasonably may be requested by Agent. Borrower also shall keep an inventory
reporting system that shows all additions, sales, claims, returns, and
allowances with respect to its and its Subsidiaries' Inventory.

     6.2   Collateral Reporting. Provide Agent (and if so requested by Agent,
with copies for each Lender) with the following documents at the following times
in form satisfactory to Agent:

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Weekly (If a        (a)  a sales journal, collection journal, and credit
Triggering Event    register since the last such schedule, a report regarding
occurs, Agent, in   credit memoranda that have been issued since the last such
its sole            report, and a calculation of Borrowing Base A as of such
discretion, may     date, and
require that the
reports             (b)  notice of all claims, offsets, or disputes asserted by
referenced in (a),  Account Debtors with respect to Borrower's and the
(b) and (c) be      Restricted Subsidiaries' Accounts,
delivered more
frequently than     (c)  Inventory reports specifying the cost of Borrower's and
weekly)             the Restricted Subsidiaries' Inventory, by category,

                    (d)  a detailed aging, by total, of the Accounts of
                    Borrower,

                    (e)  a detailed report regarding all transfers of cash from
                    Borrower to the Mexican Subsidiaries and the amount of cash
                    on hand of each Mexican Subsidiary.
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Monthly (not        (f)  a detailed calculation of Borrowing Base A (including
later than the      detail regarding those Accounts of Borrower that are not
10th day of each    Eligible Accounts),
month)
                    (g)  a detailed aging, by total, of the Accounts of
                    Borrower, together with a reconciliation to the detailed
                    calculation of Borrowing Base A previously provided to
                    Agent,

                    (h)  a summary aging, by vendor, of Borrower's and the
                    Restricted Subsidiaries' accounts payable and any book
                    overdraft,

                    (i)  a detailed report regarding Borrower and the Restricted
                    Subsidiaries' cash and Cash Equivalents including an
                    indication of which amounts constitute Qualified Cash, and

                    (j)  a calculation of Dilution for the month most recently
                    ended.
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Quarterly           (k)  a detailed list of Borrower's and the Restricted
                    Subsidiaries' customers, and

                    (l)  a report regarding Borrower's and the Restricted
                    Subsidiaries' accrued, but unpaid, ad valorem taxes.
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Upon request by     (m)  copies of invoices in connection with Borrower's and
Agent               the Restricted Subsidiaries' Accounts, credit memos,
                    remittance advices, deposit slips, shipping and delivery
                    documents in connection with Borrower's and the Restricted
                    Subsidiaries' Accounts and, for Inventory
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                    and Equipment acquired by Borrower or the Restricted
                    Subsidiaries, purchase orders and invoices, and

                    (n)  such other reports as to the Collateral or the
                    financial condition of Borrower and the Restricted
                    Subsidiaries, as Agent may request.
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          In addition, Borrower agrees to cooperate fully with Agent to
facilitate and implement a system of electronic collateral reporting in order to
provide electronic reporting of each of the items set forth above.

     6.3  Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates. Deliver to Agent, with
copies to each Lender:

               (a)   as soon as available, but in any event within 30 days (45
days in the case of a month that is the end of one of Borrower's fiscal
quarters) after the end of each month during each of Borrower's fiscal years,

               (i)   a company prepared consolidated balance sheet, income
          statement, and statement of cash flow covering Borrower's and the
          Restricted Subsidiaries' operations during such period,

               (ii)  a certificate signed by the chief financial officer of
          Borrower to the effect that:

                    (A)  the financial statements delivered hereunder have been
               prepared in accordance with GAAP (except for the lack of
               footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments) and
               fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
               financial condition of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
               and

                    (B)  there does not exist any condition or event that
               constitutes a Default or Event of Default (or, to the extent of
               any non-compliance, describing such non-compliance as to which he
               or she may have knowledge and what action Borrower has taken, is
               taking, or proposes to take with respect thereto), and

               (iii) for each month that is the date on which a financial
          covenant in Section 7.18 is to be tested, a Compliance Certificate
          demonstrating, in reasonable detail, compliance at the end of such
          period with the applicable financial covenants contained in Section
          7.18,

               (b)   as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after
the end of each of Borrower's fiscal years, consolidated and consolidating
financial statements

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of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each such fiscal year, audited by
independent certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to Agent and
certified, without any qualifications, by such accountants to have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP (such audited financial statements to include a balance
sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flow and, if prepared, such
accountants' letter to management),

               (c)   as soon as available, but in any event prior to the start
of each of Borrower's fiscal years, copies of Borrower's Projections, in form
and substance (including as to scope and underlying assumptions) satisfactory to
Agent, in its sole discretion, for the forthcoming fiscal year, month by month,
certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower as being such officer's
good faith best estimate of the financial performance of Borrower during the
period covered thereby,

               (d)   if and when filed by Borrower,

               (i)   Form 10-Q quarterly reports, Form 10-K annual reports, and
          Form 8-K current reports,

               (ii)  any other filings made by Borrower with the SEC,

               (iii) copies of Borrower's federal income tax returns, and any
          amendments thereto, filed with the Internal Revenue Service, and

               (iv)  any other information that is provided by Borrower to its
          shareholders generally,

               (e)   if and when filed by Borrower or its Subsidiaries and as
requested by Agent, satisfactory evidence of payment of applicable excise taxes
in each jurisdiction in which (i) Borrower or its Subsidiaries conducts business
or is required to pay any such excise tax, (ii) where Borrower's or its
Subsidiaries' failure to pay any such applicable excise tax would result in a
Lien on the properties or assets of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or (iii) where
Borrower's or its Subsidiaries' failure to pay any such applicable excise tax
reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change,

               (f)   as soon as Borrower has knowledge of any event or condition
that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, notice thereof and a
statement of the curative action that Borrower proposes to take with respect
thereto,

               (g)   promptly after the commencement thereof, but in any event
within 5 days after the service of process with respect thereto on Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, notice of all actions, suits, or proceedings brought by
or against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority
which, if determined adversely to Borrower or such Subsidiary, reasonably could
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change,

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               (h)   promptly after receipt thereof, any notices, complaints,
orders, or other communications from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with
respect to any material violation of or non-compliance with regulations
applicable to Borrower or its Subsidiaries or permits or licenses held by
Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and

               (i)   upon the request of Agent, any other report reasonably
requested relating to the financial condition of Borrower or its Subsidiaries.

          In addition to the financial statements referred to above, Borrower
agrees to deliver financial statements prepared on both a consolidated and
consolidating basis and agrees that no Subsidiary of Borrower will have a fiscal
year different from that of Borrower. Borrower agrees to cooperate with Agent to
allow Agent to consult with its independent certified public accountants if
Agent reasonably requests the right to do so and that, in such connection, its
independent certified public accountants are authorized to communicate with
Agent and to release to Agent whatever financial information concerning Borrower
or its Subsidiaries Agent reasonably may request, provided , in all cases, that
Borrower shall have received notice of any such proposed consultation and have
the right to be present at such consultation.

     6.4  Guarantor Reports. Cause each Guarantor to deliver its annual
financial statements at the time when Borrower provides its audited financial
statements to Agent, but only to the extent such Guarantor's financial
statements are not consolidated with Borrower's financial statements, and copies
of all federal income tax returns as soon as the same are available and in any
event no later than 30 days after the same are required to be filed by law.

     6.5  Returns. Cause returns and allowances, as between Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries and their Account Debtors, to be on the same basis and
in accordance with the usual customary practices of Borrower, as they exist at
the time of the execution and delivery of this Agreement; provided that Borrower
may change such customary practices with the written consent of Agent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (it being understood that any
deviation from such customary practices without the consent of Agent shall be
subject to Agent's right to establish reserves under Section 2.1(e)).

     6.6  Maintenance of Properties. Maintain and preserve all of its properties
which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct to its business in good
working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply at all
times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee so as
to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder.

     6.7  Taxes. Cause all assessments and taxes, whether real, personal, or
otherwise, due or payable by, or imposed, levied, or assessed against Borrower,
its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets to be paid in full, before
delinquency or before the expiration of any extension period, except to the
extent that the validity of such assessment or tax shall be the subject of a
Permitted Protest. Borrower will and will cause its Subsidiaries to make timely

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payment or deposit of all tax payments and withholding taxes required of it and
them by applicable laws, including those laws concerning F.I.C.A., F.U.T.A.,
state disability, and local, state, and federal income taxes, and will, upon
request, furnish Agent with proof satisfactory to Agent indicating that Borrower
and its Subsidiaries have made such payments or deposits.

     6.8  Insurance.

               (a)   At Borrower's expense, maintain insurance respecting its
and its Subsidiaries' assets wherever located, covering loss or damage by fire,
theft, explosion, and all other hazards and risks as ordinarily are insured
against by other Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses. Borrower
also shall maintain business interruption, public liability, and product
liability insurance, as well as insurance against larceny, embezzlement, and
criminal misappropriation. All such policies of insurance involving Borrower or
the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in such amounts and with such insurance
companies as are reasonably satisfactory to Agent. Borrower shall deliver copies
of all such policies to Agent with a satisfactory lender's loss payable
endorsement naming Agent as loss payee or additional insured, as appropriate.
Each policy of insurance or endorsement shall contain a clause requiring the
insurer to give not less than 30 days prior written notice to Agent in the event
of cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever.

               (b)   Borrower shall give Agent prompt notice of any loss covered
by such insurance. Agent shall have the exclusive right to adjust any losses
claimed under any such insurance policies in excess of $250,000 (or in any
amount after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default),
without any liability to Borrower whatsoever in respect of such adjustments. Any
monies received as payment for any loss in an amount that is less than $250,000
under any insurance policy mentioned above (other than liability insurance
policies) or as payment of any award or compensation for condemnation or taking
by eminent domain, shall be paid over to Agent to be disbursed to Borrower under
staged payment terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent for application to the
cost of repairs, replacements, or restorations, unless an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing in which event, at the option of the Required
Lenders, such payment may be applied to the repayment of the Obligations. Any
monies received as payment for any loss in an amount that is equal to or greater
than $250,000 under any insurance policy mentioned above (other than liability
insurance policies) or as payment of any award or compensation for condemnation
or taking by eminent domain, shall be paid over to Agent to be applied at the
option of the Required Lenders either to the prepayment of the Obligations or
shall be disbursed to Borrower under staged payment terms reasonably
satisfactory to Agent for application to the cost of repairs, replacements, or
restorations. Any such repairs, replacements, or restorations shall be effected
with reasonable promptness and shall be of a value at least equal to the value
of the items of property destroyed prior to such damage or destruction.

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               (c)   Borrower will not and will not suffer or permit the
Restricted Subsidiaries to take out separate insurance concurrent in form or
contributing in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this
Section 6.8, unless Agent is included thereon as named insured with the loss
payable to Agent under a lender's loss payable endorsement or its equivalent.
Borrower immediately shall notify Agent whenever such separate insurance is
taken out, specifying the insurer thereunder and full particulars as to the
policies evidencing the same, and copies of such policies promptly shall be
provided to Agent.

     6.9  Location of Inventory and Equipment. Keep Borrower's and the
Restricted Subsidiaries' Inventory and Equipment only at the locations
identified on Schedule 5.5 and their chief executive offices only at the
locations identified on Schedule 5.7(b); provided, however, that Borrower may
amend Schedule 5.5 and Schedule 5.7 so long as such amendment occurs by written
notice to Agent not less than 30 days prior to the date on which such Inventory
or Equipment is moved to such new location or such chief executive office is
relocated, so long as such new location is within the continental United States,
and so long as, at the time of such written notification, Borrower provides
Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect thereto.

     6.10 Compliance with Laws. Comply with the requirements of all applicable
laws, rules, regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority, including
the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act, other than
laws, rules, regulations, and orders the non-compliance with which, individually
or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.

     6.11 Leases. Pay when due all rents and other amounts payable under any
material leases to which Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a
party or by which Borrower's or any such Restricted Subsidiaries' properties and
assets are bound, unless such payments are the subject of a Permitted Protest.

     6.12 Existence. At all times preserve and keep in full force and effect
Borrower's and the Restricted Subsidiaries valid existence and good standing and
any rights and franchises material to their businesses.

     6.13 Environmental.

               (a)   Keep any property either owned or operated by Borrower or
the Restricted Subsidiaries free of any Environmental Liens or post bonds or
other financial assurances sufficient to satisfy the obligations or liability
evidenced by such Environmental Liens, (b) comply, in all material respects,
with Environmental Laws and provide to Agent documentation of such compliance
which Agent reasonably requests, (c) promptly notify Agent of any release of a
Hazardous Material in any reportable quantity from or onto property owned or
operated by Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries and take any Remedial
Actions required under any applicable Environmental Law to abate such release,

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and (d) promptly, but in any event within 5 days of its receipt thereof, provide
Agent with written notice of any of the following: (i) notice that an
Environmental Lien has been filed against any of the real or personal property
of Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) commencement of any
Environmental Action or notice that an Environmental Action will be filed
against Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, and (iii) notice of a
violation, citation, or other administrative order which reasonably could be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

     6.14 Disclosure Updates. Promptly and in no event later than 5 Business
Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify Agent if any written information,
exhibit, or report furnished to the Lender Group contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in
which made. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, any notification
pursuant to the foregoing provision will not cure or remedy the effect of the
prior untrue statement of a material fact or omission of any material fact nor
shall any such notification have the affect of amending or modifying this
Agreement or any of the Schedules hereto.

     6.15 Formation of Subsidiaries. At the time that Borrower or any Guarantor
forms any direct or indirect Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect
domestic Subsidiary after the Closing Date (excluding Unrestricted
Subsidiaries), Borrower or such Guarantor shall (a) cause such new Subsidiary to
provide to Agent a joinder to the Guaranty and the Guarantor Security Agreement,
together with such other security documents (including Mortgages with respect to
any Real Property of such new Subsidiary), as well as appropriate UCC-1
financing statements (and with respect to all property subject to a Mortgage,
fixture filings), all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (including
being sufficient to grant Agent a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted
Liens) in and to the assets of such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary), (b)
provide to Agent a pledge agreement and appropriate certificates and powers or
UCC-1 financing statements, hypothecating all of the direct or beneficial
ownership interest in such new Subsidiary, in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent, and (c) provide to Agent all other documentation, including one or more
opinions of counsel satisfactory to Agent, which in its opinion is appropriate
with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation
referred to above (including policies of title insurance or other documentation
with respect to all property subject to a Mortgage). Any document, agreement, or
instrument executed or issued pursuant to this Section 6.15 shall be a Loan
Document.

     6.16 Amendment of Preferred Stock. Cause the agreements governing the
Borrower Preferred Stock and the Holding Preferred Stock to be amended on an
annual basis, beginning in the first quarter of 2004, to extend the period of
time within which cash dividends are not paid thereunder for an additional year.

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7.   NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

          Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the
Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, Borrower will not and will
not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to do any of the following:

     7.1  Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, guarantee, or
otherwise become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with respect to any
Indebtedness, except:

               (a)   Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, together with Indebtedness owed to Underlying Issuers with respect to
Underlying Letters of Credit,

               (b)   Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 5.20,

               (c)   Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness,

               (d)   refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness
permitted under clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 7.1 (and continuance or
renewal of any Permitted Liens associated therewith) so long as: (i) the terms
and conditions of such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not, in Agent's
judgment, materially impair the prospects of repayment of the Obligations by
Borrower or materially impair Borrower's creditworthiness (this requirement
being deemed satisfied if the terms and conditions of any such refinancing,
renewal, or extension are the same as or more favorable than the terms in the
Indebtedness being refinanced, renewed or extended), (ii) such refinancings,
renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the then extant
principal amount of, or interest rate with respect to, the Indebtedness so
refinanced, renewed, or extended, (iii) such refinancings, renewals, or
extensions do not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity of the
Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or
conditions that, taken as a whole, are materially more burdensome or restrictive
to Borrower, (iv) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended
was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and
conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension Indebtedness must include
subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Lender
Group as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended
Indebtedness, and (v) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended
is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other
than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that
was refinanced, renewed, or extended,

               (e)   endorsement of instruments or other payment items for
deposit,

               (f)   Indebtedness composing Permitted Investments,

               (g)   Indebtedness of Borrower evidenced by the Subordinated
Notes,

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               (h)   Indebtedness of Borrower evidenced by the Subordinated
Convertible Notes,

               (i)   Indebtedness of Borrower evidenced by the Senior Notes,

               (j)   Indebtedness of HRC evidenced by the HRC Notes,

               (k)   Indebtedness of Borrower and the Guarantors to the lenders
under the Post Loan Documents in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$32,000,000, and

               (l)   other unsecured Indebtedness not to exceed $1,500,000
outstanding at any time.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower agrees that the Unrestricted
Subsidiaries shall not provide any guarantees of the obligations under the Post
Loan Agreement.

     7.2  Liens. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, directly or
indirectly, any Lien on or with respect to any of its assets, of any kind,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom,
except for Permitted Liens (including Liens that are replacements of Permitted
Liens to the extent that the original Indebtedness is refinanced, renewed, or
extended under Section 7.1(d) and so long as the replacement Liens only encumber
those assets that secured the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness).

     7.3  Restrictions on Fundamental Changes.

               (a)   Enter into any merger, consolidation, reorganization, or
recapitalization, or reclassify its Stock.

               (b)   Liquidate, wind up, or dissolve itself (or suffer any
liquidation or dissolution).

               (c)   Convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or
substantially all of its assets.

     7.4  Disposal of Assets. Other than Permitted Dispositions, convey, sell,
lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any of Borrower's or
the Restricted Subsidiaries' assets.

     7.5  Change Name. Change Borrower's or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries'
names, FEINs, organizational identification number, state of organization or
organizational identity; provided, however, that Borrower or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries may change their names upon at least 30 days prior
written notice to Agent of such change and so long as, at the time of such
written notification, Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary provides any
financing statements necessary to perfect and continue perfected the Agent's
Liens.

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     7.6  Nature of Business. Make any change in the principal nature of its or
their business.

     7.7  Prepayments and Amendments. Except in connection with a refinancing
permitted by Section 7.1(d),

               (a)   prepay, redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any
Indebtedness of Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, other than the
Obligations in accordance with this Agreement; provided that the Indebtedness
under the Post Loan Agreement (i) may be prepaid to the extent of any mandatory
prepayment obligations described in the Post Loan Agreement as in effect as of
the date of this Agreement and (ii) may revolve in accordance with the terms of
the Post Loan Agreement as in effect as of the date of this Agreement, or

               (b)   directly or indirectly, amend, modify, alter, increase, or
change in any respect that may be adverse to the Lender Group any of the terms
or conditions of any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other
writing evidencing or concerning Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.1(b),
(c), (g), (h), (i), (j), or (k).

     7.8  Change of Control. Cause, permit, or suffer, directly or indirectly,
any Change of Control.

     7.9  Consignments. Consign any of its or their Inventory or sell any of its
or their Inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other
conditional terms of sale.

     7.10 Distributions. Make any distribution or declare or pay any dividends
(in cash or other property, other than common Stock or with respect to dividends
on Borrower's 111/2% Senior PIK Preferred Stock, such preferred Stock) on, or
purchase, acquire, redeem, or retire any of Borrower's Stock, of any class,
whether now or hereafter outstanding.

     7.11 Accounting Methods. Modify or change its fiscal year or its method of
accounting (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP) or enter into,
modify, or terminate any agreement currently existing, or at any time hereafter
entered into with any third party accounting firm or service bureau for the
preparation or storage of Borrower's or the Subsidiaries' accounting records
without said accounting firm or service bureau agreeing to provide Agent
information regarding Borrower's and the Subsidiaries' financial condition.

     7.12 Investments. Except for Permitted Investments, directly or indirectly,
make or acquire any Investment or incur any liabilities (including contingent
obligations) for or in connection with any Investment; provided, however, that
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not have Permitted Investments
(other than in the Cash Management Accounts) in Deposit Accounts or Securities
Accounts in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000 at any one time unless
Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and the applicable
securities intermediary or bank have entered into Control Agreements governing

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such Permitted Investments in order to perfect (and further establish) the
Agent's Liens in such Permitted Investments. Subject to the foregoing proviso,
Borrower shall not and shall not permit the Restricted Subsidiaries to establish
or maintain any Deposit Account or Securities Account unless Agent shall have
received a Control Agreement in respect of such Deposit Account or Securities
Account.

     7.13 Transactions with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into or
permit to exist any transaction with any Affiliate of Borrower except for
transactions that are in the ordinary course of Borrower's business, upon fair
and reasonable terms, that are fully disclosed to Agent, and that are no less
favorable to Borrower than would be obtained in an arm's length transaction with
a non-Affiliate.

     7.14 Suspension. Suspend or go out of a substantial portion of its or their
business.

     7.15 [Intentionally Omitted].

     7.16 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Advances for any purpose
other than (a) on the Closing Date, (i) to repay, in full, the outstanding
principal, accrued interest, and accrued fees and expenses owing under or
pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, and (ii) to pay transactional fees,
costs, and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (b)
thereafter, consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, for its lawful and
permitted purposes.

     7.17 Inventory and Equipment with Bailees. Except as provided on Schedule
5.5, store the Inventory or Equipment of Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries
at any time now or hereafter with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party
without Agent's prior written consent.

     7.18 Financial Covenants.

               (a)   Fail to maintain or achieve:

               (i)   Minimum EBITDA. EBITDA, measured on a quarter-end basis, of
          at least the required amount set forth in the following table for the
          applicable period set forth opposite thereto:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Applicable Amount                Applicable Period
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$       5,000,000                For the 1 quarter period
                               ending September 30, 2003
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$      10,000,000                For the 2 quarter period
                               ending December 31, 2003
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$      16,500,000                For the 3 quarter period
                                 ending March 31, 2004
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$      23,000,000                For the 4 quarter period
                                 ending June 30, 2004
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$      24,500,000                For the 4 quarter period
                               ending September 30, 2004
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$      25,000,000                For the 4 quarter period
                         ending December 31, 2004 and each 4 quarter period
                          ending at the end of a calendar quarter thereafter
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               (b)   Make:

               (i)   Capital Expenditures. Capital Expenditures in any fiscal
          year in excess of the amount set forth in the following table for the
          applicable period:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year   Fiscal Year    Fiscal Year    Fiscal Year    Fiscal Year
2003          2004           2005           2006           2007
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ 6,500,000   $  9,000,000   $ 10,000,000   $ 11,000,000   $  11,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

          ; provided that the foregoing notwithstanding, Borrower may elect to
          make Capital Expenditures during its 2003 fiscal year that exceed
          $6,500,000 up to a maximum of $7,500,000, but in such event the amount
          permitted above for its 2004 fiscal year shall be reduced by an amount
          equal to the actual amount of Borrower's Capital Expenditures during
          fiscal year 2003 minus $6,500,000; provided, further, that any unused
          portion of the amount of Capital Expenditures permitted during any
          fiscal year may be carried over and added to the maximum amount
          allowed for the next succeeding fiscal year (but not to any subsequent
          fiscal year).

     7.19 Payments on Affiliate Notes. Make any payments of principal or cash
payments of interest to the holders of the Subordinated Convertible Notes, the
Senior Notes, or the HRC Notes.

     7.20 Limitation on Indebtedness of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Permit the
Unrestricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist any
Indebtedness if, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of any such
Indebtedness as of the last day of the

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then most recently ended fiscal quarter for which Borrower has delivered to
Agent financial statements with respect to the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the
aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries
would exceed the result of 5 times the Unrestricted Subsidiaries TFQ EBITDA,
determined as of such date.

8.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

          Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of
default (each, an "Event of Default") under this Agreement:

     8.1  If Borrower fails to pay when due and payable, or when declared due
and payable, all or any portion of the Obligations (whether of principal,
interest (including any interest which, but for the provisions of the Bankruptcy
Code, would have accrued on such amounts), fees and charges due the Lender
Group, reimbursement of Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts constituting
Obligations);

     8.2  If Borrower fails to perform, keep, or observe any term, provision,
condition, covenant, or agreement beyond any specified cure or grace period
applicable thereto contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan
Documents;

     8.3  If any material portion of Borrower's or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries' assets is attached, seized, subjected to a writ or distress
warrant, levied upon, or comes into the possession of any third Person;

     8.4  If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by Borrower or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries;

     8.5  If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against Borrower, or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries, and any of the following events occur: (a) Borrower
or such Restricted Subsidiary consents to the institution of such Insolvency
Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is
not timely controverted; provided, however, that, during the pendency of such
period, each member of the Lender Group shall be relieved of its obligations to
extend credit hereunder, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding
is not dismissed within 60 calendar days of the date of the filing thereof;
provided, however, that, during the pendency of such period, each member of the
Lender Group shall be relieved of its obligations to extend credit hereunder,
(d) an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or any substantial
portion of the properties or assets of, or to operate all or any substantial
portion of the business of, Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, or
(e) an order for relief shall have been entered therein;

     8.6  If Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is enjoined,
restrained, or in any way prevented by court order from continuing to conduct
all or any material part of its business affairs;

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     8.7  If a notice of Lien, levy, or assessment is filed of record with
respect to any of Borrower's or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries' assets by
the United States, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or by
any state, county, municipal, or governmental agency, or if any taxes or debts
owing at any time hereafter to any one or more of such entities becomes a Lien,
whether choate or otherwise, upon any of Borrower's or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries' assets and the same is not paid before such payment is delinquent;

     8.8  If one or more judgments or other claims involving an aggregate amount
of $500,000, or more, becomes a Lien or encumbrance upon any material portion of
Borrower's or any Restricted Subsidiary's assets and the same is not released,
discharged, bonded against, or stayed pending appeal before the earlier of 30
days after the date it first arises or 5 days prior to the date on which such
asset is subject to being forfeited by Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

     8.9  (a)  If there is a default in one or more agreements to which Borrower
is a party with one or more third Persons relative to Borrower's Indebtedness
involving an aggregate amount of $750,000, or more, and such default (i) occurs
at the final maturity of the obligations thereunder, or (ii) results in a right
by such third Person(s), irrespective of whether exercised, to accelerate the
maturity of Borrower's obligations thereunder, or

          (b)  If there is a default in any other agreement to which Borrower is
a party with one or more third Persons and such default results in a right by
such third Person(s), irrespective of whether exercised, to terminate such
agreement and such termination could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change;

     8.10 If Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries makes any payment on
account of Indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated in right of
payment to the payment of the Obligations, except to the extent such payment is
permitted by the terms of the subordination provisions applicable to such
Indebtedness;

     8.11 If any warranty, representation, statement, or Record made to the
Lender Group by Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries, or any officer, employee,
agent, or director of Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is
inaccurate in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made;

     8.12 If the obligation of any Guarantor under the Guaranty is limited or
terminated by operation of law or by such Guarantor thereunder;

     8.13 If this Agreement or any other Loan Document that purports to create a
Lien, shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and,
except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority
Lien on or security interest in the Collateral covered hereby or thereby; or

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     8.14 Any provision of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason be
declared to be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be
contested by Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, or a proceeding shall be
commenced by Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, or by any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or Borrower or
the Restricted Subsidiaries shall deny that Borrower or the Restricted
Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any
Loan Document.

9.   THE LENDER GROUP'S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

     9.1  Rights and Remedies. Upon the occurrence, and during the continuation,
of an Event of Default, the Required Lenders (at their election but without
notice of their election and without demand) may authorize and instruct Agent to
do any one or more of the following on behalf of the Lender Group (and Agent,
acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, shall, subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, do the same on behalf of the Lender
Group), all of which are authorized by Borrower:

               (a)  Declare all Obligations, whether evidenced by this
Agreement, by any of the other Loan Documents, or otherwise, immediately due and
payable;

               (b)  Cease advancing money or extending credit to or for the
benefit of Borrower under this Agreement, under any of the Loan Documents, or
under any other agreement between Borrower and the Lender Group;

               (c)  Terminate this Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents
as to any future liability or obligation of the Lender Group, but without
affecting any of the Agent's Liens in the Collateral and without affecting the
Obligations;

               (d)  Settle or adjust disputes and claims directly with
Borrower's Account Debtors for amounts and upon terms which Agent considers
advisable, and in such cases, Agent will credit Borrower's Loan Account with
only the net amounts received by Agent in payment of such disputed Accounts
after deducting all Lender Group Expenses incurred or expended in connection
therewith;

               (e)  Cause Borrower to hold all of its returned Inventory in
trust for the Lender Group and segregate all such Inventory from all other
assets of Borrower or in Borrower's possession;

               (f)  Without notice to or demand upon Borrower, make such
payments and do such acts as Agent considers necessary or reasonable to protect
its security interests in the Collateral. Borrower agrees to assemble the
Collateral if Agent so requires, and to make the Collateral available to Agent
at a place that Agent may designate which is reasonably convenient to both
parties. Borrower authorizes Agent to enter the premises

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where the Collateral is located, to take and maintain possession of the
Collateral, or any part of it, and to pay, purchase, contest, or compromise any
Lien that in Agent's determination appears to conflict with the Agent's Liens in
and to the Collateral and to pay all expenses incurred in connection therewith
and to charge Borrower's Loan Account therefor. With respect to any of
Borrower's owned or leased premises, Borrower hereby grants Agent a license to
enter into possession of such premises and to occupy the same, without charge,
in order to exercise any of the Lender Group's rights or remedies provided
herein, at law, in equity, or otherwise;

               (g)  Without notice to Borrower (such notice being expressly
waived), and without constituting an acceptance of any collateral in full or
partial satisfaction of an obligation (within the meaning of the Code), set off
and apply to the Obligations any and all (i) balances and deposits of Borrower
held by the Lender Group (including any amounts received in the Cash Management
Accounts), or (ii) Indebtedness at any time owing to or for the credit or the
account of Borrower held by the Lender Group;

               (h)  Hold, as cash collateral, any and all balances and deposits
of Borrower held by the Lender Group, and any amounts received in the Cash
Management Accounts, to secure the full and final repayment of all of the
Obligations;

               (i)  Ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair,
prepare for sale, advertise for sale, and sell (in the manner provided for
herein) the Borrower Collateral. Borrower hereby grants to Agent a license or
other right to use, without charge, Borrower's labels, patents, copyrights,
trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, and advertising matter,
or any property of a similar nature, as it pertains to the Borrower Collateral,
in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any Borrower
Collateral and Borrower's rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements
shall inure to the Lender Group's benefit;

               (j)  Sell the Borrower Collateral at either a public or private
sale, or both, by way of one or more contracts or transactions, for cash or on
terms, in such manner and at such places (including Borrower's premises) as
Agent determines is commercially reasonable. It is not necessary that the
Borrower Collateral be present at any such sale;

               (k)  Agent shall give notice of the disposition of the Borrower
Collateral as follows:

               (i)  Agent shall give Borrower a notice in writing of the time
          and place of public sale, or, if the sale is a private sale or some
          other disposition other than a public sale is to be made of the
          Borrower Collateral, the time on or after which the private sale or
          other disposition is to be made; and

               (ii) The notice shall be personally delivered or mailed, postage
          prepaid, to Borrower as provided in Section 12, at least 10 days
          before the

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          earliest time of disposition set forth in the notice; no notice needs
          to be given prior to the disposition of any portion of the Borrower
          Collateral that is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in
          value or that is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market;

               (l)  Agent, on behalf of the Lender Group, may credit bid and
purchase at any public sale;

               (m)  Agent may seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to
take possession of all or any portion of the Borrower Collateral or to operate
same and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, may seek the appointment of
such a receiver without the requirement of prior notice or a hearing; and

               (n)  The Lender Group shall have all other rights and remedies
available at law or in equity or pursuant to any other Loan Document.

; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described
in Section 8.4 or Section 8.5, in addition to the remedies set forth above,
without any notice to Borrower or any other Person or any act by the Lender
Group, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Obligations then
outstanding, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees
and all other amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest, or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by
Borrower.

     9.2  Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies of the Lender Group under
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be
cumulative. The Lender Group shall have all other rights and remedies not
inconsistent herewith as provided under the Code, by law, or in equity. No
exercise by the Lender Group of one right or remedy shall be deemed an election,
and no waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default shall be deemed a
continuing waiver. No delay by the Lender Group shall constitute a waiver,
election, or acquiescence by it.

10.  TAXES AND EXPENSES.

          If Borrower fails to pay any monies (whether taxes, assessments,
insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased properties or assets, rents or
other amounts payable under such leases) due to third Persons, or fails to make
any deposits or furnish any required proof of payment or deposit, all as
required under the terms of this Agreement, then, Agent, in its sole discretion
and without prior notice to Borrower, may do any or all of the following: (a)
make payment of the same or any part thereof, (b) set up such reserves in
Borrower's Loan Account as Agent deems necessary to protect the Lender Group
from the exposure created by such failure, or (c) in the case of the failure to
comply with Section 6.8 hereof, obtain and maintain insurance policies of the
type described in Section 6.8 and take any action with

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respect to such policies as Agent deems prudent. Any such amounts paid by Agent
shall constitute Lender Group Expenses and any such payments shall not
constitute an agreement by the Lender Group to make similar payments in the
future or a waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default under this
Agreement. Agent need not inquire as to, or contest the validity of, any such
expense, tax, or Lien and the receipt of the usual official notice for the
payment thereof shall be conclusive evidence that the same was validly due and
owing.

11.  WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION.

     11.1 Demand; Protest; etc. Borrower waives demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment,
nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal
of documents, instruments, chattel paper, and guarantees at any time held by the
Lender Group on which Borrower may in any way be liable.

     11.2 The Lender Group's Liability for Borrower Collateral. Borrower hereby
agrees that: (a) so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under
the Code, the Lender Group shall not in any way or manner be liable or
responsible for: (i) the safekeeping of the Borrower Collateral, (ii) any loss
or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause,
(iii) any diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or default of any
carrier, warehouseman, bailee, forwarding agency, or other Person, and (b) all
risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the Borrower Collateral shall be borne
by Borrower.

     11.3 Indemnification. Borrower shall pay, indemnify, defend, and hold the
Agent-Related Persons, the Lender-Related Persons, and each Participant (each,
an "Indemnified Person") harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from
and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations,
proceedings, and damages, and all reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements
and other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith (as and
when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), at any time
asserted against, imposed upon, or incurred by any of them (a) in connection
with or as a result of or related to the execution, delivery, enforcement,
performance, or administration (including any restructuring or workout with
respect hereto) of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the monitoring of Borrower's and
its Subsidiaries' compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, and (b) with
respect to any investigation, litigation, or proceeding related to this
Agreement, any other Loan Document, or the use of the proceeds of the credit
provided hereunder (irrespective of whether any Indemnified Person is a party
thereto), or any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any manner related
thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"). The
foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower shall have no obligation to
any Indemnified Person under this Section 11.3 with respect to any Indemnified
Liability that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines to have
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Indemnified Person. This provision shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the repayment of the Obligations. If any Indemnified Person makes
any payment to any other Indemnified Person with respect to an Indemnified
Liability as to which Borrower was required to indemnify the Indemnified Person
receiving such payment, the Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled
to be indemnified and reimbursed by Borrower with respect thereto. WITHOUT
LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED PERSON WITH
RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR
ARISE OUT OF ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR OF ANY
OTHER PERSON.

12.  NOTICES.

          Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands by
Borrower or Agent to the other relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other
informational documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid)
shall be personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage
prepaid, return receipt requested), overnight courier, electronic mail (at such
email addresses as Borrower or Agent, as applicable, may designate to each other
in accordance herewith), or telefacsimile to Borrower or Agent, as the case may
be, at its address set forth below:

          If to Borrower:     HUDSON RESPIRATORY CARE, INC.
                              27711 Diaz Road
                              Temecula, California 92589
                              Attn:    Chief Financial Officer
                              Fax No. (909) 699-8462

          with copies to:     BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN
                              355 South Grand Avenue
                              Los Angeles, California 90071-3106
                              Attn:  Roger Lustberg, Esq.
                              Fax No. (213) 680-6499

          If to Agent:        WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.
                              2450 Colorado Avenue
                              Suite 3000 West
                              Santa Monica, California  90404
                              Attn: Business Finance Manager
                              Fax No. (310) 453-7413

          with copies to:     PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP
                              515 South Flower Street, 25th Floor
                              Los Angeles, California 90071
                              Attn:  John Francis Hilson, Esq.
                              Fax No. (213) 627-0705

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                        Attn: John Francis Hilson, Esq.
                        Fax No. (213) 627-0705

          Agent and Borrower may change the address at which they are to receive
notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the
other party. All notices or demands sent in accordance with this Section 12,
other than notices by Agent in connection with enforcement rights against the
Borrower Collateral under the provisions of the Code, shall be deemed received
on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or 3 Business Days after the
deposit thereof in the mail. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that notices sent
by the Lender Group in connection with the exercise of enforcement rights
against Borrower Collateral under the provisions of the Code shall be deemed
sent when deposited in the mail or personally delivered, or, where permitted by
law, transmitted by telefacsimile or any other method set forth above.

13.  CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.

               (a)  THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
(UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT
OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT
HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH
RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR
THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

               (b)  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND
LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING
ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY BORROWER COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT
AGENT'S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING
SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH BORROWER COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND.
BORROWER AND THE LENDER GROUP WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR
TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THIS SECTION 13(b).

               (c)  BORROWER AND THE LENDER GROUP HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE
RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR

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CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS,
BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. BORROWER
AND THE LENDER GROUP REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

14.  ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS.

     14.1  Assignments and Participations.

               (a)  Any Lender may assign and delegate to one or more assignees
(each an "Assignee") that are Eligible Transferees all, or any ratable part of
all, of the Obligations, the Commitments and the other rights and obligations of
such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in a minimum amount of
$5,000,000; provided, however, that Borrower and Agent may continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the interest so assigned
to an Assignee until (i) written notice of such assignment, together with
payment instructions, addresses, and related information with respect to the
Assignee, have been given to Borrower and Agent by such Lender and the Assignee,
(ii) such Lender and its Assignee have delivered to Borrower and Agent an
Assignment and Acceptance, and (iii) the assignor Lender or Assignee has paid to
Agent for Agent's separate account a processing fee in the amount of $5,000.
Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the payment of any
fees shall not be required and the Assignee need not be an Eligible Transferee
if such assignment is in connection with any merger, consolidation, sale,
transfer, or other disposition of all or any substantial portion of the business
or loan portfolio of the assigning Lender.

               (b)  From and after the date that Agent notifies the assignor
Lender (with a copy to Borrower) that it has received an executed Assignment and
Acceptance and payment of the above-referenced processing fee, (i) the Assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and
obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and
Acceptance, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan
Documents, and (ii) the assignor Lender shall, to the extent that rights and
obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by
it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (except
with respect to Section 11.3 hereof) and be released from any future obligations
under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering
all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be
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shall effect a novation between Borrower and the Assignee; provided, however,
that nothing contained herein shall release any assigning Lender from
obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement, including such
assigning Lender's obligations under Article 16 and Section 17.8 of this
Agreement.

               (c)  By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance,
the assigning Lender thereunder and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree
with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (1) other than as
provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this
Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished
pursuant hereto, (2) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of
Borrower or the performance or observance by Borrower of any of its obligations
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (3)
such Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together
with such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and
Acceptance, (4) such Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon
Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents
and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its
own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, (5)
such Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such actions and to exercise
such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to Agent, by the terms hereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and (6) such
Assignee agrees that it will perform all of the obligations which by the terms
of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

               (d)  Immediately upon Agent's receipt of the required processing
fee payment and the fully executed Assignment and Acceptance, this Agreement
shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary
to reflect the addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the
Commitments arising therefrom. The Commitment allocated to each Assignee shall
reduce such Commitments of the assigning Lender pro tanto.

               (e)  Any Lender may at any time, with the written consent of
Agent, sell to one or more commercial banks, financial institutions, or other
Persons not Affiliates of such Lender (a "Participant") participating interests
in its Obligations, the Commitment, and the other rights and interests of that
Lender (the "Originating Lender") hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
(provided that no written consent of Agent shall be required in connection with
any sale of any such participating interests by a Lender to an Eligible
Transferee); provided, however, that (i) the Originating Lender shall remain a
"Lender" for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
Participant receiving the participating interest in the Obligations, the
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interests of the Originating Lender hereunder shall not constitute a "Lender"
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the Originating Lender's
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the Originating
Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations,
(iii) Borrower, Agent, and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and
directly with the Originating Lender in connection with the Originating Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv)
no Lender shall transfer or grant any participating interest under which the
Participant has the right to approve any amendment to, or any consent or waiver
with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the extent
such amendment to, or consent or waiver with respect to this Agreement or of any
other Loan Document would (A) extend the final maturity date of the Obligations
hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (B) reduce the interest
rate applicable to the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is
participating, (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or
guaranties (except to the extent expressly provided herein or in any of the Loan
Documents) supporting the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is
participating, (D) postpone the payment of, or reduce the amount of, the
interest or fees payable to such Participant through such Lender, or (E) change
the amount or due dates of scheduled principal repayments or prepayments or
premiums, and (v) all amounts payable by Borrower hereunder shall be determined
as if such Lender had not sold such participation, except that, if amounts
outstanding under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared
or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set-off in respect of its
participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent
as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a
Lender under this Agreement. The rights of any Participant only shall be
derivative through the Originating Lender with whom such Participant
participates and no Participant shall have any rights under this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents or any direct rights as to the other Lenders, Agent,
Borrower, the Collections of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, the Collateral, or
otherwise in respect of the Obligations. No Participant shall have the right to
participate directly in the making of decisions by the Lenders among themselves.

               (f)  In connection with any such assignment or participation or
proposed assignment or participation, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of
Section 17.8, disclose all documents and information which it now or hereafter
may have relating to Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective
businesses.

               (g)  Any other provision in this Agreement notwithstanding, any
Lender may at any time create a security interest in, or pledge, all or any
portion of its rights under and interest in this Agreement in favor of any
Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Bank
or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 CFR Section203.24, and such Federal Reserve Bank
may enforce such pledge or security interest in any manner permitted under
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     14.2  Successors. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the
respective successors and assigns of each of the parties; provided, however,
that Borrower may not assign this Agreement or any rights or duties hereunder
without the Lenders' prior written consent and any prohibited assignment shall
be absolutely void ab initio. No consent to assignment by the Lenders shall
release Borrower from its Obligations. A Lender may assign this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder
pursuant to Section 14.1 hereof and, except as expressly required pursuant to
Section 14.1 hereof, no consent or approval by Borrower is required in
connection with any such assignment.

15.  AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS.

     15.1  Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent with respect to any
departure by Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by Agent at the written request
of the Required Lenders) and Borrower and then any such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which given; provided, however, that no such waiver, amendment, or consent
shall, unless in writing and signed by all of the Lenders affected thereby and
Borrower, do any of the following:

               (a)  increase or extend any Commitment of any Lender,

               (b)  postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any
other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other
amounts due hereunder or under any other Loan Document,

               (c)  reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest on, any
loan or other extension of credit hereunder, or reduce any fees or other amounts
payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document,

               (d)  change the percentage of the Commitments that is required to
take any action hereunder,

               (e)  amend or modify this Section or any provision of the
Agreement providing for consent or other action by all Lenders,

               (f)  release Collateral other than as permitted by Section 16.12,

               (g)  change the definition of "Required Lenders" or "Pro Rata
Share",

               (h)  contractually subordinate any of the Agent's Liens,

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               (i)  release Borrower or any Guarantor from any obligation for
the payment of money under or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document,

               (j)  change the definitions of Borrowing Base A, Borrowing Base
B, Borrowing Base C, Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory, Revolver A Maximum
Amount, Revolver B Maximum Amount, Revolver C Maximum Amount, Revolver D Maximum
Amount or change Section 2.1(e), or

               (k)  amend any of the provisions of Section 16.

and, provided further, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall,
unless in writing and signed by Agent, Issuing Lender, or Swing Lender, as
applicable, affect the rights or duties of Agent, Issuing Lender, or Swing
Lender, as applicable, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The
foregoing notwithstanding, any amendment, modification, waiver, consent,
termination, or release of, or with respect to, any provision of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document that relates only to the relationship of the Lender
Group among themselves, and that does not affect the rights or obligations of
Borrower, shall not require consent by or the agreement of Borrower.

     15.2  Replacement of Holdout Lender.

               (a)  If any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent
hereunder requires the unanimous consent, authorization, or agreement of all
Lenders, and a Lender ("Holdout Lender") fails to give its consent,
authorization, or agreement, then Agent, upon at least 5 Business Days prior
irrevocable notice to the Holdout Lender, may permanently replace the Holdout
Lender with one or more substitute Lenders (each, a "Replacement Lender"), and
the Holdout Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder. Such
notice to replace the Holdout Lender shall specify an effective date for such
replacement, which date shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date
such notice is given.

               (b)  Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout
Lender and each Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and
Acceptance, subject only to the Holdout Lender being repaid its share of the
outstanding Obligations (including an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the
Risk Participation Liability) without any premium or penalty of any kind
whatsoever. If the Holdout Lender shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver
any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such
replacement, the Holdout Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered
such Assignment and Acceptance. The replacement of any Holdout Lender shall be
made in accordance with the terms of Section 14.1. Until such time as the
Replacement Lenders shall have acquired all of the Obligations, the Commitments,
and the other rights and obligations of the Holdout Lender hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents, the Holdout Lender shall remain obligated to make the
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Advances and to purchase a participation in each Letter of Credit, in an amount
equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Risk Participation Liability of such Letter
of Credit.

     15.3  No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by Agent or any Lender to
exercise any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or delay by Agent or any Lender in exercising the same, will operate
as a waiver thereof. No waiver by Agent or any Lender will be effective unless
it is in writing, and then only to the extent specifically stated. No waiver by
Agent or any Lender on any occasion shall affect or diminish Agent's and each
Lender's rights thereafter to require strict performance by Borrower of any
provision of this Agreement. Agent's and each Lender's rights under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be cumulative and not exclusive of
any other right or remedy that Agent or any Lender may have.

16.  AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP.

     16.1  Appointment and Authorization of Agent. Each Lender hereby designates
and appoints WFF as its representative under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent to execute and
deliver each of the other Loan Documents on its behalf and to take such other
action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan
Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly
delegated to Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent agrees to
act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 16. The
provisions of this Section 16 (other than the proviso to Section 16.11(e))are
solely for the benefit of Agent, and the Lenders, and Borrower and its
Subsidiaries shall have no rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the
provisions contained herein. Any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere
in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document notwithstanding, Agent shall not
have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein,
nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any
Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties,
obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or otherwise exist against Agent; it being expressly understood and
agreed that the use of the word "Agent" is for convenience only, that WFF is
merely the representative of the Lenders, and only has the contractual duties
set forth herein. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement,
Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or
refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from
taking any actions that Agent expressly is entitled to take or assert under or
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, or of any other provision of the Loan Documents
that provides rights or powers to Agent, Lenders agree that Agent shall have the
right to exercise the following powers as long as this Agreement remains in
effect: (a) maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices,
ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Collateral,
the Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and related matters, (b)
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statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents,
instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect
to the Loan Documents, (c) make Advances, for itself or on behalf of Lenders as
provided in the Loan Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute
the Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as provided in the Loan
Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank accounts and cash management
arrangements as Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the
Loan Documents for the foregoing purposes with respect to the Collateral and the
Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce
any and all other rights and remedies of the Lender Group with respect to
Borrower, the Obligations, the Collateral, the Collections of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, or otherwise related to any of same as provided in the Loan
Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Agent may deem
necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions
and powers pursuant to the Loan Documents.

     16.2  Delegation of Duties. Agent may execute any of its duties under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects as
long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.

     16.3  Liability of Agent. None of the Agent-Related Persons shall (i) be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions
contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct),
or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recital,
statement, representation or warranty made by Borrower or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate of Borrower, or any officer or director thereof, contained in this
Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report,
statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent
under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Borrower or any
other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender
to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the
agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or to inspect the Books or properties of Borrower or the books or
records or properties of any of Borrower's Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

     16.4  Reliance by Agent. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be
fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent,
certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message,
statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons,
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Borrower or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and other experts
selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take
any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless Agent shall
first receive such advice or concurrence of the Lenders as it deems appropriate
and until such instructions are received, Agent shall act, or refrain from
acting, as it deems advisable. If Agent so requests, it shall first be
indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all
liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected
in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document in accordance with a request or consent of the requisite Lenders and
such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be
binding upon all of the Lenders.

     16.5  Notice of Default or Event of Default. Agent shall not be deemed to
have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default,
except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest, fees, and
expenses required to be paid to Agent for the account of the Lenders and, except
with respect to Events of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge, unless
Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrower referring to
this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default, and stating that
such notice is a "notice of default." Agent promptly will notify the Lenders of
its receipt of any such notice or of any Event of Default of which Agent has
actual knowledge. If any Lender obtains actual knowledge of any Event of
Default, such Lender promptly shall notify the other Lenders and Agent of such
Event of Default. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for giving any notices
to its Participants, if any. Subject to Section 16.4, Agent shall take such
action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by
the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 9; provided, however, that
unless and until Agent has received any such request, Agent may (but shall not
be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with
respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.

     16.6  Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that none of the
Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no
act by Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender. Each
Lender represents to Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon
any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the
business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of Borrower and any other Person party to a Loan Document, and
all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated
hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend
credit to Borrower. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and
without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under
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Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform
itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of Borrower and any other Person party to a Loan
Document. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly herein
required to be furnished to the Lenders by Agent, Agent shall not have any duty
or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other
condition or creditworthiness of Borrower and any other Person party to a Loan
Document that may come into the possession of any of the Agent-Related Persons.

     16.7  Costs and Expenses; Indemnification. Agent may incur and pay Lender
Group Expenses to the extent Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate for
the performance and fulfillment of its functions, powers, and obligations
pursuant to the Loan Documents, including court costs, attorneys fees and
expenses, fees and expenses of financial accountants, advisors, consultants, and
appraisers, costs of collection by outside collection agencies, auctioneer fees
and expenses, and costs of security guards or insurance premiums paid to
maintain the Collateral, whether or not Borrower is obligated to reimburse Agent
or Lenders for such expenses pursuant to the Loan Agreement or otherwise. Agent
is authorized and directed to deduct and retain sufficient amounts from the
Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries received by Agent to reimburse
Agent for such out-of-pocket costs and expenses prior to the distribution of any
amounts to Lenders. In the event Agent is not reimbursed for such costs and
expenses from the Collections of Borrower and its Subsidiaries received by
Agent, each Lender hereby agrees that it is and shall be obligated to pay to or
reimburse Agent for the amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof. Whether
or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall
indemnify upon demand the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by
or on behalf of Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do
so), according to their Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all
Indemnified Liabilities; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for
the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified
Liabilities resulting solely from such Person's gross negligence or willful
misconduct nor shall any Lender be liable for the obligations of any Defaulting
Lender in failing to make an Advance or other extension of credit hereunder.
Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Agent upon
demand for such Lender's Pro Rata Share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses
(including attorneys, accountants, advisors, and consultants fees and expenses)
incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification, amendment, or enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of
rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or
any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Agent is
not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrower. The undertaking in
this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the
resignation or replacement of Agent.

     16.8  Agent in Individual Capacity. WFF and its Affiliates may make loans
to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire
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generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory,
underwriting, or other business with Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though WFF were
not Agent hereunder, and, in each case, without notice to or consent of the
other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the Lender Group
acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, WFF or its Affiliates may receive
information regarding Borrower or its Affiliates and any other Person party to
any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of
Borrower or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such
information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge that, in such
circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality
obligations, which waiver Agent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain),
Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The
terms "Lender" and "Lenders" include WFF in its individual capacity.

     16.9  Successor Agent. Agent may resign as Agent upon 45 days notice to the
Lenders. If Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall
appoint a successor Agent for the Lenders. If no successor Agent is appointed
prior to the effective date of the resignation of Agent, Agent may appoint,
after consulting with the Lenders, a successor Agent. If Agent has materially
breached or failed to perform any material provision of this Agreement or of
applicable law, the Required Lenders may agree in writing to remove and replace
Agent with a successor Agent from among the Lenders. In any such event, upon the
acceptance of its appointment as successor Agent hereunder, such successor Agent
shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the retiring Agent and
the term "Agent" shall mean such successor Agent and the retiring Agent's
appointment, powers, and duties as Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring
Agent's resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 16 shall
inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while
it was Agent under this Agreement. If no successor Agent has accepted
appointment as Agent by the date which is 45 days following a retiring Agent's
notice of resignation, the retiring Agent's resignation shall nevertheless
thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of
Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Lenders appoint a successor
Agent as provided for above.

     16.10 Lender in Individual Capacity. Any Lender and its respective
Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept
deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of
banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with Borrower
and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan
Documents as though such Lender were not a Lender hereunder without notice to or
consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the
Lender Group acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, such Lender and its
respective Affiliates may receive information regarding Borrower or its
Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to
confidentiality obligations in favor of Borrower or such other Person and that
prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders
acknowledge that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such
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reasonable best efforts to obtain), such Lender not shall be under any
obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to the Swing Loans
and Agent Advances, Swing Lender shall have the same rights and powers under
this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were
not the sub-agent of Agent.

     16.11 Withholding Taxes.

               (a)  If any Lender is a "foreign person" within the meaning of
the IRC and such Lender claims exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S.
withholding tax under Sections 1441 or 1442 of the IRC, such Lender agrees with
and in favor of Agent and Borrower, to deliver to Agent and Borrower:

               (i)    if such Lender claims an exemption from withholding tax
          pursuant to its portfolio interest exception, (A) a statement of the
          Lender, signed under penalty of perjury, that it is not a (I) a "bank"
          as described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC, (II) a 10%
          shareholder of Borrower (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of
          the IRC), or (III) a controlled foreign corporation related to
          Borrower within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the IRC, and (B) a
          properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN, before the first
          payment of any interest under this Agreement and at any other time
          reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower;

               (ii)   if such Lender claims an exemption from, or a reduction
          of, withholding tax under a United States tax treaty, properly
          completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN before the first payment of any
          interest under this Agreement and at any other time reasonably
          requested by Agent or Borrower;

               (iii)  if such Lender claims that interest paid under this
          Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because it is
          effectively connected with a United States trade or business of such
          Lender, two properly completed and executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI
          before the first payment of any interest is due under this Agreement
          and at any other time reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower;

               (iv)   such other form or forms as may be required under the IRC
          or other laws of the United States as a condition to exemption from,
          or reduction of, United States withholding tax.

Such Lender agrees promptly to notify Agent and Borrower of any change in
circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or
reduction.

               (b)  If any Lender claims exemption from, or reduction of,
withholding tax under a United States tax treaty by providing IRS Form W-8BEN
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Lender sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or
part of the Obligations of Borrower to such Lender, such Lender agrees to notify
Agent of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial owner of
Obligations of Borrower to such Lender. To the extent of such percentage amount,
Agent will treat such Lender's IRS Form W-8BEN as no longer valid.

               (c)  If any Lender is entitled to a reduction in the applicable
withholding tax, Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an
amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax after taking into account
such reduction. If the forms or other documentation required by subsection (a)
of this Section are not delivered to Agent, then Agent may withhold from any
interest payment to such Lender not providing such forms or other documentation
an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax.

               (d)  If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United
States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that Agent did not properly
withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the
appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such
Lender failed to notify Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the
exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other
reason) such Lender shall indemnify and hold Agent harmless for all amounts
paid, directly or indirectly, by Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties
and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts
payable to Agent under this Section, together with all costs and expenses
(including attorneys fees and expenses). The obligation of the Lenders under
this subsection shall survive the payment of all Obligations and the resignation
or replacement of Agent.

               (e)  All payments made by Borrower hereunder or under any note
will be made without setoff, counterclaim, or other defense, except as required
by applicable law other than for Taxes (as defined below). All such payments
will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other
charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction (other
than the United States) or by any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein (other than of the United States) with respect to such
payments (but excluding, any tax imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (i) measured by or based on
the net income or net profits of a Lender, or (ii) to the extent that such tax
results from a change in the circumstances of the Lender, including a change in
the residence, place of organization, or principal place of business of the
Lender, or a change in the branch or lending office of the Lender participating
in the transactions set forth herein) and all interest, penalties or similar
liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as
"Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, Borrower agrees to pay the full
amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that
every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any note,
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after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less
than the amount provided for herein; provided, however, that Borrower shall not
be required to increase any such amounts payable to Agent or any Lender (i) that
is not organized under the laws of the United States, if such Person fails to
comply with the other requirements of this Section 16.11, or (ii) if the
increase in such amount payable results from Agent's or such Lender's own
willful misconduct or gross negligence. Borrower will furnish to Agent as
promptly as possible after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to
applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by
Borrower.

     16.12 Collateral Matters.

               (a)  The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize Agent, at its
option and in its sole discretion, to release any Lien on any Collateral (i)
upon the termination of the Commitments and payment in full by Borrower of all
Obligations, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if a release
is required or desirable in connection therewith and if Borrower certifies to
Agent that the sale or disposition is permitted under Section 7.4 of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents (and Agent may rely conclusively on any
such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property in which
Borrower or its Subsidiaries owned no interest at the time the Agent's Lien was
granted nor at any time thereafter, or (iv) constituting property leased to
Borrower or its Subsidiaries under a lease that has expired or is terminated in
a transaction permitted under this Agreement. Except as provided above, Agent
will not execute and deliver a release of any Lien on any Collateral without the
prior written authorization of (y) if the release is of all or substantially all
of the Collateral, all of the Lenders, or (z) otherwise, the Required Lenders.
Upon request by Agent or Borrower at any time, the Lenders will confirm in
writing Agent's authority to release any such Liens on particular types or items
of Collateral pursuant to this Section 16.12; provided, however, that (1) Agent
shall not be required to execute any document necessary to evidence such release
on terms that, in Agent's opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any
obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Lien without
recourse, representation, or warranty, and (2) such release shall not in any
manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than
those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of Borrower in respect of)
all interests retained by Borrower, including, the proceeds of any sale, all of
which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.

               (b)  Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the
Lenders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Borrower or is cared
for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Agent's Liens
have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, or
enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in
any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to
continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or
available to Agent pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood
and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event
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terms and conditions contained herein, Agent may act in any manner it may deem
appropriate, in its sole discretion given Agent's own interest in the Collateral
in its capacity as one of the Lenders and that Agent shall have no other duty or
liability whatsoever to any Lender as to any of the foregoing, except as
otherwise provided herein.

     16.13 Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments.

               (a)  Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the
express written consent of Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is
lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request of Agent, set off against
the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to Borrower or any deposit
accounts of Borrower now or hereafter maintained with such Lender. Each of the
Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to do so
in writing by Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the
commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or
otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.

               (b)  If, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by
payment, foreclosure, setoff, or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any
payments with respect to the Obligations, except for any such proceeds or
payments received by such Lender from Agent pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, or (ii) payments from Agent in excess of such Lender's ratable
portion of all such distributions by Agent, such Lender promptly shall (1) turn
the same over to Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required
to negotiate the same to Agent, or in immediately available funds, as
applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the
Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or
(2) purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation in the Obligations owed to the other Lenders so that such excess
payment received shall be applied ratably as among the Lenders in accordance
with their Pro Rata Shares; provided, however, that to the extent that such
excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it,
those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as
applicable, and the applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall
be returned to such purchasing party, but without interest except to the extent
that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in connection with the
recovery of the excess payment.

     16.14 Agency for Perfection. Agent hereby appoints each other Lender as
its agent (and each Lender hereby accepts such appointment) for the purpose of
perfecting the Agent's Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of
the Code can be perfected only by possession or control. Should any Lender
obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify
Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agent's request therefor shall deliver
possession or control of such Collateral to Agent or in accordance with Agent's
instructions.

     16.15 Payments by Agent to the Lenders. All payments to be made by Agent
to the Lenders shall be made by bank wire transfer of immediately available
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such wire transfer instructions as each party may designate for itself by
written notice to Agent. Concurrently with each such payment, Agent shall
identify whether such payment (or any portion thereof) represents principal,
premium, or interest of the Obligations.

     16.16 Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents. Each member of
the Lender Group authorizes and directs Agent to enter into this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents. Each member of the Lender Group agrees that any action
taken by Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents relating to the Collateral and the exercise by Agent of its powers set
forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably
incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.

     16.17 Field Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers
by Lenders; Other Reports and Information. By becoming a party to this
Agreement, each Lender:

               (a)  is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender,
promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination
report (each a "Report" and collectively, "Reports") prepared by Agent, and
Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports,

               (b)  expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i)
make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii)
shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report,

               (c)  expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not
comprehensive audits or examinations, that Agent or other party performing any
audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Borrower
and will rely significantly upon the Books, as well as on representations of
Borrower's personnel,

               (d)  agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public
information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their operations,
assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner in
accordance with Section 17.8, and

               (e)  without limiting the generality of any other indemnification
provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Agent and any other
Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may
take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw
from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that
the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Borrower, or the indemnifying
Lender's participation in, or the indemnifying Lender's purchase of, a loan or
loans of Borrower, and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold
Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against,
the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and

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other amounts (including, attorneys fees and costs) incurred by Agent and any
such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any
third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the
indemnifying Lender.

In addition to the foregoing: (x) any Lender may from time to time request of
Agent in writing that Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or
document provided by Borrower to Agent that has not been contemporaneously
provided by Borrower to such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent
promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, (y) to the extent that
Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to request
additional reports or information from Borrower, any Lender may, from time to
time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such
Lender's notice to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Borrower the
additional reports or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon
receipt thereof from Borrower, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to
such Lender, and (z) any time that Agent renders to Borrower a statement
regarding the Loan Account, Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each
Lender.

     16.18 Several Obligations; No Liability. Notwithstanding that certain of
the Loan Documents now or hereafter may have been or will be executed only by or
in favor of Agent in its capacity as such, and not by or in favor of the
Lenders, any and all obligations on the part of Agent (if any) to make any
credit available hereunder shall constitute the several (and not joint)
obligations of the respective Lenders on a ratable basis, according to their
respective Commitments, to make an amount of such credit not to exceed, in
principal amount, at any one time outstanding, the amount of their respective
Commitments. Nothing contained herein shall confer upon any Lender any interest
in, or subject any Lender to any liability for, or in respect of, the business,
assets, profits, losses, or liabilities of any other Lender. Each Lender shall
be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters relating to
the Loan Documents to the extent any such notice may be required, and no Lender
shall have any obligation, duty, or liability to any Participant of any other
Lender. Except as provided in Section 16.7, no member of the Lender Group shall
have any liability for the acts of any other member of the Lender Group. No
Lender shall be responsible to Borrower or any other Person for any failure by
any other Lender to fulfill its obligations to make credit available hereunder,
nor to advance for it or on its behalf in connection with its Commitment, nor to
take any other action on its behalf hereunder or in connection with the
financing contemplated herein.

     16.19 Legal Representation of Agent. In connection with the negotiation,
drafting, and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or in
connection with future legal representation relating to loan administration,
amendments, modifications, waivers, or enforcement of remedies, Paul, Hastings,
Janofsky & Walker LLP ("Paul Hastings") only has represented and only shall
represent WFF in its capacity as Agent and as a Lender. Each other Lender hereby
acknowledges that Paul Hastings does not represent it in connection with any
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17.  GENERAL PROVISIONS.

     17.1  Effectiveness. This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective
when executed by Borrower, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided
for on the signature pages hereof.

     17.2  Section Headings. Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for
convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything
contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.

     17.3  Interpretation. Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or
ambiguity herein shall be construed against the Lender Group or Borrower,
whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. On the contrary, this
Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed and
interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to
accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.

     17.4  Severability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be
severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of
determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.

     17.5  Amendments in Writing. This Agreement only can be amended by a
writing signed by Agent (on behalf of the requisite Lenders) and Borrower.

     17.6  Counterparts; Telefacsimile Execution. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts,
each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original,
and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same
Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by
telefacsimile shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed
counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of
this Agreement by telefacsimile also shall deliver an original executed
counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed
counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis
mutandis.

     17.7  Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations. If the incurrence or
payment of the Obligations by Borrower or any Guarantor or the transfer to the
Lender Group of any property should for any reason subsequently be declared to
be void or voidable under any state or federal law relating to creditors'
rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to fraudulent
conveyances, preferences, or other voidable or recoverable payments of money or
transfers of property (collectively, a "Voidable Transfer"), and if the Lender
Group is required to repay or restore, in whole or in part, any such Voidable
Transfer, or elects to do so upon the reasonable advice of its counsel, then, as
to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof that the Lender Group is
required or elects to repay or restore, and as to all reasonable costs,
expenses, and attorneys fees of the Lender Group related thereto, the

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liability of Borrower and Guarantors automatically shall be revived, reinstated,
and restored and shall exist as though such Voidable Transfer had never been
made.

     17.8  Confidentiality. The Agent and the Lenders each individually (and not
jointly or jointly and severally) agree that material, non-public information
regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing
and contemplated business plans shall be treated by Agent and the Lenders in a
confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the Lenders to
Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: (a) to attorneys for and
other advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the
Lender Group, (b) to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender
Group, provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to
receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section 17.8,
(c) as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative
order, rule, or regulation, (d) as may be agreed to in advance by Borrower or
its Subsidiaries or as requested or required by any Governmental Authority
pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, (e) as to any such information
that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of
prohibited disclosure by Agent or the Lenders), (f) in connection with any
assignment, prospective assignment, sale, prospective sale, participation or
prospective participations, or pledge or prospective pledge of any Lender's
interest under this Agreement, provided that any such assignee, prospective
assignee, purchaser, prospective purchaser, participant, prospective
participant, pledgee, or prospective pledgee shall have agreed in writing to
receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section, (g) in
connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties
hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to
the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, and (h) to Post and the lenders under the Post Loan Agreement. The
provisions of this Section 17.8 shall survive for 2 years after the payment in
full of the Obligations. Anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document
to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of confidentiality contained
herein and therein, as they relate to the transactions contemplated hereby,
shall not apply to the federal tax structure or federal tax treatment of such
transactions, and each party hereto (and any employee, representative, or agent
of any party hereto) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of
any kind, the federal tax structure and federal tax treatment of such
transactions (including all written materials related to such tax structure and
tax treatment). The preceding sentence is intended to cause the transactions
contemplated hereby to not be treated as having been offered under conditions of
confidentiality for purposes of Section 1.6011-4(b)(3) (or any successor
provision) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 6011 of the
IRC, and shall be construed in a manner consistent with such purpose. In
addition, each party hereto acknowledges that it has no proprietary or exclusive
rights to the tax structure of the transactions contemplated hereby or any tax
matter or tax idea related thereto. Agent and the Lenders may deliver to Post
and the lenders under the Post Loan Agreement any field audits, examination
reports or appraisals with respect to Borrower.

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     17.9  Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents,
reflects the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by
any other agreement, oral or written, before the date hereof.

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

                                        HUDSON RESPIRATORY CARE INC.,
                                        a California corporation


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Title:


                                        WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.,
                                        a California corporation, as Agent and
                                        as a Lender


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Title:


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                                  Schedule A-1
                                  ------------
                                 Agent's Account

          An account at a bank designated by Agent from time to time as the
account into which Borrower shall make all payments to Agent for the benefit of
the Lender Group and into which the Lender Group shall make all payments to
Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; unless and until Agent
notifies Borrower and the Lender Group to the contrary, Agent's Account shall be
that certain deposit account bearing account number 323-266193 and maintained by
Agent with JPMorgan Chase Bank, 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New
York 10004, ABA #021000021.

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                                  Schedule C-1
                                  ------------
                                   Commitments

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
=========================================================================================
    Lender        Revolver A     Revolver B     Revolver C     Revolver D       Total
                  Commitment     Commitment     Commitment     Commitment     Commitment
                                (subline of    (subline of    (subline of
                                 Revolver A)    Revolver A)    Revolver A)
=========================================================================================
<S>              <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Wells Fargo
Foothill, Inc.   $ 30,000,000   $  2,400,000   $  5,600,000   $  6,000,000   $ 30,000,000
=========================================================================================

=========================================================================================

=========================================================================================
All Lenders      $ 30,000,000   $  2,400,000   $  5,600,000   $  6,000,000   $ 30,000,000
=========================================================================================
</TABLE>

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                                  Schedule D-1
                                  ------------
                               Designated Account

          Account number _________ of Borrower maintained with Borrower's
Designated Account Bank, or such other deposit account of Borrower (located
within the United States) that has been designed as such, in writing, by
Borrower to Agent.

          "Designated Account Bank" means ____________, whose office is located
at _________, and whose ABA number is _______________.


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