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          CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 31, 1996, among BCP/ESSEX
    HOLDINGS INC., a  Delaware corporation ("BCP Holdings"), ESSEX GROUP,
    INC., a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), the several banks and other
    financial institutions from time to time parties to this Agreement (the
    "Lenders"; individually a "Lender") and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a New
    York banking corporation, as administrative agent for the Lenders
    hereunder. 

          PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

          (1)   BCP Holdings, the Company, the banks and other financial
    institutions parties thereto and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as agent, are
    parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 12, 1995 (as amended
    through the date hereof, the "Existing Credit Agreement").  BCP Holdings
    and the Company have requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be
    terminated on the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined).

          (2)  The Company has requested that (a) the Lenders make Loans (as
    hereinafter defined) to the Company, the proceeds of which shall be used
    (A) to refund loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the
    Effective Date, (B) to finance the working capital requirements of the
    Company and its Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), (C) to finance the
    acquisition and assumption (the "Triangle Acquisition") of substantially
    all of the assets and certain related liabilities of certain businesses of
    Triangle Wire & Cable, Inc. ("Triangle") and related costs and expenses,
    (D) to pay reasonable fees and expenses in connection with the
    transactions contemplated hereby and (E) for general corporate purposes
    and (b) the Issuing Lender (as hereinafter defined) issue Letters of
    Credit (as hereinafter defined) for the account of the Company in an
    aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
    covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree
    as follows:

                SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS

          1.1   Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms
    shall have the following meanings:

                "ABR Loans":  Revolving Credit Loans the rate of interest
          applicable to which is based upon the Alternate Base Rate.

                "Accounts":  as defined in the definition of "Eligible
          Receivables".

                "Administrative Agent":  The Chase Manhattan Bank, together
          with its affiliates, as the arranger of the Revolving Credit
          Commitments and as the administrative agent for the Lenders under
          this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any successor
          administrative agent appointed and approved pursuant to Section 9.9.

                "Affiliate":  as to any Person, (a) any other Person which,
          directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
          under common control with, such Person or (b) any Person who is a
          director, officer, shareholder or partner (i) of such Person, (ii)
          of any Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in<PAGE>


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          the preceding clause (a).  For purposes of this definition,
          "control" of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly,
          either to (i) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary
          voting power for the election of directors of such Person or (ii)
          direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
          Person whether by contract or otherwise.  For the purposes of
          Section 7.12, shareholders and Affiliates of BSC or BS that would
          not be Affiliates of Holdings, the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries other than by reason of being shareholders or
          Affiliates of BSC or BS, and that none in fact participate in the
          management of any of BSC, BS, BP Co., Holdings, the Company or any
          of its Subsidiaries, nor are controlled by BSC, BS, BP Co.,
          Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
          respective Affiliates who in fact participate in the management of
          any of BSC, BS, BP Co., Holdings, the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries, shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of Holdings, the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

                "Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit":  at any time, an
          amount equal to the sum of (a) the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving
          Extensions of Credit at such time and (b) the aggregate principal
          amount of the Competitive Loans then outstanding.

                "Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit":  at
          any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
          amount of all Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, (b) the
          aggregate amount of all L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) the
          aggregate principal amount of all Specified Basket Debt then
          outstanding.

                "Agreement":  this Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented
          or otherwise modified from time to time.

                "Alternate Base Rate":  for any day, a rate per annum (rounded
          upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest
          of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base CD Rate in
          effect on such day plus 1% and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate
          in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%.  For purposes hereof:  "Prime
          Rate" shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced
          from time to time by Chase as its prime rate in effect at its
          principal office in New York City; "Base CD Rate" shall mean the sum
          of (a) the product of (i) the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate and (ii)
          a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of
          which is one minus the C/D Reserve Percentage and (b) the Assessment
          Rate; "Three-Month Secondary CD Rate" shall mean, for any day, the
          secondary market rate for three-month certificates of deposit
          reported as being in effect on such day (or, if such day shall not
          be a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) by the Board
          through the public information telephone line of the Federal Reserve
          Bank of New York (which rate will, under the current practices of
          the Board, be published in Federal Reserve Statistical Release
          H.15(519) during the week following such day), or, if such rate
          shall not be so reported on such day or such next preceding Business
          Day, the average of the secondary market quotations for three-month
          certificates of deposit of major money center banks in New York City
          received at approximately 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such
          day (or, if such day shall not be a Business Day, on the next<PAGE>


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          preceding Business Day) by the Administrative Agent from three New
          York City negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of recognized
          standing selected by it; and "Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall
          mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight
          Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
          System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next
          succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or,
          if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business
          Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions
          received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds
          brokers of recognized standing selected by it.  If for any reason
          the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination
          shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to
          ascertain the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, or
          both, for any reason, including the inability or failure of the
          Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance
          with the terms hereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined
          without regard to clause (b) or (c), or both, of the first sentence
          of this definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving
          rise to such inability no longer exist.  Any change in the Alternate
          Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month
          Secondary CD Rate, the C/D Reserve Percentage, the Assessment Rate
          or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the
          effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month
          Secondary CD Rate, the C/D Reserve Percentage, the Assessment Rate
          or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

                "Applicable Margin":  for each Type of Revolving Credit Loan,
          on any date, the rate per annum set forth below opposite the Level
          then in effect:

    <TABLE>
    <CAPTION>

       Level     Eurodollar Loans   ABR Loans
       -----     ----------------   ---------

        <S>                   <C>         <C>
         I             3/4%             0%   

        II               1%             0%   

        III          1-1/4%           1/4%   
        IV           1-1/2%           1/2%   

         V           1-3/4%           3/4%   
        VI               2%             1%   

        VII          2-1/4%         1-1/4%   
    </TABLE>

                "Application":  an application, in such form as the Issuing
          Lender may specify from time to time, requesting the Issuing Lender
          to open a Letter of Credit.<PAGE>


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                "Assessment Rate":  for any day, as applied to any ABR Loan,
          the annual assessment rate in effect on such day which is payable by
          a member of the Bank Insurance Fund maintained by the Federal
          Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor (the "FDIC")
          classified as well-capitalized and within supervisory subgroup "B"
          (or a comparable successor assessment risk classification) within
          the meaning of 12 C.F.R. Section 327.3(d) (or any successor
          provision) to the FDIC for the FDIC's insuring time deposits at
          offices of such institution in the United States.

                "Assignment and Acceptance":  an Assignment and Acceptance
          entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and consented to by the
          Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Company,
          substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

                "Available Revolving Credit Commitment":  as to any Lender at
          any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount
          of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment over (b) such Lender s
          Outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit.

                "Bank of Montreal Credit Facility":  the credit agreement,
          dated as of May 30, 1996, between Bank of Montreal and Essex
          International, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
          time to time.

                "BCP/Company Merger":  as defined in Section 7.5(c).

                "Bessemer Group":  the collective reference to BSC, BH, BS,
          Bessec, any Control Affiliate of any of them (collectively, the
          "Bessemer Affiliates"), any partner, member, stockholder, manager,
          director, officer or employee of BSC, BH, BS, Bessec, or a Bessemer
          Affiliate or of any such partner, member, stockholder or manager
          (collectively, "Bessemer Associates"), the heirs, executors,
          administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries of
          any Bessemer Associate and a trust, the beneficiaries of which, or a
          corporation or partnership, the stockholders, members or partners of
          which, include BSC, BH, BS, Bessec, Bessemer Affiliates, Bessemer
          Associates, their spouses or their lineal descendants, provided,
          however, that "Bessemer Group" shall exclude any operating company
          "controlled" (as defined in the definition of "Control Affiliate")
          by Bessemer Holdings, L.P., Bessemer Capital Partners, L.P. or any
          partnership or similar entity under common "control" (as defined in
          the definition of "Control Affiliate") with Bessemer Holdings, L.P.

                "Bessec":  Bessec Holdings, L.P. and any Person which is a
          Subsidiary or Control Affiliate thereof.

                "BH":  Bessemer Holdings, L.P. (as successor in interest to
          Bessemer Capital Partners, L.P.) and any Person which is a
          Subsidiary or Control Affiliate thereof.

                "BICC Phillips Purchase Agreement":  the purchase agreement
          between Essex International and BICC Phillips, Inc. to purchase
          certain equipment, finished goods, inventory and contracts for an
          aggregate purchase price expected to be approximately $8,000,000.<PAGE>


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                "BS":  Bessemer Securities LLC and any Person which is a
          Subsidiary or Control Affiliate thereof.

                "Board":  the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
          of the United States (or any successor).

                "Borrowing Base":  as of any date of determination, an amount
          equal to the sum of (a) 85% of Eligible Receivables as of such date
          (the "Eligible Receivables Borrowing Base Value") and (b) the lesser
          of (i) the sum of (x) 65% of Eligible Inventory (other than Eligible
          Consigned Inventory and Raw Materials) as of such date, (y) 50% of
          Eligible Consigned Inventory that constitutes Eligible Inventory as
          of such date and (z) 30% of Raw Materials that constitute Eligible
          Inventory as of such date and (ii) the Eligible Receivables
          Borrowing Base Value as of such date.  The amounts described in the
          preceding sentence shall be determined by reference to the most
          recent monthly Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Lenders
          pursuant to Section 6.2(e).  Notwithstanding anything to the
          contrary in this Agreement, the portion of the Borrowing Base
          attributable to the Inventory and Accounts of Triangle shall be
          deemed to equal $62,000,000 until the first date after the 30th day
          after the Effective Date on which a Borrowing Base Certificate is
          scheduled to be delivered, at which time (i) the Company shall
          deliver a new Borrowing Base Certificate reflecting the Inventory
          and Accounts of Triangle and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall
          have received a satisfactory report on the examination by the
          internal staff of the Administrative Agent of the Inventory and
          Accounts of Triangle (which examination shall not be commenced prior
          to the Effective Date unless otherwise agreed by the Company).  

                "Borrowing Base Certificate":  a certificate substantially in
          the form of Exhibit B-1, with such changes as the Administrative
          Agent may from time to time reasonably request for the purpose of
          monitoring the Borrowing Base.

                "Borrowing Date":  any Business Day specified in a notice
          pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3, as the case may be, as a date on
          which the Company requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

                "BP Co.":  Bessemer Partners & Co.

                "BSC":  Bessemer Securities Corporation.

                "Business Day":  a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
          day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or
          required by law to close; provided, however, that when used in
          connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term "Business Day" shall
          also exclude any day on which commercial banks are not open for
          dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

                "Capital Expenditures":  for any period and with respect to
          any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its
          Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital
          lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment
          (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during
          such period) which should be capitalized under GAAP on a
          consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries,<PAGE>


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          excluding (a) any such expenditure made with the proceeds of any
          sale of fixed or capital assets, so long as (i) such proceeds are so
          applied within twelve months of such sale and (ii) the assets
          acquired pursuant to such expenditure constitute Collateral as to
          which the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has
          a fully perfected Lien, prior and superior in right to any other
          Person, other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by
          Section 7.3 (other than Section 7.3(g)(iii)) and (b) any such
          expenditure made to restore, replace or rebuild property to the
          condition of such property immediately prior to any damage, loss or
          destruction of such property, to the extent such expenditure is made
          with insurance proceeds relating to any such damage, loss or
          destruction.  For the purpose of this definition, the purchase price
          of equipment which is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of
          existing equipment owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
          shall be included in Capital Expenditures only to the extent of the
          gross amount of such purchase price less the credit granted by the
          seller of such equipment for such equipment being traded in at such
          time.

                "Capital Lease Financing Facility":  the collective reference
          to (a) the Agreement and Lease dated as of April 12, 1995, between
          the Company, as lessee, and Mellon Financial Services Corporation
          #3, as lessor and (b) any other lease financing facility entered
          into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (provided, that the
          assets subject thereto, and the pricing, tenor and other terms
          thereof, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders),
          in each case as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
          time to time in accordance with Section 7.11.

                "Capital Lease Obligations":  as to any Person, the
          obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any
          lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
          personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are
          required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a
          balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of
          this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be
          the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance
          with GAAP.

                "Capital Stock":  any and all shares, interests,
          participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
          stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
          in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or
          options to purchase any of the foregoing.

                "Cash Equivalents":  (a) securities with maturities of one
          year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed
          or insured by the United States Government or any agency thereof;
          (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time
          deposits, overnight bank deposits, bankers  acceptances and
          repurchase agreements having maturities of one year or less from the
          date of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank
          organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
          state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than
          $100,000,000; and (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least
          A-1 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or P-1 by Moody's<PAGE>


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          Investors Service, Inc., or carrying an equivalent rating by a
          nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating
          agencies cease publishing ratings of investments, and, in either
          case, maturing within six months from the date of acquisition.

                "C/D Reserve Percentage":  for any day, that percentage
          (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such day, as
          prescribed by the Board, for determining the maximum reserve
          requirement for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New
          York City with deposits exceeding one billion Dollars in respect of
          new non-personal time deposits in Dollars in New York City having a
          maturity approximately equal to three months and in an amount of
          $100,000 or more.

                "Chase":  The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking
          corporation.

                "Code":  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
          time to time.

                "Collateral":  all property and interests in property and
          proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is or
          will be granted or purported to be granted under any of the Security
          Documents.

                "Commercial Letters of Credit":  the collective reference to
          Sight Letters of Credit and Usance Letters of Credit.

                "Commitment Percentage":  as to any Lender at any time, the
          percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then
          constituted by such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment.

                "Commonly Controlled Entity":  an entity, whether or not
          incorporated, which is under common control with the Company within
          the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group which
          includes the Company and which is treated as a single employer under
          Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.

                "Company Pledge Agreement":  the Pledge Agreement made by the
          Company in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
          Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1, as the same may be
          amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

                "Company Security Agreement":  the Security Agreement made by
          the Company in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
          the Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1, as the same
          may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
          time.

                "Competitive Advance Accept/Reject Letter":  a notification
          made by the Company pursuant to Section 2.3(f), substantially in the
          form of Exhibit C-1.

                "Competitive Advance Invitation":  an invitation made by the
          Company pursuant to Section 2.3(c), substantially in the form of
          Exhibit C-2.<PAGE>


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                "Competitive Advance Offer":  an offer by a Lender to make a
          Competitive Loan pursuant to Section 2.3(d), substantially in the
          form of Exhibit C-3.

                "Competitive Advance Rate":  (a) in the case of a Eurodollar
          Competitive Loan, the applicable Eurodollar Rate plus (or minus) the
          Margin, and (b) in the case of a Fixed Rate Competitive Loan, the
          fixed rate of interest offered by the relevant Lender pursuant to
          the related Competitive Advance Offer.

                "Competitive Advance Request":  a request made pursuant to
          Section 2.3(b), substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4.

                "Competitive Borrowing":  a borrowing consisting of a
          Competitive Loan or concurrent Competitive Loans from the Lender or
          Lenders whose Competitive Advance Offers for such borrowing have
          been accepted by the Company pursuant to Section 2.3(f).  

                "Competitive Loan":  a Loan (which shall be a Eurodollar
          Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate Competitive Loan) made by a Lender
          pursuant to Section 2.3.

                "Competitive Loan Maturity Date":  as to any Competitive Loan,
          the date specified by the Company pursuant to Section 2.3(b)
          pursuant to the relevant Competitive Advance Request.

                "Competitive Loan Period":  as to any Competitive Loan, the
          period from the applicable Borrowing Date to the applicable
          Competitive Loan Maturity Date.

                "Compliance Certificate":  a certificate duly executed by a
          Responsible Officer of each of Holdings and the Company in the form
          of Exhibit K.

                "Confidential Information":  written information that
          Holdings, the Company, any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or
          any of their authorized representatives furnishes to the
          Administrative Agent or any Lender on a confidential basis, other
          than any such information that becomes generally available to the
          public other than as a result of a breach by the Administrative
          Agent or any Lender of its obligations hereunder or that is or
          becomes available to the Administrative Agent or such Lender from a
          source other than Holdings, the Company, any of their Subsidiaries
          or Affiliates, or any of their authorized representatives and that
          is not, to the actual knowledge of the recipient thereof, subject to
          obligations of confidentiality with respect thereto.

                "Confidential Information Memorandum":  the Confidential
          Information Memorandum dated September 1996 and furnished to the
          Lenders.

                "Consolidated Current Assets":  at a particular date, with
          respect to any Person, all amounts (other than cash and Cash
          Equivalents) which would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth
          opposite the caption "total current assets" (or any like caption) on
          a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries at<PAGE>


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          such date, plus the amount of the LIFO reserve applied to such
          Person's Inventory as of such date.

                "Consolidated Current Liabilities":  at a particular date,
          with respect to any Person, all amounts which would, in conformity
          with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption "total current
          liabilities" (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet
          of such Person and its Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a)
          the current portion of any Funded Debt of such Person and its
          Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication of clause (a) above, all
          Indebtedness consisting of Loans to the extent otherwise included
          therein.

                "Consolidated EBITDA":  for any period, with respect to any
          Person, Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus,
          without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the
          statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum
          of (i) total income tax expense, (ii) interest expense, amortization
          or writeoff of debt discount and debt issuance costs and
          commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with
          Indebtedness (including the Loans, L/C Obligations and Non-Facility
          L/C Obligations), (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iv)
          amortization of intangibles (including, but not limited to,
          goodwill) and organization costs, (v) other non-cash charges
          (including changes in inventory valuations) and (vi) any
          extraordinary expenses or losses (including, whether or not
          otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such
          Consolidated Net Income for such period, losses on sales of assets
          outside of the ordinary course of business) and minus, without
          duplication and to the extent reflected as a credit in the statement
          of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) any
          extraordinary income or gains (including, whether or not otherwise
          includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated
          Net Income for such period, gains on the sales of assets outside of
          the ordinary course of business) and (b) total cash interest income
          of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period,
          all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
          provided, that for the purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio
          and the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio pursuant to Section 7.1, for
          any period ending on any date set forth below, Consolidated EBITDA
          will be increased by the corresponding amount set forth below:

    <TABLE>
    <CAPTION>

             Date                                 Amount
             ----                                 ------

             <S>                                  <C>
             September 30, 1996  . . . . . . . .  Add $10,583,000

             December 31, 1996 . . . . . . . . .  Add $7,937,000

             March 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . . .  Add $8,452,000
             June 30, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . .  Add $6,950,000<PAGE>


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            </TABLE>

                "Consolidated Net Cash Interest Expense":  for any period as
          to any Person, (a) total cash interest expense (including that
          attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of such Person and its
          consolidated Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all
          outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its consolidated
          Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, all commissions,
          discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of
          credit (including Participation Fees but excluding fronting fees
          payable solely to the issuer of any such letter of credit) and
          bankers' acceptance financing and net costs under Interest Rate
          Protection Agreements (which net costs may be allocated over the
          term of any Interest Rate Protection Agreement in any manner
          reasonably deemed appropriate by the Company) minus (b) total cash
          interest income of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for
          such period, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in
          accordance with GAAP.

                "Consolidated Net Income":  for any period as to any Person,
          the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its
          Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
          GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded the income (or deficit)
          of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of such Person) in
          which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership
          interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually
          received by such Person or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends
          or similar distributions.

                "Consolidated Net Worth":  of any Person means, at any date,
          the excess of total assets of such Person and its consolidated
          Subsidiaries over total liabilities of such Person and its
          consolidated Subsidiaries on such date.

                "Consolidated Working Capital":  the excess of Consolidated
          Current Assets over Consolidated Current Liabilities.  

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

                "Control Affiliate":  as to any Person, any other Person
          which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by,
          or is under common control with, such Person.  For purposes of this
          definition, "control" of a Person means the power, directly or
          indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and
          policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

                "Default":  any of the events specified in Section 8, whether
          or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time,
          or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.

                "Defaulted Account":  as defined in the definition of
          "Eligible Receivables".<PAGE>


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                "DLJ":  Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. and any Person
          which is a Subsidiary or Control Affiliate thereof.

                "Dollars" and "$":  dollars in lawful currency of the United
          States of America.

                "EBITDA Basket Amount":  for any fiscal year of Holdings, an
          amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) Consolidated EBITDA of
          Holdings for the immediately preceding fiscal year over (b) the
          product of 1.25 times Consolidated Net Cash Interest Expense of
          Holdings for the immediately preceding fiscal year.

                "Effective Date":  the date on which the conditions specified
          in Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied.

                "Eligible Consigned Inventory":  (a) Inventory (i) which is
          consigned to and located at the premises of a Person for
          incorporation in the ordinary course of such Person's business into
          such Person's manufacturing process, (ii) which is segregated from
          inventory not owned by the Company or the relevant Subsidiary and
          identifiable as Inventory and (iii) in respect of which an Eligible
          Receivable will be created immediately upon the use or incorporation
          of such Inventory by such Person, and (b) Inventory which is
          consigned to and located at the premises of a Person who is an agent
          or distributor approved by the Administrative Agent in writing for
          the purposes of this definition; provided, that the Company or the
          relevant Subsidiary, as the case may be, in its capacity as
          consignor, shall have filed appropriate Uniform Commercial Code
          financing statements with respect to such Inventory; and provided,
          further, that the Person holding such Inventory has entered into an
          agreement, satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative
          Agent, providing a waiver of any applicable Lien and of any right of
          offset on the part of such Person with respect to such Inventory and
          providing the Administrative Agent with the right to repossess such
          Inventory upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a
          Default or Event of Default.

                "Eligible Inventory":  all inventory of the Company or any of
          its Subsidiaries ("Inventory"), valued at the lower of (i) cost
          determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding any LIFO reserve) and
          stated on a basis consistent with the historical practices of the
          Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date or (ii) market
          value, that the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion,
          shall deem eligible, reduced (or, in the case of any positive
          adjustment pursuant to clause (x) below, increased) by (x) an
          adjustment, positive or negative, equivalent to the sum of the
          previous two months' purchase price variances that result when
          standard costs and actual costs differ, (y) the value of reserves
          which have been recorded by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
          with respect to obsolete, slow-moving or excess Inventory and (z)
          such other reserves as the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable
          discretion after consultation with the Company, shall deem
          appropriate.  Without in any way limiting the discretion of the
          Administrative Agent to deem an item of Inventory eligible or
          ineligible, the Administrative Agent does not currently intend to
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                      (a)  such item of Inventory is not assignable or a
                first priority security interest in such item of
                Inventory in favor of the Administrative Agent for the
                benefit of the Lenders has not been obtained and fully
                perfected by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing
                statements against the Company or the relevant
                Subsidiary, as the case may be or, in the case of
                Inventory located in Canada, by completing all steps
                required to fully perfect a first priority security
                interest in such Inventory;

                      (b)  such item of Inventory is subject to any Lien
                whatsoever, other than Liens in favor of the
                Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;

                      (c)  such item of Inventory (i) is damaged or not
                in good condition (to the extent not provided for by
                reserves as described above) or (ii) does not meet all
                material standards imposed by any Governmental Authority
                having regulatory authority over such item of Inventory,
                its use or its sale;
     
                      (d)  such item of Inventory is not currently
                either readily usable or salable, at prices
                approximating at least the cost thereof, in the normal
                course of the business of the Company or the relevant
                Subsidiary, as the case may be (to the extent not
                provided for by reserves as described above);

                      (e)  any event shall have occurred or any
                condition shall exist with respect to such item of
                Inventory which would substantially impede the ability
                of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as the case
                may be, to continue to use or sell such item of
                Inventory in the normal course of business;

                      (f)  any claim disputing the title of the Company
                or the relevant Subsidiary, as the case may be, to, or
                right to possession of or dominion over, such item of
                Inventory shall have been asserted;

                      (g)  any representation or warranty contained in
                this Agreement or in any other Loan Document applicable
                to either Inventory in general or to any such specific
                item of Inventory has been breached with respect to such
                item of Inventory;

                      (h)  the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as
                the case may be, does not have good and marketable title
                as sole owner of such item of Inventory;

                      (i)  such item of Inventory is not Eligible
                Consigned Inventory, is owned by the Company or any of
                its Subsidiaries, and has been consigned to other
                Persons, or is located at, or in the possession of, a
                vendor of the Company or such Subsidiary, or is in
                transit to or from, or held or stored by, third parties;<PAGE>


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                      (j)  such item of Inventory is work-in-process
                (other than (i) the copper content of such item of
                Inventory and (ii) Raw Materials);

                      (k)  such item of Inventory is located on a
                leasehold as to which the lessor has not entered into a
                landlord's waiver and consent, satisfactory in form and
                substance to the Administrative Agent, providing a
                waiver of any applicable Lien and providing the
                Administrative Agent with the right to receive notice of
                default, the right to repossess such item of Inventory
                at any time upon the occurrence or during the
                continuance of a Default or Event of Default and such
                other rights as may be acceptable to the Administrative
                Agent;

                      (l)  such item of Inventory is located outside of
                the United States, Puerto Rico, any United States
                possession or protectorate which has adopted the Uniform
                Commercial Code or Canada;

                      (m)  such item of Inventory is evidenced by an
                Account;

                      (n)  such item of Inventory is subject to any
                licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or
                copyright agreements with any third party from whom the
                Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received notice
                of a dispute in respect of any such agreement;

                      (o)  such item of Inventory consists of chemicals,
                enamels or other raw materials (other than (i) the
                copper content of such item of Inventory and (ii) Raw
                Materials);

                      (p)  such item of Inventory consists of packing,
                packaging and/or shipping supplies or materials; or

                      (q)  such item of Inventory has been otherwise
                determined by the Administrative Agent (after
                consultation with the Company), exercising its
                commercially reasonable discretion, to be unacceptable
                because the Administrative Agent believes that such item
                of Inventory is not readily salable under the customary
                terms on which it is usually sold.

                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
          Inventory having an aggregate value (as determined pursuant to the
          first sentence of this definition) of up to $30,000,000 that does
          not constitute Eligible Inventory solely as a result of the failure
          to obtain (i) an agreement of the kind referred to in the second
          proviso of the definition of "Eligible Consigned Inventory" or (ii)
          a landlord's waiver and consent of the kind referred to in clause
          (k) above may be included as Eligible Inventory in any determination
          of the Borrowing Base; provided that the aggregate value of
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          Eligible Inventory pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed
          $25,000,000.  

                In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
          Agreement, until October 31, 1997, Triangle Inventory that does not
          constitute Eligible Inventory solely as a result of the failure to
          obtain a landlord's waiver and consent of the kind referred to in
          clause (k) above may be included as Eligible Inventory in any
          determination of the Borrowing Base.

                "Eligible Receivables":  the gross outstanding balance,
          determined in accordance with GAAP and stated on a basis consistent
          with the historical practices of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
          of the Effective Date, of accounts receivable of the Company or any
          of its Subsidiaries arising out of sales of goods or services made
          by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
          business ("Accounts") that the Administrative Agent, in its
          reasonable discretion, shall deem eligible, less all finance
          charges, late fees and other fees that are unearned, and less (i)
          the value of any accrual which has been recorded by the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries with respect to downward price adjustments
          and (ii) such other reserves as the Administrative Agent, in its
          reasonable discretion after consultation with the Company, shall
          deem appropriate.  Without in any way limiting the discretion of the
          Administrative Agent to deem an Account eligible or ineligible, the
          Administrative Agent does not currently intend to treat an Account
          as eligible if:

                      (a)  the Company and its Subsidiaries have not
                complied with all material Requirements of Law,
                including, without limitation, all laws, rules,
                regulations and orders of any governmental or judicial
                authority relating to truth in lending, billing
                practices, fair credit reporting, equal credit
                opportunity, debt collection practices and consumer
                debtor protection, applicable to such Account (or any
                related contracts) or affecting the collectability of
                such Account;

                      (b)  such Account is not assignable or a first priority
                security interest in such Account in favor of the
                Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders has not
                been obtained and fully perfected by filing Uniform Commercial
                Code financing statements against the Company or the relevant
                Subsidiary, as the case may be;

                      (c)  such Account is subject to any Lien
                whatsoever, other than Liens in favor of the
                Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;

                      (d)  the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as
                the case may be, in order to be entitled to collect such
                Account, is required to perform any additional service
                for, or perform or incur any additional obligation to,
                the Account debtor in respect of such Account;
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                      (e)  such Account does not constitute a legal,
                valid and binding irrevocable payment obligation of the
                Account debtor in respect of such Account to pay the
                balance thereof in accordance with its terms or is
                subject to any defense, setoff, recoupment or
                counterclaim;

                      (f)  the Account debtor in respect of such Account
                is the Company or an Affiliate, Subsidiary, division or
                employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
                (other than (i) any Account that is otherwise an
                Eligible Receivable arising from a transaction entered
                into in the ordinary course of business on an
                arms'-length basis with (x) Femco or (y) any other joint
                venture in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
                owns an interest approved by the Administrative Agent in
                writing for the purposes of this paragraph (f), in each
                case, with respect to clauses (x) and (y) above, upon
                fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the
                Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtained in a
                comparable transaction with a Person not an Affiliate
                and (ii) any Account having an outstanding principal
                amount of less than $5,000 as to which the Account
                debtor in respect of such Account is an employee of the
                Company or any of its Subsidiaries);

                      (g)  such Account is an account of the United
                States government, the government of any state of the
                United States or any political subdivision thereof, or
                any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing;

                      (h)  an estimated or actual loss has been
                recognized in respect of such Account, as determined in
                accordance with the Company's usual business practice
                (each such Account, a "Defaulted Account");

                      (i)  20% or more of the aggregate outstanding
                amount of all Accounts from the Account debtor in
                respect of such Account and its Affiliates constitute
                Defaulted Accounts;

                      (j)  any representation or warranty contained in
                this Agreement or in any other Loan Documents applicable
                either to Accounts in general or to any such specific
                Account has been breached with respect to such Account;

                      (k)  50% or more of the outstanding amount of all
                Accounts from the Account debtor in respect of such
                Account have become, or have been determined by the
                Administrative Agent to be, ineligible;

                      (l)  the Account debtor in respect of such Account
                has filed a petition for relief under the United States
                Bankruptcy Code (or similar action under any successor
                law or under any comparable law), made a general
                assignment for the benefit of creditors, had filed
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                under the United States Bankruptcy Code (or similar
                action under any successor law or under any comparable
                law), failed, suspended business operations, become
                insolvent, called a meeting of its creditors for the
                purpose of obtaining any financial concession or
                accommodation, or had or suffered a receiver or a
                trustee to be appointed for all or a significant portion
                of its assets or affairs;

                      (m)  any portion of such Account has remained
                unpaid for a period exceeding 90 days from the due date
                (but only to the extent of such overdue portion) or the
                Company or any of its Subsidiaries has reason to believe
                such Account is uncollectible;

                      (n)  the sale represented by such Account is to an
                Account debtor organized or located outside one of the
                states of the United States, Puerto Rico, any United
                States possession or protectorate which has adopted the
                Uniform Commercial Code or Canada, unless (i) a letter
                of credit deemed acceptable by the Administrative Agent
                is held against such Account or (ii) such Account debtor
                has a Dun & Bradstreet rating of at least 5A2 (or any
                equivalent successor rating);

                      (o)  the Account debtor in respect of such Account
                is a supplier or creditor of the Company or any of its
                Subsidiaries (but only to the extent of the lesser of
                (i) the amount owing from such Account debtor to the
                Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as the case may be,
                pursuant to Accounts that are otherwise eligible and
                (ii) the amount owing to such Account debtor by the
                Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as the case may be),
                provided that the aggregate amount of ineligible
                Accounts under this clause (o) shall be deemed to be
                $15,000 until such time as the Administrative Agent, in
                its reasonable discretion, (x) determines that the
                foregoing provisions of this clause (o) shall be applied
                for purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base or (y)
                determines that such amount shall otherwise be changed;

                      (p)  such Account is not denominated in Dollars
                (unless a currency swap or similar hedge has been
                entered into with respect to such Account, the effect of
                which is to cause payments in respect of such Account to
                be denominated in Dollars) or is payable outside the
                United States;

                      (q)  the sale represented by such Account is on a
                bill-and-hold, undelivered sale, guaranteed sale, sale-
                or-return, consignment, or sale on approval basis or is
                subject to any right of return, setoff or charge-back;

                      (r)  the Administrative Agent believes, in its
                reasonable discretion (after consultation with the
                Company), that the collection of such Account is
                insecure or that such Account may not be paid;<PAGE>


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                      (s)  the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as
                the case may be, or any other party to such Account, is
                in default in the performance or observance of any of
                the terms thereof in any material respect;

                      (t)  the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, as
                the case may be, does not have good and marketable title
                to such Account as sole owner of such Account;

                      (u)  such Account does not arise from the sale and
                delivery of goods or rendition of services in the
                ordinary course of business to the Account debtor in
                respect of such Account;
     
                      (v)  such Account is on terms other than those
                normal or customary in the business of the Company or
                the relevant Subsidiary, as the case may be;

                      (w)  such Account has associated payment terms
                exceeding 100 days from invoice date;
     
                      (x)  if such Account were to constitute an
                Eligible Receivable, more than 15% of all Eligible
                Receivables would be owing from the Account debtor in
                respect of such Account or any of its Affiliates;

                      (y)  any amounts payable under or in connection
                with such Account are evidenced by chattel paper,
                promissory notes or other instruments, unless such
                chattel paper, promissory notes or instruments have been
                endorsed and delivered to the Administrative Agent;

                      (z)  such Account has been paid by a check which
                has been returned for insufficient funds if such check
                is in an amount of at least $100,000, provided that, in
                addition to the foregoing, a reserve in connection with
                Accounts which have been paid by checks which have been
                returned for insufficient funds shall be subtracted for
                purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base, which
                reserve shall equal $15,000 or such other amount as the
                Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion,
                shall determine; or

                      (aa)  such Account has been placed with an
                attorney or other third party for collection.

                "Eligible Receivables Borrowing Base Value": as defined in the
          definition of Borrowing Base.

                "Environmental Claim":  any written notice of any Governmental
          Authority alleging potential liability for damage to the environment
          or by any Person alleging potential liability for personal injury
          (including sickness, disease or death), in either case, resulting
          from or based upon (a) the presence or Release (including
          intentional and unintentional, negligent and non-negligent, sudden
          or non-sudden, accidental or non-accidental leaks or spills) of any
          Hazardous Material at, in or from property, whether or not owned or<PAGE>


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          leased by Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (b)
          any other circumstances forming the basis of any violation, or
          alleged violation, of any Environmental Law.

                "Environmental Laws":  any and all foreign, federal, state,
          local and municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes,
          ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental
          Authority and requirements of law (including common law) regulating,
          relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning
          protection of human health or the environment as now or may at any
          time hereafter be in effect.

                "ERISA":  the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
          as amended from time to time.

                "Essex International":  Essex International, Inc., a Delaware
          corporation.

                "Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements":  for any day as applied
          to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the
          rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of the maximum reserve
          requirements in effect on such day (including, without limitation,
          basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any
          regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having
          jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements
          prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
          "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Board) maintained
          by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

                "Eurodollar Base Rate":  in the case of any Eurodollar Loan,
          with respect to each day during each Interest Period or Competitive
          Loan Period pertaining to such Eurodollar Loan, the rate of interest
          determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a
          period equal to such Interest Period or Competitive Loan Period
          commencing on the first day of such Interest Period or Competitive
          Loan Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen as of
          11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of
          such Interest Period or Competitive Loan Period, provided, that in
          the event that such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the
          Telerate screen (or otherwise on the Telerate Service), the
          "Eurodollar Base Rate" shall be determined by reference to such
          other publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as
          may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company.  In
          the absence of such agreement, the "Eurodollar Base Rate" shall
          instead be the rate per annum equal to the average (rounded upward,
          if necessary, to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) of the respective rates
          notified to the Administrative Agent by each of the Reference
          Lenders as the rate at which such Reference Lender is offered Dollar
          deposits at or about 10:00 A.M., New York time, two Business Days
          prior to the beginning of the relevant Interest Period or
          Competitive Loan Period, in the interbank eurodollar market where
          the eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations in
          respect of its Eurodollar Loans are then being conducted for
          delivery on the first day of such Interest Period or Competitive
          Loan Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an
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          Loan to be outstanding during such Interest Period or the amount of
          the relevant Competitive Loan, as the case may be. 

                "Eurodollar Competitive Loan":  any Competitive Loan the rate
          of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.

                "Eurodollar Loans":  any Eurodollar Competitive Loan or
          Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan.

                "Eurodollar Rate":  with respect to each day during each
          Interest Period or Competitive Loan Period pertaining to a
          Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in
          accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest
          1/16th of 1%):

                                             Eurodollar Base Rate
                             --------------------

                                1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

                "Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan":  any Revolving Credit Loan
          the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the
          Eurodollar Rate.

                "Eurodollar Tranche":  the collective reference to Eurodollar
          Revolving Credit Loans the Interest Periods with respect to all of
          which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether
          or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).

                "Event of Default":  any of the events specified in Section 8,
          provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of
          time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.

                "Excess Cash Flow":  for any period , the excess of (a) the
          sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income of the
          Company for such period, (ii) an amount equal to the amount of all
          non-cash charges deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net
          Income, (iii) the amount of returned surplus assets of any Plan
          during such period to the extent not included in arriving at such
          Consolidated Net Income, (iv) decreases in Consolidated Working
          Capital of the Company for such period, and (v) an amount equal to
          the aggregate net non-cash loss on the sale, lease, transfer or
          other disposition of assets by the Company and its Subsidiaries
          during such period (other than sales of Inventory in the ordinary
          course of business), to the extent deducted in arriving at such
          Consolidated Net Income over (b) the sum, without duplication, of
          (i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included
          in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (ii) the aggregate
          amount actually paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries in cash
          during such period on account of Capital Expenditures and Investment
          Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness
          incurred in connection with such expenditures), (iii) the aggregate
          amount of all payments or prepayments of the Senior Unsecured Term
          Loans during such period (other than pursuant to any mandatory
          excess cash flow prepayment provision of the Senior Unsecured Term
          Loan Agreement) and the aggregate amount of all prepayments of the
          Revolving Credit Loans made during such period to the extent<PAGE>


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          accompanied by a reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, (iv)
          the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments
          of Funded Debt (including payments of Capital Lease Obligations of
          the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any portion
          thereof allocable to cash interest expense) made during such period)
          of the Company and its Subsidiaries made during such period, (v)
          increases in Consolidated Working Capital of the Company for such
          period, and (vi) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain
          on the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets by the
          Company and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales of
          Inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent
          included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.

                "Existing Credit Agreement":  as defined in the Preliminary
          Statements.

                "Femco":  Femco Magnet Wire Corporation, an Indiana
          corporation.

                "Fixed Rate Competitive Loan":  any Competitive Loan bearing
          interest at a fixed percentage rate per annum specified by the
          Lender making such Loan in its Competitive Advance Offer (as opposed
          to a rate comprised of the Eurodollar Rate plus or minus a Margin).

                "Foreign Subsidiary":  any Subsidiary of the Company organized
          under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of
          America.

                "Funded Debt":  as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such
          Person (including Capital Lease Obligations but excluding
          Indebtedness consisting of letters of credit) that matures more than
          one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year
          from such date but is renewable or extendible, at the option of the
          debtor, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under
          a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or
          lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from
          such date, including, without limitation, all amounts of Funded Debt
          required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its
          creation and, in the case of the Company, Indebtedness in respect of
          the Loans.

                "GAAP":  generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
          the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board
          and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
          statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards
          Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and
          authority within the accounting profession), or in such other
          statements by such other entity as may be in general use by
          significant segments of the accounting profession, as in effect from
          time to time.  For the purpose of certain calculations hereunder,
          GAAP shall be modified in the manner described in Section 1.2(e).

                "Goldman":  Goldman, Sachs & Co. and any Person which is a
          Subsidiary or Control Affiliate thereof.

                "Governmental Authority":  any nation or government, any state
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          executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
          functions of or pertaining to government.

                "Guarantee Obligation":  as to any Person (the "guaranteeing
          person"), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b)
          another Person (including, without limitation, any bank under any
          letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing
          person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar
          obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing
          any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the
          "primary obligations") of any other third Person (the "primary
          obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including,
          without limitation, any obligation of the guaranteeing person,
          whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary
          obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
          therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or
          payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working
          capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to
          maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to
          purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose
          of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability
          of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or
          (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such
          primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided,
          however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include
          endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the
          ordinary course of business.  The amount of any Guarantee Obligation
          of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an
          amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
          obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and
          (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be
          liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such
          Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum
          amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not
          stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee
          Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person's maximum reasonably
          anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
          Company in good faith.

                "Hazardous Materials":  any gasoline or petroleum (including
          crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any
          hazardous or toxic substances, materials, or wastes, defined or
          regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including,
          without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, and urea-
          formaldehyde insulation.

                "Holdings":  BCP Holdings or any successor thereto (including,
          without limitation, New Holdings).

                "Holdings Common Equity Offering":  any primary offering or
          sale (public or private) of shares of, or rights to purchase, common
          stock of Holdings. 

                "Holdings Pledge Agreement":  the Pledge Agreement made by
          Holdings in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
          Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2, as the same may be
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                "Holdings Security Agreement":  the Security Agreement made by
          Holdings in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
          Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2, as the same may be
          amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

                "Indebtedness":  of any Person at any date, without
          duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
          (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price
          of property or services (other than trade payables not overdue by
          more than 60 days incurred in the ordinary course of such Person's
          business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes,
          bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness
          created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
          retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person
          (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under
          such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession
          or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such
          Person, (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
          as an account party under acceptance, letter of credit or similar
          facilities, (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem,
          retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of such
          Person or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Capital
          Stock, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of
          Indebtedness of any other Person and (i) all Indebtedness referred
          to in clauses (a) through (g) above secured by (or for which the
          holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
          otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including,
          without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such
          Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for
          the payment of such Indebtedness.

                "Information":  the information contained in the Confidential
          Information Memorandum and the financial statements referred to in
          Sections 4.1(a) and (b).

                "Insolvency":  with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the
          condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section
          4245 of ERISA.

                "Insolvent":  pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.

                "Intercompany Loans":  as defined in Section 7.2(b).

                "Intercompany Notes":  promissory notes, substantially in the
          form of Exhibit A, evidencing Intercompany Loans or Joint Venture
          Loans.

                "Interest Coverage Ratio":  the ratio of (a) Consolidated
          EBITDA of Holdings for the relevant Interest Coverage Test Period to
          (b) Consolidated Net Cash Interest Expense of Holdings for such
          Interest Coverage Test Period.

                "Interest Coverage Test Period":  as of any date of
          determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of
          Holdings ending on such date.<PAGE>


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                "Interest Payment Date":  (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last day
          of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan
          is outstanding, (b) as to any Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan, the
          last day of the related Interest Period or, in the case of any
          Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan having an Interest Period longer
          than three months, each day which is three months, or a whole
          multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and
          the last day of such Interest Period and (c) as to any Competitive
          Loan, the last day of the related Competitive Loan Period and, if
          specified in the relevant Competitive Advance Request, in the case
          of any Competitive Loan having a Competitive Loan Period longer than
          three months, each day which is three months, or a whole multiple
          thereof, after the first day of such Competitive Loan Period and the
          last day of such Competitive Loan Period.

                "Interest Period":  with respect to any Eurodollar Revolving
          Credit Loan:

                (a)   initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or
          conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar
          Revolving Credit Loan and ending one, two, three or six months
          thereafter (or, if deposits of such duration are available to all
          Lenders and all Lenders consent thereto, ending nine or twelve
          months thereafter), as selected by the Company in its notice of
          borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with
          respect thereto; and

                (b)   thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of
          the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar
          Revolving Credit Loan and ending one, two, three or six months
          thereafter (or, if deposits of such duration are available to all
          Lenders and all Lenders consent thereto, ending nine or twelve
          months thereafter), as selected by the Company by irrevocable notice
          to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior
          to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
          thereto;

          provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest
          Periods are subject to the following:

                      (1)  if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day
                that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be
                extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result
                of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into
                another calendar month in which event such Interest Period
                shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

                      (2)  no Interest Period shall extend beyond the
                Revolving Credit Termination Date;

                      (3)  any Interest Period that begins on the last
                Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there
                is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at
                the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
                Business Day of a calendar month; and<PAGE>


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                      (4)  the Company shall select Interest Periods so as not
                to require a payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Revolving
                Credit Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan.

                "Interest Rate Protection Agreement":  any interest rate swap
          agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other financial agreement
          or arrangement designed to protect any Person against fluctuations
          in interest rates.

                "Inventory":  as defined in the definition of "Eligible
          Inventory".

                "Investment Expenditures":  the cost or principal amount, as
          the case may be, of any capital contribution to, acquisition of a
          business (whether through the purchase of Capital Stock or assets)
          of, or other similar investment in, any Person; provided that if any
          such investment is made by the contribution of assets to another
          Person, such assets shall, for the purpose of determining the cost
          of such investment, be valued at fair market value.

                "Investors":  the collective reference to BSC, BH, DLJ,
          Goldman and any officer or employee of Holdings, the Company or any
          of its Subsidiaries, so long as a Management Proxy shall be in full
          force and effect with respect to such officer or employee.

                "Issue Date":  the date of issuance of the Senior Notes.

                "Issuing Lender":  Comerica Bank, in its capacity as issuer of
          any Letter of Credit.

                "Issuing Lender Loans":  as defined in Section 3.5(a).

                "Joint Venture":  any Person (other than a Subsidiary
          Guarantor) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has an
          equity interest, including, without limitation, Femco.

                "Joint Venture Loans":  as defined in Section 7.10(e).

                "L/C Commitment":  $25,000,000.

                "L/C Fee Payment Date":  the last day of each March, June,
          September and December and the first Business Day following the last
          day of the Revolving Credit Commitment Period.

                "L/C Obligations":  at any time, an amount equal to the sum of
          (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then
          outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of
          drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed
          pursuant to Section 3.5.

                "L/C Participants":  the collective reference to all the
          Lenders other than the Issuing Lender.

                "Letters of Credit":  as defined in Section 3.1(a).<PAGE>


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                "Level":  as of any date of determination, the level set forth
          below then in effect, as determined in accordance with the following
          provisions of this definition:

    [CAPTION]
    <TABLE>
     Level                Leverage Ratio                         Interest Coverage Ratio
     -----                --------------                         -----------------------

      <S>   <C>                                         <C>
       I    Less than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0            Greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.0

      II    Less than or equal to 3.25 to 1.0           Greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0

      III   Less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.0           Greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.0
      IV    Less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.0           Greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.0

       V    Less than or equal to 4.25 to 1.0           Greater than or equal to 2.25 to 1.0
      VI    Less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.0           Less than 2.25 to 1.0

      VII   Greater than 4.50 to 1.0                    Less than 2.25 to 1.0
    </TABLE>

          For the purposes of this definition, the Level shall be determined
          as at the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each
          fiscal year of Holdings and as at the end of each fiscal year of
          Holdings, for the period (a "Level Test Period") of four consecutive
          fiscal quarters ending on the last day of such quarterly period or
          fiscal year, as the case may be, based on the relevant financial
          statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1; changes in the Level
          shall become effective on the date on which such financial
          statements are delivered to the Lenders (but in any event not later
          than the 50th day after the end of each of the first three quarterly
          periods of each fiscal year or the 105th day after the end of each
          fiscal year, as the case may be) and shall remain in effect until
          the next change to be effected pursuant to this definition,
          provided, that, until the effectiveness of any change in the Level
          based upon the financial statements of Holdings for the fiscal year
          ending December 31, 1996, the Level shall be deemed to be Level IV,
          and provided, further, that if any financial statements referred to
          above are not delivered within the time periods specified above,
          then, until such financial statements are delivered, the Level as at
          the end of the fiscal period that would have been covered thereby
          shall be deemed to be Level VII.  In the event that the Level
          corresponding to the Leverage Ratio and the Interest Coverage Ratio
          shall differ in respect of any Level Test Period, the higher-
          numbered Level (with Level VII being the highest-numbered Level)
          shall govern until the next determination of the Level pursuant to
          this definition.  For the purposes of this definition, in the event
          that Holdings shall consummate a Holdings Common Equity Offering,
          the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be calculated after giving effect
          on a pro forma basis to the discharge of any Indebtedness repaid,
          repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of
          such offering (but only to the extent, in the case of revolving
          Indebtedness, accompanied by a commitment reduction) as if such
          discharge had occurred on the first day of such Level Test Period.  <PAGE>


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                "Leverage Ratio":  as of the last day of any period of four
          consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings, the ratio of (a) Total Debt
          on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings for such period.

                "Lien":  any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
          deposit arrangement, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory
          or other), or charge of any kind or nature whatsoever, or any
          preference, priority, or other security agreement or preferential
          arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever having substantially
          the same effect as any of the foregoing (including, without
          limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
          any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as
          any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement
          under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any
          jurisdiction in respect of any of the foregoing).

                "Loan":  any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this
          Agreement.

                "Loan Documents":  this Agreement, the Applications, the
          Subsidiary Guarantee, the Security Documents, and any Interest Rate
          Protection Agreement referred to in Section 7.2(l), together with
          any amendment, supplement or other modification to any of the
          foregoing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Interest Rate
          Protection Agreements referred to above shall not be deemed to
          constitute "Loan Documents" for the purposes of any provision of
          this Agreement or any other Loan Document other than (a) the
          definition of "Obligations" contained herein or in any other Loan
          Document and (b) Section 10.

                "Loan Parties":  the collective reference to Holdings, the
          Company and any Subsidiary of the Company which is a party to any
          Loan Document.

                "Management Proxy":  any proxy of any officer or employee of
          Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or
          indirectly, giving BH the right to vote the shares of Capital Stock
          of Holdings owned by such officer or employee, substantially
          identical in form and substance to the Management Proxies delivered
          to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date.

                "Margin":  as to any Eurodollar Competitive Loan, the margin
          to be added to or subtracted from the Eurodollar Rate in order to
          determine the interest rate applicable to such Loan, as specified in
          the Competitive Advance Offer relating to such Loan.

                "Material Adverse Effect":  a material adverse effect on (a)
          the business, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent),
          operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of
          Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the
          ability of the Company or any other Loan Party to perform its
          obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
          or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of
          the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the
          Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.<PAGE>


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                "Maximum Investment Amount":  as of any date of determination,
          the amount set forth below opposite the Level then in effect:

                      Level          Amount

                        I         $100,000,000
                       II          100,000,000
                      III           80,000,000
                       IV           60,000,000
                        V           40,000,000
                       VI           40,000,000
                      VII           40,000,000

                "Modified Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit":  at any
          time, an amount equal to (a) the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of
          Credits at such time minus (b) the lesser of (i) the L/C Commitment
          and (ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of all L/C Obligations
          then outstanding and (y) an amount which shall be increased each
          time Loans are made to reimburse drawings under the Letters of
          Credit pursuant to Section 3.5, by an amount equal to the principal
          amount of the Loans so made, and which shall be reduced (but not
          below zero) each time Loans are prepaid pursuant to Section 2.7 or
          2.8, by an amount equal to the principal amount of the Loans so
          prepaid.

                "Mortgage":  each of the mortgages and deeds of trust made by
          any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the
          Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, substantially
          in the form of Exhibit J (with such changes thereto as shall be
          advisable under the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage
          or deed of trust is to be recorded), as the same may be amended,
          supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

                "Mortgaged Properties":  the real properties or leasehold
          interests therein, listed on Schedule 1.1B, as to which the
          Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall be granted
          a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.

                "Multiemployer Plan":  a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as
          defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

                "Net Cash Proceeds":  in connection with any issuance or sale
          by any Person of equity securities, the cash proceeds received by
          such Person from such issuance, net of investment banking fees,
          reasonable and documented attorneys' fees, accountants' fees,
          underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees
          actually incurred in connection therewith.

                "New Holdings":  as defined in Section 7.5(c).

                "Non-Facility L/C Obligations":  at any time, an amount equal
          to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of
          the then outstanding letters of credit issued pursuant to Section
          7.2(d) and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under such letters
          of credit which have not then been reimbursed in accordance with the
          terms thereof.<PAGE>


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                "Obligations":  the unpaid principal of and interest on
          (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity
          of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing
          after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement
          of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to
          the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
          interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other
          obligations and liabilities of the Company to the Administrative
          Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of any Interest Rate
          Protection Agreement, any Affiliate of any Lender), whether direct
          or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now
          existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in
          connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the
          Letters of Credit or any other document made, delivered or given in
          connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal,
          interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
          expenses (including, without limitation, all fees, charges and
          disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any
          Lender that are required to be paid by the Company pursuant hereto)
          or otherwise.

                "Outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit":  as to any
          Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
          principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender
          then outstanding, (b) such Lender's Commitment Percentage of the L/C
          Obligations then outstanding and (c) such Lender's Commitment
          Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Specified Basket
          Debt then outstanding; provided, that for the purpose of determining
          such Lender's Available Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to
          Section 2.4(a), the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Specified
          Basket Debt then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero.

                "Participant":  as defined in Section 11.6(f).

                "Participation Fee":  any participation fee payable pursuant
          to Section 3.3(a) or (b).  

                "PBGC ":  the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established
          pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor
          thereto).

                "Person":  an individual, partnership, corporation, business
          trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
          venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

                "Plan":  any employee benefit plan which is covered by ERISA
          and in respect of which the Company or a Commonly Controlled Entity
          is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under
          Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in
          Section 3(5) of ERISA.

                "Pledge Agreements":  collectively, the Holdings Pledge
          Agreement, the Company Pledge Agreement and the Subsidiary Pledge
          Agreement.

                "Preferred Stock":  any preferred stock of Holdings issued for
          the purpose of prepaying, refinancing or redeeming, or issued in<PAGE>


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          exchange for, (a) the Senior Unsecured Term Loans or (b) other
          preferred stock of Holdings, in each case in accordance with Section
          7.11(a).

                "Preliminary Statements":  the clauses that appear after the
          preamble of this Agreement under the title "Preliminary Statements".

                "Prime Rate":  as defined in the definition of "Alternate Base
          Rate".

                "Raw Materials":  raw materials which are located at the
          Marion, Indiana, PVC processing facility, the Lafayette, Indiana,
          rubber compounding facility or the Fort Wayne, Indiana, chemical
          processing facility.

                "Reference Lenders":  Chase and Bank of America Illinois.

                "Register":  as defined in Section 11.6(d).

                "Regulation U ":  Regulation U of the Board.

                "Reimbursement Obligation":  as defined in Section 3.5.

                "Release":  any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping,
          pouring, dumping, emptying, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge,
          dispersal, leaching or migration of Hazardous Materials into the
          indoor or outdoor environment or into or out of any property owned
          or operated by Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
          including the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in the air,
          soil, surface water, groundwater or other media.

                "Reorganization":  with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the
          condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of
          Section 4241 of ERISA.

                "Reportable Event":  any of the events set forth in Section
          4043(b) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day
          notice period is waived under PBGC Reg. Section 2615.
     
                "Required Lenders":  at any date, the holders of 51% of the
          aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, or, if the Revolving Credit
          Commitments have been terminated or for the purposes of determining
          whether to accelerate the Loans pursuant to Section 8, the aggregate
          unpaid principal amount of the Loans. 

                "Requirement of Law":  as to any Person, the certificate of
          incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing
          documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or
          determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
          Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or
          any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property
          is subject.

                "Responsible Officer":  the chief executive officer,
          president, chief financial officer or treasurer of Holdings or the
          Company, as the case may be, but in any event, with respect to<PAGE>


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          financial matters, the chief financial officer or treasurer of
          Holdings or the Company, as the case may be.

                "Revolving Credit Commitment":  as to any Lender, the
          obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans to and/or
          issue or participate in Letters of Credit issued on behalf of the
          Company hereunder in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not
          to exceed the amount set forth under the heading "Revolving Credit
          Commitment" opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 1.1A, as the
          same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

                "Revolving Credit Commitment Period":  the period from and
          including the Effective Date to but not including the Revolving
          Credit Termination Date or such earlier date on which the Revolving
          Credit Commitments shall terminate as provided herein.

                "Revolving Credit Loans":  as defined in Section 2.1(a).

                "Revolving Credit Termination Date":  October 31, 2001.

                "Section 7.2(n) Indebtedness":  any Indebtedness incurred
          pursuant to Section 7.2(n).

                "Section 7.2(p) Indebtedness":  any Indebtedness incurred
          pursuant to Section 7.2(p).

                "Security Agreements":  collectively, the Holdings Security
          Agreement, the Company Security Agreement and the Subsidiary
          Security Agreement.

                "Security Documents":  the collective reference to the Pledge
          Agreements, the Security Agreements, the Mortgages, and any other
          collateral security document from time to time executed and
          delivered in connection herewith or therewith.

                "Senior Note Indenture":  the Indenture dated as of May 7,
          1993 between the Company and NBD Bank, a Michigan banking
          corporation (formerly known as NBD Bank, N.A.), as trustee, as
          amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
          accordance with Section 7.11.

                "Senior Note Indenture Revolving Credit Incurrence Limit":  as
          of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate principal amount
          of Revolving Credit Loans which would be permitted to be incurred,
          in accordance with this Agreement, on such date pursuant to Sections
          4.04(b)(i) and 4.04(b)(x) of the Senior Note Indenture (after taking
          into account any Indebtedness (other than L/C Obligations and
          Specified Basket Debt) then outstanding pursuant to said Sections).

                "Senior Note Indenture Revolving Credit Incurrence Limit
          Certificate":  a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-
          2, with such changes as the Administrative Agent may from time to
          time reasonably request for the purpose of monitoring the Senior
          Note Indenture Revolving Credit Incurrence Limit.

                "Senior Notes":  the Company's 10% Senior Notes Due 2003.<PAGE>


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                "Senior Secured Leverage Ratio":  as of the last day of any
          period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings, the ratio of
          (a) Total Senior Secured Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA
          of Holdings for such period.

                "Senior Unsecured Term Loans":  as defined in Section 7.2(k).

                "Senior Unsecured Term Loan Agreement":  the collective
          reference to (a) the Senior Unsecured Note Agreement, dated as of
          April 12, 1995, among Holdings, the Company, the lenders parties
          thereto and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as administrative agent, as in
          effect on the Effective Date and (b) any other agreement governing
          unsecured term Indebtedness of the Company so long as the pricing
          and other terms thereof are no less favorable to the Company and the
          Lenders than those then contained in the agreement referred to in
          clause (a) above, in each case as amended, supplemented or otherwise
          modified from time to time in accordance with Section 7.11.

                "Sight Letter of Credit":  as defined in Section 3.1(a).

                "Single Employer Plan":  any Plan which is covered by Title IV
          of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.

                "Solvent":  when used with respect to any Person, means that,
          as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the "present fair
          saleable value" of the assets of such Person will, as of such date,
          exceed the amount of all "liabilities of such Person, contingent or
          otherwise", as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in
          accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing
          determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair
          saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date,
          be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the
          liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute
          and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an
          unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its
          business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they
          mature.  For purposes of this definition, (i) "debt" means liability
          on a "claim", and (ii) "claim" means any (x) right to payment,
          whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated,
          unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed,
          undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to
          an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives
          rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an
          equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured
          or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.

                "Specified Basket Debt":  (a) any Indebtedness of the Company
          or any of its Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(o),
          other than, in the case of any such Indebtedness which consists of
          term loans or term notes, that portion (if any) of the principal
          amount of such Indebtedness for which there are no scheduled
          repayments, prepayments or redemptions prior to the Revolving Credit
          Termination Date and (b) any Section 7.2(p) Indebtedness.

                "Specified Properties":  the plants and real properties owned
          by the Company or its Subsidiaries located in Florence, Alabama;
          Glendale, Arizona; Chicago, Illinois; Sikeston, Missouri; New<PAGE>


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          Market, New Hampshire; Pawtucket, Rhode Island; and Bennettsville,
          South Carolina.
     
                "Specified Required Lenders":  at any date, the holders of 51%
          of the sum of (a) the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if
          the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the aggregate
          unpaid principal amount of the Loans) and (b) the aggregate
          outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness under the Capital Lease
          Financing Facility.

                "Standby Letter of Credit":  as defined in Section 3.1(a).
                "Subsidiary":  with respect to any Person, any corporation,
          partnership, joint venture, trust or estate of which (or in which)
          more than 50% of (a) the issued and outstanding Voting Stock, (b)
          the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership or joint
          venture or (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate, is
          at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such
          Person and/or by one or more of such Person's other Subsidiaries. 
          Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a "Subsidiary" or to
          "Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or
          Subsidiaries of the Company.

                "Subsidiary Guarantee":  the Guarantee made by the
          Subsidiaries of the Company party thereto in favor of the
          Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders substantially in
          the form of Exhibit F, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
          otherwise modified from time to time.

                "Subsidiary Guarantor":  each of the Subsidiaries of the
          Company which is a party to the Subsidiary Guarantee.

                "Subsidiary Pledge Agreement":  the Pledge Agreement made by
          each Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for
          the benefit of the Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit D-3,
          as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
          time to time.

                "Subsidiary Security Agreement":  the Security Agreement made
          by each Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent
          for the benefit of the Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit
          E-3, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
          from time to time.

                "Supermajority Lenders":  at any date shall mean the holders
          of 66-2/3% of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, or, if the
          Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the aggregate
          unpaid principal amount of the Loans.

                "Tax Sharing Agreement":  the tax sharing agreement dated
          effective as of January 1, 1991 between Holdings and the Company, as
          in effect on the Effective Date.

                "Total Debt":  as of any date of determination, all Funded
          Debt of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such date,
          determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP.<PAGE>


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                "Total Senior Secured Debt":  as of any date of determination,
          the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of all secured
          Funded Debt incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
          pursuant to Section 7.2(a), (c)(iii), (f), (g), (m) or (n).

                "Transferee":  as defined in Section 11.6(g).

                "Triangle":  as defined in the Preliminary Statements.

                "Triangle Acquisition":  as defined in the Preliminary
          Statements. 

                "Triangle Acquisition Documents":  as defined in Section
          5.1(d).

                "Triangle Inventory":  Inventory located at any leased
          facility listed on Schedule 1.1C. 
                "Type":  (a) as to any Revolving Credit Loan, its nature as an
          ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan, and (b) as to any Competitive Loan,
          its nature as a Eurodollar Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate
          Competitive Loan.

                "Uniform Customs":  the Uniform Customs and Practice for
          Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of
          Commerce Publication No. 500, as the same may be amended,
          supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

                "Usance Letter of Credit": as defined in Section 3.1(a).

                "Voting Stock":  Capital Stock issued by any Person, the
          holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies,
          entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons
          performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right
          so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a
          contingency.

          1.2   Other Definitional Provisions; Financial Calculations.  (a) 
    Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement
    shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or
    any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
    thereto.

          (b)  As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any
    certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
    thereto, accounting terms relating to Holdings, the Company and its
    Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly
    defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the
    respective meanings given to them under GAAP.

          (c)  The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of
    similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement
    as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and
    Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless
    otherwise specified.

          (d)  The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
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          (e)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, calculations
    in connection with the covenants contained in Section 7.1 shall utilize
    accounting principles and policies (including those in respect of
    accounting for income taxes) in conformity with those used to prepare the
    financial statements referred to in Section 4.1(b) for the fiscal year of
    Holdings or the Company, as the case may be, ended December 31, 1995.


                SECTION 2.  THE REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS

          2.1   Revolving Credit Commitments.  (a)  Subject to the terms and
    conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the applicable
    conditions specified in Section 5), each Lender severally agrees to make
    revolving credit loans ("Revolving Credit Loans") to the Company from time
    to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period.  During the
    Revolving Credit Commitment Period the Company may use the Revolving
    Credit Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Credit Loans in
    whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and
    conditions hereof.  

          (b)  The Revolving Credit Loans may from time to time be (i)
    Eurodollar Loans, (ii) ABR Loans or (iii) a combination thereof, as
    determined by the Company and notified to the Administrative Agent in
    accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.9, provided that no Revolving Credit
    Loan shall be made as a Eurodollar Loan after the day that is one month
    prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

          2.2   Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing.  The Company may
    borrow under the Revolving Credit Commitments during the Revolving Credit
    Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the Company shall
    give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be
    received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 12:00 Noon, New York
    City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, if
    all or any part of the requested Revolving Credit Loans are to be
    initially Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans or (b) 11:00 A.M., New York
    City time, on the requested Borrowing Date, otherwise), specifying (i) the
    amount to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date, (iii) whether
    the borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans, ABR Loans or
    a combination thereof and (iv) if the borrowing is to be entirely or
    partly of Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans, the respective amounts of
    each such Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods
    therefor.  Each borrowing under the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be
    in an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, $500,000 or a whole
    multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then Available
    Revolving Credit Commitments are less than $500,000, such lesser amount)
    and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans, $5,000,000 or a
    whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.  Upon receipt of any such
    notice from the Company, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
    each Lender thereof.  Each Lender will make the amount of its pro rata
    share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the
    account of the Company at the office of the Administrative Agent specified
    in Section 11.2 prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, in the case of
    Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans, and 2:00 P.M., New York City time, in
    the case of ABR Loans, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Company in
    funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent.  Such borrowing
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    crediting the account of the Company on the books of such office with the
    aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the
    Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

          2.3   Competitive Borrowings.

          (a)  The Competitive Advance Option.  In addition to the Revolving
    Credit Loans which may be made available pursuant to the foregoing
    provisions of this Section 2, the Company may, as set forth in this
    Section 2.3, request the Lenders to make offers to make Competitive Loans
    to the Company during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period.  The Lenders
    may, but shall have no obligation to, make such offers, and the Company
    may, but shall have no obligation to, accept any such offers in the manner
    set forth in this Section 2.3.

          (b)  Competitive Advance Request.  When the Company wishes to
    request offers to make Competitive Loans under this Section 2.3, it shall
    transmit to the Administrative Agent a Competitive Advance Request to be
    received no later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on (x) the fourth
    Business Day prior to the date of borrowing proposed therein, in the case
    of a borrowing of Eurodollar Competitive Loans or (y) the Business Day
    immediately preceding the date of borrowing proposed therein, in the case
    of Fixed Rate Competitive Loans, specifying:

                (i)  the proposed date of the Competitive Borrowing, which
          shall be a Business Day;

                (ii)  the aggregate principal amount of such borrowing, which
          shall be $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
          thereof;

                (iii)  the Competitive Loan Maturity Date applicable to the
          Competitive Loans to be made pursuant thereto, provided, that the
          Competitive Loan Maturity Date for each Fixed Rate Competitive Loan
          shall be not less than 7 days nor more than 360 days after the
          Borrowing Date therefor and the Competitive Loan Maturity Date for
          each Eurodollar Competitive Loan shall be not less than one month
          nor more than twelve months after the Borrowing Date therefor, and
          in any event shall be not later than the Revolving Credit
          Termination Date; and

                (iv)  whether the Competitive Borrowing then being requested
          is to be of Eurodollar Competitive Loans or Fixed Rate Competitive
          Loans.

    A Competitive Advance Request that does not conform substantially to the
    format of Exhibit C-4 may be rejected by the Administrative Agent in its
    sole discretion, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
    Company of such rejection.  The Company may request offers to make
    Competitive Loans having any one or more Competitive Loan Maturity Dates
    in a single Competitive Advance Request.  No Competitive Advance Request
    shall be given within three Business Days of any other Competitive Advance
    Request pursuant to which the Company has borrowed a Competitive Loan.

          (c)  Competitive Advance Invitation.  Promptly after its receipt of
    a Competitive Advance Request (but, in any event, no later than 3:00 P.M.,
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    requirements of paragraph (b) above, the Administrative Agent shall send
    to each of the Lenders a Competitive Advance Invitation which shall
    constitute an invitation by the Company to each such Lender to offer, on
    the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make Competitive Loans
    pursuant to the Competitive Advance Request.

          (d)  Submission and Contents of Competitive Advance Offers. 
    (i) Each Lender may submit a Competitive Advance Offer containing an offer
    or offers to make Competitive Loans in response to such Competitive
    Advance Invitation.  Each Competitive Advance Offer must comply with the
    requirements of this paragraph (d) and must be submitted to the
    Administrative Agent at its offices specified in Section 11.2 not later
    than (x) 9:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to
    the proposed date of borrowing, in the case of a borrowing of Eurodollar
    Competitive Loans or (y) 9:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of the
    proposed borrowing, in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan; provided, that any
    Competitive Advance Offers submitted by the Administrative Agent in the
    capacity of a Lender may only be submitted if the Administrative Agent
    notifies the Company of the terms of the offer or offers contained therein
    not later than fifteen minutes prior to the deadline for the other
    Lenders.  A Competitive Advance Offer submitted by a Lender pursuant to
    this paragraph (d) shall be irrevocable.

                (ii)  Each Competitive Advance Offer shall be in substantially
          the form of Exhibit C-3 and shall specify:

                      (A)  the date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing,

                      (B)  the principal amount of the Competitive Loan for
                which each such offer is being made, which principal amount
                (w) may be greater than, equal to or less than the Revolving
                Credit Commitment of the quoting Lender, (x) must be in a
                minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of
                $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (y) may not exceed the principal
                amount of Competitive Loans for which offers were requested
                and (z) may be subject to a limitation as to the maximum
                aggregate principal amount of Competitive Loans for which
                offers being made by such quoting Lender may be accepted,

                      (C)  in the case of a borrowing of Eurodollar
                Competitive Loans, the Margin offered for each such
                Competitive Loan, expressed as a percentage (specified in
                increments of 1/10,000th of 1%) to be added to or subtracted
                from the Eurodollar Rate,

                      (D)  in the case of a borrowing of Fixed Rate
                Competitive Loans, the rate of interest per annum (specified
                in increments of 1/10,000th of 1%) offered for each such
                Competitive Loan, and

                      (E)  the identity of the quoting Lender.

    A Competitive Advance Offer may set forth up to five separate offers by
    the quoting Lender with respect to each Competitive Loan requested in the
    related Competitive Advance Invitation.  Any Competitive Advance Offer may
    be disregarded by the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent
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    or does not specify all of the information required by Section 2.3(d)(ii);
    (B) contains qualifying, conditional or similar language (except for a
    limitation on the maximum principal amount which may be accepted); (C)
    proposes terms other than or in addition to those set forth in the
    applicable Competitive Advance Invitation or (D) arrives after the time
    set forth in Section 2.3(d)(i).

          (e)  Notice to Company.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly
    (and, in any event, by 10:00 A.M., New York City time) notify the Company,
    by telecopy, of all the Competitive Advance Offers made (including all
    disregarded offers), the Competitive Advance Rate and the principal amount
    of each Competitive Loan in respect of which a Competitive Advance Offer
    was made and the identity of the Lender that made each offer.  The
    Administrative Agent shall send a copy of all Competitive Advance Offers
    (including all disregarded offers) to the Company for its records as soon
    as practicable after completion of the offering process set forth in this
    Section 2.3.

          (f)  Acceptance and Notice by Company.  The Company may in its sole
    discretion, subject only to the provisions of this paragraph (f), accept
    or reject any Competitive Advance Offer (other than any disregarded offer)
    referred to in paragraph (e) above.  The Company shall notify the
    Administrative Agent by telephone, confirmed thereafter by telecopy in the
    form of a Competitive Advance Accept/Reject Letter, whether and to what
    extent it wishes to accept any or all of the offers referred to in
    paragraph (e) above not later than (x) 10:30 A.M. (New York City time) on
    the third Business Day prior to the proposed date of borrowing, in the
    case of Eurodollar Competitive Loans or (y) 10:30 A.M. (New York City
    time) on the proposed date of borrowing, in the case of  Fixed Rate
    Competitive Loans; provided that:

                (i)  the failure by the Company to give such notice shall be
          deemed to be a rejection of all the offers referred to in paragraph
          (e) above;

                (ii)  the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive
          Advance Offers accepted by the Company may not exceed the lesser of
          (A) the principal amount set forth in the related Competitive
          Advance Request and (B) the excess, if any, of the aggregate
          Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders then in effect over the
          aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions
          of Credit immediately prior to the making of such Competitive Loans
          (and after giving effect to the use of proceeds thereof),

                (iii)  the principal amount of each Competitive Borrowing must
          be $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof,

                (iv)  unless there are any limitations contained in a quoting
          Lender's Competitive Advance Offer, the Company may not accept a
          Competitive Advance Offer made at a particular Competitive Advance
          Rate if it has decided to reject any portion of a offer made at a
          lower Competitive Advance Rate for the same Type of Competitive Loan
          and the same Competitive Loan Period, and

                (v)  the Company may not accept any Competitive Advance Offer
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          2.3(d)(ii) or that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements
          of this Agreement.

    A notice given by the Company pursuant to this paragraph (f) shall be
    irrevocable.

          (g)  Allocation by Administrative Agent.  If offers are made by two
    or more Lenders with the same Competitive Advance Rates for a greater
    aggregate principal amount than the amount in respect of which such offers
    are accepted for the related Competitive Loan Period, the principal amount
    of Competitive Loans in respect of which such offers are accepted shall be
    allocated by the Administrative Agent among such Lenders as nearly as
    possible (in integral multiples of $1,000,000, as the Administrative Agent
    may deem appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate principal amounts of
    such offers.

          (h)  Notification of Acceptance.  The Administrative Agent shall
    promptly (and, in any event, by 11:00 A.M., New York City time) notify
    each offering Lender whether or not its Competitive Advance Offer has been
    accepted (and if so, in what amount and at what Competitive Advance Rate),
    and each successful offering Lender will thereupon become bound, subject
    to the other applicable conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in
    respect of which its offer has been accepted.

          2.4   Fees.  (a)  The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative
    Agent a commitment fee for the account of the Lenders for the period from
    and including the Effective Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date,
    computed at a rate equal to (i) 0.250% per annum on any date on which
    Level I or Level II is in effect, (ii) 0.375% per annum on any date on
    which Level III, Level IV or Level V is in effect or (iii) 0.500% per
    annum on any date on which Level VI or Level VII is in effect, on the
    average daily amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitment of each
    Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in
    arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on
    the Revolving Credit Termination Date or such earlier date as the
    Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate as provided herein,
    commencing on the first of such dates to occur after the Effective Date.

          (b)  The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its
    own account and, to the extent mutually agreed upon by the Administrative
    Agent and the Lenders, for the account of the Lenders, the fees in the
    amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing by the Company
    and the Administrative Agent.

          2.5   Evidence of Loans; Repayment.  1.  Each Lender shall maintain
    in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing
    indebtedness of the Company to such Lender resulting from each Loan of
    such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and
    interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this
    Agreement.

          (b)  The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant
    to Section 11.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which
    shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such
    Loan is a Revolving Credit Loan or a Competitive Loan, the Type thereof
    and each Interest Period or Competitive Loan Period (if any) applicable
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    to become due and payable from the Company to each Lender hereunder and
    (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent
    hereunder from the Company and each Lender's share thereof.

          (c)  The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each
    Lender maintained pursuant to Section 2.5(a) shall, to the extent
    permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and
    amounts of the obligations of the Company therein recorded; provided,
    however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to
    maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not
    in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay (with
    applicable interest) the Loans made to the Company by such Lender in
    accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

          (d)  The Company shall repay all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans
    on the Revolving Credit Termination Date or such earlier date as the
    Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate hereunder.  The Company shall
    repay each Competitive Loan on the Competitive Loan Maturity Date
    applicable thereto.

          2.6   Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments.  The
    Company shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days'
    notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Credit
    Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving
    Credit Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of
    Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect
    thereto and to any prepayments of the Loans made on the effective date
    thereof, (a) the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit would exceed
    the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect or (b) the Outstanding
    Revolving Extensions of Credit of any Lender would exceed such Lender's
    Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect.  Any such reduction shall be
    in an amount equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof and shall
    reduce permanently the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.  Upon
    receipt of any notice referred to above, the Administrative Agent shall
    promptly notify each Lender thereof.

          2.7   Optional Prepayments.  The Company may on the last day of any
    Interest Period with respect thereto (or on any other day if the
    prepayment referred to herein is accompanied by all amounts payable by the
    Company pursuant to Section 2.17), in the case of Eurodollar Revolving
    Credit Loans, or at any time and from time to time, in the case of ABR
    Loans, prepay the Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part, without
    premium or penalty, provided that the Company shall give the
    Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by
    the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 12:00 Noon, New York City time,
    three Business Days prior to such prepayment, in the case of Eurodollar
    Revolving Credit Loans or (b) 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date
    of such prepayment, in the case of ABR Loans) specifying the date and
    amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Revolving
    Credit Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof, and, if a combination
    thereof, the amount allocable to each.  Upon receipt of any such notice
    the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof.  If
    any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due
    and payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in the
    case of ABR Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. 
    Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
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    contrary contained herein, the Company shall not prepay any Competitive
    Loan without the consent of the holder or holders thereof (which consent
    may be withheld in its or their sole discretion), except in connection
    with an acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 8.

          2.8   Mandatory Prepayments.  (a)  If on any date (including any
    date on which a Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered pursuant to
    Section 6.2(e)) the Modified Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit as
    of such date exceed the then applicable Borrowing Base, then, without
    notice or demand, the Company shall, on such date, prepay the Revolving
    Credit Loans and, if necessary, cash collateralize the Letters of Credit
    and/or the Competitive Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to
    such excess; provided that if the amount of the Aggregate Outstanding
    Extensions of Credit is less than the amount of such excess (because
    Specified Basket Debt constitutes a portion thereof), the Company shall,
    to the extent of the balance of such excess, repay such Specified Basket
    Debt.  The Company may, subject to the terms and conditions of this
    Agreement, reborrow the amount of any prepayment made under this Section
    2.8(a). 

          (b)  If on any date (including any date on which a Senior Note
    Indenture Revolving Credit Incurrence Limit Certificate is delivered
    pursuant to Section 6.2(e)) the sum of (i) the aggregate L/C Obligations
    then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Specified
    Basket Debt then outstanding exceeds the then applicable Senior Note
    Indenture Revolving Credit Incurrence Limit, then, without notice or
    demand, the Company shall, on such date, prepay the Revolving Credit Loans
    and, if necessary, cash collateralize the Competitive Loans to the extent
    necessary to eliminate such excess; provided that if any such excess
    remains after giving effect to such prepayment and cash collateralization,
    the Company shall, to the extent of the balance of such excess, terminate
    outstanding Letters of Credit, repay Specified Basket Debt and/or deposit
    an amount in cash in a cash collateral account established with the
    Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.  The Company may,
    subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, reborrow the amount
    of any prepayment made under this Section 2.8(b).

          (c)  The application of any prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.8 
    shall be made first to ABR Loans and second to Eurodollar Revolving Credit
    Loans; provided, that if on the date on which such prepayment is required
    to be made the aggregate outstanding amount of ABR Loans and Eurodollar
    Revolving Credit Loans having an Interest Period expiring on such date is
    less than the amount required to be prepaid, then, on such date, the
    Company may, at its option, (i) prepay other Eurodollar Revolving Credit
    Loans selected by the Company in an amount up to the remaining amount
    required to be prepaid and/or (ii) if no Default or Event of Default shall
    have occurred and be continuing, place any amounts which the Company would
    otherwise be required to use to prepay such other Eurodollar Revolving
    Credit Loans in an interest-bearing cash collateral account established
    with the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders until the
    expiration of the Interest Periods applicable thereto, at which time such
    amounts shall be applied to prepay such Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans. 
    Each prepayment of the Loans under this Section 2.8 (other than ABR Loans)
    shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on
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          2.9   Conversion and Continuation Options.  (a)  The Company may
    elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans to
    ABR Loans, by giving the Administrative Agent at least three Business
    Days' prior irrevocable notice of such election; provided that any such
    conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an
    Interest Period with respect thereto (or on any other day if on the date
    of such conversion the Company pays to the Administrative Agent for the
    account of the Lenders accrued interest on such Eurodollar Loans to the
    date of such conversion together with all amounts payable pursuant to
    Section 2.17).  The Company may elect from time to time to convert ABR
    Loans to Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans by giving the Administrative
    Agent at least three Business Days' prior irrevocable notice of such
    election.  Any such notice of conversion to Eurodollar Revolving Credit
    Loans shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period or Interest
    Periods therefor.  Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative
    Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof.  All or any part of
    outstanding Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans or ABR Loans may be
    converted as provided herein; provided that (i) no Loan may be converted
    into a Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan when any Default or Event of
    Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the
    Required Lenders have determined that such a conversion is not
    appropriate, (ii) any such conversion may only be made if, after giving
    effect thereto, Section 2.10 shall not have been contravened and (iii) no
    Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan after the
    date that is one month prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

          (b)  Any Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans may be continued as such
    upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect
    thereto by the Company giving notice to the Administrative Agent, in
    accordance with the applicable provisions of the term "Interest Period"
    set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be
    applicable to such Loans; provided that no Eurodollar Revolving Credit
    Loan may be continued as such (i) when any Default or Event of Default has
    occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Required
    Lenders have determined that such a continuation is not appropriate, (ii)
    if, after giving effect thereto, Section 2.10 would be contravened or
    (iii) after the date that is one month prior to the Revolving Credit
    Termination Date and provided, further, that if the Company shall fail to
    give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such
    continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Loans
    shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then
    expiring Interest Period.  Upon receipt of any notice referred to above,
    the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof.

          2.10  Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches. 
    All borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Revolving
    Credit Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder
    shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that,
    after giving effect thereto, (a) the aggregate principal amount of the
    Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall
    be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
    and (b) there shall be no more than ten Eurodollar Tranches.
     
          2.11  Interest Rates and Payment Dates.  (a)  Each Eurodollar
    Revolving Credit Loan shall bear interest for each day during each
    Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the
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          (b)  Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to
    the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

          (c) (i)  each Eurodollar Competitive Loan shall bear interest for
    each day during the Competitive Loan Period with respect thereto at a rate
    per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus (or
    minus, as the case may be) the Margin offered by the Lender making such
    Loan and accepted by the Company pursuant to Section 2.3, and (ii) each
    Fixed Rate Competitive Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal
    to the fixed rate of interest offered by the Lender making such Loan and
    accepted by the Company pursuant to Section 2.3.

          (d)  During the continuation of any Event of Default pursuant to
    Section 8(a), the Company shall pay, on demand, interest (after as well as
    before judgment to the extent permitted by law) on (i) the principal
    amount of all outstanding Loans at a rate per annum equal to the rate of
    interest otherwise applicable in respect of such Loans pursuant to Section
    2.11(a), (b), or (c) as the case may be, plus 2% and (ii) to the extent
    permitted by applicable law, all interest and other amounts due and unpaid
    hereunder, at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the
    Applicable Margin plus 2%; provided, however, that, on and after the
    expiration of the Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Revolving
    Credit Loan outstanding on the date of occurrence of such Event of
    Default, the principal amount of such Loan shall, during the continuation
    of such Event of Default, bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the
    Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin plus 2%.  

          (e)  Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
    Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (d) of this
    Section 2.11 shall be payable on demand.

          2.12  Computation of Interest and Fees.  (a)  Interest on the Loans,
    commitment fees, Participation Fees and fronting fees shall be calculated
    on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days
    or, on any date when the Alternate Base Rate is determined by reference to
    the Prime Rate, a year of 365 or 366 days, as appropriate.  Any change in
    the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Alternate Base
    Rate or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of
    the opening of business on the day on which such change in the Alternate
    Base Rate is announced or such change in the Eurocurrency Reserve
    Requirements becomes effective, as the case may be.

          (b)  Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative
    Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and
    binding on the Company and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.
     
          (c)  If any Reference Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment shall
    terminate or all its Loans shall be assigned for any reason whatsoever,
    such Reference Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Reference Lender, and
    the Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Company and the
    Lenders) shall, by notice to the Company and the Lenders, designate
    another Lender as a Reference Lender so that there shall at all times be
    at least two Reference Lenders.

          (d)  Each Reference Lender shall use its best efforts to furnish
    quotations of rates to the Administrative Agent as contemplated hereby. 
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    supply such rates to the Administrative Agent upon its request, the rate
    of interest shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.13, be
    determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference
    Lender.

          2.13  Inability to Determine Interest Rate.  In the event that prior
    to the first day of any Interest Period:

                (a)  the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which
          determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company)
          that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market,
          adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the
          Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or

                (b)  the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from
          the Required Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be
          determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly
          reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such
          Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Eurodollar
          Revolving Credit Loans during such Interest Period,

    the Administrative Agent shall give telex, telecopy or telephonic notice
    thereof to the Company and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. 
    If such notice is given (x) any Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans
    requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be
    made as ABR Loans, (y) any Loans that were to have been converted on the
    first day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans
    shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar
    Revolving Credit Loans shall be converted, on the first day of such
    Interest Period, to ABR Loans.  Until such notice has been withdrawn by
    the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans
    shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Company have the right
    to convert Loans to Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans.

          2.14  Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.  (a)  Except as otherwise
    expressly provided herein, each borrowing by the Company from the Lenders
    hereunder, each payment by the Company on account of any commitment fee
    hereunder and any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the
    Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the respective Commitment
    Percentages of the Lenders.  Except as otherwise expressly provided
    herein, each payment (including each prepayment) by the Company on account
    of principal of and interest on the Revolving Credit Loans shall be made
    pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the
    Revolving Credit Loans then held by the Lenders.  All payments (including
    prepayments) to be made by the Company hereunder, whether on account of
    principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or
    counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:30 P.M., New York City time, on
    the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
    Lenders, at the Administrative Agent's office specified in Section 11.2,
    in Dollars and in immediately available funds.  The Administrative Agent
    shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in
    like funds as received.  If any payment hereunder (other than payments on
    the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a
    Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
    Business Day, and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon
    shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.  If
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    than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next
    succeeding Business Day (in which case interest thereon shall be payable
    at the then applicable rate during such extension) unless the result of
    such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar
    month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately
    preceding Business Day.  

          (b)  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in
    writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing Date that such Lender will not
    make the amount that would constitute its share of the borrowing on such
    date available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may
    assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the
    Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date, and the Administrative Agent
    may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company a
    corresponding amount.  If such amount is made available to the
    Administrative Agent on a date after such Borrowing Date, such Lender
    shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand an amount equal to the
    product of (i) the daily average federal funds rate during such period as
    quoted by the Administrative Agent, times (ii) the amount of such Lender's
    share of such borrowing, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is
    the number of days that elapse from and including such Borrowing Date to
    the date on which such Lender's share of such borrowing shall have become
    immediately available to the Administrative Agent and the denominator of
    which is 360.  A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any
    Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.14 shall be
    conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  If such Lender's share of
    such borrowing is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent
    by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the
    Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount with
    interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder,
    on demand, from the Company.

          2.15  Requirements of Law.  2.  In the event that any change after
    the Effective Date in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or
    application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or
    directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank
    or other Governmental Authority:

                (i)  shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind
          whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any
          Application or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis
          of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except
          for taxes covered by Section 2.16 and changes in the rate of tax on
          the net income or earnings of such Lender (including, without
          limitation, changes in the U.S. branch profits tax));

                (ii)  shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve,
          special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against
          assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account
          of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other
          acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which is not
          otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate
          hereunder; or

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    and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such
    Lender, by an amount which such Lender deems to be material, of making,
    converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or
    participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable
    hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Company shall
    promptly pay such Lender, within 15 days after its demand, any additional
    amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or
    reduced amount receivable.  If any Lender has demanded compensation under
    this Section 2.15(a) with respect to any Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan,
    the Company shall have the option to convert immediately such Eurodollar
    Revolving Credit Loan into an ABR Loan until the circumstances giving rise
    to such demand for compensation no longer apply; provided, that (i) no
    such conversion shall affect the Company's obligation to pay compensation
    as provided herein which is due with respect to the period prior to such
    conversion and (ii) on the date of such conversion the Company shall pay
    to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the relevant Lender accrued
    interest on such Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan to the date of
    conversion, together with any amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.17.

          (b)  In the event that any Lender shall have determined that any
    change after the Effective Date in any Requirement of Law regarding
    capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or
    compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with
    any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having
    the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the
    Effective Date does or shall have the effect of reducing the rate of
    return on such Lender's or such corporation's capital as a consequence of
    its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit
    to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have
    achieved but for such change or compliance (taking into consideration such
    Lender's or such corporation's policies with respect to capital adequacy)
    by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time,
    after submission by such Lender to the Company (with a copy to the
    Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Company shall pay
    to such Lender or such corporation, within 15 days after its demand, such
    additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
    reduction.

          (c)  Prior to making any demand for payment pursuant to this Section
    2.15 with respect to Eurodollar Loans, any Lender making a demand for
    payment shall designate a different lending office with respect to
    Eurodollar Loans if such designation will avoid the need for making such
    demand and will not, in the sole judgment of such Lender, be illegal or
    otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

          (d)  A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to
    this Section 2.15 submitted by any Lender, through the Administrative
    Agent, to the Company shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
    error.  The covenants contained in this Section 2.15 shall survive the
    termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other
    amounts payable hereunder.

          2.16  Taxes.  (a)  All payments made by the Company under this
    Agreement to the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be made free and
    clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any
    present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
    charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed,<PAGE>


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    levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority,
    excluding taxes imposed on or with respect to or measured by the net
    income of the Administrative Agent or any Lender and franchise taxes
    imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, if
    the Administrative Agent or such Lender is subject to such net income or
    franchise tax by reason of a present or former connection between the
    jurisdiction of the government or taxing authority imposing such tax and
    the Administrative Agent or such Lender (excluding a connection arising
    solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed,
    delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or
    enforced, this Agreement) or any political subdivision or taxing authority
    thereof or therein (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
    charges, fees, deductions and withholdings being hereinafter called
    "Taxes").  If any Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts
    payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts
    so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased
    to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such
    Lender after making all required deductions (including deductions
    applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16) interest or
    any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts
    specified in this Agreement.  Whenever any Taxes are payable by the
    Company, as promptly as practicable thereafter the Company shall send to
    the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such
    Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official
    receipt received by the Company showing payment thereof if such a receipt
    is issued by the relevant taxing authority and, if not, other
    documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or such
    Lender, as the case may be, evidencing such payment.  If the Company fails
    to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to
    remit to the Administrative Agent such required receipts or other
    documentary evidence, the Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent
    and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may
    become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of
    any such failure.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the
    termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other
    amounts payable hereunder.

          (b)  Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a citizen or resident
    of the United States of America, a corporation, partnership or other
    entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States of
    America (or any state thereof or the District of Columbia), or any estate
    or trust that is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of the
    source of its income (a "Non-U.S. Lender") shall deliver to the Company
    and the Administrative Agent (i) two copies of either U.S. Internal
    Revenue Service Form 1001 or Form 4224, or, in the case of a Non-U.S.
    Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section
    871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of "portfolio
    interest", a Form W-8, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors
    thereto (and, if such Non-U.S. Lender delivers a Form W-8 pursuant to this
    clause (i) in lieu of a Form 1001 or Form 4224, an annual certificate
    representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a "bank" for purposes of
    Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the
    meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Company and is not a
    controlled foreign corporation related to the Company (within the meaning
    of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), properly completed and duly executed
    by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from U.S. federal
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    the other Loan Documents, (ii) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9
    or successor applicable forms and (iii) any other documentation as may be
    required under applicable U.S. tax law and regulations to evidence
    complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by
    the Company under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  Such forms
    and other documentation shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or
    before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of
    any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the
    related participation).  Each such Lender shall certify, in the case of a
    Form W-8 or W-9, that it is entitled to an exemption from United States
    backup withholding tax.  In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver
    such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form or
    other documentation previously delivered by it, and shall deliver such
    additional forms and documentation as may subsequently be required under
    applicable U.S. tax law and regulations to evidence complete exemption
    from U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Company under
    this Agreement and the other Loan Documents unless in any such case any
    Tax Law Change (as defined below) has occurred prior to the date on which
    any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms
    and other documentation previously delivered by it inapplicable or which
    would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such
    form or other documentation previously delivered by it with respect to it
    and such Lender so advises the Company and the Administrative Agent. 
    Unless the Administrative Agent or the relevant Lender shall have
    delivered to the Company the forms and other documentation referred to
    above, the Company or the Administrative Agent shall withhold taxes from
    payments to such Lender hereunder at the applicable statutory rate and the
    Company shall not be required to pay any additional amounts to such Lender
    pursuant to Section 2.16(a); provided that this sentence shall not apply,
    and the Company shall be required to pay additional amounts to such Lender
    pursuant to Section 2.16(a), if the Administrative Agent or such Lender is
    unable to deliver such forms and other documentation as a result of a Tax
    Law Change.  For purposes of this Section 2.16(b), "Tax Law Change" means,
    with respect to any Lender, a change in or amendment to the Code or any
    tax treaty to which the United States is a party that occurs after the
    date such Lender became a Lender hereunder the effect of which is to cause
    any payment to such Lender to be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax. 
    Where, because of a Tax Law Change, the Administrative Agent or any Lender
    is no longer entitled to a complete exemption from U.S. federal
    withholding tax on payments by the Company to it but is entitled to a
    reduced rate of taxation with respect to such payments, the Administrative
    Agent or such Lender shall deliver to the Company such documentation
    (including, without limitation, a Form 1001, if applicable) as may be
    required under applicable U.S. tax law and regulations to evidence such
    reduced rate of taxation, and, if the Administrative Agent or such Lender
    fails to do so, the Company shall not be required to pay additional
    amounts to the Administrative Agent or such Lender pursuant to this
    Section 2.16(b) in an amount in excess of the additional amounts it would
    have been required to so pay if the Administrative Agent or such Lender
    had provided such documentation.

          (c)  If any Lender (or Transferee) shall have determined that it is
    entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of
    Taxes with respect to which the Company has paid additional amounts
    pursuant to Section 2.16(a), it shall promptly notify the Company of the
    availability of such refund claim and shall, within 30 days after receipt
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    for such refund at the Company's expense.  If any Lender (or Transferee)
    receives a refund (including pursuant to a claim for refund made pursuant
    to the preceding sentence) in respect of any Taxes with respect to which
    the Company has paid additional amounts pursuant to Section 2.16(a), it
    shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to
    the Company (but only to the extent of additional amounts paid by the
    Company under Section 2.16(a) with respect to the Taxes giving rise to
    such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender (or
    Transferee) and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant
    Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, however,
    that the Company, upon the request of the Lender (or Transferee), agrees
    to repay the amount paid over to the Company (plus penalties, interest or
    other charges) to the Lender (or Transferee) in the event the Lender (or
    Transferee) is required to repay such refund to such Governmental
    Authority.

          (d)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.16,
    if the Internal Revenue Service determines that a Lender (or Transferee)
    is a conduit entity knowingly participating in a conduit financing
    arrangement as defined in Section 7701(1) of the Code and the regulations
    thereunder and unless the Company expressly consented to such arrangement
    with full knowledge of the relevant facts of such arrangement at the time
    it was entered into (a "Conduit Financing Arrangement"), then the Company
    shall have no obligation to pay additional amounts to the Lender (or
    Transferee) for any Taxes with respect to any payments hereunder to the
    extent the amount of such Taxes exceeds the amount that would have
    otherwise been withheld or deducted had the Internal Revenue Service not
    made such a determination.  Each Lender (or Transferee) represents and
    agrees that, at all times during the term of this Agreement, it is not and
    will not be a conduit entity participating in a conduit financing
    arrangement (as defined in Section 7701(1) of the Code and the regulations
    thereunder) with respect to any borrowings hereunder.  The agreement in
    this Section 2.16(d) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
    the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

          2.17  Indemnity.  The Company agrees to indemnify each Lender and to
    hold each Lender harmless from any loss or expense (including, but not
    limited to, any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable
    by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to maintain its
    Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans or Competitive Loans, but excluding loss
    of the Applicable Margin or any positive Margin applicable to Eurodollar
    Loans), which such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a)
    default by the Company in payment when due of the principal amount of or
    interest on any Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan or Competitive Loan, (b)
    default by the Company in making a borrowing of, conversion into or
    continuation of Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans or Competitive Loans
    after the Company has given a notice requesting (or, in the case of
    Competitive Loans, accepting) the same in accordance with the provisions
    of this Agreement, (c) default by the Company in making any prepayment
    after the Company has given a notice thereof in accordance with the
    provisions of this Agreement or (d) the making of a prepayment or
    conversion of Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans or a Competitive Loans on
    a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period or the Competitive
    Loan Period, as the case may be, with respect thereto, including, without
    limitation, in each case, any such loss or expense arising from the
    reemployment of funds obtained by it or from fees payable to terminate the
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    payable to a Lender under this Section 2.17 with respect to Eurodollar
    Loans shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded its relevant
    Eurodollar Loan through the purchase of a deposit bearing interest at the
    Eurodollar Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such Eurodollar Loan
    and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period or
    Competitive Loan Period; provided, however, that each Lender may fund each
    of its Eurodollar Loans in any manner it sees fit, and the foregoing
    assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation of amounts payable
    under this Section 2.17.  The Company shall endeavor to arrange the
    borrowings and repayments pursuant to this Agreement so as to minimize any
    amounts which would become payable pursuant to this Section 2.17.  A
    certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.17
    submitted by any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, shall be
    conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  The agreements in this
    Section 2.17 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
    payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

          2.18  Replacement Lenders.  In the event that the Company becomes
    obligated to pay additional amounts to any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15
    or 2.16 (other than solely with respect to Competitive Loans), then,
    unless such Lender has theretofore removed or cured the conditions which
    resulted in the obligation to pay such additional amounts, the Company
    may, on ten Business Days' prior written notice to the Administrative
    Agent and such Lender, cause such Lender to (and such Lender shall) assign
    pursuant to Section 11.6 all of its rights and obligations under this
    Agreement to another Person which is willing to become a Lender and is
    acceptable (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld) to the
    Administrative Agent, for a purchase price equal to the outstanding
    principal amount of the Loans payable to such Lender plus any accrued but
    unpaid interest on such Loans, any accrued but unpaid commitment fees in
    respect of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment and any other amounts
    payable to such Lender under this Agreement, provided that any expenses or
    other amounts owing to such Lender pursuant to any indemnification
    provision hereof (including, if applicable, Section 2.17) shall be for the
    account of the Company.

                SECTION 3.  LETTERS OF CREDIT

          3.1   L/C Commitment.  (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions
    hereof (including, without limitation, the applicable conditions specified
    in Section 5), the Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the
    other Lenders set forth in Section 3.4, agrees to issue letters of credit
    ("Letters of Credit") for the account of the Company on any Business Day
    during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in such form as may be
    approved from time to time by the Issuing Lender; provided that the
    Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if,
    after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed
    the L/C Commitment or (ii) the aggregate amount of L/C Obligations and
    Non-Facility L/C Obligations would exceed $25,000,000.  Each Letter of
    Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars and shall be either (x) a
    standby letter of credit issued (1) for the benefit of insurance companies
    to guarantee insurance claims and premiums, (2) to provide bid and
    performance guarantees or (3) to guarantee contested appeals (a "Standby
    Letter of Credit"), or (y) a documentary sight letter of credit (a "Sight
    Letter of Credit") or documentary time letter of credit (a "Usance Letter
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    and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (ii) expire no
    later than the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

          (b)  Each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs
    and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of
    New York.

          (c)  The Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue
    any Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or
    cause the Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits
    imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law.

          (d)  The terms of the Letters of Credit and the Company's
    relationship with the Issuing Lender under this Agreement may be set forth
    in a separate agreement among the Company, the Issuing Lender and the
    Administrative Agent, provided that the provisions of such agreement are
    not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

          3.2   Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit.  The Company may
    from time to time request that the Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit
    by delivering to the Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified
    herein an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of the
    Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers
    and information as the Issuing Lender may request.  Upon receipt of any
    Application, the Issuing Lender will process such Application and the
    certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it
    in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and
    shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no
    event shall the Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit
    unless it has received the Application therefor and all such other
    certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto
    by 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately
    preceding the day on which such Letter of Credit is to be issued) by
    issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof
    or as otherwise may be agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Company.  The
    Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the
    Administrative Agent and the Company promptly following the issuance
    thereof.

          3.3   Fees and Other Charges.  (a)  The Company shall pay to the
    Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender and the L/C
    Participants, a participation fee with respect to the Commercial Letters
    of Credit (other than Usance Letters of Credit in respect of which a
    banker's acceptance has been issued or a deferred payment has been
    created) at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin from time to
    time in effect with respect to Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans minus
    0.25% on the average daily aggregate amount available to be drawn under
    such Commercial Letters of Credit during the period for which payment is
    made.  Such participation fee shall be payable to the Lenders to be shared
    ratably among them in accordance with their respective Commitment
    Percentages.  Such participation fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears
    on each L/C Fee Payment Date and shall be nonrefundable.

          (b)  The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the
    account of the Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants, a participation
    fee with respect to the Standby Letters of Credit and the Usance Letters
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    deferred payment has been created, at a per annum rate equal to the
    Applicable Margin from time to time in effect with respect to Eurodollar
    Revolving Credit Loans on the average daily aggregate amount available to
    be drawn under such Letters of Credit during the period for which payment
    is made.  Such participation fee shall be payable to the Lenders to be
    shared ratably among them in accordance with their respective Commitment
    Percentages.  Such participation fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears
    on each L/C Fee Payment Date and shall be nonrefundable.
     
          (c)  In addition to the foregoing fees, (i) the Company shall pay to
    the Issuing Lender, for its own account, a fronting fee in respect of each
    Letter of Credit equal to a per annum rate agreed upon between the Company
    and the Issuing Lender on the average daily aggregate amount available to
    be drawn under such Letter of Credit during the period for which payment
    is made; such fronting fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each
    L/C Fee Payment Date and shall be nonrefundable; and (ii) the Company
    shall pay or reimburse the Issuing Lender for such normal and customary
    costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender in
    issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any
    Letter of Credit.

          (d)  The Administrative Agent shall, promptly following its receipt
    thereof, distribute to the Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants all
    fees received by the Administrative Agent for their respective accounts
    pursuant to this Section.

          3.4   L/C Participations.  The Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to
    grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce the
    Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant
    irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases
    from the Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated,
    for such L/C Participant's own account and risk an undivided interest
    equal to such L/C Participant's Commitment Percentage of the Issuing
    Lender's obligations and rights under or in respect of each Letter of
    Credit issued hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing
    Lender thereunder.

          3.5   Drawing and Reimbursement.  (a)  The payment by the Issuing
    Lender of a draft drawn under any Letter of Credit shall constitute for
    all purposes of this Agreement the making by the Issuing Lender on the
    date of such payment of a Revolving Credit Loan ("Issuing Lender Loans"),
    which shall be an ABR Loan, in the amount of such draft (but without any
    requirement for compliance with the provisions of Sections 2.1 and 2.2 or
    the conditions set forth in Section 5).  It is understood that,
    notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.5, interest on
    any unreimbursed Issuing Lender Loan shall be payable by the Company from
    the date on which such Loan is deemed to be made, at the interest rate
    then applicable to ABR Loans.  In the event that a drawing under any
    Letter of Credit is not reimbursed by the Company by 12:00 Noon, New York
    City time, on the first Business Day after such drawing, the Issuing
    Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and, upon receipt of
    such notice, the Administrative Agent will in turn notify each L/C
    Participant.  Each L/C Participant shall, on the first Business Day
    following such notification, make a Revolving Credit Loan, which shall be
    an ABR Loan, in an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage of such
    drawing for application to reimburse the Issuing Lender (but without any
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    the conditions set forth in Section 5) and shall make available to the
    Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender, by deposit to
    the Administrative Agent's account, in same day funds, the amount of such
    Loan.  If and to the extent that any Lender shall not have so made the
    amount of such Loan available to the Administrative Agent, such L/C
    Participant and the Company severally agree to pay to the Administrative
    Agent forthwith on demand such amount together with interest thereon, for
    each day from the date of demand by the Issuing Lender until the date such
    amount is paid to the Administrative Agent (such obligation on the part of
    the Company, together with any comparable obligation with respect to
    participating interests pursuant to Section 3.5(b), being referred to
    herein as a "Reimbursement Obligation"), at (a) in the case of the
    Company, the interest rate then applicable to ABR Loans and (b) in the
    case of such L/C Participant, the daily average federal funds rate during
    the relevant period as quoted by the Administrative Agent, calculated on
    the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during such period over a
    year of 360 days.  If such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative
    Agent such amount, such amount so paid shall constitute such L/C
    Participant's Revolving Credit Loan for purposes of this Agreement.

          (b)  If, for any reason (including as a result of the occurrence of
    an Event of Default with respect to the Company pursuant to Section 8(f)),
    ABR Loans may not be made pursuant to Section 3.5(a) by the L/C
    Participants to repay Issuing Lender Loans, then, effective on the date
    such ABR Loans would otherwise have been made, each L/C Participant
    severally agrees that it shall unconditionally and irrevocably, without
    regard to the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, to the extent
    of such L/C Participant's Commitment Percentage, purchase a participating
    interest in such Issuing Lender Loans.  Each L/C Participant will
    immediately transfer to the Administrative Agent, in same day funds, the
    amount of its participation, and the proceeds of such participation shall
    be distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Lender.  Each
    L/C Participant shall share on a pro rata basis (calculated by reference
    to its participating interest in such Issuing Lender Loans) in any
    interest which accrues thereon and in all repayments thereof.  If and to
    the extent that any Lender shall not have so made the amount of such
    participating interest available to the Administrative Agent, such L/C
    Participant and the Company severally agree to pay to the Administrative
    Agent forthwith on demand such amount together with interest thereon, for
    each day from the date of demand by the Issuing Lender until the date such
    amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at (a) in the case of the
    Company, the interest rate then applicable to ABR Loans and (b) in the
    case of such L/C Participant, the daily average federal funds rate during
    the relevant period as quoted by the Administrative Agent, calculated on
    the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during such period over a
    year of 360 days.  If such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative
    Agent such amount, such amount so paid shall constitute such L/C
    Participant's participating interest in the relevant Issuing Lender Loans
    for purposes of this Agreement.

          3.6   Obligations Absolute.  The Company's obligations under this
    Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all
    circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to
    payment which the Company may have or have had against the Issuing Lender,
    any L/C Participant or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit.  The Company
    also agrees with the Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants that the
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    the Company's obligations under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by,
    among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any
    endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be
    invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Company
    and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which
    such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the
    Company against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such
    transferee.  The Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants shall not be
    liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission,
    dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in
    connection with any Letter of Credit, except, in the case of the Issuing
    Lender, for errors or omissions caused by the Issuing Lender's gross
    negligence or willful misconduct.  The Company agrees that any action
    taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender under or in connection with any
    Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the
    absence of gross negligence of willful misconduct and in accordance with
    the standards of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the
    State of New York, shall be binding on the Company and shall not result in
    any liability of the Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to the Company.

          3.7   Letter of Credit Payments.  If any draft shall be presented
    for payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall promptly
    notify the Company of the date and amount thereof.  The responsibility of
    the Issuing Lender to the Company in connection with any draft presented
    for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment
    obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to
    determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such
    Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are in conformity
    with such Letter of Credit.

          3.8   Application.  To the extent that any provision of any
    Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the
    provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall
    apply.

          3.9   Notices and Reports.  The Issuing Lender shall furnish (a) to
    the Administrative Agent notice of any failure to issue, any extension or
    expiration of, or any drawing under any Letter of Credit prior to 11:00
    A.M. (New York City time) on the day of such extension, expiration or
    drawing or, in the case of a failure to issue, on the day on which the
    Issuing Lender determines not to issue a Letter of Credit and (b) to the
    Administrative Agent on the last Business Day (or such other day as is
    agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender) of each
    month a written report setting forth the average daily aggregate maximum
    amount available to be drawn (assuming compliance with all conditions to
    drawing) during such month under all Letters of Credit and summarizing
    issuance and expiration dates of Letters of Credit issued during such
    month and drawings during such month under all Letters of Credit.  Upon
    receipt of any report referred to in clause (b) above, the Administrative
    Agent shall deliver a copy thereof to each L/C Participant, together with
    a calculation of each L/C Participant's participation in each Letter of
    Credit referred to in such report.

                SECTION 4.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          To induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make or
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    Holdings and the Company hereby jointly and severally represent and
    warrant to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

          4.1   Financial Condition.  (a)  The unaudited pro forma
    consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries
    as at September 30, 1996 (including the notes thereto) (the "Pro Forma
    Balance Sheet"), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each
    Lender, has been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on
    such date) to (i) the borrowings under this Agreement contemplated to be
    made, and other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
    contemplated to be incurred, on the Effective Date, (ii) the repayment or
    defeasance of any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Company or its
    Subsidiaries contemplated to occur on the Effective Date, (iii) the
    consummation of the Triangle Acquisition and (iv) the payment of fees and
    expenses in connection with the foregoing.  The Pro Forma Balance Sheet is
    based on the best information available to Holdings and the Company as of
    the date of delivery thereof, and presents fairly on a pro forma basis the
    estimated financial position of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries
    as at September 30, 1996, assuming that the events specified in the
    preceding sentence had actually occurred at September 30, 1996.

          (b)  The consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its
    consolidated Subsidiaries and of the Company and its consolidated
    Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995 and the related
    consolidated statements of income and stockholders' equity and cash flows
    for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by Ernst & Young,
    copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, present
    fairly the consolidated financial condition of Holdings and its
    consolidated Subsidiaries or the Company and its consolidated
    Subsidiaries, as the case may be, as at such dates, and the consolidated
    results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal years then
    ended.  The unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its
    consolidated Subsidiaries and of the Company and its consolidated
    Subsidiaries as at June 30, 1996, and the related unaudited consolidated
    statements of income and stockholder's equity and cash flows for the six-
    month period ended on such date, certified by a Responsible Officer,
    copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, present
    fairly the consolidated financial condition of Holdings and its
    consolidated Subsidiaries or the Company and its consolidated
    Subsidiaries, as the case may be, as at such date, and the consolidated
    results of their operations and cash flows for the six-month period then
    ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).  All such financial
    statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been
    prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the
    periods involved (except as approved by such accountants or such
    Responsible Officer, as the case may be, and as disclosed therein). 
    Neither Holdings, the Company, nor any of their respective consolidated
    Subsidiaries had, at the date of the most recent balance sheet referred to
    above, any material Guarantee Obligation, contingent liability or
    liability for taxes, or any long-term lease or unusual forward or
    long-term commitment, including, without limitation, any interest rate or
    foreign currency swap or exchange transaction, which is not reflected in
    the foregoing statements or in the notes thereto other than such
    obligations which are not required to be disclosed under GAAP (which
    obligations are described on Schedule 4.1(b)).  During the period from
    December 31, 1995 to and including the Effective Date there has been no
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    their respective consolidated Subsidiaries of any material part of its
    business or property and no purchase or other acquisition of any business
    or property (including any Capital Stock of any other Person) material in
    relation to the consolidated financial condition of Holdings and its
    consolidated Subsidiaries or the Company and its consolidated
    Subsidiaries, as the case may be, at December 31, 1995 (except in
    connection with the Triangle Acquisition).

          (c)  The projections dated September 12, 1996 furnished to the
    Lenders were prepared based on good faith assumptions and the best
    information available to Holdings and the Company on the date thereof, and
    all assumptions and estimates set forth therein, on such date, were
    believed by management of Holdings and the Company to be reasonable in
    light of then current conditions and reflected Holdings' and the Company's
    reasonable estimate of the results of operations and other information
    projected therein, it being recognized by the Lenders that such
    projections as they relate to future events are not to be viewed as fact
    and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such
    projections may differ from the projected results set forth therein.

          4.2   No Change.  Since December 31, 1995 (a) there has been no
    development or event, which has had or could reasonably be expected to
    have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) except as disclosed in the
    Confidential Information Memorandum, no dividends or other distributions
    have been declared, paid or made upon the Capital Stock of Holdings or the
    Company nor has any of the Capital Stock of the Company been redeemed,
    retired, purchased or otherwise acquired for value by Holdings, the
    Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as expressly permitted by
    Section 7.8.

          4.3   Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law.  Each of Holdings,
    the Company and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing
    and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
    organization, (b) has the corporate power and authority, and the legal
    right, to own, pledge, mortgage and operate its property, to lease the
    property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is
    currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in
    good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership,
    lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires
    such qualification except where the failure to be so qualified and/or in
    good standing, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have
    a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements
    of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could
    not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
    Effect.

          4.4   Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.  (a) 
    Each Loan Party has the corporate power and authority, and the legal
    right, to make, deliver and perform each Loan Document to which it is a
    party and, in the case of the Company, to borrow hereunder and to request
    the issuance of Letters of Credit for its account, and has taken all
    necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
    performance of each such Loan Document and, in the case of the Company, to
    authorize the borrowings and the issuance of Letters of Credit for its
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          (b)  No consent or authorization of, filing with or other act by or
    in respect of any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required
    in connection with the borrowings hereunder or the issuance of Letters of
    Credit or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
    enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than
    filings necessary to perfect the Administrative Agent's security interest
    in the Collateral for the benefit of the Lenders (which consents,
    authorizations and filings have been obtained or made and are in full
    force and effect).

          (c)  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been duly
    executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto.  This
    Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute a legal, valid and
    binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against
    each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as
    enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
    reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
    creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
    enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

          4.5   No Legal Bar.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.5, the
    execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan
    Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and
    the use of the proceeds thereof, will not violate any Requirement of Law
    or material Contractual Obligation of Holdings, the Company or of any of
    its Subsidiaries and will not result in, or require, the creation or
    imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues
    pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation (other
    than the Liens created by the Security Documents).

          The consummation of the Triangle Acquisition will not violate any
    material Requirement of Law. 

          4.6   No Material Litigation.  No litigation, investigation or
    proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is
    pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Company, threatened by or
    against Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of
    their respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to this Agreement
    or any other Loan Document, the Loans or the use of the proceeds thereof,
    any Letter of Credit, or any Lien contemplated by the Loan Documents or
    (b) which has a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and, if
    adversely determined, (i) would affect the legality, validity or
    enforceability of any Loan Document or (ii) would have a Material Adverse
    Effect.

          4.7   No Default.  Neither Holdings, the Company nor any of its
    Subsidiaries is in default or has received any notice of default under or
    with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect which
    could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No
    Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

          4.8   Ownership of Property; Liens.  Set forth on Schedule 4.8 is a
    complete and accurate list of all real property owned by any Loan Party or
    any of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, showing as of the
    Effective Date the street address, county or other jurisdiction and state
    thereof.  Also set forth on Schedule 4.8 is a complete and accurate list
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    Subsidiaries is the lessee, showing as of the Effective Date the street
    address, county or other relevant jurisdiction, state, lessor, lessee and
    expiration date.  Each such lease is the legal, valid and binding
    obligation of the lessor thereof, enforceable in accordance with its
    terms, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
    Adverse Effect.  Each of Holdings, the Company and each of its
    Subsidiaries has good record and marketable (subject to Liens expressly
    permitted by Section 7.3) title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold
    interest in, all its real property, and good title to all its other
    property, and none of such property is subject to any Lien except as
    expressly permitted by Section 7.3.

          4.9   Intellectual Property.  Set forth on Schedule 4.9 is a
    complete and accurate list of all patents, trademarks, trade names,
    service marks and copyrights, and all applications therefor and licenses
    thereof, of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective
    Date, showing as of the Effective Date the jurisdiction in which
    registered, the registration number, the date of registration and the
    expiration date.  Each of Holdings, the Company and each of its
    Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, trade names,
    service marks, copyrights, technology, know-how and processes necessary
    for the conduct of its business as currently conducted (the "Intellectual
    Property") except for those the failure to own or license which could not
    reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No claim has
    been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the
    use of any such Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of
    any such Intellectual Property, nor does Holdings or the Company know of
    any valid basis for any such claim, the use of such Intellectual Property
    by Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the
    rights of any Person, and, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Company,
    no Intellectual Property has been infringed, misappropriated or diluted by
    any other Person, except for such claims, infringements, misappropriations
    and dilutions that, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
    have a Material Adverse Effect.

          4.10  No Burdensome Restrictions.  No Requirement of Law or
    Contractual Obligation applicable to Holdings, the Company or any of its
    Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
    Effect.

          4.11  Taxes.  Each of Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries has
    filed or caused to be filed all tax returns which are required to be filed
    and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on
    any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other
    taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any
    Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or validity of which are
    currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
    with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided
    on the books of Holdings, the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may
    be, and the non-payment of which does not have a reasonable likelihood of
    having a Material Adverse Effect); no tax Lien has been filed with respect
    to any material tax liability on the part of Holdings, the Company or any
    of its Subsidiaries; and, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Company, no
    proposed material tax assessment is pending against Holdings, the Company
    or any of its Subsidiaries and all potential tax liabilities are
    adequately provided for on the books of Holdings, the Company or its
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          4.12  Federal Regulations.  No part of the proceeds of any Loans or
    Letters of Credit will be used for "purchasing" or "carrying" any "margin
    stock" within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under
    Regulation G, T, U or X of the Board as now and from time to time
    hereafter in effect or for any purpose which violates the provisions of
    the Regulations of the Board.  If requested by any Lender or the
    Administrative Agent, the Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent
    and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the
    requirements of the appropriate FR Form referred to in said Regulation G,
    T, U or X.

          4.13  Labor Matters.  There are no strikes or other labor disputes
    against Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to
    the knowledge of Holdings or the Company, threatened that (individually or
    in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
    Effect.  Hours worked by and payment made to employees of Holdings, the
    Company and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor
    Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such
    matters that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be
    expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  All payments due from
    Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on account of employee
    health and welfare insurance that (individually or in the aggregate) could
    reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if not paid have
    been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings, the Company
    or such Subsidiary.

          4.14  ERISA.  No Reportable Event has occurred since March 1, 1990
    with respect to any Plan which, if then terminated, has had or could
    reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and each Plan
    has complied in all respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and
    the Code except where such failure to comply could not reasonably be
    expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The actuarial present value
    of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan maintained by the
    Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity (based on those assumptions used
    to fund the Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to
    the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the
    value of the assets of such Plan.  Neither the Company nor any Commonly
    Controlled Entity has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
    complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan, and neither
    the Company nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any
    liability under ERISA if the Company or any such Commonly Controlled
    Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the
    valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this
    representation is made or deemed made where such withdrawal or liability
    could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No such
    Multiemployer Plan is in a Reorganization or an Insolvency where the
    effect of such Reorganization or Insolvency could reasonably be expected
    to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          4.15  Investment Company Act; Other Regulations.  No Loan Party is
    an "investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment
    company" (other than one which is exempt from the provisions of the
    Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), within the meaning of the
    Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  No Loan Party is subject to
    regulation under any federal or state statute or regulation which limits
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          4.16  Subsidiaries.  The Subsidiaries of Holdings listed on Schedule
    4.16 constitute all the Subsidiaries of Holdings on the Effective Date.

          4.17  Purpose of Loans.  The proceeds of the Loans will be used for
    the purposes identified in the second Preliminary Statement.

          4.18  Environmental Matters.  (a)  The Mortgaged Properties do not
    contain any Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which (i)
    constitute or constituted a violation of, or (ii) could reasonably be
    expected to give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws, except to
    the extent that such violations and liabilities, in the aggregate, could
    not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     
          (b) (i)  The Mortgaged Properties and all operations at the
    Mortgaged Properties are in compliance in all respects and in the last
    three years have been in compliance in all respects with all Environmental
    Laws, and (ii) there is no contamination at or under the Mortgaged
    Properties, or violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the
    Mortgaged Properties or the business of Holdings, the Company or any of
    its Subsidiaries, except to the extent that any instance of non-compliance
    referred to in clause (i) above or any instance of contamination or
    violation referred to in clause (ii) above, in the aggregate, could not
    reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (c)  Neither Holdings, the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
    received any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance,
    liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or
    compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to the Mortgaged Properties
    or the business of Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
    with regard to any Person or entity whose liabilities for environmental
    matters Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has retained or
    assumed, in whole or in part, contractually, by operation of law or
    otherwise, which, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
    Material Adverse Effect, nor does Holdings or the Company have knowledge
    or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being
    threatened.

          (d)  Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of
    from the Mortgaged Properties, nor have Hazardous Materials been
    generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the
    Mortgaged Properties in violation of any Environmental Law or in a manner
    that could reasonably give rise to liability under any Environmental Law,
    nor do Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries reasonably believe
    that they have retained or assumed any liability, contractually, by
    operation of law or otherwise, with respect to the generation, treatment,
    storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials, except to the extent that the
    foregoing, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
    Material Adverse Effect.

          (e) (i)  No material judicial proceedings or governmental or
    administrative action is pending, or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the
    Company, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which Holdings, the
    Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or will be named a party with
    respect to (x) the Mortgaged Properties, (y) the business of Holdings, the
    Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (z) any liabilities pursuant to
    Environmental Laws reasonably believed by Holdings, the Company or any of
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    of its Subsidiaries, contractually, by operation of law or otherwise, and
    (ii) there are no material consent decrees or other decrees, consent
    orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or
    judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect
    to (x) the Mortgaged Properties, (y) the business of Holdings, the Company
    or any of its Subsidiaries or (z) any liabilities pursuant to
    Environmental Laws reasonably believed by Holdings, the Company or any of
    its Subsidiaries to be retained or assumed by Holdings, the Company or any
    of its Subsidiaries, contractually, by operation of law or otherwise.

          (f)  There has been no Release or threat of Release of Hazardous
    Materials at or from the Mortgaged Properties, or arising from or in
    connection with the Mortgaged Properties or otherwise in connection with
    the business of Holdings, the Company or its Subsidiaries in violation of
    any Environmental Law in a manner that, in the aggregate, could reasonably
    be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (g)  Each of the representations and warranties set forth in
    paragraphs (a) through (f) above is true and correct with respect to each
    parcel of real property owned or operated by Holdings, the Company or any
    of its Subsidiaries (other than the Mortgaged Properties).

          4.19  Accuracy of Information.  No factual statement or information
    contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Confidential
    Information Memorandum (as the same may have been supplemented prior to
    the Effective Date) or any other document, certificate or written
    statement furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or any of
    them, by or on behalf of any Loan Party for use in connection with the
    transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
    (including, without limitation, any financial information furnished
    pursuant to Section 6.1), other than trade data contained in the
    Confidential Information Memorandum which relates to any Person which is
    not a Loan Party or an Affiliate thereof, contained as of the date such
    statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished (or, in
    the case of the Confidential Information Memorandum, as of the Effective
    Date) any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
    material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein
    or therein not misleading. The projections and pro forma financial
    information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon
    good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Company
    to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that
    such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be
    viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods
    covered by such financial information may differ from the projected
    results set forth therein. There is no fact known to any Loan Party that
    could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has
    not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents, in the
    Confidential Information Memorandum or in such other documents,
    certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and the
    Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
    and by the other Loan Documents.

          4.20  Security Documents.  (a)  Each of the Pledge Agreements is
    effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
    of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the
    Pledged Securities described therein and proceeds thereof and, when the
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    Pledged Stock described therein are delivered to the Administrative Agent,
    each such Pledge Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected first
    priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest
    of the relevant Loan Party in such Pledged Securities and the proceeds
    thereof, in each case (except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
    insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
    enforcement of creditors' rights generally) prior and superior in right to
    any other Person.
     
          (b)  Each of the Security Agreements is effective to create in favor
    of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal,
    valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described
    therein and proceeds thereof; when financing statements in appropriate
    form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.20(b), each such
    Security Agreement constitutes a fully perfected Lien on, and security
    interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such
    Collateral and, to the extent provided therein, the proceeds thereof, in
    each case (except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
    reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
    creditors' rights generally) prior and superior in right to any other
    Person, other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section
    7.3. 

          (c)  Each of the Mortgages is effective to create in favor of the
    Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and
    enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and, to the
    extent provided therein, the proceeds thereof; when recorded in the
    offices specified on Schedule 4.20(c), each such Mortgage shall constitute
    a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and
    interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and, to the
    extent provided therein, the proceeds thereof, in each case (except as may
    be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
    moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
    generally) prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than
    with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3. 

          4.21  Solvency.  Each Loan Party is, and after giving effect to the
    incurrence or assumption of all Indebtedness and obligations being
    incurred or assumed in connection herewith will be and will continue to
    be, Solvent.

          4.22  Insurance.  Holdings, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
    maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
    insurance on all its properties in at least such amounts and against at
    least such risks (but, including in any event, public liability, product
    liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the
    same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.

          4.23  Regulation H.  No Mortgage encumbers improved real property
    which is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of
    Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards and
    in which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood
    Insurance Act of 1968, except for the real property located in Jonesboro,
    Indiana, on which the Company maintains flood insurance.  

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          5.1   Conditions to Effectiveness.  The effectiveness of this
    Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions
    precedent on or prior to the Effective Date:

                (a)  Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have received
          this Agreement, duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized
          officer of Holdings and the Company, with a counterpart for each
          Lender.

                (b)  Financial Statements.  The Administrative Agent and each
          Lender shall have received copies of (i) each of the financial
          statements referred to in Section 4.1 and (ii) audited financial
          statements of Triangle for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1994
          and December 31, 1995 and unaudited financial statements of Triangle
          for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1996.

                (c)  Existing Credit Agreement.  (i)  Any outstanding "Loans"
          (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall have been
          refunded with the proceeds of the Loans hereunder and all other
          Indebtedness and other amounts (to the extent invoiced prior to the
          Effective Date) owing by the Company or any other Loan Party under
          the Existing Credit Agreement and any instrument or document
          delivered in connection therewith shall have been paid in full and
          (ii) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, the
          Administrative Agent shall have received appropriately executed
          termination statements and releases, in proper form for filing in
          the relevant jurisdictions, in respect of the security interests
          granted pursuant to the "Loan Documents" under and as defined in the
          Existing Credit Agreement.  Without affecting any terms of the
          Existing Credit Agreement or the other "Loan Documents" under and as
          defined in the Existing Credit Agreement which expressly survive the
          termination thereof, each of the Administrative Agent and each
          Lender party to the Existing Credit Agreement hereby waives any
          requirement of advance notice of commitment termination contained in
          the Existing Credit Agreement and each of Holdings, the Company, the
          Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agrees that the Existing
          Credit Agreement and the commitments thereunder, together with the
          "Loan Documents" under and as defined in the Existing Credit
          Agreement and all Liens and other security interests created
          thereby, shall terminate simultaneously with the satisfaction of the
          conditions to effectiveness set forth in this Section 5.1.
     
                (d)  Triangle Acquisition.  The Triangle Acquisition shall
          have been consummated pursuant to a structure and terms (including
          without limitation those set forth in an asset purchase agreement
          and other related documentation (the "Triangle Acquisition
          Documents") reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
          the Triangle Acquisition Documents shall in each case not have been
          waived (except in respect of any survey requirements in connection
          with the Triangle Acquisition), amended, supplemented or otherwise
          modified in any material respect unless otherwise agreed to by the
          Required Lenders.
     
                (e)  Closing Certificates.  The Administrative Agent shall
          have received a Closing Certificate of each Loan Party,
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          and attachments (which attachments shall be in form and substance
          reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).

                (f)  Payment of Fees.  The Administrative Agent shall have
          received the fees to be received on the Effective Date referred to
          in Section 2.4(b), and the Administrative Agent shall have been
          reimbursed for all syndication, legal and other fees, costs and
          expenses of the kind described in Section 11.5 to the extent
          invoiced on or prior to the Effective Date.

                (g)  Legal Opinions.  The Administrative Agent shall have
          received, with a counterpart for each Lender, the following executed
          legal opinions:

                      (i)  the executed legal opinion of Cravath,
                Swaine & Moore, counsel to Holdings, substantially
                in the form of Exhibit G-1;

                      (ii)  the executed legal opinion of the general counsel
                of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2; and

                      (iii)  the executed legal opinion of each local counsel
                listed on Schedule 5.1(g), substantially in the form of
                Exhibit G-3.

          Each such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to
          the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
          Documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

                (h)  Subsidiary Guarantee.  The Administrative Agent shall
          have received the Subsidiary Guarantee, duly executed and delivered
          by a duly authorized officer of each Subsidiary Guarantor.

                (i)  Pledge Agreements; Pledged Stock; Intercompany Notes. 
          The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) each Pledge
          Agreement, duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer
          of the pledgor or pledgors named therein, (ii) (x) stock
          certificates representing the Pledged Stock pledged pursuant to each
          such Pledge Agreement, together with undated stock powers endorsed
          in blank for each stock certificate representing such Pledged Stock,
          (y) Intercompany Notes issued by each Loan Party to each other Loan
          Party, duly executed and delivered by the issuer thereof and
          endorsed in blank by the payee thereof and (z) any other documents
          or notifications required by such Pledge Agreement, and (iii) an
          acknowledgement and consent executed by each of the Issuers referred
          to in each such Pledge Agreement.

                (j)  Security Agreements.  The Administrative Agent shall have
          received each of the Security Agreements, duly executed and
          delivered by a duly authorized officer of the grantor or grantors
          named therein.

                (k)  Mortgages.  The Administrative Agent shall have received
          each Mortgage, duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized
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                (l)  Title Insurance Policies.  The Administrative Agent shall
          have received in respect of each parcel of Mortgaged Property
          specified by the Administrative Agent, a mortgagee's title insurance
          policy or marked up unconditional binder for such insurance dated
          the Effective Date.  Such policy shall (i) be in an amount
          satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) insure that each
          Mortgage creates a valid first mortgage lien on the Mortgaged
          Property described therein free and clear of all defects and
          encumbrances, except as otherwise specified therein and acceptable
          to the Administrative Agent and except as otherwise expressly
          permitted by Section 7.3, (iii) name the Administrative Agent, for
          the benefit of the Lenders, as the insured thereunder, (iv) be in
          the form of ALTA Loan Policy - 1990, if available, (v) contain such
          endorsements and affirmative coverage as the Administrative Agent
          may reasonably request and (vi) be issued by First American Title
          Insurance Company or such other title company as shall be
          satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent
          shall also have received evidence satisfactory to it that all
          premiums in respect of each such policy have been paid or will be
          paid with proceeds of the initial extension of credit.

                (m)  Lien Searches.  The Administrative Agent shall have
          received satisfactory results of a recent search by a Person
          acceptable to it of Uniform Commercial Code filings which may have
          been filed with respect to any Loan Party in those jurisdictions
          listed on Schedule 4.20(b), to the extent relating to assets
          acquired in connection with the Triangle Acquisition, specified by
          the Administrative Agent.  

                (n)  Filings, Registrations and Recordings.  Each document
          (including, without limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code
          financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law
          or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed,
          registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the
          Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected
          Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in
          right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens
          expressly permitted by Section 7.3), shall be in proper form for
          filing, registration or recordation in each jurisdiction in which
          the filing, registration or recordation thereof is so required or
          requested.

                (o)  Certificates.  The Administrative Agent shall have
          received (i) a Borrowing Base Certificate, dated the Effective Date
          and setting forth a calculation of the Borrowing Base as of
          September 30, 1996, showing that the Modified Aggregate Outstanding
          Extensions of Credit outstanding on the Effective Date (after giving
          effect to the making of any extensions of credit on the Effective
          Date), shall not exceed the Borrowing Base as set forth in such
          Certificate and (ii) a Senior Note Indenture Revolving Credit
          Incurrence Limit Certificate, dated the Effective Date and setting
          forth a calculation of the Senior Note Indenture Revolving Credit
          Incurrence Limit as of September 30, 1996, showing that the sum of
          (x) the aggregate L/C Obligations then outstanding and (y) the
          aggregate principal amount of Specified Basket Debt then outstanding 
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          the Effective Date), shall not exceed the Senior Note Indenture
          Revolving Credit Incurrence Limit as set forth in such Certificate.

                (p)  Insurance.  The Administrative Agent shall have received
          evidence satisfactory to it as to the adequacy of the insurance
          program of the Loan Parties and that each Loan Party has obtained
          the insurance coverage required by the Security Documents, including
          appropriate evidence showing the Administrative Agent, for the
          benefit of the Lenders, as an additional named insured or loss
          payee.

                (q)  Environmental Report.  The Administrative Agent shall
          have received (i) copies of the existing Phase I environmental
          assessments with respect to each property acquired pursuant to the
          Triangle Acquisition (the properties located in Florence, Alabama;
          Glendale, Arizona; Sikeston, Missouri; and Pawtucket, Rhode Island)
          and (ii) copies of the existing Phase II environmental audits with
          respect to the Pawtucket, Rhode Island and Sikeston, Missouri
          facilities acquired pursuant to the Triangle Acquisition.

                (r)  Bank of Montreal Credit Facility.  The Administrative
          Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the terms of
          the Bank of Montreal Credit Facility have been, or shall promptly
          after the Effective Date be, conformed to the terms of this
          Agreement.

          5.2   Conditions to Each Extension of Credit.  The agreement of each
    Lender to make any Loan or to issue any Letter of Credit requested to be
    made or issued by it on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the
    following conditions precedent:

                (a)  Representations and Warranties.  Each of the
          representations and warranties made by the Company and the other
          Loan Parties in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and
          correct on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.

                (b)  No Default.  No Default or Event of Default  shall have
          occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to
          the extension of credit requested to be made on such date.

                (c)  Credit Limitations.  After giving effect to such
          extension of credit, (i) the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of
          Credit shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments
          in effect on such date, (ii) the Outstanding Revolving Extensions of
          Credit of each Lender shall not exceed such Lender's Revolving
          Credit Commitment in effect on such date and (iii) no prepayment
          shall be required to be made pursuant to Section 2.8.

    Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the
    Company hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the
    Company as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions
    contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.

                SECTION 6.  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

          Holdings and the Company hereby jointly and severally agree that, so
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    Letter of Credit remains outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is
    owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, Holdings and
    the Company shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries
    to, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:

                6.1   Financial Statements.  In the case of Holdings and the
          Company, furnish to each Lender:

                (a)  as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days
          after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings or the Company, as the
          case may be, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings
          and its consolidated Subsidiaries and of the Company and its
          consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related
          consolidated statements of income and stockholders' equity and cash
          flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
          the figures for the previous year, reported on by Ernst & Young or
          other independent certified public accountants acceptable to the
          Required Lenders (which report shall not be qualified in any
          material respect); and

                (b)  as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45
          days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of
          each fiscal year of Holdings or the Company, as the case may be, the
          unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its
          consolidated Subsidiaries and of the Company and its consolidated
          Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited
          consolidated statements of income and stockholders' equity and cash
          flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through
          the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative
          form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible
          Officer of Holdings or the Company, as applicable, as fairly
          presenting the financial condition and results of operations of
          Holdings or the Company, as the case may be, on a consolidated basis
          in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit
          adjustments);

    all such financial statements to be complete and correct in all material
    respects and to be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with
    GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and
    with prior periods (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as
    the case may be, and disclosed therein).  It is understood that the
    obligation to deliver any items described above which are contained in
    Holdings' Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
    (in the case of Section 6.1(a)) or Holdings' Form 10-Q, as filed with the
    Securities and Exchange Commission (in the case of Section 6.1(b)), may be
    satisfied by delivery of such Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as the case may be.
     
          6.2   Certificates; Other Information.  In the case of the Company,
    or, if applicable, Holdings, furnish to each Lender:

                (a)  concurrently with the delivery of the financial
          statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), (i) a certificate of the
          independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial
          statements stating that in making the examination necessary therefor
          no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default, except
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          letters when delivered to Holdings or the Company in connection with
          such examination;
     
                (b)  concurrently with the delivery of the financial
          statements referred to in Sections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b), (i) a
          certificate of a Responsible Officer of each of Holdings and the
          Company stating that, to the best of each such Responsible Officer's
          knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or
          performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied
          every condition, contained in this Agreement and in the other Loan
          Documents to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that
          such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or
          Event of Default except as specified in such certificate and (ii) a
          Compliance Certificate containing all information necessary for
          determining compliance by Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries
          with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the
          last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of Holdings or the
          Company, as the case may be;

                (c)  by December 31 of each year, a copy of the projections by
          Holdings and the Company of the operating budget and cash flow
          budget and revenues of Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries
          for the next succeeding fiscal year in form and substance reasonably
          satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth in
          reasonable detail the basis for all projections contained therein,
          such projections to be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible
          Officer of each of Holdings and the Company to the effect that such
          projections have been prepared in good faith using assumptions
          believed by management to be reasonable and that such Responsible
          Officer has no reason to believe they are misleading in any material
          respect;

                (d)  within five days after the same are sent, copies of all
          financial statements and reports which Holdings or the Company sends
          to holders of any issue of its equity securities or debt securities
          generally, and within five days after the same are filed, copies of
          all financial statements and reports which Holdings or the Company
          may make to, or file with, the Securities and Exchange Commission or
          any successor or analogous Governmental Authority or any national
          securities exchange;
     
                (e)  as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20
          days after the end of each month, (i) a Borrowing Base Certificate,
          certifying in reasonable detail the Borrowing Base as of the last
          day of such month and (ii) a Senior Note Indenture Revolving Credit
          Incurrence Limit Certificate, certifying in reasonable detail the
          Senior Note Indenture Revolving Credit Incurrence Limit as of the
          last day of such month, which certificates shall be complete and
          correct as of the date thereof;

                (f)  within five days after the same are received, copies of
          any notices received by Holdings or the Company from any holder of
          the Senior Notes;

                (g)  within five days after the Company or any of its
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          by a description in reasonable detail of the business in which such
          joint venture is engaged; and

                (h)  promptly, such additional financial and other information
          as any Lender may from time to time reasonably request through the
          Administrative Agent.

          6.3   Payment of Obligations.  (a)  Pay, discharge, perform, comply
    with or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become
    delinquent, as the case may be, all its obligations of whatever nature,
    except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested
    in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with
    GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of Holdings, the
    Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be; (b) comply in all
    material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law, except where
    such Requirement of Law is being contested in good faith, a bona fide
    dispute exists with respect thereto and the failure to comply therewith
    has no reasonable likelihood of having a Material Adverse Effect; and (c)
    comply with all applicable Contractual Obligations, except where the
    failure to comply therewith has no reasonable likelihood of having a
    Material Adverse Effect.

          6.4   Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence.  Continue to
    engage in business of the same general type as now conducted by it and
    preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
    and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges,
    licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of
    its business except as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to Section
    7.5.

          6.5   Maintenance of Property; Insurance.  Keep all property useful
    and necessary in its business in good working order and condition;
    preserve all of its registered trademarks, trade names and service marks,
    the non-preservation of which has a reasonable likelihood of having a
    Material Adverse Effect; maintain with financially sound and reputable
    insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts
    and against at least such risks (but including in any event public
    liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually
    insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same
    or a similar business; and furnish to each Lender, upon written request,
    full information as to the insurance carried.

          6.6   Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.  Keep
    proper books of record and account in which complete and correct entries
    in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all
    dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and
    permit representatives of the Administrative Agent (and, if an Event of
    Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Lender) to visit and
    inspect any of its properties and examine and make copies of or abstracts
    from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and as often as
    may reasonably be desired (including examinations of the Accounts and
    Inventory by representatives of the Administrative Agent (and, if an Event
    of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Lender)) and to
    discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other
    condition of Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries with officers and
    employees of Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries and with the
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          6.7   Notices.  In the case of the Company or, if applicable,
    Holdings, promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender
    of:

                (a)  the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

                (b)  any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual
          Obligation of Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii)
          dispute between Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and
          any Governmental Authority or (iii) litigation, investigation or
          proceeding  which may exist at any time between Holdings, the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority,
          which in each case, if not cured or resolved or if adversely
          determined, as the case may be, could reasonably be expected to have
          a Material Adverse Effect;

                (c)  any litigation or proceeding (and any material
          development in respect thereof) affecting Holdings, the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries in which (i) the amount involved is
          $3,000,000 or more (or its equivalent in another currency or
          currencies) and not covered by insurance as to which the relevant
          insurance company has not disputed coverage or (ii) injunctive or
          similar relief is sought;

                (d)  the following events, as soon as possible and in any
          event within 30 days after Holdings or the Company knows or has
          reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence or expected occurrence of
          any Reportable Event with respect to any Single Employer Plan, or
          any withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or
          Insolvency of any Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the institution of
          proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or the
          Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan
          with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination,
          Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan; provided that notice
          under this Section 6.7(d) will only be required if, individually or
          in the aggregate, the amount of the liability of the Loan Parties
          which could reasonably be expected would equal or exceed $3,000,000;

                (e)  any event or condition which, on any day, to the
          knowledge of the Company, has caused the Borrowing Base to change
          since the date of the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate
          delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(e) if as a result of such change
          the Aggregate Outstanding Extensions of Credit exceed the Borrowing
          Base determined as of such day; and

                (f)  a development or event which has had or could reasonably
          be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

    Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement
    of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred
    to therein and stating what action Holdings or the Company, as the case
    may be, proposes to take with respect thereto.

          6.8   Environmental Laws.

                (a)  Comply with, and use its best efforts to insure
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          Environmental Laws and obtain and comply in all material respects
          with and maintain, and use its best efforts to insure that all
          tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and
          all licenses, approvals, registrations or permits required by
          Environmental Laws, except to the extent that failure to do so would
          not have any reasonable likelihood of having a Material Adverse
          Effect;
     
                (b)  Conduct and complete all investigations, studies,
          sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions
          required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all
          material respects with all lawful orders and directives of all
          Governmental Authorities respecting Environmental Laws, except to
          the extent that the same are being contested in good faith by
          appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings would
          not have any reasonable likelihood of having a Material Adverse
          Effect;

                (c)  Without limiting the generality of the provisions of
          Section 6.7, notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any
          of the following which is reasonably likely to have a Material
          Adverse Effect:

                      (i)  any Environmental Claim which Holdings, the Company
                or any of its Subsidiaries receives, including one to take or
                pay for any remedial, removal, response or clean-up or other
                action with respect to any Hazardous Materials contained on
                any property presently or formerly owned or leased by
                Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

                      (ii)  any notice of any alleged violation of or
                knowledge by Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
                of a condition which might reasonably result in a violation of
                any law or regulation involving environmental, health or
                safety matters; and

                      (iii) any commencement or threatened commencement of any
                judicial or administrative proceeding or investigation
                alleging a violation or potential violation of any requirement
                of Environmental Law; and

                (d)  Defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative
          Agent and the Lenders, and their respective parents, subsidiaries,
          affiliates, employees, agents, officers and directors, from and
          against any and all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities,
          settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature
          known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any
          way relating to, the violation of, noncompliance with or liability
          under any Environmental Laws applicable to the operations of
          Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to the Mortgaged
          Properties, or any orders, requirements or demands of Governmental
          Authorities related thereto, including, without limitation,
          attorney's and consultant's fees, investigation and laboratory fees,
          response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, except to the
          extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and
          nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
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          of the party seeking indemnification therefor.  Notwithstanding
          anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this indemnity shall
          continue in full force and effect regardless of the termination of
          this Agreement.

          6.9   Interest Rate Protection.  In the case of the Company, effect
    interest rate hedging arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the
    Administrative Agent in respect of the Company's floating rate
    Indebtedness.

          6.10  Additional Collateral.  (a)  With respect to any assets
    acquired after the Effective Date by any Loan Party (other than any assets
    described in paragraph (b) or (c) below) as to which the Administrative
    Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, does not have a perfected Lien (i)
    execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to this
    Agreement or the relevant Security Agreement or such other documents as
    the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders deem necessary or
    advisable in order to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
    of the Lenders, a security interest in such assets, and (ii) take all
    actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for
    the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority (subject to Liens
    expressly permitted by Section 7.3) security interest in such assets,
    including without limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code
    financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the
    appropriate Security Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the
    Administrative Agent.  

          (b)  With respect to any fee or leasehold interest in any real
    estate having a value (together with improvements thereof) of at least
    $2,500,000 acquired after the Effective Date by the Company or any of its
    Subsidiaries, (i) execute a first priority mortgage or deed of trust, as
    the case may be (subordinate only to such mortgages or deeds of trust as
    are necessary to permit the Company or such Subsidiary to purchase such
    real estate and any other Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3), in
    favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders,
    covering such real estate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
    to the Administrative Agent, (ii) provide the Lenders with title and
    extended coverage insurance covering such real estate in an amount equal
    to the purchase price of such real estate as well as a current ALTA survey
    thereof, together with a surveyor's certificate in form and substance
    reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (iii) if requested
    by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal
    opinions relating to the matters described in the preceding clauses (i)
    and (ii), which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel,
    reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

          (c)  With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than a Foreign
    Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Effective Date by Holdings, the
    Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (i) execute and deliver to the
    Administrative Agent such amendments to the relevant Pledge Agreement as
    the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders deem necessary or
    advisable in order to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
    of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the
    Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary which is owned by Holdings, the
    Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) deliver to the Administrative
    Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with
    undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly<PAGE>


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    authorized officer of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be,
    (iii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Subsidiary
    Guarantee, the Subsidiary Pledge Agreement and the Subsidiary Security
    Agreement, (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the
    Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a perfected first
    priority (subject to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3) security
    interest in the Collateral described in the Subsidiary Security Agreement
    with respect to such new Subsidiary, including, without limitation, the
    filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such
    jurisdictions as may be required by the Subsidiary Security Agreement or
    by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, and (C) to
    issue Intercompany Notes to each Loan Party (which in turn shall be
    endorsed in blank and pledged by the relevant Loan Party to the
    Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the
    relevant Pledge Agreement), (iv) in the case of the Company and each
    existing Subsidiary, issue Intercompany Notes to such new Subsidiary
    (which in turn shall be endorsed in blank and pledged by such new
    Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders
    pursuant to the Subsidiary Pledge Agreement), and (v) if requested by the
    Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions
    relating to the matters described in the preceding clauses (i), (ii),
    (iii) and (iv), which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from
    counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

          (d)  With respect to any Foreign Subsidiary created or acquired
    after the Effective Date by Holdings, the Company or any of its
    Subsidiaries, (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such
    amendments to the relevant Pledge Agreement as the Administrative Agent or
    the Required Lenders deem necessary or advisable in order to grant to the
    Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first
    priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary
    which is owned by Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
    (provided that in no event shall Capital Stock representing more than 65%
    of the voting power of the Capital Stock of any such new Subsidiary be
    required to be so pledged) and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent
    the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated
    stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
    officer of Holdings, the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

          (e)  The provisions of this Section 6.10 shall not apply to any
    assets subject to any Lien permitted by Section 7.3 which secures
    Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2, to the extent compliance with such
    provisions is prohibited by the terms of the documentation governing such
    Lien or Indebtedness, but, in each case, only so long as any such
    prohibition remains in effect.

          (f)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no
    dormant Subsidiary or non-wholly owned Subsidiary designated as such on
    Schedule 4.16 shall be required to become a party to the Subsidiary
    Guaranty, the Subsidiary Security Agreement or the Subsidiary Pledge
    Agreement unless and until, (i) in the case of any such dormant
    Subsidiary, such Subsidiary holds assets having an aggregate value in
    excess of $500,000 and (ii) in the case of any such non-wholly owned
    Subsidiary, such Subsidiary becomes a wholly owned direct or indirect
    Subsidiary of the Company.  If at any time the applicable conditions
    specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence apply to any
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    applicable actions specified in Section 6.10(c) with respect to such
    Subsidiary.  In addition, prior to satisfaction of such applicable
    conditions, the Company shall have the option to take or cause to be taken
    those actions specified in Section 6.10(c) which, in the reasonable
    opinion of the Administrative Agent, are necessary to enable the Accounts
    and Inventory of such Subsidiary to be included in the Borrowing Base.

                SECTION 7.  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

          Holdings and the Company hereby jointly and severally agree that, so
    long as the Revolving Credit Commitments remain in effect, any Loan or
    Letter of Credit remains outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is
    owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, Holdings and
    the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective
    Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, unless the Required Lenders shall
    otherwise agree in writing:

          7.1   Financial Condition Covenants.
     
                (a)  Maintenance of Current Ratio.  Permit the ratio of
          Consolidated Current Assets of Holdings to Consolidated Current
          Liabilities of Holdings at the end of any fiscal quarter of Holdings
          to be less than 2.0 to 1.0.

                (b)  Consolidated Net Worth.  Permit the Consolidated Net
          Worth of Holdings at any time to be less than the sum, without
          duplication, of (i) $80,000,000, (ii) 50% of the Consolidated Net
          Income of Holdings for each fiscal quarter of Holdings (beginning
          with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 1995) for which such
          Consolidated Net Income is positive, (iii) 100% of the Net Cash
          Proceeds of any Holdings Common Equity Offering consummated after
          the Effective Date and (iv) 100% of any capital contribution made to
          Holdings or the Company after the Effective Date by any holder of
          its Capital Stock; provided, that for the purposes of clauses (iii)
          and (iv) above, the amount of any Net Cash Proceeds and capital
          contributions referred to in said clauses shall be reduced to the
          extent (x) such proceeds or contributions are concurrently applied
          to repurchase equity in accordance with this Agreement and (y)
          Consolidated Net Worth (without giving effect to such proceeds or
          contributions) would be reduced as a result of such repurchase.

                (c)  Interest Coverage.  Permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as
          at the end of any Interest Coverage Test Period to be less than 2.0
          to 1.0.

                (d)  Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Leverage Ratio on the last
          day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings
          ending during any period set forth below to be greater than the
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    [CAPTION]
    <TABLE>
                Period Ending                                    Ratio
                <S>                                               <C>
                After the Effective Date and prior            5.00 to 1.0
                  to March 31, 1998 . . . . . . . . . .
                On or after March 31, 1998 and
                  prior to March 31, 1999 . . . . . . .       4.50 to 1.0
                On or after March 31, 1999 and
                  prior to March 31, 2000 . . . . . . .       4.25 to 1.0
                March 31, 2000 and thereafter . . . . .       4.00 to 1.0
    </TABLE>

                (e)  Senior Secured Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Senior Secured
          Leverage Ratio on the last day of any period of four consecutive
          fiscal quarters of Holdings ending during any period set forth below
          to be greater than the corresponding ratio set forth below:

    [CAPTION]
    <TABLE>
                Period Ending                                    Ratio
                <S>                                               <C>
                After the Effective Date and prior
                  to March 31, 1998 . . . . . . . . . .       3.0 to 1.0
                On or after March 31, 1998 and
                  prior to March 31, 1999 . . . . . . .       2.75 to 1.0
                On or after March 31, 1999 and
                  prior to March 31, 2000 . . . . . . .       2.50 to 1.0
                March 31, 2000 and thereafter . . . . .       2.25 to 1.0
    </TABLE>

          7.2   Limitation on Indebtedness.  Create, incur, assume or suffer
    to exist any Indebtedness or enter into or become liable for any
    obligations in respect of any Interest Rate Protection Agreement, except:

                (a)  Indebtedness in respect of the Loans, the Letters of
          Credit and the other obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan
          Documents;

                (b) (i)  Indebtedness of the Company to Holdings or any
          Subsidiary Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or
          any Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii) Indebtedness of Holdings to the
          Company in connection with the loan made by the Company to Holdings
          with a portion of the proceeds of the loans under the Existing
          Credit Agreement (collectively, "Intercompany Loans"); provided that
          (x) all such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by an Intercompany Note
          and (y) each such Intercompany Note shall be pledged to the
          Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the
          relevant Pledge Agreement;

                (c) (i)  Indebtedness of the Company in respect of the Senior
          Notes, and (ii) other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries outstanding on the Effective Date and listed on
          Schedule 7.2(c) and, in the case of this clause (ii), any
          replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the
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                (d)  Indebtedness of the Company in connection with the
          issuance of letters of credit (i) for the benefit of insurance
          companies to guarantee insurance claims and premiums; (ii) to
          provide bid and performance guarantees; (iii) to guarantee contested
          appeals; (iv) constituting commercial letters of credit in the
          ordinary course of business and (v) for any other purpose of a
          similar nature acceptable to the Required Lenders; provided that (x)
          no Liens shall be incurred in respect of any letter of credit
          described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (v) above and (y) the
          aggregate amount of L/C Obligations and Non-Facility L/C Obligations
          shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;

                (e)  Indebtedness of the Company resulting from the delivery
          of a promissory note in the maximum amount of $10,000,000 to support
          Indebtedness of the Company, in connection with the requirements of
          the Company's insurance carriers to recognize casualty insurance
          premiums; provided, however, that if Indebtedness pursuant to any
          such promissory note is also supported by a letter of credit
          permitted under Section 7.2(d), the principal amount of such
          promissory note (to the extent supported by such letter of credit)
          shall not be included in the computation of Total Debt for the
          purposes of Section 7.1(a) or (d);

                (f) (i) Indebtedness which is secured by Liens expressly
          permitted by Section 7.3(g)(i) and (ii) Indebtedness which is (x)
          secured by Liens expressly permitted by clause (iii) of Section
          7.3(g) and (y) assumed in connection with the acquisition of the
          assets subject to such Liens;

                (g)  Capital Lease Obligations expressly permitted by Section
          7.7(a), (b) or (c);

                (h)  Indebtedness of Holdings in respect of any Preferred
          Stock issued in accordance with Section 7.11;

                (i)  Indebtedness of Holdings, the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries consisting of Guarantee Obligations expressly permitted
          by Section 7.4;

                (j)  any obligation of Holdings to repurchase common stock of
          Holdings or options with respect thereto from the officer or
          employee of Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries party
          thereto;

                (k)  any unsecured term Indebtedness of the Company pursuant
          to any Senior Unsecured Term Loan Agreement (the "Senior Unsecured
          Term Loans") in an aggregate principal amount of up to $60,000,000; 

                (l) (i)  Interest Rate Protection Agreements in respect of the
          Senior Notes entered into by the Company with any one or more
          Lenders having an aggregate notional amount not to exceed
          $200,000,000 and such other terms and conditions as shall be
          reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
          (ii) Interest Rate Protection Agreements referred to in Section 6.9;

                (m)  Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
          pursuant to the Capital Lease Financing Facility in an aggregate<PAGE>


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          principal amount of up to $25,000,000 minus the then outstanding
          aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness comprised of the assumed
          capital leases of Triangle listed on Schedule 7.2(c);

                (n)  additional Indebtedness not otherwise permitted by this
          Section 7.2, which is either (i) unsecured, (ii) incurred in
          connection with the acquisition of assets and secured only by such
          assets or (iii) secured by assets acceptable to the Required
          Lenders, aggregating not more than $20,000,000 at any one time
          outstanding, provided, that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
          this paragraph (n) shall amortize in equal annual installments over
          a period of five years (or in a manner which, in the judgment of the
          Administrative Agent, is more favorable to the Company);

                (o)  additional unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted
          by this Section 7.2 aggregating not more than $25,000,000 at any one
          time outstanding (so long as, in the case of Specified Basket Debt,
          after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, no prepayment shall
          be required to be made pursuant to Section 2.8); and

                (p)  additional Indebtedness of Essex International not
          otherwise permitted by this Section 7.2 aggregating not more than
          $15,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent thereof in any other currency)
          at any one time outstanding (so long as, after giving effect to the
          incurrence thereof, no prepayment shall be required to be made
          pursuant to Section 2.8), provided, that any such Indebtedness shall
          be either (i) unsecured or (ii) secured only by assets owned by
          Essex International which are either located in Canada or which
          constitute accounts receivable generated in respect of assets
          located in Canada.

          7.3   Limitation on Liens.  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
    any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned
    or hereafter acquired, except for:

                (a)  Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested
          in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that adequate
          reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of
          Holdings, the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in
          conformity with GAAP;

                (b)  statutory landlords' Liens and carriers', warehousemen's,
          mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising
          in the ordinary course of business for sums which are not overdue
          for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in
          good faith by appropriate proceedings;

                (c)  pledges or deposits in connection with workers'
          compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
          legislation;

                (d)  deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade
          contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory
          obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
          obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
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                (e)  easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or
          minor irregularities in title and other similar encumbrances
          incurred in the ordinary course of business which do not in any case
          materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
          Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or materially
          impair the value of the property subject thereto for the purposes of
          such business;

                (f)  Liens in existence on the Effective Date listed on
          Schedule 7.3(f) and any replacement, extension or renewal thereof;
          provided that (i) no such Lien is spread to cover any additional
          property after the Effective Date and (ii) the amount of
          Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased (except, in the case
          of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the extent expressly provided or
          required by any agreement governing the terms of any such Lien as
          such agreement is in effect on the Effective Date);
     
                (g) (i)  Liens securing Indebtedness (other than Capital Lease
          Obligations) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurred to
          finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any asset,
          provided that (x) such Liens shall be created substantially
          simultaneously with the acquisition, construction or improvement of
          such asset, (y) such Liens do not at any time encumber any asset
          other than the asset acquired, constructed or improved with the
          proceeds of such Indebtedness and (z) the amount of Indebtedness
          secured thereby shall not exceed the purchase price of such asset or
          the amount expended solely to construct or improve such asset, as
          the case may be; (ii) any Lien on any asset securing Indebtedness
          permitted to be incurred in connection with sale-leaseback
          transactions expressly permitted by Section 7.7(b), provided that
          (x) the proceeds of such Indebtedness shall be at least equal to 80%
          of the fair market value of such asset and (y) at the time of
          incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default
          shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; and
          (iii) any Lien on any asset acquired by the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries after the Effective Date which is not incurred in
          contemplation of such acquisition; provided that the aggregate
          outstanding amount of Indebtedness secured by Liens incurred
          pursuant to this Section 7.3(g), when added to the aggregate
          outstanding amount of Capital Lease Obligations incurred pursuant to
          Section 7.7(c), shall not at any time exceed the sum of $25,000,000
          and an amount equal to 10% of the Consolidated Net Worth of Holdings
          at such time;

                (h)  Liens on equipment acquired in connection with the
          incurrence of Capital Lease Obligations expressly permitted by
          Section 7.7(c), provided that (x) such Liens shall be created
          substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such equipment,
          (y) such Liens do not at any time encumber any asset other than the
          equipment financed by such Indebtedness and (z) the amount of
          Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased subsequent to the date
          of incurrence thereof;
     
                (i)  Liens created by the Security Documents in favor of the
          Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;
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                (j)  judgment Liens created by or resulting from any judgment
          not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8(h); 
     
                (k)  any interest or title of a lessor under any lease listed
          in Schedule 4.8 or expressly permitted by Section 7.7(a) or (b), as
          well as any Lien affecting the fee interest of such lessor or any
          underlying lessor; 

                (l)  Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries pursuant to the Capital Lease Financing Facility; 

                (m)  Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section
          7.2(n) which is permitted to be secured by said Section; 

                (n)  leases or subleases granted by the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering
          in any material respect with the conduct of the business of the
          Company or such Subsidiary; and

                (o)  Liens securing Section 7.2(p) Indebtedness which is
          permitted to be secured by said Section.

          7.4   Limitation on Guarantee Obligations.  Create, incur, assume or
    suffer to exist any Guarantee Obligation except:

                (a)  Guarantee Obligations of Holdings pursuant to Section 10
          or of any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee
          or of the Company in respect of the Letters of Credit;

                (b)  guarantees made in the ordinary course of its business by
          the Company of obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor, which
          obligations are otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
     
                (c)  guarantees by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
          the obligations of Joint Ventures, not exceeding, when added to the
          aggregate principal amount of Joint Venture Loans, $25,000,000 in
          aggregate amount at any time outstanding;

                (d)  surety, indemnity, performance, release and appeal bonds
          and guarantees thereof issued by the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries, to the extent required in the ordinary course of
          business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims
          of the Company or its Subsidiaries or in connection with judgments
          that do not result in an Event of Default, not exceeding $10,000,000
          in aggregate amount at any time outstanding; 
     
                (e)  reimbursement obligations of the Company pursuant to
          letters of credit expressly permitted by Section 7.2(d); 

                (f)  unsecured guarantee obligations of Holdings and any
          Subsidiary of the Company in respect of (i) the Capital Lease
          Financing Facility or (ii) the Senior Unsecured Term Loans and any
          other amounts owing by the Company under the Senior Unsecured Term
          Loan Agreement; and

                (g)  unsecured guarantee obligations of the Company in respect
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          and indemnity obligations of Essex International under the BICC
          Phillips Purchase Agreement. 

          7.5   Limitations on Fundamental Changes.  Enter into any merger,
    consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself
    (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease,
    assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
    property, business or assets, or engage in any businesses other than
    businesses engaged in by it on the Effective Date (or businesses
    reasonably related thereto), or make any material change in its method of
    conducting business on the Effective Date except:

                (a)  any Subsidiary of the Company may be merged or
          consolidated with or into the Company (provided that the Company
          shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or with or into
          any one or more Subsidiary Guarantors (provided that the Subsidiary
          Guarantor or Subsidiary Guarantors shall be the continuing or
          surviving corporation);
     
                (b)  any Subsidiary may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
          dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or
          otherwise) to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
     
                (c)  BCP Holdings may be merged with and into the Company (the
          "BCP/Company Merger"), provided that (i) the Company shall be the
          surviving corporation, (ii) no violation of or default under any
          material Requirement of Law or material Contractual Obligation
          applicable to Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall
          occur as a result thereof, and (iii) within three Business Days
          after the consummation of the BCP/Company Merger, the Administrative
          Agent shall have received (with, where applicable, sufficient copies
          for each Lender) (A) the Holdings Security Agreement and the
          Holdings Pledge Agreement (together with an appropriate undated
          stock power), in each case executed and delivered by a duly
          authorized officer of a holding company parent ("New Holdings") of
          the Company created simultaneously with the consummation of the
          BCP/Company Merger, (B) an assumption agreement in form and
          substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which
          New Holdings shall become a party to this Agreement, (C) from New
          Holdings, all certificates and documents of the type delivered by
          Holdings on the Effective Date and described in Section 5.1 and (D)
          the unqualified executed legal opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore
          relating to the matters described in the preceding clauses (A) and
          (B), which opinion shall be in form and substance satisfactory to
          the Administrative Agent; and

                (d)  pursuant to any sale of assets expressly permitted by
          Section 7.6.

          7.6   Limitation on Sale of Assets.  Convey, sell, lease, assign,
    transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets
    (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold interests),
    whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

                (a)  the sale or other disposition of any assets which have
          become obsolete, outdated or surplus to the business of the Company
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          each case as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of
          Directors or the senior management of the Company or such
          Subsidiary, as the case may be, in an aggregate amount not to exceed
          $3,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Company;

                (b)  the sale of assets in connection with sale-leaseback
          transactions expressly permitted by Section 7.7(b);

                (c)  the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;

                (d)  as expressly permitted by Section 7.5(b); 

                (e)  in connection with the Capital Lease Financing Facility;
          and

                (f)  other sales or dispositions of assets by the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (i) at the time of such sale
          or disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
          and be continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) each such asset is
          sold or disposed of at fair market value and (iii) the aggregate
          fair market value of all assets so sold or disposed of by the
          Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding assets constituting all or
          any portion of any Specified Property) shall not exceed $30,000,000
          in any fiscal year of the Company and shall not exceed $60,000,000
          during the term of this Agreement.

          7.7   Limitation on Leases.  Create or suffer to exist any
    obligations for the payment or rental for any property under leases or
    agreements to lease (other than any arrangement pursuant to which the
    Company or any of its Subsidiaries is lessor), except:

                (a) (i)  leases of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
          existence on the Effective Date and listed on Schedule 7.7(a) and
          any renewal, extension or refinancing thereof and (ii) operating
          leases entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the
          ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate amount of
          lease payments made pursuant to this clause (a) does not exceed
          $20,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year;

                (b)  subject to Section 7.3(g)(ii), Capital Lease Obligations
          incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection
          with sale-leaseback transactions; provided that

                      (i)  immediately prior to giving effect to such lease,
                the property or asset subject to such lease was sold by the
                Company or any Subsidiary to the lessor under such lease for
                at least its fair market value; and

                      (ii)  no Default or Event of Default would occur as a
                result of such sale and subsequent lease; 

                (c)  Capital Lease Obligations other than those expressly
          permitted by paragraph (a) or (b) above, incurred by the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries to finance the acquisition of equipment;
          provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of all Capital Lease
          Obligations which would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of
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          GAAP, when added to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
          Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(f), shall not at any
          time exceed the sum of $25,000,000 and an amount equal to 10% of the
          Consolidated Net Worth of Holdings at such time; and

                (d)  in connection with the Capital Lease Financing Facility.

          7.8   Limitation on Dividends.  Declare or pay any dividend (other
    than (i) dividends payable solely in common stock of Holdings or the
    Company, as the case may be, and (ii) dividends on the Preferred Stock
    payable solely in additional shares of Preferred Stock) on, or make any
    payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other
    analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or
    other acquisition of, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings
    or the Company or any warrants or options to purchase any such Capital
    Stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other
    distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in
    cash or property or in obligations of Holdings, the Company or any
    Subsidiary, except that:

                (a)  the Company may pay cash dividends to Holdings to pay any
          taxes or expenses required to be paid by Holdings in the ordinary
          course of business, provided that in no event shall the aggregate
          proceeds of dividends made pursuant to this clause (a) which have
          not been applied to pay the obligations in respect of which such
          dividends were made exceed $200,000 for any period of five
          consecutive Business Days;

                (b)  so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
          occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom (or, in the
          case of clause (ii) below (to the extent the repurchase or
          redemption referred to in said clause is being effected pursuant to
          Section 7.11(a)(ii)(x), (y) or (z)), so long as no Specified Event
          shall have occurred and be continuing), the Company may pay cash
          dividends to Holdings (i) to the extent necessary to enable Holdings
          to repurchase shares of its common stock or options to purchase such
          common stock, provided, that (x) the aggregate amount so distributed
          to Holdings in any fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of (I)
          $5,000,000 and (II) an amount equal to the aggregate Net Cash
          Proceeds of any sale of shares of common stock by Holdings to any
          officer or employee of Holdings, the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries consummated after the Effective Date which have been
          contributed to the capital of the Company minus the aggregate amount
          distributed to Holdings pursuant to this clause (II) for the purpose
          of repurchasing common stock of Holdings or options to purchase such
          common stock during any preceding fiscal year and (y) the Net Cash
          Proceeds of any subsequent sale of shares of common stock by
          Holdings to any officer or employee of Holdings, the Company or any
          of its Subsidiaries shall promptly thereafter be contributed to the
          capital of the Company to the extent of the aggregate amount of cash
          distributions theretofore made pursuant to this clause (i), the
          Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certified copy
          of each agreement in respect of which such dividend is being made;
          (ii) to the extent necessary to enable Holdings to pay any annual
          management fee expressly permitted by Section 7.12;
          (iii) constituting payments required to be made by the Company to
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          extent necessary to enable Holdings to pay cash dividends on the
          Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 7.8(c); provided that
          Holdings shall pay each obligation in respect of which a dividend is
          made pursuant to this clause (b) no later than five Business Days
          after the date on which such dividend is made; 
     
                (c)  so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
          occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, Holdings may
          pay cash dividends on the Preferred Stock in accordance with the
          terms thereof, provided, that (x) the aggregate amount so paid by
          Holdings shall not exceed (i) $5,000,000 in any fiscal year ending
          on or prior to December 31, 1998 or (ii) $10,000,000 in any fiscal
          year thereafter and (y) the aggregate amount so paid by Holdings in
          any fiscal year of Holdings, when added to the aggregate amount of
          Capital Expenditures made during such fiscal year pursuant to
          Section 7.10(g), shall not exceed the EBITDA Basket Amount for such
          fiscal year; 

                (d)  so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
          occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, Holdings may
          repurchase common stock of Holdings owned by former or existing
          employees of the Company, provided that, such repurchases are funded
          entirely with the proceeds of sales of newly issued common stock of
          Holdings to employees; and

                (e)  Holdings may redeem or exchange any Preferred Stock to
          the extent expressly permitted by Section 7.11.

          7.9   Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses.  Enter into any
    agreement, other than (a) in connection with purchase money Liens, the
    Capital Lease Financing Facility or Capital Lease Obligations expressly
    permitted by this Agreement (in which cases, any restriction referred to
    below shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (b) in
    connection with secured Section 7.2(n) Indebtedness or secured Section
    7.2(p) Indebtedness (in which case, any restriction referred to below
    shall only be effective against the assets securing such Indebtedness) and
    (c) the Senior Note Indenture and the Senior Unsecured Term Loan
    Agreement, with any Person other than the Lenders pursuant hereto which in
    any way limits or imposes any condition on the ability of Holdings, the
    Company or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to
    exist a perfected, first priority security interest upon any of its
    property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
    securing the Obligations, any guarantee of the Obligations or any other
    obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document or any Indebtedness
    refinancing any of the foregoing.

          7.10  Limitation on Capital Expenditures, Investments, Loans and
    Advances.  Make or commit to make (by way of the acquisition of securities
    of a Person or otherwise) any Capital Expenditures or make or commit to
    make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or
    otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds,
    notes, debentures or other securities of or any assets constituting a
    business unit of, or make or commit to make any other investment in, any
    Person, except:

                (a)  extensions of trade credit by the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;<PAGE>


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                (b)  investments by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
          Cash Equivalents;

                (c)  loans and advances to employees of the Company or its
          Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses in
          the ordinary course of business consistent with the historical
          practices of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective
          Date, in an aggregate amount for the Company and its Subsidiaries
          not to exceed $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

                (d)  investments by the Company in any Subsidiary Guarantor
          and investments by Holdings or any Subsidiary of the Company in the
          Company or in any Subsidiary Guarantor;
     
                (e) (i)  loans made by the Company to any Joint Venture
          ("Joint Venture Loans"), provided that (x) the aggregate principal
          amount thereof shall not exceed $18,000,000 at any one time
          outstanding, (y) all Indebtedness of Joint Venture resulting
          therefrom shall be evidenced by an Intercompany Note, and (z) such
          Intercompany Note shall be pledged to the Administrative Agent for
          the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the Company Pledge Agreement
          and (ii) guarantees expressly permitted by Section 7.4(c); provided
          that the aggregate principal amount of Joint Venture Loans, when
          added to the aggregate amount of guarantees referred to in clause
          (ii) above, shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;

                (f)  promissory notes issued to the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries by the purchasers of assets sold in accordance with
          Section 7.6(f);
     
                (g) (i)  Capital Expenditures of the Company and its
          Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business and (ii)
          Investment Expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiaries not
          otherwise permitted by this Section 7.10; provided that (w) the
          aggregate amount of such Capital Expenditures made during any fiscal
          year of Holdings shall not exceed the sum of (I) $40,000,000 (the
          "Basket Expenditure Amount") and (II) the aggregate amount of all
          unutilized Basket Expenditure Amounts in respect of each preceding
          fiscal year (including, without limitation, the unutilized Basket
          Expenditure Amount under the Existing Credit Agreement in respect of
          fiscal year 1995, which amount is equal to $19,800,000), (x)
          notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (w) above, the
          aggregate amount of such Capital Expenditures made during any fiscal
          year of Holdings, when added to the aggregate amount of dividends on
          the Preferred Stock paid by Holdings during such fiscal year
          pursuant to Section 7.8(c), shall not exceed the EBITDA Basket
          Amount for such fiscal year (provided that this clause (x) shall not
          be applicable in any fiscal year for which the aggregate amount of
          such Capital Expenditures is less than $30,000,000), (y) after
          giving effect to any such Investment Expenditure, the aggregate
          amount of Investment Expenditures made since the Effective Date
          shall not exceed the Maximum Investment Amount then in effect, and
          (z) in no event shall the aggregate amount of such Capital
          Expenditures and Investment Expenditures (excluding up to $5,000,000
          of Investment Expenditures constituting capital contributions to any
          Joint Venture) which either (1) constitute capital contributions or
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          or (2) are otherwise made to acquire assets which do not constitute
          Collateral exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal year and $30,000,000
          during the term of this Agreement; and

                (h) (i)  Capital Expenditures of the Company and its
          Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business and (ii)
          Investment Expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiaries not
          otherwise permitted by this Section 7.10, in each case made with the
          proceeds of any Holdings Common Equity Offering; provided, that
          (x) the aggregate amount of such Capital Expenditures and Investment
          Expenditures shall not exceed $100,000,000 during the term of this
          Agreement, (y) in no event shall the aggregate amount of such
          Capital Expenditures and Investment Expenditures which either (1)
          constitute capital contributions or other investments in any Person
          which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or (2) are otherwise made to
          acquire assets which do not constitute Collateral exceed $50,000,000
          during the term of this Agreement and (z) on the date on which any
          Investment Expenditure is made pursuant to this Section 7.10(h), the
          Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a
          Responsible Officer of each of Holdings and the Company
          demonstrating that, on a pro forma basis determined as if such
          expenditure had been made on the date occurring twelve months prior
          to the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter, Holdings
          and its consolidated Subsidiaries would have been in compliance with
          Section 7.1 as of the last day of such fiscal quarter.

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event
    shall the aggregate amount of any advance, loan, extension of credit (by
    way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or any other
    investment in, SX Mauritius Holding, Inc. or any of its Subsidiaries
    exceed $10,000,000.

          7.11  Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain
    Agreements.  (a)  Optionally prepay, retire, redeem, purchase, defease or
    exchange, or make any optional deposit or segregation of funds in respect
    of, any principal of or interest or dividends on or other amounts payable
    in respect of the Senior Notes, the Senior Unsecured Term Loans, any
    Section 7.2(n) Indebtedness or the Preferred Stock (other than (i) the
    refinancing, in whole or in part, of the Senior Notes with the proceeds of
    a Holdings Common Equity Offering, provided, that the aggregate amount so
    expended during the term of this Agreement (excluding any premium, accrued
    interest, fees or expenses payable in connection with any such
    refinancing) shall not exceed $100,000,000; (ii) the prepayment of the
    Senior Unsecured Term Loans and Section 7.2(n) Indebtedness pursuant to
    scheduled amortization payments; (iii) the prepayment, refinancing or
    redemption of the Senior Unsecured Term Loans in a principal amount not to
    exceed 75% of cumulative Excess Cash Flow for the period from the
    beginning of the fiscal quarter of Holdings ended September 30, 1995 to
    the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which financial
    statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1; (iv)(1) the
    prepayment, refinancing or redemption, in whole or in part, of any
    Preferred Stock or the Senior Unsecured Term Loans with the proceeds of
    (x) a Holdings Common Equity Offering or (y) preferred stock of Holdings
    having terms no more onerous than those set forth on Schedule 7.11, or (2)
    the exchange, in whole or in part, of the Preferred Stock for preferred
    stock of Holdings having terms no more onerous than those set forth on
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          (b)  amend, modify or change, or consent or agree to any amendment,
    modification or change to, any of the terms of any Section 7.2(n)
    Indebtedness, the Senior Notes, the Senior Unsecured Term Loans or the
    Capital Lease Financing Facility (other than any such amendment,
    modification or change which (i) would extend the maturity date thereof or
    reduce the amount of any principal payments in respect thereof, (ii) would
    reduce the rate or extend the date for payment of interest thereon or
    (iii) is of a technical or clarifying nature, does not affect the
    interests of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan
    Document, such Section 7.2(n) Indebtedness, the Senior Notes, the Senior
    Unsecured Term Loans or the Capital Lease Financing Facility, as the case
    may be), or 

          (c)  amend, modify or change, or consent or agree to any amendment,
    modification or change to, any of the terms of any Preferred Stock (other
    than any such amendment, modification or change which (i) would extend the
    mandatory redemption date thereof or reduce the amount of any redemption
    payments in respect thereof, (ii) would reduce the rate or extend the date
    for payment of dividends thereon or (iii) does not affect the interests of
    the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document in any
    material respect, provided, that no amendment, modification or change may
    be made pursuant to this clause (iii) which (w) affects dividend or
    redemption payments, (x) grants additional rights to the holders of the
    Preferred Stock in respect of the election of directors of Holdings, (y)
    causes the covenants or other terms of the Preferred Stock to be more
    restrictive with respect to Holdings in any material respect or (z)
    requires the payment of any fee to any holder of any Preferred Stock in
    connection with obtaining the consent of such holder to such amendment,
    modification or change, and provided, further, that a substantially final
    draft of any proposed amendment, modification or change to any Preferred
    Stock pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be delivered to the
    Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the
    effectiveness thereof).  

          7.12  Transactions with Affiliates.  Enter into any transaction,
    including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of
    property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate other than
    any such transaction (a) between a Subsidiary Guarantor and the Company or
    any other Subsidiary Guarantor which is otherwise permitted by this
    Agreement or (b) entered into by Holdings, the Company or any of its
    Subsidiaries which is (i) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (ii)
    in the ordinary course of Holdings', the Company's or such Subsidiary's
    business, and (iii) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to
    Holdings, the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it
    would obtain in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person not an
    Affiliate; provided, that, (x) each of Holdings, the Company and its
    Subsidiaries may enter into employment arrangements with its officers in
    the ordinary course of business consistent with its historical practices
    as of the Effective Date and (y) so long as no Default or Event of Default
    shall have occurred and be continuing, (1) Holdings and the Company may
    pay to BP Co. or any of its Affiliates an annual management and advisory
    fee with respect to any fiscal year not to exceed $1,000,000  in the
    aggregate and may reimburse BP Co. or any of its Affiliates for any
    reasonable out of pocket expenses (with respect to services associated
    with or incurred on behalf of the Company), (2) the Company may make
    payments to Holdings required to be made pursuant to the Tax Sharing
    Agreement, (3) Holdings may repurchase shares of its common stock or<PAGE>


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    options to purchase such common stock, (4) Holdings may sell shares of, or
    rights to purchase shares of, its common stock to any of its Affiliates,
    provided, that any such sale to an operating company "controlled" (as
    defined in the definition of "Control Affiliate") by Bessemer Holdings,
    L.P., Bessemer Capital Partners, L.P. or any partnership or similar entity
    under common "control" (as defined in the definition of "Control
    Affiliate") with Bessemer Holdings, L.P. shall be on an arm's-length basis
    and (5) Holdings may exchange, in whole or in part, any Preferred Stock
    held by an Affiliate of Holdings for preferred stock of Holdings having
    terms no more onerous than those governing the Preferred Stock and may
    execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, any and all
    agreements, instruments and documents relating to the secondary offering
    of the Preferred Stock or such exchange, including the registration of the
    Preferred Stock and any such preferred stock issued in any such exchange
    under the Securities Act of 1933. 

          7.13. Corporate Documents.  Amend its certificate of incorporation
    (except (a) to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock or
    (b) to the extent necessary to consummate the BCP/Company Merger).

          7.14  Fiscal Year.  Permit the fiscal year of Holdings or the
    Company to end on a day other than December 31.

          7.15  Limitation on Activities of Holdings.  In the case of
    Holdings, (a) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to
    conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations other
    than (i) those incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of the
    Company and (ii) those incidental to any exchange, refinancing or
    redemption of its Indebtedness or Preferred Stock expressly permitted by
    this Agreement or any Holdings Common Equity Offering; (b) incur, create,
    assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, Guarantee Obligations or other
    liabilities or financial obligations, except (i) nonconsensual obligations
    imposed by operation of law, (ii) pursuant to the Loan Documents to which
    it is a party, (iii) obligations with respect to its Capital Stock, (iv)
    the obligation to pay any management or advisory fee expressly permitted
    by Section 7.12, (v) in connection with Intercompany Loans made by the
    Company to Holdings in accordance with Section 7.2(b), (vi) in connection
    with the matters described in clause (a)(ii) above and (vii) pursuant to
    any guarantee entered into pursuant to Section 7.4(f); or (c) own, lease,
    manage or otherwise operate any properties or assets (including cash and
    cash equivalents) other than the ownership of (i) shares of Capital Stock
    of the Company and (ii) additional assets having an aggregate value not to
    exceed $1,000,000.

                SECTION 8.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT

          If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:

                (a)  The Company shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan
          or any Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the
          terms hereof; or the Company shall fail to pay any interest on any
          Loan, or any other amount payable hereunder, within three days after
          any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the
          terms hereof; or

                (b)  Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the
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          or which is contained in any certificate, document or financial or
          other statement furnished at any time under or in connection with
          this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall prove to have been
          incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or
          deemed made; or

                (c) (i)  Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or
          performance of any agreement contained in Section 6.7(a) or 7 of
          this Agreement, Section 5(f), 5(g), 5(h), 5(i) or 5(n) of the
          Holdings Security Agreement, Section 5(f), 5(g), 5(h), 5(i) or 5(n)
          of the Company Security Agreement, Section 5(f), 5(g), 5(h), 5(i) or
          5(n) of the Subsidiary Security Agreement, Paragraph 5(a) or 5(b) of
          the Holdings Pledge Agreement, Paragraph 5(a) or 5(b) of the Company
          Pledge Agreement, Paragraph 5(a) or 5(b) of the Subsidiary Pledge
          Agreement or Paragraph 11 of the Subsidiary Guarantee (to the extent
          such Paragraph 11 incorporates by reference the covenants contained
          in Section 6.7(a) or 7 of this Agreement) or (ii) an Event of
          Default (as defined in any Mortgage) shall have occurred; or

                (d)  The Company or any other Loan Party shall default in the
          observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this
          Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in
          paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall
          continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i)
          the date on which a senior officer of Holdings or the Company first
          knew or reasonably should have known of such default or (ii) the
          date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to the
          Company by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

                (e) (i)  Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
          shall (x) default in any payment when due of principal of or
          interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) or in the
          payment of any Guarantee Obligation; or (y) default in the
          observance or performance of any other agreement or condition
          relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation or
          contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or
          relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist,
          the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause,
          or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or
          beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee Obligation (or a
          trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary
          or beneficiaries) to cause, such Indebtedness to become due prior to
          its stated maturity or such Guarantee Obligation to become payable;
          provided, however, that a default, event or condition described in
          subclause (x) or (y) of this clause (i) shall not constitute an
          Event of Default under this Agreement unless, at the time of such
          default, defaults, events or conditions of the type described in
          subclauses (x) and (y) of this clause (i) shall have occurred and be
          continuing with respect to Indebtedness and/or Guarantee Obligations
          the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate
          $5,000,000 or (ii) a "Default" under and as defined in the Senior
          Note Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing as a result of
          the taking by any Loan Party of any action, the consummation by any
          Loan Party of any transaction, or the occurrence or existence of any
          other event or circumstance, expressly permitted by Section 7 of
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                (f) (i)  Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
          shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any
          existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign,
          relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of
          debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to
          it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
          reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation,
          dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its
          debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian
          or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part
          of its assets, or Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
          shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
          (ii) there shall be commenced against Holdings, the Company or any
          of its Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action of a nature
          referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an
          order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B)
          remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60
          days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against Holdings, the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other
          action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution,
          distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of
          its assets which results in the entry of an order for any such
          relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or
          bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv)
          Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall take any
          action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of,
          or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii),
          or (iii) above; or (v) Holdings, the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall
          admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due;
          or

                (g) (i)  Any Person shall engage in any "prohibited
          transaction" (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of
          the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any "accumulated funding
          deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not
          waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan, (iii) a Reportable
          Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to
          have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to
          administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which
          Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a
          trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders,
          likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of
          Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for
          purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) the Company or any Commonly
          Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the
          Required Lenders is likely to, incur any liability in connection
          with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a
          Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur
          or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i)
          through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other
          such events or conditions, if any, could, in the judgment of the
          Required Lenders, have a Material Adverse Effect; or

                (h)  One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against
          Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries involving in the
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          which the relevant insurance company has not disputed coverage) of
          $2,000,000 or more and (i) all such judgments or decrees shall not
          have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal
          within 30 days from the entry thereof or (ii) enforcement
          proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such
          judgment or order; or

                (i)  Any Security Document shall, at any time, cease to be in
          full force and effect or shall be declared null and void, or the
          validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any Loan
          Party, or any of the Liens intended to be created by any Security
          Document shall cease to be or shall not be a valid and perfected
          Lien having the priority contemplated thereby, or the Subsidiary
          Guarantee or the guarantee contained in Section 10 shall cease for
          any reason to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party shall so
          assert in writing; or
     
                (j) (i)  The Bessemer Group shall cease to own in the
          aggregate, of record and beneficially, free and clear of all Liens
          (other than Liens created by any provision of any agreement entered
          into among any holders of the Capital Stock of Holdings, as in
          effect on the Effective Date), directly, that percentage of the
          common stock of Holdings representing at least 70% of the common
          stock of Holdings owned by the Bessemer Group on the Effective Date;
          or (ii) the Investors, collectively, shall cease to have the power
          to vote or direct the voting of securities having at least 51% of
          the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings
          unless (x) the failure to have such power occurs solely as a result
          of the primary sale of shares of common stock of Holdings pursuant
          to any one or more public offerings thereof and (y) no Person or
          group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities and
          Exchange Commission as in effect on the Effective Date), other than
          any Person or group consisting solely of one or more Investors,
          shall, directly or indirectly, have the power to vote or direct the
          voting of securities representing more than 20% of the ordinary
          voting power for the election of directors of Holdings; or (iii)
          Holdings shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially,
          directly, 100% of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of the
          Company free and clear of all Liens (except Liens created by the
          Holdings Pledge Agreement); or (iv) the Company shall issue any
          Capital Stock (or any security convertible into any of its Capital
          Stock) which is not pledged to the Administrative Agent for the
          benefit of the Lenders; or (v) a "Change of Control" (as defined in
          the Senior Note Indenture) shall occur;

    then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default
    specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the
    Company, automatically the Revolving Credit Commitments shall immediately
    terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all
    other amounts owing under this Agreement (including, without limitation,
    all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the
    then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents
    required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if
    such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following
    actions may be taken:  (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the
    Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the
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    Credit Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving
    Credit Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent
    of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request
    of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice of
    default to the Company, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest
    thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement (including,
    without limitation, all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the
    beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have
    presented the documents required thereunder) to be due and payable
    forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable.

          With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which
    presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an
    acceleration pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Company shall at
    such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the
    Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and
    unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit.  Amounts held in such cash
    collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the
    payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused
    portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or
    been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other Obligations
    of the Company.  After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or
    been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been
    satisfied and all other Obligations of the Company shall have been paid in
    full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be
    returned to the Company.

          Except as expressly provided above in this Section 8, presentment,
    demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly
    waived.

                SECTION 9.  THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

          9.1   Appointment.  Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and
    appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this
    Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each Lender irrevocably
    authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action
    on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
    Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are
    expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this
    Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as
    are reasonably incidental thereto.  Notwithstanding any provision to the
    contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not
    have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth
    herein, or 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 the Administrative Agent.

          9.2   Delegation of Duties.  The Administrative Agent may execute
    any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or
    through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of
    counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  The
    Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or
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          9.3   Exculpatory Provisions.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor
    any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
    affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to
    be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement
    or any other Loan Document (except for its or such Person's own gross
    negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any
    of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties
    made by the Company or any other Loan Party or any officer thereof
    contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any
    certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided
    for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection
    with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value,
    validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of
    this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of the
    Company or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or
    thereunder.  The Administrative Agent shall not 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 properties, books or records of
    the Company or any other Loan Party.

          9.4   Reliance by Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent
    shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
    any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter,
    cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order
    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 and
    upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without
    limitation, counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other
    experts selected by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent
    shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under
    this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive
    such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (except as otherwise
    expressly provided in Section 11.1) as it deems appropriate or it shall
    first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and
    all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking
    or continuing to take any such action.  The Administrative Agent shall in
    all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting,
    under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a
    request of the Required Lenders (except as otherwise expressly provided in
    Section 11.1), and such request and any action taken or failure to act
    pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future
    holders of the Loans.

          9.5   Notice of Default.  The Administrative Agent shall not be
    deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or
    Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from
    a Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement, describing such
    Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of
    default".  In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a
    notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. 
    The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such
    Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the
    Required Lenders (except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 11.1);
    provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have
    received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be
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    respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in
    the best interests of the Lenders.

          9.6   Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.  Each
    Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor
    any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
    affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no
    act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of
    the affairs of the Company or any other Loan Party, shall be deemed to
    constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to
    any Lender.  Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it
    has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or
    any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has
    deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the
    business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
    creditworthiness of the Company and the other Loan Parties and made its
    own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. 
    Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without
    reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on
    such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
    continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in
    taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan
    Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform
    itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other
    condition and creditworthiness of the Company and the other Loan Parties. 
    Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be
    furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the
    Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide
    any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business,
    operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or
    creditworthiness of the Company or any other Loan Party which may come
    into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers,
    directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

          9.7   Indemnification.  The Lenders agree to indemnify the
    Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed
    by the Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do
    so), ratably according to the respective amounts of their Revolving Credit
    Commitments or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated,
    ratably according to the respective amounts of their Loans, from and
    against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
    actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind
    whatsoever which may at any time (including, without limitation, at any
    time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or
    asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or
    arising out of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any
    documents contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein
    or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or
    omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the
    foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any
    portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
    actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting
    solely from the Administrative Agent's gross negligence or willful
    misconduct.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of
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          9.8   Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity.  The
    Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits
    from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company as
    though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent
    hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  With respect to its Loans
    made or renewed by it and any Letter of Credit issued or participated in
    by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers
    under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may
    exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the
    terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include the Administrative Agent in its
    individual capacity.

          9.9   Successor Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent may
    resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days' notice to the Lenders.  If
    the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this
    Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall
    appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which
    successor agent shall be approved by the Company (which approval shall not
    be unreasonably withheld), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to
    the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term
    "Administrative Agent" shall mean such successor agent effective upon its
    appointment, and the former Administrative Agent's rights, powers and
    duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or
    further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any
    of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans.  After any
    retiring Administrative Agent's resignation as Administrative Agent, the
    provisions of this Section shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
    taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under
    this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

          9.10  Co-Lead Agent and Co- Agents.  Neither the Co-Lead Agent nor
    any Co-Agent in its capacity as such shall have any rights, duties or
    responsibilities hereunder, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender,
    and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations
    or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist
    against the Co-Lead Agent or any Co-Agent in its capacity as such.

                SECTION 10.  GUARANTEE

          10.1  Guarantee.  In order to induce the Administrative Agent and
    the Lenders to execute and deliver this Agreement and to make or maintain
    the Loans hereunder, and in consideration thereof, Holdings hereby
    unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Administrative Agent,
    for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, the prompt and complete payment
    and performance by the Company when due (whether at stated maturity, by
    acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations, and Holdings further agrees
    to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable
    fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) which may be paid or incurred
    by the Administrative Agent or by the Lenders in enforcing, or obtaining
    advice of counsel in respect of, any of their rights under the guarantee
    contained in this Section 10.  The guarantee contained in this Section 10,
    subject to Section 10.5, shall remain in full force and effect until the
    Obligations are paid in full, the Revolving Credit Commitments are
    terminated and no Letters of Credit are outstanding, notwithstanding that
    from time to time prior thereto the Company may be free from any
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          Holdings agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it
    shall make any payment to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on
    account of its liability under this Section 10, it will notify the
    Administrative Agent and such Lender in writing that such payment is made
    under the guarantee contained in this Section 10 for such purpose.  No
    payment or payments made by the Company or any other Person or received or
    collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Company or
    any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any setoff or
    appropriation or application, at any time or from time to time, in
    reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify,
    reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of Holdings under this
    Section 10 which, notwithstanding any such payment or payments, shall
    remain liable for the Obligations until, subject to Section 10.5, the
    Obligations are paid in full, the Revolving Credit Commitments are
    terminated and no Letters of Credit are outstanding.

          10.2  No Subrogation, Contribution, Reimbursement or Indemnity. 
    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10, Holdings
    hereby irrevocably waives all rights which may have arisen in connection
    with the guarantee contained in this Section 10 to be subrogated to any of
    the rights (whether contractual, under the Bankruptcy Code, including
    Section 509 thereof, under common law or otherwise) of the Administrative
    Agent or any Lender against the Company or against the Administrative
    Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations, until the
    Obligations have been paid in full and the Revolving Credit Commitments
    have been terminated.  Holdings hereby further irrevocably waives all
    contractual, common law, statutory and other rights of reimbursement,
    contribution, exoneration or indemnity (or any similar right) from or
    against the Company or any other Person which may have arisen in
    connection with the guarantee contained in this Section 10, until the
    Obligations have been paid in full and the Revolving Credit Commitments
    have been terminated.  So long as the Obligations remain outstanding, if
    any amount shall be paid by or on behalf of the Company to Holdings on
    account of any of the rights waived in this Section 10.2, such amount
    shall be held by Holdings in trust, segregated from other funds of
    Holdings, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by Holdings, be turned over to
    the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by Holdings (duly
    indorsed by Holdings to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be
    applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such
    order as the Administrative Agent may determine.  The provisions of this
    Section 10.2 shall survive the term of the guarantee contained in this
    Section 10 and the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination
    of the Revolving Credit Commitments.

          10.3  Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations.  Holdings
    shall remain obligated under this Section 10 notwithstanding that, without
    any reservation of rights against Holdings, and without notice to or
    further assent by Holdings, any demand for payment of or reduction in the
    principal amount of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative
    Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such
    Lender, and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the
    liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any
    collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect
    thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed,
    extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered
    or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and this Agreement,
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    connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated,
    in whole or in part, as the Lenders (or the Required Lenders, as the case
    may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security,
    guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent
    or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged,
    waived, surrendered or released.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any
    Lender shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any
    Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for the
    guarantee contained in this Section 10 or any property subject thereto.

          10.4  Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.  Holdings waives any and
    all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the
    Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent
    or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 10 or
    acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 10; the Obligations,
    and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created,
    contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in
    reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 10; and all dealings
    between the Company or Holdings, on the one hand, and the Administrative
    Agent and the Lenders, on the other, shall likewise be conclusively
    presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee
    contained in this Section 10.  Holdings waives diligence, presentment,
    protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon
    the Company or Holdings with respect to the Obligations.  The guarantee
    contained in this Section 10 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute,
    irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a)
    the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan
    Document, any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor or
    guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time
    to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense,
    setoff or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance)
    which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Company
    against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other
    circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the
    Company or Holdings) which constitutes, or might be construed to
    constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the
    Obligations, or of Holdings under the guarantee contained in this Section
    10, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.  When the Administrative Agent
    or any Lender is pursuing its rights and remedies under this Section 10
    against Holdings, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be
    under no obligation to, pursue such rights and remedies as it may have
    against the Company or any other Person or against any collateral security
    or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect
    thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
    pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the
    Company or any such other Person or to realize upon any such collateral
    security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any
    release of the Company or any such other Person or of any such collateral
    security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve Holdings of any
    liability under this Section 10, and shall not impair or affect the rights
    and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of
    the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against Holdings.

          10.5  Reinstatement.  The guarantee contained in this Section 10
    shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if
    at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is
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    Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution,
    liquidation or reorganization of the Company or upon or as a result of the
    appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or
    similar officer for, the Company or any substantial part of its property,
    or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

          10.6  Payments.  Holdings hereby agrees that any payments in respect
    of the Obligations pursuant to this Section 10 will be paid to the
    Administrative Agent without setoff or counterclaim in Dollars at the
    office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 11.2.

                SECTION 11.  MISCELLANEOUS

          11.1  Amendments and Waivers.  Neither this Agreement, any other
    Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended,
    supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this
    Section.  With the written consent of the Required Lenders, the
    Administrative Agent and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan
    Document may, from time to time, enter into written amendments,
    supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for
    the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan
    Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the
    Company or the other Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or waiving, on
    such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may specify in such
    instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan
    Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences;
    provided, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or
    modification shall directly (a) (i) release all or substantially all of
    the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary
    Guarantors from their obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee (except,
    in each case, in connection with any sale or other disposition of assets
    expressly permitted by Section 7.6) or (ii) amend, modify or waive any
    provision of Section 8(j) without the written consent of the Supermajority
    Lenders; (b) forgive the principal amount or extend the final stated
    maturity of any Loan, or reduce the stated rate of interest on any Loan or
    extend the scheduled time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any
    fee or letter of credit commission payable to any Lender hereunder, or
    release the Company from its obligation to repay any of the amounts
    described in this clause (b), or increase the amount of any Lender's
    Revolving Credit Commitment, in each case without the written consent of
    each Lender directly affected thereby; (c) so long as the covenants
    contained in Section 7.1(b) or 7.1(c) are incorporated by reference in the
    Capital Lease Financing Facility, amend, modify or waive any provision of
    Section 7.1(b) or 7.1(c), as the case may be, without the written consent
    of the Specified Required Lenders; (d) amend, modify or waive any
    provision of this Section 11.1 or reduce the percentage specified in the
    definition of Required Lenders, Specified Required Lenders or
    Supermajority Lenders, or consent to the assignment or transfer by
    Holdings or the Company of any of its rights and obligations under this
    Agreement and the other Loan Documents (except, in the case of Holdings,
    as expressly contemplated by Section 7.5(c)), in each case without the
    written consent of all the Lenders; (e) amend, modify or waive any
    provision of Section 3 without the written consent of the Issuing Lender;
    or (f) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 without the
    written consent of the then Administrative Agent; and provided, further,
    that no exercise by the Administrative Agent of its discretion pursuant to
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    "Eligible Receivables" which would significantly, and from the point of
    view of the Lenders adversely, alter (a) the basis upon which Inventory or
    Accounts are considered "Eligible Inventory" or "Eligible Receivables" or
    (b) the calculation of any reserve in respect of Eligible Inventory or
    Eligible Receivables, shall be effective unless the Required Lenders shall
    have consented to such exercise in writing (which consent shall not be
    unreasonably withheld).  Any such waiver and any such amendment,
    supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and
    shall be binding upon the Company, the other Loan Parties, the Lenders,
    the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans.  In the case
    of any waiver, the Company, the other Loan Parties, the Lenders and the
    Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights
    hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of
    Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such
    waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of
    Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

          11.2  Notices.  All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
    respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including
    by telecopy, telegraph or telex), and, unless otherwise expressly provided
    herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by
    hand, or three days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid,
    or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, or, in the case of
    telegraphic notice, when delivered to the telegraph company, or, in the
    case of telex notice, when sent, answerback received, addressed as follows
    in the case of Holdings, the Company and the Administrative Agent, and as
    set forth in the administrative questionnaire delivered to the
    Administrative Agent on or prior to the Effective Date in the case of the
    other parties hereto, or to such other address as may be hereafter
    notified by the respective parties hereto and any future holders of the
    Loans:

          Holdings:         BCP/Essex Holdings Inc.
                            c/o Bessemer Holdings, L.P.
                            630 Fifth Avenue
                            New York, New York  10111
                            Attention:  Robert D. Lindsay
                            Telecopy:  212-969-9032

          with copies to:   Essex Group, Inc. (at the address set forth below)

          and               Cravath, Swaine & Moore
                            Worldwide Plaza
                            825 Eighth Avenue
                            New York, New York  10019
                            Attention:  Kris F. Heinzelman, Esq.
                            Telecopy:  212-474-3700

          The Company:      Essex Group, Inc.
                            1601 Wall Street
                            Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
                            Attention:  David A. Owen 
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          with copies to:   BCP/Essex Holdings Inc. (at
                            the address set forth above)

          and               Cravath, Swaine & Moore (at
                            the address set forth above)

          The Administrative Agent:     The Chase Manhattan Bank
                            c/o Chase Securities Inc.
                            10 South LaSalle Street
                            Chicago, Illinois 60603
                            Attention:  Jonathan E. Twichell
                            Telecopy:  312-807-4550

          with copies to:   Chase Agent Bank Services Group
                            Grand Central Tower
                            140 East 45th Street
                            New York, New York 10017
                            Attention:  Jesus Sang
                            Telecopy:  212-622-0122

    provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative
    Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11 or
    3.2 shall not be effective until received.

          11.3  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.  No failure to exercise and no
    delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any
    Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a
    waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right,
    remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
    exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
    privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided
    are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and
    privileges provided by law.

          11.4  Survival of Representations and Warranties.  All
    representations and warranties made hereunder, under the other Loan
    Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant
    hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the
    execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

          11.5  Payment of Expenses and Taxes.  The Company agrees (a) to pay
    or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its out-of-pocket costs and
    expenses and internally allocated charges and reasonable fees incurred in
    connection with the development, preparation and execution of this
    Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in
    connection herewith or therewith, the consummation and administration of
    the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the syndication of
    the credit facilities contained herein, including, without limitation, the
    reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel (including any local
    or special counsel) to the Administrative Agent and of any professionals
    or consultants acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent in connection
    with any audit or other review of the business, assets or financial
    condition of the Loan Parties (including any examination of Accounts,
    Inventory or other Collateral), (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative
    Agent for all its reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection
    with any amendment, supplement or other modification to this Agreement,
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    herewith or therewith, including, without limitation, reasonable fees,
    charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, (c) to
    pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its
    reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement
    or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan
    Documents, the Letters of Credit, and any other documents prepared in
    connection herewith or therewith, including, without limitation,
    reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
    Administrative Agent and to each Lender (including the reasonable
    allocated costs of in-house counsel for any Lender), (d) to pay, indemnify
    each Lender and the Administrative Agent against, and hold each Lender and
    the Administrative Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing
    fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any
    delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, which may be
    payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and
    delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions
    contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any
    waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan
    Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or
    therewith, and (e) to pay, and indemnify and hold harmless each Lender and
    the Administrative Agent and their respective officers, directors,
    employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons (each, an
    "indemnitee") from and against, any and all other liabilities,
    obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
    expenses, charges and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
    (including, without limitation, reasonable fees, charges and disbursements
    of counsel to such indemnitee) with respect to the execution, delivery,
    enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other
    Loan Documents and any such other documents, or the use of the proceeds of
    the Loans or the loans made pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, or
    any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the
    foregoing, regardless of whether any indemnitee is a party thereto or
    whether any such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought
    by the Company or by any other Person, and to reimburse each indemnitee
    upon demand for any legal or other reasonable expenses incurred in
    connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing (all the
    foregoing, collectively, the "indemnified liabilities"); provided that the
    Company shall have no obligation hereunder to any indemnitee with respect
    to indemnified liabilities to the extent such indemnified liabilities are
    found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent
    jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence or
    willful misconduct of such indemnitee.  The agreements in this Section
    shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
    hereunder.

          11/6  Successors and Assigns; Assignments and Participations.  (a) 
    This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings,
    the Company, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, all future holders of
    the Loans, and their respective successors and assigns, except that
    neither Holdings nor the Company may assign or transfer any of its rights
    or obligations under this Agreement (except, in the case of Holdings, as
    expressly contemplated by Section 7.5(c)) without the prior written
    consent of each Lender.

          (b)  Each Lender may, with the prior consent of the Company, the
    Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
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    reasonable for the Company to withhold its consent if as a result of any
    assignment (x) the total number of Lenders would be greater than 20 or (y)
    the Company would be required to pay any additional amounts pursuant to
    Section 2.15 or 2.16), assign to one or more banks or other entities all
    or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the
    other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or a portion of
    its Revolving Credit Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided,
    however, that (i) in the case of each assignment of a Revolving Credit
    Commitment, except in the case of an assignment of all of a Lender's
    Revolving Credit Commitment, (x) the amount of the Revolving Credit
    Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such
    assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance
    with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $5,000,000
    or such lesser amount as the Company may consent to and (y) after giving
    effect to each such assignment, the amount of the Revolving Credit
    Commitment of the assigning Lender shall in no event be less than
    $5,000,000, and (ii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and
    deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in
    the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance and pay to the Administrative
    Agent a processing and recordation fee of $4,000.  Upon such execution,
    delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date
    specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, (x) 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, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y)
    the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and
    obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment
    and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its 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, such Lender shall cease to be a party
    hereto).  Upon the effectiveness of any Assignment and Acceptance,
    Schedule 1.1A shall be deemed amended to reflect the identities and
    Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders after giving effect thereto.

          (c)  By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the
    Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and
    agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i)  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, the other Loan Documents or any other
    instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto, or the
    execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
    value of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument
    or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (ii) such assigning
    Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility
    with respect to the financial condition of the Company or any other Loan
    Party or the performance or observance by the Company or any other Loan
    Party of any of its obligations under this Agreement, the other Loan
    Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
    thereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this
    Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
    Section 4.1 and 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; (iv) such assignee will, independently and
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    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, the other Loan Documents
    or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto;
    (v) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take
    such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and
    discretion under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other
    instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are
    delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof,
    together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental
    thereto; and (vi) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance
    with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this
    Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

          (d)  The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Company, shall
    maintain at the address of the Administrative Agent referred to in Section
    11.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a
    register (the "Register") for the recordation of the names and addresses
    of the Lenders and the Revolving Credit Commitment of, and principal
    amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time.  The entries
    in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and
    the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each
    Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Loan or
    other obligation hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes of this
    Agreement and the other Loan Documents, notwithstanding any notice to the
    contrary.  Any assignment of any Loan or other obligation hereunder shall
    be effective only upon appropriate entries with respect thereto being made
    in the Register.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the
    Company or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
    reasonable prior notice.

          (e)  Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance accepted by an
    assigning Lender and an assignee, the Administrative Agent shall, if such
    Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the
    form of Exhibit I, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record
    the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt
    notice thereof to the Company.

          (f)  Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or
    other entities (each, a "Participant") in all or a portion of its rights
    and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all
    or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitment and the Loans owing to
    it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender's obligations under this
    Agreement (including, without limitation, its Revolving Credit Commitment
    to the Company hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall
    remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance
    of such obligations, (iii) for purposes of Section 2.16, such Lender shall
    continue to be treated as if it had not sold any such participation, such
    that no Participant shall have any right to any indemnity or additional
    payment under such Section, and such Lender shall be entitled to receive
    additional payments pursuant to such Section calculated on the assumption
    that it had not sold any such participation, (iv) the Company, the
    Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely
    and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
    obligations under this Agreement and (v) no Participant under any such
    participation shall have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of
    any provision of any Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by any<PAGE>


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    Loan Party therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or
    consent would reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any
    fees payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such
    participation, or postpone the date of the final maturity of, or any date
    fixed for any payment of interest on, the Loans, in each case to the
    extent subject to such participation.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
    Company agrees that each such Participant shall, to the extent provided in
    its participation, be entitled to the rights and benefits under Sections
    2.14 and 2.16 and all rights to, or rights to request, information under
    this Agreement with respect to its participating interest, in each case as
    if such Participant were a Lender and in each case as with effect as from
    the date of effectiveness of the applicable participation.

          (g)  The Company authorizes each Lender to disclose to any
    Participant or assignee (each, a "Transferee") and any prospective
    Transferee any and all financial information in such Lender's possession
    concerning the Company and its Affiliates which has been delivered to such
    Lender by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement or which
    has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Company in
    connection with such Lender's credit evaluation of the Company and its
    Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement; provided, that,
    unless the Administrative Agent and the Company shall otherwise agree,
    prior to any such disclosure such Transferee shall have executed a
    Confidentiality Letter in the form of Exhibit L.

          (h)  Nothing herein shall prohibit any Lender from pledging or
    assigning all or any portion of its Loans to any Federal Reserve Bank in
    accordance with applicable law.  In order to facilitate such pledge or
    assignment, the Company hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at
    any time and from time to time, the Company shall provide to such Lender,
    at the Company's own expense, a promissory note, in form and substance
    reasonably satisfactory to the Company, evidencing the Loans so pledged or
    assigned Lender.

          (i)  If, after the date that any Lender becomes a Lender, the long-
    term certificate of deposit rating of such Lender shall be downgraded by
    both Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P") and Moody's Investors
    Service, Inc. ("Moody's") (or, in the case of any Lender which is not so
    rated by both S&P and Moody's on the date on which it becomes a Lender, by
    Thompson's BankWatch and, if applicable, S&P or Moody's), and as a result
    of such downgrade such Lender shall be rated below BBB- by S&P and below
    Baa3 by Moody's, or the equivalent (or, in the case of any Lender which is
    not so rated by both S&P and Moody's on the date on which it becomes a
    Lender, below C by Thompson's BankWatch and, if applicable, below BBB- by
    S&P or below Baa3 by Moody's, or the equivalent), then the Issuing Lender
    shall have the right, but not the obligation, at its own expense, upon
    notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, to replace (or to
    request that the Company use its reasonable efforts to replace) such
    Lender with an assignee (in accordance with and subject to the
    restrictions contained in Section 11.6(b)), and such Lender hereby agrees
    to transfer and assign without recourse (in accordance with and subject to
    the restrictions contained in Section 11.6(b)) all its interests, rights
    and obligations hereunder to such assignee; provided, that (i) no such
    assignment shall conflict with any Requirement of Law of any Governmental
    Authority and (ii) the Issuing Lender or such assignee, as the case may
    be, shall pay to such Lender in immediately available funds on the date of
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    payment of the Loans made by such Lender hereunder and all other amounts
    accrued for such Lender's account or owed to it hereunder.

          11.7  Adjustments; Setoff.

          (a)  Except to the extent that this Agreement provides for payments
    to be allocated to Revolving Credit Loans or Competitive Loans, as the
    case may be, if any Lender (a "benefitted Lender") shall at any time
    receive any payment of all or part of any category of its Loans, or
    interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether
    voluntarily or involuntarily, by setoff, pursuant to events or proceedings
    of the nature referred to in Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater
    proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other
    Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender's Loans, or interest
    thereon, such benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other
    Lenders such portion of each such other Lender's Loans, or shall provide
    such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the
    proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such benefitted Lender to
    share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds
    ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any
    portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from
    such benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase
    price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without
    interest.  The Company agrees that each Lender so purchasing a portion of
    another Lender's Loans may exercise all rights of payment (including,
    without limitation, rights of setoff) with respect to such portion as
    fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion.

          (b)  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided
    by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
    Default, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to
    Holdings or the Company, any such notice being expressly waived by
    Holdings and the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon
    any amount becoming due and payable by Holdings or the Company hereunder
    (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set off
    and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits
    (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any
    currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency,
    in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured
    or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or
    agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of Holdings or the
    Company.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Holdings, the Company and
    the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by
    such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
    affect the validity of such setoff and application.

          11.8  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by one or more
    of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts,
    and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute
    one and the same instrument.  A set of the copies of this Agreement signed
    by all the parties shall be lodged with the Company and the Administrative
    Agent.

          11.9  Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement which is
    prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
    jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
    unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and<PAGE>


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    any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
    invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
    jurisdiction.

          11.10 Releases.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative
    Agent to execute such releases and termination statements as may be
    reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the incurrence of
    any Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3 (as said Section may be
    amended from time to time in accordance with Section 11.1).  

          11.11 GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
    OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
    AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          11.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers.  Each of Holdings and the
    Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

                (a)  submits for itself and its property in any legal action
          or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan
          Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement
          of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general
          jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of
          the United States of America for the Southern District of New York,
          and appellate courts from any thereof;

                (b)  consents that any such action or proceeding may be
          brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or
          hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any
          such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
          inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

                (c)  agrees that service of process in any such action or
          proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered
          or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail),
          postage prepaid, to Holdings or the Company, as the case may be, at
          its address set forth in Section 11.2 or at such other address of
          which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant
          thereto;
     
                (d)  agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to
          effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or
          shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
     
                (e)  waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any
          right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or
          proceeding referred to in this Section 11.12 any special, exemplary,
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          11.13 Acknowledgements.  Each of Holdings and the Company hereby
    acknowledges that:

                (a)  it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation,
          execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
          Documents;

                (b)  neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any
          fiduciary relationship to Holdings or the Company, and the
          relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand,
          and Holdings and the Company, on the other hand, is solely that of
          creditor and debtor; and

                (c)  no joint venture exists among the Lenders or among
          Holdings, the Company and the Lenders.

          11.14 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL.  HOLDINGS, THE COMPANY, THE
    ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH OF THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
    UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
    RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY
    COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

          11.15 Confidentiality.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any
    Lender shall disclose any Confidential Information to any Person without
    the prior consent of the Company, other than (a) to the Administrative
    Agent's or such Lender's affiliates and their officers, directors,
    employees, agents and advisors, (b) to actual or prospective assignees and
    participants, and then only on a confidential basis as contemplated in
    Section 11.6(g) and upon the prior delivery of the confidentiality letter
    contemplated therein, (c) as required by any law, rule or regulation or
    judicial process and (d) as requested or required by any state, federal or
    foreign authority or examiner regulating or having jurisdiction over the
    Administrative Agent or any Lender.

          11.16 New Lenders; Commitment Increases.  (a)  With the consent of
    the Company and the Administrative Agent (which, in the case of the
    Administrative Agent, shall not be unreasonably withheld), (i) one or more
    additional banks or other financial institutions may become a party to
    this Agreement by executing a supplement hereto, in form and substance
    satisfactory to such bank or other financial institution, the Company and
    the Administrative Agent, whereupon such bank or other financial
    institution (herein called a "New Lender") shall become a Lender for all
    purposes hereof and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and
    shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and
    Schedule 1.1A hereto shall be deemed to be amended to add the name,
    address and Revolving Credit Commitment of such New Lender and (ii) any
    Lender may increase the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment by
    executing a supplement hereto, in form and substance satisfactory to such
    Lender, the Company and the Administrative Agent, whereupon such Lender
    shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with
    respect to the full amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment as so
    increased, and Schedule 1.1A hereto shall be deemed to be amended to
    reflect such increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender. 
    In no event may the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments be increased
    above $400,000,000 pursuant to any supplement described in this Section
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                (b)  If on the date upon which a bank or other financial
    institution becomes a New Lender or upon which a Lender's Revolving Credit
    Commitment is changed pursuant to Section 11.16(a), any Revolving Credit
    Loans are then outstanding, the Company shall borrow Revolving Credit
    Loans from such Lender in an amount such that, after giving effect
    thereto, the quotient of (x) the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender of
    each Type (and, in the case of Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans, of each
    Eurodollar Tranche) and (y) such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment is
    equal to the comparable quotient of each other Lender.  Any Eurodollar
    Revolving Credit Loans borrowed pursuant to the preceding sentence shall
    bear interest at a rate equal to the respective interest rates then
    applicable to the Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loans of the other Lenders
    in the same Eurodollar Tranche or such other rate as may be agreed upon by
    the Company and such Lender.

          11.17 INTEGRATION.  THIS AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT
    OF HOLDINGS, THE COMPANY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS WITH
    RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, WHICH AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE
    CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF ANY PRIOR OR CONTEMPORANEOUS ORAL AGREEMENT
    BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, AND THERE ARE NO PROMISES,
    UNDERTAKINGS, REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR
    ANY LENDER RELATIVE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH
    OR REFERRED TO HEREIN OR IN THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.          

                               *        *        *<PAGE>


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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
    be duly executed and delivered in New York, New York by their proper and
    duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

                                  BCP/ESSEX HOLDINGS INC.


                                  By: /s/ David A. Owen
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: David A. Owen
                                     Title: Vice President

                                  ESSEX GROUP, INC.


                                  By: /s/ Debra F. Minott
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Debra F. Minott
                                     Title: Senior Vice President

                                  THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as
                                    Administrative Agent and as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Lawrence Palumbo, Jr.
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: L. Palumbo
                                     Title: Vice President and
                                       Attorney-in-fact

                                  BANK OF AMERICA ILLINOIS, as Co-Lead
                                    Agent and as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ R. Guy Stapleton
                                     _____________________________
                                     Name: R. Guy Stapleton
                                     Title: Managing Director

                                  THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Co-Agent
                                   and as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ John M. Lokay, Jr.
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: John M. Lokay, Jr.
                                     Title: Vice President

                                  THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Co-Agent
                                   and as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ M.D. Smith
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: M.D. Smith
                                     Title: Agent<PAGE>


                                                                           108


                                  COMERICA BANK, as Co-Agent and as
                                   a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Phillip A. Coosaia
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Phillip A. Coosaia
                                     Title: Vice President<PAGE>


                                                                           109


                                  NBD BANK, N.A., as Co-Agent and
                                   as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ John C. Otteson
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: John C. Otteson
                                     Title: Vice President

                                  THE LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF JAPAN,
                                   LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Co-Agent
                                   and as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Shuichi Tajima
                                      ----------------------------
                                      Name: Shuichi Tajima
                                      Title: Deputy General Manager

                                  NATIONSBANK, N.A., as Co-Agent
                                   and as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Wallace W. Harris
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Wallace W. Harris
                                     Title: Vice President

                                  FORT WAYNE NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Robert C. Marshall
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Robert C. Marshall
                                     Title: Vice President

                                  MELLON BANK, N.A., as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Roger N. Stanier
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Roger N. Stanier
                                     Title: Vice President

                                  NATIONAL CITY BANK OF INDIANA,
                                   as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Reagan K. Rick
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Reagan K. Rick
                                     Title: Vice President

                                  UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
                                   OF OREGON, as a Lender<PAGE>


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                                  By: /s/ Chris J. Karlin
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Chris J. Karlin
                                     Title: Vice President

                                  NORWEST BANK INDIANA,
                                   NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Sook-Ja Hansen
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Sook-Ja Hansen
                                     Title: Asst. Vice President

                                  VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL PRIME
                                   RATE INCOME TRUST, as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Maillet
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Jeffrey W. Maillet
                                     Title: Sr. Vice President,
                                       Portfolio Mgr.

                                  BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Lender



                                  By: /s/ Erin M. Keyser
                                     -----------------------------
                                     Name: Erin M. Keyser
                                     Title: Director

                                  BHF-BANK AKTIENGELSELLSCHAFT, as
                                   a Lender


                                  By: /s/ John Sykes/Evon Contos               
                                      ----------------------------
                                     Name: John Sykes/Evon Contos
                                     Title: AVP/VP

                                  CAISSE NATIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE,
                                   as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Dean Balice
                                      ----------------------------
                                      Name: Dean Balice
                                      Title: Senior Vice President,
                                        Branch Manager                         
                      
                                  KEY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                   as a Lender


                                  By: /s/ Matthew P. Tudhey<PAGE>


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                                      ----------------------------
                                      Name: Matthew P. Tudhey
                                      Title: Assistant Vice President<PAGE>


                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                          Page

          SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1
                1.1   Defined Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1
                1.2   Other Definitional Provisions; Financial
                      Calculations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   28

          SECTION 2.  THE REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS  . . . . . . . . .   29
                2.1   Revolving Credit Commitments  . . . . . . . . . . .   29
                2.2   Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing  . . . . .   29
                2.3   Competitive Borrowings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   30
                2.4   Fees  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   33
                2.5   Evidence of Loans; Repayment  . . . . . . . . . . .   33
                2.6   Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit
                      Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   33
                2.7   Optional Prepayments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   33
                2.8   Mandatory Prepayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   34
                2.9   Conversion and Continuation Options . . . . . . . .   35
                2.10  Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar
                      Tranches  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   35
                2.11  Interest Rates and Payment Dates  . . . . . . . . .   36
                2.12  Computation of Interest and Fees  . . . . . . . . .   36
                2.13  Inability to Determine Interest Rate  . . . . . . .   37
                2.14  Pro Rata Treatment and Payments . . . . . . . . . .   37
                2.15  Requirements of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   38
                2.16  Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   39
                2.17  Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   41
                2.18  Replacement Lenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   42

          SECTION 3.  LETTERS OF CREDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   42
                3.1   L/C Commitment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   42
                3.2   Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit . . . .   43
                3.3   Fees and Other Charges  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   43
                3.4   L/C Participations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   44
                3.5   Drawing and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . .   44
                3.6   Obligations Absolute  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   45
                3.7   Letter of Credit Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . .   45
                3.8   Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   45
                3.9   Notices and Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   45

          SECTION 4.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES  . . . . . . . . . .   46
                4.1   Financial Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   46
                4.2   No Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   47
                4.3   Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law  . . . . .   47
                4.4   Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable
                      Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   47
                4.5   No Legal Bar  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   48
                4.6   No Material Litigation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   48
                4.7   No Default  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   48
                4.8   Ownership of Property; Liens  . . . . . . . . . . .   48
                4.9   Intellectual Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   49
                4.10  No Burdensome Restrictions  . . . . . . . . . . . .   49
                4.11  Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   49
                4.12  Federal Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   49
                4.13  Labor Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   49
                4.14  ERISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   50
                4.15  Investment Company Act; Other Regulations . . . . .   50
                4.16  Subsidiaries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   50<PAGE>


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                4.17  Purpose of Loans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   50
                4.18  Environmental Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   50
                4.19  Accuracy of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   51
                4.20  Security Documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   52
                4.21  Solvency  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   52
                4.22  Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   52
                4.23  Regulation H  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   53
          SECTION 5.  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   53
                5.1   Conditions to Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . .   53
                5.2   Conditions to Each Extension of Credit  . . . . . .   56

          SECTION 6.  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   56
                6.1   Financial Statements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   56
                6.2   Certificates; Other Information . . . . . . . . . .   57
                6.3   Payment of Obligations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   58
                6.4   Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence  .   58
                6.5   Maintenance of Property; Insurance  . . . . . . . .   58
                6.6   Inspection of Property; Books and Records;
                      Discussions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   59
                6.7   Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   59
                6.8   Environmental Laws  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   60
                6.9   Interest Rate Protection  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   61
                6.10  Additional Collateral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   61

          SECTION 7.  NEGATIVE COVENANTS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   62
                7.1   Financial Condition Covenants . . . . . . . . . . .   63
                7.2   Limitation on Indebtedness  . . . . . . . . . . . .   63
                7.3   Limitation on Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   65
                7.4   Limitation on Guarantee Obligations . . . . . . . .   67
                7.5   Limitations on Fundamental Changes  . . . . . . . .   67
                7.6   Limitation on Sale of Assets  . . . . . . . . . . .   68
                7.7   Limitation on Leases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   69
                7.8   Limitation on Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   69
                7.9   Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses . . . . . . .   70
                7.10  Limitation on Capital Expenditures, Investments,
                      Loans and Advances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   70
                7.11  Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications
                      of Certain Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   72
                7.12  Transactions with Affiliates  . . . . . . . . . . .   73
                7.13  Corporate Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   73
                7.14  Fiscal Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   73
                7.15  Limitation on Activities of Holdings  . . . . . . .   73

          SECTION 8.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   74

          SECTION 9.  THE AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   77
                9.1   Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   77
                9.2   Delegation of Duties  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   77
                9.3   Exculpatory Provisions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   77
                9.4   Reliance by Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   77
                9.5   Notice of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   78
                9.6   Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders . . . . . .   78
                9.7   Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   78
                9.8   Agent in Its Individual Capacity  . . . . . . . . .   79
                9.9   Successor Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   79
                9.10  Co-Lead Agent and Co-Agents . . . . . . . . . . . .   79<PAGE>


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          SECTION 10.  GUARANTEE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   79
                10.1  Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   79
                10.2  No Subrogation, Contribution, Reimbursement or
                      Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   80
                10.3  Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations  .   80
                10.4  Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional  . . . . . . .   80
                10.5  Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   81
                10.6  Payments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   81

          SECTION 11.  MISCELLANEOUS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   81
                11.1  Amendments and Waivers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   81
                11.2  Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   82
                11.3  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies  . . . . . . . . . .   83
                11.4  Survival of Representations and Warranties  . . . .   83
                11.5  Payment of Expenses and Taxes . . . . . . . . . . .   83
                11.6  Successors and Assigns; Assignments and
                      Participations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   84
                11.7  Adjustments; Setoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   87
                11.8  Counterparts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   87
                11.9  Severability  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   87
                11.10 Releases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   88
                11.11 GOVERNING LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   88
                11.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers . . . . . . . .   88
                11.13 Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   88
                11.14 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   88
                11.15 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   89
                11.16 New Lenders; Commitment Increases . . . . . . . . .   89
                11.17 INTEGRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   89<PAGE>


                                                                          Page

    SCHEDULES:

    1.1A        Revolving Credit Commitments, Addresses
    1.1B        Mortgaged Properties
    1.1C        Terms of Preferred Stock 
    4.1(b)      Liabilities, etc.
    4.5         Legal Bar
    4.8         Owned and Leased Properties
    4.9         Patents and Trademarks
    4.16        Subsidiaries
    4.20(b)     UCC Filing Jurisdictions
    4.20(c)     Mortgage Filing Jurisdictions
    5.1(g)      Local Counsel 
    7.2(c)      Existing Indebtedness
    7.3(f)      Existing Liens
    7.7(a)      Existing Leases
    7.11        Terms of Preferred Stock

    EXHIBITS:

    A           Form of Intercompany Note
    B-1         Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
    B-2         Form of Senior Note Indenture Revolving Credit Incurrence
                Limit
                Certificate
    C-1         Form of Competitive Accept/Reject Letter
    C-2         Form of Competitive Advance Invitation
    C-3         Form of Competitive Advance Offer
    C-4         Form of Competitive Advance Request
    D-1         Form of Company Pledge Agreement
    D-2         Form of Holdings Pledge Agreement
    D-3         Form of Subsidiary Pledge Agreement
    E-1         Form of Company Security Agreement
    E-2         Form of Holdings Security Agreement
    E-3         Form of Subsidiary Security Agreement
    F           Form of Subsidiary Guarantee
    G-1         Form of Opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore
    G-2         Form of General Counsel Opinion
    G-3         Form of Local Counsel Opinion
    H           Form of Closing Certificate
    I           Form of Assignment and Acceptance
    J           Form of Mortgage
    K           Form of Compliance Certificate
    L           Form of Confidentiality Letter<PAGE>



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                                   $370,000,000

                                 CREDIT AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of October 31, 1996

                                      among

                             BCP/ESSEX HOLDINGS INC.,

                                ESSEX GROUP, INC.,

                             THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN

                                       and

                            THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
                             as Administrative Agent













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