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Exhibit 10.30

EXECUTION COPY

Form of U.S. Pledge Agreement among Deedtask Limited,
Creditscheme Limited and Wachovia Bank, N.A. dated as of December 23, 2002

U.S. PLEDGE AGREEMENT

THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this Agreement) dated as of December 23, 2002, is
among the companies listed on the signature pages hereof and such other persons
or entities which from time to time become parties hereto as pledgors
(collectively the Pledgors and individually each a Pledgor) and WACHOVIA
BANK, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders referred to
below (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, of even date herewith Hollinger International Publishing Inc.
(Publishing), Telegraph Group Limited (TGL) and First DT Holdings Limited
(FDTH, together with Publishing and TGL each a Borrower and collectively,
the Borrowers), entered into the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time made thereto, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), with various
financial institutions (together with their respective successors and assigns,
collectively the Lenders and each individually a Lender), the
Administrative Agent, Wachovia Securities, Inc., as sole lead arranger and book
runner, Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as Syndication Agent and General
Electric Capital Corporation, as Documentation Agent, pursuant to which the
Lenders agreed to make various credit extensions to the Borrowers.

WHEREAS, of even date herewith the Pledgors executed a Guaranty (as
amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the U.K. Guaranty) and, by
virtue of such execution, have guaranteed in favor of the Administrative Agent
and the other Secured Parties, the obligations of TGL and FDTH (together, the
U.K. Borrowers) under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The
obligations of the Pledgors under the U.K. Guaranty are, inter alia, to be
secured pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of any loan, advance or other
financial accommodation heretofore or hereafter made to any of the U.K.
Borrowers, under or in connection with the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

1.     Definitions. When used herein, the following terms have the following
meanings (such meanings to be applicable to both the singular and plural forms
of such terms):



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| | Collateral- see Section 2hereof.                                                                                   
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| | Defaultmeans the occurrence of any Event of Default (as defined in
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement).     
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| | Issuermeans the issuer of any of the shares of stock or other
securities representing all or any of the Collateral.

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Liabilitiesmeans all obligations (monetary or otherwise) of each
Pledgor, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to
become due, whether or not such obligations were originally owed to the
Secured Parties, which arise out of or in connection with the U.K.
Guaranty, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document
or instrument executed in connection herewith or therewith (including any
Hedging Agreement (as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement) entered into with any Person who at the time such Hedging
Agreement is entered into is a Lender or an affiliate thereof).

Loan Documenthas the meaning assigned to such term in the Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement.

Makermeans the maker of any of the Subsidiary Notes or other
chattel paper representing any or all of the Collateral.

Secured Parties has the meaning assigned to such term in the U.K.
Guaranty.

Subsidiaryhas the meaning assigned to such term in the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement.

Subsidiary Noteshas the meaning assigned to such term in the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

Subsidiary Security Agreementshas the meaning assigned to such term
in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals,
have the meanings provided in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

2.     Pledge. As security for the payment of all Liabilities, each Pledgor
hereby pledges to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the
other Secured Parties, and grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of itself and the other Secured Parties a continuing security interest in, all
of the following:

A. All of the shares of stock and other securities described in
Schedule Ihereto listed under such Pledgors name, all of the
certificates and/or instruments representing such shares of stock and
other securities, and all cash, securities, dividends, rights and other
property at any time and from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
shares or other securities;

B. All additional shares of stock of any of the Issuers listed in
Schedule Iand all additional shares of stock of any other Restricted
Subsidiary of any Pledgor hereto at any time and from time to time
acquired by any Pledgor in any manner, all of the certificates
representing such additional shares, and all cash, securities, dividends,
rights and other property at any time and from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any
or all of such shares;

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C. All of the indebtedness described in Schedule IIhereto listed
under such Pledgors name, all Subsidiary Notes, instruments and chattel
paper, if any, representing the same, all substitutes therefor or
additions thereto, and any interest, products, proceeds or other property
at any time and from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
indebtedness, Subsidiary Notes, instruments and chattel paper; and

D. All products and proceeds of all of the foregoing.

All of the foregoing are herein collectively called the Collateral.

Each Pledgor agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent, promptly upon
receipt and in due form for transfer (i.e., endorsed in blank or accompanied by
stock or bond powers executed in blank), any Collateral which may at any time
or from time to time be in or come into the possession or control of such
Pledgor; and prior to the delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent, such
Collateral shall be held by each Pledgor separate and apart from its other
property and in express trust for the Administrative Agent. In addition, the
Administrative Agent shall have the right at any time to exchange certificates
or instruments representing or evidencing the Collateral for certificates or
instruments of smaller or larger denominations.

3.     Warranties; Further Assurances. Each Pledgor warrants to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender that: (a) such Pledgor is (or at the time
of any future delivery, pledge, assignment or transfer thereof will be) the
legal and equitable owner of the Collateral free and clear of all liens,
security interests and encumbrances of every description whatsoever other than
the security interest created hereunder; (b) assuming continuous possession by
the Administrative Agent, the pledge and delivery of the Collateral pursuant to
this Agreement will create a valid perfected security interest in the
Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent; (c) no authorization or
approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental
authority or regulatory body or any other third party which has not been
obtained, made or taken is required, for (i) the grant by such Pledgor of the
security interest granted hereunder or for the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement by such Pledgor, (ii) the perfection or
maintenance of the security interest created hereunder (including the first
priority nature of such security interest), or (iii) the exercise by the
Administrative Agent of its voting or other rights provided for in this
Agreement or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this
Agreement, except as may be required in connection with the disposition of any
portion of the securities pledged hereunder by laws affecting the offering and
sale of securities generally; (d) all shares of stock referred to in Schedule I
hereto will be in certificated form, and will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable; (e) as to each Issuer whose name appears
in Schedule Ihereto, the Collateral represents not less than the applicable
percent (as shown in Schedule I hereto) of the total shares of capital stock
issued and outstanding of such Issuer; (f) the information contained in
Schedule Ihereto is true and accurate in all respects and reflects all equity
interests owned by such Pledgor in any entity organized in the United States;
and (g) the information contained in Schedule IIhereto is true and accurate in
all respects, and reflects all indebtedness owed to such Pledgor from any
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary organized in the United States.

So long as any of the Liabilities shall be outstanding or any commitment
shall exist on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party with
respect to the creation of any Liabilities, each Pledgor (i) shall not (except
as otherwise permitted pursuant to the Amended

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and Restated Credit Agreement), without the express prior written consent
of the Administrative Agent, (x) sell, assign, exchange, pledge or otherwise
transfer, encumber, or grant any option, warrant or other right to purchase the
stock of any Issuer which is pledged hereunder, or (y) sell, assign, exchange,
pledge or otherwise transfer, encumber, release, or grant any right to purchase
the Subsidiary Notes or Subsidiary Security Agreements of any Maker which is
pledged hereunder, or (z) otherwise diminish or impair any of its rights in, to
or under any of the Collateral; (ii) as to each Issuer whose name appears on
Schedule Ihereto, shall continue to own and keep pledged hereunder not less
than the applicable percent (as shown in Schedule Ihereto) of the total shares
of capital stock issued and outstanding of such Issuer; (iii) shall execute
such Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and other documents (and pay
the costs of filing and recording or re-filing and re-recording the same in all
public offices reasonably deemed necessary or appropriate by the Administrative
Agent) and do such other acts and things, all as the Administrative Agent may
from time to time reasonably request, to establish and maintain a valid,
perfected security interest in the Collateral (free of all other liens, claims
and rights of third parties whatsoever) to secure the performance and payment
of the Liabilities; (iv) will execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
such stock powers, endorsements and similar documents relating to the
Collateral, satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; (v) will upon the request of
the Administrative Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, notify each issuer of the indebtedness pledged hereunder that
such indebtedness is subject to the security interest granted hereunder; and
(vi) will furnish the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party such
information concerning the Collateral as the Administrative Agent or such
Secured Party may from time to time reasonably request, and will permit the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party or any designee of the Administrative
Agent or any Secured Party, from time to time at reasonable times and on
reasonable notice, to inspect, audit and make copies of and extracts from all
records and all other papers in the possession of such Pledgor which pertain to
the Collateral as set forth in Section 10.2 of the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, and will, upon request of the Administrative Agent at any time when
a Default has occurred and is continuing, deliver to the Administrative Agent
all of such records and papers.

4.     Holding in Name of Administrative Agent, etc.The Administrative Agent
may from time to time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default, without notice to any Pledgor, take all or any of the following
actions: (a) transfer all or any part of the Collateral into the name of the
Administrative Agent or any nominee or sub-agent for the Administrative Agent,
with or without disclosing that such Collateral is subject to the lien and
security interest hereunder, (b) appoint one or more sub-agents or nominees for
the purpose of retaining physical possession of the Collateral, (c) notify the
parties obligated on any of the Collateral to make payment to the
Administrative Agent of any amounts due or to become due thereunder, (d)
endorse any checks, drafts or other writings in the name of any Pledgor to
allow collection of the Collateral, (e) enforce collection of any of the
Collateral by suit or otherwise, and surrender, release or exchange all or any
part thereof, or compromise or renew for any period (whether or not longer than
the original period) any obligations of any nature of any party with respect
thereto, and (f) take control of any proceeds of the Collateral. The
Administrative Agent may at any time make any and all filings deemed reasonably
necessary in furtherance of this Agreement and the purposes hereof, including
without limitation, Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (which may be
filed in advance of the Amendment Effective Date) in all appropriate
jurisdictions, which financing statements may describe the collateral pledged
by each Pledgor as all assets of such Pledgor.

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5.     Voting Rights, Dividends, Payments etc.(a) Notwithstanding certain
provisions of Section 4hereof, so long as the Administrative Agent has not
given the notice referred to in paragraph (b)below:



A. Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting or
consensual rights and powers and stock purchase or subscription rights
(but any such exercise by a Pledgor of stock purchase or subscription
rights may be made only from funds of such Pledgor not comprising part of
the Collateral) relating or pertaining to the Collateral constituting
stock or any part thereof for any purpose; provided, however, that each
Pledgor agrees that it will not exercise any such right or power in any
manner which would have a material adverse effect on the value of such
Collateral or any part thereof.

B. The Pledgors shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all
lawful dividends payable in respect of the Collateral constituting stock
which are paid in cash by any Issuer if such dividends are permitted by
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, but all dividends and
distributions in respect of such Collateral or any part thereof made in
shares of stock or other property or representing any return of capital,
whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of
such Collateral or any part thereof or received in exchange for such
Collateral or any part thereof or as a result of any merger,
consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which any
Issuer may be a party or otherwise or as a result of any exercise of any
stock purchase or subscription right, shall be and become part of the
Collateral hereunder and, if received by any Pledgor, shall be forthwith
delivered to the Administrative Agent in due form for transfer (i.e.,
endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock or bond powers executed in
blank) to be held for the purposes of this Agreement.

C. The Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver, or cause to
be executed and delivered, to each Pledgor, all such proxies, powers of
attorney, dividend orders and other instruments as such Pledgor may
request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the rights
and powers which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to clause (A)above
and to receive the dividends which it is authorized to retain pursuant to
clause (B)above.

D. Subject to any restrictions contained herein or in any other Loan
Document, each Pledgor shall be entitled to (a) collect all regular
payments made or proceeds received with respect to Collateral
constituting the Subsidiary Notes and (b) enforce and prosecute all
rights and remedies available under any of the Subsidiary Notes or
Subsidiary Security Agreements.

(b)  Upon written notice from the Administrative Agent during the
existence of a Default, and so long as the same shall be continuing, all rights
and powers which the Pledgors are entitled to exercise pursuant to Section
5(a)(A)hereof, and all rights of the Pledgors to receive and retain dividends
pursuant to Section 5(a)(B)hereof, and all rights of the Pledgors to receive
payments pursuant to Section 5(a)(D)hereof, shall forthwith cease, and all
such rights and powers shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative
Agent which shall have, during the continuance of such Default, the sole and
exclusive authority to exercise such rights and powers and to receive such
dividends and payments. Any and all money and other property paid over to or
received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this

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paragraph (b)shall be retained by the Administrative Agent as additional
Collateral hereunder and applied in accordance with the provisions hereof.

6.     Remedies. Whenever a Default shall exist and be continuing, the
Administrative Agent may exercise from time to time any rights and remedies
available to it under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in New York or
otherwise available to it. Without limiting the foregoing, whenever a Default
shall exist and be continuing the Administrative Agent (a) may, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, without notice, advertisement, hearing or
process of law of any kind, (i) sell any or all of the Collateral, free of all
rights and claims of the Pledgors therein and thereto, at any public or private
sale or brokers board and (ii) bid for and purchase any or all of the
Collateral at any such public sale; (b) shall have the right, for and in the
name, place and stead of the Pledgors, to execute endorsements, assignments,
stock powers and other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to
all or any of the Collateral; and (c) may, with respect to the Collateral
consisting of Subsidiary Notes, declare the underlying loans immediately due,
payable and collectible without notice to any Pledgor, regardless of maturity,
and in that event the underlying loans and obligations shall become immediately
due, payable, and collectible; and thereupon the Administrative Agent may then
or at any time thereafter, in addition to the remedies of the Administrative
Agent and Lenders set forth in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
collect from any Pledgor any payments or collections theretofore received by
such Pledgor pursuant to Section 5(a)(D)hereof, or sell assign, transfer and
deliver the whole of the Collateral consisting of Subsidiary Notes, or any part
thereof, or additions thereto, or substitutions therefor, in such order as the
Administrative Agent may elect, at public or private sale, at such price or
prices, and upon such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent in its
sole and absolute discretion may determine, without demand, advertisement, or
notice of any kind. Each Pledgor hereby expressly waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any and all notices, advertisements,
hearings or process of law in connection with the exercise by the
Administrative Agent of any of its rights and remedies during the continuance
of a Default. If any notification of intended disposition of any of the
Collateral is required by law, such notification, if mailed, shall be deemed
reasonably and properly given if mailed by certified or registered mail at
least twenty (20) days before such disposition, postage prepaid, addressed to
the Company, either at the address of the Company shown below, or at any other
address of the Company appearing on the records of the Administrative Agent.
Any proceeds of any of the Collateral may be applied by the Administrative
Agent to the payment of expenses in connection with the Collateral, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses, and any
balance of such proceeds may be applied by the Administrative Agent toward the
payment of such of the Liabilities, and in such order of application, as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time elect (and, after payment in full of
all Liabilities, any excess shall be delivered to the Company or as a court of
competent jurisdiction shall direct).

The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to comply with any
limitation or restriction in connection with any sale of Collateral as it may
be advised by counsel is necessary in order to (a) avoid any violation of
applicable law (including, without limitation, compliance with such procedures
as may restrict the number of prospective bidders and purchasers and/or further
restrict such prospective bidders or purchasers to persons or entities who will
represent and agree that they are purchasing for their own account for
investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale of such
Collateral) or (b) obtain any required approval of the sale or of the purchase
by any governmental regulatory authority or official, and each Pledgor agrees
that such compliance shall not result in such sale being considered or

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deemed not to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that
the Administrative Agent shall not be liable or accountable to any Pledgor for
any discount allowed by reason of the fact that such Collateral is sold in
compliance with any such limitation or restriction.

7.     General. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have exercised
reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral if it takes
such action for that purpose as any Pledgor shall request in writing, but
failure of the Administrative Agent to comply with any such request shall not
of itself be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care, and no failure of
the Administrative Agent to preserve or protect any rights with respect to the
Collateral against prior parties, or to do any act with respect to preservation
of the Collateral not so requested by any Pledgor, shall be deemed of itself a
failure to exercise reasonable care in the custody or preservation of any
Collateral.

All notices hereunder shall be in writing (including, without limitation,
facsimile transmission) and shall be sent to the applicable party at, in the
case of each Pledgor, its address set forth below its signature on the U.K.
Guaranty, and in the case of the Administrative Agent, at its address set forth
below its signature to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, and in each
case, at such other address as such party may, by written notice received by
the other parties hereto, have designated as its address for such purpose.
Notices sent by facsimile transmission shall be deemed to have been given when
sent; notices sent by mail shall be deemed to have been given [three Business
Days after] the date when sent by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid; and notices sent by hand delivery shall be deemed to have been given
when received.

Each Pledgor agrees to indemnify, defend and save and hold harmless each
Secured Party and each of their Affiliates and their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an Indemnified Party) from
and against, and shall pay on demand, any and all claims, damages, losses,
liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel) that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any
Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or
resulting from this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement of
this Agreement), except to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or
expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Partys gross negligence or
wilful misconduct. Each of the Pledgors agrees to pay all reasonable expenses
(including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses) paid or incurred by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender in endeavoring to collect the
Obligations of such Pledgor, or any part thereof, and in enforcing this
Agreement against such Pledgor, and such obligations will themselves be
obligations hereunder.

No delay on the part of the Administrative Agent in exercising any right,
power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial
exercise of any such right, power or remedy shall preclude any other or further
exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. No
amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provision
of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and
signed and delivered by the Administrative Agent and each Pledgor, and then
such amendment, modification, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

All obligations of the Pledgors and all rights, powers and remedies of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders expressed herein are in addition to all
other rights,

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powers and remedies possessed by them, including, without limitation,
those provided by applicable law or in any other written instrument or
agreement relating to any of the Liabilities or any security therefor.

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the State of New York. Wherever possible each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be
prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until all obligations
under the Facilities have been paid in full and all commitments thereunder,
Letters of Credit and Hedging Agreements entered into with a Lender or an
affiliate thereof have terminated. If at any time all or any part of any
payment theretofore applied by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to any of
the obligations under the Facilities is or must be rescinded or returned by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender for any reason whatsoever (including,
without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any
Pledgor), such obligations shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, to the
extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have
continued in existence, notwithstanding such application by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender, and this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, as to such obligations, all as though such
application by the Administrative Agent or such Lender had not been made.

This Agreement shall be binding upon each Pledgor and the Administrative
Agent and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the
benefit of each Pledgor and the Administrative Agent and the successors and
assigns of the Administrative Agent.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, and each such counterpart
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of
a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery
of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. At any time after the
date of this Agreement, one or more additional persons or entities may become
parties hereto by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a
counterpart of this Agreement. Immediately upon such execution and delivery
(and without any further action), each such additional person or entity will
become a party to, and will be bound by all the terms of, this Agreement.

ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, SHALL BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED
EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR IN THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE
BROUGHT, AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY
JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. EACH
PLEDGOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION AS SET
FORTH ABOVE.

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EACH PLEDGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC, 712
FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10019, USA, (THE PROCESS AGENT), ATTENTION:
MARK KIPNIS, AS ITS AGENT TO RECEIVE, ON ITS BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS
PROPERTY, SERVICE OF COPIES OF THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT AND ANY OTHER PROCESS
WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION, SUCH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY MAILING
OR DELIVERING A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS TO EACH PLEDGOR IN CARE OF THE PROCESS
AGENT AT THE PROCESS AGENTS ABOVE ADDRESS, AND EACH PLEDGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE PROCESS AGENT TO ACCEPT SUCH SERVICE ON ITS BEHALF.
EACH PLEDGOR FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS BY
REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE ADDRESS OF THE PERSON SPECIFIED IN, OR
PURSUANT TO, THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE
WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH PLEDGOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH
IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION
BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH
LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY
PLEDGOR HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY
COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT
PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO
ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, EACH PLEDGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN
RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

EACH OF THE PLEDGOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND, BY ACCEPTING THE
BENEFITS HEREOF, EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT
DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR
THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY BANKING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY OF THE FOREGOING, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.

All payments to be made by any Pledgor to any person hereunder shall be
made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account
of, tax unless such Pledgor is required by law to make such a payment subject
to the deduction or withholding of tax, in which case the sum payable by such
Pledgor in respect of which such deduction or withholding is required to be
made shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the
making of such deduction or withholding, such person receives and retains (free
from any liability in respect of any such deduction or withholding) a net sum
equal to the sum which it would have received and so retained had no such
deduction or withholding been made or required to be made.

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The obligations of each Pledgor, in respect of any sum due to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder shall, notwithstanding any
judgment in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than the currency in
which such sum was originally denominated (the Original Currency), be
discharged only to the extent that following receipt by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency,
the Administrative Agent or such Lender, in accordance with normal banking
procedures, purchases the Original Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the
amount of Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to
the Administrative Agent or such Lender, each Pledgor agrees, as a separate
obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss, and
if the amount of Original Currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due
to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, the
Administrative Agent or such Lender agrees to remit such excess to such
Pledgor.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered as
of the day and year first written above.

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| |  | DEEDTASK LIMITED
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| |  |                  |  | 
| |  | By:              |  | 
| |  |                  |  | 
| |  | Name:            |  | 
| |  |                  |  | 
| |  | Title:           |  | 

| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | --------------- |  | --------------------------------
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | Address:        |  | 1 Canada Square                 
| |  |                 |  | Canary Wharf                    
| |  |                 |  | London E14 5DT                  
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | Facsimile No.:  |  | 0207-538-7585                   
| |  | Attention:      |  | The Secretary                   
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | With a copy to: |  | c/o Stikeman, Elliott           
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | Address:        |  | Regis House,                    
| |  |                 |  | 45 King William Street          
| |  |                 |  | London EC4R 9AN                 
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | Facsimile No.:  |  | 0207-648-1400                   
| |  | Attention:      |  | Jeffrey Keey                    
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | With a copy to: |  | c/o Hollinger Inc.              
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | Address:        |  | 10 Toronto Street               
| |  |                 |  | Toronto                         
| |  |                 |  | Ontario M5C 2B7                 
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | Facsimile No.:  |  | (416) 364-0832                  
| |  | Attention:      |  | Jack Boultbee                   
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | With a copy to: |  | c/o Hollinger
International Inc.
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | Address:        |  | 401 North Wabash Avenue         
| |  |                 |  | Chicago                         
| |  |                 |  | Illinois 60611                  
| |  |                 |  |                                 
| |  | Facsimile No.:  |  | (312) 321-0629                  
| |  | Attention:      |  |                                 

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| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | -------------------- |  | --------------------------------
| |  | CREDITSCHEME LIMITED
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | By:                  |  |                                 
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Name:                |  |                                 
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Title:               |  |                                 
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Address:             |  | 1 Canada Square                 
| |  |                      |  | Canary Wharf                    
| |  |                      |  | London E14 5DT                  
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Facsimile No.:       |  | 0207-538-7585                   
| |  | Attention:           |  | The Secretary                   
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | With a copy to:      |  | c/o Stikeman, Elliott           
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Address:             |  | Regis House,                    
| |  |                      |  | 45 King William Street          
| |  |                      |  | London EC4R 9AN                 
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Facsimile No.:       |  | 0207-648-1400                   
| |  | Attention:           |  | Jeffrey Keey                    
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | With a copy to:      |  | c/o Hollinger Inc.              
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Address:             |  | 10 Toronto Street               
| |  |                      |  | Toronto                         
| |  |                      |  | Ontario M5C 2B7                 
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Facsimile No.:       |  | (416) 364-0832                  
| |  | Attention:           |  | Jack Boultbee                   
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | With a copy to:      |  | c/o Hollinger
International Inc.
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Address:             |  | 401 North Wabash Avenue         
| |  |                      |  | Chicago                         
| |  |                      |  | Illinois 60611                  
| |  |                      |  |                                 
| |  | Facsimile No.:       |  | (312) 321-0629                  
| |  | Attention:           |  |                                 

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| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  | -------------- |  | ----------------------------------
| |  |                |  | WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.,              
| |  |                |  | as Administrative Agent           
| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  | By:            |  |                                   
| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  | Name:          |  |                                   
| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  | Title:         |  |                                   
| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  | Address:       |  | One Wachovia Center,              
| |  |                |  | 301 South Charlotte, NC 28288-0604
| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  | Facsimile No.: |  | (704) 374-4092                    
| |  | Attention:     |  | Joe Mynatt                        
| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  |                |  |                                   
| |  |                |  |                                   

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SCHEDULE ITO U.S. NEWCO PLEDGE AGREEMENT

STOCK

DEEDTASK LIMITED

|                 |  |        |     |               |  |   |                            |                   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     | 
|---------------- |  | ------ | --- | ------------- |  | - | -------------------------- | ----------------- |  |  | ---- | - |  |  | --- | 
|ISSUER           |  | Cert # |     | No. of Shares |  | % |                            | Total Outstanding
|                 |  |        |     |               |  |   |                            |                  
|LHAT Corporation |  |        | A-1 |               |  |   | 61 Class A Preferred Stock |                   |  |  | 59.2 | % |  |  | 103 | 

CREDITSCHEME LIMITED

|                 |  |        |     |               |  |   |                            |                   |  |  |      |   |  |  |     | 
|---------------- |  | ------ | --- | ------------- |  | - | -------------------------- | ----------------- |  |  | ---- | - |  |  | --- | 
|ISSUER           |  | Cert # |     | No. of Shares |  | % |                            | Total Outstanding
|                 |  |        |     |               |  |   |                            |                  
|LHAT Corporation |  |        | A-2 |               |  |   | 42 Class A Preferred Stock |                   |  |  | 40.8 | % |  |  | 103 | 



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SUBSIDIARY NOTES

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