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                                                                    Exhibit 4.12



                               CREDIT AGREEMENT
                         DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1999

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                                                                  CONFORMED COPY

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                               CREDIT AGREEMENT


                                  dated as of


                               November 30, 1999


                                     among


                             CITATION CORPORATION,


                           The Lenders Party Hereto,

                                      and

                           THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
                            as Administrative Agent

                          ___________________________

                          FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
                             as Syndication Agent,

                          DLJ CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.,
                            as Documentation Agent,

                     CHASE SECURITIES INC. and FIRST UNION
                        SECURITIES, INC., as Arrangers,

                            CHASE SECURITIES INC.,
                                as Book Manager


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                                                             [Ref. No. 6700-866]

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 30, 1999, among CITATION CORPORATION, the
  LENDERS party hereto and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Administrative Agent.


          Pursuant to the Recapitalization Agreement (such term and the other
capitalized terms used in this preamble and not defined herein, having the
meanings specified in Article I of this Agreement), (a) Kelso and certain other
investors, including the Management Investors, will make the Equity
Contribution, (b) the Merger will be consummated and (c) pursuant to the Merger,
unless Kelso elects to replace the public holders with a third party investor
(in which case each of the Equity Contribution and the Cash Consideration will
be increased by approximately $18,100,000) (i) the pre-Merger common
stockholders of the Borrower (other than the holders of the Retained Equity and
the Management Investors) and holders of outstanding options to purchase common
stock of the Borrower will receive the Cash Consideration, (ii) certain pre-
Merger common stockholders of the Borrower will retain the Retained Equity, and
(iii) Kelso, the Management Investors and other investors will acquire
approximately 93% of the outstanding post-Merger common stock of the Borrower
(the foregoing transactions, including the Equity Contribution and the Merger,
are collectively referred to herein as the "Recapitalization").  In connection
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with the Recapitalization, (a) the Borrower will obtain the credit facilities
provided for hereunder, (b) the Borrower will borrow not less than $135,000,000
in Subordinated Loans from one or more lenders and note purchasers under a
senior subordinated financing facility, (c) the Existing Indebtedness will be
repaid, although certain indebtedness may remain outstanding on terms reasonably
acceptable to the Agents and (d) the Transaction Costs will be paid.

          The Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit hereunder in
the form of (a) Tranche A Term Loans on the Effective Date in an aggregate
principal amount of $50,000,000, (b) Tranche B Term Loans on the Effective Date
in an aggregate principal amount of $210,000,000 and (c) Revolving Loans,
Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans at any time and from time to time prior to
the Revolving Maturity Date in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000
(subject to the limitations set forth herein).

          The Lenders are willing to extend such credit and the Issuing Bank is
willing to issue Letters of Credit on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein.  Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:


                                   ARTICLE I
                                  Definitions
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          SECTION 1.01.  Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following
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terms have the meanings specified below:

          "ABR", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
           ---
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

          "Acquired EBITDA" shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or
Business or any Sold Entity or Business for any period, the Consolidated EBITDA
of such Entity or Business.

          "Acquired Entity or Business" has the meaning assigned to such term in
the definition of the term Adjusted EBITDA.

          "Acquisition Equity Financing" means the issuance of Equity Interests
           ----------------------------
by the Borrower to any one or more of the Permitted Holders pursuant to a
private placement provided that the Net Proceeds thereof are to be applied to
make a Permitted Acquisition within 30 days after such Net Proceeds are
received.

          "Adjusted EBITDA" shall mean, for any Person for any period,
           ---------------
Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period, calculated by (a) including
in the determination thereof the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property,
business or asset acquired, other than those acquired in the ordinary course of
business, during such period (and, solely for purposes of determining whether
such acquisition is a Permitted Acquisition pursuant to clauses (d)  and (e)  of
the definition of the term "Permitted Acquisitions", any that, at the time of
calculation of Adjusted EBITDA, is proposed to be consummated) pursuant to a
transaction permitted under clause (g) of Section 6.04 and not subsequently
sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of during such period to the extent

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acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary during such period (each such Person,
property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an
"Acquired Entity or Business"), based on (i) the actual Acquired EBITDA of such
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Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof
occurring prior to such acquisitions) and (ii) for purposes of (A) determining
whether such acquisition is a Permitted Acquisition pursuant to clauses (d) and
(e) of the definition of the term "Permitted Acquisitions", giving pro forma
effect to identified cost savings from such Permitted Acquisition (or
acquisitions) to the extent that the Borrower shall demonstrate, in a
certificate of the chief financial officer, in detail and reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent such cost savings to be realizable
within one year of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (or
acquisitions) or (B) the Adjusted Leverage Ratio, giving pro forma effect in the
portion of such period occurring prior to such Permitted Acquisition to
identified cost savings from such Permitted Acquisition (or acquisitions), to
the extent that the Borrower shall demonstrate in a certificate of the chief
financial officer, in detail and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent such cost savings to be realizable within one year of the consummation of
such Permitted Acquisition (or acquisitions), but only to the extent that
actions have previously been taken prior to the date of such certificate to
effectuate such cost savings within such year and (b) excluding in the
determination thereof the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or
asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, other than those disposed of in the ordinary course of business,
during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or
disposed of, a "Sold Entity or Business") based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of
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such Sold Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof
occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition).

          "Adjusted Leverage Ratio" shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a)
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Total Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Adjusted EBITDA for the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended as of such date,
all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          "Adjusted LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing
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for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest
Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

          "Administrative Agent" means The Chase Manhattan Bank, in its capacity
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as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

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

          "Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person
           ---------
that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

          "Agents" means the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the
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Documentation Agent.

          "Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to
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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%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a
change in the Prime Rate, the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate
shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate, the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

          "Applicable Percentage" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender,
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the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender's
Revolving Commitment.  If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired,
the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

          "Applicable Rate" means, for any day (a) with respect to any ABR Loan
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or Eurodollar Loan that is a Tranche B Term Loan, the applicable rate per annum
set forth below under the caption "Tranche B ABR Spread" or "Tranche B
Eurodollar Spread", as the case may be, based upon the Adjusted Leverage Ratio
as of the most recent determination date, and (b) with respect to any ABR Loan
or Eurodollar Loan that is a Revolving Loan or a Tranche A Term Loan, or with
respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the
applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption "ABR Spread",
"Eurodollar Spread" or "Commitment Fee Rate", as the case may be, based upon the
Adjusted Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date; provided that
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until the delivery to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to Section 5.01(a), of
the Borrower's

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consolidated financial statements for the period of the Borrower ending on or
about March 31, 2000, the "Applicable Rate" for purposes of clauses (a) and (b)
shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth below in Category 1:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                                                            Tranche B
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          Adjusted                               Eurodollar    Tranche B   Eurodollar    Commitment
          --------                               ----------    ---------   ----------    ----------
       Leverage Ratio:              ABR Spread     Spread     ABR Spread     Spread       Fee Rate
       ---------------              ----------     ------     ----------     ------       --------
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<S>                                 <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
          Category 1
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Greater than or equal to 4.00 to
1.00                                    2.00%       3.00%        2.75%        3.75%         0.50%
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          Category 2
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Greater than or equal to 3.50 to
1.00 but less than 4.00 to 1.00         1.75%       2.75%        2.75%        3.75%         0.50%
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          Category 3
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Greater than or equal to 3.00 to
1.00 but less than 3.50 to 1.00         1.50%       2.50%        2.50%        3.50%         0.50%
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          Category 4
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Greater than or equal to 2.50 to
1.00 but less than 3.00 to 1.00         1.25%       2.25%        2.50%        3.50%        0.375%
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          Category 5
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Less than 2.50 to 1.00                  1.00%       2.00%        2.50%        3.50%        0.375%
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</TABLE>


          For purposes of the foregoing, (i) the Adjusted Leverage Ratio shall
be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower's fiscal year
based upon the Borrower's consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting
from a change in the Adjusted Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the
period commencing on and including the third day after date of delivery to the
Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such
change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the
next such change; provided that the Adjusted Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to
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be in Category 1 (A) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or (B) if the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial
statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b),
during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until
such consolidated financial statements are delivered.

          "Assessment Rate" means, for any day, the annual assessment rate in
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effect on such day that is payable by a member of the Bank Insurance Fund
classified as "well-capitalized" and within supervisory subgroup "B" (or a
comparable successor risk classification) within the meaning of 12 C.F.R. Part
327 (or any successor provision) to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
for insurance by such Corporation of time deposits made in dollars at the
offices of such member in the United States; provided that if, as a result of
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any change in any law, rule or regulation, it is no longer possible to determine
the Assessment Rate as aforesaid, then the Assessment Rate shall be such annual
rate as shall be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be
representative of the cost of such insurance to the Lenders.

          "Assignment and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance entered
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into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form
of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

          "Base CD Rate" means the sum of (a) the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate
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multiplied by the Statutory Reserve Rate plus (b) the Assessment Rate.

          "Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of
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the United States of America.

          "Borrower" means Citation Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
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          "Borrowing" means (a) Loans of the same Class and Type, made,
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converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as
to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (b) a Swingline Loan.

          "Borrowing Request" means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in
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accordance with Section 2.03.

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

          "Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, (a) the additions to
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property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and
its consolidated Subsidiaries that are (or would be) set forth in a consolidated
statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period prepared in accordance
with GAAP, excluding any Permitted Acquisition permitted by Section 6.04 and (b)
Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries during such period.

          "Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of
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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 the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.

          "Cash Consideration" means the aggregate cash consideration to be paid
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to the holders of capital stock of the Borrower and options, warrants and other
rights in respect of such capital stock (other than the Retained Equity and any
such capital stock held by the Management Investors that is to remain
outstanding after the Merger) as consideration for the cancelation thereof
pursuant to the Merger.

          "Change in Control" means (a) prior to the Borrower's IPO (it being
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understood that the term "IPO" shall not include any registration of the
Borrower's Common Stock under Form S-4 or Form S-8 in connection with a
transaction otherwise permitted by this Agreement), the Permitted Holders cease
to be the "beneficial owners" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") as presently in
effect), directly or indirectly, of a majority in the aggregate of the total
ordinary voting power of the capital stock of the Borrower, whether as a result
of the issuance of securities of the Borrower, any merger, consolidation,
liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower, any direct or indirect transfer of
securities or otherwise, (b) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders,
is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in clause (a) above), directly or
indirectly, of more than 30% of the total ordinary voting power of the capital
stock of the Borrower, unless the Permitted Holders "beneficially own" (as
defined in clause (a) above), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a greater
percentage of the total ordinary voting power of the capital stock of the
Borrower than such other person, (c) occupation of a majority of the seats on
the board of directors of the Borrower by persons whose nomination for election
by the stockholders of the Borrower was not approved by either (i) a majority of
the Permitted Holders or (ii) a vote of a majority of the directors of the
Borrower whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved or
(d)the occurrence of a "Change of Control" as defined in the Subordinated Debt
Documents. For purposes of clause (a) and clause (b) of the immediately
preceding sentence, the Permitted Holders shall be deemed to beneficially own
any voting stock of a corporation (the "specified corporation") held by any
other corporation (the "parent corporation") so long as the Permitted Holders
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a majority of the
voting power of the voting stock of the parent corporation.

          "Change in Law" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation
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after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation
or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing
Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender
or by such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company, if any) with any
request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

          "Class", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
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whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans,
Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans or

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Swingline Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether
such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment, Tranche A Commitment or Tranche B
Commitment.

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

          "Collateral" means any and all "Collateral", as defined in any
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applicable Security Document.

          "Commitment" means a Revolving Commitment, Tranche A Commitment or
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Tranche B Commitment, or any combination thereof (as the context requires).

          "Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income
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for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent deducted from
revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (i)
the aggregate amount of consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period, (ii) the aggregate amount of letter of credit fees
paid during such period, (iii) the aggregate amount of consolidated income tax
expense for such period, (iv) all amounts attributable to depreciation and
amortization for such period, (v) compensation expense resulting from the
issuance of capital stock, stock options or stock appreciation rights issued to
employees, including officers of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or the
exercise of such options or rights, in each case to the extent the obligation
(if any) associated therewith is not paid in cash by the Borrower or any
Affiliate of the Borrower and compensation expense resulting from the repurchase
of any such capital stock, options and rights, (vi) all adjustments resulting
from foreign currency translations, (vii) all extraordinary or non-recurring
charges (including Transaction Costs) during such period, (viii) all other
non-cash charges during such period and minus (b) without duplication and to the
extent added to revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period,
the sum of (i) all extraordinary or non-recurring gains during such period and
(ii) all other non-cash gains during such period, all as determined on a
consolidated basis with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP.

          "Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the interest
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expense, both expended and capitalized (including the interest component in
respect of Capital Lease Obligations), accrued or paid by the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries during such period (excluding any amortization or write-off of
financing costs otherwise included therein), net of interest income, determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income or
           -----------------------
loss of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be
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excluded from such net income or loss (a) the Borrower's equity in the income of
any Person (other than the Borrower) in which any other Person (other than the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or any director holding qualifying shares in
compliance with applicable law) owns an Equity Interest to the extent dividends
or other distributions by such Person of such income are prohibited during such
period, (b) the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date it
becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or the date that such Person's assets are acquired by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary and (c) the income or loss of any Person (other than the Borrower
or a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary holds an Equity Interest
that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, except that the
Borrower's equity in the net income (but not loss) of any such Person for such
period shall be included up to the aggregate amount actually distributed by such
Person during such period to the Borrower or a Subsidiary as a dividend or other
distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a
Subsidiary, to any applicable limitations under clause (a) above).

          "Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
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to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person,
whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
"Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto.
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          "Default" means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
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Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.

          "Disclosed Matters" means the actions, suits and proceedings and the
           -----------------
environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.

          "Documentation Agent" means DLJ Capital Funding, Inc., in its capacity
           -------------------
as documentation agent for the Lenders hereunder.

          "dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States of
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America.

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          "Effective Date" means the date on which the conditions specified in
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Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

          "Environmental Laws" means all applicable laws, rules, regulations,
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codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding
agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority,
relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural
resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Material or to health and safety matters.

          "Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or otherwise
           -----------------------
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary resulting from or
based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use,
handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which
environmental liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.

          "Equity Contribution" means a contribution of an aggregate amount of
           -------------------
not less than $240,000,000 in cash to Mergerco as common equity.

          "Equity Interests" means shares of capital stock, partnership
           ----------------
interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial
interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person.

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

          "ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
           ---------------
incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer
under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302
of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.

          "ERISA Event" means (a) any "reportable event", as defined in Section
           -----------
4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other
than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence
with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an
application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any
Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan;
(e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan
administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or
Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the
withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the
receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by
any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

          "Eurodollar", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers
           ----------
to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

          "Event of Default" has the meaning assigned to such term in Article
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VII.

          "Excess Cash Flow" means, for any fiscal year, the sum (without
           ----------------
duplication) of:

          (a) the Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year, adjusted to
     exclude any gains or losses attributable to Prepayment Events; plus
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          (b) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or losses
     deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year;
     plus
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          (c) the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital
     decreased during such fiscal year plus (ii) the aggregate principal amount
     of Capital Lease Obligations and other Indebtedness incurred

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     during such fiscal year to finance Capital Expenditures, to the extent that
     mandatory principal payments in respect of such Indebtedness would not be
     excluded from clause (f) below when made; minus
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          (d) the sum of (i) any non-cash gains included in determining such
     Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year plus (ii) the amount, if any,
     by which Net Working Capital increased during such fiscal year; minus
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          (e) Capital Expenditures for such fiscal year; minus
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          (f) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness repaid or prepaid
     by the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal year,
     excluding (i) Indebtedness in respect of Revolving Loans and Letters of
     Credit, (ii) Term Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11(c) or (d), and
     (iii) repayments or prepayments of Indebtedness financed by incurring other
     Indebtedness to the extent that mandatory principal payments in respect of
     such other Indebtedness would, pursuant to this clause (f), be deducted in
     determining Excess Cash Flow when made and (iv) Indebtedness referred to in
     clauses (v) and (vi) of Section 6.01(a) and Indebtedness (other than term
     Indebtedness) referred to in clause (ix) of Section 6.01(a).

          "Exchange Act" has the meaning specified in the definition of "Change
           ------------
of Control" contained in this Section 1.01.

          "Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any
           --------------
Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or
on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise
taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income  by the United States of
America (or its political subdivision or taxing authority therein or thereof),
or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which the applicable recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any
Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch
profits taxes imposed by the United States of America (or its political
subdivision or taxing authority therein or thereof) or any similar tax imposed
by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above; (c) in the case of a
Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower
under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that (i) is in effect and would
apply to amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender
becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except
to the extent (and only to such extent) that such Foreign Lender (or its
assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending
office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with
respect to any withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a), or (ii) is
attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure to comply with Section 2.17(e) and
(d) any other taxes imposed as a result of the applicable recipient's present or
former connection with the jurisdiction imposing such taxes (other than a
connection arising solely from the transactions contemplated hereby).

          "Existing Indebtedness" means the Indebtedness of the Borrower and the
           ---------------------
Subsidiaries outstanding immediately prior to the Merger in an aggregate amount
equal to approximately $323,350,000 and listed on Schedule 6.01.

          "Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, the weighted
           ----------------------------
average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) 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 that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

          "Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer, principal
           -----------------
accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.

          "Financing Transactions" means (a) the execution, delivery and
           ----------------------
performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a
party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance
of Letters of Credit hereunder, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by
each Loan Party of the Subordinated Debt Documents to which it is to be a party,
the issuance of the Subordinated Debt and the use of the proceeds thereof and
(c) the Equity Contribution.

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          "Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is not a "United States person"
           --------------
within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

          "Foreign Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is  organized under the
           ------------------
laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any State
thereof or the District of Columbia.

          "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
           ----
States of America.

          "Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States of
           ----------------------
America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.

          "Guarantee" of or by any Person (the "guarantor") means any
           ---------                            ---------
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
                   ---------------
indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect,
(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or
supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c)
to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party
in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include
                            --------
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

          "Guarantee Agreement" means the Guarantee Agreement, substantially in
           -------------------
the form of Exhibit F, made by the Subsidiary Loan Parties in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

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

          "Hedging Agreement" means any interest rate protection agreement,
           -----------------
foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or
other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.

          "Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
           ------------
obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or
advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person
under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property
acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the
deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of
others 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 owned or
acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has
been assumed, provided that the amount of such Indebtedness shall, for purposes
              --------
of this Agreement, be deemed to be limited to the value of the property so
pledged, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all
Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit
and letters of guaranty and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person in respect of bankers' acceptances.  The Indebtedness of any Person
shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in
which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable
therefor as a result of such Person's ownership interest in or other
relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such
Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

          "Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
           -----------------

          "Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement" means the
           -------------------------------------------------
Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C, among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the
Administrative Agent.

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          "Information Memorandum" means the Confidential Information Memorandum
           ----------------------
dated September, 1999 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.

          "Interest Election Request" means a request by the Borrower to convert
           -------------------------
or continue a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing in accordance with Section
2.07.

          "Interest Payment Date" means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other
           ---------------------
than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and
December, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case
of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months'
duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at
intervals of three months' duration after the first day of such Interest Period,
and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required
to be repaid.

          "Interest Period" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the
           ---------------
period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (a) if any Interest Period
                                       --------
would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period
that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of
such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar
month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing
initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall
be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such
Borrowing.

          "IPO" means a bona fide underwritten initial public offering of voting
           ---
common stock of the Borrower as a direct result of which at least 25% of the
aggregate voting common stock of the Borrower (calculated on a fully-diluted
basis after giving effect to all options to acquire voting common stock of the
Borrower then outstanding, regardless of whether such options are then currently
exercisable) is beneficially owned by Persons other than the Kelso, the Borrower
and its Affiliates (including in the case of the Borrower, all directors,
officers and employees of the Borrower and any Subsidiary).

          "Issuing Bank" means The Chase Manhattan Bank or any of its
           ------------
Affiliates, including Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware, in its capacity as the
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as
provided in Section 2.05(i). The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange
for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing
Bank, in which case the term "Issuing Bank" shall include any such Affiliate
with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

          "Kelso" means Kelso & Company and its Affiliates.
           -----

          "Kelso Designees" means C.I. LLC, William A. Marquard, Dieter
           ---------------
Spethmann, John F. Mc Gillicuddy, David M. Roderick, George L. Shinn, the Louis
and Patricia Kelso Trust, John Rutledge, Michel Rapoport, U. Bertram Ellis, Jr.
and Cardinal Court Investors LLC.

          "LC Disbursement" means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to
           ---------------
a Letter of Credit.

          "LC Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn
           -----------
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate
amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf
of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any
time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

          "Lenders" means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other
           -------
Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant
to an Assignment and Acceptance. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term
"Lenders" includes the Swingline Lender.

          "Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this
           ----------------
Agreement.

          "LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any
           ---------
Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Jones Market Service
(or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or
substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided

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on such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from
time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable
to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for
any reason, then the "LIBO Rate" with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for
                      ---------
such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000
and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the
principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available
funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time,
two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

          "Lien" means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of
           ----
trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in,
on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any
conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any
purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.

          "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the
           --------------
Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement and the Security Documents.

          "Loan Parties" means the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
           ------------

          "Loans" means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant
           -----
to this Agreement.

          "Long-Term Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness that, in accordance
           ----------------------
with GAAP, constitutes (or, when incurred, constituted) a long-term liability.

          "Management Agreement" means the Financial Advisory Agreement between
           --------------------
the Borrower and Kelso dated as of December 1, 1999.

          "Management Investors" means the officers and employees (including
           --------------------
current and former officers and employees), of the Borrower at any time when
Kelso beneficially owns (as defined in clause(a) of the definition of the term
"Change of Control") (a) more than 30% of the total ordinary voting power of the
capital stock of the Borrower and (b) a greater percentage of the total ordinary
voting power of the capital stock of the Borrower than is then beneficially
owned in the aggregate by the officers and employees of the Borrower.

          "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the
           -----------------------
business, results of operations, properties, condition (financial or otherwise),
or prospects of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the
ability of any Loan Party to perform any of its material obligations under any
Loan Document or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under
any Loan Document.

          "Material Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and
           ---------------------
Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements,
of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding $5,000,000.  For purposes of determining Material
Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the obligations of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum
aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or
such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were
terminated at such time.

          "Merger" means the merger of Mergerco with and into the Borrower, with
           ------
the Borrower being the surviving corporation in such merger.

          "Mergerco" means RSJ Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation.
           --------

          "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
           -------

          "Mortgage" means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and
           --------
rents, leasehold mortgage or other security document granting a Lien on any
Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations.  Each Mortgage shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.

          "Mortgaged Property" means, initially, each parcel of real property
           ------------------
and the improvements thereto owned by a Loan Party and identified on Schedule
1.01 (which schedule does not list all real properties owned by a

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Loan Party), and includes each other parcel of real property and improvements
thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.12 or
5.13.

          "Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
           ------------------
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

          "Net Proceeds" means, with respect to any event (a) the cash proceeds
           ------------
received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of
any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a
casualty, insurance proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar
event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such
event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset
(including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or other
insured damage or condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all
payments required to be made by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as a result of
such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or
otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, and (iii)
the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, and the amount of any reserves established
by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably
estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred
or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event (as
determined reasonably and in good faith by the chief financial officer of the
Borrower) provided, however, that, with respect to any sale, transfer or other
          --------  -------
disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and lease-back transaction
or, subject to Section 5.08, a casualty or other insured damage or condemnation
or similar proceeding), if the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a
Financial Officer to the Administrative Agent at the time of such sale, transfer
or other disposition setting forth the Borrower's intent to use the proceeds of
such sale, transfer or other disposition to replace or repair the assets that
are the subject of such sale, transfer or other disposition with other assets to
be used in the same line of business within 365 days of receipt of such proceeds
and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing
at the time of such certificate or at the proposed time of the application of
such proceeds, such proceeds shall not, solely for purposes of Section 2.11(c),
constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not so used (or not contractually
committed to be so used within six months) at the end of such 365-day period, at
which time such proceeds shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds; provided further
                                                             ----------------
that any proceeds excluded at the end of such 365-day period due to a
contractual commitment to use such proceeds within six months and not so used by
the Borrower at the end of such six-month period will be deemed to be Net
Proceeds at the end of such six-month period, and provided further that any
                                                  -------- -------
proceeds of a Subordinated Loan Equity Prepayment Event that are applied to
prepay Subordinated Loans prior to the date that is one year from the Effective
Date also shall be deemed not to be Net Proceeds.

          "Net Working Capital" means, at any date, (a) the consolidated current
           -------------------
assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date
(excluding cash and Permitted Investments) minus (b) the consolidated current
liabilities of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date
(excluding current liabilities in respect of Indebtedness), in each case
excluding purchase accounting adjustments. Net Working Capital at any date may
be a positive or negative number. Net Working Capital increases when it becomes
more positive or less negative and decreases when it becomes less positive or
more negative.

          "Obligations" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security
           -----------
Agreement.

          "Other Taxes" means any and all present or future recording, stamp,
           -----------
documentary, excise, transfer, sales or similar taxes, charges or levies arising
solely from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of any Loan Document.

          "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
           ----
defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

          "Perfection Certificate" means a certificate in the form of Annex 1 to
           ----------------------
the Security Agreement or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

          "Permitted Acquisition" means any acquisition of all or substantially
           ---------------------
all the assets of, or shares or other equity interests in, a Person or division
or line of business of a Person that is engaged in a line or lines of business
reasonably related (ancillary or complementary) to the line of business or lines
of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary if, immediately after giving
effect thereto, (a) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom, (b) all transactions related thereto are consummated in accordance
with applicable laws, (c) in the case of an acquisition of shares or other
equity interests in a Person, 100% of the capital stock of or other equity
interests in such Person, and (subject to the last sentence of this definition)
any other Subsidiary resulting from such

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acquisition, shall be owned directly by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party
and all actions required to be taken, if any, with respect to each Subsidiary
resulting from such acquisition under Sections 5.12 and 5.13 have been taken,
(d) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to such acquisition, with the covenants contained in
Sections 6.12 and 6.13 recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended
fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are available as
if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of each relevant period for
testing such compliance (using Adjusted EBITDA in lieu of Consolidated EBITDA
for the relevant period) and (e) the Borrower has delivered to the
Administrative Agent an officers' certificate to the effect set forth in clauses
(a), (c) and (d) above, together with all relevant financial information for the
business or entity being acquired. Notwithstanding clause (c) above, in the case
of an acquisition of 100% of the capital stock of or other equity interests in a
Person that satisfies the other conditions applicable to a Permitted
Acquisition, such acquisition shall not fail to qualify as a Permitted
Acquisition solely by reason of such Person having subsidiaries that are not
wholly owned by such Person immediately prior to such acquisition, provided
that, at the time of such acquisition, the Adjusted EBITDA attributable to such
non-wholly owned subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters
most recently ended prior to the date of such acquisition for which financial
information is available, does not exceed 5% of Adjusted EBITDA of such acquired
Person for the same period.

          "Permitted Bridge Period Equity" means up to $15,000,000 of proceeds
           ------------------------------
from the issuance by the Borrower of Equity Interests pursuant to private
placement transactions during the period that the Subordinated Loans are
outstanding and in any event prior to the first anniversary of the Effective
Date.

          "Permitted ECF Uses" means (a) consideration for Permitted
           ------------------
Acquisitions as contemplated by clause (g) of Section 6.04, (b) Restricted
Payments as contemplated by clause (iii) of Section 6.08(a) and (c) Capital
Expenditures as contemplated by the last sentence of Section 6.14.

          "Permitted Encumbrances" means:
           ----------------------

          (a) Liens imposed by law for taxes or other governmental charges that
     are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;

          (b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's
     and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of
     business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days
     or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;

          (c) pledges, deposits and other Liens, in each case made in the
     ordinary course of business in compliance with workers' compensation,
     unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

          (d) Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts,
     obligations for utilities, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
     bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each
     case in the ordinary course of business;

          (e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an
     Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;

          (f) easements, covenants, restrictions, leases, subleases, licenses,
     zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
     property (i) shown on the title insurance policies referred to in Section
     4.01(g) or (ii) imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of
     business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially
     detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the
     ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

          (g) any interest of a landlord in or to property of the tenant imposed
     by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing lease
     obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or are being
     contested in compliance with Section 5.05, or any possessory rights of a
     lessees to the leased property under the provisions of any lease permitted
     by the terms of this Agreement; and

          (h) Liens of a collection bank arising in the ordinary course of
     business under (S)4-208 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the
     relevant jurisdiction; and

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          (i) Liens arising under the applicable Environmental Laws that are
     being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;

provided that the term "Permitted Encumbrances" shall not include any Lien
--------
securing Indebtedness.

          "Permitted Holders" means Kelso, Kelso Designees, the Management
           -----------------
Investors and any employee stock ownership plan established by the Borrower for
the benefit of the employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and their
Permitted Transferees.

          "Permitted Investments" means:
           ---------------------

          (a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
     interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of
     America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed
     by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case
     maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

          (b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the
     date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the
     highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody's;

          (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker's acceptances and
     time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof
     issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts
     issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized
     under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which
     has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than
     $500,000,000; and

          (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more
     than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into
     with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause
     (c) above; and

          (e) shares of funds registered under the Investment Company Act of
     1940, as amended, that have assets of at least $500,000,000 and invest only
     in obligations described in clauses (a) through (c) above to the extent
     that such shares are rated by Moody's or S&P in one of the two highest
     rating categories assigned by such agency for shares of such nature.

          "Permitted Preferred Stock" means any preferred stock issued by the
           -------------------------
Borrower that does not contain any terms (and is not subject to any related
agreement containing any terms) that would require (including upon the
occurrence of any contingency or any exercise of rights by the holder thereof,
or otherwise) the Borrower, or any Subsidiary, to (a) prepay, redeem, or retire
such preferred stock or make any other Restricted Payment with respect thereto
at any time or (b) convert or exchange such preferred stock for any Indebtedness
or other asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Equity Interests therein
(other than common stock or Permitted Preferred Stock of the Borrower).

          "Permitted Transferees" means (a) in the case of Kelso, (i) any Kelso
           ---------------------
Designee, (ii) any managing director, general partner, limited partner,
director, officer or employee of Kelso or any Kelso Designee (collectively,
"Kelso Associates"), (iii) the heirs, executors, administrators, testamentary
 ----------------
trustees, legatees or beneficiaries of any Kelso Associate and (iv) any trust,
the beneficiaries of which, or a corporation or partnership, the stockholders or
partners of which, include only a Kelso Associate, his spouse, parents, siblings
members of his or her immediate family (including adopted children) and/or
direct lineal descendants, and (b) in the case of any Management Investors, (i)
his executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, legatee or beneficiaries (ii)
his spouse, parents, siblings, members of his or her immediate family (including
adopted children) and/or direct lineal descendants or (iii) a trust, the
beneficiaries of which, or a corporation or partnership, the stockholders or
partners of which, include only the Management Investor, as the cause may be,
and his spouse, parents, siblings, members of his or her immediate family
(including adopted children) and/or direct lineal descendants.

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

          "Plan" means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
           ----
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the

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Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would
under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section
3(5) of ERISA.

          "Pledge Agreement" means the Pledge Agreement, substantially in the
           ----------------
form of Exhibit D, among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties.

          "Prepayment Event" means:
           ----------------

          (a) any sale, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a
     sale and leaseback transaction) of any property or asset of the Borrower or
     any Subsidiary, other than (i) dispositions described in clauses (a) and
     (b) of Section 6.05 and (ii) other dispositions resulting in aggregate Net
     Proceeds not exceeding $1,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower;
     or

          (b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power
     of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property
     or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than casualties, insured
     damage or takings resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding
     $1,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower; or

          (c) the issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Equity
     Interests, or the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any capital
     contribution, other than (i) any such issuance of Equity Interests to, or
     receipt of any such capital contribution from, the Borrower or a
     Subsidiary, (ii) the issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower to
     employees of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in their capacity as
     such pursuant to employee benefit plans and employment agreements, (iii)
     Acquisition Equity Financing, (iv) warrants issued in connection with the
     Subordinated Loans and shares issued pursuant thereto, (v) the issuance of
     equity securities of the Borrower to any one or more of the Permitted
     Holders pursuant to a private placement and (vi) Permitted Bridge Period
     Equity; or

          (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any
     Indebtedness, including any Subordinated Debt in excess of that incurred to
     refinance or replace the Subordinated Loans (and pay fees and expenses in
     connection therewith), but excluding any other Indebtedness permitted by
     Section 6.01(a).

          "Prime Rate" means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced
           ----------
from time to time by The Chase Manhattan Bank as its prime rate in effect at its
principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be
effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being
effective.

          "Recapitalization" has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
           ----------------

          "Recapitalization Agreement" means the Agreement and Plan of Merger
           --------------------------
and Recapitalization, dated June 24, 1999, as amended, between the Borrower and
Mergerco.

          "Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
           --------

          "Related Fund" means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that
           ------------
invests in bank loans, any other fund that invests in bank loans and is advised
or managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of
such investment advisor.

          "Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person, such
           ---------------
Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents
and advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.

          "Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving
           ----------------
Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the
sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused
Commitments at such time.

          "Responsible Officer" means the chief executive officer and the
           -------------------
president of the Borrower or, with respect to financial matters, the chief
financial officer of the Borrower, or, with respect to benefits matters the
Corporate Vice-President--Human Resources of the Borrower.

          "Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether
           ------------------
in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or
other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of
the purchase,

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redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancelation or termination of any Equity
Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other
right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

          "Retained Equity" means common stock of the Borrower (including those
           ---------------
shares held by the Management Investors) outstanding prior to the Merger that,
pursuant to the Merger, remains outstanding after the Merger and having an
aggregate value (based on the Cash Consideration per share paid for the
Borrower's common stock in the Merger) equal to approximately $18,100,000.

          "Revolving Availability Period" means the period from and including
           -----------------------------
the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date
and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.

          "Revolving Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the
           --------------------
commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire
participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as
an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender's Revolving
Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant
to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount
of each Lender's Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its
Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the
Lenders' Revolving Commitments is $100,000,000.

          "Revolving Exposure" means, with respect to any Lender at any time,
           ------------------
the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans and
its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.

          "Revolving Lender" means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if
           ----------------
the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving
Exposure.

          "Revolving Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to clause (c) of Section
           --------------
2.01.

          "Revolving Maturity Date" means December 1, 2005.
           -----------------------

          "S&P" means Standard & Poor's.
           ---

          "Secured Parties" shall have the meaning given such term in the
           ---------------
Security Agreement.

          "Security Agreement" means the Security Agreement, substantially in
           ------------------
the form of Exhibit E, among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the Secured Parties.

          "Security Documents" means the Security Agreement, the Pledge
           ------------------
Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security agreement or other instrument
or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.12 or 5.13 to secure
any of the Obligations.

          "Sold Entity or Business" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
           -----------------------
definition of the term Adjusted EBITDA.

          "Statutory Reserve Rate" means a fraction (expressed as a decimal),
           ----------------------
the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the
number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any
marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal
established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject (a) with
respect to the Base CD Rate, for new negotiable nonpersonal time deposits in
dollars of over $100,000 with maturities approximately equal to three months and
(b) with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Board).  Such
reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.
Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be
subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender
under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve
Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in any reserve percentage.

          "Subordinated Debt" means (a) the senior subordinated notes to be
           -----------------
issued by the Borrower to refinance or replace the Subordinated Loans (and pay
fees or expenses in connection therewith) and the

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Indebtedness represented thereby and (b) additional senior subordinated notes
that may be issued by the Borrower on or after the date of issuance of the
senior subordinated notes referred to in clause (a) above and the Indebtedness
represented thereby.

          "Subordinated Debt Documents" means any indenture or other agreement
           ---------------------------
under which any Subordinated Debt is issued and all other instruments,
agreements and other documents evidencing or governing any Subordinated Debt or
providing for any Guarantee or other right in respect thereof.

          "Subordinated Financing" means the Subordinated Loans and the
           ----------------------
Subordinated Debt.

          "Subordinated Loans" means (a) the senior subordinated notes to be
           ------------------
issued by the Borrower to certain note purchasers and senior subordinated loans
to be made to the Borrower by certain lenders, in each case on the Effective
Date and in an aggregate principal amount equal to $135,000,000 and (b)
additional senior subordinated notes and senior subordinated loans resulting
from the payment of interest in kind on the Indebtedness represented by the
senior subordinated notes and senior subordinated loans referred to in clause
(a) above and this clause (b), to the extent permitted by the Subordinated Loan
Documents.

          "Subordinated Loan Documents" means the agreements under which the
           ---------------------------
Subordinated Loans are made or issued and all other instruments, agreements and
other documents evidencing or governing the Subordinated Loans or providing for
any Guarantee, warrant or other right in respect thereof.

          "Subordinated Loan Equity Prepayment Event" means any Prepayment Event
           -----------------------------------------
described in clause (c) of the definition of "Prepayment Event" and any event
excluded from such clause (c) by reason of sub-clause (v) or (vi) therein, in
each case during the period from the Effective Date to the one-year anniversary
thereof; provided that such an event excluded from such clause (c) of the
         --------
definition of Prepayment Event by reason of sub-clause (v) shall be deemed to be
Subordinated Loan Equity Prepayment Events after the one-year anniversary
thereof if (i) the aggregate amount of the proceeds thereof to be applied to
repay or refinance the Subordinated Loans does not exceed $35,000,000 in the
aggregate, (ii) such amount is applied in connection with a repayment or
refinancing of the Subordinated Loans in whole but not in part and (iii) such
repayment or prepayment is prior to the Covenant Conversion Date (as defined in
the Subordinated Loan Documents).

          "subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (the "parent") at any
           ----------                                          ------
date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements if such financial
statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any
other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other
entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than
50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case
of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of
such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries
of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

          "Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
           ----------

          "Subsidiary Loan Party" means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign
           ---------------------
Subsidiary.

          "Swingline Exposure" means, at any time, the aggregate principal
           ------------------
amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.  The Swingline Exposure
of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total
Swingline Exposure at such time.

          "Swingline Lender" means The Chase Manhattan Bank, in its capacity as
           ----------------
lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

          "Swingline Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.
           --------------

          "Syndication Agent" means First Union National Bank, in its capacity
           -----------------
as syndication agent for the Lenders hereunder.

          "Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
           -----
duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.

          "Term Loans" means Tranche A Term Loans and Tranche B Term Loans.
           ----------

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          "Three-Month Secondary CD Rate" means, 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 is not 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 is not 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 is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day) by the
Administrative Agent from three negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of
recognized standing selected by it.

          "Total Indebtedness" means, as of any date, the aggregate principal
           ------------------
amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries outstanding as of
such date, in the amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as
of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, net of cash held
by the Borrower not subject to any Lien (other than pursuant to the Loan
Documents), but only to the extent that there are (a) Revolving Loans
outstanding that may be repaid and reborrowed or (b) such cash represents the
Net Proceeds of a Prepayment Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the
definition of the term "Prepayment Event"; provided that such cash is held in an
                                           --------
account with the Administrative Agent.

          "Tranche A Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the
           --------------------
commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a Tranche A Term Loan hereunder on
the Effective Date, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal
amount of the Tranche A Term Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b)
reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender's Tranche A
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance
pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Tranche A Commitment, as
applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders' Tranche A Commitments
is $50,000,000.

          "Tranche A Lender" means a Lender with a Tranche A Commitment or an
           ----------------
outstanding Tranche A Term Loan.

          "Tranche A Maturity Date" means December 1, 2005.
           -----------------------

          "Tranche A Term Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to clause (a) of
           -------------------
Section 2.01.

          "Tranche B Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the
           --------------------
commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a Tranche B Term Loan hereunder on
the Effective Date, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal
amount of the Tranche B Term Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b)
reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender's Tranche B
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance
pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Tranche A Commitment, as
applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders' Tranche B Commitments
is $210,000,000.

          "Tranche B Lender" means a Lender with a Tranche B Commitment or an
           ----------------
outstanding Tranche B Term Loan.

          "Tranche B Maturity Date" means December 1, 2007.
           -----------------------

          "Tranche B Term Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to clause (b) of
           -------------------
Section 2.01.

          "Transaction Costs" means the fees and expenses (including
           -----------------
underwriting discounts and commissions) incurred or borne by the Borrower and
the Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions.

          "Transactions" means the Recapitalization and the Financing
           ------------
Transactions.

          "Type", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
           ----
whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate
Base Rate.

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          "Withdrawal Liability" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a
           --------------------
result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such
terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

          SECTION 1.02.  Classification of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes
                         ---------------------------------------
of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a
                                                                     ----
"Revolving Loan") or by Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Loan") or by Class and Type
                              ----
(e.g., a "Eurodollar Revolving Loan").  Borrowings also may be classified and
-----
referred to by Class (e.g., a "Revolving Borrowing") or by Type (e.g., a
                      ----                                       ----
"Eurodollar Borrowing") or by Class and Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Revolving
                                              ----
Borrowing").

          SECTION 1.03.  Terms Generally.  The definitions of terms herein shall
                         ----------------
apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever
the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms.  The words "include", "includes" and "including"
shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation".  The word
"will" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
"shall".  Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from
time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein),
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person's successors and assigns, (c) the words "herein", "hereof" and
"hereunder", and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all
references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement and (e) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.

          SECTION 1.04.  Accounting Terms; GAAP.  Except as otherwise expressly
                         -----------------------
provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided
                                                                   --------
that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower
requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any
change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on
the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be inter preted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.


                                  ARTICLE II
                                  The Credits
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          SECTION 2.01.  Commitments.  Subject to the terms and conditions set
                         ------------
forth herein, each Lender agrees (a) to make a Tranche A Term Loan to the
Borrower on the Effective Date in a principal amount not exceeding its Tranche A
Commitment, (b) to make a Tranche B Term Loan to the Borrower on the Effective
Date in a principal amount not exceeding its Tranche B Commitment and (c) to
make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving
Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in
such Lender's Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lender's Revolving Commitment
then in effect. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow
Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

          SECTION 2.02.  Loans and Borrowings.  (a)  Each  Loan (other than a
                         ---------------------
Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the
same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective Commitments of the applicable Class. The failure of any Lender to
make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of
its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are
                           --------
several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender's failure to
make Loans as required.

          (b)  Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing and Term
Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the
Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that all Borrowings made
                                             --------
on the Effective Date must be made as ABR Borrowings.  Each Swingline Loan shall
be an ABR Loan.  Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by
causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such
Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation
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of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.

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          (c)  At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR
Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that
is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that
                                                                  --------
an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the
entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required to
finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section
2.05(e).  Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple
of $100,000 and not less than $250,000.  Borrowings of more than one Type and
Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any
                                           --------
time be more than a total of ten Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.

          (d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue,
any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end
after the Revolving Maturity Date, Tranche A Maturity Date or Tranche B Maturity
Date, as applicable.

          SECTION 2.03.  Requests for Borrowings.  To request a Revolving
                         ------------------------
Borrowing or Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not
later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date
of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than
11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed
Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to
           --------
finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section
2.05(e) may be given not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date
of the proposed Borrowing.  Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.  Each such telephonic and
written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance
with Section 2.02:

          (i)    whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing,
     Tranche A Term Borrowing or Tranche B Term Borrowing;

          (ii)   the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;

          (iii)  the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

          (iv)   whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a
     Eurodollar Borrowing;

          (v)    in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest
     Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by
     the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and

          (vi)   the location and number of the Borrower's account to which
     funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of
     Section 2.06.

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested
Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with
respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall
be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration. Promptly
following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the
amount of such Lender's Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

          SECTION 2.04.  Swingline Loans.  (a)  Subject to the terms and
                         ----------------
conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline
Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability
Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not
result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans
exceeding $10,000,000  or (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Exposures
exceeding the total Revolving Commitments; provided that the Swingline Lender
                                           --------
shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding
Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow
Swingline Loans.

          (b)  To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not
later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline
Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date
(which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The
Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such
notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each

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Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general
deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a
Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

          (c)  The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any
Business Day require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such
Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice
shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Lenders
will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent
will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice
such Lender's Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each
Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of
notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the Swingline Lender, such Lender's Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan
or Loans. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to
acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever,
including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or
termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without
any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving
Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with
respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis
                                                                    -------
mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the
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Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so
received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to
this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall
be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts
received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of
the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline
Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly
remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the
Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to
the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this
paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear. The
purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall
not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.

          SECTION 2.05.  Letters of Credit.  (a)  General.  Subject to the terms
                         ------------------       --------
and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of
Letters of Credit for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving
Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter
of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or
entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of
Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

          (b)  Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain
               ----------------------------------------------------------
Conditions.  To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment,
-----------
renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall
hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing
Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date
of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance
of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended,
renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of
Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the
amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof
and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or
extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower
also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank's standard
form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit
shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be
deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $15,000,000
and (ii) the total Revolving Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving
Commitments.

          (c)  Expiration Date.  Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior
               ----------------
to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date
of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or
extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date
that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date.

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          (d)  Participations.  By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an
               ---------------
amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any
further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank
hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby
acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal
to such Lender's Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit.  In consideration and in furtherance of the
foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to
pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such
Lender's Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank
and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e)
of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the
Borrower for any reason.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of
Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or
termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without
any offset, abatement, with  holding or reduction whatsoever.

          (e)  Reimbursement.  If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC
               --------------
Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such
LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC
Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date that
such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such
LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if
such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such
date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on (i) the Business
Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day
immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such
notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that,
                                                                 --------
if such LC Disbursement is not less than $250,000, the Borrower may, subject to
the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section
2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or
Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the
Borrower's obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by
the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan.  If the Borrower fails
to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each
Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from
the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender's Applicable Percentage thereof.
Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to
the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from
the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to
Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to
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the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent
shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the
Revolving Lenders.  Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of
any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative
Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that
Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the
Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may
appear.  Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to
reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of
ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not
constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to
reimburse such LC Disbursement.

          (f)  Obligations Absolute.  The Borrower's obligation to reimburse LC
               ---------------------
Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and
irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or
other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of
Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for
the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or
provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower's obligations hereunder.
Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of
their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of
or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any
payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission,
interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or
other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any
document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of
technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the
Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the
              --------
Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages
(as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby
waived by the Borrower to the extent

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permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the
Issuing Bank's failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and
other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms
thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross
negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be
deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the
foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that,
with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in
substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank
may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary (other than notice by the Borrower of actual fraud
contained in such documents), or refuse to accept and make payment upon such
documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such
Letter of Credit.

          (g)  Disbursement Procedures.  The Issuing Bank shall, promptly
               ------------------------
following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or
will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or
                                         --------
delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to
reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC
Disbursement.

          (h)  Interim Interest.  If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC
               -----------------
Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in
full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall
bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is
made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC
Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans;
provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due
--------
pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply.
Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the
Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by
any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the
Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such
payment.

          (i)  Replacement of the Issuing Bank.  The Issuing Bank may be
               --------------------------------
replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the
Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the
Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced
Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of
any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights
and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters
of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term
"Issuing Bank" shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous
Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the
context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the
replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all
the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect
to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be
required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

          (j)  Cash Collateralization.  If any Event of Default shall occur and
               -----------------------
be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans
has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater
than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral
pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the
Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the
benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such
date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation
                                                   --------
to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such
deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice
of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the
Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII.  The Borrower also shall
deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required
by Section 2.11(b).  Each such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent
as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower
under this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion
and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account.
Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which
investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the
Administrative Agent and at the Borrower's risk and expense, such deposits shall
not bear interest.  Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall
accumulate in such account.  Moneys in such account shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for
which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be
held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for
the LC

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Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but
subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing
greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other
obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to
provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of
an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall
be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of
Default have been cured or waived. If the Borrower is required to provide an
amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(b), such amount (to
the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower as and to
the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Borrower would remain
in compliance with Section 2.11(b) and no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.

          SECTION 2.06.  Funding of Borrowings.  (a)  Each Lender shall make
                         ----------------------
each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire
transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to
the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such
purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as
                                  --------
provided in Section 2.04; provided further that Revolving Loans on the Effective
                          --------
Date in excess of an aggregate of $10,000,000 shall not be made.  The
Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly
crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower
maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the
Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans
                                              --------
made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section
2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.

          (b)  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a
Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's share of such
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the
applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the
Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at
(i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower,
the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to
the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender's Loan
included in such Borrowing.

          SECTION 2.07.  Interest Elections.  (a)  Each Revolving Borrowing and
                         -------------------
Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable
Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an
initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the
Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue
such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest
Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect
different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing,
in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders
holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such
portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply
to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

          (b)  To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall
notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a
Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were
requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be
made on the effective date of such election.  Each such telephonic Interest
Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election
Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the
Borrower.

          (c)  Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall
specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

          (i)  the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies
     and, if different options are being elected with respect to different
     portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting
     Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to
     clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting
     Borrowing);

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          (ii)   the effective date of the election made pursuant to such
     Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

          (iii)  whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a
     Eurodollar Borrowing; and

          (iv)   if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
     Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
     election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the
     term "Interest Period".

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does
not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month's duration.

          (d)  Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender's portion of each resulting Borrowing.

          (e)  If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election
Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided
herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to
an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the
request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an
Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to
or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar
Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.

          SECTION 2.08.  Termination and Reduction of Commitments.  (a)  Unless
                         -----------------------------------------
previously terminated, (i) the Tranche A Commitments and Tranche B Commitments
shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date and (ii)
the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date.

          (b)  The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time
reduce, the Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) each reduction of the
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Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not
terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any
concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.11,
the sum of the Revolving Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments.

          (c)  The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any
election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this
Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such
termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date
thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent
shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice
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of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state
that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice
to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such
condition is not satisfied.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of
any Class shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class
shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments of such Class.

          SECTION 2.09.  Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.  (a)  The
                         -------------------------------------
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each
Revolving Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Maturity Date, (ii) to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal
amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.10 and (iii) to
the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on
the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the first date after such
Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is
at least two Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on
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each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all
Swingline Loans that were outstanding on the date such Borrowing was requested.

          (b)  Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice
an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.

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          (c)  The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it
shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type
thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each
Lender's share thereof.

          (d)  The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph
(b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and
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amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any
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Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error
therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay
the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

          (e)  Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be
evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare,
execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of
such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the
Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or
more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named
therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its
registered assigns).

          SECTION 2.10.  Amortization of Term Loans.  (a)  Subject to adjustment
                         ---------------------------
pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, the Borrower shall repay Tranche A
Term Borrowings on each date set forth below in the aggregate principal amount
set forth opposite such date:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Date                          Amount
                         ----                          ------
              <S>                                  <C>
              December 31, 2000                    $1,250,000
              March 31, 2001                       $1,250,000
              June 30, 2001                        $1,250,000
              September 30, 2001                   $1,250,000
              December 31, 2001                    $1,250,000
              March 31, 2002                       $1,250,000
              June 30, 2002                        $1,250,000
              September 30, 2002                   $1,250,000
              December 31, 2002                    $2,500,000
              March 31, 2003                       $2,500,000
              June 30, 2003                        $2,500,000
              September 30, 2003                   $2,500,000
              December 31, 2003                    $3,125,000
              March 31, 2004                       $3,125,000
              June 30, 2004                        $3,125,000
              September 30, 2004                   $3,125,000
              December 31, 2004                    $4,375,000
              March 31, 2005                       $4,375,000
              June 30, 2005                        $4,375,000
              September 30, 2005                   $4,375,000
</TABLE>

          (b)  Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section,
the Borrower shall repay Tranche B Term Borrowings on each date set forth below
in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite such date:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Date                          Amount
                         ----                          ------
              <S>                                  <C>
              December 31, 2000                    $   250,000
              March 31, 2001                       $   250,000
              June 30, 2001                        $   250,000
              September 30, 2001                   $   250,000
              December 31, 2001                    $   250,000
              March 31, 2002                       $   250,000
              June 30, 2002                        $   250,000
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         Date                          Amount
                         ----                          ------
              <S>                                  <C>
              September 30, 2002                   $   250,000
              December 31, 2002                    $   250,000
              March 31, 2003                       $   250,000
              June 30, 2003                        $   250,000
              September 30, 2003                   $   250,000
              December 31, 2003                    $   250,000
              March 31, 2004                       $   250,000
              June 30, 2004                        $   250,000
              September 30, 2004                   $   250,000
              December 31, 2004                    $   250,000
              March 31, 2005                       $   250,000
              June 30, 2005                        $   250,000
              September 30, 2005                   $   250,000
              December 31, 2005                    $20,000,000
              March 31, 2006                       $20,000,000
              June 30, 2006                        $20,000,000
              September 30, 2006                   $20,000,000
              December 31, 2006                    $31,250,000
              March 31, 2007                       $31,250,000
              June 30, 2007                        $31,250,000
              September 30, 2007                   $31,250,000
</TABLE>

          (c)  To the extent not previously paid, (i) all Tranche A Term Loans
shall be due and payable on the Tranche A Maturity Date and (ii) all Tranche B
Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Tranche B Maturity Date.

          (d)  Any prepayment of a Term Borrowing of either Class shall be
applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of
such Class to be made pursuant to this Section ratably.  If the initial
aggregate amount of the Lenders' Term Commitments of either Class exceeds the
aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class that are made on the
Effective Date, then the scheduled repayments of Term Borrowings of such Class
to be made pursuant to this Section shall be reduced ratably by an aggregate
amount equal to such excess; provided that any prepayment made pursuant to
                             --------
Section 2.11(a) shall be applied, first to reduce (in the direct order of
maturity) the next two scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of such Class
to be made pursuant to this Section (to the extent that such scheduled
repayments would otherwise occur within 12 months of such prepayments made
pursuant to Section 2.11(a)) unless and until such next two scheduled repayments
have been eliminated as a result of reductions hereunder and, second, to reduce
the remaining scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of such Class to be
made pursuant to this Section ratably.

          (e)  Prior to any repayment of any Term Borrowings of either Class
hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings of the
applicable Class to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such
repayment.  Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans
included in the repaid Borrowing.  Repayments of Term Borrowings shall be
accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.

          SECTION 2.11.  Prepayment of Loans.  (a)  The Borrower shall have the
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right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in
part, subject to the requirements of this Section.

          (b)  In the event and on such occasion that the sum of the Revolving
Exposures exceeds the total Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall prepay
Revolving Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are
outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.

          (c)  In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are
received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any
Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days after such Net
Proceeds are received, prepay Term Borrowings in accordance with paragraph (e)
below in an aggregate amount equal to (i) in the case of a Prepayment Event
described in clause (a), (b) or (d) of the definition of "Prepayment Event",
100% of such Net Proceeds and (ii) in the case of a Prepayment Event described
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clause (c) of the definition of "Prepayment Event", 50% of such Net Proceeds. In
addition, in the event and on each occasion that the Borrower or any Subsidiary
shall sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset (whether or not such
transaction shall constitute a Prepayment Event), if the Borrower would be
required to prepay or redeem, or to offer to prepay or redeem, any Subordinated
Financing as a result of such transaction unless the proceeds of such
transaction are applied within a specified period to prepay Term Borrowings (or
otherwise reinvested as permitted in accordance with the terms of such
Subordinated Financing), then the Borrower shall (unless such proceeds are
otherwise reinvested within the specified period in a manner that relieves the
Borrower of any such requirement in respect of the Subordinated Financing)
prepay Term Borrowings within such specified period to the extent necessary to
relieve the Borrower of any such requirement. The Borrower also shall prepay
Term Borrowings as and when required by clauses (iii) and (xii) of
Section 6.01(a).

          (d)  Following the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing
with the fiscal year ending September 27, 2000, the Borrower shall prepay Term
Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such
fiscal year in accordance with paragraph (e) below.  Each prepayment pursuant to
this paragraph shall be made on or before the date on which financial statements
are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 with respect to the fiscal year for which
Excess Cash Flow is being calculated (and in any event within 90 days after the
end of such fiscal year).

          (e)  Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings
hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid
and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to
paragraph (f) of this Section.  In the event of any optional or mandatory
prepayment of Term Borrowings made at a time when Term Borrowings of both
Classes remain outstanding, the Borrower shall select Term Borrowings to be
prepaid so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated between the
Tranche A Term Borrowings and Tranche B Term Borrowings pro rata based on the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Borrowings of each such Class;
provided that any Tranche B Lender may elect, by notice to the Administrative
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Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) at least one Business Day prior to
the prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any prepayment of its
Tranche B Term Loans pursuant to this Section (other than an optional prepayment
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, which may not be declined), in which
case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to
prepay Tranche B Term Loans but was so declined shall be applied to prepay
Tranche A Term Borrowings.

          (f)  The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the
case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of
prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of
prepayment of an ABR  Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
one Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of
prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time,
on the date of prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall
specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion
thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably
detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that, if a
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notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice
of termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08,
then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is
revoked in accordance with Section 2.08.  Promptly following receipt of any such
notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swingline Loans), the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each
partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be
permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided
in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a
mandatory prepayment.  Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably
to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be
accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13.

          (g)  Whenever any (i) voluntary prepayment of any Tranche B Term Loans
is made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or (ii) repayment of any Tranche B Term
Loans is required as a result of a declaration pursuant to Article VII,
following the occurrence of a Change of Control, that such Tranche B Loans are
due and payable, in each case within two years after the Effective Date, the
Borrower shall on the date of such prepayment or declaration, as applicable, pay
to the Tranche B Lenders a prepayment premium equal to (A) if such prepayment or
declaration occurs on or before the first anniversary of the Effective Date, 2%
of the principal amount of such Tranche B Term Loans being so prepaid or repaid
or (B) if such prepayment or declaration occurs after the first anniversary of,
but on or before the second anniversary of the Effective Date, 1% of the
principal amount of such Tranche B Term Loans being so prepaid or repaid.

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          SECTION 2.12.  Fees.  (a)  The Borrower agrees to pay to the
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Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee,
which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily unused amount of
the Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates.
Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March,
June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving
Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date
hereof.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360
days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the
first day but excluding the last day).  For purposes of computing commitment
fees, a Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the
extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender (and
the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose).

          (b)  The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its
participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable
Rate as interest on Eurodollar Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of
such Lender's LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to
unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender's
Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have
any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue
at the rate or rates per annum separately agreed upon with the Issuing Bank on
the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof
attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and
including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of
termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to
be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank's standard fees with respect to
the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or
processing of drawings thereunder.  Participation fees and fronting fees accrued
through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of
each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided
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that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving
Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the
Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.  Any other fees
payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within
10 days after demand.  All participation fees and fronting fees shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual
number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

          (c)  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its
own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon
between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

          (d)  All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in
immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing
Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of
commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto.  Fees
paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

          SECTION 2.13.  Interest.  (a)  The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing
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(including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate
plus the Applicable Rate.

          (b)  The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear
interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

          (c)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on
any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not
paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such
overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate
per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the
rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs
of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate
applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

          (d)  Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon
termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued
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pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in
the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of
an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Revolving Availability Period),
accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on
the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any
conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the

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end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall
be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

          (e)  All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year
of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in
each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the
first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable Alternate Base Rate or
Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided the
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Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the
Borrower a statement showing in reasonable detail the calculations used by the
Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Sections
2.13(e) and 2.14.

          SECTION 2.14.  Alternate Rate of Interest.  If prior to the
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commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

          (a)  the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be
     conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not
     exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or

          (b)  the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that
     the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and
     fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their
     Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the
Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or
continuation of any  Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective
and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.

           SECTION 2.15.  Increased Costs.  (a)  If any Change in Law shall:
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          (i)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit
     or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account
     of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement
     reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank; or

          (ii)   impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London
     interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar
     Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein
     (excluding imposition of Taxes, which shall be governed by Section 2.17);

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the
Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or
to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the
Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the
Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank,
as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

          (b)  If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in
Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the
rate of return on such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's capital or on the capital
of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company, if any, as a consequence
of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit
held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a
level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender's or the
Issuing Bank's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law
(taking into consideration such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's policies and the
policies of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's holding company with respect to
capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender
or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender's or the Issuing
Bank's holding company for any such reduction suffered.

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          (c)  A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its
holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days
after receipt thereof.

          (d)  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to
demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of
such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's right to demand such compensation; provided
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that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing
Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred
more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as
the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lender's or the Issuing Bank's
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change
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in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then
the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of
retroactive effect thereof.

          SECTION 2.16.  Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the
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payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an
Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of
Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert,
continue or prepay any Revolving Loan or Term Loan on the date specified in any
notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be
revoked under Section 2.11(f) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d)
the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender
for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.  In the case of a
Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to
include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan
had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been
applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last
day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure
to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest
Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on
such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender
would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar
deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar
market.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that
such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section and a brief
explanation of the basis therefor shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall
be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof.

          SECTION 2.17.  Taxes.  (a)  Any and all payments by or on account of
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any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall
be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any
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Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable
shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions of
Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes (including deductions applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing
Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such
deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

          (b)  In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

          (c)  The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each
Lender and the Issuing Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for
the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or
with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this
Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority, unless such penalties, interest or expenses are incurred solely as a
result of any negligence or misconduct of the Administrative Agent, such Lender
or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, or any of its Related Parties.  A
certificate setting forth in reasonable detail  the amount of such payment or
liability and the reasonable basis of such

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payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank,
or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the
Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

          (d)  As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a
receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of
the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

          (e)  Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the
Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with
respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable
law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate.

          SECTION 2.18.  Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
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Setoffs.  (a)  The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it
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hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees
or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15,
2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required hereunder or
under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is
expressly required, prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time), on the date when
due, in immediately available funds, without setoff or counterclaim.  Any
amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments
shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 270 Park Avenue, New
York, New York, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or
Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant
to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons
entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to
the Persons specified therein.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute any
such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the
appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment under
any Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for
payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case
of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the
period of such extension.  All payments under each Loan Document shall be made
in dollars.

          (b)  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available
to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed
LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be
applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder,
ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of
interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of
principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among
the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and
unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

          (c)  If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or
counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Revolving Loans, Term Loans or participations in LC
Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a
greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans, Term Loans
and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest
thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value)
participations in the Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so
that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations
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are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is
recovered,  such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the
provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made
by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this
Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations
in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower
or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this
paragraph shall apply).  The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to
the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender
acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise
against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower
in the amount of such participation.

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

          (e)  If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made
by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c),
then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any
contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender's
obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully
paid.

          SECTION 2.19.  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.  (a)
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If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such
Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the
reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would
eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the
case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

          (b)  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the
Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17,
or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the
Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in
Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to
an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower
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shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and,
if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Bank and Swingline
Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender
shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of
its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued
interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder,
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued
interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii)
in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such
assignment will result in a material reduction in such compensation or payments.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation
cease to apply.

          SECTION 2.20.  Permitted Bridge Period Equity.  The proceeds of any
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Permitted Bridge Period Equity shall be deposited with the Administrative Agent
until the date of issuance of any Subordinated Debt to refinance the
Subordinated Loans, at which time such proceeds shall be (a) applied to repay
Subordinated Loans, to the extent the proceeds of such Subordinated Debt are
insufficient to do so, and (b) to the extent of any excess, released to the
Borrower.

                                  ARTICLE III
                        Representations and Warranties
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          The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

          SECTION 3.01.  Organization; Powers.  Each of the Borrower and its
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Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and
authority to carry on its business as now conducted (after giving effect to the
Transactions) and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a

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Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing
in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

          SECTION 3.02.  Authorization; Enforceability.  The Transactions to be
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entered into by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party's corporate or other
organization powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
other organization and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan
Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered
by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Borrower or such Loan Party (as the case may be), enforceable in accordance
with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law.

          SECTION 3.03.  Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.  The Transactions
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(a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or
any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been
obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except filings necessary
to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any
applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational
documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any
Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any
indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon, the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require
any payment to be made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than in
respect of Existing Indebtedness that is repaid on the Effective Date), and (d)
will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except Liens created under the Loan
Documents.

          SECTION 3.04.  Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.  (a)
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The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance
sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and
for the fiscal year ended September 27, 1998, reported on by
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and
for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended June 27, 1999,
certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of
operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as
of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements
referred to in clause (ii) above.

          (b)  The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its pro
forma consolidated balance sheet as of June 27, 1999, prepared giving effect to
the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred on such date. Such pro
forma consolidated balance sheet (i) has been prepared in good faith based on
the same assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial statements included
in the Information Memorandum (which assumptions are believed by the Borrower to
be reasonable), (ii) is based on the best information available to the Borrower
after due inquiry, (iii) accurately reflects all adjustments necessary to give
effect to the Transactions and (iv) presents fairly, in all material respects,
the pro forma financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of June 27, 1999, as if the Transactions had occurred on such
date.

          (c)  Except as disclosed in the financial statements referred to above
or the notes thereto or in the Information Memorandum and except for the
Disclosed Matters, after giving effect to the Transactions, none of the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries has, as of the Effective Date, any material contingent
liabilities, unusual long-term commitments or unrealized losses.

          (d)  Since September 27, 1998, there has been no material adverse
change in the business, results of operations, properties, condition (financial
or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.

          SECTION 3.05.  Properties.  (a)  Each of the Borrower and its
                         -----------
Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real
and personal property material to its business (including its Mortgaged
Properties), free of all Liens, except for Liens permitted by Section 6.02.

          (b)  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to
use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual
property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for
any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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          (c)  Schedule 3.05 sets forth the address of each real property that
is owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as of the
Effective Date after giving effect to the Transactions.

          (d)  As of the Effective Date, neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received notice of, or has knowledge of, any pending or
contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any Mortgaged Property or any
sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation. Neither any Mortgaged
Property nor any interest of any Loan Party therein is subject to any right of
first refusal, option or other contractual right to purchase such Mortgaged
Property or interest therein.

          SECTION 3.06.  Litigation and Environmental Matters.  (a)  There are
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no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened
against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which
there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if
adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed
Matters) or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions.

          (b)  Except for the Disclosed Matters indicated on Schedule 3.06(b),
neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with
any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license
or other approval required under any Environmental Law, except as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (ii) has become subject to any Environ  mental Liability, except
as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to
any Environmental Liability except as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iv)
knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability, except as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

          (c)  Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the
status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has
resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse
Effect.

          SECTION 3.07.  Compliance with Laws and Agreements.  Each of the
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Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and
orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all
indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property,
except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has
occurred and is continuing.

          SECTION 3.08.  Investment and Holding Company Status.  Neither the
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Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is (a) an "investment company" as defined
in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a
"holding company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

          SECTION 3.09.  Taxes.  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has
                         ------
timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have
been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been
paid by it, except (a) any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as
applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent
that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.10.  ERISA.  No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
                         ------
expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for
which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The present value of all accumulated
benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date
of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more
than $1,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the
present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans
(based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial
statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than $2,000,000 the fair
market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.

          SECTION 3.11.  Disclosure.  The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders
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all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which, the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to
any of them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in

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a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Effective Date, neither the Information
Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or
other information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this
Agreement contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with
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respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that
such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to
be reasonable at the time. None of the reports, financial statements,
certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as
modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any
material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial
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information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in
good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

          SECTION 3.12.  Subsidiaries.  Schedule 3.12 sets forth the name of,
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and the ownership interest of the Borrower in, each Subsidiary of the Borrower
and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as
of the Effective Date.

          SECTION 3.13.  Insurance.  Schedule 3.13 sets forth a description of
                         ----------
all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
of the Effective Date.  As of the Effective Date, all premiums in respect of
such insurance have been paid.

          SECTION 3.14.  Labor Matters.  As of the Effective Date, there are no
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strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending
or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened.  The hours worked by and
payments made to employees of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have not been in
violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal,
state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters.  All payments due from
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee health and welfare
insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the
books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary.  The consummation of the Transactions
will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the
part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary is bound.

          SECTION 3.15.  Solvency.  Immediately after the consummation of the
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Transactions to occur on the Effective Date and immediately following the making
of each Loan made on the Effective Date and after giving effect to the
application of the proceeds of such Loans, (a) the fair value of the assets of
each Loan Party, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of
the property of each Loan Party will be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities
become absolute and matured; (c) each Loan Party will be able to pay its debts
and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) each Loan Party will not have
unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is
engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted
following the Effective Date.

          SECTION 3.16.  Senior Indebtedness.  The Obligations constitute
                         --------------------
"Designated Senior Debt" under and as defined in the Subordinated Loan Documents
and, from and after the issuance of the Subordinated Debt, in the Subordinated
Debt Documents (or any similar term used therein).

          SECTION 3.17.  Year 2000.  Any reprogramming required to permit the
                         ----------
proper functioning, in and following the year 2000, of (a) the computer systems
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) equipment containing embedded
microchips (including systems and equipment supplied by others or with which the
Borrower's systems interface) and the testing of all such systems and equipment,
as so reprogrammed, has been completed.  The cost to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries of the reasonably foreseeable consequences of year 2000 to the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including reprogramming errors and the failure of
others' systems or equipment) will not result in a Default or a Material Adverse
Effect.  The computer and management information systems of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are and, with ordinary course upgrading and maintenance, will
continue for the term of this Agreement to be, sufficient to permit the Borrower
to conduct its businesses without Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 3.18.  Security Documents.  (a)  The Pledge Agreement is
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effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security

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interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) and, when such
Collateral is delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Pledge Agreement shall
constitute a fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in,
all right, title and interest of the pledgors thereunder in such Collateral, in
each case prior and superior in right to any other Person.

          (b)  The Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal,
valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the
Security Agreement) and, when financing statements in appropriate form are filed
in the offices specified on Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate, the
Security Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security
interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such
Collateral (other than the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security
Agreement)), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other
than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02.

          (c)  When the Security Agreement is filed in the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, the Security
Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in,
all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Intellectual Property
(as defined in the Security Agreement) in which a security interest may be
perfected by filing, recording or registering a security agreement, financing
statement or analogous document in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, in each case prior and
superior in right to any other Person other than Liens expressly permitted by
Section 6.02 (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be
necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks, trademark applications and
copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the date hereof).

          (d)  The Mortgages, when executed and delivered, will be effective to
create, subject to the exceptions listed in each title insurance policy covering
such Mortgage, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the Loan
Parties' right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties thereunder
and the proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices
specified on Schedule 3.16(d), the Mortgages shall constitute a Lien on, and
security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such
Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior
in right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights of Persons
pursuant to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02.

                                  ARTICLE IV
                                  Conditions
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          SECTION 4.01.  Effective Date.  The obligations of the Lenders to make
                         ---------------
Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not
become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

          (a)  The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received
     from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on
     behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the
     Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed
     signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart
     of this Agreement.

          (b)  The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written
     opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated
     the Effective Date) of each of (i) Debevoise & Plimpton, counsel for the
     Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1, and (ii) local
     counsel in each jurisdiction where a Mortgaged Property is located,
     substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, and, in the case of each such
     opinion required by this paragraph, covering such other matters relating to
     the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Required
     Lenders shall reasonably request.  The Borrower hereby requests such
     counsel to deliver such opinions.

          (c)  The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and
     certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably
     request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each
     Loan Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal
     matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the
     Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
     Agent and its counsel.

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          (d)  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated
     the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a
     Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the
     conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02.

          (e)  The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other
     amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to
     the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses
     (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be
     reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan
     Document.

          (f)  The Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of the
     Guarantee Agreement signed on behalf of each Subsidiary Loan Party and
     counterparts of the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the
     Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement, each signed on behalf of
     the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party, together with the following:

               (i)   stock certificates representing all the outstanding shares
          of capital stock of each Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan
          Party as of the Effective Date after giving effect to the Transactions
          (except that stock certificates representing shares of common stock of
          a Foreign Subsidiary may be limited to 65% of the outstanding shares
          of common stock of such Foreign Subsidiary), promissory notes
          evidencing all intercompany Indebtedness owed to any Loan Party by the
          Borrower or any Subsidiary as of the Effective Date after giving
          effect to the Transactions and stock powers and instruments of
          transfer, endorsed in blank, with respect to such stock certificates
          and promissory notes;

               (ii)  all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial
          Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by
          the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to
          perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement; and

               (iii) a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Effective Date
          and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, together with all
          attachments contemplated thereby, including the results of a search of
          the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings made with respect
          to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the
          Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or
          similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably
          satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by
          such financing statements (or similar documents) are permitted by
          Section 6.02 or have been released.

          (g)  The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of
     a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property owned by any Loan Party
     on the Effective Date, signed on behalf of the record owner of such
     Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance issued by
     a nationally recognized title insurance company, insuring the lien of each
     such Mortgage as a valid first lien on the Mortgaged Property described
     therein, free of any other Liens except as permitted by Section 6.02,
     together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the
     Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request and
     (iii) such surveys, abstracts, appraisals, legal opinions and other
     documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may
     reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property.

          (h)  The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that the
     insurance required by Section 5.07 and the Security Documents is in effect,
     together with evidence that the Administrative Agent on behalf of the
     Secured Parties is an additional insured or loss payee (to the extent
     required by the Security Agreement or the Mortgages).

          (i)  The Agents shall be reasonably satisfied as to the amount and
     nature of any environmental and employee health and safety exposures to
     which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be subject after giving effect
     to the Transactions, and with the plans of the Borrower or such
     Subsidiaries with respect thereto, and, to the extent reasonably requested
     by the Agents, the Lenders shall have received environmental assessments
     (including, if applicable, Phase I reports) reasonably satisfactory to the
     Agents from an environmental consulting firm reasonably satisfactory to the
     Agents.

          (j)  The Borrower shall have received gross cash proceeds of not less
     than $240,000,000 from the Equity Contribution.  After giving effect to the
     Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, Kelso and
     certain other investors, including the Management Investors, shall hold not
     less than

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     93% of the outstanding post-Merger common stock of the Borrower; provided
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     that Kelso shall hold not less than 75% of such post-Merger common stock.

          (k)  The Borrower shall have received not less than $135,000,000 in
     gross cash proceeds from the issuance or borrowing of the Subordinated
     Loans from one or more note purchasers or lenders reasonably satisfactory
     to the Agents.  The terms and conditions of the Subordinated Loans and
     Subordinated Loan Documents (including terms and conditions relating to the
     interest rate, fees, maturity, redemption, subordination, covenants, events
     of default and remedies) shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects
     to the Agents.  The Agents shall have received copies of the Subordinated
     Loan Documents, certified by a Financial Officer as complete and correct.

          (l)  All requisite material governmental authorities and third parties
     shall have approved or consented to the Transactions and the other
     transactions contemplated hereby to the extent required, all applicable
     appeal periods shall have expired and there shall be no governmental or
     judicial action, actual or threatened, that is reasonably likely to
     restrain, prevent or impose burdensome conditions on the Transactions or
     the other transactions contemplated hereby.

          (m)  The Recapitalization shall have been consummated or shall be
     consummated simultaneously with or immediately following the initial
     funding under the Facilities on the Effective Date in accordance with
     applicable law, the Recapitalization Agreement and all other related
     documentation (without giving effect (i) to any material changes to the
     draft, dated June 23, 1999, of such documents after execution thereof if
     they are not reasonably satisfactory to the Agents or (ii) to any material
     amendments or waivers to or of such documents after execution thereof if
     they are not approved by the Lenders). The Agents shall be reasonably
     satisfied with all documentation related to the Recapitalization (to the
     extent not delivered to the Agents for review prior to June 24, 1999). The
     Cash Consideration shall not exceed $288,500,000.

          (n)  The Lenders shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance
     sheet of the Borrower as of the Effective Date, after giving effect to the
     Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, which balance
     sheet shall not be materially inconsistent with the forecasts previously
     provided to the Agents.  After giving effect to the Transactions, neither
     the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding any shares
     of preferred stock or any Indebtedness, other than (i) Indebtedness
     incurred under the Loan Documents, (ii) the Subordinated Loans and (iii)
     the Existing Indebtedness identified on Schedule 6.01 in an aggregate
     principal amount not exceeding $6,450,000.  Any such Existing Indebtedness
     that is to remain outstanding after the Effective Date shall have terms and
     conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Agents.  The aggregate
     Transaction Costs shall not exceed $31,000,000.

          (o)  The Lenders shall have received a solvency letter, in form and
     substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, from Murray Devine & Co.
     confirming the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving
     effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

          (p)  The Lenders shall have received  unaudited consolidated balance
     sheets and related statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash
     flows of the Borrower for (i) each fiscal quarter subsequent to the end of
     the 1998 fiscal year that ended at least 30 days before the Effective Date
     and (ii) each fiscal month after the most recent 1999 fiscal quarter for
     which financial statements were received by the Lenders as described above
     and that ended at least 30 days before the Effective Date.

          (q)  There shall be no material litigation against the Borrower or any
     Subsidiary and the consummation of the Transactions and the other
     transactions contemplated hereby shall not (a) violate any applicable law,
     statute, rule or regulation or (b) conflict with, or result in (i) a
     default or event of default under, (ii) a prepayment event under or (iii)
     the creation of Liens under, any agreement of the Borrower or any of its
     Subsidiaries, except such as would not reasonably be expected to have a
     Material Adverse Effect.

          (r)  The tax position and contingent tax and other liabilities of the
     Borrower and the Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Transactions shall
     be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the
Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and
of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become
effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived
pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
December 15,

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1999 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the
Commitments shall terminate at such time).

          SECTION 4.02.  Each Credit Event.  The obligation of each Lender to
                         ------------------
make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue,
amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to receipt of the
request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:

          (a)  The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth
     in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as of the date of
     such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
     such Letter of Credit, as applicable.

          (b)  At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such
     Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter
     of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and
(b) of this Section.

                                   ARTICLE V
                             Affirmative Covenants
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          Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have
been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and
all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and
agrees with the Lenders that:

          SECTION 5.01.  Financial Statements and Other Information.  The
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Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

          (a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower,
     its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
     operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for
     such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
     the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP or
     other independent public accountants of recognized national standing
     (without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception and without
     any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the
     effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all
     material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
     accordance with GAAP consistently applied (it being understood that
     delivery of the Borrower's annual report, as filed with the SEC on Form 10-
     K, shall be adequate to comply with the requirements of this Section
     5.01(a) if such report contains the information otherwise required by this
     paragraph);

          (b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
     quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance
     sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
     flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed
     portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
     the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of
     the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all
     certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all
     material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
     accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit
     adjustments and the absence of footnotes (it being understood that delivery
     of the Borrower's quarterly financial statements, as filed with the SEC on
     Form 10-Q, shall be adequate to comply with the requirements of this
     Section 5.01(b));

          (c) within 30 days after the end of each of the first two fiscal
     months of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, its consolidated balance
     sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
     flows as of the end of and for such fiscal month and the then elapsed
     portion of the fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers
     as presenting in all material respects the financial condition and results
     of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
     consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to
     normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

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          (d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under
     clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the
     Borrower (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a
     Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken
     or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably
     detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.12, 6.13 and
     6.14 and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application
     thereof has occurred since the date of the Borrower's audited financial
     statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has
     occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements
     accompanying such certificate;

          (e) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under
     clause (a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on
     such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during
     the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default
     (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting
     rules or guidelines);

          (f) within 45 days of the commencement of each fiscal year of the
     Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for such fiscal year (including a
     projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected
     operations and cash flow as of the end of and for such fiscal year and
     setting forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget)
     and, promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budget;

          (g) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all
     periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by
     the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
     or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of
     said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed
     by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be; and

          (h) promptly following any request therefor, such other information
     regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the
     Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan
     Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

          SECTION 5.02.  Notices of Material Events.  The Borrower will furnish
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to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the
following:

          (a) the occurrence of any Default;

          (b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or
     before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the
     Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, could
     reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

          (c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any
     other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to
     result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
     amount exceeding $1,000,000; and

          (d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be
     expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

          SECTION 5.03.  Information Regarding Collateral.  (a)  The Borrower
                         ---------------------------------
will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change (i)
in any Loan Party's corporate name or in any trade name used to identify it in
the conduct of its business or in the ownership of its properties, (ii) in the
location of any Loan Party's chief executive office, its principal place of
business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to
Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Collateral owned by it
is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility),
(iii) in any Loan Party's identity or corporate structure or (iv) in any Loan
Party's Federal Taxpayer Identification Number.  The Borrower agrees not to
effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all
filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are
required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times
following such change to

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have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral. The
Borrower also agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any material
portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.

          (b)  Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements
with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to clause (a) of Section
5.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a
Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) setting forth the information required
pursuant to Sections 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Perfection Certificate or
confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of
the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Effective Date or the date of the
most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section and (ii) certifying
that all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture
filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or
registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations,
containing a description of the Collateral have been filed of record in each
governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction
identified pursuant to clause (i) above to the extent necessary to protect and
perfect the security interests under the Collateral Agreement for a period of
not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted
therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such
period).

          SECTION 5.04.  Existence; Conduct of Business.  The Borrower will, and
                         -------------------------------
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal
existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents,
copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business;
provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation,
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liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.

          SECTION 5.05.  Payment of Obligations.  The Borrower will, and will
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cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its Indebtedness and other obligations,
including Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in
default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has
set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with
GAAP, (c) such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested
obligation and the enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation and (d) the
failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 5.06.  Maintenance of Properties.  The Borrower will, and will
                         --------------------------
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to
the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear
and tear excepted.

          SECTION 5.07.  Insurance.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of
                         ----------
its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies (a) insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and
against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies of established
repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or
similar locations and (b) all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to
the Security Documents.  The Borrower will furnish to the Lenders, upon request
of the Administrative Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the
insurance so maintained.

          SECTION 5.08.  Casualty and Condemnation.  (a)  The Borrower (a) will
                         --------------------------
furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any
casualty or other insured damage to any material portion of any Collateral or
the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any Collateral or
any part thereof or interest therein under power of eminent domain or by
condemnation or similar proceeding and (b) will ensure that the Net Proceeds of
any such event (whether in the form of insurance proceeds, condemnation awards
or otherwise) are collected and applied in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Security Documents.

          SECTION 5.09.  Books and Records; Inspection Rights.  The Borrower
                         -------------------------------------
will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record
and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and
transactions in relation to its business and activities.  The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit
and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and
records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers
and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as
reasonably requested.

          SECTION 5.10.  Compliance with Laws.  The Borrower will, and will
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cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and
orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it

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or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.

          SECTION 5.11.  Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit.  The proceeds of
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the Term Loans, together with the proceeds of the Equity Contribution and the
Subordinated Loans, will be used solely (a) to pay the Cash Consideration, (b)
to repay all principal, interest, fees and other amounts outstanding under the
Existing Indebtedness (except as permitted by Section 4.01(n)) and (c) to pay
the Transaction Costs. Letters of Credit and the proceeds of the Revolving Loans
and Swingline Loans will be used only for general corporate purposes. No part of
the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any
purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board,
including Regulations T, U and X.

          SECTION 5.12.  Additional Subsidiaries.  If any additional Subsidiary
                         ------------------------
is formed or acquired after the Effective Date, the Borrower will notify the
Administrative Agent thereof and (a) if such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Loan
Party, within ten Business Days after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired the
Borrower will cause such Subsidiary to (i) become a party to the Guarantee
Agreement, the Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution Agreement, the Security
Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and (iii) take such actions to perfect Liens
on such Subsidiary's assets to secure the Obligations as the Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders shall reasonably request and (b) if any Equity
Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary are owned by or on behalf of any
Loan Party, the Borrower will cause such Equity Interests and promissory notes
evidencing such Indebtedness to be pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement
within ten Business Days after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired (except
that, if such Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary, shares of common stock of such
Subsidiary to be pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement may be limited to 65%
of the outstanding shares of common stock of such Subsidiary).

          SECTION 5.13.  Further Assurances.  (a)  The Borrower will, and will
                         -------------------
cause each Subsidiary Loan Party to, execute any and all further documents,
financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further
actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture
filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents), which may be required
under any applicable law, or which the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by
the Loan Documents or to grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created
or intended to be created by the Security Documents or the validity or priority
of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Loan Parties. The Borrower also
agrees to provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request,
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the
perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the
Security Documents.

          (b)  If any material assets (including any real property or
improvements thereto or any interest therein, other than any individual real
property or improvements with a fair market value not in excess of $250,000,
provided that the aggregate fair market value of all real property or
--------
improvements excluded pursuant to this parenthetical shall in no event exceed
$750,000 in the aggregate) are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan
Party after the Effective Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under
the Security Agreement that become subject to the Lien of the Security Agreement
upon acquisition thereof), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders thereof, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders, the Borrower will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien
securing the Obligations and will take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to
take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions
described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan
Parties.

          SECTION 5.14.  Interest Rate Protection.  As promptly as practicable,
                         -------------------------
and in any event within 90 days after the Effective Date, the Borrower will
enter into, and thereafter for a period of not less than three years will
maintain in effect, one or more interest rate protection agreements on such
terms and with such parties as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, the effect of which shall be to fix or limit the interest
cost to the Borrower with respect to at least 50% of the outstanding Term Loans.

          SECTION 5.15.  PIK Interest on Subordinated Loans.  So long as any
                         -----------------------------------
Subordinated Loans are outstanding, the Borrower will, to the maximum extent
permitted by and in accordance with the Subordinated Loans Documents, satisfy
its obligation to pay interest on the Subordinated Loans by capitalizing such
interest as additional Subordinated Loans rather than by payment in cash.

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                                  ARTICLE VI
                              Negative Covenants
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          Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of
and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full
and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements
shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders
that:

          SECTION 6.01.  Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities.  (a)  The
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Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

          (i)    Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;

          (ii)   the Subordinated Loans;

          (iii)  the Subordinated Debt; provided that (A) the terms and
                                        --------
     conditions of such Subordinated Debt and the related Subordinated Debt
     Documents (including terms and conditions relating to the interest rate,
     fees, maturity, redemption, subordination, covenants, events of default and
     remedies) shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to the Agents
     (it being understood that the terms and conditions contained in the
     Preliminary Offering Memorandum of Citation Corporation dated September 13,
     1999 with respect to subordination are acceptable to the Agents) and (B)
     the proceeds therefrom are applied to pay fees and expenses of issuance of
     such Subordinated Debt and to refinance or replace the Subordinated Loans
     and, to the extent of any such proceeds in respect of Subordinated Debt in
     excess of the fees and expenses of issuance paid with such proceeds and the
     principal amount of Subordinated Loans so refinanced or replaced, to prepay
     Term Borrowings as provided in Section 2.11(c);

          (iv)   the Existing Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set
     forth in Schedule 6.01 and extensions, renewals and replacements of any
     such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
     thereof or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average
     life thereof;

          (v)    Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any
     Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that
                                                         --------
     Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the Borrower or
     any Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04;

          (vi)   Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary
     and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other
     Subsidiary; provided that Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan
                 --------
     Party of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be
     subject to Section 6.04;

          (vii)  Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to
     finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or
     capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness
     assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by
     a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions,
     renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
     outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity date
     or decreased weighted average life thereof; provided that (A) such
                                                 --------
     Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition
     or the completion of such construction or improvement and (B) the aggregate
     principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (vii) shall not
     exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding;

          (viii) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the
     date hereof; provided that (A) such Indebtedness exists at the time such
                  --------
     Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in
     connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (B) the aggregate
     principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (viii) shall not
     exceed $30,000,000 at any time outstanding;

          (ix)   other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount
     not exceeding $30,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that the
                                                        --------
     aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower's Subsidiaries
     permitted by this clause (ix) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at any time
     outstanding;

          (x)    Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower (in
     addition to Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower permitted
     by clause (iv) above) for working capital purposes (including in

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     respect of overdrafts) not exceeding, as to all such Foreign Subsidiaries,
     $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding;

          (xi)   Indebtedness of the Borrower incurred (A) in consideration for
     the repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of shares of
     its capital stock, or options or warrants for the purchase of shares of its
     capital stock, held by officers, directors or employees of the Borrower or
     any Subsidiary in compliance with clause (iii) of Section 6.08(a) pursuant
     to a compensation plan or arrangement in connection with the death,
     disability or termination of employment of such officer, director or
     employee or (B) in exchange for or in payment of Indebtedness permitted
     under this Section clause (xi);  provided that such Indebtedness is
                                      --------
     subordinate to the Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement) on
     terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the Subordinated Financing; and

          (xii)  Indebtedness incurred to finance the consideration payable in
     connection with Permitted Acquisitions, provided that (A) any Permitted
     Acquisitions that are to be financed with any such Indebtedness must be
     within six months before or six months after the date of issuance of such
     Indebtedness (and, if not consummated on or before such date of issuance,
     the proceeds of such Indebtedness shall be deposited with the
     Administrative Agent until so used and, to the extent such proceeds are not
     applied to Permitted Acquisitions within such six-month period, such
     proceeds shall be applied to prepay Term Borrowings as provided in Section
     2.11(c), (B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms
     no less favorable to the Lenders than the Subordinated Debt and otherwise
     satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including that no payments shall
     be required in respect of such Indebtedness, whether of principal, interest
     or otherwise, at any time that a Default has occurred and is continuing),
     (C) the stated maturity thereof shall be on or after June 1, 2008, and no
     scheduled or other mandatory payments of principal shall be required prior
     to June 1, 2008, (D) the other terms and conditions thereof shall be no
     less favorable to the Lenders than the terms and conditions contained in
     the Subordinated Debt Documents and such other terms and conditions shall
     be otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (E) the amount of
     Indebtedness permitted by this clause (xii) at any time outstanding shall
     not exceed the sum of $50,000,000 plus the aggregate principal amount of
     Term Loans prepaid with the proceeds of such Indebtedness as provided in
     clause (A) above or clause (G)(3) below at any time outstanding, (F) the
     Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, after giving effect to the
     Indebtedness to be incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), with the
     covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and 6.13 recomputed as at the last day
     of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which
     financial statements are available as if such debt had been incurred on the
     first day of each relevant period for testing such compliance, (G) to the
     extent that any such Indebtedness (or portion thereof) is incurred to
     finance any Permitted Acquisitions consummated prior to the date of
     issuance of such Indebtedness, the Borrower shall (1) certify to the
     Administrative Agent on the date of such issuance that such Indebtedness
     (or portion, as applicable) is being incurred to finance consideration paid
     for Permitted Acquisitions within six months prior to such date that was
     previously financed with Revolving Loans, which certificate shall identify
     the Permitted Acquisitions so financed, (2) apply the net proceeds of such
     Indebtedness (or portion thereof, as applicable) to prepay Revolving Loans
     outstanding on such date (but without reducing Revolving Commitments) and
     (3) if such net proceeds exceed the amount of Revolving Loans then
     outstanding, apply such excess to prepay Term Loans as provided in Section
     2.11(c) and (H) Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (xii) shall not be
     incurred prior to the date that all Subordinated Loans are refinanced with
     Subordinated Debt.

          (b)  The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
issue any preferred stock or other preferred Equity Interests, except that the
Borrower may issue Permitted Preferred Stock in connection with the Permitted
Bridge Period Equity.

          SECTION 6.02.  Liens.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
                         ------
Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property
or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or
revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof,
except:

          (a)  Liens created under the Loan Documents;

          (b)  Permitted Encumbrances;

          (c)  any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any
     Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02;

     provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset
     --------
     of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only
     those obligations that it

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     secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements
     thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

          (d)  any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the
     acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any
     property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date
     hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that
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     (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such
     acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary , as the case may be, (ii)
     such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower
     or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations
     that it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person
     becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be and extensions, renewals and
     replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
     thereof;

          (e)  Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or
     improved by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security
                                                 --------
     interests secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (vii) of Section 6.01(a),
     (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are
     incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the
     completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness
     secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing
     or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests
     shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any
     Subsidiary;

          (f)  put and call agreements with respect to the Equity Interests of
     any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to the joint venture or
     similar agreement relating thereto;

          (g)  Liens on property of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower
     securing any Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower
     permitted by clause (x) of Section 6.01(a);  and

          (h)  Liens on property sold pursuant to sale and leaseback
     transactions permitted under Section 6.06 and general intangibles related
     thereto.

          SECTION 6.03.  Fundamental Changes.  (a)  The Borrower will not, nor
                         --------------------
will it permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other
Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or
liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after
giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any
Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is
the surviving corporation, (ii) any Subsidiary may merge into  any Subsidiary
Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary Loan
Party, (iii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge into any
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (iv) any Subsidiary may liquidate or
dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or
dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially
disadvantageous to the Lenders and (v) the Merger and the Recapitalization shall
be permitted; provided that any such merger involving a Person that is not a
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wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted
unless also permitted by Section 6.04.

          (b)  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than
businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the
date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.

          SECTION 6.04.  Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and
                         --------------------------------------------
Acquisitions.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
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Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger
with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any
Equity Interests in or evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including
any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or
permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make
or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or
purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit, except:

          (a)  Permitted Investments;

          (b)  investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule
     6.04;

          (c)  investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in Equity
     Interests in their respective Subsidiaries; provided that (i) any such
                                                 --------
     Equity Interests held by a Loan Party shall be pledged pursuant to the
     Pledge Agreement (subject to the limitations applicable to common stock of
     a Foreign Subsidiary

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     referred to in Section 5.12) and (ii) the aggregate amount of investments
     by Loan Parties in, and loans and advances by Loan Parties to, and
     Guarantees by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of, Subsidiaries that are not
     Loan Parties (including all such investments, loans, advances and
     Guarantees existing on the Effective Date) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at
     any time outstanding;

          (d) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made
     by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that
                                                                --------
     (i) any such loans and advances made by a Loan Party shall be evidenced by
     a promissory note pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and (ii) the
     amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that
     are not Loan Parties shall be subject to the limitation set forth in clause
     (c) above;

          (e) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01;
     provided that (i) a Subsidiary shall not Guarantee any Subordinated
     --------
     Financing unless (A) such Subsidiary also has Guaranteed the Obligations
     pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement, (B) such Guarantee of the Subordinated
     Financing is subordinated to such Guarantee of the Obligations on terms no
     less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination provisions of the
     Subordinated Financing and (C) such Guarantee of the Subordinated Financing
     provides for the release and termination thereof, without action by any
     party, upon such Subsidiary ceasing to be a subsidiary of the Borrower
     (including as a result of a sale or disposition pursuant to the Pledge
     Agreement), and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of
     Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party
     shall be subject to the limitation set forth in clause (c) above;

          (f) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or
     reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with,
     customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

          (g) Permitted Acquisitions; provided that (i) the consideration for
                                      --------
     each Permitted Acquisition shall consist solely of cash, shares of common
     stock of the Borrower, Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (xii) of
     Section 6.01(a), the assumption of Indebtedness of the acquired Person or
     encumbering the acquired assets, Indebtedness referred to in clause (viii)
     of Section 6.01(a) or a combination thereof and (ii) the sum of the
     principal amount of all Indebtedness so assumed or otherwise resulting from
     Permitted Acquisitions (including Indebtedness referred to in clauses
     (viii) and (xii) of Section 6.01(a)) plus the cash consideration paid in
     connection with Permitted Acquisitions as consideration for Permitted
     Acquisitions shall not exceed, during any fiscal year of the Borrower, the
     sum of $50,000,000 plus (i) the Net Proceeds of any Acquisition Equity
     Financing received during such fiscal year, (ii) commencing with the fiscal
     year ending on or about September 30, 2001, the amount of Excess Cash Flow
     for the immediately preceding fiscal year that (A) is not required to be
     applied to make prepayments of Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(d) and (B)
     has not previously been applied to Permitted ECF Uses and (iii) the Net
     Proceeds received during such fiscal year from the sale of a non-strategic
     asset or division identified to the Administrative Agent prior to the date
     hereof;  provided that, commencing with the fiscal year ending September
              --------
     30, 2001, the amount of allowed consideration for Permitted Acquisitions
     set forth above in respect of any fiscal year shall be increased by 100% of
     the excess, if any of (I) the amount of such consideration allowed pursuant
     to this paragraph for the immediately preceding fiscal year (or, in the
     case of the fiscal year ending September 27, 2001, for the period from the
     Effective Date to the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year)
     (disregarding any consideration permitted by reason of this proviso) less
     (II) the aggregate amount of consideration paid in connection with
     Permitted Acquisitions in such preceding period;

          (h) investments made after the Effective Date in joint ventures and
     other business entities (in each case that are not Subsidiaries of the
     Borrower) that are engaged in the same line or lines of business as the
     Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed
     $30,000,000;

          (i) investments constituting a purchase of the Equity Interests not
     owned by the Borrower as of the Effective Date of [Caterpillar joint
     venture] for aggregate consideration not to exceed $15,000,000;

          (j) loans to employees of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in their
     capacity as such, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000
     at any time outstanding;

          (k) Hedging Agreements permitted under Section 6.07; and

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          (l) (i) non-recourse loans to employees the proceeds of which shall be
     used to purchase common stock of the Borrower and (ii) loans to management
     shareholders the proceeds of which shall be used to purchase common stock
     of the Borrower, provided that all loans outstanding under this clause (l)
     shall not exceed $4,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.

          SECTION 6.05.  Asset Sales.  The Borrower will not, and will not
                         ------------
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of
any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will the Borrower
permit any of it Subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in such
Subsidiary, except:

          (a) sales of inventory, used or surplus equipment and Permitted
     Investments in the ordinary course of business;

          (b) sales, transfers and dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary;

     provided that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a
     --------
     Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance with
     Section 6.09;

          (c) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than less
     than 100% of the Equity Interests in a Subsidiary) that are not permitted
     by any other clause of this Section; provided that the aggregate fair
                                          --------
     market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in
     reliance upon this clause (c) shall not exceed $35,000,000 during any
     fiscal year of the Borrower;

          (d) sales of fixed or capital assets pursuant to sale and lease-back
     transactions, to the extent expressly permitted by Section 6.06;

          (e) sales, transfers and dispositions of non-strategic assets
     purchased as part of a Permitted Acquisition that are sold, transferred or
     disposed of on or prior to the first anniversary of such Permitted
     Acquisition; and

          (f) sale of a non-strategic asset or division identified to the
Administrative  Agent prior to the date hereof;

provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted
--------
hereby (other than those permitted by clause (b) above) shall be made for fair
value and for at least 85% cash consideration.

          SECTION 6.06.  Sale and Leaseback Transactions.  The Borrower will
                         --------------------------------
not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement,
directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or
personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter
acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it
intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property
sold or transferred, except for any such sale of any fixed or capital assets
that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the cost of such
fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after the Borrower or
such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital
asset.

          SECTION 6.07.  Hedging Agreements.  The Borrower will not, and will
                         -------------------
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Agreement, other
than (a) Hedging Agreements required by Section 5.14 and (b) Hedging Agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to
which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct of its business
or the management of its liabilities.

          SECTION 6.08.  Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness.
                         ------------------------------------------------------
(a)  The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, declare or
make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment,
or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except (i) the
Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its capital stock payable
solely in additional shares of its common stock or options, warrants or other
rights to purchase common stock of the Borrower, (ii) Subsidiaries may declare
and pay dividends ratably with respect to their capital stock and (iii) the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments to repurchase, redeem, retire or otherwise
acquire shares of its capital stock, or options or warrants for the purchase of
shares of its capital stock, held by current or former officers, directors or
employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to a compensation plan or
arrangement in connection with the death, disability or termination of
employment of such officer, director or employee, so long as the aggregate
amount of all payments pursuant to this clause (iii) during any fiscal year does
not exceed (A) $5,000,000 plus (B) commencing with the fiscal year ending on or
about September 30, 2001, any Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding
fiscal year to the

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extent that such Excess Cash Flow is not required to be applied to make
prepayments of Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(d) and has not previously been
applied to Permitted ECF Uses.

          (b)   The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other
distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of
principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other
distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any
sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, acquisition, cancelation or termination of any Indebtedness, except:

          (i)   payment or prepayment of Indebtedness created under the Loan
     Documents;

          (ii)  payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments
     as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness (and refinancings and
     repayments of Subordinated Loans pursuant to the following proviso), other
     than payments in respect of any Subordinated Financing prohibited by the
     subordination provisions thereof; provided that any payment of principal
                                       --------
     in respect of any Subordinated Financing shall not be permitted, other than
     pursuant to refinancings or repayments, as the case may be, of Subordinated
     Loans with (A) Subordinated Debt or (B) the proceeds of any Subordinated
     Loan Equity Prepayment Event; provided further, that (I) no Default exists
                                   -------- -------
     at the time of such refinancing or repayment and (II) any such Subordinated
     Loan Equity Prepayment Event is designated as such by Kelso;

          (iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section
     6.01;

          (iv)  payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of
     the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such
     Indebtedness; and

          (v)   repayment of the Existing Indebtedness.

          SECTION 6.09.  Transactions with Affiliates.  The Borrower will not,
                         -----------------------------
nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any
property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or
assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its
Affiliates, except (a) transactions in the ordinary course of business that are
at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such
Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm's-length basis from unrelated third
parties, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan
Parties not involving any other Affiliate, (c) transactions with Affiliates set
forth in Schedule 6.09, (d) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08,
(e) the Borrower may make payments specified in the Management Agreement, (f)
employment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business with
officers of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (g) customary fees paid to
members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

          SECTION 6.10.  Restrictive Agreements.  The Borrower will not, nor
                         -----------------------
will it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or
permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or
imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to
create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or
(b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with
respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances
to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not
                                  --------
apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document,
Subordinated Loan Document or Subordinated Debt Document, (ii) the foregoing
shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof
identified on Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or
any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or
condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and
conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending
such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the
Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause
(a) of the foregoing shall not apply  to restrictions or conditions imposed by
any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if
such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing
such Indebtedness and (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to
customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment thereof.

          SECTION 6.11.  Amendment of Material Documents.  The Borrower will not
                         --------------------------------
nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights
under (a) any Subordinated Debt Document and/or Subordinated Loan Document, (b)
its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents if
such an amendment would have a Material Adverse Effect on the interests of the
Lenders, (c) any indenture, credit

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agreement, or other document executed in connection with Indebtedness permitted
pursuant to clause (xii) of Section 6.01(a) or (d) the Management Agreement.

          SECTION 6.12.  Interest Expense Coverage Ratio.  As of the last day of
                         --------------------------------
any fiscal quarter, the Borrower will not permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated
EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, for the previous four quarters,
including such fiscal quarter and the three consecutive fiscal quarters
immediately prior to such fiscal quarter, to be less than the ratio set forth
below opposite the period during which such fiscal quarter ends; provided that
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for purposes of this Section 6.12, Consolidated EBITDA for the quarter period
ending on or about (x) March 31, 1999, shall be deemed to be $28,100,000, (y)
June 30, 1999, shall be deemed to be $28,000,000 and (z) September 30, 1999,
shall be deemed to be $22,900,000:

                   Period (on or about)                            Ratio
                   ------                                          -----

          December 31, 1999 to March 31, 2001                    1.75 to 1.00
          April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002                        2.00 to 1.00
          April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003                        2.25 to 1.00
          April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004                        2.50 to 1.00
          April 1, 2004 to March 31, 20005                       2.75 to 1.00
          April 1, 2005 and thereafter                           3.00 to 1.00

          SECTION 6.13.  Adjusted Leverage Ratio.  As of the last day of any
                         ------------------------
fiscal quarter, the Borrower will not permit the Adjusted Leverage Ratio as of
such day to exceed the ratio set forth opposite the period during which such day
occurs; provided that for purposes of this Section 6.13, Consolidated EBITDA for
        --------
the quarter period ending on or about (x) March 31, 1999, shall be deemed to be
$28,100,000, (y) June 30, 1999, shall be deemed to be $28,000,000 and (z)
September 30, 1999, shall be deemed to be $22,900,000:

                   Period (on or about)                            Ratio
                   ------                                          -----

          December 31, 1999 to June 30, 2001                     5.25 to 1.00
          July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002                          5.00 to 1.00
          July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003                          4.50 to 1.00
          July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004                          4.00 to 1.00
          July 1, 2004 and thereafter                            3.50 to 1.00

          SECTION 6.14.  Capital Expenditures.  The Borrower will not permit the
                         ---------------------
aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in any fiscal year to exceed (i) aggregate amount of the proceeds
with respect to any sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset that are
applied to make Capital Expenditures during such fiscal year and would
constitute Net Proceeds of a Prepayment Event if not so applied pursuant to the
proviso contained in the definition of "Net Proceeds" plus (ii) the amount set
forth below opposite such year:

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                     Fiscal Year Ending In                       Amount
                     ---------------------                       ------

                              2000                             $60,000,000

                              2001                             $60,000,000

                              2002                             $65,000,000

                              2003                             $65,000,000

                              2004                             $70,000,000

                         Each fiscal year                      $70,000,000
                            thereafter

The amount of permitted Capital Expenditures set forth in the immediately
preceding sentence in respect of any fiscal year (other than 2000) shall be
increased by 50% of the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of Capital
Expenditures permitted pursuant to the preceding sentence for the immediately
preceding fiscal year (disregarding any Capital Expenditures permitted by reason
of this sentence) less (b) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in such preceding fiscal year.  Additionally,
so long as prior to and after giving effect to such payments the Borrower shall
be in compliance with Sections 6.12 and 6.13, the Borrower may in any fiscal
year, commencing with the fiscal year ending on or about September 30, 2001,
also apply Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding fiscal year toward
Capital Expenditures to the extent such Excess Cash Flow (a) is not required to
be applied to make prepayments of Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(d) and (b) has
not previously been applied to Permitted ECF Uses.

                                  ARTICLE VII
                               Events of Default
                               -----------------

          If any of the following events ("Events of Default") shall occur:
                                           -----------------

          (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any
     reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the
     same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a
     date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

          (b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee
     or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this
     Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and
     as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue
     unremedied for a period of three Business Days;

          (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf
     of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan
     Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or
     in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished
     pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or
     modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been
     incorrect when made or deemed made;

          (d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant,
     condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.04 (with respect to the
     existence of the Borrower) or 5.11 or in Article VI;

          (e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant,
     condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those
     specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure
     shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from
     the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the
     request of any Lender); provided, however, that, in the event the Loan
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     Document in question is a Mortgage, and such failure shall be of a nature
     that same cannot, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, be remedied
     within such 30-day period, such 30-day period shall be extended for such
     further period of time as shall be reasonably necessary, with exercise of
     due diligence, to remedy such failure;

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          (f) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment
     (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of
     any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and
     payable;

          (g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material
     Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables
     or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or
     both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or
     agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become
     due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance
     thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g)
                                               --------
     shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the
     voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such
     Indebtedness;

          (h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary
     petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other
     relief in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its debts, or of a
     substantial part of its assets, under any  Federal, state or foreign
     bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in
     effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
     sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any
     Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case,
     such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an
     order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be
     entered;

          (i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any
     proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or
     other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
     receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the
     institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any
     proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply
     for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
     sequestrator, conservator or similar official the Borrower or any
     Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer
     admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any
     such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors
     or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

          (j) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in
     writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become
     due;

          (k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate
     amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower, any
     Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain
     undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution
     shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a
     judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any
     Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

          (l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the
     Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have
     occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the
     Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding (i)
     $2,500,000 in any year or (ii) $5,000,000 for all periods;

          (m) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall
     cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and
     perfected Lien on any Collateral, with the priority required by the
     applicable Security Document, except (i) as a result of the sale or other
     disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under
     the Loan Documents or (ii) as a result of the Administrative Agent's
     failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes
     or other instruments delivered to it under the Pledge Agreement; or

          (n) a Change in Control shall occur;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower
described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the
request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or
both of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate
the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and
(ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in
part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may
thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of
the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest
thereon and

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all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become
due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case
of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this
Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the
Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and
other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become
due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

                                 ARTICLE VIII
                           The Administrative Agent
                           ------------------------

          Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints
the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to
take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to
the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such
actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

          The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the
same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank
and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage
in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate
thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

          The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations
except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents.  Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject
to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has
occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty
to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except
discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents
that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required
Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary
under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as
expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not
have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is
communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any
of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable
for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of
the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall
be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the
absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.  The Administrative
Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until
written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a
Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any
duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation
made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any
certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection
therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants,
agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the
validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or
any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than
to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.

          The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not
incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent
also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed
by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for
relying thereon.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who
may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

          The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and
exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents
appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of the
preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related
Parties of each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to
their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

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          Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor the
Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may
resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower.
Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in
consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall
have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice
of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the
Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which
shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any
such bank.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and obligations hereunder.  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor
Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the
Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and
Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring
Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in
respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was
acting as Administrative Agent.

          Each Lender acknowledges 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 credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also
acknowledges 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 from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its
own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder
or thereunder.

                                  ARTICLE IX
                                 Miscellaneous
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          SECTION 9.01.  Notices.  Except in the case of notices and other
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communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and
other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

          (a) if to the Borrower, to it at Citation Corporation, 2 Office Park
     Circle, Suite 204, Birmingham, AL 35233, Attention of Tommy Schifanella,
     with a copy to Debevoise & Plimpton, 875 Third Avenue, New York, New York
     10022, Attention of Richard D. Bohm, Esq., Phone 212-909-6000, Fax 212-909-
     6836;

          (b) if to the Administrative Agent, to The Chase Manhattan Bank, Loan
     and Agency Services Group, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 8th Floor, New York,
     New York 10081, Attention of Jesus Sang (Telecopy No. 212-552-5650), with a
     copy to The Chase Manhattan Bank,  270 Park Avenue, New York, New York
     10017, Attention of Julie Long  (Telecopy No. 212-972-9854);

          (c) if to the Issuing Bank, to it at Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware,
     1201 Market Street, Corporate Banking, 8th Floor, Wilmington, Delaware
     19801, Attention of Michael Handago (Telecopy No. 302-984-4904);

          (d) if to the Swingline Lender, to it at The Chase Manhattan Bank,
     Loan and Agency Services Group, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 8th Floor, New
     York, New York 10081, Attention of Jesus Sang (Telecopy No. 212-552-5662);
     and

          (e) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number)
     set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  All notices and
other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

          SECTION 9.02.  Waivers; Amendments.  (a)  No failure or delay by the
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Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or
power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or
any abandonment

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or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of
any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by
paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or
issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any
Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the
Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

          (b)  Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any
provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the
case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, in the case of any
other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered
into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are
parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided
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that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without
the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan
or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees
payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby,
(iii) postpone the final maturity of any Loan, or the required date of
reimbursement of any LC Disbursement, or any date for the payment of any
interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any
such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment,
without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) postpone any
scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Term Loan under Section
2.10, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the
written consent of the Required Lenders and Lenders holding more than 80% of the
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Loans of each Class affected
thereby, (v) change Section 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro
rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each
Lender, (vi) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set
forth in the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision of any Loan
Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any
Class) required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any
determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of
each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as the case may be), (vii) release
any Subsidiary Loan Party from its Guarantee under the Guarantee Agreement
(except as expressly provided in the Guarantee Agreement), or limit its
liability in respect of such Guarantee, without the written consent of each
Lender, (viii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens
of the Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender, (ix)
change any provisions of any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms
adversely affects the rights in respect of payments due to Lenders holding Loans
of any Class differently than those holding Loans of any other Class, without
the written consent of Lenders holding a majority in interest of the outstanding
Loans and unused Commitments of each affected Class or (x) change the rights of
the Tranche B Lenders to decline mandatory prepayments as provided in Section
2.11, without the written consent of Tranche B Lenders holding a majority of the
outstanding Tranche B Loans; provided further that (A) no such agreement shall
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amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender,
as the case may be, and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification of this
Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of
the Revolving Lenders (but not the Tranche A Lenders and Tranche B Lenders), the
Tranche A Lenders (but not the Revolving Lenders and Tranche B Lenders) or the
Tranche B Lenders (but not the Revolving Lenders and Tranche A Lenders) may be
effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower
and requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would
be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were
the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing
entered into by the Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent
(and, if their rights or obligations are affected thereby, the Issuing Bank and
the Swingline Lender) if (i) by the terms of such agreement the Commitment of
each Lender not consenting to the amendment provided for therein shall terminate
upon the effectiveness of such amendment and (ii) at the time such amendment
becomes effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full
of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other
amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.

          SECTION 9.03.  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.  (a)  The Borrower
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shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents and
their Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the
credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of the
Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions
thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby

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shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii)
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any
counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with
the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection
with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such
out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

          (b)  The Borrower shall indemnify the Agents, the Issuing Bank and
each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such
Person being called an "Indemnitee") against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless
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from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses,
including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee,
incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection
with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or
any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the
parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the
consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby,
(ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom
(including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a
Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do
not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual
or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any Mortgaged
Property or any other property currently or formerly owned or operated by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in
any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such
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indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee or
any of its Related Parties.

          (c)  To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required
to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees
to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as
the case may be, such Lender's pro rata share (determined as of the time that
the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such
unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss,
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claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by
or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender in its capacity as such.  For purposes hereof, a Lender's "pro rata
share" shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total
Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at the time.

          (d)  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not
assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

          (e)  All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly
after written demand therefor.

          (f)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Borrower shall not
be required to indemnify any Indemnitee against, and hold such Indemnitee
harmless from, any Excluded Taxes.

          SECTION 9.04.  Successors and Assigns.  (a)  The provisions of this
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Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any
Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that the
Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and
void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to
confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing
Bank that issues any Letter of Credit) and, to the extent expressly contemplated
hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement.

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          (b)  Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion
of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (i)
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except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or
Related Fund of any Lender, each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
(and, in the case of an assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving Commitment
or any Lender's obligations in respect of its LC Exposure or Swingline Exposure,
the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender) must give their prior written consent
to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate
or Related Fund of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of
the assigning Lender's Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or
Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of
the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is
delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless
each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (iii) each
partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all
the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, except that
this clause (iii) shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations in
respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans, (iv) the parties to each
assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment
and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and
(v) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and provided further that
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any consent of the Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be
required if an Event of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Article VII has
occurred and is continuing.  Subject to acceptance and recording thereof
pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date
specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the assignee thereunder shall be a
party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and
Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement,
and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering
all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such
Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a
Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with
this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such
Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
paragraph (e) of this Section.

          (c)  The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in The City of New York a
copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of,
and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register").  The entries in
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the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in
the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes
of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall
be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

          (d)  Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance
executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee's completed
Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender
hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of
this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph
(b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register.  No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been
recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

          (e)  Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (a "Participant") in all
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or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it);
provided that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain
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unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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.  Any agreement or instrument
pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such
Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents;
provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will
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not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment,
modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that
affects such Participant.  Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, the
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to

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the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.

          (f)  A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been
entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the
Borrower's prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender
if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless
the Borrower is notified in writing of the participation sold to such
Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to
comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender.

          (g)  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations
of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or
assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of
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a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

          SECTION 9.05.  Survival.  All covenants, agreements, representations
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and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the
certificates or other instruments  delivered in connection with or pursuant to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been
relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and
delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any
Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party
or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and
shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any
accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this
Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and
so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of
Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in
full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination
of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this
Agreement or any provision hereof.

          SECTION 9.06.  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.  This
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Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees
payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof.  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become
effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when
the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when
taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and
thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

          SECTION 9.07.  Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement held to
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be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

          SECTION 9.08.  Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have
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occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time
owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the
Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter
existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or
not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although
such obligations may be unmatured.  The rights of each Lender under this Section
are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff)
which such Lender may have.

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          SECTION 9.09.  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
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Process.  (a)  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed
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by the law of the State of New York.

          (b)  The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for
itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States
District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court
from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any
Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of
the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims
in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such
New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court.  Each
of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring
any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

          (c)  The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to
the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it
may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding in any such court.

          (d)  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of
process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this
Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

          SECTION 9.10.  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES,
                         ---------------------
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN  ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH
PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

          SECTION 9.11.  Headings.  Article and Section headings and the Table
                         ---------
of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of
this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

          SECTION 9.12.  Confidentiality.  Each of the  Administrative Agent,
                         ----------------
the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the
Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to
its and its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees and agents, including
accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the
Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential
nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to
the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement
containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to any
assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in,
any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (g) to any direct or
indirect contractual counterparty in swap agreements or such contractual
counterparty's professional advisor to such contractual counterparty which
agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section, (h) with the consent of
the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes
available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of
this Section, "Information" means all information received from the Borrower
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relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that
is available to the Administrative

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Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis
prior to disclosure by the Borrower; provided that, in the case of information
                                     --------
received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly
identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to
maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has
exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

          SECTION 9.13.  Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything
                         -------------------------
herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan,
together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest
on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the "Charges"), shall exceed the
                                                     -------
maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") which may be contracted for, charged,
                          ------------
taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with
applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder,
together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the
Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have
been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges
payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased
(but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together
with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of
repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.


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


                                    CITATION CORPORATION,

                                       by
                                         /s/ Thomas W. Burleson
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Name: Thomas W. Burleson
                                         Title: Vice President


                                    THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, individually
                                    and as Administrative Agent,

                                       by
                                         /s/ Deborah Davey
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Name: Deborah Davey
                                         Title: Vice President


                                    FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,

                                       by
                                         /s/ Andrew G. Payne
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Name: Andrew G. Payne
                                         Title: Vice President


                                   DLJ CAPITAL FUNDING INC.,

                                       by
                                         /s/ Richard N. Beaudoin
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Name: Richard N. Beaudoin
                                         Title: Senior Vice President

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                                   CHASE MANHATTAN BANK DELAWARE,

                                        by
                                           /s/ Michael P. Handago
                                           ----------------------------------
                                           Name: Michael P. Handago
                                           Title: Vice President


                                   NATIONAL CANADA FINANCE
                                   CORPORATION,

                                        by
                                           /s/ J. Michael Smith
                                           ----------------------------------
                                           Name: J. Michael Smith
                                           Title: Vice President

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                                   NATIONAL CANADA FINANCE
                                   CORPORATION,

                                       by
                                          /s/ James F. Hannon
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: James F. Hannon
                                          Title: Vice President


                                   THE CIT GROUP/EQUIPMENT FINANCING,
                                   INC.,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Mike Hampton
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Mike Hampton
                                          Title: Assistant Vice President


                                   MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Eric Haege
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Eric Haege
                                          Title: Commercial Relationship
                                            Manager


                                   NATEXIS BANQUE, BFCE

                                       by
                                          /s/ Daniel Payer
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Daniel Payer
                                          Title: Assistant Vice President

                                       by
                                          /s/ Louis P. Laville, III
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Louis P. Laville, III
                                          Title: Group Manager

                                   GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
                                   CORPORATION,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Edward Smith Christie
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Edward Smith Christie
                                          Title: Manager-Operations


                                   MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR FLOATING RATE
                                   FUND II, INC.

                                       by
                                          /s/ Joseph Moroney
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Joseph Moroney
                                          Title: Authorized Signatory

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                                   DEBT STRATEGIES FUND III, INC.

                                       by
                                          /s/ Joseph Moroney
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Joseph Moroney
                                          Title: Authorized Signatory


                                   DEBT STRATEGIES FUND II, INC.

                                       by
                                          /s/ Joseph Moroney
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Joseph Moroney
                                          Title: Authorized Signatory


                                   DEBT STRATEGIES FUND, INC.

                                       by
                                          /s/ Joseph Moroney
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Joseph Moroney
                                          Title: Authorized Signatory


                                   SENIOR HIGH INCOME PORTFOLIO, INC.

                                       by
                                          /s/ Joseph Moroney
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Joseph Moroney
                                          Title: Authorized Signatory


                                   MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR FLOATING RATE
                                   FUND, INC.

                                       by
                                          /s/ Joseph Moroney
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Joseph Moroney
                                          Title: Authorized Signatory


                                   VAN KAMPEN SENIOR INCOME TRUST
                                   By: Van Kampen Investment Advisory Corp.,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Darvin D. Pierce
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Darvin D. Pierce
                                          Title: Vice President


                                   VAN KAMPEN SENIOR FLOATING RATE
                                   FUND
                                   By: Van Kampen Investment Advisory Corp.,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Darvin D. Pierce
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Darvin D. Pierce
                                          Title: Vice President

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                                   FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Sean T. Dixon
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Sean T. Dixon
                                          Title: Vice President


                                   HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Scott Ziemke
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Scott Ziemke
                                          Title: Assistant Vice President


                                   MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER PRIME
                                   INCOME TRUST

                                       by
                                          /s/ Sheila A. Finnerty
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Sheila A. Finnerty
                                          Title: Vice President


                                   OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE
                                   FUND,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Scott Farrar
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Scott Farrar
                                          Title: Vice President


                                   KZH SHOSHONE LLC,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Virginia Conway
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Virginia Conway
                                          Title: Authorized Agent


                                   KZH CRESCENT-3 LLC,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Virginia Conway
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Virginia Conway
                                          Title: Authorized Agent


                                   KZH CRESCENT-2 LLC,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Virginia Conway
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Virginia Conway
                                          Title: Authorized Agent

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                                   KZH CRESCENT LLC,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Virginia Conway
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Virginia Conway
                                          Title: Authorized Agent


                                   CRESCENT/MACH 1 PARTNERS, L.P.,
                                   by: TCW Asset Management Company, Its
                                   Investment Manager,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Justin L. Driscoll
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Justin L. Driscoll
                                          Title: Senior Vice President


                                   DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LIMITED,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Christopher Fahey
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Christopher Fahey
                                          Title: Vice President


                                   ORIX USA CORPORATION,

                                       by
                                          /s/ Hiroyuki Miyauchi
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name: Hiroyuki Miyauchi
                                          Title: Executive Vice President

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