Exhibit 4.18

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EXECUTION VERSION

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FIFTH AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT DEED

dated 30 November 2005

in respect of a

730,000,000 SENIOR FACILITIES AGREEMENT
dated
23 December 2003

between

BUHRMANN N.V.as Obligors Agent

THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREINas
Guarantors

DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDONas Agent

DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDONas Security Trustee

THE CONSENTING C FACILITY LENDERS

and

THE D FACILITY LENDERS

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|1          | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION                               | 1   
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|2          | AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE SENIOR FACILITIES AGREEMENT | 2   
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|3          | AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE                     | 2   
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|4          | RATIFICATION OF SENIOR FACILITIES AGREEMENT                  | 3   
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|5          | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES                               | 3   
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|6          | CONFIRMATION OF CONSENTS                                     | 3   
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|7          | CONTINUITY AND FURTHER ASSURANCE                             | 3   
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|8          | EXPENSES AND STAMP DUTY                                      | 4   
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|9          | MISCELLANEOUS                                                | 4   
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|SCHEDULE 1 | 5                                                           
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|PART I     | 5                                                           
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|PART II    | 11                                                          
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|SCHEDULE 2 | 13                                                          
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|SCHEDULE 3 | 15                                                          

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THIS AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT DEEDis
dated        November 2005and made between:

|(1) | BUHRMANN N.V.(the Parent and, in its capacity as agent for the Obligors, the Obligors Agent);                
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|(2) | THE GUARANTORS NAMED IN PART III OF SCHEDULE 1(together with the Parent, the Guarantors and each a Guarantor);
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|(3) | DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON(as agent for and on behalf of the Finance Parties, the Agent);                          
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|(4) | DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON(as security trustee for and on behalf of the Finance Parties, the
Security Trustee);    
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|(5) | THE CONSENTING C FACILITY LENDERS(as defined below); and                                                          
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|(6) | THE D FACILITY LENDERS(as defined below).                                                                         
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WHEREAS:

|(A) | The Consenting C Facility Lenders (as defined below) wish to convert their respective proportions of the C Facility Advances into new D Facility Advances, and certain D Facility Lenders
wish to provide additional D Facility Advances for the purposes of refinancing the C Facility Outstandings of the Non-Consenting C
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|    | Facility Lenders (as defined below).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|(B) | The parties wish to amend and restate the Senior Facilities Agreement (as defined below) and the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, wishes to grant certain consents under the Senior
Facilities Agreement, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Amendment and Restatement Deed.           
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IT IS AGREEDas follows:

|1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1     Definitions

In this Amendment and Restatement Deed:

Additional D1 Facility
means the term loan facility granted to the Borrower pursuant to Clause 2.1(f)(i) (The Facilities) of the Senior Facilities Agreement as amended by this Amendment and Restatement Deed.

Additional D2 Facility
means the term loan facility granted to the Borrower pursuant to Clause 2.1(g)(i) (The Facilities) of the Senior Facilities Agreement as amended by this Amendment and Restatement Deed.

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Consenting C Facility Lenders means the C1 Facility Lenders and C2 Facility Lenders named in Part I of Schedule 1 (Consenting C Facility Lenders) and Consenting C Facility Lender
means any of them as the context may require from time to time.

D Facility Lender means a
person which is named opposite the column relating to the Additional D1 Facility or Additional D2 Facility (in each case with a positive amount) in Part II of Schedule 1 (C Facility Lenders and Commitments).

Amendment and Restatement Effective Date has the meaning given to that term in Clause 3 (Amendment and Restatement Effective Date).

Senior Facilities Agreement means the 730,000,000 Senior Facilities Agreement dated 23 December 2003, as amended through the date hereof, between Buhrmann N.V. as the Parent, Buhrmann US Inc. as the Borrower, Deutsche Bank AG London and ABN AMRO
Bank N.V. as the Arrangers, Deutsche Bank AG London as Agent and Security Trustee and the Original Guarantors and Lenders (each as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement).

1.2Incorporation of Defined Terms

|(a)             | Unless a contrary indication appears, a term defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement has the same meaning when used in this Amendment and Restatement Deed.                                         
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|(b)             | The principles of construction set out in the Senior Facilities Agreement shall have effect as if set out in this Amendment and Restatement Deed.                                                      
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|1.3     Clauses
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|(a)             | In this Amendment and Restatement Deed any reference to a Clause or Schedule is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Clause or Schedule of this
Amendment and Restatement Deed.
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|(b)             | Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.                                                                                                                                           

1.4Designation

The parties designate this Amendment and Restatement Deed a Finance Document.

|2. | AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE SENIOR
    FACILITIES AGREEMENT
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With effect from the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date (as defined below) the Senior Facilities Agreement shall be amended and restated so that it shall be read and construed for
all purposes as set out in the attached Schedule 3 (Amended and Restated Senior Facilities Agreement) to this Amendment and Restatement Deed.

|3. | AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE
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The Amendment and Restatement Effective Date of this Amendment and Restatement Deed (the Amendment and
Restatement Effective Date) shall be the later of the date of this Amendment and Restatement Deed and the date on which the Agent confirms to the Obligors Agent
that it has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions to Effectiveness) in form and substance satisfactory to it.

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|4.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | RATIFICATION OF SENIOR FACILITIES AGREEMENT
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|4.1The Senior Facilities Agreement as amended and restated by this Amendment and Restatement Deed is ratified and confirmed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|4.2
Subject as amended by this Amendment and Restatement Deed, each of the Guarantors confirms that the provisions of the guarantee and indemnity contained in Clause 30 (Guarantee and Indemnity) of the Senior Facilities Agreement shall remain in full force and effect on and after
the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date and shall apply equally to the obligations of the Obligors Agent under Clause 8 (Expenses and Stamp
Duty) of this Amendment and Restatement Deed as if set out in full in this Amendment and Restatement Deed, save that references in the Senior Facilities Agreement to this
Agreement shall be construed as references to the Senior Facilities Agreement as amended and restated by this Amendment and Restatement Deed.
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|5.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES             

On the date of this Amendment and Restatement Deed and on the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, the Obligors Agent, for and on behalf of each of the Obligors, represents and
warrants to the Finance Parties the Repeating Representations.

|6.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | CONFIRMATION OF CONSENTS        
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|6.1   The Agent confirms that, pursuant to Clause 45.1 (Amendments) of the Senior Facilities Agreement, it has obtained the written consent of (i) an Instructing Group and (ii) the Majority Lenders under the A Facility, to the amendments made to the Senior
Facilities Agreement as incorporated and restated in Schedule 3 (Amended and Restated to Senior Facilities Agreement) and accordingly, with effect from the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, such amendments shall be deemed made.                                                                                                
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|6.2   Each of the parties agrees and acknowledges that the amendments made to the Senior Facilities Agreement pursuant to this Amendment and Restatement Deed are not intended to constitute or
create a novation of any rights and obligations of any person under the Senior Facilities Agreement. Save as expressly amended, the Senior Facilities Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, and, without limitation, all covenants and
indemnities shall continue to apply in relation to any acts or breaches committed by any party prior to the date of this Amendment and Restatement Deed.
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|7.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | CONTINUITY AND FURTHER ASSURANCE
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|7.1     Continuing Obligations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|The provisions of the Senior Facilities Agreement shall, save as amended in this Amendment and Restatement Deed, continue in full force and effect.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

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|7.2     Further Assurance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|The Obligors Agent shall, at the request of the Agent and at its own expense, do all such acts and things necessary or desirable to give effect to the amendments effected pursuant
to this Amendment and Restatement Deed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|8.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|8.1The Obligors Agent shall reimburse the Agent on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees) together with any VAT thereon incurred by it in connection with
the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Amendment and Restatement Deed and the transactions herein contemplated.                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|8.2The Obligors Agent shall, from time to time on demand, reimburse the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Arrangers and the Lenders for all costs and expenses (including legal fees)
together with any VAT incurred in or in connection with the preservation and/or enforcement of any of the rights of the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Arranger and the Lenders under this Amendment and Restatement Deed and any other document or
agreement relating to this Amendment and Restatement Deed.
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|8.3The Obligors Agent shall pay all stamp, registration and other taxes to which this Amendment and Restatement Deed, or any judgment given in connection with this Amendment and
Restatement Deed, is or at any time may be subject and shall from time to time on demand of the Agent indemnify the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Arrangers and the Lenders against any liabilities, costs, claims and expenses resulting from any
failure to pay or any delay in paying any such tax.          
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|9.1     Incorporation
    of Terms                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|The provisions of Clause 41 (Remedies and Waivers), Clause 44 (Partial Invalidity), Clause 45 (Amendments), Clause 46 (Third Party
Rights), Clause 48 (Governing Law) and Clause 49 (Jurisdiction) of the Senior Facilities Agreement shall be
incorporated into this Amendment and Restatement Deed as if set out in full in this Amendment and Restatement Deed and as if references in those Clauses to this Agreement are references to this Amendment and Restatement
Deed.                    
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|9.2    Counterparts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|This Amendment and Restatement Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this
Amendment and Restatement Deed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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SCHEDULE 1

PART
  I  CONSENTING C FACILITY LENDERS

|C1
          Facility Lenders          | 
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|ABN
        AMRO                       | 
|AEGON
        - PINEHURST TRADING, INC | 
|ALADDIN
        - BIRCHWOOD FUNDING    | 
|ALADDIN
        - LANDMARK CDO LIMITED | 
|ALADDIN
        - LANDMARK II CDO      | 
|ALADDIN
        - LANDMARK III CDO LTD | 
|ALLSTATE
        - AIMCO CDO 2000-A    | 
|ALLSTATE
        LIFE                  | 
|ALLSTATE-AIMCO
        CLO, SRS 2005A  | 
|AMEX
        - CENTURION CDO 8         | 
|AMEX
        - CENTURION CDO 9         | 
|AMEX
        - CENTURION CDO II        | 
|AMEX
        - CENTURION CDO VII       | 
|AMEX
        - CENTURION VI            | 
|AMEX
        - CERTIFICATE CO          | 
|AMEX
        - IDS LIFE INS            | 
|AMEX
        - SEQUILS - CENTURION V   | 
|ARES
        ENHANCED INV. STRAT.      | 
|ARES
        III                       | 
|ARES
        IV                        | 
|ARES
        V                         | 
|ARES
        VI CLO LTD.               | 
|ARES
        VIII CLO LTD              | 
|BABSON
        - CM LIFE               | 
|BABSON
        - LOAN FUNDING VIII     | 
|BABSON
        - MAPLEWOOD             | 
|BABSON
        CLO LTD 2004-I          | 
|BABSON
        CLO LTD. 2004-II        | 
|BANK
        OF MONTREAL               | 
|BLACKROCK
        - MAGNETITE IV       | 
|BLACKROCK
        - MAGNETITE V        | 
|BLACKROCK
        LIMITED DURATION     | 
|BLACKROCK
        SR INC SERIES        | 
|BLACKROCK
        TITANIUM             | 
|BLACKROCK-MAGNETITE                    | 
|BLACKROCK-MAGNETITE
        III        | 
|BLACKROCK-MAGNETITE-CBO
        II     | 

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|BLACKSTONE
        - LAFAYETTE SQ      | 
|-------------------------------------- | 
|BLACKSTONE-ESSEX
        PK(KATONAH 6) | 
|CARLYLE
        HY PARTNERS II         | 
|CARLYLE
        HY PARTNERS III        | 
|CARLYLE
        HY PARTNERS IV         | 
|CARLYLE
        HY PARTNERS VI         | 
|CARLYLE
        HY PARTNERS VII        | 
|CARLYLE
        HY PARTNERS VIII       | 
|CARLYLE
        LOAN INVESTMENT LTD    | 
|CARLYLE
        LOAN OPPORTUNITY FUND  | 
|CGAM
        - CITIGROUP INV           | 
|CGAM
        - ECL                     | 
|CITADEL
        HILL 2000 LTD.         | 
|CSAM
        - ATRIUM II               | 
|CSAM
        FUNDING I                 | 
|CSAM
        FUNDING IV                | 
|CYPRESSTREE
        - HEWETT           | 
|CYPRESSTREE
        INTL LOAN HOLDING  | 
|DEERFIELD
        - BRYN MAWR CLO      | 
|DEERFIELD
        - FOREST CREEK       | 
|DEERFIELD
        - LONG GROVE CLO     | 
|DEERFIELD
        - ROSEMONT           | 
|DEERFIELD-MUIRFIELD
        TRAD       | 
|DENALI
        - CAP CLO III           | 
|DENALI
        - CAPITAL CLO IV, LTD   | 
|EATON
        VANCE - SFRT             | 
|EATON
        VANCE - TOLLI & CO.      | 
|EATON
        VANCE CDO III            | 
|EATON
        VANCE CDO V, LTD         | 
|EATON
        VANCE CDO VI             | 
|EATON
        VANCE FLTG RTE INC TRUST | 
|EATON
        VANCE INST'L SENIOR      | 
|EATON
        VANCE VARIABLE           | 
|EATON
        VANCE VT FLOATING        | 
|EV
        - GRAYSON & CO              | 
|FIDELITY
        - BALLYROCK CLO II    | 
|FIDELITY
        ADV SER II FL RATE HI | 
|FRANKLIN
        CLO I LTD             | 
|FRANKLIN
        CLO II LTD            | 
|FRANKLIN
        CLO III, LTD          | 
|FRANKLIN
        FLOAT RATE MS         | 
|FRANKLIN
        FLOATING RATE DAILY   | 
|GE
        CAPITAL CORP.               | 

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|GENRE
        - KZH PONDVIEW LLC       | 
|-------------------------------------- | 
|GSO
        - FOXE BASIN CLO 2003 LTD  | 
|GULF
        STREAM - COMPASS CLO 2003 | 
|ING
        - ARCHIMEDES III           | 
|ING
        - NEMEAN CLO, LTD          | 
|ING
        - SEQUILS-ING I(HBDGM) LTD | 
|ING
        INV-PRIME RATE TRUST       | 
|ING
        INV-SNR INCOME FUND        | 
|INVESCO
        - AIM FLOATING RATE FD | 
|INVESCO
        - CHAMPLAIN CLO        | 
|INVESCO
        - KATONAH V, LTD.      | 
|INVESCO
        - LOAN FUNDING IX LLC  | 
|INVESCO
        - NAUTIQUE             | 
|INVESCO-AVALON
        CAPITAL LTD 3   | 
|INVESCO-CHARTER
        VIEW PORT      | 
|INVESCO-DCP                            | 
|INVESCO-EURO
        CDO I             | 
|INVESCO-SAGAMORE
        CLO LTD.      | 
|INVESCO-SARATOGA
        CLO I, LTD    | 
|INVESCO-SEQUILS
        LIBERTY        | 
|LIGHTPOINT
        CLO 2004-1, LTD.    | 
|LONG
        LANE IV                   | 
|LYON
        - INDOSUEZ CAPITAL VI     | 
|LYON
        - LCM II                  | 
|LYON
        - LCM III                 | 
|LYON
        - LCM IV                  | 
|MASS
        MUTUAL - SIMSBURY         | 
|MASS
        MUTUAL - SUFFIELD CLO LTD | 
|MASSACHUSETTS
        MUTUAL LIFE      | 
|MERRILL
        - LONGHORN             | 
|MERRILL
        - LONGHORN CDO III     | 
|MERRILL
        LYNCH INC STRAT PORT   | 
|MERRILL
        MASTER SENIOR FLOATING | 
|MERRILL-FLTG
        RATE INC STRAT FD | 
|MERRITT
        CLO HOLDING LLC        | 
|MJX
        - VENTURE II CDO 2002      | 
|MJX
        - VENTURE IV CDO LTD       | 
|MJX
        VENTURE CDO 2002           | 
|MORGAN
        STANLEY PRIME INCOME TR | 
|NATEXIS
        BQES POP               | 
|NATL
        CITY BK CLEVELAND         | 
|NOMURA
        - CLYDESDALE 2003       | 
|NOMURA
        - CLYDESDALE CLO 2004   | 

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|NOMURA
        BOND & LOAN FUND         | 
|--------------------------------------- | 
|PUTNAM
        - FLTG RATE INC FD       | 
|SANKATY
        - AVERY POINT           | 
|SANKATY
        - BRANT POINT 1999-1    | 
|SANKATY
        - BRANT POINT II        | 
|SANKATY
        - CASTLE HILL I         | 
|SANKATY
        - KATONAH II, LTD       | 
|SANKATY
        - KATONAH III, LTD      | 
|SANKATY
        - KATONAH IV, LTD       | 
|SANKATY
        - RACE POINT            | 
|SANKATY
        - RACE POINT II CLO     | 
|SANKATY
        HIGH YIELD PARTNERS II  | 
|SANKATY
        HIGH YIELD PRT III      | 
|SANKATY-HARBOUR
        TOWN FDG LLC    | 
|SENIOR
        DEBT PORTFOLIO - E.Vance | 
|SHENKMAN
        - GM WELFARE           | 
|SHENKMAN
        - GMAM TRUST           | 
|STANFIELD
        - BRISTOL CLO, LTD    | 
|STANFIELD
        - CLO, LTD.           | 
|STANFIELD
        - RMF TRANSATLANTIC   | 
|STANFIELD
        - WINDSOR LOAN        | 
|STANFIELD
        ARBITRAGE CDO         | 
|STANFIELD
        CARRERA               | 
|STANFIELD
        MODENA CLO            | 
|STANFIELD
        QUATTRO CLO, LTD.     | 
|SUMITOMO
        TR                     | 
|TRAVELERS
        COLUMBUS LOAN FUND    | 
|TRIMARAN
        CLO IV(FKA 47TH ST FU  | 
|TRIMARAN
        CLO V LTD              | 
|US
        BK NA                        | 
|VENTURE
        III CDO 2002            | 
|VERITAS
        CLO 1 -RABO CHIRONCDOI  | 
|WB
        LOAN FUNDING 2 LLC           | 
|WELLS
        -FOOTHILL INCOME TRUSTII  | 
|WESTGATE
        - ARCHIMEDES IV        | 
|PUTNAM-BOSTON
        HARBOR CLO'04     | 

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|C2
          Facility Lenders         
|--------------------------------------
|DEUTSCHE
        BANK AG              
|EATON
        VANCE CDO VII PLC       
|EUROCREDIT
        CDO 1, B.V.        
|EUROCREDIT
        CDO II BV          
|EUROCREDIT
        CDO III, B.V.      
|HARBOURMASTER
        CLO 5 B.V.      
|HARBOURMASTER
        CLO 6 B.V.      
|HARBOURMASTER
        CLO IV B.V.     
|HARBOURMASTER
        LOAN CORPORATION
|LEVERAGED
        FI EUROPE CAP II,AMS
|PIMCO
        - CLARENVILLE CDO S.A.  
|PIMCO
        - INTERCONTINENTAL CDO  
|PROMUS
        I                      
|PROMUS
        II                     

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PART II  D FACILITY LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS

|                        |  | Additional D1 Facility |  | Additional D2 Facility
|----------------------- |  | ---------------------- |  | ----------------------
|Lender                  |  | Commitments            |  | Commitments           
|                        |  | ($)                    |  | (€)                   
|                        |  |                        |  |                       
|Deutsche Bank AG London |  | 3,930,250.00           |  | –                     

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PART III  GUARANTORS

U.S. Guarantors

|1.  | ASAP Software Express, Inc.                        
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|2.  | BTOP USA Corp.                                     
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|3.  | BTOPI Holding (U.S.)                               
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|4.  | Buhrmann Swaps, Inc.                               
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|5.  | Corporate Express Document & Print Management, Inc.
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|6.  | Corporate Express Office Products, Inc.            
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|7.  | CE Philadelphia Real Estate, Inc.                  
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|8.  | Corporate Express Promotional Marketing, Inc.      
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|9.  | Corporate Express of Texas, Inc.                   
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|10. | Corporate Express, Inc.                            
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|11. | License Technologies Group, Inc.                   

Dutch Guarantors

|1. | Buhrmann Financieringen B.V.   
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|2. | Buhrmann Fined B.V.            
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|3. | Buhrmann N.V.                  
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|4. | Buhrmann II B.V.               
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|5. | Buhrmann International B.V.    
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|6. | Buhrmann Nederland B.V.        
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|7. | Buhrmann Nederland Holding B.V.
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|8. | Tetterode-Nederland B.V.       

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|9.  | Veenman B.V.                           
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|10. | Buhrmann Office Products Nederland B.V.
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Belgian Guarantors

Buhrmann SSC (Europe) N.V.



Luxembourg Guarantors

Buhrmann Luxembourg S.A.R.L.

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SCHEDULE 2

CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

|1. | Corporate Documents
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In relation to the Obligors Agent:

|(a) | a copy of its up to date constitutional documents
      and, if applicable, a good standing certificate or a certificate of a duly
      authorised officer of the Obligors Agent certifying that (i) none
      of the same has been amended, varied, revoked, rescinded or otherwise changed
      since a copy of the same was last delivered to the Agent and (ii) each of
      the same is in full force and effect;                                                                                                                                  
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|(b) | a certificate of a duly authorised officer of the Obligors Agent stating that the resolutions and authorisations set out in the copy of the minutes of the duly convened, constituted
and conducted meeting of the Companys Executive Board held on 19 December 2003 delivered as a condition precedent to the first Utilisation under the Agreement, which approve the execution, delivery and performance of the Deed, have not been
amended, modified, revoked or superseded and remain in full force and effect as at the date of this certificate; and
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|(c) | a duly completed certificate of a duly authorised officer of the Obligors Agent certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this paragraph 1 is correct, complete
and in full force and effect at a date no earlier than the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|2. | Authorisations and Clearances
|-- | -----------------------------

A copy of each Necessary Authorisation as is, in the opinion of counsel to the Lenders, necessary to render the Amendment and Restatement Deed legal, valid, binding and enforceable, to
make the Amendment and Restatement Deed admissible in evidence in the Obligors Agents jurisdiction of incorporation and in England and to enable the Obligors Agent to perform its obligations thereunder.

|3. | Fees
|-- | ----

Evidence that all fees and expenses (including legal fees) payable under this Amendment and Restatement Deed or in connection with this Amendment and Restatement Deed as at the Amendment
and Restatement Effective Date have been paid or, as the case may be, will be paid by or on the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date.

|4. | Finance Documents
|-- | -----------------

Original duly executed copies of this Amendment and Restatement Deed.

|5. | Legal Opinions
|-- | --------------

An opinion of:

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|(a) | White & Case, legal advisers to the Agent and the Arrangers on matters of English law;               
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|   
|(b) | Allen & Overy, legal advisers to the Obligors Agent on matters of the law of The Netherlands; and   
|   
|(c) | Nauta Dutilh, legal advisers to the Agent and the Arrangers on matters of the law of The Netherlands,
|   

in each case addressed to the Finance Parties.

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SCHEDULE 3

AMENDED AND RESTATED SENIOR FACILITIES
  AGREEMENT







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|SIGNATORIES                              |                         |  | 
|---------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |  | 
|                                         |                         |  | 
|                                         |                         | 
|The Parent and the
      Obligors Agent |                         | 
|                                         |                         | 
|EXECUTEDas
      aDEED                   | )                       | 
|byBUHRMANN
      N.V.                    | )                       | 
|acting by                                | )                       | 
|                                         |                         |  | 
|Address:                                 | Hoogoorddreef 62        |  | 
|                                         | 1101 BE Amsterdam       |  | 
|                                         | P.O. Box 23456          |  | 
|                                         | 1100 DZ Amsterdam       |  | 
|                                         | The Netherlands         |  | 
|                                         |                         |  | 
|Fax:                                     | + 31
      20 651 10 17 |  | 
|Attention:                               | Mr C. Bangma            |  | 
|                                         |                         | 
|                                         |                         | 
|The Guarantors                           |                         | 
|                                         |                         |  | 
|EXECUTEDas
      aDEED                   | )                       | 
|byBUHRMANN
      N.V.                    | )                       | 
|acting by                                | )                       | 
|                                         |                         |  | 
|Address:                                 | Hoogoorddreef 62        |  | 
|                                         | 1101 BE Amsterdam       |  | 
|                                         | P.O. Box 23456          |  | 
|                                         | 1100 DZ Amsterdam       |  | 
|                                         | The Netherlands         |  | 
|                                         |                         |  | 
|Fax:                                     | + 31
      20 651 10 17 |  | 
|Attention:                               | Mr C. Bangma            |  | 

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|EXECUTEDas
      aDEED              | )                                  |  
|----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | -
|byASAP
      SOFTWARE EXPRESS, INC. | )                                  |  
|acting by                           |                                    | )
|                                    |                                    |  
|Address:                            | 850 Asbury Drive                   |  
|                                    | Buffalo Grove                      |  
|                                    | Illinois 60089                     |  
|                                    | United States                      |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|Fax:                                | +31 20 651 10 17                   |  
|Attention:                          | Mr C. Bangma                       |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|EXECUTEDas
      aDEED              | )                                  |  
|byBTOP
      USA CORP.              | )                                  |  
|acting by                           | )                                  |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|Address:                            | Corporate Trust Center             |  
|                                    | 1209 Orange Street                 |  
|                                    | Wilmington, DE 19801               |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|Fax:                                | +31 20 651 10 17                   |  
|Attention:                          | Mr C. Bangma                       |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|EXECUTEDas
      aDEED              | )                                  |  
|byBTOPI
      HOLDING (U.S)         | )                                  |  
|acting by                           | )                                  |  
|                                    |                                   
|Address:                            | Six Parkway North, Suite
      400
|                                    | Deerfield, IL 60015-2544           |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|Fax:                                | +31 20 651 10 17                   |  
|Attention:                          | Mr C. Bangma                       |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|EXECUTEDas
      aDEED              | )                                  |  
|byBUHRMANN
      SWAPS, INC.        | )                                  |  
|acting by                           | )                                  |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|Address:                            | 1 Environmental Way                |  
|                                    | Broomfield, Colorado               |  
|                                    | 80021-3416                         |  
|                                    | United States                      |  
|                                    |                                    |  
|Fax:                                | +31 20 651 10 17                   |  
|Attention:                          | Mr C. Bangma                       |  

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|EXECUTEDas aDEED                    | )                      | 
|----------------------------------- | ---------------------- | 
|by CORPORATE EXPRESS DOCUMENT       | )                      | 
|& PRINT MANAGEMENT, INC.            | )                      | 
|acting by                           | )                      | 
|                                    |                        | 
|Address:                            | 4205 South 96th Street | 
|                                    | Omaha                  | 
|                                    | NE 68127               | 
|                                    |                        | 
|Fax:                                | +31 20 651 10 17       | 
|Attention:                          | Mr C. Bangma           | 
|                                    |                        | 
|                                    |                        | 
|                                    |                        | 
|EXECUTED as a DEED                  |                        | 
|by CORPORATE EXPRESS
        OFFICE |                        | 
|PRODUCTS, INC.                      |                        | 
|acting by                           |                        | 
|                                    |                        | 
|Address:                            | 1 Environmental Way    | 
|                                    | Broomfield, Colorado   | 
|                                    | 80021-3416             | 
|                                    | United States          | 
|                                    |                        | 
|Fax:                                | +31 20 651 10 17       | 
|Attention:                          | Mr C. Bangma           | 
|                                    |                        | 
|                                    |                        | 
|                                    |                        | 
|EXECUTEDas a DEED                   | )                      | 
|by CE PHILADELPHIA REAL             | )                      | 
|ESTATE, INC.                        | )                      | 
|acting by                           | )                      | 
|                                    |                        | 
|Address:                            | 1 Environmental Way    | 
|                                    | Broomfield, Colorado   | 
|                                    | 80021-3416             | 
|                                    | United States          | 
|                                    |                        | 
|Fax:                                | +31 20 651 10 17       | 
|Attention:                          | Mr C. Bangma           | 
|                                    |                        | 
|                                    |                        | 

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|EXECUTEDas
        a DEED             | )                     |  
|------------------------------------- | --------------------- | -
|by CORPORATE EXPRESS                  | )                     |  
|PROMOTIONAL MARKETING,
          INC. | )                     |  
|acting by                             | )                     |  
|                                      |                       |  
|Address:                              | 1400 North Price Road |  
|                                      | St. Louis             |  
|                                      | MO 631332             |  
|                                      |                       |  
|Fax:                                  | +31 20 651 10 17      |  
|Attention:                            | Mr C. Bangma          |  
|                                      |                       |  
|                                      |                       |  
|EXECUTEDas a DEED                     | )                     |  
|by CORPORATE EXPRESS OF TEXAS,        | )                     |  
|INC.                                  | )                     |  
|acting by                             |                       | )
|                                      |                       |  
|Address:                              | 6400 Hollister Road   |  
|                                      | Houston               |  
|                                      | TX 77040              |  
|                                      |                       |  
|Fax:                                  | + 31 20 651 10 17     |  
|Attention:                            | Mr C. Bangma          |  
|                                      |                       |  
|                                      |                       |  
|EXECUTEDas a DEED                     | )                     |  
|by CORPORATE EXPRESS, INC.            | )                     |  
|acting by                             |                       | )
|                                      |                       |  
|Address:                              | 1 Environmental Way   |  
|                                      | Broomfield, Colorado  |  
|                                      | 80021-3416            |  
|                                      | United States         |  
|                                      |                       |  
|Fax:                                  | + 31 20 651 10 17     |  
|Attention:                            | Mr C. Bangma          |  

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|EXECUTEDas a DEED               | )                       |  
|------------------------------- | ----------------------- | -
|by LICENSE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP,  | )                       |  
|INC.                            | )                       |  
|acting by                       |                         | )
|                                |                         |  
|Address:                        | 850 Ashbury Street      |  
|                                | Buffalo Grove, IL 60099 |  
|                                |                         |  
|Fax:                            | + 31 20 651 10 17       |  
|Attention:                      | Mr C. Bangma            |  
|                                |                         |  
|                                |                         |  
|                                |                         |  
|EXECUTEDas a DEED               | )                       |  
|by BUHRMANN FINANCIERINGEN B.V. | )                       |  
|acting by                       |                         | )
|                                |                         |  
|Address:                        | Hoogoorddreef 62        |  
|                                | 1101 BE Amsterdam       |  
|                                | P.O. Box 23456          |  
|                                | 1100 DZ Amsterdam       |  
|                                | The Netherlands         |  
|                                |                         |  
|Fax:                            | + 31 20 651 10 17       |  
|Attention:                      | Mr C. Bangma            |  
|                                |                         |  
|                                |                         |  
|                                |                         |  

|EXECUTEDas a DEED      | )                      | )
|---------------------- | ---------------------- | -
|by BUHRMANN FINED B.V. | )                      | )
|acting by              |                        | )
|                       |                        |  
|Address:               | Hoogoorddreef 62       |  
|                       | 1101
 BE Amsterdam     |  
|                       | P.O.
	    Box 23456    |  
|                       | 1100
	    DZ Amsterdam |  
|                       | The
	    Netherlands   |  
|                       |                        |  
|Fax:                   | +31 20 651 10 17       |  
|Attention:             | Mr
	    C. Bangma      |  

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|EXECUTEDas a DEED   | )                 |  
|------------------- | ----------------- | -
|by BUHRMANN II B.V. | )                 |  
|acting by           |                   | )
|                    |                   |  
|Address:            | Hoogoorddreef 62  |  
|                    | 1101 BE Amsterdam |  
|                    | P.O. Box 23456    |  
|                    | 1100 DZ Amsterdam |  
|                    | The Netherlands   |  
|                    |                   |  
|Fax:                | + 31 20 651 10 17 |  
|Attention:          | Mr C. Bangma      |  

|                               |                   |  
|------------------------------ | ----------------- | -
|                               |                   |  
|                               |                   |  
|EXECUTEDas
a DEED              | )                 |  
|by BUHRMANN INTERNATIONAL B.V. | )                 |  
|acting by                      |                   | )
|                               |                   |  
|Address:                       | Hoogoorddreef 62  |  
|                               | 1101 BE Amsterdam |  
|                               | P.O. Box 23456    |  
|                               | 1100 DZ Amsterdam |  
|                               | The Netherlands   |  
|                               |                   |  
|Fax:                           | +31 20 651 10 17  |  
|Attention:                     | Mr C. Bangma      |  
|                               |                   |  
|                               |                   |  
|                               |                   |  
|                               |                   |  
|EXECUTEDas
      a DEED        | )                 |  
|by BUHRMANN NEDERLAND
    B.V. | )                 |  
|acting by                      |                   | )
|                               |                   |  
|Address:                       | Hoogoorddreef 62  |  
|                               | 1101 BE Amsterdam |  
|                               | P.O. Box 23456    |  
|                               | 1100 DZ Amsterdam |  
|                               | The Netherlands   |  
|                               |                   |  
|Fax:                           | +31 20 651 10 17  |  
|Attention:                     | Mr C. Bangma      |  
|                               |                   |  

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|EXECUTEDas
        a DEED | )                 |  
|------------------------- | ----------------- | -
|by BUHRMANNNEDERLAND      | )                 |  
|HOLDING B.V.              | )                 |  
|acting by                 |                   | )
|                          |                   |  
|Address:                  | Hoogoorddreef 62  |  
|                          | 1101 BE Amsterdam |  
|                          | P.O. Box 23456    |  
|                          | 1100 DZ Amsterdam |  
|                          | The Netherlands   |  
|                          |                   |  
|Fax:                      | + 31 20 651 10 17 |  
|Attention:                | Mr C. Bangma      |  
|                          |                   |  

|                                |                   |  
|------------------------------- | ----------------- | -
|                                |                   |  
|EXECUTEDas
        a DEED       | )                 |  
|by TETTERODE-NEDERLAND
    B.V. | )                 |  
|acting by                       |                   | )
|                                |                   |  
|Address:                        | Hoogoorddreef 62  |  
|                                | 1101 BE Amsterdam |  
|                                | P.O. Box 23456    |  
|                                | 1100 DZ Amsterdam |  
|                                | The Netherlands   |  
|                                |                   |  
|Fax:                            | +31 20 651 10 17  |  
|Attention:                      | Mr C. Bangma      |  
|                                |                   |  
|                                |                   |  
|                                |                   |  
|EXECUTEDas
        a DEED       | )                 |  
|byVEENMAN B.V.                  | )                 |  
|acting by                       |                   | )
|                                |                   |  
|Address:                        | Hoogoorddreef 62  |  
|                                | 1101 BE Amsterdam |  
|                                | P.O. Box 23456    |  
|                                | 1100 DZ Amsterdam |  
|                                | The Netherlands   |  
|                                |                   |  
|Fax:                            | +31 20 651 10 17  |  
|Attention:                      | Mr C. Bangma      |  
|                                |                   |  

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|EXECUTEDas aDEED                   | )                      |  
|---------------------------------- | ---------------------- | -
|byBUHRMANN OFFICE PRODUCTS         | )                      |  
|NEDERLAND B.V.                     | )                      |  
|acting by                          |                        | )
|                                   |                        |  
|Address:                           | Rondebeltweg 102       |  
|                                   | 1329 BH Almere         |  
|                                   | The Netherlands        |  
|                                   |                        |  
|Fax:                               | + 31 20 651 10
	    17 |  
|Attention:                         | Mr C. Bangma           |  
|                                   |                        |  
|                                   |                        |  
|                                   |                        |  
|EXECUTEDas
    aDEED               | )                      |  
|byBUHRMANN
    SSC (Europe) N.V.   | )                      |  
|acting by                          | )                      |  
|                                   |                        |  
|Address:                           | Ilgat 9                |  
|                                   | 3500 Hasselt           |  
|                                   | Belgium                |  
|                                   |                        |  
|Fax:                               | +31 20 651 10 17       |  
|Attention:                         | Mr C. Bangma           |  
|                                   |                        |  
|                                   |                        |  
|EXECUTEDas
    aDEED               | )                      |  
|byBUHRMANN
    LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L. | )                      |  
|acting by                          | )                      |  
|                                   |                        |  
|Address:                           | Ilgat 9                |  
|                                   | 3500 Hasselt           |  
|                                   | Belgium                |  
|                                   |                        |  
|Fax:                               | +31 20 651 10 17       |  
|Attention:                         | Mr C. Bangma           |  
|                                   |                        |  
|                                   |                        |  

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The Agent

|DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON                                                      |                                
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------
|                                                                             |                                
|By:                                                                          |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|By:                                                                          |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|Address:                                                                     | Winchester House               
|                                                                             | 1 Great Winchester Street      
|                                                                             | London EC2N 2DB                
|Fax:                                                                         | + 44 20 7547
	    6419/5703    
|Attention:                                                                   | Christopher Benham/Craig Hoepfl
|                                                                             |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|The Security Trustee                                                         |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON                                                      |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|By:                                                                          |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|By:                                                                          |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|Address:                                                                     | Winchester House               
|                                                                             | 1 Great Winchester Street      
|                                                                             | London EC2N 2DB                
|                                                                             |                                
|Fax:                                                                         | +44 20 7547 6419/5703          
|Attention:                                                                   | Christopher Benham/Craig Hoepfl
|                                                                             |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|The Consenting C Facility Lenders                                            |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON,                                                     |                                
|as Agent, for and on behalf of the
      Consenting
      C Facility
Lenders |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|By:                                                                          |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|By:                                                                          |                                
|                                                                             |                                
|Address:                                                                     | Winchester House               
|                                                                             | 1 Great Winchester Street      
|                                                                             | London EC2N 2DB                
|                                                                             |                                
|Fax:                                                                         | +44 20 7547 6419/5703          
|Attention:                                                                   | Christopher Benham/Craig Hoepfl
|                                                                             |                                

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|The D Facility Lenders   |                                 | 
|------------------------ | ------------------------------- | 
|                         |                                 | 
|DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON, |                                
|                         |                                 | 
|By:                      |                                 | 
|                         |                                 | 
|By:                      |                                 | 
|                         |                                 | 
|Address:                 | Winchester House                | 
|                         | 1 Great Winchester Street       | 
|                         | London EC2N 2DB                 | 
|                         |                                 | 
|Fax:                     | +
      44 20 7547 6419/5703    | 
|Attention:               | Christopher Benham/Craig Hoepfl | 

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