Ex-10.1 Ratification and Amendment Agreement



 







RATIFICATION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT




     THIS RATIFICATION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Ratification Agreement”), dated as of August
8, 2005, is by and among Anchor Glass Container Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as debtor and
debtor-in-possession (“Debtor”), the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as
lenders (each individually, a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”), and Wachovia Capital
Finance Corporation (Central), an Illinois corporation, in its capacity as agent (in such capacity,
“Agent”) for the Lenders.



W I T N E S S E T H:




     WHEREAS, Debtor has commenced a case under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code in
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida and Debtor has retained
possession of its assets and is authorized under the Bankruptcy Code (as hereinafter defined) to
continue the operation of its businesses as debtor-in-possession;



     WHEREAS, prior to the commencement of the Chapter 11 Case (as hereinafter defined), Agent and
Lenders made loans and advances to Debtor (as hereinafter defined) secured by certain assets and
properties of Debtor as set forth in the Existing Financing Agreements (as hereinafter defined);



     WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court (as hereinafter defined) has entered a Financing Order (as
hereinafter defined) pursuant to which Agent and Lenders may make post-petition loans, advances and
other financial accommodations to Debtor secured by certain assets and properties of Debtor as set
forth in the Financing Order and the Financing Agreements;



     WHEREAS, the Financing Order provides that as a condition to the making of such post-petition
loans, advances and other financial accommodations, Debtor shall execute and deliver this
Ratification Agreement;



     WHEREAS, Debtor desires to reaffirm its obligations pursuant to the Existing Financing
Agreements and acknowledge its continuing liabilities to Agent and Lenders thereunder in order to
induce Agent and Lenders to make such post-petition loans and advances to Debtor; and



     WHEREAS, Debtor has also requested that Agent and Lenders make post-petition loans to Debtor
and make certain amendments to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined), and Agent and Lenders
are willing to do so subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, Agent and Debtor, mutually covenant, warrant and agree as follows:



 









 





SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS




     1.1 Additional Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings given to them below and the Existing Financing Agreements (as defined herein)
shall be deemed and are hereby amended to include, in addition and not in limitation, each of the
following definitions:



          (a) “Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, being Title 11 of
the United States Code as enacted in 1978, as the same has heretofore been or may hereafter be
amended, recodified, modified or supplemented, together with all rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder or related thereto.




          (b) “Bankruptcy Court” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle
District of Florida or the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida or any
other court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Case from time to time.




          (c) “Budget” shall mean the initial budget delivered to Agent and attached as Exhibit
A hereto setting forth the Projected Information (as such term is defined in Section 5.3 hereof)
for the periods covered thereby, or any subsequent or amended budget, satisfactory in form and
substance to Agent, setting forth Projected Information for any such period or any subsequent
period or periods.




          (d) “Debtor” shall mean Anchor Glass Container Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as
debtor and debtor-in-possession, and its successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any
trustee or other fiduciary hereafter appointed as its legal representative or with respect to the
property of the estate of such corporation whether under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or any
subsequent Chapter 7 case and its successor upon conclusion of the Chapter 11 Case of such
corporation).




          (e) “Collateral” shall mean, collectively, the Pre-Petition Collateral and the
Post-Petition Collateral.




          (f) “Chapter 11 Case” shall mean the Chapter 11 case of Debtor, referred to as In
re: Anchor Glass Container Corporation, Case No. 8:05-bk-15606, pending in the Bankruptcy
Court.




          (g) “Existing Financing Agreements” shall mean the Financing Agreements (as defined in
the Loan Agreement) as in effect immediately prior to the Petition Date.




          (h) “Financing Agreements” shall mean, collectively, the Loan Agreement and the other
Existing Financing Agreements, together with all supplements, agreements, notes, documents,
instruments and guarantees at any time executed or delivered in connection therewith or related
thereto, as all of the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented,
extended, renewed, restated or replaced.




          (i) “Financing Order” shall mean, collectively, the Interim Financing Order, the
Permanent Financing Order and such other orders relating thereto or authorizing the granting of
credit by Agent to Debtor on an emergency, interim or permanent basis pursuant to Section




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364 of the Bankruptcy Code as may be issued or entered by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter
11 Case.




          (j) “Interim Financing Order” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10(g)
hereof.




          (k) “Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan and Security Agreement, dated August 30, 2002
by and among Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agent, General Electric Capital
Corporation, as lead bookrunner and syndication agent , Lenders party thereto and Debtor, together
with Amendment No. 1 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2002, Amendment No. 2
Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2003, Amendment No. 3 to Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2003, Amendment No. 4 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
November 4, 2004, and Amendment No. 5 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 14,
2005, as amended by this Ratification Agreement, as the same now exists or may hereafter be
amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced.




          (l) “Permanent Financing Order” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
10(h) hereof.




          (m) “Petition Date” shall mean the date of the commencement of the Chapter 11 Case.




          (n) “Post-Petition Collateral” shall mean, collectively, all now existing or hereafter
acquired personal property of Debtor’s estate, wheresoever located, of any kind or nature, upon
which Agent is granted a security interest or lien pursuant to the Financing Agreements or the
Financing Order or any other order entered or issued by the Bankruptcy Court, and shall include,
without limitation, all of the following property of Debtor:




               (i) all of the Collateral (as defined in the Loan Agreement);



               (ii) all Accounts;



               (iii) all general intangibles, including, without limitation, all Intellectual Property;



               (iv) all goods, including, without limitation, all Inventory;



               (v) all chattel paper, including, without limitation, all tangible and electronic chattel
paper;



               (vi) all instruments, including, without limitation, all promissory notes;



               (vii) all documents;



               (viii) all deposit accounts;



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               (ix) all letters of credit, banker’s acceptances and similar instruments and including all
letter-of-credit rights;



               (x) all supporting obligations and all present and future liens, security interests, rights,
remedies, title and interest in, to and in respect of Receivables and other Collateral, including,
without limitation, (A) rights and remedies under or relating to guaranties, contracts of
suretyship, letters of credit and credit and other insurance related to the Collateral, (B) rights
of stoppage in transit, replevin, repossession, reclamation and other rights and remedies of an
unpaid vendor, lienor or secured party, (C) goods described in invoices, documents, contracts or
instruments with respect to, or otherwise representing or evidencing, Receivables or other
Collateral, including returned, repossessed and reclaimed goods, and (D) deposits by and property
of account debtors or other persons securing the obligations of account debtors;



               (xi) all (A) investment property (including securities, whether certificated or
uncertificated, securities accounts, security entitlements, commodity contracts or commodity
accounts) and (B) monies, credit balances, deposits and other property of Debtor now or hereafter
held or received by or in transit to Agent or its affiliates or at any other depository or other
institution from or for the account of Debtor, whether for safekeeping, pledge, custody,
transmission, collection or otherwise;



               (xii) all commercial tort claims;



               (xiii) to the extent not otherwise described above, all Receivables;



               (xiv) all Records;



               (xv) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, in any form, including insurance proceeds
and all claims against third parties for loss or damage to or destruction of or other involuntary
conversion of any kind or nature of any or all of the other Collateral; and



               (xvi) all claims and causes of action against third parties (including claims of the Debtor
under Sections 542, 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550 and 553 of the Bankruptcy Code) and all monies and
other property of any kind received therefrom, and all monies and other property of any kind
recovered by or on behalf of the Debtor’s estate.



          (o) “Post-Petition Obligations” shall mean all now existing and hereafter arising
loans, advances, letter of credit accommodations, debts, obligations, liabilities, covenants and
duties of Debtor to Agent and Lenders and their affiliates of every kind and description, however
evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, secured or
unsecured, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, arising on and after
the Petition Date and whether arising on or after the conversion or dismissal of the Chapter 11
Case, or before, during and after the confirmation of any plan of reorganization in the Chapter 11
Case, and whether arising under or related to the Loan Agreement, this Ratification Agreement, the
other Financing Agreements, the Financing Orders, by operation of law or otherwise, and whether
incurred by Debtor as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise and including, without
limitation, all principal, interest, financing charges, letter of credit fees, unused line fees,
servicing fees, line increase fees, early termination fees, DIP facility fees, other fees,




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commissions, costs, expenses and attorneys’, accountants’ and consultants’ fees and expenses
of Agent incurred in connection with any of the foregoing. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the term “Post-Petition Obligations” shall include, without limitation, all obligations
liabilities and indebtedness arising from or in connection with any Bank Products.




          (p) “Pre-Petition Collateral” shall mean all “Collateral” as such term is defined in
the Loan Agreement and all other security for the Pre-Petition Obligations as provided in the
Existing Financing Agreements immediately prior to the Petition Date.




          (q) “Pre-Petition Obligations” shall mean all loans, advances, letter of credit
accommodations, debts, obligations, liabilities, indebtedness, covenants and duties of Debtor to
Agent and Lenders and their affiliates of every kind and description, however evidenced, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, secured or unsecured, due or not due,
primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, arising before the Petition Date and whether
arising under or related to the Existing Financing Agreements, by operation of law or otherwise and
whether incurred by Debtor as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise and including,
without limitation, all principal, interest, financing charges, letter of credit fees, unused line
fees, servicing fees, line increase fees, early termination fees, other fees, commissions, costs,
expenses and attorneys, accountants and consultants fees and expenses incurred in connection with
any of the foregoing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Pre-Petition
Obligations” shall include, without limitation, all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness
arising from or in connection with any Bank Products (as defined in the Loan Agreement).




          (r) “Receivables” shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter arising or
acquired property of Debtor: (i) all Accounts; (ii) all interest, fees, late charges, penalties,
collection fees and other amounts due or to become due or otherwise payable in connection with any
Account; (iii) all payment intangibles of Debtor; (iv) letters of credit, indemnities, guarantees,
security or other deposits and proceeds thereof issued payable to Debtor or otherwise in favor of
or delivered to Debtor in connection with any Account; or (v) all other accounts, contract rights,
chattel paper, instruments, notes, general intangibles and other forms of obligations owing to
Debtor, whether from the sale and lease of goods or other property, licensing of any property
(including Intellectual Property or other general intangibles), rendition of services or from loans
or advances by Debtor or to or for the benefit of any third person (including loans or advances to
any affiliates or subsidiaries of Debtor) or otherwise associated with any Accounts, Inventory or
general intangibles of Debtor (including, without limitation, choses in action, causes of action,
tax refunds, tax refund claims, any funds which may become payable to such Debtor in connection
with the termination of any Plan or other employee benefit plan and any other amounts payable to
Debtor from any Plan or other employee benefit plan, rights and claims against carriers and
shippers, rights to indemnification, business interruption insurance and proceeds thereof, casualty
or any similar types of insurance and any proceeds thereof and proceeds of insurance covering the
lives of employees on which Debtor is a beneficiary).




     1.2 Amendments to Definitions in Financing Agreements.



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          (a) All references to the term “Collateral” in any of the Existing Financing Agreements or any
other term referring to the security for the Pre-Petition Obligations shall be deemed and each such
reference is hereby amended to include, without limitation, the Pre-Petition Collateral and the
Post-Petition Collateral.




          (b) All references to Debtor, including, without limitation, to the term “Borrower” in any of
the Existing Financing Agreements shall be deemed and each such reference is hereby amended to mean
and include the Debtor as defined herein, and its successors and assigns (including any trustee or
other fiduciary hereafter appointed as its legal representative or with respect to the property of
the estate of such corporation whether under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or any subsequent
Chapter 7 case and its successor upon conclusion of the Chapter 11 Case of such corporation).




          (c) All references to the term “Financing Agreements” in any of the Existing Financing
Agreements, shall be deemed and each such reference is hereby amended to include, in addition and
not in limitation, this Ratification Agreement, all of the Existing Financing Agreements, as
ratified, assumed and adopted by Debtor pursuant to the terms hereof, as amended and supplemented
hereby, and the Financing Order, as each of the same now exists or may hereafter be amended,
modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced.




          (g) All references to the term “Loan Agreement” in any of the Existing Financing Agreements
and the Financing Agreements, shall be deemed and each such reference is hereby amended to mean the
Loan Agreement, as defined herein and amended hereby, and ratified, assumed and adopted by Debtor
pursuant to the terms hereof and the Financing Order, as the same now exists or may hereafter be
amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced.




          (h) All references to the term “Material Adverse Effect” and “material adverse change” in this
Ratification Agreement and in any of the Existing Financing Agreements shall be deemed and each
reference is amended to add at the end of such term the following: “provided, that,
the commencement of the Chapter 11 Case shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect or material
adverse change”.




          (i) All references to the term “Obligations” in this Ratification Agreement and in any of the
Existing Financing Agreements and the Financing Agreements shall be deemed and each such reference
in the Existing Financing Agreements is hereby amended to include, without limitation, the
Pre-Petition Obligations and the Post-Petition Obligations.




     1.3 Interpretation.



          (a) For purposes of this Ratification Agreement, unless otherwise defined or amended herein,
including, but not limited to, those terms used and/or defined in the recitals hereto, all terms
used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement.




          (b) All references to the terms “Lender”, “Agent”, “Borrower”, “Debtor” or any other person
pursuant to the definitions in the recitals hereto or otherwise shall include its or their
respective successors and assigns.




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          (c) All references to any term in the singular shall include the plural and all references to
any term in the plural shall include the singular.




          (d) All terms not specifically defined herein which are defined in the UCC shall have the
meaning set forth therein, except that the term “Lien” or “lien” shall have the meaning set forth
in § 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.




SECTION 2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT




     2.1 Pre-Petition Obligations. Debtor, hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that
Debtor is indebted to Agent and Lenders for the Pre-Petition Obligations, as of August 8, 2005, in
the aggregate principal amount of not less than $81,467,463, consisting of (a) Loans made pursuant
to the Existing Financing Agreements in the principal amount of not less than $67,267,346, together
with all interest accrued and accruing thereon and (b) Letter of Credit Accommodations in the
amount of not less than $14,200,117, together with interest accrued and accruing thereon, and in
each of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), together with costs, expenses, fees (including, without
limitation, attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) and all other charges now or hereafter owed by
Debtor to Agent and Lenders, all of which are unconditionally owing by Debtor, without offset,
defense or counterclaim of any kind, nature and description whatsoever.



     2.2 Acknowledgment of Security Interests and Liens. Debtor, hereby acknowledges,
confirms and agrees that Agent and Lenders have and shall continue to have valid, enforceable and
perfected first priority and senior security interests in and liens upon all Pre-Petition
Collateral heretofore granted by Debtor to Agent and Lenders pursuant to the Existing Financing
Agreements as in effect immediately prior to the Petition Date to secure all of the Obligations, as
well as valid and enforceable first priority and senior security interests in and liens upon all
Post-Petition Collateral granted to Agent and Lenders under the Financing Order or hereunder or
under any of the other Financing Agreements or otherwise granted to or held by Agent or any Lender,
in each case, subject only to the liens and encumbrances expressly permitted by the Loan Agreement
and any other liens or encumbrances expressly permitted by the Financing Order that may have
priority over the liens in favor of Agent and Lenders.



     2.3 Binding Effect of Documents. Debtor, hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees
that: (a) each of the Existing Financing Agreements to which Debtor is a party has been duly
executed and delivered to Agent by Debtor and each is in full force and effect as of the date
hereof, (b) the agreements and obligations of Debtor contained in the Existing Financing Agreements
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Debtor enforceable against Debtor in
accordance with their respective terms and Debtor has no valid defense, offset or counterclaim to
the enforcement of such obligations, and (c) Agent and Lenders are and shall be entitled to all of
the rights, remedies and benefits provided for in the Financing Agreements and the Financing Order.



SECTION 3. ADOPTION AND RATIFICATION




     3.1 Debtor, hereby (a) ratifies, assumes, adopts and agrees to be bound by the Existing
Financing Agreements, as modified by this Ratification Agreement, and (b) agrees to pay all of the
Pre-Petition Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Existing Financing



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Agreements, as modified by this Ratification Agreement and the Financing Order. All of the
Existing Financing Agreements, as modified by this Ratification Agreement and this Financing Order,
are hereby incorporated herein by reference, and hereby are and shall be deemed adopted and assumed
in full by Debtor, as a debtor and debtor-in-possession, and considered as agreements among Debtor,
Agent and Lenders.




     3.2 Debtor, hereby ratifies, restates, affirms and confirms all of the terms and conditions of
the Existing Financing Agreements, as amended and supplemented pursuant hereto and the Financing
Order, and Debtor agrees to be fully bound, as a debtor and debtor-in-possession, by the terms of
the Financing Agreements to which Debtor is a party.



SECTION 4. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST




     As collateral security for the prompt performance, observance and payment in full of all of
the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Pre-Petition Obligations and the Post-Petition
Obligations), Debtor, as a debtor and debtor-in-possession, hereby grants, pledges and assigns to
Agent for itself and the ratable benefit of Lenders, and also confirms, reaffirms and restates the
prior grant to Agent for itself and the ratable benefit of Lenders of, continuing security
interests in and liens upon, and rights of setoff against, all of the Collateral.



SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS




     In addition to the continuing representations, warranties and covenants heretofore and
hereafter made by Debtor to Agent and Lenders, whether pursuant to the Financing Agreements or
otherwise, and not in limitation thereof, Debtor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to Agent
and Lenders the following (which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Ratification
Agreement), the truth and accuracy of which, or compliance with, to the extent such compliance does
not violate the terms and provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be a continuing condition of the
making of loans by Agent and Lenders:



     5.1 Financing Order. The Financing Order has been duly entered, is valid, subsisting
and continuing and has not been vacated, modified, reversed on appeal, or vacated or modified by
any order of the Bankruptcy Court (other than as consented to by Agent and Lenders) and is not
subject to any pending appeal or stay.



     5.2 Use of Proceeds. All Loans and other credit accommodations provided by Agent and
Lenders to Debtor pursuant to the Financing Orders, the Loan Agreement or otherwise, shall be used
by Debtor for general operating and working capital purposes in the ordinary course of business of
Debtor in accordance with the Budget pursuant to Section 5.3. Unless authorized by the Bankruptcy
Court and approved by Agent in writing, no portion of any administrative expense claim or other
claim relating to the Chapter 11 Case shall be paid with the proceeds of such Loans and other
credit accommodations provided by Agent and Lenders to Debtor, other than those administrative
expense claims and other claims relating to the Chapter 11 Case directly attributable to the
operation of the business of Debtor in the ordinary course of such business in accordance with the
Financing Agreements.



     5.3 Budget.



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          (a) The Budget has been thoroughly reviewed by Debtor and its management and sets forth: (i)
projected weekly operating cash receipts for each week commencing with the week ending as of August
7, 2005, (ii) projected weekly cash disbursements for each week commencing with the week ending as
of August 7, 2005, (iii) projected weekly amount of loans and other credit accommodations available
to Debtor under the terms, conditions and formulae of the Loan Agreement commencing with the week
ending as of August, 7 2005 and (iv) projected aggregate principal amount of outstanding loans,
advances and other credit accommodations for each week commencing with the week ending as of August
7, 2005 (collectively, the “Projected Information”). In addition to the initial Budget attached
hereto as Exhibit A, Debtor shall furnish to Agent by 12:00 p.m. (New York city time) on the
Tuesday of each week commencing on August 9, 2005, a report that sets forth, for the period under
review, a comparison of the actual cash receipts, disbursements, availability and loan balances of
the prior week to the Projected Information set forth in the then current Budget on a cumulative,
weekly roll-forward basis, together with a statement that no Material Budget Deviation (as defined
in Section 5.3(b) hereof) has occurred. Debtor shall prepare and present to Agent a subsequent
thirteen (13) week Budget no later than September 16, 2005.




          (b) Material Budget Deviation.




               (i) For the one (1) week period ending August 14, 2005 and for each one (1) week period
thereafter, it shall constitute a material deviation from the Budget (a “Material Budget
Deviation”) and an additional Event of Default under the Loan Agreement if, for any such weekly
period, (A) the actual aggregate amount of loans and other credit accommodations otherwise
available to Debtor under the terms, conditions and formulae of the Loan Agreement as of the end of
such weekly period is less than five hundred thousand ($500,000) as of the end of such weekly
period set forth on the Budget or (B) the actual aggregate amount of outstanding loans, advances
and other credit accommodations as of the end of such period exceeds one hundred ten percent (110%)
of the projected aggregate amount of outstanding loans and other credit accommodations as of the
end of such period set forth on the Budget; or



               (ii) For the cumulative trailing four (4) week period ending September 4, 2005 and on the
Sunday of each week thereafter, it shall constitute a Material Budget Deviation and an additional
Event of Default under the Loan Agreement if, for any such period, (A) the actual aggregate weekly
receipts for any line item during such period are less than ninety percent (90%) of the projected
aggregate weekly receipts for such line item during such period set forth on the Budget or (B) the
actual aggregate weekly disbursements for any line item during such period exceeds one hundred ten
percent (110%) of the projected weekly disbursements for such line item during such period set
forth on the Budget;



     5.4 Sales or other Disposition of Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in Section 9.7(b) of the Loan Agreement or any other provision in the Loan Agreement or
the other Financing Agreements, Debtor shall not sell, transfer, lease, encumber or otherwise
dispose of any portion of the Collateral without the prior written consent of Agent (and no such
consent shall be implied, from any other action, inaction or acquiescence by Agent or Lenders),
except for Debtor’s Inventory in the ordinary course of its business.



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     5.5 Deposit Account Control Agreements. To the extent Agent deems it necessary in its
discretion and upon Agent’s request, Debtor shall promptly provide Agent with evidence, in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent, that the Blocked Account Agreement (as defined in the Financing
Order and other deposit account arrangements provided for under Section 6.3 of the Loan Agreement
have been ratified and amended by the parties thereto, or their respective successors in interest,
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, to reflect the commencement of the Chapter 11 Case,
that Debtor, as debtor and debtor-in-possession, is the successor in interest to Anchor Glass
Container Corporation, that the Obligations include both the Pre-Petition Obligations and the
Post-Petition Obligations, that the Collateral includes both the Pre-Petition Collateral and the
Post-Petition Collateral as provided for herein and the other terms and conditions of this
Ratification Agreement.



     5.6 ERISA. Debtor hereby represents and warrants with, to and in favor of Agent and
Lenders that (a) there are no liens, security interests or encumbrances upon, in or against any
assets or properties of Debtor arising under ERISA, whether held by the or the controlling sponsor
of, or a member of the controlled group of, any pension benefit plan of Debtor, and (b) no notice
of lien has been filed by the PBGC (or any other Person) pursuant to ERISA against any assets or
properties of Debtor.



     5.7 Environmental. Debtor hereby represents and warrants with, to and in favor of
Agent and Lenders that (a) there are no liens, security interests or encumbrances upon, in or
against any assets or properties of Debtor arising under any Environmental Law, whether held by
the environmental protection authority of any jurisdiction, or any other Person, and (b) no notice
of lien has been filed by any environmental protection authority of any jurisdiction (or any other
Person) pursuant to any Environmental Law against any assets or properties of the Debtor.



SECTION 6. WAIVER OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT.




     6.1 Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Agent and Lenders hereby waive the
Event of Default under Section 10.1(a)(iii) of the Loan Agreement arising as a result of the
failure of Debtor to comply with the terms of Section 9.17 of the Loan Agreement for the period
ended June 30, 2005 and July 31, 2005 (collectively, the “Existing Defaults”).



     6.2 Agent and Lenders have not waived, are not by this Ratification Agreement waiving, and
have no intention of waiving any Event of Default which may have occurred on or prior to the date
hereof, whether or not continuing on the date hereof, or which may occur after the date hereof,
whether the same or similar to the Events of Default referred to in Section 6.1 hereof or
otherwise, other than the Existing Defaults. The foregoing waiver shall not be construed as a bar
to or a waiver of any other or further Event of Default on any future occasion, whether similar in
kind or otherwise and shall not constitute a waiver, express or implied, of any of the rights and
remedies of Agent and Lenders arising under the terms of the Loan Agreement or any other Financing
Agreements on any future occasion or otherwise.



SECTION 7. DIP FACILITY FEES




     7.1 Debtor shall pay to Agent a facility fee for arranging the financing to Debtor in the
Chapter 11 Case in the amount of $575,000, which fee shall be fully earned on the date



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hereof and payable on the date hereof and may be charged into any loan account of Debtor
maintained by Agent.




     7.2 Debtor shall pay to Agent, for the account of Lenders, a fee in the amount of in an amount
of $575,000 to be shared based upon the pro rata share of Commitments of Lenders for providing the
financing arrangements in the Chapter 11 Case, which fee shall be fully earned on the date hereof
and payable on the date hereof and may be charged into any loan account of Debtor maintained by
Agent.



SECTION 8. AMENDMENTS




     8.1 Applicable Margin. Section 1.7 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and the following substituted therefor:



          “1.7 [Intentionally Deleted]”




     8.2 Interest Rate. Section 1.77 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and the following substituted therefor:



          “1.77 “Interest Rate” shall mean,




               (a) Subject to clause (b) of this definition below:




                    (i) as to Prime Rate Loans, a rate equal to one and one-half (1.50%) percent
per annum in excess of the Prime Rate,




                    (ii) as to Eurodollar Rate Loans, a rate equal to three and one-quarter (3.25%)
percent per annum in excess of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate (in each case, based on
the Eurodollar Rate applicable for the Interest Period selected by Borrower as in
effect three (3) Business Days after the date of receipt by Agent of the request of
or on behalf of Borrower for such Eurodollar Rate Loans in accordance with the terms
hereof, whether such rate is higher or lower than any rate previously quoted to
Borrower).




               (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clause (a) of this
definition, the Interest Rate shall mean the rate of three and one-half (3.50%)
percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate as to Prime Rate Loans and the rate of
five and one-quarter (5.25%) percent per annum in excess of the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate as to Eurodollar Rate Loans, at Agent’s option, without notice, (A) either (1)
for the period on and after the date of termination or non-renewal hereof until such
time as all Obligations are indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full in immediately
available funds, or (2) for the period from and after the date of the occurrence of
any Event of Default, and for so long as such Event of Default is continuing as
determined by Agent and (B) on the Loans to Borrower at any time outstanding in
excess of the Borrowing Base or the Inventory Loan Limit (whether or not such
excess(es) arise or are made with or without Agent’s or any Lender’s knowledge or
consent and whether made before or after an Event of Default).”



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     8.3 Reserves. Section 2.1(b) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence at the end of thereof:




               “Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Loans available to
Borrower shall be subject to a special Reserve, in an amount equal to all claims for
all outstanding and unpaid administrative expenses (including, without limitation,
the professional expenses or other claims), which are or may be senior or pari passu
to Agent’s and Lenders’ liens in the property of the Borrower or Agent’s and
Lenders’ super priority claims pursuant to and in accordance with the Financing
Order, including, but not limited to (a) the fees and expenses of the Clerk of the
Bankruptcy Court as provided in the Financing Order, (b) the fees of the United
States Trustee pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(6) as provided in the Financing
Order, and (c) the reasonable fees and expenses incurred on and after the Petition
Date by the professionals retained by the Debtor or any creditors’ committee
appointed in the Chapter 11 Case as provided in the Financing Order, less the amount
of any retainers previously paid to such professionals in a cumulative, aggregate
sum not to exceed the amount set forth in the Budget in the line item identified
therein as “Professional/Restructuring Expenses”



     8.4 Letter of Credit Accommodations. Section 2.2(b) of the Loan Agreement is hereby
deleted and replaced with the following:




               “(b) In addition to any charges, fees or expenses charged by any bank or issuer
in connection with the Letter of Credit Accommodations, Borrower shall pay to Agent,
for the benefit of Lenders, a letter of credit fee at a rate equal to two and
one-half (2.50%) (percent per annum, on the daily outstanding balance of the Letter
of Credit Accommodations for the immediately preceding month (or part thereof),
payable in arrears as of the first day of each succeeding month, except that Agent
may, and upon the written direction of Required Lenders shall, require Borrower to
pay to Agent for the benefit of Lenders such letter of credit fee, at a rate equal
to four and one-half (4.50%) percent per annum on such daily outstanding balance
for: (i) the period from and after the date of termination hereof until Agent and
Lenders have received full and final payment of all Obligations (notwithstanding
entry of a judgment against Borrower) and (ii) the period from and after the date of
the occurrence of an Event of Default for so long as such Event of Default is
continuing as determined by Agent. Such letter of credit fee shall be calculated on
the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed and the
obligation of Borrower to pay such fee shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.”



     8.5 Limits and Sublimits. Section 2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the following Section 2.5 at the end thereof:




               “2.5. All limits and sublimits set forth in the Loan Agreement shall be
determined on an aggregate basis considering together both the Pre-Petition
Obligations and the Post-Petition Obligations in respect thereof or with respect to
any formula or other provision to which a limit or sublimit may apply.”



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     8.6 Payments. Section 6.4 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence at the end of thereof:




               “Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent may, in its
discretion, apply any such payments or proceeds received from the Collateral first
to the Pre-Petition Obligations until such Pre-Petition Obligations are paid and
satisfied in full.”



     8.7 Additional Financial Reporting Requirements. Section 9.6 of the Loan Agreement is
hereby amended by adding new Section 9.6(e) immediately after Section 9.6(d) as follows:




“(e) Debtor shall provide Agent with (i) monthly, internally
prepared, financial statements, (ii) weekly four (4) week rolling
cash flow projections, (iii) weekly variance and compliance reports
reconciling actual expenditures to the Budget. In addition, Debtor
shall provide Agent with reports in respect of all collections of
Accounts of Debtor and copies of all financial reports, schedules
and other materials and information at any time furnished by
Borrower, or on its behalf, to the Bankruptcy Court, or the United
States Trustee or to any creditors’ committee or Borrower’s
shareholders, concurrently with the delivery thereof to the
Bankruptcy Court, United States Trustee, creditors’ committee or
shareholders, as the case may be.”



     8.8 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Section 9.17 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted
and replaced with a new Section 9.17 as follows:



          “9.17 [Intentionally Deleted.]”




     8.9 Events of Default. Section 10.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:



          (a) Section 10.1(a)(i) is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: “(i) Borrower fails
to pay any of the Obligations when due or”




          (b) Sections 10.1(f), (g) and (h) are hereby amended to add at the end of each of such Section
the following: “;provided, that, the foregoing shall not apply to Borrower;”




          (c) Section 10.1 is hereby amended by adding new Sections 10.1(o) through 10.1(z) immediately
after Section 10.1(n) as follows:





               “10.1(o) the occurrence of any condition or event that permits
Agent or any Lender to exercise any of the remedies set forth in the
Financing Order, including, without limitation, any “Event of
Default”, as such term is defined in the Financing Order; or



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               10.1(p) the termination or non-renewal of the Financing
Agreements as provided for in the Financing Order as the result of
the objection of any third party being sustained; or




               10.1(q) Borrower suspends or discontinues or is enjoined by
any court or governmental agency from continuing to conduct all or
any material part of its business or if a trustee, receiver or
custodian is appointed for Borrower or any of its properties; or




               10.1(r) any act, condition or event occurring after the date
of the commencement of the Chapter 11 Case that has a Material
Adverse Effect upon the assets of Borrower or the Collateral or the
rights and remedies of Agent and Lenders under the Loan Agreement or
any other Financing Agreements; or




               10.1(s) entry by the Bankruptcy Court of an order converting
the Chapter 11 Case to a Chapter 7 case under the Bankruptcy Code;
or




               10.1(t) entry by the Bankruptcy Court of an order dismissing
the Chapter 11 Case or any subsequent Chapter 7 case either
voluntarily or involuntarily; or




               10.1(u) the grant of a lien on or other interest in the
property of Borrower (other than a lien or encumbrance permitted by
Section 9.8 hereof or by the Financing Order) or an administrative
expense claim (other than any such administrative expense claim
permitted by the Financing Order or this Ratification Agreement)
that is superior to or ranks in parity with Agent’s and Lenders’
security interest in or lien upon the Collateral or administrative
expense priority; or




               10.1(v) the Financing Order shall be modified, reversed,
revoked, remanded, stayed, rescinded, vacated or amended on appeal
or by the Bankruptcy Court without the prior written consent of
Agent and Lenders (and no such consent shall be implied from any
other authorization or acquiescence by Agent or any Lender); or




               10.1(w) the appointment of a trustee in the Chapter 11 Case
pursuant to Sections 1104(a)(1) or 1104(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy
Code; or




               10.1(x) the appointment of an examiner in the Chapter 11 Case
with expanded powers pursuant to Section 1104(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code; or



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               10.1(y) the filing of a plan of reorganization by Debtor that
does not provide for payment in full of the Obligations on the
effective date of such plan; or




               10.1(z) the confirmation of any plan of reorganization in the
Chapter 11 Case which does not provide for payment in full of all
Obligations on the effective date thereof in accordance with the
terms and conditions contained herein.



     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the commencement of the Chapter 11
Case shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 10.1(g) or Section 10.1(h) hereof.”



     8.10 Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process; Jury Trial Waiver. Section
11.1(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
“except to the extent that the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code are applicable and specifically
conflict with the foregoing.”



     8.11 Term.



          (a) The first sentence of Section 13.1(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following sentence:





“This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements shall become effective as of the date set
forth on the first page hereof and shall continue in full force and effect for a term ending
on August 7, 2006 (the “Renewal Date”), unless sooner terminated in accordance with the
terms hereof.”



          (b) Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section 13.1(e)
immediately after Section 13.1(d) as follows:





“(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, upon the earlier to occur of (i) the Renewal Date or (ii)
the occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent may, without prejudice
to Agent’s and Lenders’ other rights or remedies under the Financing
Agreements and the Financing Order, in its sole discretion, without
notice (A) cease making loans or reduce the lending formulas or
amounts of Loans available to Borrower hereunder, and (B) declare
all Obligations to be then immediately due and payable.”



     8.12 Notices. Section 13.3 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to provide that
any notices, requests and demands shall also be sent to the following parties:



	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to Debtor:
	 	Anchor Glass Container Corporation
	 

	 	 	 	4343 Anchor Plaza Parkway

	 

	 	 	 	Tampa, Florida 33634






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	 	 	 	Telecopier No.: 813-882-7859
	 

	 	 	 	Attn: Chief Financial Officer
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	with a copy to:
	 	Carlton Fields, Attorneys at Law
	 

	 	 	 	Corporate Center Three at International Plaza
	 

	 	 	 	4221 West Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 1000
	 

	 	 	 	Tampa, Florida 33607
	 

	 	 	 	Attn.: Robert Soriano, Esq.
	 

	 	 	 	Telecopier No.: 813-229-4133
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to Agent:
	 	Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Central),

   as Agent
	 

	 	 	 	150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2200
	 

	 	 	 	Chicago, Illinois 60606-4202
	 

	 	 	 	Re: Anchor Glass Container Corporation
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Portfolio Manager
	 

	 	 	 	Telecopier No.: (312) 332-0424
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	with a copy to:
	 	Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C.

	 

	 	 	 	230 Park Avenue
	 

	 	 	 	New York, New York 10169
	 

	 	 	 	Attention: Jonathan N. Helfat, Esq.
	 

	 	 	 	Telecopier No.: (212) 682-6104






SECTION 9. RELEASE




     9.1 Release of Pre-Petition Claims.



          (a) Upon the earlier of (i) the entry of the Permanent Financing Order or (ii) the entry of an
Order extending the term of the Interim Financing Order beyond thirty (30) calendar days after the
date of the Interim Financing Order, in consideration of the agreements of Agent contained herein
and the making of any Loans by Agent and Lenders, Debtor, pursuant to the Loan Agreement, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
on behalf of itself and its respective successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby
absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases, remises and forever discharges Agent, each
Lender, and their respective successors and assigns, present and former shareholders, affiliates,
subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors, officers, attorneys, employees and other
representatives (Agent, Lenders and all such other parties being hereinafter referred to
collectively as the “Releasees” and individually as a “Releasee”), of and from all demands,
actions, causes of action, suits, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, sums
of money, accounts, bills, reckonings, damages and any and all other claims, counterclaims,
defenses, rights of set-off, demands and liabilities whatsoever (individually, a “Pre-Petition
Released Claim” and collectively, “Pre-Petition Released Claims”) of every name and nature, known
or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in equity, which Debtor, or any of its
successors, assigns, or other legal representatives may now or hereafter own, hold, have or claim
to have against the Releasees or any of them for, upon, or by reason of any nature, cause or thing
whatsoever which arises at any time on or prior to the day




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and date of this Ratification Agreement, including, without limitation, for or on account of,
or in relation to, or in any way in connection with the Loan Agreement, as amended and supplemented
through the date hereof, and the other Financing Agreements.




          (b) Upon the earlier of (i) the entry of the Permanent Financing Order or (ii) the entry of an
Order extending the term of the Interim Financing Order beyond thirty (30) calendar days after the
date of the Interim Financing Order, Debtor, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, and
other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably, covenants and
agrees with each Releasee that it will not sue (at law, in equity, in any regulatory proceeding or
otherwise) any Releasee on the basis of any Pre-Petition Released Claim released, remised and
discharged by Debtor pursuant to this Section 9.1. If Debtor violates the foregoing covenant,
Debtor agrees to pay, in addition to such other damages as any Releasee may sustain as a result of
such violation, all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by any Releasee as a result of such
violation.




     9.2 Release of Post-Petition Claims. Upon (a) the receipt by Agent and Lenders of
payment in full of all Obligations in cash or other immediately available funds, plus cash
collateral or other collateral security acceptable to Agent to secure any Obligations that survive
or continue beyond the termination of the Financing Agreements, and (b) the termination of the
Financing Agreements (the “Payment Date”), in consideration of the agreements of Agent and Lenders
contained herein and the making of any Loans by Agent and Lenders, Debtor hereby covenants and
agrees to execute and deliver in favor of Agent and Lenders a valid and binding termination and
release agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, pursuant to which, among other
things, (i) Debtor, on behalf of itself and its respective successors, assigns, and other legal
representatives, shall absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably release, remise and forever
discharge each Releasee, of and from all demands, actions, causes of action, suits, covenants,
contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, sums of money, accounts, bills, reckonings, damages
and any and all other claims, counterclaims, defenses, rights of set-off, demands and liabilities
whatsoever (individually, a “Post-Petition Released Claim” and collectively, “Post-Petition
Released Claims”) of every name and nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law
and in equity, which Debtor, or any of its successors, assigns, or other legal representatives may
now or hereafter own, hold, have or claim to have against the Releasees or any of them for, upon,
or by reason of any nature, cause or thing whatsoever which arises at any time on or prior to the
Payment Date, including, without limitation, for or on account of, or in relation to, or in any way
in connection with the Loan Agreement, as amended and supplemented through the Payment Date, and
the other Financing Agreements or the Financing Order and (ii) Debtor shall absolutely,
unconditionally and irrevocably, covenant and agree with each Releasee that it will not sue (at
law, in equity, in any regulatory proceeding or otherwise) any Releasee on the basis of any
Post-Petition Released Claim released, remised and discharged by Debtor pursuant to such
termination and release agreement. If Debtor violates such covenant, Debtor agrees to pay, in
addition to such other damages as any Releasee may sustain as a result of such violation, all
attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by any Releasee as a result of such violation.



     9.3 Releases Generally.



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          (a) Debtor understands, acknowledges and agrees that the releases set forth above in Sections
9.1 and 9.2 may be pleaded as a full and complete defense and may be used as a basis for an
injunction against any action, suit or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted or
attempted in breach of the provisions of such releases.




          (b) Debtor agrees that no fact, event, circumstance, evidence or transaction which could now
be asserted or which may hereafter be discovered shall affect in any manner the final and
unconditional nature of the releases set forth above in Sections 9.1 and 9.2.




SECTION 10. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT




     In addition to any other conditions contained herein or in the Loan Agreement, as in effect
immediately prior to the Petition Date, with respect the Loans and other financial accommodations
available to Debtor (all of which conditions, except as modified or made pursuant to this
Ratification Agreement shall remain applicable to all financial accommodations available to
Debtor), the following are conditions to Agent’s and Lenders’ obligation to extend further loans,
advances or other financial accommodations to Debtor pursuant to the Loan Agreement as amended
hereby:



          (a) Debtor shall furnish to Agent all financial information, projections, budgets, business
plans, cash flows and such other information as Agent shall reasonably request from time to time;




          (b) Agent shall have received evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and
Lenders, that an order providing for a debtor-in-possession credit facility by Revolving B Loan
Agent and Revolving B Loan Lenders to Debtor shall have been entered;




          (c) Agent shall have received an acknowledgment, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent,
from Revolving B Loan Agent that the debtor-in-possession credit facility by Revolving B Loan Agent
and Revolving B Loan Lenders to Debtor shall be subject to the same terms and conditions of the
Revolving B Loan Intercreditor Agreement;




          (d) as of the Petition Date, the Existing Financing Agreements shall not have been terminated;




          (e) no trustee, examiner or receiver with expanded powers or the like shall have been
appointed or designated with respect to Debtor, as a debtor or debtor-in-possession, or its
business, properties and assets, and no motion or proceeding shall be pending seeking such relief;




          (f) the execution and delivery of this Ratification Agreement and all other Financing
Agreements that Agent may request to be delivered in connection herewith by Debtor, in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent;




          (g) Debtor shall comply in full with the notice and other requirements of the Bankruptcy Code
in the applicable Bankruptcy Rules with respect to any relevant Financing Order in a manner
acceptable to Agent and its counsel, and an Interim Financing Order, in form and substance to Agent
and Lenders, shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court (the




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“Interim Financing Order”) authorizing the secured financing under the Financing Agreements as
ratified and amended hereunder on the terms and conditions set forth in this Ratification Agreement
and, inter alia, modifying the automatic stay, authorizing and granting the senior
security interests and liens in favor of Agent and Lenders described in this Ratification Agreement
and in the Financing Order, and granting super-priority expense claims to Agent and Lenders with
respect to all obligations due Agent and Lenders. The Interim Financing Order shall authorize
post-petition financing under the terms set forth in this Ratification Agreement in an amount
acceptable to Agent , in its sole discretion, and it shall contain such other terms or provisions
as Agent and its counsel shall require;




          (h) with respect to further credit after expiration of the Interim Financing Order, on or
before the expiration of the Interim Financing Order, the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered a
Permanent Financing Order authorizing the secured financing on the terms and conditions set forth
in this Ratification Agreement, granting to Agent and Lenders the senior security interest and
liens described above and super-priority administrative expense claims described above (except as
otherwise specifically provided in the Interim Financing Order), modifying the automatic stay and
other provisions required by Agent and its counsel (“Permanent Financing Order”). Agent and
Lenders shall not provide any Loans (or other financial accommodations) other than those authorized
under the Interim Financing Order unless, on or before the thirtieth (30) day following the entry
of the Interim Financing Order, the Permanent Financing Order shall have been entered, and there
shall be no appeal or other contest with respect to either the Interim Financing Order or the
Permanent Financing Order and the time to appeal to contest such order shall have expired;




          (i) there shall have been no material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of Debtor since the Petition Date,
other than any change of the type that customarily occurs following the commencement of a
proceeding under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code;




          (j) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or be existing under any of the
Existing Financing Agreements, as modified pursuant hereto;




          (k) Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, the written
consent of each Lender consenting to this Ratification Agreement and the Interim Financing Order,
duly authorized, executed and delivered by each such Lender;




          (l) the
execution and/or delivery to Agent of all other Financing Agreements, and other
agreements, documents and instruments which, in the good faith judgment, of Agent are necessary or
appropriate. The implementation of the terms of this Ratification Agreement and the other
Financing Agreements, as modified pursuant to this Ratification Agreement, all of which contains
provisions, representations, warranties, covenants and Events of Default, as are reasonably
satisfactory to Agent and its counsel;




          (m) satisfactory review by counsel for Agent of legal issues attendant to the post-petition
financing transactions contemplated hereunder;




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          (n) receipt of evidence by Agent that the Blocked Account Agreement and all Debtor’s deposit
account arrangement provided for under Section 6.3 of the Loan Agreement have been ratified and
amended by the parties thereto, or their respective successors in interest, or ratified and amended
by order of the Bankruptcy Code in accordance with Section 5.5 of the Ratification Agreement; and




          (o) other than the voluntary commencement of the Chapter 11 Case, no material impairment of
the priority of Agent’s and Lenders’ security interests in the Collateral shall have occurred from
the date of the latest field examinations of Agent to the Petition Date.




SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS




     11.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Ratification Agreement nor any other
instrument or document referred to herein or therein may be changed, waived, discharged or
terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom
enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.



     11.2 Further Assurances. Debtor shall, at its expense, at any time or times duly
execute and deliver, or shall cause to be duly executed and delivered, such further agreements,
instruments and documents, including, without limitation, additional security agreements,
collateral assignments, Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or amendments or continuations
thereof, mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, landlord’s or mortgages waivers of liens
and consents to the exercise by Agent and Lenders of all the rights and remedies hereunder, under
any of the other Financing Agreements, any Financing Order or applicable law with respect to the
Collateral, and do or cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or proper in Agent’s
opinion to evidence, perfect, maintain and enforce the security interests of Agent and Lenders, and
the priority thereof, in the Collateral and to otherwise effectuate the provisions or purposes of
this Ratification Agreement, any of the other Financing Agreements or the Financing Order. Upon
the request of Agent, at any time and from time to time, Debtor shall, at its cost and expense, do,
make, execute, deliver and record, register or file, financing statements, mortgages, deeds of
trust, deeds to secure debt, and other instruments, acts, pledges, assignments and transfers (or
cause the same to be done) and shall deliver to Agent such instruments evidencing items of
Collateral as may be requested by Agent.



     11.3 Headings. The headings used herein are for convenience only and do not
constitute matters to be considered in interpreting this Ratification Agreement.



     11.4 Counterparts. This Ratification Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall together
constitute one and the same agreement.



     11.5 Additional Events of Default. The parties hereto acknowledge, confirm and agree
that the failure of Debtor to comply with any of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained
herein or in any other agreement, document or instrument at any time executed by Debtor in
connection herewith or with the terms and conditions of any Financing Order shall constitute an
Event of Default under the Financing Agreements.



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     11.6 Costs and Expenses. Debtor shall pay to Agent on demand all costs and expenses
that Agent pays or incurs in connection with the negotiation, preparation, consummation,
administration, enforcement, and termination of this Ratification Agreement, the other Financing
Agreements, the Financing Order, and proposals in respect thereto, including, without limitation:
(a) reasonable attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and disbursements of counsel to Agent; (b) costs and
expenses (including attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and disbursements) for any amendment,
supplement, waiver, consent, or subsequent closing in connection with this Ratification Agreement,
the other Financing Agreements, the Financing Order and the transactions contemplated thereby; (c)
costs and expenses of lien searches, recording and filing fees; (d) taxes, fees and other charges
for recording any agreements or documents with any governmental authority, and the filing of UCC
financing statements and continuations, and other actions to perfect, protect, and continue the
security interests and liens of Agent and Lenders in the Collateral; (e) sums paid or incurred to
pay any amount or take any action required of Debtor under the Financing Agreements or the
Financing Order that Debtor fails to pay or take; (f) costs of appraisals, inspections and
verifications of the Collateral and including travel, lodging, and meals for inspections of the
Collateral and the Debtor’s operations by Agent or its agent and to attend court hearings or
otherwise in connection with the Chapter 11 Case; (g) costs and expenses of preserving and
protecting the Collateral; (h) all out-of-pocket expenses and costs heretofore and from time to
time hereafter incurred by Agent and Lenders during the course of periodic field examinations of
the Collateral and Debtor’s operations, plus a per diem charge at the rate of $850 per person per
day for Agent’s examiners in the field and office; and (i) costs and expenses (including attorneys’
and paralegals’ fees and disbursements) paid or incurred to obtain payment of the Obligations,
enforce the security interests and liens of Agent and Lenders, sell or otherwise realize upon the
Collateral, and otherwise enforce the provisions of this Ratification Agreement, the other
Financing Agreements and the Financing Order, or to defend any claims made or threatened against
Agent or any Lender arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, preparations for and consultations concerning any such matters). The foregoing shall
not be construed to limit any other provisions of the Financing Agreements regarding costs and
expenses to be paid by Debtor. All sums provided for in this Section 11.6 shall be part of the
Obligations, shall be payable on demand, and shall accrue interest after demand for payment thereof
at the highest rate of interest then payable under the Financing Agreements. Agent is hereby
irrevocably authorized to charge any amounts payable hereunder directly to any of the account(s)
maintained by Agent with respect to Debtor.



     11.7 Effectiveness. This Ratification Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution hereof by Agent and the entry of the Interim Financing Order.



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



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION, as Debtor and
Debtor-in- Possession
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	By:	 	/s/ Mark S. Burgess	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Mark S. Burgess	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	CEO	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WACHOVIA CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION
	 	 	  (CENTRAL), as Agent and Lender
	 
	 	By:	 	/s/ Laura Wheeland	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name:	 	Laura Wheeland	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Title:	 	Vice President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA,
	 	 	  as Lender
	 
	 	By:	 	/s/ Debra A. Rathberger	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name:	 	Debra A. Rathberger	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Title:	 	S.V.P.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
	 	 	  as Lender
	 
	 	By:	 	/s/ Thomas Morante	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Name:	 	Thomas Morante	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Title:	 	Duly Authorized Signatory