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Exhibit 10.1



 

 






SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT




 




Dated as of February 23, 2005




among




 




CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS ILLINOIS HOLDINGS, INC.

(to be renamed Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.),

as Parent Guarantor,




CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

and

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS ACQUISITION TEXAS, INC.,

as Co-Borrowers,




THE LENDERS REFERRED TO HEREIN,




CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

as Administrative Agent,




CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,

acting through its Cayman Islands branch,

and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

as Co-Syndication Agents,




CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,

acting through its Cayman Islands branch,

and

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,




and




COBANK, ACB,

as Documentation Agent




 

 






 









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	 	 	 	 	Page
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.01.
	 	Defined Terms

	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 1.02.
	 	Classification of Loans and Borrowings

	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 1.03.
	 	Terms Generally

	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 1.04.
	 	Effectiveness of Second Amendment and Restatement of
Original Credit Agreement; Term C Loan Prepayment and Conversion, Etc

	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE CREDITS

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.01.
	 	Credit Commitments

	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 2.02.
	 	Procedure for Borrowing

	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 2.03.
	 	Conversion and Continuation Options for Loans

	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 2.04.
	 	Swingline Loans

	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 2.05.
	 	Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans

	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 2.06.
	 	Letters of Credit

	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 2.07.
	 	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 2.08.
	 	Interest Rates and Payment Dates

	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 2.09.
	 	Computation of Interest

	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 2.10.
	 	Fees

	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 2.11.
	 	Termination, Reduction or Adjustment of Commitments

	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 2.12.
	 	Inability to Determine Interest Rate; Unavailability of
Deposits; Inadequacy of Interest Rate

	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 2.13.
	 	Pro Rata Treatment and Payments

	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 2.14.
	 	Illegality

	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 2.15.
	 	Requirements of Law

	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 2.16.
	 	Taxes

	 	 	45	 
	SECTION 2.17.
	 	Indemnity

	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 2.18.
	 	Change of Lending Office

	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 2.19.
	 	Sharing of Setoffs

	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 2.20.
	 	Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances

	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 2.21.
	 	Increase in Term Commitments

	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.01.
	 	Organization, etc.

	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 3.02.
	 	Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc.

	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 3.03.
	 	Government Approval, Regulation, etc.

	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 3.04.
	 	Validity, etc.

	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 3.05.
	 	[Intentionally Omitted]

	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 3.06.
	 	Financial Information

	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
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	SECTION 3.07.
	 	No Material Adverse Effect

	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 3.08.
	 	Litigation

	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 3.09.
	 	Compliance with Laws and Agreements

	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 3.10.
	 	Subsidiaries

	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 3.11.
	 	Ownership of Properties

	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 3.12.
	 	Taxes

	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 3.13.
	 	Pension and Welfare Plans

	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 3.14.
	 	Environmental Warranties

	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 3.15.
	 	Regulations U and X

	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 3.16.
	 	Disclosure; Accuracy of Information; Pro Forma
Balance Sheets and Projected Financial Statements

	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 3.17.
	 	Insurance

	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 3.18.
	 	Labor Matters

	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 3.19.
	 	Solvency

	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 3.20.
	 	Securities

	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.21.
	 	Security Documents

	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 3.22.
	 	Anti-Terrorism Laws

	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONDITIONS

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.01.
	 	Restatement Effective Date

	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 4.02.
	 	Conditions to Each Credit Event

	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.01.
	 	Financial Information, Reports, Notices, etc.

	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 5.02.
	 	Compliance with Laws, etc.

	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 5.03.
	 	Maintenance of Properties

	 	 	62	 
	SECTION 5.04.
	 	Insurance

	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 5.05.
	 	Books and Records; Visitation Rights

	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 5.06.
	 	Environmental Covenant

	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 5.07.
	 	Information Regarding Collateral

	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 5.08.
	 	Existence; Conduct of Business

	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 5.09.
	 	Performance of Obligations

	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 5.10.
	 	Casualty and Condemnation

	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 5.11.
	 	Pledge of Additional Collateral

	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 5.12.
	 	Further Assurances

	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 5.13.
	 	Use of Proceeds

	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 5.14.
	 	Payment of Taxes

	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 5.15.
	 	Equal Security for Loans and Notes

	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 5.16.
	 	Guarantees

	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 5.17.
	 	Subordination of Intercompany Loans

	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 5.18.
	 	Hedging

	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 5.19.
	 	Certain Post-Closing Matters

	 	 	67	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE VI

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	NEGATIVE COVENANTS

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.01.
	 	Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities

	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 6.02.
	 	Liens

	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 6.03.
	 	Fundamental Changes; Line of Business

	 	 	73	 
	SECTION 6.04.
	 	Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions

	 	 	74	 
	SECTION 6.05.
	 	Asset Sales

	 	 	75	 
	SECTION 6.06.
	 	Sale and Leaseback Transactions

	 	 	76	 
	SECTION 6.07.
	 	Restricted Payments

	 	 	76	 
	SECTION 6.08.
	 	Transactions with Affiliates

	 	 	77	 
	SECTION 6.09.
	 	Restrictive Agreements

	 	 	78	 
	SECTION 6.10.
	 	Amendments or Waivers of Certain Documents; Prepayments of
Certain Indebtedness

	 	 	78	 
	SECTION 6.11.
	 	Total Net Leverage Ratio

	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 6.12.
	 	Capital Expenditures

	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 6.13.
	 	Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 6.14.
	 	Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 6.15.
	 	Anti-Terrorism Law

	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 6.16.
	 	Embargoed Person

	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 6.17.
	 	Anti-Money Laundering

	 	 	80	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	EVENTS OF DEFAULT

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.01.
	 	Listing of Events of Default

	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 7.02.
	 	Action if Bankruptcy

	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 7.03.
	 	Action if Other Event of Default

	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 7.04.
	 	Action if Event of Termination

	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 7.05.
	 	Borrowers’ Right to Cure.

	 	 	83	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE AGENTS

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.01.
	 	The Agents

	 	 	84	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS

	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.01.
	 	Notices

	 	 	85	 
	SECTION 9.02.
	 	Survival of Agreement

	 	 	86	 
	SECTION 9.03.
	 	Binding Effect

	 	 	87	 
	SECTION 9.04.
	 	Successors and Assigns

	 	 	87	 
	SECTION 9.05.
	 	Expenses; Indemnity

	 	 	90	 
	SECTION 9.06.
	 	Right of Setoff

	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 9.07.
	 	Applicable Law

	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 9.08.
	 	Waivers; Amendment

	 	 	91	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 
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	SECTION 9.09.
	 	Interest Rate Limitation

	 	 	94	 
	SECTION 9.10.
	 	Entire Agreement

	 	 	94	 
	SECTION 9.11.
	 	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

	 	 	94	 
	SECTION 9.12.
	 	Severability

	 	 	94	 
	SECTION 9.13.
	 	Counterparts

	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 9.14.
	 	Headings

	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 9.15.
	 	Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 9.16.
	 	Confidentiality

	 	 	95	 
	SECTION 9.17.
	 	Citigroup Direct Website Communications

	 	 	96	 
	SECTION 9.18.
	 	Collateral Agent as Joint Creditor

	 	 	97	 








	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A

	 	Form of Administrative Questionnaire
	EXHIBIT B

	 	Form of Borrowing Request
	EXHIBIT C

	 	Form of Assignment and Acceptance
	EXHIBIT D

	 	Form of Compliance Certificate
	EXHIBIT E-1

	 	Form of Term D Note
	EXHIBIT E-2

	 	Form of Revolving Note
	EXHIBIT F

	 	Form of Guarantee Agreement
	EXHIBIT G

	 	Form of Security Agreement
	EXHIBIT H

	 	Form of Pledge Agreement
	EXHIBIT I

	 	Form of Mortgage
	SCHEDULE 3.02(C)

	 	Non-Contravention
	SCHEDULE 3.03

	 	Government Approval, Regulation
	SCHEDULE 3.06(b)

	 	Other Liabilities
	SCHEDULE 3.08

	 	Litigation
	SCHEDULE 3.09

	 	Compliance with Laws and Agreements
	SCHEDULE 3.10

	 	Subsidiaries
	SCHEDULE 3.11(b)

	 	Leased and Owned Real Property
	SCHEDULE 3.13

	 	ERISA Matters
	SCHEDULE 3.14(a)

	 	Facilities/Properties Not in Compliance with Environmental Laws
	SCHEDULE 3.14(b)

	 	Environmental Claims
	SCHEDULE 3.14(c)

	 	Hazardous Materials
	SCHEDULE 3.14(e)

	 	Sites listed for Clean-up/Investigation
	SCHEDULE 3.17

	 	Insurance
	SCHEDULE 3.20

	 	Securities
	SCHEDULE 3.21(d)

	 	Mortgage Filing Offices
	SCHEDULE 5.19(a)(i)

	 	Mortgaged Properties
	SCHEDULE 5.19(a)(iii)

	 	Title Insurance Amounts
	SCHEDULE 6.01(a)(iii)

	 	Indebtedness to Remain Outstanding
	SCHEDULE 6.02(iv)

	 	Liens to Remain Outstanding
	SCHEDULE 6.03(c)

	 	Other Businesses
	SCHEDULE 6.04

	 	Existing Investments
	SCHEDULE 6.08(v)

	 	Existing Affiliate Transactions
	SCHEDULE 6.09

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     SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) dated as of February 23, 2005,
among CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS ILLINOIS HOLDINGS, INC. (to be renamed Consolidated
Communications Holdings, Inc. following consummation of the Mergers (as defined below))
(“Holdings”), CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS, INC., an Illinois corporation (the “CCI
Borrower”), CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS ACQUISITION TEXAS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“TXU Borrower” and together with the CCI Borrower, the “Borrowers”), the financial
institutions holding Loans or Commitments hereunder from time to time and the financial
institutions which have become Term D Lenders hereunder pursuant to Lender Addendums (as defined
below) (the “Lenders”), CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders, COBANK, ACB, as documentation agent
(in such capacity, the “Documentation Agent”), CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting through
its Cayman Islands Branch (“CSFB”), and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as co-syndication
agents (in such capacity, the “Co-Syndication Agents”), and CSFB and CITIGROUP GLOBAL
MARKETS INC. (“CGMI”), as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacity, the
“Joint Lead Arrangers”).



     WHEREAS, Holdings and the Borrowers are parties to that certain Credit Agreement (the
“Original Credit Agreement”), dated as of April 14, 2004, by and among Homebase
Acquisition, LLC (“Homebase”), a Delaware limited liability company, Consolidated
Communications Texas Holdings, Inc. (“CCTH”), a Delaware corporation, Holdings, the
Borrowers, the lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, the
Co-Syndication Agents and the Arrangers, as the Original Credit Agreement was amended and restated
(the “Restated Credit Agreement”) on October 22, 2004;



     WHEREAS, Holdings has filed a registration statement (File No. 333-121086) (as amended from
time to time, the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC pursuant to which Holdings will
issue and sell shares of its Class A Common Stock in an initial public offering (the
“IPO”);



     WHEREAS, immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO, (i) CCTH will be merged (the
“First Merger”) with and into Holdings, with Holdings being the surviving company, (ii)
Homebase will be merged (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger, the
“Mergers”) with and into Holdings, with Holdings being the surviving company and (iii)
Holdings will be renamed Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc; and



     WHEREAS, Holdings will use the proceeds from the IPO and the Funded Term D Loans to (i) redeem
or repurchase approximately $70,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes at an
aggregate redemption price of not more than $76,825,000 plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
date of redemption, (ii) repay all outstanding Term A Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement,
(iii) repay any Term C Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement which are not converted into Term
D Loans pursuant to Section 1.04(b) (the items in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being
referred to as the “Refinancing”), (iv) prefund certain integration and restructuring costs
expected to be incurred in 2005 and (v) pay interest, fees and expenses in connection with the IPO
and the Debt Refinancing;



     NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:



 









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ARTICLE I




DEFINITIONS








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



     “ABR Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.



     “ABR Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.



     “Acquisition” means the acquisition by the TXU Borrower of all of the Equity Interests
of TXUCV and its subsidiaries and certain related rights from Pinnacle One Partners, L.P. pursuant
to the Acquisition Documents.



     “Acquisition Documents” means the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 15,
2004, by and between Pinnacle One Partners, L.P. and the TXU Borrower (the “Acquisition
Agreement”) and each other agreement contemplated thereby or entered into in connection
therewith.



     “Additional Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11.



     “Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest
Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal
to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.



     “Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.



     “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of
Exhibit A.



     “Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person which, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person (excluding any trustee
under, or any committee with responsibility for administering, any Plan). A Person shall be deemed
to be “controlled by” any other Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly,
power




     (a) solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.08, to vote 10% or
more of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors or managing general partners; or




     (b) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person
whether by contract or otherwise.



     “Agent Fees” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c).



     “Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(c).



     “Agents” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.



     “Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure” means the aggregate amount of the Revolving
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     “Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.



     “Alternate
Base Rate” means for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a)
the Administrative Agent’s Base Rate in effect on such day, (b) 0.5% per annum above the latest
three-week moving average of secondary market morning offering rates in the United States for
three-month certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks, such three-week
moving average being determined weekly on each Monday (or, if any such day is not a Business Day,
on the next succeeding Business Day) for the three-week period ending on the next previous Friday
by the Administrative Agent on the basis of such rates reported by certificate of deposit dealers
to and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, if such publication shall be suspended
or terminated, on the basis of quotations for such rates received by the Administrative Agent from
three New York certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative
Agent, in either case adjusted to the nearest 0.25% or, if there is no nearest 0.25%, to the next
higher 0.25% (the “Certificate of Deposit Rate”), and (c) the Federal Funds Rate in effect
on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Base
Rate, the Certificate of Deposit Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective as of the
opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Base Rate, the Certificate of
Deposit Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively.



     “Applicable Rate” means, for any day, (i) with respect to Term D Loans, (A) in the
case of ABR Loans (I) 1.50% per annum prior to April 1, 2005 and at any time that clause (A)(II)
does not apply and (II) 1.25% per annum at any time on or after April 1, 2005 if
the Loans are rated at least B1 (stable) by Moody’s and at least B+ (stable) from S&P, and (B) in
the case of Eurodollar Loans, (I) 2.50% per annum prior to April 1, 2005 and at any time that
clause (B)(II) does not apply and (II) 2.25% per annum at any time on or after
April 1, 2005 if the Loans are rated at least B1 (stable) by Moody’s and at least B+ (stable) from
S&P; provided that a rating with a negative outlook from either agency will be treated as
one notch below the current rating from such agency (e.g., BB-(negative) from S&P is
equivalent to B+ (stable)), and (ii) with respect to Revolving Loans, (A) before the Trigger Date,
(x) 1.50% per annum, in the case of ABR Loans, and
(y) 2.50% per annum, in the case of Eurodollar
Loans, and (B) on and after the Trigger Date, the applicable rate per annum set forth in the table
below (x) under the caption “ABR Loans Spread,” in the case of ABR Loans, and (y) under the caption
“Eurodollar Loans Spread,” in the case of Eurodollar Loans, in each case based upon the Total Net
Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date:



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Total Net	 	ABR	 	 	Eurodollar	 
	Leverage	 	Loans	 	 	Loans	 
	Ratio	 	Spread	 	 	Spread	 
	>4.75 to 1.0
	 	 	1.50	%	 	 	2.50	%
	<4.75 to 1.0
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	>4.0 to 1.0
	 	 	1.25	%	 	 	2.25	%
	<4.0 to 1.0
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	>3.50 to 1.0
	 	 	1.0	%	 	 	2.0	%
	<3.50 to 1.0
	 	 	0.75	%	 	 	1.75	%






     For purposes of such calculation of the Applicable Rate with respect to Revolving Loans on and
after the Trigger Date, (i) the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each
Fiscal Quarter of Holdings’ Fiscal Year based upon the consolidated financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a
change in the
Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be effective three (3) Business Days after the date on which
the Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements and a Compliance
Certificate calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio. If at any time the Borrowers have not
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tive Agent the applicable information as and when required under Section
5.01(a) or (b), the Applicable Rate shall be the highest rate set forth in the table above until
such time as the Borrowers have provided the information required under Section 5.01(a) or (b).
Within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the applicable information as and when required under
Section 5.01(a) or (b), the Administrative Agent shall give each Lender telefacsimile or telephonic
notice (confirmed in writing) of the Applicable Rate in effect from such date.



     “Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any of its property or assets, including any
sale or issuance of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of either Borrower, except (a) sales,
dispositions and leases permitted by Sections 6.05(i) through (vii) and (b) any such transaction or
series of transactions which, if an Asset Sale, would not generate Net Proceeds in excess of $1.0
million (or, when taken together with all other such transactions, in excess of $5.0 million in any
twelve-month period).



     “Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section
9.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit C or such other
form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.



     “Authorized Officer” means, with respect to either Borrower, those of its officers and
other authorized senior management level employees whose signature and incumbency has been
certified to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Secretary of such Borrower in a
certificate dated the Effective Date or any successor thereto.



     “Available Cash” means, on any date of determination, for the period commencing on the
first day of the first full Fiscal Quarter commencing after the Restatement Effective Date and
ending on the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended for which financial statements
have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), an amount equal to the sum (as calculated
for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) of:




     (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period minus




     (b) to the extent not deducted in the determination of Consolidated EBITDA, the sum of
the following:




     (i) non-cash dividend income for such period;




     (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period net of amortization of debt
issuance costs incurred in connection with or prior to the consummation of the IPO
Transactions;




     (iii) Capital Expenditures from Internally Generated Funds for such period;




     (iv) cash income taxes for such period;




     (v) scheduled principal payments of Indebtedness, if any, during such period;




     (vi) voluntary prepayments of Indebtedness (other than in connection with the
IPO Transactions), mandatory prepayments of Term D Loans pursuant to clauses (iv)



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and (v) of Section 2.05(c) and net increases in outstanding Revolving Loans during
such period;




     (vii) the cash cost of any extraordinary or unusual losses or charges during
such period; and




     (viii) all cash payments made during such period on account of losses or
charges expensed during or prior to such period (to the extent not deducted in the
determination of Consolidated EBITDA for such prior period); plus




     (c) to the extent not included in the determination of Consolidated EBITDA, (i) cash
interest income for such period, (ii) the cash amount realized in respect of extraordinary
or unusual gains during such period and (iii) net decreases in Revolving Loans during such
period.



     “Available Proceeds” means, at any time, the amount of cash equity contributed to the
Borrowers following the Restatement Effective Date to the extent that (i) such contribution was not
in connection with an exercise of a Cure Right and (ii) such contribution was not previously
applied to make an Investment pursuant to Section 6.04, a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section
6.07 or a repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.10.



     “Available Revolving Credit Commitment” means as to any Revolving Lender, at any time
of determination, an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such
time minus such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.



     “Bank Equity Interests” shall mean investments in non-voting participation
certificates of CoBank, ACB acquired by the Borrowers in connection with their Loans hereunder from
CoBank, ACB.



     “Base Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.12.



     “Base Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by the Administrative Agent as its base rate in effect at its principal office in New York City
(the Base Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Administrative
Agent in connection with extensions of credit to debtors) (any change in such rate announced by the
Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the
public announcement of such change).



     “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.



     “Borrower Representative” means the CCI Borrower, as representative of the Borrowers
hereunder.



     “Borrowers” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.



     “Borrowing” means a Loan or group of Loans to the Borrowers of the same Class and Type
made (including through a conversion or continuation) by the applicable Lenders on a single date
and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.



     “Borrowing Date” means any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to Section 2.02
as a date on which the Borrower Representative requests Loans to be made hereunder.



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     “Borrowing Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02(a).



     “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.



     “Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, (a) any and all expenditures made by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in such period for assets added to or reflected in its
property, plant and equipment accounts or other similar capital asset accounts or comparable items
or any other capital expenditures that are, or should be, set forth as “additions to plant,
property and equipment” on the financial statement prepared in accordance with GAAP, whether such
asset is purchased for cash or financed as an account payable or by the incurrence of Indebtedness,
accrued as a liability or otherwise including, without limitation, as a result of incurring any
Capital Lease Obligations.



     “Capital Lease Obligations” means all monetary or financial obligations of Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries under any leasing or similar arrangement conveying the right to use real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which, in accordance with GAAP, would or should be
classified and accounted for as capital leases, and the amount of such obligations shall be the
capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP and the stated maturity thereof shall
be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first
date on which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.



     “Cash Interest Expense” means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period, including imputed interest expense for Capital Lease Obligations and excluding any interest
expense not payable in cash (such as, for example, amortization of discount and amortization of
debt issuance costs). For purposes of the Financial Covenants, for Test Periods ending prior to
the one year anniversary of the Effective Date, Cash Interest Expense shall be determined on a pro
forma basis to give effect to the Transactions and the IPO Transactions as if they occurred on the
first day of such Test Period.



     “CCI Borrower” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.



     “CCTH” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.



     “CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended.



     “CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Information System List.



     “CGMI” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.



     “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:




     (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act or any successor provisions to either of the foregoing), including any group
acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities within the
meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, other than any one or more of the
Permitted Holders, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act, except that
any such person will be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any
such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only
after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the total voting power
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Holdings and the Permitted Holders shall be the beneficial owners
(as defined above) of a lesser percentage of the total voting power of the Equity Interests
of Holdings;




     (b) Holdings shall cease to own beneficially and of record all of the Equity Interests
of each of the Borrowers (other than as a result of a transaction permitted by Section
6.03(a)); or




     (c) any “change of control” occurs under the Senior Notes Indenture.



     “Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.



     “Class” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term D Loans or Swingline Loans, and
when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit
Commitment or Term D Commitment, and when used in reference to any Lender, refers to whether such
Lender is a Revolving Lender or a Term D Lender.



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



     “Collateral” means any and all “Collateral,” “Mortgaged Property,” “Securities
Collateral” or “Trust Property,” as defined in any applicable Security Document.



     “Collateral Account” means the collateral account or sub-account established and
maintained by the Collateral Agent in its name as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, in accordance with the provisions of the Security Agreement.



     “Collateral Agent” means Citicorp North America, Inc., in its capacity as collateral
agent for the Secured Parties under the Security Documents.



     “Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment or Term D Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context requires).



     “Commitment Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a).



     “Commitment Fee Average Daily Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.10(a).



     “Commitment Fee Percentage” means, for any day (i) prior to the Trigger Date, 0.50%
per annum, and (ii) on and after the Trigger Date, (x) if the Total Net Leverage Ratio is greater
than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0, 0.50% and (y) if the Total Net Leverage Ratio is less than 3.50 to
1.0, 0.375%.



     “Commitment Fee Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.10(a).



     “Commitment Percentage” means the percentage of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment
represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. If the Revolving Credit Commitments have
terminated or expired, the Commitment Percentage shall be determined based upon the Revolving
Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.



     “Communications” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(a).



     “Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(b) and
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     “Conduit Financing Arrangement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16.



     “Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period
(a) plus all amounts deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income amount in respect of,
without duplication, (i) interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and non-cash
expense incurred in connection with equity compensation plans, (ii) foreign, federal, state and
local income Taxes for such period, (iii) charges for depreciation of fixed assets and amortization
of intangible assets during such period, (iv) non-cash charges for the impairment of long lived
assets during such period, (v) fees accrued during such period and prior to the Restatement
Effective Date pursuant to the Professional Services Fee Letters in an amount not to exceed $5.0
million in any twelve-month period and (vi) fees, expenses and charges incurred in connection with
the IPO Transactions as specified in reasonable detail in an aggregate amount not to exceed the
amount of fees and expenses disclosed under the heading “Sources and Uses” in the Registration
Statement; (b) minus (in the case of gains) or plus (in the case of losses) gain or loss on any
sale of assets, (c) minus (in the case of gains) or plus (in the case of losses) non-cash
charges relating to foreign currency gains or losses,
(d) plus (in the case losses) and minus (in
the case of income) non-cash minority interest income or loss,
(e) plus (in the case of items
deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income) and minus (in the case of items added in arriving
at Consolidated Net Income) non-cash charges resulting from changes in accounting principles, (f)
plus extraordinary loss as defined by GAAP, (g) plus the first $15.0 million of other
expenses relating to the integration of the Acquired Business incurred after the Effective Date,
during the 2004 Fiscal Year and the 2005 Fiscal Year as specified in reasonable detail in the
Compliance Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 for the applicable periods within such
Fiscal Years, (h) minus the sum of (x) interest income, and (y) extraordinary income or gains as
defined by GAAP; provided that Consolidated EBITDA for Holdings and its Subsidiaries for
the Fiscal Quarters ended December 31, 2003 and March 31, 2004 shall be deemed to be $30.1 million
and $29.0 million, respectively; provided, further that for the Fiscal Quarter
ending June 30, 2004, Consolidated EBITDA for Holdings and its Subsidiaries will be increased by
the amount of unusual or nonrecurring charges, fees or expenses (excluding integration expenses)
relating to the Transactions (including, without limitation, for severance payments and retention
bonuses) to the extent such charges, fees or expenses reduced Consolidated EBITDA in such Fiscal
Quarter (net of any offsetting items that increased Consolidated EBITDA in such Fiscal Quarter as a
result thereof) and to give pro forma effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred on the
first day of such Fiscal Quarter in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12.0 million (and any such
amount shall be specified in reasonable detail in the Compliance Certificate for the June 30, 2004
Fiscal Quarter delivered pursuant to Section 5.01).



     “Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries, for
any period, the sum of (a) Cash Interest Expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period
and (b) the aggregate amount of federal, state and local income taxes and franchise and other
similar taxes and assessments imposed on (or measured by) net income paid in cash by Holdings and
its Subsidiaries during such period (net of any cash refunds of such taxes received by them during
such period, to the extent that such refunds are not otherwise at any time reflected in
Consolidated Net Income); provided that Consolidated Fixed Charges for any Test Period ending prior
to the one year anniversary of the Restatement Effective Date shall be determined on a pro forma
basis as though the Transactions and the IPO Transactions had occurred on the first day of such
Test Period.



     “Consolidated Indebtedness” means, at a particular date, the aggregate stated balance
sheet amount of all Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP at such date.



     “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense for such period,
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amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the amortization of all fees (including fees
with respect to Hedging Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to
the extent included in interest expense and (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with
respect to Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense, and (b) capitalized interest.



     “Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income or loss of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there shall be excluded therefrom, without duplication, (i) the income or
loss of any Person (other than consolidated Subsidiaries of Holdings) in which any other Person
(other than the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except to the extent
of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to either of the Borrowers or any
of their Subsidiaries by such Person during such period, (ii) the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles during such period, (iii) any net after-tax income (loss) from discontinued
operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of discontinued operations, (iv) the
income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or
consolidated with either of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are
acquired by either of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries and (v) the income of any
consolidated Subsidiary to the extent that declaration of payment of dividends or similar
distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the
terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary.



     “Contested Collateral Lien Conditions” means (a) with respect to any proceeding
instituted contesting any amount payable by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, such
proceeding operates to stay the sale or forfeiture of any portion of the Collateral on account of
such Lien; and (b) in the event the amount of any such Lien shall exceed $2.0 million, the Loan
Party or its applicable Subsidiary shall either obtain a bond or maintain cash reserves, in either
case, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge such Lien and the Collateral Agent’s reasonable
estimate of all interest and penalties related thereto.



     “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.



     “Co-Syndication Agents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.



     “Credit Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02.



     “Cumulative Available Cash” means (i) an amount sufficient to pay the expected Subject
Payments prior to the end of the first full Fiscal Quarter of Holdings following the Restatement
Effective Date as set forth in the Registration Statement under the heading “Dividend Policies and
Restrictions” plus (ii) the sum of the following (as calculated for Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, without duplication, on a consolidated basis) for the period commencing on the first
day of the first full Fiscal Quarter commencing after the Restatement Effective Date and ending on
the last day of the Fiscal Quarter of Holdings then most recently ended for which financial
statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b): (a) Available Cash for such period, minus (b) the
aggregate amount of Subject Payments paid after the Restatement Effective Date.



     “Cure Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.05.



     “Cure Right” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.05.



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     “Debt Incurrence” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c)(i).



     “Default” means any Event of Default, any Event of Termination and any event or
condition which upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default or Event of
Termination.



     “Destruction” means any and all damage to, or loss or destruction of, or loss of title
to, all or any portion of the Property of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.



     “Dividend Suspension Period” means any period (i) commencing on the date of delivery
of a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or (c) showing that, for the then most
recently ended period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of Holdings, the Total Net Leverage Ratio
is greater than 4.75 to 1 (or on the date upon which the Borrowers shall fail to deliver such
Compliance Certificate), and (ii) ending on the date of delivery of a Compliance Certificate
pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or (c) showing that, for the then most recently ended period of four
consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Borrowers, the Total Net Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than
4.75 to 1.



     “Documentation Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.



     “Dollars” or “$” means lawful money of the United States of America.



     “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of a Borrower that is not a Non-U.S.
Subsidiary.



     “Effective Date” means April 14, 2004.



     “Environment” means ambient air, surface water and groundwater (including potable
water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such
as flora and fauna, or as otherwise defined in any applicable Environmental Law.



     “Environmental Claim” means any written accusation, allegation, notice of violation,
claim, demand, order, directive, cost recovery action or other cause of action by, or on behalf of,
any Governmental Authority or any other Person for damages, injunctive or equitable relief,
personal injury (including sickness, disease or death), Remedial Action costs, tangible or
intangible property damage, natural resource damages, nuisance, pollution, any adverse effect on
the Environment caused by any Hazardous Material, or for fines, penalties or restrictions,
resulting from or based upon: (a) the existence, or the continuation of the existence, of a
Release (including sudden or non-sudden, accidental or non-accidental Releases); (b) exposure to
any Hazardous Material; (c) the presence, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Material; or (d) the violation or alleged violation of any Environmental
Law or Environmental Permit.



     “Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable treaties, laws (including common
law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions or binding
agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way
to the Environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, Release or threatened
Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.



     “Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including, but
not limited to, any liability for damages, natural resource damage, costs of environmental
remediation, administrative oversight costs, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any member of the
Holdings and its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of
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(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials or (d) the Release or
threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment.



     “Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, authorization, certificate,
license, variance, filing or permission required by or from any Governmental Authority pursuant to
any Environmental Law.



     “Equity Financing” means the issuance of Equity Interests of Homebase to certain of
the Permitted Holders on the Effective Date in exchange for $89.0 million of cash from the Sponsors
pursuant to the Homebase LLC Agreement, the proceeds of which will be contributed through CCI Texas
Holdings to the TXU Borrower in order to fund a portion of the purchase price in the Acquisition.



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



     “Equity Rights” means all securities convertible or exchangeable for Equity Interests
and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Equity Interests,
whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.



     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be
amended from time to time.



     “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under Sections 414(b) or (c) of the
Code, and for the purpose of Section 302 of ERISA and/or Section 412, 4971, 4977, 4980D, 4980E
and/or each “applicable section” under Section 414(t)(2) of the Code, within the meaning of Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.



     “ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA
or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than an event for which
the 30-day notice period is waived by regulation); (b) the existence with respect to any Pension
Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302
of ERISA), whether or not waived, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under
Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required
contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or
Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect
to any Pension Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; (e) the receipt by any Loan Party or ERISA
Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate
any Pension Plan, to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan, or to take any other action
with respect to a Pension Plan that could result in material liability to a Loan Party or a
Subsidiary, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to
constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of or the appointment of a trustee to ad
minister, any Pension Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate of any
liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (g) the receipt by a Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the
imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected
to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (h) the making of
any amendment to any Pension Plan which could result in the imposition of a lien or the posting of
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nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the
meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could result in liability to a
Loan Party or any of the Subsidiaries.



     “Eurodollar Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.



     “Eurodollar Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to
the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.



     “Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.



     “Event of Termination” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.



     “Excess Subject Payment Amount” means, for any Fiscal Quarter, the amount by which the
amount of Subject Payments in such Fiscal Quarter exceeded the sum of (x) $11,875,000 plus
(y) the amount of pro rata dividends paid on shares of Class A Common Stock of Holdings reserved
for issuance on the Restatement Effective Date under Holdings’ restricted share plan.



     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



     “Excluded Debt Issuance” means any incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section
6.01(a).



     “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) on overnight federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next
succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (a) if the
day for which such rate is to be determined is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day shall be such rate for such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on
the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotations for the
day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.



     “Fee Letter” means the Fee Letter dated January 15, 2004 among the Administrative
Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Documentation Agent, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Deutsche
Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch and the Borrowers, the Fee Letter dated as of October 7, 2004 among
the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Borrowers and the Fee Letter dated as of
January 18, 2005 among the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Borrowers.



     “Fees” means the Commitment Fees, the LC Fees and the Agent Fees.



     “Financial Covenants” means those covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties set
forth in Sections 6.11 through 6.14, inclusive.



     “Financial Officer” of any corporation, partnership or other entity means the chief
financial officer, the principal accounting officer, Treasurer or Controller (or person having an
analogous title) of such corporation, partnership or other entity.



     “Financing Documents” means the Loan Documents and the Notes Documents.



     “Financing Transactions” means, collectively, (i) the execution and delivery by each
Loan Party of each of the Loan Documents and the Borrowing of the Term A Loans and the Term B



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Loans
and Revolving Loans under the Original Credit Agreement in each case on the Effective Date, (ii)
the issuance of the Senior Notes on the Effective Date, (iii) the Equity Financing and (iv) the
repayment of the Indebtedness to Be Paid.



     “Fiscal Quarter” means any quarter of a Fiscal Year.



     “Fiscal Year” means any period of twelve consecutive calendar months ending on
December 31; references to a Fiscal Year with a number corresponding to any calendar year
(e.g., the “2004 Fiscal Year”) refer to the Fiscal Year ending on December 31 occurring
during such calendar year.



     “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means for any period the ratio of (a) Consolidated
EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.



     “Foreign Plan” means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or
agreement maintained or contributed to outside the United States by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
employed outside the United States.



     “GAAP” means, subject to Section 1.03, generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States applied on a consistent basis.



     “Governmental Authority” means any Federal, state, local or foreign court or
governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body, including any central bank,
including, without limitation, the Federal Communications Commission, the Texas Public Utilities
Commission and the ICC.



     “Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase
or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment thereof (including pursuant to a “synthetic lease”), (c) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the
primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or
(d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support
such Indebtedness or obligation; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of the
obligation under any Guarantee shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated
or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made
(including principal, interest and fees) and (b) the maximum amount for which such guarantor may be
liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary
obligation and the maximum amount for which such guarantor may be liable are not stated or
determinable, in which case the amount of the obligation under such Guarantee shall be such guarantor’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guarantor in good faith; irrespective, in any such case, of any amount thereof that would, in
accordance with GAAP, be required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such Person.



     “Guarantee Agreement” means the Guarantee Agreement, substantially in the form of
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     “Hazardous Materials” means all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, substances,
chemicals, materials and constituents, including without limitation, crude oil, petroleum or
petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls
(“PCBs”) or PCB-containing materials or equipment of any nature which can give rise to
Environmental Liability under, or are regulated pursuant to, any Environmental Law.



     “Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency
exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange
rate or commodity price hedging arrangement and all other similar agreements or arrangements
designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in interest rate, currency
values or commodity prices.



     “Homebase” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.



     “Homebase LLC Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement, dated January 15, 2004, among Homebase and the equity holders named therein.



     “ICC” means the Illinois Commerce Commission and any successor organization performing
similar regulatory functions.



     “ICTC” means Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company, an Illinois corporation.



     “Impermissible Qualification” means, relative to the opinion or certification of any
independent public accountant as to any consolidated financial statements of Holdings, any
qualification or exception to such opinion or certification:




     (a) which is of a “going concern” or similar nature;




     (b) which relates to the limited scope of examination of matters relevant to such
financial statement; or




     (c) which relates to the treatment or classification of any item in such financial
statement and which, as a condition to its removal, would require an adjustment to such item
the effect of which would be to cause the Borrowers to be in Default under any Financial
Covenant.



     “Increased Cost Lender” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.20.



     “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of
such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid (excluding obligations to pay salary
or benefits under deferred compensation or other benefit programs), (d) all obligations of such
Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by
such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of
property or services (excluding current accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness (excluding prepaid
interest thereon) of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired
by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all
Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness or other financial obligations of others, (h) all Capital
Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as
an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations,
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acceptances, surety bonds and
performance bonds, whether or not matured. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general
partner) to the extent such Person is directly liable therefor as a result of such Person’s
ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of
such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.



     “Indebtedness to Be Paid” means all Indebtedness repaid in connection with the
Transactions.



     “Information Memorandum” means (i) the Confidential Information Memorandum dated as of
March 2004 and posted electronically on Intralinks relating to the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries and the Original Credit Agreement and (ii) the Offering Circular of CCI Illinois
Holdings and CCI Texas Holdings dated April 2, 2004 related to the Senior Notes.



     “Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to any Loan, the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, (a) each day that would have
been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been
applicable to such Borrowing and, in addition, (b) the date of any refinancing of such Borrowing
with a Borrowing of a different Type.



     “Interest Period” means (a) as to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on
the date of such Borrowing (including any date on which such Borrowing shall have been converted
from a Borrowing of a different Type) or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest
Period applicable to such Borrowing, as the case may be, and (except as provided in Section
2.02(a)) ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding
day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months (or if available to all
Lenders, 9 or 12 months) thereafter, as the applicable Borrower may elect, or (b) as to any ABR
Borrowing (other than a Swingline Borrowing), the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing
(including any date on which such Borrowing shall have been converted from a Borrowing of a
different Type) or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such
Borrowing, as the case may be, and ending on the earliest of (i) the next succeeding March 31, June
30, September 30 or December 31, (ii) the Term D Maturity Date and (iii) the date such Borrowing is
paid or prepaid in accordance with Section 2.05 or converted in accordance with Section 2.03 and
(c) as to any Swingline Loan, a period commencing on the date of such Loan and ending on the
earliest of (i) the fifth Business Day thereafter, (ii) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and
(iii) the date such Loan is prepaid in accordance with Section 2.05; provided that if any
Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only,
such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such
Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and
including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest
Period.



     “Internally Generated Funds” shall mean funds not constituting the proceeds of any
Debt Incurrence, sale of Equity Interests, Asset Sale or insurance recovery.



     “Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.



     “IPO Transactions” means the Mergers, the IPO, the borrowing of and conversion of Term
C Loans into the Term D Loans, the Refinancing and the payment of interest, fees and expenses
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     “Issuing Bank” means CSFB, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i), and any other
Revolving Lender approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers. The Issuing Bank may, in
its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing
Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to
Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.



     “Joint Lead Arrangers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.



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



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



     “LC Fees” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b).



     “Lender Addendum” means, with respect to any Term D Lender, a Lender Addendum in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers pursuant to which such Term D Lender,
has agreed to make Term D Loans to the Borrowers under this Agreement on the Restatement Effective
Date in the manner contemplated by Section 1.04(c) in an amount not to exceed such Lenders’ Term D
Commitment.



     “Lender Affiliate” means (a) with respect to any Lender, (i) an Affiliate of such
Lender or (ii) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an
Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank
loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar
extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.



     “Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.



     “Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.



     “LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period
the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate Service (or on any successor or substitute page of
such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates
applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for Dollar
deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not
available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar
Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate supplied to the Administrative Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks in the London interbank market as of
the day two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the rate for Dollar
deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.



     “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to
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or any filing of any financing statement under the UCC as in effect in the
applicable state or jurisdiction or any other similar notice or lien under any similar notice or
recording statute of any Governmental Authority, in each of the foregoing cases whether voluntary
or imposed by law, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
capital lease or title retention agreement relating to such asset, (c) in the case of securities,
any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities, (d) in
the case of any investment property or deposit account, any contract or other agreement, express or
implied, under which any Person has the right to control such investment property or deposit
account and (e) any other agreement intended to create any of the foregoing.



     “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Security
Documents, if requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.07(e), each Note and, solely for purposes
of Section 7.01(a), the Fee Letter.



     “Loan Parties” means Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.



     “Loans” means the Revolving Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Term A Loans, the Term B
Loans, the Term C Loans and the Term D Loans, as the context requires.



     “Material Adverse Effect” means a materially adverse effect on (a) the business,
results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under the Loan
Documents to which it is a party, (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under any
Loan Document or (d) the value of the Collateral or the validity, enforceability, perfection or
priority of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent (for its benefit and for the benefit of the
other Secured Parties) on the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents.



     “Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of
Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, individually or in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $5.0 million. For
purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the
maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Holdings or any such
Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.



     “Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.



     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.



     “Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, leasehold
mortgage or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure the
Obligations, including any amendment thereto. Each Mortgage shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit I or otherwise satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent.



     “Mortgaged Property” means, initially, each parcel of real property and the
improvements thereto owned or leased by a Loan Party and identified on Schedule 5.19(a)(i),
and includes each other parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is
granted pursuant to Section 5.11 or Section 5.12.



     “Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA (i) to which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate is then making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions, (ii) to which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has within the
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ing six plan years made contributions, including any Person which ceased to be an ERISA
Affiliate during such six year period, or (iii) with respect to which Loan Party or any Subsidiary
could incur liability.



     “Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any Debt Incurrence, Asset Sale, Destruction or
Taking, (a) the cash proceeds actually received in respect of such event, including (i) any cash
received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a
Destruction, insurance proceeds in excess of $1.0 million, and (iii) in the case of a Taking,
condemnation awards and similar payments in excess of $1.0 million, net of (b) the sum of (i) all
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries to third
parties in connection with such event, (ii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated
to be payable) by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and (iii) in the case of an Asset Sale,
the amount of all payments required to be made by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as a
result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by a Permitted Lien ranking
prior to the Liens securing the Obligations on such asset and the amount of any reserves
established by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably
estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next
succeeding two years, and that are directly attributable to such event (as reasonably determined by
the Borrowers); provided that any amount by which such reserves are reduced for reasons
other than payment of any such contingent liabilities shall be considered “Net Proceeds” upon such
reduction.



     “90% Owned Subsidiary” means any Domestic Subsidiary at least 90% of the Equity
Interests of which are owned by the Borrowers and/or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of the
Borrowers.



     “Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.



     “Non-U.S. Jurisdiction” means each jurisdiction of organization of a Subsidiary of
Holdings other than the United States (or any State thereof) or the District of Columbia.



     “Non-U.S. Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of either Borrower that is or becomes
organized under the laws of a Non-U.S. Jurisdiction.



     “Note” means a note substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 or E-2.



     “Obligations” means (a) the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest
accruing after the maturity of the Loans made to the Borrowers and interest accruing after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like
proceeding, relating to either Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans made to or LC Disbursements made pursuant to
Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrowers and all other obligations and liabilities
of the Borrowers to any Agent, the Issuing Bank or to any Lender, whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may
arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement or any other document made, delivered or
given in connection herewith, whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnities, costs
or expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel), or otherwise, and (b) the due and punctual payment and performance by each Borrower and
each other Loan Party under (i) each Hedging Agreement relating to the Loans entered into with any counterparty that was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Hedging
Agreement was entered into and (ii) the Hedging Agreements set forth on Schedule
6.01(a)(iii).



     “Organic Document” means (i) relative to each Person that is a corporation, its
charter, its by-laws and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements
applicable to any of its authorized shares of capital stock, (ii) relative to each Person that is a
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ment and any other similar arrangements applicable to any
partnership or other Equity Interests in the Person, (iii) relative to each Person that is a
limited liability company, its limited liability company agreement and any other similar
arrangements applicable to such limited liability company or other Equity Interests in such Person,
and (iv) relative to any Person that is any other type of legal entity, such documents as shall be
comparable to the foregoing.



     “Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(f).



     “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in
ERISA.



     “Pension Plan” means a “pension plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) and to which any
Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate may have liability, including any liability by reason of having
been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the
preceding five years, or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069
of ERISA.



     “Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Annex 2 to the
Security Agreement or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent.



     “Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition by a Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party
of a Person, business or division relating to a business (or in the case of the acquisition of a
Person, substantially all of such Person’s activities constitute a business permitted to be
conducted by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.03) permitted to be
conducted by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.03, provided that
the following conditions are met: (i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect to, such
acquisition on a pro forma basis (with adjustments permitted by Regulation S-X under the Exchange
Act) as if such acquisition had been consummated on the first day of the immediately preceding Test
Period, the Borrowers would be in compliance with the Financial Covenants, (ii) either (x) the
consideration paid by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in such acquisition consists solely
of Equity Interests of Holdings or (y) if such acquisition involves any cash or other Property (or
the assumption of any Indebtedness by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party) of a Loan
Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party (I) the fair market value of all cash and other Property paid
and Indebtedness assumed by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is less than $150.0 million in
the aggregate following the Effective Date (it being understood that, to the extent that (i)
Available Proceeds are available, the Borrowers may also elect to expend such Available Proceeds
pursuant to Section 6.04(xii)) and (ii) to the extent that Cumulative Available Cash is available,
the Borrowers may also elect to expend such Cumulative Available Cash pursuant to Section 6.04(xiv)
and (II) immediately after giving effect to such acquisition on a pro forma basis (with adjustments
permitted by Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) as if such acquisition had been consummated on
the first day of the immediately preceding Test Period, the Total Net Leverage Ratio of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries would not have been greater than 4.75:1.0; (iii) any Person acquired in such
acquisition becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party and grants a security interest in its assets to the
extent required by Section 5.11 or if such acquisition consists of Property other than Equity
Interests of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary, the Borrowers or the Subsidiary Loan Parties
acquiring such Property comply with Section 5.11; and (iv) such acquisition was not commenced or at
any time conducted as a “hostile” transaction.



     “Permitted Asset Swap” means a transfer of assets consisting primarily of local
exchange carrier access lines and related assets by a Loan Party in which the consideration
received therefrom consists of assets consisting primarily of local exchange carrier access lines
and related assets (other than cash) that will be used in its business; provided that (x) the fair
market value (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of such Loan Party) of the
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value (determined as provided in the
preceding parenthetical) of the assets so received and (y) the fair market value (as determined in
good faith by the board of directors of such Loan Party) of the assets transferred pursuant to all
such transactions following the Effective Date shall not exceed (determined solely as of the date
of any transfer) 15% of consolidated tangible assets (as shown on the consolidated balance sheet of
Holdings most recently delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
5.01).



     “Permitted Cure Security” means Equity Interests of Holdings that have no mandatory
redemption, repurchase or similar requirements (including upon the happening of any contingency
unless the terms of such Equity Interests provide that, upon the happening of such contingency, no
such redemption, repurchase or similar payment with respect to such Equity Interests shall be
required until either all Obligations have been paid in full and there are no outstanding
Commitments or such redemption, repurchase or similar requirement would be permitted by the terms
of this Agreement) prior to the date which is 91 days after the Term D Loan Maturity Date and upon
which all dividends or distributions, at the election of Holdings, may be paid either (i) in
additional shares of such Equity Interests or (ii) through the accrual of such dividends or
distributions.



     “Permitted Holders” means (i) any of Richard A. Lumpkin, his spouse, ancestors,
siblings, descendants (including children or grandchildren by adoption) and the descendants of any
of his siblings; (ii) in the event of the incompetence or death of any of the Persons described in
clause (i), such Person’s estate, executor, administrator, committee or other personal
representative, in each case who at any particular date shall beneficially own or have the right to
acquire, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of Holdings; (iii) any trust created for the
benefit of the Persons described in clause (i) or (ii) or any trust for the benefit of any such
trust; (iv) any investment entity a majority of the voting Equity Interests of which are owned by
any of the Persons described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii); or (v) Providence Equity Partners IV,
L.P., Spectrum Equity Investors III, L.P., Spectrum Equity Investors IV and their controlled
Affiliates that are investment funds.



     “Permitted Investments” means:




     (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the
United States Government or issued by any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in each case maturing within one
year from the date of acquisition thereof;




     (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any State of the United States of America
or any political subdivision of any such State or any public instrumentality thereof
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s;




     (c) commercial paper maturing no more than nine months from the date of creation
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at
least P-1 from Moody’s;




     (d) time deposits, demand deposits, certificates of deposit, Eurodollar time deposits
or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof or
over night bank deposits, in each case, issued by any bank organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch
of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of
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     (e) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 90 days for underlying
securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any bank meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (d) above;




     (f) investments in money market funds which invest substantially all their assets in
securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) above; and




     (g) demand deposits with First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust, N.A., Mattoon, Illinois; and




     (h) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 90 days for underlying
securities of the types described in clause (a) above (which repurchase obligations are
secured by the underlying security) entered into with First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust, N.A.,
Mattoon, Illinois.



     “Permitted Lien” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.



     “Permitted Refinancing” shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness, any refinancing
thereof; provided, however, that (i) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would arise therefrom, (ii) any such refinancing Indebtedness shall (a) either (x)
not have covenants, defaults, rights or remedies more burdensome in the aggregate to the obligor
than the Indebtedness being refinanced or (y) not have covenants, defaults, rights or remedies more
burdensome than the corresponding provisions of this Agreement, (b) not have a stated maturity or
Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than the Indebtedness being refinanced, (c) be at
least as subordinate to the Obligations as the Indebtedness being refinanced (and unsecured if the
refinanced Indebtedness is unsecured), (d) not require the payment of cash interest earlier than
was required by the terms of the Indebtedness being refinanced, and (e) be in an initial principal
amount that does not exceed the principal amount so refinanced, plus all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, plus any reasonable premium and other payments required to be paid in connection
with such refinancing (as determined by the Borrower Representative), plus in either case, the
amount of reasonable expenses of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries incurred in
connection with such refinancing, and (iii) the sole obligors and/or guarantors on such refinancing
Indebtedness shall be the obligors and/or guarantors on such Indebtedness being refinanced.



     “Person” means any natural person, corporation, trust, joint venture, association,
company, partnership, limited liability company or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.



     “Plan” means any Pension Plan or Welfare Plan.



     “Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(b).



     “Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit H.



     “Pledged Securities” has the meaning provided in the Pledge Agreement.



     “Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all preferred or
preference Equity Interests (however designated) of such Person whether or not outstanding or
issued on the Effective Date.



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     “Prior Liens” shall mean, with respect to each Mortgaged Property, the exceptions to
title described in Schedule B to the Title Policy insuring the Lien of the Mortgage thereon.



     “Pro Rata Percentage” of any Revolving Lender at any time means the percentage of the
aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitment represented by such Lender’s Available Revolving
Credit Commitment.



     “Professional Services Fee Letters” means the amended and restated Professional
Services Fee Letter dated as of the Effective Date among the CCI Borrower, Homebase, Richard A.
Lumpkin, Providence Equity Partners IV, Inc. and Applegate & Collatos, Inc. and the Professional
Services Fee Letter dated as of the Effective Date among the TXU Borrower, Homebase, Richard A.
Lumpkin, Providence Equity Partners IV, Inc. and Applegate & Collatos, Inc., as amended.



     “Projected Financial Statements” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.16(c).



     “Property” means any right, title or interest in or to property or assets of any kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible and including any
ownership interests of any Person.



     “Real Property” means all right, title and interest of Holdings or any of its
respective Domestic Subsidiaries in and to a parcel of real property owned, leased or operated
(including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) by any Loan Party or any of its respective
Domestic Subsidiaries together with, in each case, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures,
equipment, personal property, easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership,
lease or operation thereof.



     “Reference Banks” means:




     (a) in connection with the initial syndication of the Loans and Commitments, in respect
of LIBO Rate, the principal London office of Citibank, N.A.; and




     (b) in respect of LIBO Rate, the principal London office of Citibank, N.A. and such two
other banks as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the
Borrowers.



     “Refinancing” shall have the meaning given such term in the Recitals hereto.



     “Register” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 9.04(d).



     “Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given such term in the Recitals
hereto.



     “Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.



     “Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.



     “Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, trustees, employees, agents and advisors of such
Person and such Person’s Affiliates.



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     “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating
or migrating of any Hazardous Material in, into, onto or through the Environment.



     “Remedial Action” means (a) “remedial action” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42
USC Section 9601(24), and (b) all other actions required by any Governmental Authority or
voluntarily undertaken to: (i) clean up, remove, treat, abate or otherwise take corrective action
to address any Hazardous Material in the Environment; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of
Release, or minimize the further Release of any Hazardous Material so it does not migrate or
endanger or threaten to endanger public health, welfare or the Environment; or (iii) perform
studies and investigations in connection with, or as a precondition to, (i) or (ii) above.



     “Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation or
determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of
its property or assets is subject.



     “Requisite Class Lenders” means, at any time of determination, (i) for the Class of
Term D Lenders, Term D Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate Term D Loans of all Term D
Lenders; and (ii) for the Class of Revolving Lenders, Revolving Lenders holding more than 50% of
the aggregate outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments or, after the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Lenders.



     “Requisite Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having more than fifty percent (50%)
of the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments or, after the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Exposure, and (b) the aggregate outstanding amount of
all Term D Loans.



     “Requisite Revolving Lenders” means, collectively, Revolving Lenders having more than
fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments or,
after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Exposure.



     “Restatement Effective Date” See Section 4.01.



     “Restricted Payment” means any direct or indirect dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests or Equity
Rights in Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests or Equity Rights in
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.



     “Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.



     “Revolving Credit Borrowing Request” means a Borrowing Request in connection with a
Revolving Credit Borrowing.



     “Revolving Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the
commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in
Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed in each case as an amount representing
the maximum principal amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as the
same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. The initial
amount of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01
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Agreement (in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments in effect on the
Effective Date), or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have
assumed its Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Revolving
Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Restatement Effective Date is $30.0 million.



     “Revolving Credit Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Effective
Date to but not including the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or any earlier date on which the
Revolving Credit Commitments to make Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.01 shall terminate as
provided herein.



     “Revolving Credit Exposure” means with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time,
the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Revolving Loans of
such Revolving Lender, plus (b) such Revolving Lender’s LC Exposure at such time, plus (c) such
Revolving Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount at such time of all
outstanding Swingline Loans.



     “Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means April 14, 2010.



     “Revolving Lender” means a Lender with a commitment to make Revolving Loans or with
any Revolving Credit Exposure, in its capacity as such.



     “Revolving Loans” means the revolving loans made pursuant to clause (ii) of Section
2.01(a).



     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.



     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.



     “Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.



     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.



     “Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit G.



     “Security Documents” means the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages
and the Perfection Certificate executed by the Loan Parties and each other security agreement or
other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.11, 5.12 or 5.16 to
secure any of the Obligations.



     “Senior Notes” means $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.75% Senior Notes
due 2012 of Holdings and CCTH issued on the Effective Date, including the senior notes to be issued
pursuant to a registered exchange offer therefor as contemplated in the offering document for the
Senior Notes.



     “Senior Notes Documents” shall mean the Senior Notes, the Senior Notes Indenture and
all other material documents executed and delivered with respect to the Senior Notes or the Senior
Notes Indenture, as in effect on the Effective Date and as the same may be modified, supplemented,
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     “Senior Notes Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of the Effective Date,
between Holdings, CCTH and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, as in effect on the Effective Date
and as the same may be modified, supplemented and/or amended from time to time in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof.



     “Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, at any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated
Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries of the types referred to in clauses (a)(i), (a)(iii),
(a)(ix), (a)(x) and (a)(xvii) of Section 6.01 (in each case, to the extent that any such
Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on any assets or property of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries)
as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended.



     “Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal) the numerator of
which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate
(expressed as a decimal) of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special,
emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by any Governmental
Authority of the United States or of the jurisdiction of such currency or any jurisdiction to which
banks in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used
to fund loans. Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.
The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in any reserve percentage.



     “Subject Payments” means, for any period, the aggregate amount of any (i) Restricted
Payment made pursuant to Section 6.07(iii), (ii) redemptions or repurchases of Indebtedness
pursuant to Section 6.10(b)(iii) or (iii) Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(xiv) during such
period.



     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation of which more than
50% of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board
of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other
class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any
contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person, by such Person and one or
more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person; (ii)
any partnership of which more than 50% of the outstanding partnership interests having the power to
act as a general partner of such partnership (irrespective of whether at the time any partnership
interests other than general partnership interests of such partnership shall or might have voting
power upon the occurrence of any contingency) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such
Person, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by one or more other
Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) any other legal entity the accounts of which would or should
be consolidated with those of such Person on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person prepared
in accordance with GAAP. Unless otherwise indicated, when used in this Agreement, the term
“Subsidiary” shall refer to a Subsidiary of the Borrowers.



     “Subsidiary Loan Party” means each of the Borrowers’ Domestic Subsidiaries that
guarantee the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement.



     “Survey” means a survey of any Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon): (i)
prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the state where such Mortgaged
Property is located, (ii) dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of
delivery thereof unless there shall have occurred within six months prior to such date of delivery
any exterior construction on the site of such Mortgaged Property, in which event such survey shall be dated (or redated)
after the completion of such construction or if such construction shall not have been completed as
of such date of delivery, not earlier than 20 days prior to such date of delivery, (iii) certified
by the surveyor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the Collateral Agent
and the Title Company, (iv) complying in all respects with the minimum detail requirements of the
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such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of
such survey and (v) sufficient for the Title Company to remove all standard survey exceptions from
the Title Policy and issue a survey endorsement.



     “Swingline Commitment” means the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Loans
pursuant to Section 2.04.



     “Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all
Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any
time shall be its Commitment Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.



     “Swingline Lender” means Citicorp North America, Inc., in its capacity as lender of
Swingline Loans.



     “Swingline Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(a).



     “Swingline Sublimit” has the meaning assigned to such term as Section 2.04(a).



     “Taking” means any taking of any Property of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or
any portion thereof, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any law,
general or special, or by reason of the temporary requisition or use of any Property of the Parent
Guarantor or any Subsidiary or any portion thereof, by any Governmental Authority.



     “Taxes” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16.



     “Term A Loans” means the Loans made on the Effective Date pursuant to clause (i) of
Section 2.01(a) of the Original Credit Agreement.



     “Term B Loans” means the Loans made on the Effective Date pursuant to clause (ii) of
Section 2.01(a) of the Original Credit Agreement.



     “Term C Lender” means any Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement holding a Term C
Loan immediately prior to the Restatement Effective Date.



     “Term C Loans” means the Loans made or converted on October 22, 2004 pursuant to
Section 1.04 of the Restated Credit Agreement.



     “Term D Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Term D Loans on the Restatement
Effective Date.



     “Term D Borrowing Request” means a Borrowing Request in connection with a Term D
Borrowing on the Restatement Effective Date.



     “Term D Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of
such Lender to make a Term D Loan pursuant to clause (i) of Section 2.01(a) (or convert its Term C
Loans pursuant to Section 1.04(b)) on the Restatement Effective Date, expressed as an amount
representing the maximum principal amount of the Term D Loan to be made or converted by such Lender
here under, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement. The initial amount of the Term D Commitment of any Term C Lender which has consented to
the amendment and restatement of the Restated Credit Agreement to occur on the Restatement
Effective Date shall be equal to the principal amount of Term C Loans held by such Term C Lender on
the Restatement Effective Date (unless such Term C Lender has committed, pursuant to a Lender
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Term D Commitment, in which case such Term C Lender’s Term D
Commitment shall include any incremental amount set forth in such Lender Addendum) and the initial
amount of each other Person with a Term D Commitment shall be the amount set forth in such Person’s
Lender Addendum. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term D Commitments is $395.0
million.



     “Term D Commitment Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Term D
Commitment to be funded pursuant to Section 1.04(c) expressed as a percentage of the Term D
Commitments of all Lenders to be funded pursuant to Section 1.04(c).



     “Term D Lender” means a Lender with a Term D Commitment or an outstanding Term D Loan,
in its capacity as such.



     “Term D Loan Maturity Date” means October 14, 2011.



     “Term D Loans” means the Loans made pursuant to clause (i) of Section 2.01(a).



     “Terminated Lender” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.20.



     “Test Period” means the four consecutive complete Fiscal Quarters of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries then last ended as of each date listed under Test Period in Sections 6.11, 6.12 and
6.14 or otherwise indicated. Compliance with such covenants shall be tested, as of the end of each
Test Period, on the date on which the financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) have
been, or should have been, delivered for the applicable fiscal period.



     “Title Company” means Chicago Title or such other title insurance or abstract company
as shall be approved by the Collateral Agent.



     “Title Policy” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.19(a)(iii).



     “Total Net Debt” means, at any date, Consolidated Indebtedness as of such date, net of
the lesser of (i) the amount of cash and cash equivalents in excess of $5.0 million reflected on a
consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of such date other than any such amount that would be
classified, in accordance with GAAP, as “restricted cash” (and excluding the cash and cash
equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent such Subsidiary would be
prohibited on such date from distributing such cash to a Loan Party) and (ii) $25.0 million.



     “Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, at any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Debt as of
such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended.



     “Total Revolving Credit Commitment” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Revolving Credit Commitments, as in effect at such time.



     “TPUC” means the Texas Public Utilities Commission and any successor organization
performing similar regulatory functions.



     “Transactions” means the Financing Transactions and the Acquisition.



     “Trigger Date” means the date on which a Compliance Certificate for the first quarter
ending more than six months after the Effective Date shall have been received by the Administrative
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     “TXU Borrower” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.



     “TXUCV” means TXU Communications Ventures Company, a Texas corporation.



     “Type,” when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, refers to the Rate by reference
to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For
purposes hereof, “Rate” shall include the Adjusted LIBO Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.



     “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable state or
jurisdiction.



     “Unrefunded Swingline Loans” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.04(c).



     “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at
any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the original aggregate principal amount of
such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the
amount of each scheduled installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of
principal including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such
payment.



     “Welfare Plan” means a “welfare plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA, that is maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or with respect to
which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary could incur liability.



     “Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part 1 of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.







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







     SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. (a) The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply
equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed
references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the
context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) any reference
in this Agreement to any Loan Document means such document as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time and (ii) all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to
time; provided that for purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in
Article VI, all accounting terms herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations
hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Effective Date and applied on a
basis consistent with the application used in the financial statements referred to in Section 3.06.
Any reference to the financial statements or any financial statement item with respect to Holdings
and its Subsidiaries for any period ending prior to the Restatement Effective Date shall, unless
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such item for CCTH, Holdings and their respective
consolidated Subsidiaries on a combined basis prior to the Mergers and to Holdings and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after the Mergers.



     (b) If any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be due on any day
that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day, and in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be paid for the
period of such extension.







     SECTION 1.04. Effectiveness of Second Amendment and Restatement of Original Credit
Agreement; Term C Loan Prepayment and Conversion, Etc. (a) The amendment and restatement of
the Restated Credit Agreement contemplated hereby shall become effective on the Restatement
Effective Date, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and the parties to the Restated Credit Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.
Prior to the Restatement Effective Date, the Restated Credit Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect and shall not be affected hereby. From and after the Restatement Effective Date, all
Obligations of any Person under the Restated Credit Agreement shall become Obligations of such
Person hereunder, continuously secured by the Liens granted under the Security Documents, and the
provisions of the Restated Credit Agreement shall be superseded by the provisions of hereof.



     (b) Each Term C Lender (as defined under the Restated Credit Agreement) (an “Existing Term
C Lender”) that executes and delivers a signed consent to the amendment and restatement of the
Restated Credit Agreement contemplated hereby will be deemed to have agreed to have committed
pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement to convert its Term C Loans
(with respect to each Term C Lender, such Lender’s “Existing Term C Loans”) into Term D
Loans on the Restatement Effective Date in a like principal amount. By executing a consent to the
amendment and restatement of the Restated Credit Agreement to occur on the Restatement Effective
Date, each Existing Term C Lender agrees to all other provisions of this amendment and restatement
and to the conversion of its Existing Term C Loan to each Borrower into a Term D Loan to the
Borrowers and the Borrowers will be jointly and severally liable for such Term D Loans.



     (c) Any Person that has agreed, pursuant to a Lender Addendum, to provide a Term D Commitment
in a principal amount in excess of the principal amount of the Existing Term C Loans that it holds
and is converting into Term D Loans under Section 1.04(b) will be required to fund in Dollars in
immediately available funds on the Restatement Effective Date such amount for the purpose of
funding, in part the repayment of any remaining Existing Term C Loans after giving effect to the
conversion contemplated by Section 1.04(b). By executing a Lender Addendum, each Person providing
a Term D Commitment shall be deemed to have become a Term D Lender party hereto for all purposes
hereof.



     (d) On the Restatement Effective Date, the Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Term D
Commitments provided under Section 1.04(c), together with cash on hand and a portion of the
proceeds of the IPO, to optionally prepay any Existing Term C Loans which are not converted into
Term D Loans as contemplated by Section 1.04(b) to pay all accrued interest on the Term C Loans
through the Restatement Effective Date and to otherwise consummate the Refinancing.



     (e) All accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Term C Loans to be converted as
contemplated by Section 1.04(b) or repaid with the proceeds of Term D Loans as contemplated by
Section 1.04(c) shall be paid to the Existing Term C Lenders holding such Existing Term C Loans on
and through the Restatement Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the conversion of Existing Term C Loans into Term D Loans pursuant to Section 1.04(b), and
the repayment of any Term C Loans not so converted shall not be deemed to be a prepayment or
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ARTICLE II




THE CREDITS








     SECTION 2.01. Credit Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
(i) each Term D Lender severally agrees to make (in the manner specified in Section 1.04) a Term D
Loan in Dollars to the Borrowers on the Restatement Effective Date in a principal amount not to
exceed each such Lender’s Term D Commitment; and (ii) each Revolving Lender severally agrees to
make Revolving Loans in Dollars to the Borrowers from time to time during the Revolving Credit
Commitment Period. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term D Loans may not be reborrowed.
During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period the Borrowers may use the Revolving Credit
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all
in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, in no event may Revolving Loans be borrowed under this Article II if,
after giving effect thereto (and to any concurrent repayment or prepayment of Loans), (i) the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in
effect or (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Lender would exceed such Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment.



     (b) The Revolving Loans and the Term D Loans may from time to time be (i) Eurodollar Loans,
(ii) ABR Loans or (iii) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower Representative and
notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 2.03.



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







     SECTION 2.02. Procedure for Borrowing. (a) The Borrowers may borrow under the
Revolving Credit Commitments or the Term D Commitments (subject, in each case, to the limitations
in Section 2.01(a)) by the Borrower Representative giving the Administrative Agent notice
substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “Borrowing Request”), which notice must
be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business
Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, or (b) 11:00
a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of
an ABR Borrowing. The Borrowing Request for each Borrowing shall specify (i) whether the requested
Borrowing is to be a Revolving Credit Borrowing, or a Term D Borrowing, (ii) the amount to be
borrowed, (iii) the requested Borrowing Date (which must be the Restatement Effective Date in the
case of a Term D Borrowing), (iv) whether the Borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, (v) if the Borrowing is to be of Eurodollar Loans, the length of the initial Interest Period
therefor, and (vi) the location and number of the account to which funds are to be disbursed, which
shall comply with the requirements of this Agreement. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing
is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is
specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower making such
Borrowing Request shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.



     (b) Each Borrowing shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of (i) in the case of a
Term D Borrowing, $5.0 million or an integral multiple of $1.0 million in excess thereof (or, if
not an integral multiple of $1.0 million, the aggregate amount of the Term D Commitments) or (ii)
in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing, $1.0 million or an integral multiple of $500,000 in
excess thereof (or, if less, the aggregate amount of the then Available Revolving Credit
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     (c) [Intentionally Omitted].



     
(d) Upon receipt of a Term D Borrowing Request, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Term D Lender which is required to fund its Term D Loans as contemplated by Section 1.04(c) of
the aggregate amount of the Term D Borrowing and of the amount of
such Term D Lender’s pro rata
portion of the amount by which such Term D Borrowing exceeds the amount of Term C Loans being
converted pursuant to Section 1.04(b), which shall be based on such Lender’s Term D Commitment
Percentage. Each such Term D Lender will make its Term D Commitment Percentage of the funded
amount of the Term D Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Borrowers at the New York office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 9.01 prior to
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Restatement Effective Date in funds immediately available to
the Administrative Agent. Each Borrower hereby authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to
apply any amounts so received by the Administrative Agent from the borrowing of the Term D Loans to
the prepayment of each Borrower’s Term C Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(a) of the Restated
Credit Agreement (to the extent required).



     
(e) Upon receipt of a Revolving Credit Borrowing Request, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Borrowing
and of the amount of such Revolving Lender’s pro rata portion thereof, which shall be based on the
respective Available Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders. Each Revolving
Lender will make the amount of its pro rata portion of each such Revolving Credit Borrowing
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrowers at the New York office of
the Administrative Agent specified in Section 9.01 prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower Representative in funds immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. Amounts so received by the Administrative Agent will promptly be made
available to the Borrower Representative by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the
Borrower Representative on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made
available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent; provided that if on the Borrowing Date of any Revolving Loans to be
made to the Borrowers, any Swingline Loans made to the Borrowers or LC Disbursements for the
account of the Borrowers shall be then outstanding, the proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall
first be applied to pay in full such Swingline Loans or LC Disbursements, with any remaining
proceeds to be made available to the Borrowers as provided above; and
provided further that ABR
Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section
2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.







     SECTION 2.03. Conversion and Continuation Options for Loans. (a) The Borrowers may elect from time to time to convert (i) Eurodollar Loans to ABR
Loans, by the Borrower Representative giving the Administrative Agent prior notice of such election
not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to a requested conversion
or (ii) ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by the Borrower Representative giving the Administrative
Agent prior notice of such election not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business
Days prior to a requested conversion; provided that if any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans is
made other than on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrowers shall pay
any amounts due to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.17 as a result of such conversion. Any such
notice of conversion to Eurodollar Loans shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period or
Interest Periods therefor. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender thereof. All or any part of the outstanding Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans may
be converted as provided herein; provided that (i) no Loan may be converted into a
Eurodollar Loan when any Default has occurred and is continuing, and (ii) no Loan may be converted
into a Eurodollar Loan after the date that is one month prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date
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     (b) Any Eurodollar Loans may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower Representative giving prior notice to the
Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days prior to a
requested continuation setting forth the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to
such Loans; provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such (i) when any Default
has occurred and is continuing, and (ii) after the date that is one month prior to the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date or the Term D Loan Maturity Date, as applicable; and provided,
further, that if the Borrower Representative shall fail to give any required notice as
described above in this Section 2.03 or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the
preceding proviso, then such Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of
such then expiring Interest Period (in which case the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrowers of such conversion).



     (c) There shall be no more than ten (10) Interest Periods outstanding at any time with respect
to the Eurodollar Loans made to the Borrowers.



     (d) This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loans.







     SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Swingline Lender agrees to make swingline loans (individually, a “Swingline Loan” and
collectively, the “Swingline Loans”) to the Borrowers from time to time during the
Revolving Credit Commitment Period in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section
2.04, provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans shall not
exceed $5.0 million (the “Swingline Sublimit”) at any one time outstanding, (ii) the
principal amount of any borrowing of Swingline Loans may not exceed the aggregate amount of the
Available Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Lenders immediately prior to such borrowing
or result in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure then outstanding exceeding the Total Revolving
Credit Commitments then in effect, and (iii) in no event may Swingline Loans be borrowed hereunder
if a Default shall have occurred and be continuing which shall not have been subsequently cured or
waived. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.04 may be repaid and, up to but excluding the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date, reborrowed. All Swingline Loans shall at all times be ABR Loans.
The Borrower Representative shall give the Administrative Agent notice of any Swingline Loan
requested hereunder (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date) specifying (A) the amount to be borrowed, and
(B) the requested Borrowing Date. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Swingline Lender of the aggregate amount of such borrowing. Not later than
2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in such notice the Swingline Lender shall make such Swingline Loan
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrowers at the office of the
Administrative Agent set forth in Section 9.01 in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. Amounts so received by the Administrative Agent will promptly be made available to the
Borrowers by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrowers on the books of such
office with the amount made available to the Administrative Agent by the Swingline Lender (or, in
the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in
Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) and in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent. Each Borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be in a minimum principal
amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.



     (b) Notwithstanding the occurrence of any Default or noncompliance with the conditions
precedent set forth in Article IV or the minimum borrowing amounts specified in Section 2.02, if
any Swingline Loan shall remain outstanding at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the seventh
Business Day following the Borrowing Date thereof and if by such time on such seventh Business Day
the Administrative Agent shall have received neither (i) a notice of borrowing delivered by the
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immediately succeeding Business Day in an amount at least equal to the
aggregate principal amount of such Swingline Loan, nor (ii) any other notice satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent indicating the Borrowers’ intent to repay such Swingline Loan on the
immediately succeeding Business Day with funds obtained from other sources, the Administrative
Agent shall be deemed to have received a notice from the Borrower Representative pursuant to
Section 2.02 requesting that ABR Revolving Loans be made pursuant to Section 2.01 on such
immediately succeeding Business Day in an amount equal to the amount of such Swingline Loan, and
the procedures set forth in Section 2.02 shall be followed in making such ABR Revolving Loans;
provided that for the purposes of determining each Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage
with respect to such Borrowing, the Swingline Loan to be repaid with the proceeds of such Borrowing
shall be deemed to not be outstanding. The proceeds of such ABR Revolving Loans shall be applied
to repay such Swingline Loan.



     (c) If, for any reason, ABR Revolving Loans may not be, or are not, made pursuant to paragraph
(b) of this Section 2.04 to repay any Swingline Loan as required by such paragraph, effective on
the date such ABR Revolving Loans would otherwise have been made, each Revolving Lender severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it shall, without regard to the occurrence of any
Default, purchase a participating interest in such Swingline Loan (“Unrefunded Swingline
Loan”) in an amount equal to the amount of the ABR Revolving Loan which would otherwise have
been made pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.04. Each Revolving Lender will immediately
transfer to the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds, the amount of its
participation, and the proceeds of such participations shall be distributed by the Administrative
Agent to the Swingline Lender. All payments by the Revolving Lenders in respect of Unrefunded
Swingline Loans and participations therein shall be made in accordance with Section 2.13.



     (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Revolving Lender shall not have any obligation to acquire
a participation in a Swingline Loan pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs if a Default shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time such Swingline Loan was made and such Revolving Lender shall
have notified the Swingline Lender in writing prior to the time such Swingline Loan was made, that
such Default has occurred and that such Revolving Lender will not acquire participations in
Swingline Loans made while such Default is continuing.







     SECTION 2.05. Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans. (a) The Borrowers may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans (subject to
compliance with the terms of Section 2.16), in whole or in part, upon irrevocable notice by the
Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time,
two Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment (provided, that no notice shall be
required in connection with the repayment of the Term A Loans and the Term C Loans), specifying (i)
the date and amount of prepayment, and (ii) the Class of Loans to be prepaid and whether the
prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof (including in the case of
Eurodollar Loans, the Borrowing to which such prepayment is to be applied and, if of a combination
thereof, the amount allocable to each; provided that in connection with any prepayment of
Term D Loans prior to October 22, 2005 out of the proceeds of a substantially concurrent issuance
or incurrence of term loans under this Agreement (excluding a refinancing of all the Loans in
connection with another transaction not permitted by this Agreement (as determined prior to giving
effect to any amendment or waiver of this Agreement in connection with such transaction)), shall be
accompanied by a prepayment fee equal to 1.0% of the aggregate amount of such prepayment if any of
the interest rates payable in respect of such term loans is less than the corresponding interest
rate that would have been payable in respect of the Term D Loans. Upon receipt of any such notice
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is
given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein,
together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Loans
(other than Swingline Loans) shall be in a minimum principal amount of $3.0 million or a whole
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less, the remaining outstanding principal amount
thereof). Partial prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of
$500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the remaining outstanding
principal amount thereof).



     (b) In the event and on such occasion that the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the
Total Revolving Credit Commitment, the Borrowers shall be obligated to immediately prepay Revolving
Credit Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash
collateral in the account established with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.06(j)) to
the extent of such excess.



     (c) (i) If Holdings or any Subsidiary shall incur or permit the incurrence of any
Indebtedness (including pursuant to debt securities which are convertible into, or exchangeable or
exercisable for, any Equity Interest or Equity Rights) (other than Excluded Debt Issuances) (each,
a “Debt Incurrence”), 100% of the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied immediately after
receipt thereof toward the prepayment of Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(d) below.



     (ii) If Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall receive Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale, an
amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds shall be applied immediately after receipt thereof toward
the prepayment of Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(d) below; provided that (x) the Net
Proceeds from Asset Sales permitted by Section 6.05 shall not be required to be applied as provided
herein on such date if and to the extent that (1) no Default exists on the date of such Asset Sale
or would arise as a result of such Asset Sale and (2) the Borrower Representative deliver an
officers’ certificate to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of such Asset Sale
stating that such Net Proceeds shall be reinvested in capital assets of the Borrowers or any of
their Subsidiaries in each case within 270 days following the date of such Asset Sale (which
certificate shall set forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended), (y) all such Net
Proceeds shall be held in the Collateral Account and released therefrom only in accordance with the
terms of the Security Agreement, and (z) if all or any portion of such Net Proceeds not so applied
as provided herein is not allocated to reinvestment in respect of a project that shall have been
commenced, and for which binding contractual commitments have been entered into, prior to the end
of such 270-day period, such remaining portion shall be applied on the last day of such period (or
if any Net Proceeds allocated to such an investment on such 270th day shall cease to be so
allocated or any such contractual commitment shall cease to be in effect and contractually
committed, such remaining portion shall be applied on the date it ceases to be so allocated and contractually committed) as
specified in this subsection (c)(ii); provided, further, if the Property subject to
such Asset Sale constituted Collateral under the Security Documents, then any capital assets
purchased with the Net Proceeds thereof pursuant to this subsection shall be mortgaged or pledged,
as the case may be, to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other
Secured Parties in accordance with Section 5.11.



     (iii) If Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall receive proceeds from insurance or
condemnation recoveries in respect of any Destruction or any proceeds or awards in respect of any
Taking, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied immediately after
receipt thereof toward the prepayment of Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(d) below;
provided that, if such Net Proceeds are from a Taking or Destruction of Property of ICTC,
such prepayments may be deferred until such time as ICTC would be permitted at such time to make a
distribution of such amount; provided, further, that (x) so long as no Default then
exists or would arise therefrom, such Net Proceeds shall not be required to be so applied to the
extent that the Borrower Representative delivers an officers’ certificate to the Administrative
Agent promptly following the receipt of such Net Proceeds stating that such proceeds shall be used
to (1) repair, replace or restore any Property in respect of which such Net Proceeds were paid or
(2) fund the substitution of other Property used or usable in the business of the Borrowers or
their Subsidiaries, in each case within 270 days following the date of the receipt of such Net
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the terms of the Security Agreement, and (z) if all or any portion of such
Net Proceeds has not been allocated to reinvestment in respect of a project that shall have been
commenced, and for which binding contractual commitments have been entered into, prior to the end
of such 270-day period, such remaining portion shall be applied on the last day of such period (or
if any Net Proceeds allocated and contractually committed to such an investment on such 270th day
shall cease to be so allocated and contractually committed, such remaining portion shall be applied
on the date it ceases to be so allocated and contractually committed), such remaining portion shall
be applied on the last day of such period to prepay Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(d);
provided, further, if the Property subject to such Destruction or Taking
constituted Collateral under the Security Documents, then any replacement or substitution Property
purchased with the Net Proceeds thereof pursuant to this subsection shall be mortgaged or pledged,
as the case may be, to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other
Secured Parties in accordance with Section 5.11.



     (iv) Within 10 days of making any Excess Subject Payment, the Borrowers shall apply an amount
equal to 100% of such Excess Subject Payment towards prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section
2.05(d); provided that such 100% shall be reduced to (x) 50% if as of the date of delivery
of the most recent financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) the Total Net Leverage
Ratio was greater than or equal to 3.0:1.0 and less than 3.5:1.0 and (y) 0% if as of the date of
delivery of the most recent financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) the Total Net
Leverage Ratio was less than 3.0:1.0.



     (v) Within 60 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of Holdings ending during any Dividend
Suspension Period, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(d) in an aggregate
amount equal to 50% of any increase in Available Cash during such Fiscal Quarter.



     The Borrower Representative shall give the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business
Days’ notice of any prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(c).



     (d) Any prepayment of Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall be applied, first, to
any ABR Term Loans then outstanding and the balance of such prepayment, if any, to the Eurodollar
Term Loans then outstanding.



     (e) If on any day on which Loans would otherwise be required to be prepaid pursuant to this
Section 2.05, but for the operation of this Section 2.05(e) (each, a “Prepayment Date”),
the amount of such required prepayment exceeds the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of
ABR Loans which are of the Type required to be prepaid, and no Default exists or is continuing,
then on such Prepayment Date, (i) the Borrowers shall deposit funds into the Collateral Account in
an amount equal to such excess, and only the outstanding ABR Loans which are of the Type required
to be prepaid shall be required to be prepaid on such Prepayment Date, and (ii) on the last day of
each Interest Period after such Prepayment Date in effect with respect to a Eurodollar Loan which
is of the Type required to be prepaid, the Administrative Agent is irrevocably authorized and
directed by each Borrower to apply funds from the Collateral Account (and liquidate investments
held in the Collateral Account as necessary) to prepay such Eurodollar Loans for which the Interest
Period is then ending to the extent funds are available in the Collateral Account.







     SECTION 2.06. Letters of Credit.



     (a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower
Representative may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank,
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between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions
of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrowers to, or
entered into by the Borrower Representative with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of
Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.



     (b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter
of Credit), the Borrower Representative shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic
communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing
Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or
identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such
Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount
of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, the name of the Person
(which must be Holdings or a Subsidiary of Holdings) for whose account such Letter of Credit is to
be issued, and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such
Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrowers also shall submit a letter of
credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter
of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrowers shall be deemed to
represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension,
(i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $10.0 million and (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure
shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment. With respect to any Letter of Credit which
contains any “evergreen” automatic renewal provision, the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have
consented to any such extension or renewal provided that all of the requirements of this Section
2.06 are met and no Default exists.



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



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



     (e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a
Letter of Credit, the Borrowers shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the
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the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower Representative shall have
received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or,
if such notice has not been received by the Borrower Representative prior to such time on such
date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower
Representative receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the
Borrower Representative receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on
such date; provided that the Borrower Representative may, subject to the conditions to
borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.02 that such payment be financed
with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so
financed, the Borrowers’ obligations to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the
resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrowers fail to make such payment
when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC
Disbursement, the payment then due in respect thereof and such Revolving Lender’s Commitment
Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to
the Administrative Agent its Commitment Percentage of the payment then due, in the same manner as
provided in Section 2.02 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section 2.02
shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving
Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so
received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent
of any payment from the Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall
distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made
payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders
and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender
pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the
funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a
Loan and shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligations to reimburse such LC Disbursement.



     (f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrowers’ obligations to reimburse LC Disbursements as
provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.06 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and
all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any
Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other
document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the
Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does
not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of
this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against,
the Borrowers’ obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders nor
the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by
reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or
failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the
preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or
delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit
(including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of
technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank;
provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from
liability to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to
consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by each Borrower to the extent
permitted by applicable law) suffered by such Person that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure
to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of
Credit comply with the terms thereof or acting with gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
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Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the
Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of
the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to
documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a
Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon
such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such
documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.



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



     (h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then,
unless the Borrowers shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement
is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date
such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrowers reimburse such LC
Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that
if the Borrowers fail to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this
Section 2.06, then Section 2.08(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall
be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of
payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.06 to reimburse the
Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.



     (i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by
written agreement among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the successor Issuing Bank.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At
the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrowers shall pay all unpaid fees that
have accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.10(b). From and
after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the
rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit
to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to
refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous
Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder,
the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and
obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it
prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.



     (j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on
the Business Day that the Borrowers receive notice from the Administrative Agent or the Requisite
Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure
representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral
pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrowers shall deposit in the Collateral Account an amount in cash
equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid fees thereon; provided
that the Borrowers’ obligations to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately,
and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any
kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to either Borrower described in
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described in clause (i) of Section 7.01. Each
such deposit shall be held by the Collateral Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of
the Obligations under this Agreement and each Borrower hereby grants the Collateral Agent a
security interest in respect of each such deposit and the Collateral Account in which such deposits
are held. The Collateral Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive
right of withdrawal, over the Collateral Account. Other than any interest earned on the investment
of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the
Collateral Agent and at the Borrowers’ risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest.
Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in the Collateral Account.
Moneys deposited in the Collateral Account pursuant to this Section 2.06(j) shall be applied by the
Collateral Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been
reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the
reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of
the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure
representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of
the Borrowers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. If the Borrowers are required to
provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of
Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrowers
within three Business Days after all Defaults have been cured or waived.







     SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower hereby
unconditionally, jointly and severally, promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the relevant Lenders (i) in respect of Revolving Credit Borrowings, on the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date (or such earlier date as, and to the extent that, such Revolving Loan becomes due and
payable pursuant to Section 2.05 or Article VII), the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving
Loan and each Swingline Loan made by each such Lender; and (ii) in respect of Term D Borrowings, on
the Term D Loan Maturity Date (or such earlier date as, and to the extent that, such Term D Loan
becomes due and payable pursuant to Section 2.05 or Article VII), the unpaid principal amount of
each Term D Loan made by each Term D Lender. Each Borrower hereby further agrees, jointly and severally, to pay interest in immediately available funds at the applicable office
of the Administrative Agent (as specified in Section 2.13(a)) on the unpaid principal amount of the
Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Term D Loans made from time to time until payment in full
thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.08. All payments required
hereunder shall be made in Dollars.



     (b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to the appropriate lending office of such Lender
resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including
the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender on
behalf of the Borrowers from time to time under this Agreement.



     (c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 9.04, and a
subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded
(i) the amount of each such Loan, the Class and Type of each such Loan and the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due
and payable from the Borrowers to each Lender hereunder in respect of each such Loan, (iii) the
amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrowers in respect of
each such Loan and each Lender’s share thereof (including by way of conversion pursuant to Section
1.04(b)) and (iv) the amount of Loans of each Class owed to each Lender.



     (d) The entries made in the Register and accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (b) and
(c) of this Section 2.07 and the Notes maintained pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.07
shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and
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Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register
or such subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the
obligation of the Borrowers to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made by such Lender in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.



     (e) The Loans of each Class made by each Lender shall, if requested by the applicable Lender
(which request shall be made to the Administrative Agent), be evidenced by a single Note duly
executed on behalf of the Borrowers, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E-1 or
-2, as applicable, with the blanks appropriately filled, payable to the order of such
Lender.







     SECTION 2.08. Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear
interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) for
each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to (i) the LIBO
Rate determined for such Interest Period, plus (ii) the Applicable Rate.



     (b) Each ABR Loan (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest (computed on the basis
of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, or over a
year of 360 days when the Alternate Base Rate is determined by reference to clause (c) of the
definition of “Alternate Base Rate”) at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the
Applicable Rate.



     (c) If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan, (ii) any interest payable
thereon or (iii) any Commitment Fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due
(whether at the stated maturity thereof or by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall
bear interest at a rate per annum which is (x) in the case of overdue principal (except as
otherwise provided in clause (y) below), the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section 2.08 plus 2.00% per annum or (y) in the case of any
overdue interest, Commitment Fee or other amount, the rate described in Section 2.08(b) applicable
to an ABR Revolving Loan plus 2.00% per annum, in each case from the date of such
nonpayment to (but excluding) the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as
before judgment).



     (d) Interest on the Loans shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date and on the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date and Term D Loan Maturity Date, as applicable; provided that
(i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in
the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount
repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the
event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period
therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
Interest in respect of each Loan shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest
Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.







     SECTION 2.09. Computation of Interest. Each determination of an interest rate by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on
the Borrowers and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.







     SECTION 2.10. Fees. (a) The Borrowers agree to pay a commitment fee (a
“Commitment Fee”) to each Revolving Lender, which Commitment Fee shall be payable in
arrears through the Administrative Agent on the last day of March, June, September and December
beginning after the Effective Date, and on the Commitment Fee Termination Date (as defined below).
The Commitment Fee due to each Revolving Lender shall commence to accrue for a period commencing on
the Effective Date and shall cease to accrue on the date (the “Commitment Fee Termination
Date”) that is the later of (i) the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitment of such
Revolving Lender shall be terminated as provided herein and (ii) the first date after the end of
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Fee accrued to each Revolving Lender shall
equal the Commitment Fee Percentage multiplied by such Lender’s Commitment Fee Average Daily Amount
(as defined below) for the applicable quarter (or shorter period commencing on the date of this
Agreement and ending with such Lender’s Commitment Fee Termination Date). A Revolving Lender’s
“Commitment Fee Average Daily Amount” with respect to a calculation period shall equal the
average daily amount during such period calculated using the daily amount of such Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment less such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure
(excluding clause (c) of the definition thereof for purposes of determining the Commitment Fee
Average Daily Amount only) for any applicable days during such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment Period. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed in a year of 360 days.



     (b) The Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters
of Credit, which shall accrue at a rate equal to the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Revolving Loans
on the average daily amount of such Revolving Lender’s LC Exposure represented by Letters of Credit
issued hereunder (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements)
during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on
which such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the date on which such
Revolving Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which
shall accrue at the rate of 0.25% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure
represented by Letters of Credit (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period
from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as
the Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees
(collectively, “LC Fees”) accrued through and including the last day of March, June,
September and December of each calendar year during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period shall be
payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to
occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on
which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which
the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to
the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand therefor.
All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and
shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the
last day).



     (c) The Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to pay to the Administrative Agent the
administrative fee set forth in the Fee Letter (the “Agent Fees”).



     (d) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the
Administrative Agent for distribution. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable.







     SECTION 2.11. Termination, Reduction or Adjustment of Commitments. (a) Unless
previously terminated, (i) the Term D Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the Restatement Effective Date and (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date.



     (b) The Borrowers shall have the right, upon one Business Day’s notice to the Administrative
Agent from the Borrower Representative, to terminate or, from time to time, reduce the amount of
the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of
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Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure
then outstanding would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect.



     (c) If any prepayment of Term D Borrowings would otherwise be required pursuant to Section
2.05 but cannot be made because there are no Term D Borrowings outstanding, or because the amount
of the required prepayment exceeds the outstanding amount of Term D Borrowings, then, on the date
that such prepayment is required, the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permanently reduced by
an aggregate amount equal to the amount of the required prepayment, or the excess of such amount
over the outstanding amount of Term D Borrowings, as the case may be.



     (d) The Borrowers, jointly and severally, shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the applicable Revolving Lenders, on each date of termination or reduction of the
Revolving Credit Commitments, the Commitment Fee on the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments
so terminated or reduced accrued to the date of such termination or reduction.



     (e) Each reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments shall reduce the Swingline Commitment
by an equal percentage.







     SECTION 2.12. Inability to Determine Interest Rate; Unavailability of Deposits; Inadequacy
of Interest Rate. If prior to 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days before the first day of any Interest
Period, including an initial Interest Period, for a requested Eurodollar Borrowing:




     (i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined in good faith (which determination
shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrowers) that, by reason of circumstances
affecting the relevant market generally, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period,
or




     (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a majority in interest of
the Lenders of the applicable Class that the Adjusted LIBO Rate determined or to be
determined for such Interest Period for such Eurodollar Borrowing will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of
making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,


then the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrowers and
the Lenders by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the same day. The Administrative Agent shall
give telecopy or telephonic notice to the Borrowers and the Lenders as soon as practicable after
the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and until such notice has been given,
any affected Eurodollar Loans shall not be (x) converted or continued pursuant to Section 2.03 or
(y) made pursuant to a Borrowing Request, and shall be continued or made as an ABR Loans, as the
case may be.








     SECTION 2.13. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Each reduction of the Revolving
Credit Commitments of the Revolving Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the amounts of such
Revolving Lenders’ Commitment Percentages. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the
Borrowers on account of principal of and interest on Loans which are ABR Loans shall be made pro
rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of such ABR Loans then held by the
Lenders of the applicable Class. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrowers on
account of principal of and interest on Loans which are Eurodollar Loans designated by the
Borrowers to be applied to a particular Eurodollar Borrowing shall be made pro rata according to
the respective outstanding principal amounts of such Loans then held by the Lenders of the
applicable Class. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrowers on account of
principal of and interest on Swingline Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective
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interests therein, as the
case may be, then held by the relevant Lenders. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by
the Borrowers hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be
made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to noon, New York time, on the due date
thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders of the applicable Class, at the
Administrative Agent’s New York office specified in Section 9.01 in Dollars and in immediately
available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders entitled
thereto in the same currency as received and promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If
any payment hereunder (other than payments on Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day
other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and,
with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable
rate during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day
other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day (and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then
applicable rate during such extension) unless the result of such extension would be to extend such
payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the provisions of this
Section 2.13 are inconsistent with the provisions of Section 1.04, the provisions of Section 1.04
shall be controlling for all purposes of this Agreement.



     (b) Subject to Section 2.12, unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in
writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would
constitute its share of such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative
Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and
the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the
required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on
demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the daily average Federal Funds
Effective Rate for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with
respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.13(b) shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such Borrowing is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the
Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the
rate per annum applicable to ABR Revolving Loans hereunder, on demand, from the Borrowers, but
without prejudice to any right or claim that the Borrowers may have against such Lender.



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







     SECTION 2.14. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption
of or any change in any Requirement of Law, or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall
make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this
Agreement, (a) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans, continue
Eurodollar Loans as such and convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be suspended
until such time as the making or maintaining of Eurodollar Loans shall no longer be unlawful, and
(b) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted
automatically to ABR Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with
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     SECTION 2.15. Requirements of Law. (a) If at any time any Lender or the Issuing Bank
determines that the introduction of, or any change in or in the interpretation of, any law, treaty
or governmental rule, regulation or order, in each case, after the date of this Agreement (other
than (i) any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements included in
determining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or (ii) the rate of tax imposed on the overall net income of
such Lender or the Issuing Bank) or the compliance by such Lender or the Issuing Bank with any
guideline, request or directive from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or
not having the force of law), to the extent such guideline, request or directive is changed or
issued after the Effective Date, shall have the effect of increasing the cost to such Lender or the
Issuing Bank for agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Loans for the
Borrowers or participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit for the Borrowers, then
the Borrowers shall from time to time, within five days of demand therefor by such Lender or the
Issuing Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender or the Issuing Bank additional amounts sufficient to
compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank for such increased cost; provided that any such
payment shall be without duplication of amounts to which such Lender or Issuing Bank is entitled under Section 2.16. A certificate as to the amount of
such increased cost, submitted to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent by such Lender or the
Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Such Lender
or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
Representative in writing of the occurrence of any such event, such notice to state, in reasonable
detail, the reasons therefor and the additional amount required fully to compensate such Lender or
the Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such increased cost or reduced amount. Such additional
amounts shall be payable directly to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, within five
days of the Borrower Representative’s receipt of such notice, and such notice shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers. No Lender shall be entitled to
claim any amounts under this clause (a) in respect of any increased costs that were incurred more
than 180 days prior to the date of delivery of such certificate to the Borrower Representative.



     (b) If any change in, or the introduction, adoption, effectiveness, interpretation,
reinterpretation or phase-in of, any law or regulation, directive, guideline, decision or request
(whether or not having the force of law) of any court, central bank, regulator or other
Governmental Authority after the Effective Date affects or would affect the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or a holding company
controlling such Lender or the Issuing Bank) and such Lender or the Issuing Bank determines in good
faith (in its sole and absolute discretion) that the rate of return on its capital (or the capital
of its holding company, as the case may be) as a consequence of its Revolving Credit Commitment or
the Loans made by it or its participations in Swingline Loans or any issuance, participation or
maintenance of Letters of Credit is reduced to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing
Bank (or its holding company) could have achieved but for the occurrence of any such circumstance,
then, in any such case upon notice from time to time by such Lender or the Issuing Bank to the
Borrower Representative, the Borrowers shall immediately pay directly to such Lender or the Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, on demand additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or the
Issuing Bank (or its holding company) for such reduction in rate of return. A statement of such
Lender or the Issuing Bank as to any such additional amount or amounts (including calculations
thereof in reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on
the Borrowers. In determining such amount, such Lender or the Issuing Bank may use any good faith
method of averaging and attribution that it (in its sole and absolute discretion) shall deem
applicable. No Lender shall be entitled to claim any amounts under this clause (b) in respect of
any reduction in the rate of return occurring more than 180 days prior to the date of delivery of
such certificate to the Borrower Representative.



     (c) In the event that the Issuing Bank or any Lender determines that any event or circumstance
that will lead to a claim under this Section 2.15 has occurred or will occur, the Issuing Bank or
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provided above, any failure to provide such notice shall in no way impair the
rights of the Issuing Bank or such Lender to demand and receive compensation under this Section
2.15, but without prejudice to any claims of the Borrowers for compensation for actual damages
sustained as a result of any failure to observe this undertaking.







     SECTION 2.16. Taxes. (a) All payments by the Borrowers of principal of, and interest
on, the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any present or future income, excise, stamp or franchise taxes and other taxes, fees,
duties, withholdings or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority on
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any assignee of such Lender or the
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, or a Participant or a change in designation of the lending office
of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be (a “Transferee”)), but excluding
franchise taxes and taxes imposed on or measured by the recipient’s net income (such non-excluded items being called “Taxes”) unless required by applicable
law, rule or regulation. In the event that any withholding or deduction from any payment to be
made by the Borrowers hereunder is required in respect of any Taxes pursuant to any applicable law,
rule or regulation, then the Borrowers will:




     (i) pay directly to the relevant authority the full amount required to be so withheld
or deducted;




     (ii) promptly forward to the Administrative Agent an official receipt or other
documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing such payment to such
authority; and




     (iii) pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as are necessary to ensure that
the net amount actually received by each Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
will equal the full amount such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, would have
received had no such withholding or deduction been required.



     (b) If any Taxes are directly asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or
any Lender or Transferee with respect to any payment received by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or such Lender or Transferee hereunder, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or
such Lender or Transferee may pay such Taxes and, within 30 days of a written request by the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Lender or Transferee, the Borrowers will pay such
additional amounts (including any penalties, interest or expenses, except to the extent
attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank or any Lender or Transferee) as shall be necessary in order that the net amount received by
such Person after the payment of such Taxes (including any Taxes on such additional amount) shall
equal the amount such Person would have received had such Taxes not been asserted.



     (c) If the Borrowers fail to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or
fail to remit to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, the respective
Lenders or Transferees, the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrowers
shall indemnify the Issuing Bank, Lenders and Transferees for any incremental Taxes, interest,
penalties or other costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) paid by the Issuing
Bank, any Lender or Transferee as a result of any such failure, except in the case of gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender or
Transferee. For purposes of this Section 2.16, a distribution hereunder by the Administrative
Agent to or for the account of the Issuing Bank, any Lender or Transferee shall be deemed a payment
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days from the date on which the
Issuing Bank or such Lender or Transferee makes written demand therefor specifying in reasonable
detail the basis and calculation of such amount.



     (d) Each Lender or Transferee that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
the United States of America or any state or political subdivision thereof shall, on or prior to
the Restatement Effective Date (in the case of each Lender that is a party hereto on the
Restatement Effective Date) or prior to the date that any Person that was not previously a Lender
becomes an Additional Term Lender in accordance with Section 2.21 or on or prior to the date of any
assignment, participation or change in the designated lending office hereunder (in the case of a
Transferee) and thereafter as reasonably requested from time to time by the Borrowers or the
Administrative Agent, execute and deliver, if legally able to do so, to the Borrower Representative
and the Administrative Agent one or more (as the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request) United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN or such other forms or
documents (or successor forms or documents), appropriately completed, as may be applicable to establish the extent, if any, to which a payment to such
Lender or Transferee is exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate of withholding or deduction of
Taxes. In addition, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and any Lender (or Transferee)
claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall use reasonable efforts
(consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to file any certificate or document requested
in writing by the Borrower Representative, if the making of such a filing would avoid the need for
or reduce the amount of any such additional amounts which would be payable or may thereafter accrue
and would not, in the sole good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or
such Lender (or Transferee), be otherwise disadvantageous to such Person.



     (e) With respect to obligations under this Agreement other than those specified in Section
2.16(f), neither Borrower shall be required to indemnify or to pay any additional amounts to the
Issuing Bank, any Lender or Transferee with respect to any Taxes pursuant to this Section 2.16 to
the extent that (i) any obligation to withhold, deduct or pay amounts with respect to such Tax
existed on the date the Issuing Bank, such Lender or Transferee became a party to this Agreement or
otherwise becomes a Transferee and, in the case of a Transferee, exceeded the obligation to the
Person making the assignment, selling the participation or effecting such transfer to such
Transferee that existed before the action by which such Transferee becomes a Transferee (and, in
such case, the Borrowers may deduct and withhold such Tax from payments to the Issuing Bank, such
Lender or Transferee), or (ii) any Lender or Transferee fails to comply in full with the provisions
of the immediately preceding paragraph (and, in such case, the Borrowers may deduct and withhold
all Taxes required by law as a result of such noncompliance from payments to the Issuing Bank, such
Lender or Transferee).



     (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.16, if the Internal Revenue
Service determines that a Lender (or Transferee) is a conduit entity participating in a conduit
financing arrangement as defined in Section 7701(l) of the Code and the regulations thereunder and
neither Borrower was a participant to such arrangement (other than as the Borrowers under this
Agreement) (a “Conduit Financing Arrangement”), then (i) neither Borrower shall have any
obligation to pay additional amounts or indemnify the Lender or Transferee for any Taxes with
respect to any payments hereunder to the extent the amount of such Taxes exceeds the amount that
would have otherwise been withheld or deducted had the Internal Revenue Service not made such a
determination and (ii) such Lender or Transferee shall indemnify each Borrower in full for any and
all taxes for which such Borrower is held directly liable under Section 1461 of the Code by virtue
of such Conduit Financing Arrangement; provided that the Borrower Representative (i)
promptly forward to the indemnitor an official receipt or other documentation satisfactorily
evidencing such payment, (ii) shall contest such tax upon the reasonable request of the indemnitor
and at such indemnitor’s cost and (iii) shall pay to such indemnitor within 30 days any refund of
such taxes (including interest thereon). Each Lender or Transferee represents that it is not
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     (g) In the event that the Issuing Bank or any Lender determines that any event or circumstance
that will lead to a claim by it under this Section 2.16 has occurred or will occur, the Issuing
Bank or such Lender will use its best efforts to so notify the Borrowers; provided that any
failure to provide such notice shall in no way impair the rights of the Issuing Bank or any Lender
to demand and receive compensation under this Section 2.16, but without prejudice to any claims of
the Borrowers for failure to observe this undertaking.



     (h) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Transferee shall be entitled to
receive any greater amount pursuant to this Section 2.16 than the Person making the assignment,
selling the participation or effecting the transfer to such Transferee, or any Lender (or
Transferee) which changes its applicable lending office by designating a different lending office,
would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment, participation, transfer or
designation.







     SECTION 2.17. Indemnity. In the event any Lender shall incur any loss or expense
(including any loss (other than lost profit) or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to make, continue or maintain any
portion of the principal amount of any Loan as, or to convert any portion of the principal amount
of any Loan into, a Eurodollar Loan) as a result of any conversion of a Eurodollar Loan to an ABR
Loan or repayment or prepayment of the principal amount of any Eurodollar Loan on a date other than
the scheduled last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, whether pursuant to Section 2.03,
2.05, 2.07, 2.14, 2.15 or 2.20 or otherwise, or any failure to borrow or convert any Eurodollar
Loan after notice thereof shall have been given hereunder, whether by reason of any failure to
satisfy a condition to such Borrowing or otherwise, then, upon the written notice of such Lender to
the Borrowers (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrowers shall, within five days of
receipt thereof, pay directly to such Lender such amount as will (in the reasonable determination
of such Lender) reimburse such Lender for such loss or expense. Such written notice (which shall
include calculations in reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive
and binding on the Borrowers.







     SECTION 2.18. Change of Lending Office. Each Lender (or Transferee) agrees that, upon
the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16 with respect
to such Lender (or Transferee), it will, if requested by the Borrower Representative, use
commercially reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender (or
Transferee)) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the
object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided that such designation is made
on terms that, in the sole good faith judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its respective
lending offices to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; and
provided, further, that nothing in this Section 2.18 shall affect or postpone any
of the obligations of the Borrowers or the rights of any Lender (or Transferee) pursuant to
Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16.







     SECTION 2.19. Sharing of Setoffs. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, through the
exercise of a right of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim against any Loan Party, or pursuant to
a secured claim under Section 506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or
interest arising from, or in lieu of, such secured claim received by such Lender under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means, obtain
payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any Loans or participations in LC Disbursements
which at the time shall be payable as a result of which the unpaid principal portion of its Loans
and participations in LC Disbursements which at the time shall be payable shall be proportionately
less than the unpaid principal portion of such Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of any
other Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have purchased from such other Lender at face
value, and shall promptly pay to such other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in such
Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of such other Lender, so that the aggregate unpaid
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Lender shall be in the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all such Loans and
participations in LC Disbursements as prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or
counterclaim or other event; provided, however, that if any such purchase or
purchases or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section and the payment giving rise thereto
shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be rescinded to the
extent of such recovery and the purchase price or prices or adjustments restored without interest.
Each Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements and agrees that any Lender holding a
participation in a Loan or an LC Disbursement deemed to have been so purchased may exercise any and
all rights of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys owing by the
Borrowers to such Lender by reason thereof as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor
directly to the Borrowers in the amount of such participation.







     SECTION 2.20. Assignment of Commitments Under Certain Circumstances. In the event
that any Lender shall have delivered a notice or certificate pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.15, or
the Borrowers shall be required to make additional payments to any Lender under Section 2.16 (each,
an “Increased Cost Lender”) or in the event any Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”)
does not consent to any proposed amendment to this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.08 for which the
consent of each Lender or each Lender of any Class is required and to which the Requisite Lenders
or Requisite Lenders of such Class, as applicable, have consented, then, the Borrower
Representative shall have the right, but not the obligation, at the expense of the Borrowers, upon
notice to such Increased Cost Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (the “Terminated Lender”) and
the Administrative Agent, to replace such Terminated Lender with an assignee (in accordance with
and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04) approved by the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and
such Terminated Lender hereby agrees to transfer and assign without recourse (in accordance with
and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04) all its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement to such assignee; provided, however, that no
Terminated Lender shall be obligated to make any such assignment unless (i) such assignment shall
not conflict with any law or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority and (ii)
such assignee or the Borrowers shall pay to the affected Terminated Lender in immediately available
funds on the date of such assignment the principal of and interest accrued to the date of payment
on the Loans made by such Terminated Lender and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline
Loans held by such Terminated Lender and all commitment fees and other fees owed to such Terminated
Lender hereunder and all other amounts accrued for such Terminated Lender’s account or owed to it
hereunder (including, without limitation, any Commitment Fees) and (iii) in the case of any
Non-Consenting Lender, each Non-Consenting Lender whose consent is required in connection with the
proposed amendment is removed pursuant to this Section 2.20.







     SECTION 2.21. Increase in Term Commitments. (a) Provided (x) there exists no Default
and (y) after giving effect to the making of Incremental Term Loans referred to below and the use
of proceeds therefrom, the Borrowers would be in pro forma compliance with each of the Financial
Covenants as of the most recent date for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01, upon notice to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Representative (which shall
promptly notify each Term D Lender), the Borrowers may on up to four (4) occasions, request
additional term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans” and the related commitments, the
“Incremental Term Commitments”) in an aggregate amount of not less than $5,000,000 for any
such request and not exceeding $100,000,000 in the aggregate for all such requests;
provided that (i) other than pricing, the Incremental Term Loans shall have the same terms
as the Term D Loans existing immediately prior to the effectiveness of the amendment creating such
Incremental Term Loans and (ii) in the event that the applicable margin for the Incremental Term
Loans (inclusive of upfront fees and original issue discount payable to Additional Term Lenders) is
more than 25 basis points greater than the applicable margin for the Term D Loans (inclusive of any
upfront fees and original issue discount paid to the Term D Lenders), then the Applicable Rate for
the Term D Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary such that the Applicable Rate
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such fees and discounts) for the Term D Loans is not more than 25 basis points less
than the applicable margin (inclusive of such fees and discounts) for the Incremental Term Loan.
At the time of the sending of such notice, the Borrowers (in consultation with the Administrative
Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall
in no event be less than five (5) Business Days and no more than thirty (30) Business Days from the
date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders). Each Lender with a Term D Loan shall notify
the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to such Incremental
Term Commitment and, if so, whether in an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its
pro rata share of the total Incremental Term Loans so requested. Any Lender not
responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to provide an Incremental Term
Commitment and, to the extent any Term D Lender declines to make available its pro rata share of
such Incremental Term Commitments, the Borrowers may also invite additional Persons to become
Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and each Term D Lender of the
Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. Any Lender or additional bank or financial
institution electing to make available an Incremental Term Commitment (an “Additional Term
Lender”) shall become a Lender or make its Incremental Term Commitment available, as the case
may be, under this Agreement, pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Facility
Amendment”) to this Agreement giving effect to the modifications permitted by this Section 2.21
and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Loan Parties, each Additional Term
Lender (to the extent applicable) and the Administrative Agent. An Incremental Facility Amendment
may, without the consent of any other Lender and notwithstanding anything in Section 9.08 to the
contrary, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be
reasonably necessary in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this
Section 2.21 (including appropriate amendments to the definitions of “Requisite Lenders” and
“Requisite Class Lenders” and to Section 2.05 in order to provide the same treatment for such
Incremental Term Loans as is applicable to the Term D Loans).



     (b) If any Incremental Term Commitments are made in accordance with this Section 2.23, the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall determine the effective date (the “Term
Commitments Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and each applicable Lender of such
Lender’s final allocation of such increase and the Term Commitments Increase Effective Date. As a
condition precedent to such increase, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent such
documents and opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (which shall, unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative, be consistent with
the documents delivered pursuant to Section 4.01 with such changes as may be necessitated by
changes in law since the date of this Agreement) together with a certificate of the Borrower dated
as of the Term Commitments Increase Effective Date signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrowers
(i) certifying and attaching (A) the resolutions adopted by the Borrowers approving or consenting
to such increase and (B) a certificate demonstrating that, upon after giving pro forma effect to
such increase, the Borrowers would be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants as of
the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which appropriate financial information is
available, and (ii) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the
representations and warranties contained in Article III and the other Loan Documents are true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the Term Commitments Increase Effective Date, except
to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in
which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date and (B) no
Default exists.







ARTICLE III




REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES




     In order to induce the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into this Agreement and
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each Loan Party makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Article III (after
giving effect to the Transactions) and upon the occurrence of each Credit Event thereafter:







     SECTION 3.01. Organization, etc. Each Loan Party (a) is a corporation or other form of legal entity, and each of its
Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or other form of legal entity, validly organized and
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, as the case may be, (b) has all requisite corporate or other power and authority to
carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or foreign partnership (or comparable foreign qualification, if
applicable, in the case of any other form of legal entity), as the case may be, in each
jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure
to so qualify will not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has full power and authority and
holds all requisite material governmental licenses, permits and other approvals to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party
and to own or hold under lease its Property and to conduct its business substantially as currently
conducted by it.







     SECTION 3.02. Due Authorization, Non-Contravention, etc. The execution, delivery and
performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a
party, the borrowing of the Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of the Letters
of Credit hereunder are within each Loan Party’s corporate, partnership or comparable powers, as
the case may be, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or comparable
and, if required, stockholder action, as the case may be, and do not




     (a) contravene the Organic Documents of any Loan Party or any of its respective
Subsidiaries;




     (b) contravene any material law, statute, rule or regulation binding on or affecting
any Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries;




     (c) except as set forth on Schedule 3.02(c), violate or result in a default or
event of default or an acceleration of any rights or benefits under any material indenture,
agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or any of its respective
Subsidiaries; or




     (d) result in, or require the creation or imposition of, any Lien on any material asset
of any Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries, except Liens created under the Loan
Documents.







     SECTION 3.03. Government Approval, Regulation, etc. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.03, no consent, authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to
or filing with, any Governmental Authority or regulatory body or other Person is required for the
due execution, delivery or performance by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document which has been entered into, the borrowing of the Loans, the use of the
proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, nor for the consummation of the
IPO Transactions, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and
except filings necessary to perfect Liens under the Security Documents. No Loan Party or any of
its respective Subsidiaries is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, or a “holding company”, or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”,
or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”,
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     SECTION 3.04. Validity, etc. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and constitutes, and
each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party will, on the due execution and
delivery thereof and assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the other
parties hereto, constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable
in accordance with its respective terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity.







     SECTION 3.05. [Intentionally Omitted]







     SECTION 3.06. Financial Information. (a) The consolidated balance sheets of (i) the
CCI Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003, reported on by Ernst &
Young LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) TXUCV and its Subsidiaries as of December 31,
2001, 2002 and 2003, reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, and, in each case, the related
consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows of such Person and its Subsidiaries for the
three years ended December 31, 2003, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and present
fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of (x) the CCI Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (in the case of the financial statements referred to in clause (i) above) and (y)
TXUCV and its Subsidiaries (in the case of the financial statements referred to in clause (ii)
above) as of the dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods
then ended.



     (b) On the Effective Date, except for the Obligations, as disclosed in the financial
statements referred to above or the notes thereto or in the Information Memorandum or on
Schedule 3.06(b) of the Original Credit Agreement, neither the Loan Parties nor any of
their Subsidiaries has any Indebtedness, material contingent liabilities, long-term commitments or
unrealized losses.







     SECTION 3.07. No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2003, no event or
circumstance has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.







     SECTION 3.08. Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.08, there is no
pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened litigation, action or proceeding
(including, without limitation, any existing or new litigation relating to the Transactions)
affecting any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries’ operations, properties,
businesses, assets or prospects, or the ability of the parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, which would have a Material Adverse Effect or which purports to affect the
legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Acquisition Documents, any other Loan
Document, the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby.







     SECTION 3.09. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.09, none of the Loan Parties has violated, is in violation of or has been given
written notice of any violation of any law (other than Environmental Laws, which are the subject of
Section 3.14), regulation or order of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property or any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon it or its
property, except for any violations which do not have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has
occurred and is continuing.







     SECTION 3.10. Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.10 sets forth the name of, type of
entity, and the direct or indirect ownership interest of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (including
the legal structure) or other investment of Holdings and identifies each Subsidiary of Holdings
that is a Loan Party, in each case as of the date of this Agreement and after giving effect to the
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     SECTION 3.11. Ownership of Properties. (a) Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has
good and marketable title to (or other similar title in jurisdictions outside the United States of
America), or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, or
is licensed to use, all its material properties and assets (including all Mortgaged Properties),
except where the failure to have such title in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. All Mortgaged Properties are free and clear of Liens, except for
Prior Liens and all of such other properties are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted
Liens.



     (b) As of the date of this Agreement, Schedule 3.11(b) contains and will contain a
true and complete list of each parcel of Real Property (i) owned by any Loan Party as of the date
of this Agreement and describes the type of interest therein held by such Loan Party and (ii)
leased, subleased or otherwise occupied or utilized by any Loan Party, as lessee, as of the date of
this Agreement and describes the type of interest therein held by such Loan Party and whether such
lease, sublease or other instrument requires the consent of the landlord thereunder or other
parties thereto to the Transactions.



     (c) Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under all leases
to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the
failure to be in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all
such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed
possession could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.



     (d) Each of Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries owns, possesses, is licensed or otherwise
has the right to use, or could obtain ownership or possession of, on terms not materially adverse
to it, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with
respect thereto necessary for the present conduct of its business, without any known conflict with
the rights of others, except where such conflicts could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     (e) As of the date of this Agreement, neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received any written notice of, or has any knowledge of, any pending or contemplated condemnation
proceeding affecting any of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of
condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Restatement Effective Date.



     (f) Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is obligated on the Restatement Effective
Date under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or
otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein.



     (g) As of the date of this Agreement, no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries has received
any notice of, nor has any knowledge of, the occurrence or pendency or contemplation of any Taking
or Destruction affecting all or any portion of its property. No Mortgage encumbers improved Real
Property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 unless flood insurance available under such Act has been obtained in
accordance with Section 5.04.







     SECTION 3.12. Taxes. As of the date of this Agreement, each Loan Party and each
Subsidiary has filed all federal, foreign and all other material income tax returns and reports
required by law to have been filed by it and has paid all material taxes and governmental charges
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which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set
aside on its books; provided that, in the case of any taxes that are being contested, any
such contest of taxes or charges with respect to Collateral shall satisfy the Contested Collateral
Lien Conditions.







     SECTION 3.13. Pension and Welfare Plans. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or give rise
to a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on the assets of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries. Each
Loan Party and each of their ERISA Affiliates are in compliance in all respects with the presently
applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan except for failures to so
comply which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.13, no condition exists or event or transaction has occurred with
respect to any Plan which reasonably might result in the incurrence by any Loan Party or any ERISA
Affiliate of any liability, fine or penalty which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. No Loan Party or Subsidiary has any contingent liability with respect to
post-retirement benefits provided under a Welfare Plan, other than (i) liability for continuation
coverage described in Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and (ii) liabilities that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.



     Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) each Foreign
Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all
applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders and has been maintained, where required,
in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities, and (b) no Loan Party or Subsidiary has
incurred any obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan.







     SECTION 3.14. Environmental Warranties. (a) Except as set forth on Schedule
3.14(a), all facilities and property owned, leased or operated by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, and all operations conducted thereon, are in compliance with all Environmental Laws,
except for such noncompliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     (b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.14(b), there are no pending or threatened (in
writing):




     (i) Environmental Claims received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or




     (ii) written claims, complaints, notices or inquiries received by Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries regarding Environmental Liability,


in each case which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.




     (c) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.14(c), there have been no Releases of Hazardous
Materials at, on, under or from any property now or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, previously
owned, leased or operated by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the
aggregate, have had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     (d) Holdings and its Subsidiaries have been issued and are in compliance with all
Environmental Permits necessary for their operations, facilities and businesses and each is in full
force and effect, except for such Environmental Permits which, if not so obtained or as to which
Holdings and its Subsidiaries are not in compliance, or are not in effect, individually or in the
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     (e) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.14(e), as of the date of this Agreement, no
property now or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, previously owned, leased or operated by Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries is listed or proposed (with respect to owned property only) for listing on
the CERCLIS or on any similar state list of sites requiring investigation or clean-up, or on the
National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA.



     (f) There are no underground storage tanks, active or abandoned, including petroleum storage
tanks, surface impoundments or disposal areas, on or under any property now or, to any Loan Party’s
knowledge, previously owned or leased by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries which, singly or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     (g) As of the date of this Agreement, neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has
transported or arranged for the transportation of any Hazardous Material to any location which is
listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA, on the CERCLIS
or on any similar state list or which is the subject of federal, state or local enforcement actions
or other investigations which would reasonably be expected to lead to any Environmental Claim
against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.



     (h) As of the date of this Agreement, no Liens have been recorded pursuant to any
Environmental Law with respect to any property or other assets currently owned or leased by
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.



     (i) Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently conducting any Remedial Action
pursuant to any Environmental Law, nor has Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries assumed by contract,
agreement or operation of law any obligation under Environmental Law, the cost of which, singly or
in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     (j) There are no polychlorinated biphenyls or friable asbestos present at any property owned,
leased or operated by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, which, singly or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.







     SECTION 3.15. Regulations U and X. The Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, the IPO Transactions, this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby will not result in a violation of or be inconsistent with any
provision of Regulation U or Regulation X.







     SECTION 3.16. Disclosure; Accuracy of Information; Pro Forma Balance Sheets and Projected
Financial Statements. (a) The Loan Parties have disclosed to the Lenders all agreements,
instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which they and their Subsidiaries are subject,
and all other matters known to any of them that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither this Agreement nor any other document,
certificate or statement furnished to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by or on behalf of any
Loan Party in connection herewith (including, without limitation, the Information Memorandum)
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made; provided that to the extent this or any such
document, certificate or statement (including without limitation the Information Memorandum) was
based upon or constitutes a forecast, estimate or projection, the Loan Parties represent only that
such forecast, estimate or projection was made in good faith by the Loan Parties and was prepared
using reasonable assumptions and estimates.



     (b) The pro forma consolidated balance sheet of Homebase and its Subsidiaries as of December
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such date (i) was prepared in good faith based on the same assumptions used to prepare the pro forma
financial statements included in the Information Memorandum, (ii) accurately reflects all material
adjustments necessary to give effect to the Transactions and (iii) presents fairly the pro forma
financial position of Homebase and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, as if the
Transactions had occurred on such date.



     (c) The pro forma consolidated income statement projections for Holdings, CCTH and their
Subsidiaries on a combined basis, pro forma consolidated balance sheet projections for Holdings,
CCTH and their Subsidiaries on a combined basis and pro forma consolidated cash flow projections
for Holdings, CCTH and their Subsidiaries on a combined basis for the Fiscal Years ending 2004
through 2011, inclusive, which have been prepared on a quarterly basis through and including Fiscal
Year 2005 and annually thereafter (the “Projected Financial Statements”), give appropriate
effect to the Transactions and all Indebtedness and Liens incurred or created in connection with
the Transactions. The assumptions made in preparing the Projected Financial Statements are
believed by each Loan Party to be reasonable as of the date of such projections and as of the
Effective Date and all material assumptions with respect to the Projected Financial Statements are
set forth therein. The Projected Financial Statements present a good faith estimate of the
consolidated financial information contained therein at the date thereof based upon estimates or
assumptions believed by each Loan Party to be reasonable, it being recognized by the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, however, that projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts
and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by the projections probably will
differ from the projected results and that the difference may be material.







     SECTION 3.17. Insurance. As of the date of this Agreement, set forth on Schedule
3.17 is a summary of all insurance policies maintained by Holdings and its Subsidiaries (a)
with respect to properties material to the businesses of Holdings and its Subsidiaries against such
casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts as are customary in the case of
similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, and (b) required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Documents. All such
insurance policies are maintained with financially sound and responsible insurance companies







     SECTION 3.18. Labor Matters. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (a) there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened; (b) the hours worked
by and payments made to employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries have not been in violation
of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law
dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or
for which any claim may be made against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, on account of wages
and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a
liability on the books of Holdings or such Subsidiary.







     SECTION 3.19. Solvency. Immediately following the IPO Transactions and immediately
after giving effect to each Credit Event, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and probable liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the
Borrowers and their Subsidiaries will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as
such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries will be able to pay their debts and probable liabilities, subordinated, contingent or
otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in
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     SECTION 3.20. Securities. The Equity Interests of Holdings and each of its
Subsidiaries have been duly authorized, issued and delivered and are fully paid, nonassessable and
were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights. Except as set forth in Schedule
3.20, the Equity Interests of each Subsidiary held, directly or indirectly, by any Loan Party
are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Loan Party free and clear of all Liens (other than
Permitted Liens). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.20, there are not, as of the date of
this Agreement, any options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, convertible or exchangeable
securities, rights, agreements, commitments or arrangements for any Person to acquire any Equity
Interests of Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries or any other securities convertible into,
exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for any such Equity Interests.







     SECTION 3.21. Security Documents. (a) The Pledge Agreement is effective to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid
and enforceable security interests in the Securities Collateral (as defined therein) and, when such
Securities Collateral is delivered to the Collateral Agent together with stock powers or
endorsements in blank, the Collateral Agent shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security
interest in, all right, title and interest of the pledgor thereunder in such Securities Collateral.



     (b) (i) The Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for
its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable security interests
in the Collateral described therein to the extent such Collateral is not excluded from the coverage
of Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) when (x) financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices
specified on Schedule 7 to the Perfection Certificate and (y) upon the taking of possession
or control by the Collateral Agent of any such Collateral in which a security interest may be
perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the
Collateral Agent to the extent possession or control by the Collateral Agent is required by the
Security Agreement), the Collateral Agent shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security
interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such Collateral (other
than the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreement)) to the extent such Lien and
security interest can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement pursuant to the UCC or by
possession or control by the Collateral Agent, in each case prior and superior in right to any
other Person, other than with respect to Permitted Liens.



     (c) When the filings in clause (b)(ii)(x) above are made and when the Security Agreement (or a
summary thereof) is filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States
Copyright Office, the Collateral Agent shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest
in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Intellectual Property (as defined in
the Security Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or
registering a security agreement, financing statement or analogous document in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable (it being
understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the
United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks,
trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Effective Date), in
each case prior and superior in right to any other Person other than with respect to Permitted
Liens.



     (d) Each Mortgage executed and delivered as of the Restatement Effective Date is, or, to the
extent any Mortgage is duly executed and delivered thereafter by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, will be, effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and
the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on and security interest in
all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties thereunder
and the proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices specified on Schedule
3.21(d), the Mortgages shall constitute a Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title
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the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights of
Persons pursuant to Prior Liens.







     SECTION 3.22. Anti-Terrorism Laws. (a) No Loan Party nor any of their respective
Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of any of the Loan Parties, any of their Affiliates is in
violation of any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering (“Anti-Terrorism Laws”),
including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the
“Executive Order”), and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.



     (b) No Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any of the Loan
Parties, any of their Affiliates or their respective brokers or other agents acting or benefiting
in any capacity in connection with the Loans is any of the following:




     (i) a Person or entity that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the
provisions of, the Executive Order;




     (ii) a Person or entity owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any
Person or entity that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions
of, the Executive Order;




     (iii) a Person or entity with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise
engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;




     (iv) a Person or entity that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports
“terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; or




     (v) a Person or entity that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked
person” on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign
Assets Control at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement
official publication of such list.



     (c) No Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any
of their Affiliates or their respective brokers or other agents acting in any capacity in
connection with the Loans (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any
contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person described in clause
(b) above, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or
interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order, or (iii) engages in or conspires to
engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or
attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.







ARTICLE IV




CONDITIONS








     SECTION 4.01. Restatement Effective Date. The amendments of the Restated Credit
Agreement effected hereby and the Term D Commitments of the Term D Lenders shall not become
effective until the date (the “Restatement Effective Date”) on which each of the following
conditions and the conditions in Section 4.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with the terms
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     (a) Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from (i) the Requisite
Lenders (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement) an original or telecopy transmission
of a signed consent to the amendment and restatement of the Restated Credit Agreement to
occur on the Restatement Effective Date, (ii) Term D Lenders, original or telecopy
transmissions of Lender Addendums providing aggregate commitments (or, in the case of Term C
Lenders, with respect to Term C Loans to be converted pursuant to Section 1.04(c), a signed
consent to the amendment and restatement of the Restated Credit Agreement to occur on the
Restatement Effective Date) with respect to the entire aggregate principal amount of the
Term D Commitments and (iii) Holdings and each Borrower, an original or telecopy
transmission of a signed counterpart to this Agreement.




     (b) Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization,
existence and good standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the amendment effected
hereby, the borrowing of and conversion to the Term D Loans, the repayment of the Term A
Loans and the repayment or conversion of the Term C Loans and the other transactions
contemplated hereby and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties or the Loan
Documents, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
its counsel.




     (c) Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Restatement
Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of
Holdings, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 4.01 and
Section 4.02.




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




     (e) The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with any amendments deemed necessary or
appropriate by Administrative Agent to any Loan Documents to provide the benefits thereof to
the Term D Loans and the obligations of the Loan Parties in connection therewith on the same
basis as such benefits are provided to the Term C Loans prior to the Restatement Effective
Date and, in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts
of such amendments (which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent) duly authorized, executed and acknowledged (to the extent necessary or
appropriate) by the applicable Loan Parties intended to be a party thereto and such evidence
as may be reasonably requested by it to evidence that the Liens granted to the Collateral
Agent under the Security Documents continue to constitute valid, enforceable and perfected
Liens on Collateral that secures the Obligations under this Agreement after the Restatement
Effective Date (including the Obligations comprised of the Term D Loans).




     (f) Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an opinion of King & Spalding LLP,
special counsel to the Loan Parties, and (ii) such opinions of regulatory counsel and of
local counsel to the Loan Parties as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or
its counsel.




     (g) The IPO Transactions shall, substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of
this Agreement, have been consummated substantially on the terms set forth in the
Registration Statement. The capital structure and equity ownership of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries shall be in all material respects as set forth in the Registration Statement
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Transactions contained herein. Sources and uses shall be
substantially as set forth in the Registration Statement. The Borrowers shall have paid all
accrued interest on the outstanding Term C Loans through the Restatement Effective Date.




     (h) There shall be no litigation or administrative proceeding (actual or threatened)
that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Loan Parties to consummate the IPO Transactions.




     (i) The consummation of the IPO Transactions shall not (i) violate any applicable law,
statute, rule or regulation in any material respect or (ii) conflict with, or result in a
default or event of default or an acceleration of any rights or benefits under, any
agreement of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries (i) that has been filed with the SEC or
(ii) that individually or in the aggregate would have a Material Adverse Effect.




     (j) All requisite material Governmental Authorities (including the SEC, the ICC and the
TPUC) shall have approved or consented to the IPO Transactions to the extent required by
applicable law.




     (k) The Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent such Uniform
Commercial Code, judgment and tax lien searches with respect to the Loan Parties as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to confirm that no Liens other than
Permitted Liens are outstanding on any Collateral and the Administrative Agent shall be
reasonably satisfied with the results of such lien searches.




     (l) The Borrowers shall have received from the applicable Loan Parties duly executed
copies of the Guarantee Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement and any
revised stock powers, UCC-1 financing statements or related documents as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably request in order to preserve the Liens of the Security Documents.




     (m) After giving effect to the IPO Transactions, the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall not
exceed 4.0:1.00.


Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendments of the Restated Credit Agreement that would be
effected hereby and the obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans contemplated to be made on the
Restatement Effective Date shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions and
the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied (or waived pursuant to the terms hereof) at
or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 29, 2005 (and, in the event such conditions are
not so satisfied or waived, the Restated Credit Agreement shall remain in effect without giving
effect to any amendments thereto contemplated hereby). Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrowers and the Lenders of the Restatement Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive
and binding.








     SECTION 4.02. Conditions to Each Credit Event. The agreement of each Lender
(including any Person with a Term D Commitment) to make any Loan (including pursuant to a Term D
Commitment on the Restatement Effective Date) and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or
extend any Letter of Credit (such event being called a “Credit Event”) (excluding
continuations and conversions of Loans) requested to be made by it on any date is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:




     (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Credit Event as
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     (b) The representations and warranties made by each Loan Party set forth in Article III
hereof and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct with the same effect as if
then made (unless expressly stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).




     (c) At the time of and immediately after such Credit Event, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.


Each Credit Event shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the applicable
Borrower on the date of such Credit Event, as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of
this Section 4.02.








ARTICLE V




AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS




     Each Loan Party hereby covenants and agrees with the Lenders that on or after the Effective
Date and until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each
Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document have
been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements
shall have been reimbursed:







     SECTION 5.01. Financial Information, Reports, Notices, etc. The Borrowers will
furnish, or will cause to be furnished, to each Lender and the Administrative Agent copies of the
following financial statements, reports, notices and information:




     (a) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days (or such shorter period for
the filing of Holdings’ Form 10-Q as may be required by the SEC) after the end of each of
the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of Holdings, commencing with the Fiscal
Quarter ending March 31, 2005, a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of the end of
such Fiscal Quarter and consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of Holdings for
such Fiscal Quarter and for the same period in the prior Fiscal Year and for the period
commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such Fiscal
Quarter, certified by a Financial Officer of each Borrower;




     (b) as soon as available and in any event within 90 days (or such shorter period as may
be required for the filing of Holdings’ Form 10-K by the SEC) after the end of each Fiscal
Year of Holdings, commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2004, a copy of the
annual audit report for such Fiscal Year for Holdings on a consolidated basis, including
therein a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of the end of such Fiscal Year and
consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of Holdings for such Fiscal Year, in each
case certified (without any Impermissible Qualification) in a manner acceptable to the
Administrative Agent by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a certificate from a Financial Officer
of the Borrowers (a “Compliance Certificate”) containing a computation in reasonable
detail of, and showing compliance with, each of the financial ratios and restrictions
contained in the Financial Covenants and a computation of Available Cash, Cumulative
Available Cash and the amount of Subject Payments made and to the effect that, in making the
examination necessary for the signing of such certificate, such Financial Officers have not
become aware of any Default that has occurred and is continuing, or, if such Financial
Officers have become aware of such Default, describing such Default and the steps, if any,
being taken to cure it, and concurrently with the delivery of the foregoing financial
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whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such
financial statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required
by accounting rules or guidelines); and additionally consolidating financial information
corresponding to the audited financial statements required above shall concurrently be
provided;




     (c) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days (or such shorter period as may
be required for the filing of Holdings’ Form 10-Q by the SEC) after the end of each Fiscal
Quarter, a Compliance Certificate containing a computation in reasonable detail of, and
showing compliance with, each of the financial ratios and restrictions contained in the
Financial Covenants and a computation of Available Cash, Cumulative Available Cash and the
amount of Subject Payments made and to the effect that, in making the examination necessary
for the signing of such certificate, such Financial Officers have not become aware of any
Default that has occurred and is continuing, or, if such Financial Officers have become
aware of such Default, describing such Default and the steps, if any, being taken to cure
it;




     (d) no later than 10 days prior to the commencement of each Fiscal Year of Holdings, a
detailed consolidated budget by Fiscal Quarter for such Fiscal Year (including a projected
combined balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flow as of
the end of and for each Fiscal Quarter during such Fiscal Year and a narrative description
from a Financial Officer describing such consolidated budget, in form satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) and the succeeding Fiscal Years through the Term D Loan Maturity Date
(including a projected combined balance sheet and related statements of projected operations
and cash flow as of the end of and for each Fiscal Quarter during such Fiscal Year) and,
promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budgets;




     (e) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all reports submitted to Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries by independent certified public accountants in connection with each
annual, interim or special audit of the books of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries made by
such accountants, including any management letters submitted by such accountants to
management in connection with their annual audit, in each case, to the extent such
accountants have consented thereto;




     (f) as soon as possible and in any event within three Business Days after becoming
aware of the occurrence of any Default, a statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower
Representative setting forth details of such Default and the action which the Borrowers have
taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;




     (g) as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after (i) the
occurrence of any adverse development with respect to any litigation, action or proceeding
that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or (ii) the commencement of any litigation, action or proceeding that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that purports to affect the
legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, notice thereof and copies of all documentation
relating thereto;




     (h) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports which Holdings
sends to any of its security holders, and all reports, registration statements (other than
on Form S-8 or any successor form) or other materials (including affidavits with respect to
reports) which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its officers files with the SEC
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     (i) promptly upon becoming aware of the taking of any specific actions by the Loan
Parties, their Subsidiaries or any other Person to terminate any Pension Plan (other than a
termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA which can be completed without the Loan
Parties, their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate having to provide more than $1.0 million
in addition to the normal contribution required for the plan year in which termination
occurs to make such Pension Plan sufficient), or the occurrence of an ERISA Event which
could result in a Lien on the assets of any Loan Party or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or in the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries
of any liability, fine or penalty which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, or any increase in the contingent liability of any Loan Party or any of
their respective Subsidiaries with respect to any post-retirement Welfare Plan benefit if
the increase in such contingent liability which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, notice thereof and copies of all documentation relating thereto;




     (j) upon request by the Administrative Agent, copies of: (i) each Schedule B
(Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by any Loan Party or
any of their respective Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates with the Internal Revenue Service
with respect to each Pension Plan; (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report for each Pension
Plan; (iii) all notices received by any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries
or ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor or any governmental agency concerning
an ERISA Event; and (iv) such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to
any Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;




     (k) as soon as possible, notice of any other development that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;




     (l) simultaneously with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Sections
5.01(a) and (b), certifications by the chief executive officer and the chief financial
officer or others under the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and/or
the rules and regulations of the SEC, without any exceptions or qualifications; and




     (m) such other information respecting the condition or operations, financial or
otherwise, of any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries as any Lender through
the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.







     SECTION 5.02. Compliance with Laws, etc. The Loan Parties will, and will cause each
of their Subsidiaries to, comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and
orders, except where such noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such compliance to include, subject to the foregoing
(without limitation):




     (a) the maintenance and preservation of their existence and their qualification as a
foreign corporation, limited liability company or partnership (or comparable foreign
qualification, if applicable, in the case of any other form of legal entity), and




     (b) the payment, before the same become delinquent, of all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges imposed upon them or upon their property except as provided in Section
5.14.







     SECTION 5.03. Maintenance of Properties. Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries will
maintain, preserve, protect and keep its material properties and material assets in good repair,
working order and condition, and make necessary and proper repairs, renewals and replacements so
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this Section 5.03 shall prevent Holdings or any such Subsidiary
from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance
is, in the reasonable commercial judgment of such Person, desirable in the conduct of its or their
business and does not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.







     SECTION 5.04. Insurance. Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries will maintain or cause
to be maintained with financially sound and responsible insurance companies (a) insurance with
respect to their properties material to the business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries against such
casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts with such deductibles as is
customary in the case of similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations (including,
without limitation, (i) physical hazard insurance on an “all risk” basis, (ii) commercial general
liability against claims for bodily injury, death or property damage covering any and all claims, (iii) explosion insurance in respect of any boilers, machinery or
similar apparatus constituting Collateral, (iv) business interruption insurance, (v) worker’s
compensation insurance as may be required by any Requirement of Law, (vi) with respect to each
Mortgaged Property, flood insurance in such amount as the Administrative Agent may from time to
time require, if at any time the area in which any improvements located on any Mortgaged Property
is designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) and otherwise comply with the National Flood
Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended from time
to time and (vii) such other insurance against risks as the Administrative Agent may from time to
time require) and (b) all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Documents,
and will, upon request of the Administrative Agent, furnish to each Lender at reasonable intervals
a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrowers setting forth the nature and extent of all
insurance maintained by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in accordance with this Section. Each such
insurance policy shall provide that (i) it may not be cancelled or otherwise terminated without at
least thirty (30) days’ (or, in the case of non-payment of premium, ten (10) days’) prior written
notice to the Collateral Agent (and to the extent any such policy is cancelled, modified or
renewed, the Borrowers shall deliver a copy of the renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence
thereof) to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, or insurance certificate with
respect thereto, together with evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent of the payment of the premium therefor); (ii) the Collateral Agent is permitted to pay any
premium therefor within ten (10) days after receipt of any notice stating that such premium has not
been paid when due; (iii) all losses thereunder shall be payable notwithstanding any act or
negligence of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or its agents or employees which otherwise might
have resulted in a forfeiture of all or a part of such insurance payments; (iv) to the extent such
insurance policy constitutes property insurance, all losses payable thereunder in an amount in
excess of $1.0 million shall be payable to the Collateral Agent, as an additional insured and as
loss payee, pursuant to a standard non-contributory New York mortgagee endorsement and shall be in
an amount at least sufficient to prevent coinsurance liability;
provided that the Collateral Agent,
as loss payee pursuant to the foregoing, shall not agree to the adjustment of any claim without the
consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and (v) with
respect to liability insurance, the Collateral Agent shall be named as an additional insured.
Notwithstanding the inclusion in each insurance policy of the provision described in clause (ii) of
the immediately preceding sentence, in the event Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries gives the
Collateral Agent written notice that it does not intend to pay any premium relating to any
insurance policy when due, the Collateral Agent shall not exercise its right to pay such premium so
long as such Person delivers to the Collateral Agent a replacement insurance policy or insurance
certificate evidencing that such replacement policy or certificate provides the same insurance
coverage required under this Section 5.04 as the policy being replaced by such Person with no lapse
in such coverage.







     SECTION 5.05. Books and Records; Visitation Rights. Holdings and each of its
Subsidiaries will keep books and records which accurately reflect its business affairs in all
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and intervals and upon reasonable notice, to visit all of its
offices, to discuss its financial matters with its officers and independent public accountant and,
upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or a Lender, to examine (and, at the
expense of the Borrowers, photocopy extracts from) any of its books or other corporate or
partnership records.







     SECTION 5.06. Environmental Covenant. Each of the Loan Parties will:




     (a) use and operate all of its facilities and properties in compliance with all
Environmental Laws except for such noncompliance which, singly or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, keep all Environmental Permits
in effect and remain in compliance therewith and handle all Hazardous Materials in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except for any noncompliance that would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;




     (b) promptly notify the Administrative Agent and provide copies of all written
inquiries, claims, complaints or notices from any Person relating to the environmental
condition of its facilities and properties or compliance with or liability under any
Environmental Law which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
promptly cure and have dismissed with prejudice or contest in good faith any actions and
proceedings relating thereto;




     (c) in the event of the presence of any Hazardous Material on any Mortgaged Property
which is in violation of any Environmental Law or which could reasonably be expected to have
Environmental Liability which violation or Environmental Liability could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the applicable Loan Parties, upon discovery
thereof, shall take all necessary steps to initiate and expeditiously complete all response,
corrective and other action to mitigate and eliminate any such adverse effect in accordance
with and to the extent required by applicable Environmental Laws, and shall keep the
Administrative Agent informed of their actions;




     (d) at the written request of the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders, which
request shall specify in reasonable detail the basis therefor, the Loan Parties will
provide, at such Loan Parties’ sole cost and expense, an environmental site assessment
report concerning any Mortgaged Property now or hereafter owned or, to the extent such
assessment can be obtained without violating the applicable lease, leased by such Person,
prepared by an environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the potential cost of
any Remedial Action in connection with such Hazardous Materials on, at, under or emanating
from such Mortgaged Property pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law; provided
that such request may be made only if (i) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of
Default or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders reasonably believe that a
Loan Party or any such Mortgaged Property is not in compliance with Environmental Law and
such noncompliance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or that
circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental
Claim against such Person or to result in Environmental Liability, in each case that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (in such events as are listed in
this subparagraph, the environmental site assessment shall be focused upon the noncompliance
or other circumstances as applicable). If any Loan Party fails to provide the same within
90 days after such request was made, the Administrative Agent may order the same, and each
Loan Party shall grant and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent and the Requisite
Lenders and their agents access to such Mortgaged Property (to the extent, in the case of
any leased property, such access can be granted without violating the applicable lease) and
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cense, subject to the rights of tenants, to perform such an assessment, all
at such Person’s sole cost and expense; and




     (e) provide such information and certifications which the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request from time to time to evidence compliance with this Section 5.06.







     SECTION 5.07. Information Regarding Collateral. (a) Each Loan Party will furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any
change (i) in such Loan Party’s corporate name or in any trade name used to identify it in the
conduct of its business or in the ownership of its properties, (ii) unless such Loan Party is a
“registered organization” within the meaning of the UCC, in the location of any Loan Party’s chief
executive office, its principal place of business, any office in which it maintains books or
records relating to Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Collateral owned by
it is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility), (iii) in any Loan
Party’s identity or corporate structure, (iv) in any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification
Number or its organizational identification number or (v) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of
organization. Each Loan Party agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the
preceding sentence unless (i) it shall have given the Collateral Agent thirty (30) days’ prior
written notice (or such shorter notice as may be agreed to by the Collateral Agent) and (ii) all
filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral
Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security
interest in all the Collateral. Each Loan Party also agrees promptly to notify the Collateral
Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.



     (b) Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the
preceding Fiscal Year pursuant to clause (b) of Section 5.01, the Borrowers shall deliver to the
Collateral Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer and the chief legal officer (or individual
having the analogous title) of each of the Borrowers (i) setting forth the information required
pursuant to Sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of the Perfection Certificate or
confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection
Certificate delivered on the Effective Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered
pursuant to this Section and (ii) certifying that all UCC financing statements (including fixture
filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, including all
refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral have been
filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction
identified pursuant to clause (i) above to the extent necessary to protect and perfect the security
interests under the Security Documents for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of
such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed
within such period).







     SECTION 5.08. Existence; Conduct of Business. Each Loan Party will, do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its and its
Subsidiaries’ legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents,
copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business; provided
that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution
permitted under Section 6.03.







     SECTION 5.09. Performance of Obligations. Each Loan Party will and will cause its
Subsidiaries to perform all of their respective obligations under the terms of each mortgage,
indenture, security agreement, other debt instrument and material contract by which they are bound
or to which they are a party except for such noncompliance as in the aggregate would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.







     SECTION 5.10. Casualty and Condemnation. Each Loan Party (a) will furnish to the
Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage to any
Collateral in an amount in excess of $2.0 million or the commencement of any action or proceeding
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or similar proceeding and (b) will ensure that the Net Proceeds of any such event (whether in the form of insurance proceeds, condemnation
awards or otherwise) are collected and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Agreement and the Security Documents.







     SECTION 5.11. Pledge of Additional Collateral. Within 30 days after the acquisition
of assets of the type that would have constituted Collateral on the Effective Date pursuant to the
Security Documents (the “Additional Collateral”), each appropriate Loan Party will take all
necessary action, including the filing of appropriate financing statements under the provisions of
the UCC, applicable domestic or local laws, rules or regulations in each of the offices where such
filing is necessary or appropriate, or entering into or amending the Guarantee Agreement and the
Security Documents, or in the case of the Equity Interests of a “first tier” Non-U.S. Subsidiary,
entering into a pledge agreement under the laws of the jurisdiction of such Non-U.S. Subsidiary
providing for the relevant Loan Party to have an enforceable and perfected security interest in 65%
of the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary, to grant to the Collateral Agent for its benefit and
the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected Lien, subject to Permitted Liens in such Collateral
pursuant to and to the full extent required by the Security Documents and this Agreement
(including, without limitation, satisfaction of the conditions set forth in subsections (w) and (z)
of Section 4.01 of the Original Credit Agreement). In the event that any Loan Party acquire an
interest in additional Real Property having a fair market value in excess of $1.0 million as
determined in good faith by the Borrowers, acquire an interest in additional Real Property where
equipment or operations necessary or important to the operation of the Borrower’s communication
network are located or renews any Real Property Lease (whether or not the subject of a leasehold
mortgage under the Security Documents), the appropriate Loan Party, using its commercially
reasonable efforts in the case of any such leases (but without any requirement to provide any
lessor any compensation), will take such actions and execute such documents as the Collateral Agent
shall require to confirm the Lien of a Mortgage, if applicable, or to create a new Mortgage
encumbering any such Real Property for the benefit of the Secured Parties (including, without
limitation, satisfaction of the conditions set forth in subsections (f) and (x) of Section 4.01 of
the Original Credit Agreement and subsection (a) of Section 5.19). All actions taken by the
parties in connection with the pledge of Additional Collateral, including, without limitation, the
reasonable and documented costs of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
shall be for the account of the Borrowers, which shall pay all sums due on demand.







     SECTION 5.12. Further Assurances. The Loan Parties will execute any and all further
documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions
(including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of
trust and other documents and the delivery of appropriate opinions of counsel), which may be
required under any applicable law, or which the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders may
reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to grant,
preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created by the Security Documents or the validity or
priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties also agree to
provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or
intended to be created by the Security Documents.







     SECTION 5.13. Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers covenant and agree that (i) the proceeds
of the Term D Loans made on the Restatement Effective Date will be used to finance a portion of the
Refinancing and to pay fees and expenses related to the IPO Transactions and (ii) no Revolving
Credit Borrowings after the Restatement Effective Date will be used for any purpose that would violate any Requirement of Law or any
provision of this Agreement.







     SECTION 5.14. Payment of Taxes. Each Loan Party and its respective Subsidiaries will
pay and discharge all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon
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penalties attach thereto, and all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might become a
Lien or charge upon any Properties of such Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries or
cause a failure or forfeiture of title thereto; provided that neither such Loan Party nor
any of its respective Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy
or claim that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings diligently conducted,
which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the Property or asset
that may become subject to such Lien, if it has maintained adequate reserves with respect thereto
in accordance with and to the extent required under GAAP; provided, further, that,
with respect to any taxes that are being contested, any such contest of any tax, assessment,
charge, levy or claim with respect to Collateral shall satisfy the Contested Collateral Lien
Conditions.







     SECTION 5.15. Equal Security for Loans and Notes. If any Loan Party shall create or
assume any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other
than Permitted Liens (unless prior written consent to the creation or assumption thereof shall have
been obtained from the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders), it shall make or cause to
be made effective provisions whereby the Obligations will be secured by such Lien equally and
ratably with any and all other assets or Property thereby secured as long as any such assets or
Property shall be secured; provided that this covenant shall not be construed as consent by
the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders to any violation by any Loan Party of the
provisions of Section 6.02.







     SECTION 5.16. Guarantees. In the event that any Person becomes a 90% Owned Subsidiary
after the Restatement Effective Date, the Borrowers will promptly notify the Administrative Agent
of that fact and cause such 90% Owned Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement and deliver to the Collateral Agent a counterpart of the
Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and to take all such further actions and execute all
such further documents and instruments as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent, desirable to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit itself
and of the Secured Parties, a valid and perfected Lien on all of the Property and assets of such
90% Owned Subsidiary described in the applicable forms of the Security Documents subject to
Permitted Liens.







     SECTION 5.17. Subordination of Intercompany Loans. Each Loan Party covenants and
agrees that any existing and future debt obligation of any Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not
a Loan Party shall, pursuant to a subordination agreement reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, be expressly subordinated to the Loans following a Default.







     SECTION 5.18. Hedging. The Borrowers will enter into or cause to be in effect interest rate Hedging Agreements
within 90 days of the Restatement Effective Date with respect to 50% of the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Term D Loans made to the Borrowers on terms and with counterparties
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall maintain such Hedging Agreements until the date
which is two years and six months after the Restatement Effective Date.







     SECTION 5.19. Certain Post-Closing Matters. (a) The applicable Loan Parties shall
deliver to the Collateral Agent (unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole
discretion), within fifteen (15) days of the Restatement Effective Date, the following:




     (i) Mortgages encumbering each Mortgaged Property in which the applicable Loan Party
holds an ownership or leasehold interest (as indicated on Schedule 5.19(a)(i)) in
favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, duly
executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan Party, and otherwise in form for recording
in the recording office where each such Mortgaged Property is situated, together with such
certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall be required in connection with
the recording or filing thereof to create a lien under applicable law, and such UCC-1
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ments and other similar statements as are contemplated by the counsel
opinions described in Section 5.19(a)(viii) in respect of such Mortgage, all of which shall
be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and any other
instruments necessary to grant a mortgage lien under the laws of any applicable
jurisdiction, which Mortgage and financing statements and other instruments shall when
recorded be effective to create a Lien on such Mortgaged Property subject to no other Liens
except Prior Liens;




     (ii) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, such consents, approvals, amendments,
supplements, estoppels, tenant subordination agreements or other instruments, in form
acceptable to the Collateral Agent, as necessary or required to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby or as shall reasonably be deemed necessary by the Collateral Agent in
order for the owner or holder of the fee or leasehold interest constituting such Mortgaged
Property to grant the Lien contemplated by the Mortgage with respect to such Mortgaged
Property;




     (iii) with respect to each Mortgage, a policy (or marked title commitment having the
effect of a title insurance policy) of title insurance (collectively, a “Title
Policy”) insuring the Lien of such Mortgage as a valid first mortgage Lien on the real
property and fixtures described therein in an amount not less than the amount set forth on
Schedule 5.19(a)(iii) (115% of the fair market value thereof), which Title Policy
shall (w) be issued by the Title Company, (x) include such reinsurance arrangements (with
provisions for direct access) as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (y)
contain a “tie-in” or “cluster” endorsement (if available under applicable law)
(i.e., policies which insure against losses regardless of location or allocated
value of the insured property up to a stated maximum coverage amount) and have been
supplemented by such endorsements (or where such endorsements are not available, opinions of
special counsel, architects or other professionals reasonably acceptable to the Collateral
Agent to the extent that such opinions can be obtained at a cost which is reasonable with
respect to the value of the real property subject to such Mortgage) as shall be reasonably
requested by the Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, endorsements, to the
extent available in each jurisdiction at commercially reasonably rates, on matters relating
to usury, first loss, last dollar, zoning, contiguity, variable rate, revolving credit,
doing business, access, survey, address, subdivision, separate tax lot, lender
non-imputation and so-called comprehensive coverage over covenants and restrictions)
and (z) contain only a survey exception and such other exceptions to title as shall be
agreed to by the Collateral Agent with respect to such Mortgaged Property;




     (iv) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, policies or certificates of insurance as
required by the Mortgage relating thereto and hereby, which policies or certificates shall
comply with the insurance requirements contained in such Mortgage and herein;




     (v) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, such affidavits, certificates, information
(including financial data) and instruments of indemnification (including, without
limitation, a so-called “gap” indemnification) as shall be required to induce the Title
Company to issue the Title Policy or Policies and endorsements contemplated in subparagraph
(iii) above;




     (vi) evidence acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment by the appropriate Loan
Party or Subsidiary thereof of all applicable title insurance premiums, search and
examination charges, survey costs and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees,
charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgages and issuance of the
title insurance policies referred to in subparagraph (iii) above;




     (vii) with respect to each Real Property and Mortgaged Property, copies of all leases
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is a party, it being understood that to the extent any of the foregoing in which any
Loan Party is a landlord or sublandlord affect any Mortgaged Property, such leases or other
agreements shall be subordinate to the Mortgage to be recorded against such Mortgaged
Property and otherwise acceptable to the Collateral Agent either by its terms or pursuant to
a Subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) to be executed by the tenant thereunder; and




     (viii) opinions of local counsel to the Loan Parties as specified in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent which opinions (x) shall be addressed to each Agent and
each of the Lenders and be dated the date of delivery, (y) shall cover the enforceability of
the respective Mortgage delivered contemporaneously therewith and perfection of the Liens
and security interests granted pursuant thereto and the other relevant Security Documents
and such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as the Agents may
reasonably request and (z) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agents.



     (b) Insurance. The Collateral Agent shall have received a copy of, or a
certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section 5.04 and the
applicable provisions of the Loan Documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent.







ARTICLE VI




NEGATIVE COVENANTS




     Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each
Loan and all Fees and other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document have been
paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall
have been reimbursed, each of the Loan Parties agrees with the Lenders that:







     SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities. (a) The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist (including by way of Guarantee) any
Indebtedness, except:




     (i) Indebtedness incurred and outstanding under the Loan Documents;




     (ii) (A) Indebtedness of Holdings incurred and outstanding under the Senior Notes in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed (x) $200.0 million at any time prior to the end of
the 45th day after the Restatement Effective Date and (y) $130.0 million at any time after
the 45th day after the Restatement Effective Date and (B) any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
provided that in the case of clause (B) only, (x) no Default shall have occurred or
be continuing or would result therefrom, (y) such Indebtedness matures at least one year
after the Term D Loan Maturity Date (and does not have mandatory offers to purchase,
repayments or sinking fund provisions less favorable to the Lenders than the corresponding
provisions of the Senior Note Documents) and (z) after giving effect to the incurrence of
such Indebtedness (and any other Indebtedness incurred since the last day of the immediately
preceding Test Period) on a pro forma basis as if it were incurred on the first day of the
immediately preceding Test Period, the Borrowers would be in compliance with the Financial
Covenants;




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     (iv) Indebtedness of a Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party owed to a Borrower or any
Subsidiary Loan Party; provided that such Indebtedness is represented by a note and
is pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents);




     (v) Guarantees by a Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of a Borrower
or any Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case, to the extent such Indebtedness would have been
permitted to be incurred hereunder directly by such Loan Party, and if such Indebtedness is
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under the Loan Documents, such Guarantee
is as subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations;




     (vi) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of
a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course
of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business
Days of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary receiving notice thereof;




     (vii) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not in
excess of $25.0 million of any Loan Party; provided that, in each case, (x) no
Default shall have occurred or be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving
effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness on a pro forma basis, the Loan Parties would
be in compliance with the Financial Covenants as of the most recent Test Date for which
financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 and any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;




     (viii) Indebtedness of ICTC to a Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party in an aggregate
principal amount outstanding at any time not in excess of $15.0 million; provided that if
any such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by a promissory note, such note shall be pledged
pursuant to the Pledge Agreement;




     (ix) Indebtedness of a Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease
Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or
secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions,
renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding
principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased Weighted Average
Life to Maturity thereof; provided that (A) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to
or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or
improvement and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause
(ix) shall not exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;




     (x) Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for
speculative purposes;




     (xi) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit for
the benefit of) any Person providing worker’s compensation, health, disability or other
employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to a Borrower or any
Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person;




     (xii) Indebtedness of a Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of performance bonds, bid
bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations and trade-related letters of
credit, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred
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     (xiii) Indebtedness arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment
of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection
with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of
Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or
a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;




     (xiv) obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees
provided by a Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;




     (xv) obligations arising from or representing deferred compensation to employees of a
Borrower or any Subsidiary that constitute or are deemed to be Indebtedness under GAAP and
that are incurred in the ordinary course of business;




     (xvi) Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of
the Borrower in compliance with this Agreement, but only if such Indebtedness could
otherwise be incurred pursuant to clauses (i) to (xv) of this Section 6.01(a);
provided that no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom;




     (xvii) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties incurred or assumed in one or more Permitted
Acquisitions and any Permitted Refinancing thereof in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $25.0 million outstanding at any time; and




     (xviii) Indebtedness of Holdings, the Net Cash Proceeds of which are used to
permanently repay Loans or to finance Capital Expenditures or Investments by the Borrowers
or any Subsidiary or to refinance any such Indebtedness pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing
thereof; provided that after giving effect to any such incurrence of Indebtedness
and the use of proceeds therefrom, the Total Net Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal
to 4.75:1.00;



     (b) The Loan Parties will not, nor will they permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, issue any Preferred Stock or other Equity Interest of such Person that by its terms (or
by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, in
either case at the option of the holder thereof) or otherwise (i) matures or is mandatorily
redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is or may become redeemable or
repurchaseable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part including upon the
occurrence of any contingency (unless the terms of such Equity Interests provide that, upon the
happening of such contingency, no such redemption, repurchase or similar payment with respect to
such Equity Interests shall be required until either all Obligations have been paid in full and
there are no outstanding Commitments or such redemption, repurchase or similar requirement would be
permitted by the terms of this Agreement), or (iii) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of
the holder thereof for Indebtedness or Equity Interests not permitted by this Section 6.01(b), in
each case, on or prior to the 91st day after the Term Loan D Maturity Date.







     SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any
Property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by them, or assign or sell any income or revenues
(including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (herein
collectively referred to as “Permitted Liens”):




     (i) Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents;




     (ii) Liens on assets acquired after the Effective Date existing at the time of
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nection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition and do not extend
to any assets of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than the specific assets so acquired;




     (iii) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds
or performance bonds, landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’,
materialmen’s, attorney’s or other like liens, in any case incurred in the ordinary course
of business and with respect to amounts not overdue by more than 10 days or being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted;
provided that (A) a reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as is required
by GAAP shall have been made therefor, (B) if such Lien is on Collateral and such amounts
are being contested, the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions shall at all times be
satisfied and (C) such Liens relating to statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or
performance bonds shall only extend to or cover cash and Cash Equivalents not in the
Collateral Account;




     (iv) Liens existing on the date of this Agreement and identified on Schedule
6.02(iv);




     (v) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims or other like
statutory Liens, in any case incurred in the ordinary course of business, that do not secure
Indebtedness for borrowed money and (A) that are not yet delinquent or (B) that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
concluded; provided that (1) any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be
required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor and (2) if such Lien is on
Collateral and such amounts are being contested, the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions
shall at all times be satisfied;




     (vi) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) of the type
described in Section 6.01(a)(ix) covering only the assets acquired, financed, refinanced or
improved with such Indebtedness;




     (vii) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness secured by the
Liens of the type described in clause (ii) of this Section 6.02; provided that any
such Lien shall not extend to or cover any assets not securing the Indebtedness so
refinanced;




     (viii) (A) Liens in the form of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations,
covenants, conditions or other restrictions on the use of real property or other minor
irregularities in title (including leasehold title) that do not (1) secure Indebtedness or
(2) individually or in the aggregate materially impair the value or marketability of the
real property affected thereby or the occupation, use and enjoyment in the ordinary course
of business of a Borrower or any Subsidiary at such real property and (B) with respect to
leasehold interests in real property, mortgages, obligations, liens and other encumbrances
incurred, created, assumed or permitted to exist and arising by, through or under a landlord
or owner of such leased property encumbering the landlord’s or owner’s interest in such
leased property;




     (ix) Liens in the form of pledges or deposits securing bids, tenders, contracts (other
than contracts for the payment of money) or leases to which either Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries is a party, in each case, made in the ordinary course of business for amounts
(A) not yet due and payable or (B) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently conducted; provided that (1) a reserve or other
appropriate provision, if any, as is required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, (2) if
such Lien is on Collateral and such amounts are being contested, the Contested Collateral
Lien Conditions shall at all times be satisfied and (3) such Liens shall in no event
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     (x) Liens resulting from operation of law with respect to any judgments, awards or
orders to the extent that such judgments, awards or orders do not cause or constitute a
Default under this Agreement; provided that if any such Liens are on Collateral and
such amounts are being contested, the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions shall at all
times be satisfied;




     (xi) Liens in the form of licenses, leases or subleases granted or created by either
Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, which licenses, leases or subleases do not interfere,
individually or in the aggregate, in any material respect with the business of such Borrower
or such Subsidiary or individually or in the aggregate materially impair the use (for its
intended purpose) or the value of the property subject thereto; provided that any
such Lien shall not extend to or cover any assets of any Person that is not the subject of
any such license, lease or sublease;




     (xii) Liens on fixtures or personal property held by or granted to landlords pursuant
to leases to the extent that such Liens are not yet due and payable; provided that
with respect to any leases entered into after the Restatement Effective Date, the applicable
Borrower or Subsidiary shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (x) enter into a
lease that does not grant a Lien on fixtures or personal property in favor of the landlord
thereunder or (y) obtain a landlord lien waiver reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent;




     (xiii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a)(xvi); provided
that such Liens existed prior to such Person becoming a Subsidiary, were not created in
anticipation thereof and attach only to specific assets of such Person that are being
acquired; and




     (xiv) CoBank, ACB’s statutory Lien on the Borrowers’ Bank Equity Interests;


provided, however, that no Liens shall be permitted to exist, directly or
indirectly, on any Securities Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) other than Liens
pursuant to clause (i) above.








     SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes; Line of Business. (a) The Loan Parties will not,
and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, merge into or consolidate
with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with them, or
liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect
thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) the Borrowers may be merged together
in a transaction in which either of them is the surviving corporation, (ii) any wholly owned
Subsidiary may merge into a Borrower in a transaction in which such Borrower is the surviving
corporation, (iii) any wholly owned Subsidiary may merge with or into any wholly owned Subsidiary
in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary and (if any party to such merger is
a Subsidiary Loan Party, the surviving entity is a Subsidiary Loan Party), (iv) any Subsidiary may
merge with or into an entity in a Permitted Acquisition in a transaction in which the surviving
entity is a Loan Party; and (v) the Mergers shall be permitted; provided that in connection
with the foregoing, the appropriate Loan Parties shall take all actions necessary or reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to expressly assume the obligations
of each non-surviving entity under each of the Loan Documents and to maintain the perfection of or
perfect, as the case may be, protect and preserve the Liens on the Collateral granted to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and otherwise comply with the provisions of
Sections 5.11 and 5.12, in each case, on the terms set forth therein and to the extent applicable.



     (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary may dispose of any or all of its assets
(upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to a Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Party (provided
that in connection with the foregoing, the appropriate Loan Parties shall take all actions
necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the perfection of or perfect,
as the case may be, protect and preserve the Liens on the Collateral granted to the Collateral
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and otherwise comply with the provisions of Sections 5.11
and 5.12, in each case, on the terms set forth therein and to the extent applicable), and any
Subsidiary which is not a Subsidiary Loan Party may dispose of assets to any other Subsidiary which
is not a Subsidiary Loan Party.



     (c) The Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, engage in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto and
other businesses specified on Schedule 6.03(c).



     (d) Holdings will not engage in any business other than holding Equity Interests of the
Borrowers, issuing its Equity Interests, the Senior Notes (and any Permitted Refinancings thereof)
or other Indebtedness which it is permitted to incur pursuant to Section 6.01, maintaining its
existence, performing its obligations under the federal securities laws and performing activities
reasonably related thereto.







     SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Loan
Parties will not, directly or indirectly, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any
merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Equity
Interests in or evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or
other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to,
Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in,
any other Person, or make up-front payments or provide other credit support for any Person or
purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any
other Person constituting a business unit (each of the foregoing, an “Investment” and collectively,
“Investments”), except:




     (i) Permitted Investments;




     (ii) Investments existing on the date of this Agreement (or in respect of which a
binding commitment to make such investment exists on the date of this Agreement) and set
forth on Schedule 6.04;




     (iii) Investments by Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in Subsidiary Loan Parties or
the Borrowers; provided that any such Investment held by a Loan Party shall be
pledged pursuant to a Pledge Agreement;




     (iv) Investments constituting Indebtedness permitted by Sections 6.01(a)(iv), (viii)
and (x);




     (v) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a)(v);




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




     (vii) loans and advances to employees of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business (including, without limitation, for travel, entertainment and relocation
expenses) not to exceed $2.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding;




     (viii) other loans, advances and investments of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary Loan
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     (ix) Investments received in connection with dispositions of assets permitted under
Section 6.05;




     (x) accounts receivable of a Loan Party established in the ordinary course of business;




     (xi)
Investments out of Available Proceeds;




     (xii)
Permitted Acquisitions




     (xiii) Investments in Bank Equity Interests;




     (xiv) Investments in an amount not to exceed Cumulative Available Cash at the time any
such Investment is made; and




     (xv) Investments resulting from Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.07 or
repurchases or redemptions of Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.10(b).







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




     (i) sales of inventory or used, surplus, obsolete, outdated, inefficient or worn out
equipment and other property in the ordinary course of business;




     (ii) sales, transfers and dispositions to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary Loan Party;
provided that in connection with the foregoing, the appropriate Loan Parties shall
take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the
perfection of or perfect, as the case may be, protect and preserve the Liens on the
Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and otherwise
comply with the provisions of Sections 5.11 and 5.12, in each case, on the terms set forth
therein and to the extent applicable;




     (iii) the lease or sublease of Real Property in the ordinary course of business and not
constituting a sale and leaseback transaction;




     (iv) sales of Permitted Investments on ordinary business terms;




     (v) Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and Investments permitted under Section 6.04;




     (vi) sales of accounts receivable of a Loan Party that are past due in the ordinary
course of business;




     (vii) licensing and cross-licensing arrangements involving any technology or other
intellectual property of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary which does not materially restrict the
ability of such Loan Party or Subsidiary to use the technology or other intellectual
property so licensed;




     (viii) sales, transfers and dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests of a
Subsidiary) not otherwise permitted under this Section; provided that the aggregate
fair market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon
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in the aggregate, exceed $10.0 million during any Fiscal Year
and $40.0 million in the aggregate and the Net Proceeds thereof are applied as required by
Section 2.05(c)(ii);




     (ix) Permitted Asset Swaps; and




     (x) sales, transfers or dispositions by any Subsidiary (other than ICTC) that is not a
Loan Party to any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party.


provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by clauses
(viii) and (ix) shall be made for fair value and (x) for at least 80% cash consideration in the
case of sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by clauses (i) and (viii) and (y)
for 100% cash consideration in the case of sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions
permitted by clauses (iv) and (vi).








     SECTION 6.06. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Loan Parties will not, and will
not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any arrangement,
directly or indirectly, whereby they shall sell or transfer any Property, real or personal, used or
useful in their business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease
such Property or other Property that they intend to use for substantially the same purpose or
purposes as the Property sold or transferred unless (i) the sale of such Property is permitted by
Section 6.05 and (ii) any Lien arising in connection with the use of such Property by any Loan
Party or a Subsidiary is permitted by Section 6.02.







     SECTION 6.07. Restricted Payments. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted
Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except:




     (i) Subsidiaries of a Borrower may declare and pay dividends to such Borrower or
another Subsidiary ratably with respect to their Equity Interests or additional shares of
the same class of shares as the dividend being paid to the extent such payment complies with
Section 6.01(b);




     (ii) the Borrowers may pay dividends consisting solely of shares of their common stock
or additional shares of the same class of shares as the dividend being paid;




     (iii) the Borrowers may make Restricted Payments to Holdings and, without duplication,
Holdings may make Restricted Payments or repurchase or redeem Indebtedness pursuant to
Section 6.10(b)(iii) in an amount not to exceed Cumulative Available Cash at the time of the
making of such Restricted Payment, in each case so long as (i) no Dividend Suspension Period
shall be in effect and (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;




     (iv) so long as no Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom, any Loan Party may purchase or redeem Equity Interests of Holdings (including
related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former
directors, consultants, officers or employees; provided that the aggregate amount of
such purchases or redemptions under this clause (iv) shall not exceed in any Fiscal Year
$3.0 million;




     (v) noncash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock
options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;




     (vi) unless a Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 7.01(a)(i) or any
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declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to Holdings in amounts sufficient to
permit Holdings to pay regularly scheduled interest payments as and when due on the Senior
Notes;




     (vii) unless a Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom,
(x) the CCI Borrower may declare and pay a dividend to Holdings, provided that an
equal amount of cash equity is concurrently contributed to the capital of the TXU Borrower
by Holdings and (y) the TXU Borrower may declare and pay
dividends to Holdings; provided
that an equal amount is concurrently contributed to the capital of the CCI Borrower by
Holdings;




     (viii) the Borrowers may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions in
amounts sufficient to permit Holdings to pay the taxes of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;




     (ix) the Borrowers and Holdings may make Restricted Payments from Available Proceeds so
long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;




     (x) the Borrowers may make distributions to Holdings to pay fees and expenses required
to maintain its existence (including franchise taxes and federal, state, local and foreign
income taxes), and bonus and other benefits payable to their officers and employees,
expenses of members of the Board of Directors and other general corporate administrative and
overhead expenses actually incurred in the ordinary course of business; and




     (xi) the IPO Transactions shall be permitted.







     SECTION 6.08. Transactions with Affiliates. The Loan Parties will not, and will not
permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any
property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or
otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of their Affiliates, unless such transactions
are in the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s business and are at prices and on terms and
conditions not less favorable to the Loan Party or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an
arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, except:




     (i) transactions between or among one or more of the Borrowers and/or one or more of
the Subsidiary Loan Parties not involving any other Affiliate and transactions among
Subsidiaries not involving any Loan Party;




     (ii) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07 and any transaction permitted by
Section 6.03;




     (iii) fees and compensation, benefits and incentive arrangements paid or provided to,
and any indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors or employees of Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries as determined in good faith by the board of directors of Holdings; and




     (iv) loans and advances to employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries permitted
by Section 6.04(vii);




     (v) transactions pursuant to the agreements set forth on Schedule 6.08(v) as
such agreements are in effect on the date of this Agreement and as amended in accordance
with Section 6.10; and




     (vi) in the case of any joint venture in which the Borrowers or any Subsidiary has an
interest, so long as the other party or parties to the joint venture which are not
Affiliates of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary own at least 50% of the equity of such joint
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tween such joint venture and the Borrowers or any Subsidiary that
are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrowers or any
Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s length basis from unrelated third parties.







     SECTION 6.09. Restrictive Agreements. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit
any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or
other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its Property
or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with
respect to any of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrowers or
any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary or to
transfer property to the Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries; provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to:




     (i) conditions imposed by law (including orders of the ICC or TPUC) or by any Loan
Document;




     (ii) clause (a) shall not apply to assets encumbered by Permitted Liens as long as such
restriction applies only to the asset encumbered by such Permitted Lien;




     (iii) restrictions and conditions existing on the date of this Agreement not otherwise
excepted from this Section 6.09 identified on Schedule 6.09 (but shall not apply to
any amendment or modification expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition);




     (iv) restrictions contained in the Senior Note Documents or any other agreements
governing indebtedness so long as not more restrictive than the Senior Notes Documents;




     (v) any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Subsidiary of either
Borrower; provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such
Person becoming a Subsidiary;




     (vi) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale
of assets pending such sale; provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to
the assets to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder; and




     (vii) clause (a) shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and contracts in the
ordinary course of business between the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries and their customers
and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof.







     SECTION 6.10. Amendments or Waivers of Certain Documents; Prepayments of Certain
Indebtedness. (a) The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly
or indirectly, amend or otherwise change (or waive) the terms of any Organic Document, any
Transaction Document (other than the Loan Documents), any document governing any Indebtedness
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement or any agreement set forth on Schedule
6.08(v), in each case, in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders.



     (b) The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, make (or give any notice
or offer in respect of) any voluntary or optional payment or mandatory prepayment or redemption or
acquisition for value of (including, without limitation, by way of depositing with any trustee with
respect thereto money or securities before such Indebtedness is due for the purpose of paying such
Indebtedness when due) or exchange of principal of any Indebtedness of the type referred to in
Section 6.01(a)(ii), in each case other than (i) pursuant to any customary registered exchange
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after a private placement thereof, (ii) any Permitted Refinancing, (iii) the
repurchase or redemption from time to time of Indebtedness of the type referred to in Section
6.01(a)(ii) with amounts received by Holdings from a Restricted Payment by the Borrowers permitted
by Section 6.07(iii), so long as at the time of such redemption or repurchase (x) no Dividend
Suspension Period shall be in effect and (y) no Event of Default, shall have occurred and be
continuing, (iv) the redemption of Indebtedness of the type referred to in Section 6.01(a)(ii) from
Available Proceeds so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (v) the
redemption of up to $70.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes in connection with
the IPO Transactions (so long as not less than $130.0 million aggregate principal amount of the
Senior Notes remain outstanding following such redemption).








     SECTION 6.11. Total Net Leverage Ratio. The Borrowers will not permit the Total Net
Leverage Ratio at the end of any Fiscal Quarter of Holdings to exceed 5.0:1.0.







     SECTION 6.12. Capital Expenditures. Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or commit to make
any Capital Expenditures, except that Holdings and its Subsidiaries may make or commit to make
Capital Expenditures not exceeding the amount set forth below (the “Base Amount”) for each
of the Fiscal Years of Holdings set forth below:



	 	 	 	 	 
	Fiscal Year Ended	 	Base Amount	 
	December 31, 2004
	 	$	40,000,000	 
	December 31, 2005
	 	$	45,000,000	 
	December 31, 2006
	 	$	45,000,000	 
	December 31, 2007
	 	$	45,000,000	 
	December 31, 2008
	 	$	45,000,000	 
	December 31, 2009
	 	$	45,000,000	 
	December 31, 2010
	 	$	45,000,000	 
	December 31, 2011
	 	$	45,000,000	 





provided that for any period set forth above, the Base Amount set forth above may be
increased by a maximum of 100% of the Base Amount for any such period by carrying over to any such
period any portion of the Base Amount (without giving effect to any increase) not spent in the
immediately preceding period, and that Capital Expenditures in any period shall be deemed first
made from the Base Amount applicable to such period in any given period; provided,
further, that (i) the Base Amount for any Fiscal Year shall be deemed to have been utilized
prior to the amount carried forward from the previous Fiscal Year and (ii) for avoidance of doubt,
Capital Expenditures for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2005 shall include Capital Expenditures
made or committed to be made by Holdings and its Subsidiaries prior to the Restatement Effective
Date.








     SECTION 6.13. Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. The Borrowers will not permit the Senior
Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of any Fiscal Quarter of Holdings to exceed 4.0:1.0.







     SECTION 6.14. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrowers will not permit the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of any Fiscal Quarter to be less than the applicable minimum
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	 	 	Minimum Fixed Charge
	Fiscal Quarter ending	 	Coverage Ratio
	On or prior to December 31, 2005

	 	2.5:1.0
	After January 1, 2006 and on or prior to
December 31, 2006

	 	2.0:1.0
	After January 1, 2007

	 	1.75:1.0










     SECTION 6.15. Anti-Terrorism Law. The Loan Parties shall not (i) conduct any business or engage in making or receiving any
contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person described in Section
3.22 above, (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or
interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, or
(iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose
of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any
Anti-Terrorism Law (and the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Lenders any certification or other
evidence requested from time to time by any Lender in its reasonable discretion, confirming the
Loan Parties’ compliance with this Section 6.15).







     SECTION 6.16. Embargoed Person. At all times throughout the term of the Loans, (a)
none of the funds or assets of the Loan Parties that are used to repay the Loans shall constitute
property of, or shall be beneficially owned directly or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party,
indirectly by, any Person subject to sanctions or trade restrictions under United States law
(“Embargoed Person” or “Embargoed Persons”) that is identified on (1) the “List of
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” (the “SDN List”) maintained by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury, and/or to the knowledge
of any Loan Party, as of the date thereof, based upon reasonable inquiry by such Loan Party, on any
other similar list (“Other List”) maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute
including, but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701
et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.,
and any Executive Order or regulation promulgated thereunder, with the result that the investment
in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law, or the Loans made by the
Lenders would be in violation of law, or (2) the Executive Order, any related enabling legislation
or any other similar Executive Orders (collectively, “Executive Orders”), and (b) no
Embargoed Person shall have any direct interest, and to the knowledge of any Loan Party, as of the
Effective Date, based upon reasonable inquiry by any Loan Party, indirect interest, of any nature
whatsoever in the Loan Parties, with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether
directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law or the Loans are in violation of law.







     SECTION 6.17. Anti-Money Laundering. At all times throughout the term of the Loans,
to the knowledge of any Loan Party, as of the Effective Date, based upon reasonable inquiry by such
Loan Party, none of the funds of such Loan Party that are used to repay the Loans shall be derived
from any unlawful activity with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether
directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loans would be in violation of law.







ARTICLE VII




EVENTS OF DEFAULT








     SECTION 7.01. Listing of Events of Default. Each of the following events or
occurrences described in this Section 7.01 shall constitute (i) an “Event of Default”, if
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bursements or Letters of Credit are outstanding, and (ii) an “Event of
Termination”, if no Loans, LC Disbursements or Letters of Credit are outstanding:




     (a) The Borrowers shall default (i) in the payment when due of any principal of any
Loan (including, without limitation, on any Installment Payment Date) or any reimbursement
obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement, (ii) in the payment when due of any interest
on any Loan (and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days),
or (iii) in the payment when due of any Fee described in Section 2.10 or of any other previously
invoiced amount (other than an amount described in clauses (i) and (ii)) payable under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document (and such default shall continue unremedied for a
period of five Business Days).




     (b) Any representation or warranty of any Loan Party made or deemed to be made
hereunder or in any other Loan Document or any other writing or certificate furnished by or
on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender for
the purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document is or
shall be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made.




     (c) Either Borrower shall default in the due performance and observance of any of its
obligations under clause (g), (i) or (k) of Section 5.01 or any Loan Party or any of their
Subsidiaries shall fail to comply with clause (a) of Section 5.02 or Article VI.




     (d) Any Loan Party shall default in the due performance and observance of any agreement
(other than those specified in paragraphs (a) through (c) above) contained herein or in any
other Loan Document, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days
after the date of such default.




     (e) A default shall occur (i) in the payment when due (subject to any applicable grace
period), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of any Material Indebtedness or (ii) in the
performance or observance of any obligation or condition with respect to any Material
Indebtedness if the effect of such default referred to in this clause (ii) is to accelerate
the maturity of any such Material Indebtedness or that enables or permits (with or without
the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any such Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any such Material
Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or
defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity.




     (f) Any judgment or order (or combination of judgments and orders) for the payment of
money equal to or in excess of $7.5 million individually or in the aggregate shall be
rendered against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (or any combination thereof) and




     (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such
judgment or order and not stayed;




     (ii) such judgment has not been stayed, vacated or discharged within 60 days of
entry; or




     (iii) there shall be any period (after any applicable statutory grace period)
of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order,
by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect and such judgment
is not fully insured against by a policy or policies of insurance (with reasonable
or standard deductible provisions) issued by an insurer other than an Affiliate of
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     (g) Any of the following events shall occur:




     (i) the taking of any specific actions by a Loan Party, any ERISA Affiliate or
any other Person to terminate a Pension Plan if, as a result of such termination, a
Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could expect to incur a liability or obligation to
such Pension Plan which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; or




     (ii) an ERISA Event, or termination, withdrawal or noncompliance with
applicable law or plan terms with respect to Foreign Plans, shall have occurred that
gives rise to a Lien on the assets of any Loan Party or a Subsidiary or, when taken
together with all other ERISA Events and terminations, withdrawals and noncompliance
with respect to Foreign Plans that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.




     (h) Any Change in Control shall occur.




     (i) Any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries shall




     (i) become insolvent or generally fail to pay debts as they become due;




     (ii) apply for, consent to, or acquiesce in the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for any Loan Party or any of such
Subsidiaries or substantially all of the property of any thereof, or make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors;




     (iii) in the absence of such application, consent or acquiescence, permit or
suffer to exist the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other
custodian for any Loan Party or any of such Subsidiaries or for a substantial part
of the property of any thereof, and such trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other
custodian shall not be discharged or stayed within 60 days, provided that
each Loan Party and each such Subsidiary hereby expressly authorizes the
Administrative Agent and each Lender to appear in any court conducting any relevant
proceeding during such 60-day period to preserve, protect and defend their rights
under the Loan Documents;




     (iv) permit or suffer to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy,
reorganization, debt arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or
insolvency law, or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect
of any Loan Party or any such Subsidiary and, if any such case or proceeding is not
commenced by the such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, such case or proceeding shall
be consented to or acquiesced in by the such Loan Party or such Subsidiary or shall
result in the entry of an order for relief or shall remain for 60 days undismissed
and unstayed; provided that each Loan Partier and each such Subsidiary
hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender to appear in
any court conducting any such case or proceeding during such 60-day period to
preserve, protect and defend their rights under the Loan Documents; or




     (v) take any corporate or partnership action (or comparable action, in the case
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     (j) The obligations of Holdings or any Subsidiary Loan Party under the Guarantee
Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect or any such Loan Party shall repudiate
its obligations thereunder.




     (k) Any Lien on Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $1.0 million
purported to be created under any Security Document shall fail or cease to be, or shall be
asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral, with the
priority required by the applicable Security Document.







     SECTION 7.02. Action if Bankruptcy. If any Event of Default described in clauses (i)
through (v) of Section 7.01(i) shall occur, the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) shall
automatically terminate and the outstanding principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all other
Obligations shall automatically be and become immediately due and payable, without notice or
demand, all of which are hereby waived by each Borrower.







     SECTION 7.03. Action if Other Event of Default. If any Event of Default (other than
any Event of Default described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 7.01(i)) shall occur for any
reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, upon the
direction of the Requisite Lenders, shall by written notice to the Borrowers and each Lender
declare all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and other Obligations
to be due and payable and/or the Commitments (if not theretofore terminated) to be terminated,
whereupon the full unpaid amount of such Loans and other Obligations which shall be so declared due
and payable shall be and become immediately due and payable, without further notice, demand or
presentment and/or, as the case may be, the Commitments shall terminate.







     SECTION 7.04. Action if Event of Termination. Upon the occurrence and continuation of
any Event of Termination, the Requisite Lenders may, by notice from the Administrative Agent to the
Borrowers and the Lenders (except if an Event of Termination described in clauses (i) through (v)
of Section 7.01(i) shall have occurred, in which case the Commitments (if not theretofore
terminated) shall, without notice of any kind, automatically terminate) declare their Commitments
terminated, and upon such declaration the Lenders shall have no further obligation to make any
Loans hereunder. Upon such termination of the Commitments, all accrued fees and expenses shall be
immediately due and payable.







     SECTION 7.05. Borrowers’ Right to Cure.



     (a) Financial Performance Covenants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Article VII, in the event that the Borrowers fail to comply with the requirements
of any Financial Covenant with respect to any Test Period, until the expiration of the 10th day
subsequent to the date the certificate calculating such Financial Covenant is required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or (c), Holdings shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure
Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to its capital and, in each case, to
contribute any such cash of up to $25.0 million per exercise of the Cure Right to the capital of
either of the Borrowers (collectively, the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by a
Borrower of such cash (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise of such Cure Right such
Financial Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma
adjustments:




     (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the last Fiscal Quarter of such Test Period shall be
increased, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Covenants for such Test Period
and for each of the three subsequent Test Periods in which such Fiscal Quarter is included
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     (ii) If, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, the Borrowers shall then
be in compliance with the requirements of all Financial Covenants, the Borrowers shall be
deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Covenants as of the relevant date
of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply
therewith at such date,
and the applicable Default of the Financial Covenants which had occurred shall be
deemed cured for all purposes of this Agreement.



     (b) Limitation on Exercise of Cure Right. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in no event may the Cure Right be exercised if a period of at least four consecutive
Fiscal Quarters has not elapsed from the date of the most recent exercise of the Cure Right.







ARTICLE VIII




THE AGENTS








     SECTION 8.01. The Agents. Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby appointed to act as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each
assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes each of the Agents to take such actions
on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to
such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such
actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized
by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the
Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts
due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each
payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrowers of any
Default specified in this Agreement of which such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection
with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial
statements and other materials delivered by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement as received by
such Agent.



     None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially
determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or
be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document
delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the
performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or
agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for
the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any
other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully
protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by
the Requisite Lenders (or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as
otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant
thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge
to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to
be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of
the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on
account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations
hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any
other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any
other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all
duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and
shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all
matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by
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     The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary
action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall
be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders.



     Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, any Agent
may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers. Upon any such
resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor. If no successor
shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent
may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank
with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500.0
million or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent
hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the
provisions of this Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent.



     With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not
as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as
though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money
to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other
Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent.



     Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own
decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.



     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither CSFB and DBTCA as
Co-Syndication Agents, CSFB and CGMI, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, nor CoBank, as
Documentation Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or
responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.







ARTICLE IX




MISCELLANEOUS








     SECTION 9.01. Notices. (a) Except as set forth in Section 9.17, notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail, sent by telecopy or electronic mail, as
follows:




     (i) if to the Borrowers or the Borrower Representative, to the Borrower Representative
at 121 South 17th Street, Matoon, IL 61938, attention: Steve Childers (telecopy:
217-234-9934) (e-mail: steve.childers@consolidated.com), with copies to: (i) Richard A.
Lumpkin at 121 South 17th Street, Matoon, IL 61938 (telecopy:
217-234-9934) (e-mail: richard.lumpkin@consolidated.com), (ii) Robert J. Currey at 121 South 17th Street, Matoon,
IL 61938 (telecopy: 217-234-9934) (e-mail:
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ding LLP, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, attention: John
Graham, Esq. (telecopy: 212-556-2222) (e-mail:
jgraham@kslaw.com);




     (ii) if to the Administrative Agent to it at Citicorp North America, Inc., 2 Penn’s
Way, Suite 110, New Castle, DE, 19720, attention: Elizabeth Wier (telecopy: (212)
994-0961) (e-mail: Elizabeth.j.wier@citigroup.com), with a copy to Cahill Gordon & Reindel
llp, 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005, attention: Jonathan A. Schaffzin,
Esq. (telecopy: (212) 269-5420) (e-mail:
jschaffzin@cahill.com);




     (iii) if to the Issuing Bank, to it at Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its
Cayman Islands Branch, 1 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, attention: Julia Kingsbury
(telecopy: (212) 325-8304) (email:
julia.kingsbury@csfb.com); and




     (iv) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in
Schedule 2.01 or its Administrative Questionnaire or in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party hereto.



     All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered
by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy or electronic mail or on the date five
Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered,
sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 9.01 or in accordance
with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 9.01.
Each Loan Party and Lender hereunder agrees to notify the Administrative Agent in writing promptly
of any change to the notice information provided above or in Schedule 2.01.



     (b) The Borrowers shall forthwith on demand indemnify each Lender against any loss or
liability which that Lender incurs (and that Lender shall not be liable to either Borrower in any
respect) as a consequence of:




     (i) any Person to whom any notice or communication under or in connection with this
Agreement is sent by either Borrower by telecopy failing to receive that notice or
communication (unless directly caused by that Person’s gross negligence or willful default);
or




     (ii) any telecopy communication which reasonably appears to that Lender to have been
sent by either Borrower having in fact been sent by a Person other than the Borrowers.







     SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Loan Parties herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or
delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be
considered to have been relied upon by Lenders hereto and shall survive the making by the Lenders
of the Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any
such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or
warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect
as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any Fee or any other amount
payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of
Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not been terminated. The provi
sions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 9.05 and 9.16 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in
full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the
repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments
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     SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect. Subject to Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become
effective when it shall have been executed by Holdings, each Borrower and the Administrative Agent
and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken
together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and
assigns.







     SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) Whenever in this Agreement any of the
parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors
and assigns of such party (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of
Credit). All covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of either Borrower, the Agents or
the Lenders that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in clause (f) below and, solely to
the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Issuing
Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this
Agreement.



     (b) Each Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its interests, rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at
the time owing to it; provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or
a Lender Affiliate or a Federal Reserve Bank or in connection with the initial syndication of the
Commitments and Loans, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of any
assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment or any Lender’s obligations in respect of its LC
Exposure or Swingline Exposure, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender) must give their prior
written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
(ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate or in connection with
the initial syndication of the Commitments and Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and
Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be
less than, in the case of the Term D Loans, $1.0 million and increments of $1.0 million in excess
thereof and, in the case of the Revolving Loans, $5.0 million and increments of $1.0 million in
excess thereof (or (A) if the aggregate amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender
is a lesser amount, the entire amount of such Commitment or Loans, or (B) in any other case, such
lesser amount as the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent otherwise agree), (iv) each partial
assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement, except that this clause (iv) shall not be construed to
prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments and Loans, (v) except in the case of the
assignment to an Affiliate of such Lender or an assignment required to be made pursuant to Section
2.20, the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and (vi) the
assignee, if it shall not be a Lender or any, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Administrative Questionnaire; provided, further, that any consent of the Borrowers
otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required if a Default has occurred and is
continuing. Subject to acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 9.04,
from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective
date shall be at least five Business Days after the execution thereof (unless otherwise determined
by the Administrative Agent), (A) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations
of a Lender under this Agreement, and (B) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of
the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under
this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining
portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall
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benefits of Sections 2.14,
2.15, 2.16 and 9.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date
of such assignment, as well as to any Fees accrued for its account and not yet paid). Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not
comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender
of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (f) of this Section.



     (c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder
and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other
parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its
Commitment, and the outstanding balances of its Loans and participations in Swingline Loans, in
each case without giving effect to assignments thereof which have not become effective, are as set
forth in such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) except as set forth in (i) above, such assigning
Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the
financial condition of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries or the performance or
observance by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries of any of their obligations under this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto;
(iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such
Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this
Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements, if any, delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its
own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (v) such assignee
will independently and without reliance upon either Agent, such assigning Lender or any other
Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (vi)
such assignee appoints and authorizes each Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (vii) such assignee agrees that it
will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this
Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (viii) Schedule 2.01 shall be
deemed to be amended to reflect the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder after
giving effect thereto. Each Lender that delivers a Lender Addendum shall be deemed to have agreed
with each of the other parties hereto, to the same extent as though it were an assignee, to the
matters referred to in clauses (iii) through (viii) of the preceding sentence (with references
therein to “Assignment and Acceptance” referring to such Lender’s Lender Addendum).



     (d) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of each Borrower, shall
maintain at one of its offices in The City of New York a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and
the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements to each Borrower, and
participations in Swingline Loans, owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to
time (the “Register”). Except to the extent inconsistent with Section 2.07(d), the entries
in the Register shall be
conclusive and each Borrower, the Agents, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder
for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by any Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.



     (e) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning
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(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee
referred to in paragraph (b) above and, if required, the written consent of the Borrowers, the
Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent to such assignment, the
Administrative Agent shall (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information
contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders. No
assignment shall be effective unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this
paragraph (e).



     (f) Each Lender may without the consent of either Borrower, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing
Bank or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or
a Borrower or any of a Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in
all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of
its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided, however, that (i) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions contained in
Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 and the provisions of Section 5.01 to the same extent as if they were
Lenders and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04
(provided that no participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to
such Sections than the Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the interest
transferred unless either (x) such transfer to such Participant is made with the Borrowers’ prior
written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) or (y) a Default has occurred and is continuing
at the time of such participation), and (iv) the Borrowers, the Agents, the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and such Lender shall retain the sole right
(which each Lender agrees will not be limited by the terms of any participation agreement or other
agreement with a participant) to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents (other than, without the consent of
the Participant, amendments, modifications or waivers described in the first proviso of Section
9.08(b) that affect such Participant). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall
be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant
agrees to be subject to Section 2.20 as though it were a Lender.



     (g) Any Lender or participant may, in connection with any assignment or participation or
proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 9.04, disclose to the assignee or
participant or proposed assignee or participant any information relating to the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of any of the Loan Parties; provided
that, prior to any such disclosure of information designated by either Borrower as confidential,
each such assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall execute a
confidentiality agreement in form and substance consistent with provisions of Section 9.16.



     (h) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of any Loan Party or the Administrative
Agent, pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this
Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure
obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank and this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or
assignment of a security interest; provided that (x) no such pledge or assignment of a
security interest shall release a Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as
a party hereto and (y) any foreclosure or similar action shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 9.04(b) concerning assignments and shall not be effective to transfer any rights under this
Agreement or in any Loan, Note or other instrument evidencing the rights of a Lender under this
Agreement until the requirements of Section 9.04(b) concerning assignments are fully satisfied. In
order to facilitate such a pledge or assignment, each Borrower shall, at the request of the
assigning Lender, duly execute and deliver to the assigning Lender a promissory note or notes
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     (i) No Loan Party shall assign or delegate any of their rights or duties hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and any attempted assignment
without such consent shall be null and void.







     SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity. (a) Each Borrower agrees to pay (i) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, CGMI
and their Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon &
Reindel llp, counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of
the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents or in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions hereby contemplated shall be
consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection
with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for
payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Joint Lead
Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement
(including its rights under this Section), the other Loan Documents or the Loans made or Letters of
Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout,
restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit, and, in connection
with any such enforcement or protection, the fees, charges and disbursements of any other counsel
for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Issuing Bank or
any Lender; provided, however, that the Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay for
expenses incurred by a Lender in connection with the assignment of Loans to an assignee Lender
(except pursuant to Section 2.20) or the sale of Loans to a participant pursuant to Section 9.04.



     (b) Each Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Co-Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Issuing Bank, each
Lender, each Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and each of their respective Related Parties
(each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee
harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable expenses,
including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any
Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
thereby, the performance by the parties hereto or thereto of their respective obligations
thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions, the IPO Transactions and the other transactions
contemplated thereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit (including any
refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents
presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of
Credit), (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto, or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release
of Hazardous Materials on any property owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of the
Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability or Environmental Claim related in any way to any Loan
Party or the
Subsidiaries; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be
available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related reasonable
expenses (i) are finally judicially determined to have arisen by reason of the Indemnitee’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct or (ii) arises out of a dispute between Lenders solely in their
capacities as such (and not in any Lender’s capacity as an Agent); provided,
further, that such indemnity shall be without duplication of amounts to which an Indemnitee
is entitled under Section 2.16 and shall exclude those amounts expressly excluded from indemnity or
payment by either Borrower in Section 2.16.



     (c) To the extent that the Borrowers fail to promptly pay any amount to be paid by it to any
Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or
(b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent, the Issuing Bank or the
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Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that
the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (other
than syndication expenses); provided that, to the extent any Issuing Bank or Swingline
Lender is entitled to reimbursement under this Section 9.05(c), to the extent the amounts
reimbursed were incurred solely in such Issuing Bank’s or Swingline Lender’s capacity as such, the
indemnification provided for in this Section 9.05(c) shall be solely the obligation of the
Revolving Lenders; provided, further, that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified
loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the applicable Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in
its capacity as such. For purposes hereof, a Lender’s
“pro rata share” shall be determined based
upon its share of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures, outstanding Term D Loans and
unused Commitments at the time.



     (d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower
hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.



     (e) The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Loans, the expiration of the Commitments, the
invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. All
amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable on written demand therefor.







     SECTION 9.06. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default or Event of Termination shall
have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to
time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time
owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any of and all
the obligations of such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and other Loan
Documents held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although such obligations may be
unmatured. In connection with exercising its rights pursuant to the previous sentence, a Lender
may at any time use any of the applicable Loan Party’s credit balances with the Lender to purchase
at the Lender’s applicable spot rate of exchange any other currency or currencies which the Lender
considers necessary to reduce or discharge any amount due by such Loan Party to the Lender, and may
apply that currency or those currencies in or towards payment of those amounts. The rights of each
Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of
setoff) which such Lender may have. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the applicable Loan Party
and the Administrative Agent after making any such setoff.







     SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN
AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED
BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.







     SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of either Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any power or right hereunder or under any Loan Document
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and
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Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise
have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any
departure by the Borrowers therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a
waiver of any Default or Event of Default regardless of whether an Agent, any Lender or the Issuing
Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice
or demand on any Borrower in any case shall entitle such Borrower to any other or further notice or
demand in similar or other circumstances.



     (b) Subject to Sections 5.12(b), 6.03, 9.08(c), 9.08(d) and 9.08(e), no amendment,
modification, termination or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document, or consent to any
departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written
concurrence of the Requisite Lenders.



     (c) Without the written consent of each Lender that would be directly affected thereby (whose
consent shall be sufficient therefor without the consent of the Requisite Lenders), no amendment,
modification, termination, waiver or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would:




     (i) extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or Note;




     (ii) waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not prepayment);




     (iii) extend the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date;




     (iv) reduce or forgive the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any waiver of any
increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.18) or any fee
payable hereunder, it being understood that any amendment or modification to the financial
definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest for
purposes of this clause (iv);




     (v) extend the time for payment of any such interest or fees;




     (vi) reduce or forgive the principal amount of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation
in respect of any Letter of Credit;




     (vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 9.08(b), this Section
9.08(c), Section 9.08(d) or Section 9.08(e) (except for technical amendments with respect to
additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement which affect the protections to
such additional extensions of credit of the type provided to the Revolving Credit
Commitments and the Term D Loans on the Restatement Effective Date);




     (viii) amend the definition of “Requisite Lenders” or “Pro Rata Percentage” or amend
the provisions of Section 2.13(a) relating to pro rata treatment of Lenders;
provided, with the consent of Requisite Lenders, additional extensions of credit
pursuant hereto may be included in the determination of “Requisite Lenders” or “Pro Rata
Percentage” on substantially the same basis as the Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving
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     (ix) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release any of the
Guarantors from its Guarantee of the Obligations except as expressly provided in the Loan
Documents or subordinate the Liens under any Security Document, it being understood that
additional extensions of credit under this Agreement consented to by the Requisite Lenders
may be equally and ratably secured by the Collateral with the then existing secured
obligations under the Security Documents;




     (x) modify any provision of the Collateral Documents relating to the application of
proceeds from Collateral; or




     (xi) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of any of its rights and
obligations under any Loan Document (except as contemplated by this Agreement).



     (d) No amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any provision
of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall:




     (i) increase any Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender over the amount thereof then
in effect without the consent of such Lender; provided no amendment, modification,
termination, waiver or consent with respect to any condition precedent, covenant, Default or
Event of Default shall be construed as an increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment of any
Lender;




     (ii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision hereof relating to the Swingline
Sublimit or the Swingline Loans without the consent of Swingline Lender;




     (iii) amend the definition of “Requisite Class Lenders” without the consent of
Requisite Class Lenders of each Class; provided, with the consent of the Requisite
Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant hereto may be included in the
determination of such “Requisite Class Lenders” on substantially the same basis as the
Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Loans, Term D Commitments and Term D Loans are
included on the Restatement Effective Date;




     (iv) alter the required application of any repayments or prepayments as between Classes
pursuant to Section 2.05 or Section 2.11 without the consent of Requisite Class Lenders of
each Class which is being allocated a lesser repayment or prepayment as a result thereof;
provided the Requisite Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment so
long as the application, as between Classes, of any portion of such prepayment is still required to be
made is not altered and, if additional extensions of term credit under this Agreement
consented to by the Requisite Lenders are made, such new term loans may be included on a
pro rata basis in the various prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.05;




     (v) amend, modify, terminate or waive any obligation of Revolving Lenders relating to
the issuance of or purchase of participations in Letters of Credit without the written
consent of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank;




     (vi) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 8 as the same applies
to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations
of any Agent, in each case without the consent of such Agent;




     (vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of any Loan Document specifying
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modify any rights thereunder or make any determination to grant any consent thereunder
without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as the case may
be);




     (viii) expressly amend, modify, supplement or waive any condition precedent in Section
4.02 to any Revolving Credit Borrowing without the written consent of the Requisite
Revolving Lenders; or




     (ix) increase the maximum duration of Interest Periods hereunder without the consent of
all Lenders.



     (e) Without the written consent of Lenders holding 66 2/3% of the outstanding Commitments, no
amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof
would be to waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01.







     SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges
and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively,
the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may
be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan or
participation in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such
Loan or participation hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be
limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have
been payable in respect of such Loan or participation but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in
respect of other Loans or participations or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum
Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds
Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.







     SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any
previous agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that any letter agreement relating to
the subject matter hereof between either Borrower and a Lender shall remain effective in accordance
with its terms. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties
hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents.







     SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER
PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE,
BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.







     SECTION 9.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained
in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
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therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in
good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid
provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal
or unenforceable provisions.







     SECTION 9.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by
different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but
all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective as
provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile
transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.







     SECTION 9.14. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used
herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect
the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.







     SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each Loan Party
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting
in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of
any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all
claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York
State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees
that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing
in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any
jurisdiction.



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



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







     SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality. (a) The Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative
Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents hereby agree that each of the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents and each of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, accountants, attorneys and other advisors are, and have been from the
commencement of discussions with respect to the facilities established by this Agreement (the
“Facilities”), permitted to disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any
kind, the structure and “tax aspects” (as such terms are used in Code Sections 6011, 6111 and 6112
and the regulations promulgated thereunder) of the Facilities, and all materials of any kind
(including opinions or other tax analyses) that are or have been provided to the Loan Parties, such
Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Co-Syndication Agents related to such structure and tax
aspects. In this regard, each of the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the
Co-Syndication Agents acknowledges and agrees that its disclosure of the structure or tax aspects
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oral or written (whether or not such understanding or agreement is legally binding). Furthermore,
each of the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents
acknowledges and agrees that it does not know or have reason to know that its use or disclosure of
information relating to the structure or tax aspects of the Facilities is limited in any other
manner (such as where the Facilities are claimed to be proprietary or exclusive) for the benefit of
any other Person. To the extent that disclosure of the structure or tax aspects of the Facilities
by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents or the Lenders is limited
by any existing agreement between the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication
Agents or the Lenders, such limitation is agreed to be void ab initio and such agreement is hereby
amended to permit disclosure of the structure and tax aspects of the Facilities as provided in this
paragraph (a).



     (b) Subject to paragraph (a) of this Section 9.16, none of the Administrative Agent, the
Co-Syndication Agents or any Lender may disclose to any Person any confidential, proprietary or
non-public information of the Loan Parties furnished to the Administrative Agent, the
Co-Syndication Agents or the Lenders by the Loan Parties (such information being referred to
collectively herein as the “Loan Party Information”), except that each of the
Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Lenders may disclose Loan Party Information
(i) to its and its affiliates’ employees, officers, directors, agents, accountants, attorneys and
other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Loan Party Information and instructed to keep such Loan
Party Information confidential on substantially the same terms as provided herein), (ii) to the
extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this
Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan
Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing
provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 9.16(b), to any assignee of or
Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement, (vii) to the extent such Loan Party Information (A) is or becomes generally
available to the public on a nonconfidential basis other than as a result of a breach of this
Section 9.16(b) by the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents or such Lender, or (B) is or
becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents or such Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties and (viii) with the consent of the
Loan Parties. Nothing in this provision shall imply that any party has waived any privilege it may
have with respect to advice it has received.







     SECTION 9.17. Citigroup Direct Website Communications. (a) Each Loan Party hereby
agrees that it will provide to the Administrative Agent all information, documents and other
materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Loan
Documents, including, without limitation, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial
and other reports, certificates and other information material, but excluding any such
communication that (i) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, Borrowing or
other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating
thereto), (ii) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement
prior to the scheduled date therefore, (iii) provides notice of any Default or Event of Default
under this Agreement or (iv) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the
effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder (all
such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as
“Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a
format acceptable to the Administrative Agent to
oploanswebadmin@citigroup.com. In addition, each
Loan Party agrees to continue to provide the Communications to the Administrative Agent in the
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     (b) Each Loan Party further agrees that the Administrative Agent may make the Communications
available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks, Fixed Income Direct or a
substantially similar electronic transmission systems (the “Platform”). Each Loan Party
acknowledges that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily
secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution.



     (c) THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW)
DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM
AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS OR
FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE AGENT PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE
COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS
AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ADVISORS OR
REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, “AGENT PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE LOAN PARTIES, ANY
LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT
OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT,
CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF THE LOAN
PARTIES’ OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET,
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LIABILITY OF ANY AGENT PARTY IS FOUND IN A FINAL, NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT
BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED PRIMARILY FROM SUCH AGENT PARTY’S GROSS
NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.



     The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Agent at its
e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the
Administrative Agent for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as
provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform
shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan
Documents. Each Lender agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by
electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s e-mail address to which the foregoing
notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to
such e-mail address.



     Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to give any
notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such
Loan Document.







     SECTION 9.18. Collateral Agent as Joint Creditor. Each of the Loan Parties and each
of the Lenders agree that the Collateral Agent shall be the joint creditor (together with the
relevant Lender) of each and every obligation of the Loan Parties towards each of the Lenders under
or in connection with the Loan Documents, and that accordingly the Collateral Agent will have its
own independent right to demand performance by the Loan Parties of those obligations. However, any
discharge of any such obligation to the Collateral Agent or the relevant Lender shall, to the same
extent, discharge the corresponding obligation owing to the other.



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


	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS 

     ACQUISITION TEXAS, INC.,

     as Co-Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Steven L. Childers	 
	 	 	Name:  	Steven L. Childers	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer	 
	 
	 	CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,

     as Co-Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Steven L. Childers	 
	 	 	Name:  	Steven L. Childers	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer	 
	 
	 	CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS ILLINOIS 

     HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Steven L. Childers	 
	 	 	Name:  	Steven L. Childers	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer	 
	 
	 	CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

     as Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Caesar W. Wyszomirski	 
	 	 	Name:  	Caesar W. Wyszomirski	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director	 
	 
	 	CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON

     acting through its Cayman Islands Branch,

     as Issuing Bank	 
	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Thomas S. Hall	 
	 	 	Name:  	Thomas S. Hall	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Doreen Barr	 
	 	 	Name:  	Doreen Barr	 
	 	 	Title:  	Associate	 




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