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                               CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                     among

                         THE MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC.,

                               VARIOUS LENDERS,

                                      and

                            BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
                            as ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

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                           Dated as of May 9, 2001

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                        DEUTSCHE BANC ALEX. BROWN INC.,
                       as LEAD ARRANGER and BOOK MANAGER


                        BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,
                             as SYNDICATION AGENT


                               FLEET BANK, N.A.,
                            as DOCUMENTATION AGENT

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1.  Amount and Terms of Credit...............................    1

     1.01  The Commitments...........................................    1
     1.02  Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing..........................    4
     1.03  Notice of Borrowing.......................................    5
     1.04  Disbursement of Funds.....................................    6
     1.05  Notes.....................................................    7
     1.06  Conversions...............................................    8
     1.07  Pro Rata Borrowings.......................................    9
     1.08  Interest..................................................    9
     1.09  Interest Periods..........................................   10
     1.10  Increased Costs, Illegality, etc..........................   12
     1.11  Compensation..............................................   14
     1.12  Change of Lending Office; etc.............................   15
     1.13  Replacement of Lenders....................................   15
     1.14  Incremental B Term Loan Commitments.......................   17
     1.15  Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments....................   19
     1.16  Limitation on Additional Amounts..........................   21
     1.17  Special Provisions Regarding Revolving Loan Commitments
              and Indemnifying Lenders...............................   21

SECTION 2.  Letters of Credit........................................   25

     2.01  Letters of Credit.........................................   25
     2.02  Maximum Letter of Credit Outstandings; Final Maturities...   26
     2.03  Letter of Credit Requests; Minimum Stated Amount..........   26
     2.04  Letter of Credit Participations...........................   27
     2.05  Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings..............   29
     2.06  Increased Costs...........................................   30

SECTION 3.  Commitment Commission; Fees; Reductions of Commitment....   31

     3.01  Fees......................................................   31
     3.02  Voluntary Termination of Unutilized Revolving Loan
              Commitments............................................   32
     3.03  Mandatory Reduction of Commitments........................   33

SECTION 4.  Prepayments; Payments; Taxes.............................   33

     4.01  Voluntary Prepayments.....................................   33
     4.02  Mandatory Repayments......................................   36
     4.03  Method and Place of Payment...............................   42
     4.04  Net Payments..............................................   42
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SECTION 5.  Conditions Precedent to Credit Events on the Initial
            Borrowing Date...........................................    44

     5.01  Effective Date; Notes.....................................    45
     5.02  Officer's Certificate.....................................    45
     5.03  Opinions of Counsel.......................................    45
     5.04  Corporate Documents; Proceedings; etc.....................    45
     5.05  Shareholders' Agreements; Tax Sharing Agreements;
              Existing Indebtedness Agreements.......................    46
     5.06  Consummation of the Transaction...........................    46
     5.07  Adverse Change, Approvals.................................    47
     5.08  Litigation................................................    48
     5.09  Pledge Agreement..........................................    48
     5.10  Security Agreement........................................    48
     5.11  Subsidiaries Guaranty.....................................    49
     5.12  Mortgages; Title Insurance; Surveys; Landlord Waivers.....    49
     5.13  Financial Statements; Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Projections    50
     5.14  Solvency Certificate; Insurance Certificates..............    50
     5.15  Environmental and Hazardous Substance Analyses; etc.......    50
     5.16  Fees, etc.................................................    51

SECTION 6.  Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events................    51

     6.01  No Default; Representations and Warranties................    51
     6.02  Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request.............    51
     6.03  Regulation U..............................................    51

SECTION 7.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements...............    52

     7.01  Organizational Status.....................................    52
     7.02  Power and Authority.......................................    52
     7.03  No Violation..............................................    52
     7.04  Approvals.................................................    53
     7.05  Financial Statements; Financial Condition; Undisclosed
              Liabilities; Projections...............................    53
     7.06  Litigation................................................    54
     7.07  True and Complete Disclosure..............................    55
     7.08  Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.......................    55
     7.09  Tax Returns and Payments..................................    55
     7.10  Compliance with ERISA.....................................    56
     7.11  The Security Documents....................................    57
     7.12  Properties................................................    58
     7.13  Capitalization............................................    58
     7.14  Subsidiaries..............................................    58
     7.15  Compliance with Statutes, etc.............................    58
     7.16  Investment Company Act....................................    59
     7.17  Public Utility Holdings Company Act.......................    59
     7.18  Environmental Matters.....................................    59
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     7.19  Labor Relations.....................................................      60
     7.20  Intellectual Property, etc..........................................      60
     7.21  Indebtedness........................................................      60
     7.22  Insurance...........................................................      60
     7.23  Representations and Warranties in Other Documents...................      60
     7.24  Subordination.......................................................      61

SECTION 8.  Affirmative Covenants..............................................      61

     8.01  Information Covenants...............................................      61
            (a)   Quarterly Financial Statements...............................      61
            (b)   Annual Financial Statements..................................      61
            (c)   Management Letters...........................................      62
            (d)   Budgets......................................................      62
            (e)   Officer's Certificates.......................................      62
            (f)   Notice of Default, Litigation and Material Adverse Effect....      63
            (g)   Other Reports and Filings....................................      63
            (h)   Environmental Matters........................................      63
            (i)   Bank Debt Ratings............................................      64
            (j)   Other Information............................................      64
     8.02  Books, Records and Inspection; Annual Meetings......................      64
     8.03  Maintenance of Property; Insurance..................................      64
     8.04  Existence; Franchises...............................................      65
     8.05  Compliance with Statutes, etc.......................................      65
     8.06  Compliance with Environmental Laws..................................      65
     8.07  ERISA...............................................................      66
     8.08  End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters................................      67
     8.09  Performance of Obligations..........................................      68
     8.10  Payment of Taxes....................................................      68
     8.11  Use of Proceeds.....................................................      68
     8.12  Additional Security; Further Assurances; etc........................      68
     8.13  Foreign Subsidiaries Security.......................................      69
     8.14  Permitted Acquisitions..............................................      70
     8.15  Ownership of Subsidiaries; etc......................................      71
     8.16  Interest Rate Protection............................................      72
     8.17  Margin Regulations..................................................      72

SECTION 9.  Negative Covenants.................................................      72

     9.01  Liens...............................................................      72
     9.02  Consolidation, Merger, Purchase or Sale of Assets, etc..............      75
     9.03  Dividends...........................................................      78
     9.04  Indebtedness........................................................      79
     9.05  Advances, Investments and Loans.....................................      81
     9.06  Transactions with Affiliates........................................      83
     9.07  Capital Expenditures................................................      84
     9.08  Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio........................      85
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     9.09  Minimum Consolidated EBITDA...............................   85
     9.10  Maximum Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio................   86
     9.11  Maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio.................   86
     9.12  Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio..........   87
     9.13  Limitations on Prepayments of Certain Indebtedness;
               Modifications of Certain Indebtedness; Modifications
               of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain
               Other Agreements, etc.................................   87
     9.14  Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries........   88
     9.15  Limitation on Issuance of Capital Stock...................   88
     9.16  Business..................................................   88
     9.17  Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries....................   89
     9.18  Rental Fleet..............................................   89

SECTION 10.  Events of Default.......................................   89

     10.01  Payments.................................................   89
     10.02  Representations, etc.....................................   89
     10.03  Covenants................................................   89
     10.04  Default Under Other Agreements...........................   90
     10.05  Bankruptcy, etc..........................................   90
     10.06  ERISA....................................................   90
     10.07  Security Documents.......................................   91
     10.08  Subsidiaries Guaranties..................................   91
     10.09  Judgments................................................   91
     10.10  Change of Control........................................   92

SECTION 11.  Definitions and Accounting Terms........................   92

     11.01  Defined Terms............................................   92

SECTION 12.  Administrative Agent....................................  124

     12.01  Appointment..............................................  124
     12.02  Nature of Duties.........................................  124
     12.03  Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent.............  124
     12.04  Certain Rights of the Administrative Agent...............  125
     12.05  Reliance.................................................  125
     12.06  Indemnification..........................................  125
     12.07  The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity......  125
     12.08  Holders..................................................  126
     12.09  Resignation by the Administrative Agent..................  126

SECTION 13.  Miscellaneous...........................................  127

     13.01  Payment of Expenses, etc.................................  127
     13.02  Right of Setoff..........................................  128
     13.03  Notices..................................................  129
     13.04  Benefit of Agreement; Assignments; Participations........  129
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     13.05  No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative...........................    133
     13.06  Payments Pro Rata........................................    133
     13.07  Calculations; Computations...............................    134
     13.08  GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE; WAIVER
               OF JURY TRIAL. .......................................    135
     13.09  Counterparts.............................................    136
     13.10  Effectiveness............................................    136
     13.11  Headings Descriptive.....................................    136
     13.12  Amendment or Waiver; etc.................................    136
     13.13  Survival.................................................    138
     13.14  Domicile of Loans........................................    139
     13.15  Register.................................................    139
     13.16  Confidentiality..........................................    139
     13.17  Judgment Currency........................................    140
     13.18  Euro.....................................................    141
     13.19  Post-Closing Actions.....................................    141
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SCHEDULE I     Commitments
SCHEDULE II    Lender Addresses
SCHEDULE III   Real Property
SCHEDULE IV    Plans
SCHEDULE V     Subsidiaries
SCHEDULE VI    Existing Indebtedness
SCHEDULE VII   Insurance
SCHEDULE VIII  Existing Liens
SCHEDULE IX    Existing Investments
SCHEDULE X     Associated Costs
SCHEDULE XI    Buy-Back Arrangements
SCHEDULE XII   Indebtedness to be Refinanced
SCHEDULE XIII  Post-Closing Matters

EXHIBIT A-1    Notice of Borrowing
EXHIBIT A-2    Notice of Conversion/Continuation
EXHIBIT B-1    A Term Note
EXHIBIT B-2    B Term Note
EXHIBIT B-3    Revolving Note
EXHIBIT B-4    Swingline Note
EXHIBIT C      Incremental B Term Loan Commitment Agreement
EXHIBIT D      Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment Agreement
EXHIBIT E      Letter of Credit Request
EXHIBIT F      Section 4.04(b)(ii) Certificate
EXHIBIT G      Opinion of Foley & Lardner
EXHIBIT H      Officers' Certificate
EXHIBIT I      Pledge Agreement
EXHIBIT J      Security Agreement
EXHIBIT K      Subsidiaries Guaranty
EXHIBIT L      Solvency Certificate
EXHIBIT M      Compliance Certificate
EXHIBIT N      Assignment and Assumption Agreement
EXHIBIT O      Intercompany Note

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          CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 9, 2001, among THE MANITOWOC
COMPANY, INC., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders party
hereto from time to time and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Administrative Agent (in
such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") (all capitalized terms used herein
and defined in Section 11 are used herein as therein defined).

                             W I T N E S S E T H:
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          WHEREAS, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Lenders are willing to make available to the Borrower the respective
credit facilities provided for herein;

          NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

          SECTION 1. Amount and Terms of Credit.
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          1.01  The Commitments. (a) Subject to and upon the terms and
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conditions set forth herein, each Lender with an A Term Loan Commitment
severally agrees to make a term loan or term loans (each an "A Term Loan" and,
collectively, the "A Term Loans") to the Borrower, which A Term Loans (i) shall
be incurred pursuant to a single drawing on the Initial Borrowing Date, (ii)
shall be denominated in Dollars, (iii) except as hereinafter provided, shall, at
the option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted
into, Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans, provided that, (A) except as
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otherwise specifically provided in Section 1.10(b), all A Term Loans comprising
the same Borrowing shall at all times be of the same Type, and (B) unless either
the Administrative Agent has otherwise determined in its sole discretion or has
determined that the Syndication Date has occurred (at which time this clause (B)
shall no longer be applicable), prior to the 90th day following the Initial
Borrowing Date, A Term Loans may only be incurred and maintained as, and/or
converted into, Eurodollar Loans so long as all such outstanding Eurodollar
Loans, together with all outstanding B Term Loans that are maintained as
Eurodollar Loans and all outstanding Revolving Loans that are maintained as Euro
Rate Loans, are subject to an Interest Period of one month which begins and ends
on the same day, and (iv) shall be made by each such Lender in that aggregate
principal amount which does not exceed the A Term Loan Commitment of such Lender
on the Initial Borrowing Date. Once repaid, A Term Loans incurred hereunder may
not be reborrowed.

          (b)    Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender with an Initial B Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a
term loan or term loans (each an "Initial B Term Loan" and, collectively, the
"Initial B Term Loans") to the Borrower, which Initial B Term Loans (i) shall be
incurred pursuant to a single drawing on the Initial Borrowing Date, (ii) shall
be denominated in Dollars, (iii) except as hereinafter provided, shall, at the
option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into,
Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans, provided that, (A) except as otherwise
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specifically provided in Section 1.10(b), all Initial B Term Loans comprising
the same Borrowing shall at all times be of the same Type, and (B) unless either
the Administrative Agent has otherwise determined in its sole discretion or has
determined that the Syndication Date has occurred (at which time this clause
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(B) shall no longer be applicable), prior to the 90th day following the Initial
Borrowing Date, Initial B Term Loans may only be incurred and maintained as,
and/or converted into, Eurodollar Loans so long as all such outstanding
Eurodollar Loans, together with all outstanding A Term Loans that are maintained
as Eurodollar Loans and all outstanding Revolving Loans that are maintained as
Euro Rate Loans, are subject to an Interest Period of one month which begins and
ends on the same day, and (iv) shall be made by each such Lender in that
aggregate principal amount which does not exceed the Initial B Term Loan
Commitment of such Lender on the Initial Borrowing Date. Once repaid, Initial B
Term Loans incurred hereunder may not be reborrowed.

          (c)  Subject to Section 1.14 and the other terms and conditions set
forth herein, each Lender with an Incremental B Term Loan Commitment severally
agrees to make a term loan or term loans (each, an "Incremental B Term Loan"
and, collectively, the "Incremental B Term Loans") to the Borrower, which
Incremental B Term Loans (i) shall be incurred pursuant to a single drawing on
the Incremental B Term Loan Borrowing Date (which date, in any event, shall be
the date of the effectiveness of the Incremental B Term Loan Commitment
Agreement pursuant to which such Incremental B Term Loans are to be made and
shall not be later than the Incremental Commitment Expiry Date), (ii) shall be
denominated in Dollars, (iii) shall be added to the then outstanding Borrowings
of Initial B Term Loans as provided in Section 1.14(c), and (iv) shall be made
by each such Lender in that aggregate principal amount which does not exceed the
Incremental B Term Loan Commitment of such Lender on the Incremental B Term Loan
Borrowing Date. Once repaid, Incremental B Term Loans incurred hereunder may not
be reborrowed.

          (d)  Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender with a Revolving Loan Commitment severally agrees to make, at any
time and from time to time on or after the Initial Borrowing Date and prior to
the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, a revolving loan or revolving loans (each a
"Revolving Loan" and, collectively, the "Revolving Loans") to the Borrower,
which Revolving Loans (i) shall be incurred and maintained in the Approved
Currency or Currencies as may be elected by the Borrower, (ii) if denominated in
Dollars, shall, at the option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as,
and/or converted into, Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans, provided that, (A )
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except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 1.10(b), all Dollar
Revolving Loans comprising the same Borrowing shall at all times be of the same
Type, and (B) unless either the Administrative Agent has otherwise determined in
its sole discretion or has determined that the Syndication Date has occurred (at
which time this clause (B) shall no longer be applicable), prior to the 90th day
following the Initial Borrowing Date, Dollar Revolving Loans may only be
incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, Eurodollar Loans so long as
all such outstanding Eurodollar Loans, together with all outstanding Foreign
Currency Revolving Loans and all outstanding Term Loans that are maintained as
Eurodollar Loans, are subject to an Interest Period of one month which begins
and ends on the same day, (iii) if denominated in a Foreign Currency, shall be
incurred and maintained as one or more Borrowings of Euro Rate Loans denominated
in such Foreign Currency, provided that, (A) no Foreign Currency Revolving Loans
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may be incurred if, after giving effect to such incurrence, the aggregate
Principal Amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency Revolving Loans would
exceed the lesser of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) the Total Available Revolving Loan
Commitment then in effect, and (B) unless the Administrative Agent has otherwise
determined in its sole

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discretion or has determined that the Syndication Date has occurred (at which
time this clause (B) shall no longer be applicable), prior to the 90th day
following the Initial Borrowing Date, all outstanding Foreign Currency Revolving
Loans, together with all outstanding Revolving Loans and Term Loans that are
maintained as Eurodollar Loans, shall be subject to an Interest Period of one
month which begins and ends on the same day, (iv) may be repaid and reborrowed
in accordance with the provisions hereof, (v) shall not exceed for any such
Lender at any time outstanding that aggregate Principal Amount which, when added
to the product of (x) such Lender's RL Percentage and (y) the sum of (I) the
aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Outstandings (exclusive of Unpaid
Drawings which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with the
incurrence of, the respective incurrence of Revolving Loans) at such time and
(II) the aggregate Principal Amount of all Swingline Loans (exclusive of
Swingline Loans which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with
the incurrence of, the respective incurrence of Revolving Loans) then
outstanding, equals the Available Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender at
such time, and (vi) shall not exceed for all such Lenders at any time
outstanding that aggregate Principal Amount which, when added to the sum of (I)
the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Outstandings (exclusive of Unpaid
Drawings which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with the
incurrence of, the respective incurrence of Revolving Loans) at such time and
(II) the aggregate Principal Amount of all Swingline Loans (exclusive of
Swingline Loans which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with
the incurrence of, the respective incurrence of Revolving Loans) then
outstanding, equals the Total Available Revolving Loan Commitment at such time.

          (e)  Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Swingline Lender agrees to make, at any time and from time to time on or
after the Initial Borrowing Date and prior to the Swingline Expiry Date, a
revolving loan or revolving loans (each a "Swingline Loan" and, collectively,
the "Swingline Loans") to the Borrower, which Swingline Loans (i) shall be
incurred and maintained as Base Rate Loans, (ii) shall be denominated in
Dollars, (iii) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions
hereof, (iv) shall not exceed in aggregate Principal Amount at any time
outstanding, when combined with the aggregate Principal Amount of all Revolving
Loans then outstanding and the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit
Outstandings at such time, an amount equal to the Total Available Revolving Loan
Commitment at such time, and (v) shall not exceed in aggregate Principal Amount
at any time outstanding the Maximum Swingline Amount. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Section 1.01(e), (i) the Swingline Lender
shall not be obligated to make any Swingline Loans at a time when a Lender
Default exists with respect to an RL Lender unless the Swingline Lender has
entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate the
Swingline Lender's risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender's or Lenders'
participation in such Swingline Loans, including by cash collateralizing such
Defaulting Lender's or Lenders' RL Percentage of the outstanding Swingline
Loans, and (ii) the Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan after it
has received written notice from the Borrower, any other Credit Party or the
Required Lenders stating that (x) one or more of the conditions specified in
Section 5 or 6 are not then satisfied, (y) the making of such Swingline Loans
would violate Section 1.01(e), or (z) a Default or an Event of Default exists
and is continuing until such time as the Swingline Lender shall have received
written notice (A) of rescission of all such

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notices of Default or Event of Default from the party or parties originally
delivering such notice or notices or (B) of the waiver of such Default or Event
of Default by the Required Lenders.

          (f)  On any Business Day, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole
discretion, give notice to the RL Lenders that the Swingline Lender's
outstanding Swingline Loans shall be funded with one or more Borrowings of
Revolving Loans (provided that such notice shall be deemed to have been
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automatically given upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default
under Section 10.05 or upon the exercise of any of the remedies provided in the
last paragraph of Section 10), in which case one or more Borrowings of Dollar
Revolving Loans constituting Base Rate Loans (each such Borrowing, a "Mandatory
Borrowing") shall be made on the immediately succeeding Business Day by all RL
Lenders pro rata based on each such RL Lender's RL Percentage (determined before
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giving effect to any termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to
the last paragraph of Section 10) and the proceeds thereof shall be applied
directly by the Swingline Lender to repay the Swingline Lender for such
outstanding Swingline Loans. Each RL Lender hereby irrevocably agrees to make
Revolving Loans upon one Business Day's notice pursuant to each Mandatory
Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence
and on the date specified in writing by the Swingline Lender notwithstanding (i)
the amount of the Mandatory Borrowing may not comply with the Minimum Borrowing
Amount otherwise required hereunder, (ii) whether any conditions specified in
Section 6 are then satisfied, (iii) whether a Default or an Event of Default
then exists, (iv) the date of such Mandatory Borrowing, and (v) the amount of
the Total Revolving Loan Commitment or the Total Available Revolving Loan
Commitment at such time. In the event that any Mandatory Borrowing cannot for
any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including, without
limitation, as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code with respect to the Borrower), then each RL Lender hereby agrees that it
shall forthwith purchase (as of the date the Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise
have occurred, but adjusted for any payments received from the Borrower on or
after such date and prior to such purchase) from the Swingline Lender such
participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause
the RL Lenders to share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon their
respective RL Percentages (determined before giving effect to any termination of
the Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 10),
provided that (x) all interest payable on the Swingline Loans shall be for the
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account of the Swingline Lender until the date as of which the respective
participation is required to be purchased and, to the extent attributable to the
purchased participation, shall be payable to the participant from and after such
date and (y) at the time any purchase of participations pursuant to this
sentence is actually made, the purchasing RL Lender shall be required to pay the
Swingline Lender interest on the principal amount of participation purchased for
each day from and including the day upon which the Mandatory Borrowing would
otherwise have occurred to but excluding the date of payment for such
participation, at the overnight Federal Funds Rate for the first three days and
at the rate otherwise applicable to Revolving Loans maintained as Base Rate
Loans hereunder for each day thereafter.

          1.02   Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing. The aggregate principal
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amount of each Borrowing of Loans under a respective Tranche shall not be less
than the Minimum Borrowing Amount applicable to such Tranche.  More than one
Borrowing may occur on the same date, but at no time shall there be outstanding
more than twenty Borrowings of Eurodollar

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Loans in the aggregate for all Tranches of Loans; provided, however, for every
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$20,000,000 in the aggregate of Incremental B Term Loan Commitments and
Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments that the Borrower has obtained pursuant
to this Agreement, the Borrower shall be entitled to five additional Borrowings
of Euro Rate Loans hereunder.

          1.03 Notice of Borrowing. (a) Whenever the Borrower desires to incur
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(x) Eurodollar Loans hereunder, it shall give the Administrative Agent at the
Notice Office at least three Business Days' prior notice of each Eurodollar Loan
to be incurred hereunder, (y) Foreign Currency Revolving Loans hereunder, it
shall give the Administrative Agent at the Notice Office at least four Business
Days' prior notice of each Foreign Currency Revolving Loan to be incurred
hereunder and (z) Base Rate Loans hereunder (excluding Swingline Loans and
Revolving Loans made pursuant to a Mandatory Borrowing), it shall give the
Administrative Agent at the Notice Office at least one Business Day's prior
notice of each Base Rate Loan to be incurred hereunder, provided that (in each
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case) any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on a certain day only
if given before 12:00 Noon (New York time) on such day. Each such notice (each a
"Notice of Borrowing"), except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 1.10,
shall be irrevocable and shall be in writing, or by telephone promptly confirmed
in writing, in the form of Exhibit A-1, appropriately completed to specify: (i)
the aggregate principal amount of the Loans to be incurred pursuant to such
Borrowing (stated in the applicable Approved Currency), (ii) the date of such
Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) whether the Loans being
incurred pursuant to such Borrowing shall constitute A Term Loans, Initial B
Term Loans, Incremental B Term Loans or Revolving Loans, (iv) in the case of
Revolving Loans, the Approved Currency for such Revolving Loans, (v) in the case
of Term Loans and Dollar Revolving Loans, whether such Loans being incurred
pursuant to such Borrowing are to be initially maintained as Base Rate Loans or,
to the extent permitted hereunder, Eurodollar Loans and, if Eurodollar Loans,
the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, (vi) in the case of
Foreign Currency Revolving Loans, the initial Interest Period to be applicable
thereto, (vii) in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans the proceeds of
which are to be utilized to finance, in whole or in part, the purchase price of
a Permitted Acquisition, the amount of the Total Unutilized Revolving Loan
Commitment (less the amount of the Blocked Revolving Loan Commitment then in
effect) after giving effect to such Borrowing, and (viii) in the case of a
Borrowing of Revolving Loans, the amount of the Blocked Revolving Loan
Commitment in effect immediately prior to giving effect to such Borrowing. The
Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender which is required to make
Loans of the Tranche specified in the respective Notice of Borrowing, notice of
such proposed Borrowing, of such Lender's proportionate share thereof and of the
other matters required by the immediately preceding sentence to be specified in
the Notice of Borrowing.

          (b)    (i)  Whenever the Borrower desires to incur Swingline Loans
hereunder, the Borrower shall give the Swingline Lender no later than 2:00 P.M.
(New York time) on the date that a Swingline Loan is to be incurred, written
notice or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing of each Swingline Loan
to be incurred hereunder. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and specify in
each case (A) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (B) the
aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans to be incurred pursuant to
such Borrowing and (C) the amount of the Blocked Revolving Loan Commitment in
effect immediately prior to giving effect to such Borrowing.

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          (ii)   Mandatory Borrowings shall be made upon the notice specified in
Section 1.01(f), with the Borrower irrevocably agreeing, by its incurrence of
any Swingline Loan, to the making of the Mandatory Borrowings as set forth in
Section 1.01(f).

          (c)    Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to
confirm in writing any telephonic notice of any Borrowing or prepayment of
Loans, the Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, may
act without liability upon the basis of telephonic notice of such Borrowing or
prepayment, as the case may be, believed by the Administrative Agent or the
Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in good faith to be from the Chairman of
the Board, the President, the Vice President-Finance, the Chief Executive
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer
of the Borrower, or from any other authorized officer of the Borrower designated
in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as being authorized to
give such notices, prior to receipt of written confirmation. In each such case,
the Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent's or
Swingline Lender's record of the terms of such telephonic notice of such
Borrowing or prepayment of Loans, as the case may be, absent manifest error.

          1.04 Disbursement of Funds. No later than 1:00 P.M. (New York time) on
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the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing (or (x) in the case of Foreign
Currency Revolving Loans, no later than 10:00 A.M. (New York time) on the date
specified in the respective Notice of Borrowing, (y) in the case of Swingline
Loans, no later than 4:00 P.M. (New York time) on the date specified pursuant to
Section 1.03(b)(i) or (z) in the case of Mandatory Borrowings, no later than
1:00 P.M. (New York time) on the date specified in Section 1.01(f)), each Lender
with a Commitment of the respective Tranche will make available its pro rata
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portion (determined in accordance with Section 1.07) of each such Borrowing
requested to be made on such date (or in the case of Swingline Loans, the
Swingline Lender will make available the full amount thereof). All such amounts
will be made available in the relevant Approved Currency and in immediately
available funds at the Payment Office, and the Administrative Agent will, except
in the case of Revolving Loans made pursuant to a Mandatory Borrowing, make
available to the Borrower at the Payment Office, in the relevant Approved
Currency and in immediately available funds, the aggregate of the amounts so
made available by the Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been
notified by any Lender prior to the date of Borrowing that such Lender does not
intend to make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's portion of
any Borrowing to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that
such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such
date of Borrowing and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated
to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available
to the Administrative Agent by such Lender, the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender. If
such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the
Administrative Agent's demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding
amount to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent also shall be
entitled to recover on demand from such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may
be, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date
such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the
Borrower until the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the
Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i)

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if recovered from such Lender, the overnight Federal Funds Rate (or, in the case
of Foreign Currency Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent's customary rate
for interbank advances) for the first three days and at the interest rate
otherwise applicable to such Loans for each day thereafter and (ii) if recovered
from the Borrower, the rate of interest applicable to the respective Borrowing,
as determined pursuant to Section 1.08. Nothing in this Section 1.04 shall be
deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to make Loans hereunder or to
prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result
of any failure by such Lender to make Loans hereunder.

          1.05 Notes.  (a)  The Borrower's obligation to pay the principal of,
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and interest on, the Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced in the
Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.15 and
shall, if requested by such Lender, also be evidenced (i) if A Term Loans, by a
promissory note duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the
form of Exhibit B-1, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith
(each an "A Term Note" and, collectively, the "A Term Notes"), (ii) if B Term
Loans, by a promissory note duly executed and delivered by the Borrower
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, with blanks appropriately completed in
conformity herewith (each a "B Term Note" and, collectively, the "B Term
Notes"), (iii) if Revolving Loans, by a promissory note duly executed and
delivered by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3, with blanks
appropriately completed in conformity herewith (each a "Revolving Note" and,
collectively, the "Revolving Notes"), and (iv) if Swingline Loans, by a
promissory note duly executed and delivered by the Borrower substantially in the
form of Exhibit B-4, with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith
(the "Swingline Note").

          (b)    The A Term Note issued to each Lender that has an A Term Loan
Commitment or outstanding A Term Loans shall (i) be executed by the Borrower,
(ii) be payable to such Lender or its registered assigns and be dated the
Initial Borrowing Date (or, if issued after the Initial Borrowing Date, be dated
the date of issuance thereof), (iii) be in a stated principal amount (expressed
in Dollars) equal to the A Term Loans made by such Lender on the Initial
Borrowing Date (or, in the case of any A Term Note issued after the Initial
Borrowing Date, be in a stated principal amount (expressed in Dollars) equal to
the outstanding principal amount of the A Term Loans of such Lender on the date
of the issuance thereof) and be payable in the outstanding principal amount of A
Term Loans evidenced thereby, (iv) mature on the A Term Loan Maturity Date, (v)
bear interest as provided in the appropriate clause of Section 1.08 in respect
of the Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Loans, as the case may be, evidenced
thereby, (vi) be subject to voluntary prepayment as provided in Section 4.01,
and mandatory repayment as provided in Section 4.02, and (vii) be entitled to
the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

          (c)    The B Term Note issued to each Lender that has a B Term Loan
Commitment or outstanding B Term Loans shall (i) be executed by the Borrower,
(ii) be payable to such Lender or its registered assigns and be dated the
Initial Borrowing Date (or, if issued after the Initial Borrowing Date, be dated
the date of issuance thereof), (iii) be in a stated principal amount (expressed
in Dollars) equal to the B Term Loans made by such Lender on the Initial
Borrowing Date (or, in the case of any B Term Note issued after the Initial
Borrowing Date, be in a stated principal amount (expressed in Dollars) equal to
the outstanding principal amount of the B Term

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Loans of such Lender on the date of the issuance thereof) and be payable in the
outstanding principal amount of B Term Loans evidenced thereby, (iv) mature on
the B Term Loan Maturity Date, (v) bear interest as provided in the appropriate
clause of Section 1.08 in respect of the Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Loans,
as the case may be, evidenced thereby, (vi) be subject to voluntary prepayment
as provided in Section 4.01, and mandatory repayment as provided in Section
4.02, and (vii) be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents.

          (d)    The Revolving Note issued to each Lender that has a Revolving
Loan Commitment or outstanding Revolving Loans shall (i) be executed by the
Borrower, (ii) be payable to such Lender or its registered assigns and be dated
the Initial Borrowing Date (or, if issued after the Initial Borrowing Date, be
dated the date of the issuance thereof), (iii) be in a stated principal amount
(expressed in Dollars) equal to the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender
(or, if issued after the termination thereof, be in a stated principal amount
(expressed in Dollars) equal to the outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender
at such time) and be payable in the applicable Approved Currency in the
outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans evidenced thereby, provided
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that if, because of fluctuations in exchange rates after the issuance of any
Revolving Note, the stated principal amount of such Revolving Note of any such
Lender would not be at least as great as the principal amount (taking the Dollar
Equivalent of all Foreign Currency Revolving Loans evidenced thereby) of such
Revolving Loans made by such Lender to the Borrower at any time outstanding,
such Lender may request (and in such case the Borrower shall promptly execute
and deliver) a new Revolving Note in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount (taking the Dollar Equivalent of all Foreign Currency Revolving Loans
evidenced thereby) of such Revolving Loans of such Lender outstanding on the
date of the issuance of such new Revolving Note, (iv) mature on the Revolving
Loan Maturity Date, (v) bear interest as provided in the appropriate clause of
Section 1.08 in respect of the Base Rate Loans and Euro Rate Loans, as the case
may be, evidenced thereby, (vi) be subject to voluntary prepayment as provided
in Section 4.01, and mandatory repayment as provided in Section 4.02, and (vii)
be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

          (e)    The Swingline Note issued to the Swingline Lender shall (i) be
executed by the Borrower, (ii) be payable to the Swingline Lender or its
registered assigns and be dated the Initial Borrowing Date, (iii) be in a stated
principal amount (expressed in Dollars) equal to the Maximum Swingline Amount
and be payable in the outstanding principal amount of the Swingline Loans
evidenced thereby from time to time, (iv) mature on the Swingline Expiry Date,
(v) bear interest as provided in the appropriate clause of Section 1.08 in
respect of the Base Rate Loans evidenced thereby, (vi) be subject to voluntary
prepayment as provided in Section 4.01, and mandatory repayment as provided in
Section 4.02, and (vii) be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents.

          (f)    Each Lender will note on its internal records the amount of
each Loan made by it and each payment in respect thereof and will prior to any
transfer of any of its Notes endorse on the reverse side thereof the outstanding
principal amount of Loans evidenced thereby. Failure to make any such notation
or any error in such notation shall not affect the Borrower's obligations in
respect of such Loans.

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          1.06 Conversions. The Borrower shall have the option to convert, on
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any Business Day, all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing
Amount of the outstanding principal amount of Loans (other than Foreign Currency
Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans which may not be converted pursuant to this
Section 1.06) made pursuant to one or more Borrowings (so long as of the same
Tranche) of one or more Types of Loans into a Borrowing (of the same Tranche) of
another Type of Loan, provided that, (i) except as otherwise provided in Section
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1.10(b), Eurodollar Loans may be converted into Base Rate Loans only on the last
day of an Interest Period applicable to the Loans being converted and no such
partial conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal
amount of such Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than
the Minimum Borrowing Amount applicable thereto, (ii) Base Rate Loans may not be
converted into Eurodollar Loans if a Default or an Event of Default is in
existence on the date of the conversion and either the Administrative Agent or
the Required Lenders have notified the Borrower that such conversions are no
longer permitted (which notice may be given by the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders in their sole discretion), provided that no such notice shall
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be required if a Default or an Event of Default under Section 10.05 exists and
is continuing (in which case Base Rate Loans may not be converted into
Eurodollar Loans), (iii) unless the Administrative Agent has otherwise
determined in its sole discretion or has determined that the Syndication Date
has occurred (at which time this clause (iii) shall no longer be applicable),
prior to the 90th day following the Initial Borrowing Date, conversions of Base
Rate Loans into Eurodollar Loans shall be subject to the provisions of clause
(B) of the proviso in each of Sections 1.01(a)(iii), 1.01(b)(iii) and
1.01(d)(ii), and (iv) no conversion pursuant to this Section 1.06 shall result
in a greater number of Borrowings of Euro Rate Loans than is permitted under
Section 1.02. Each such conversion shall be effected by the Borrower by giving
the Administrative Agent at the Notice Office prior to 12:00 Noon (New York
time) at least three Business Days' prior notice (each a "Notice of
Conversion/Continuation") in the form of Exhibit A-2, appropriately completed to
specify the Loans to be so converted, the Borrowing or Borrowings pursuant to
which such Loans were incurred and, if to be converted into Eurodollar Loans,
the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent
shall give each Lender prompt notice of any such proposed conversion affecting
any of its Loans. Upon any such conversion the proceeds thereof will be deemed
to be applied directly on the day of such conversion to prepay the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans being converted.

          1.07 Pro Rata Borrowings. All Borrowings of Loans under this Agreement
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shall be incurred from the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their A Term Loan
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Commitments, Initial B Term Loan Commitments, Incremental B Term Loan
Commitments or Revolving Loan Commitments, as the case may be. It is understood
that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender of its
obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender shall be obligated to
make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of
any other Lender to make its Loans hereunder.

          1.08 Interest. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay interest in respect of
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the unpaid principal amount of each Base Rate Loan from the date of Borrowing
thereof until the earlier of (i) the maturity thereof (whether by acceleration
or otherwise) and (ii) the conversion of such Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar
Loan pursuant to Section 1.06 or 1.09, as applicable, at a rate per

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annum which shall be equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin plus the Base
Rate each as in effect from time to time.

          (b)    The Borrower agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid
principal amount of each Euro Rate Loan from the date of Borrowing thereof until
the earlier of (i) the maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise)
and (ii) the conversion of such Euro Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan pursuant to
Section 1.06, 1.09 or 1.10, as applicable, at a rate per annum which shall,
during each Interest Period applicable thereto, be equal to the sum of the
Applicable Margin as in effect from time to time during such Interest Period
plus the applicable Euro Rate for such Interest Period plus, in the case of a
Foreign Currency Revolving Loan, any Associated Costs.

          (c)    Overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue
interest in respect of each Loan and any other overdue amounts payable hereunder
or under any other Credit Document shall, in each case, bear interest at a rate
per annum (i) in the case of overdue principal of, and interest on, Foreign
Currency Revolving Loans, equal to 2% in excess of the rate then borne by such
Foreign Currency Revolving Loans plus any Associated Costs, (ii) in the case of
overdue principal of, and interest on, Term Loans and Dollar Revolving Loans,
equal to the greater of (x) the rate which is 2% in excess of the rate then
borne by such Loans and (y) the rate which is 2% in excess of the rate otherwise
applicable to Base Rate Loans of the respective Tranche from time to time, and
(iii) in the case of all other overdue amounts payable hereunder and under any
other Credit Document, equal to the rate per annum equal to the rate which is 2%
in excess of the rate applicable to Dollar Revolving Loans maintained as Base
Rate Loans from time to time. Interest which accrues under this Section 1.08(c)
shall be payable on demand.

          (d)    Accrued (and theretofore unpaid) interest shall be payable (i)
in respect of each Base Rate Loan, (x) quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly
Payment Date, (y) on the date of any repayment or prepayment in full of all
outstanding Base Rate Loans of any Tranche, and (z) at maturity (whether by
acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand, and (ii) in
respect of each Euro Rate Loan, (x) on the last day of each Interest Period
applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three
months, on each date occurring at three month intervals after the first day of
such Interest Period, and (y) on the date of any repayment or prepayment (on the
amount repaid or prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise)
and, after such maturity, on demand.

          (e)    Upon each Interest Determination Date, the Administrative Agent
shall determine the applicable Euro Rate for each Interest Period applicable to
the respective Euro Rate Loans and shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent manifest error, be final
and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

          1.09 Interest Periods.  At the time the Borrower gives any Notice of
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Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation in respect of the making of, or
conversion into, any Euro Rate Loan (in the case of the initial Interest Period
applicable thereto) or prior to 12:00 Noon (New York time) on the third Business
Day (or, in the case of a Foreign Currency Revolving Loan, prior to 12:00 Noon
(New York time) on the fourth Business Day) prior to the expiration

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of an Interest Period applicable to such Euro Rate Loan (in the case of any
subsequent Interest Period), the Borrower shall have the right to elect the
interest period (each an "Interest Period") applicable to such Euro Rate Loan,
which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower (but otherwise
subject to the provisions of clause (B) of the proviso in each of Sections
1.01(a)(iii), 1.01(b)(iii), 1.01(d)(ii) and 1.01(d)(iii)), be a one, two, three,
six, or to the extent consented to by all of the Lenders under a respective
Tranche, a nine-month period, provided that (in each case):
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           (i)      all Euro Rate Loans comprising a Borrowing shall at all
     times have the same Interest Period;

           (ii)     the initial Interest Period for any Euro Rate Loan shall
     commence on the date of Borrowing of such Euro Rate Loan (including, in the
     case of Eurodollar Loans, the date of any conversion thereto from a Base
     Rate Loan) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such
     Euro Rate Loan shall commence on the day on which the next preceding
     Interest Period applicable thereto expires;

           (iii)    if any Interest Period for a Euro Rate Loan begins on a day
     for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
     at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the
     last Business Day of such calendar month;

           (iv)     if any Interest Period for a Euro Rate Loan would otherwise
     expire on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall
     expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that if any
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     Interest Period for a Euro Rate Loan would otherwise expire on a day which
     is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further
     Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the
     next preceding Business Day;

           (v)      unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, no Interest
     Period of longer than one month may be selected for a Foreign Currency
     Revolving Loan at any time when a Default or an Event of Default is then in
     existence;

           (vi)     no Interest Period for a Term Loan or a Dollar Revolving
     Loan may be selected at any time when a Default or an Event of Default is
     then in existence and either the Administrative Agent or the Required
     Lenders have notified the Borrower that such selections are no longer
     permitted (which notice may be given by the Administrative Agent or the
     Required Lenders in their sole discretion), provided that no such notice
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     shall be required if a Default or an Event of Default under Section 10.05
     exists and is continuing (in which case Interest Periods may not be
     selected);

           (vii)    no Interest Period in respect of any Borrowing of any
     Tranche of Loans shall be selected which extends beyond the respective
     Maturity Date for such Tranche of Loans; and

           (viii)   no Interest Period in respect of any Borrowing of A Term
     Loans or B Term Loans shall be selected which extends beyond any date upon
     which a mandatory repayment of such A Term Loans or B Term Loans will be
     required to be made under Section

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     4.02(b) or (c) if the aggregate principal amount of such A Term Loans or B
     Term Loans which have Interest Periods which will expire after such date
     will be in excess of the aggregate principal amount of such A Term Loans or
     B Term Loans then outstanding less the aggregate amount of such required
     repayment.

          If by 12:00 Noon (New York time) on the third Business Day (or, in the
case of a Foreign Currency Revolving Loan, by 12:00 Noon (New York time) on the
fourth Business Day) preceding the expiration of any Interest Period applicable
to a Borrowing of Euro Rate Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect, or is not
permitted to elect, a new Interest Period to be applicable to such Euro Rate
Loans as provided above, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected (x) in the
case of Eurodollar Loans, to convert such Eurodollar Loans into Base Rate Loans,
and (y) in the case of Foreign Currency Revolving Loans, a one-month Interest
Period for such Foreign Currency Revolving Loans, in each case effective as of
the expiration of such current Interest Period.

          1.10   Increased Costs, Illegality, etc. (a) In the event that any
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Lender shall have determined (which determination shall, absent manifest error,
be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto but, with respect to
clauses (i) and (iv) below, may be made only by the Administrative Agent):

          (i)    on any Interest Determination Date that, by reason of any
     changes arising after the date of this Agreement affecting the relevant
     interbank market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the
     applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of the
     relevant Euro Rate; or

          (ii)   at any time, that such Lender shall incur increased costs or
     reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to
     any Euro Rate Loan because of (x) any change since the Effective Date in
     any applicable law or governmental rule, regulation, order, guideline or
     request (whether or not having the force of law) or in the interpretation
     or administration thereof and including the introduction of any new law or
     governmental rule, regulation, order, guideline or request, such as, for
     example, but not limited to: (A) a change in the basis of taxation of
     payment to any Lender of the principal of or interest on such Euro Rate
     Loans or any other amounts payable hereunder (except for changes in the
     rate of tax on, or determined by reference to, the net income or net
     profits of such Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it
     is organized or in which its principal office or applicable lending office
     is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) or (B) a change in
     official reserve requirements, but, in all events, excluding reserves
     required under Regulation D to the extent included in the computation of
     the Eurodollar Rate and/or (y) other circumstances arising since the
     Effective Date affecting such Lender, the relevant interbank market or the
     position of such Lender in such market; or

          (iii)  at any time, that the making or continuance of any Euro Rate
     Loan has been made (x) unlawful by any law or governmental rule, regulation
     or order, (y) impossible by compliance by any Lender in good faith with any
     governmental request (whether or not

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     having force of law) or (z) impracticable as a result of a contingency
     occurring after the Effective Date which materially and adversely affects
     the relevant interbank market; or

           (iv)  at any time that any Foreign Currency is not available in
     sufficient amounts to fund any Borrowing of Foreign Currency Revolving
     Loans denominated in such Foreign Currency;

then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the
case of clause (i) or (iv) above) shall promptly give notice (by telephone
promptly confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and, except in the case of
clauses (i) and (iv) above, to the Administrative Agent of such determination
(which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the
other Lenders). Thereafter (w) in the case of clause (i) above, (A) in the event
that Eurodollar Loans are so affected, Eurodollar Loans shall no longer be
available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and
the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the
Administrative Agent no longer exist, and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to Eurodollar Loans
which have not yet been incurred (including by way of conversion) shall be
deemed rescinded by the Borrower, and (B) in the event that any Foreign Currency
Revolving Loans are so affected, the applicable Euro Rate shall be determined on
the basis provided in the last sentence of the definition of EURIBOR or Sterling
LIBOR, as the case may be, (x) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower
agrees, subject to Section 1.16, to pay to such Lender, upon such Lender's
written request therefor, such additional amounts (in the form of an increased
rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such
Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as shall be required to
compensate such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amounts
received or receivable hereunder (a written notice as to the additional amounts
owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis therefor and the
calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender shall, absent
manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding on all the parties hereto),
(y) in the case of clause (iii) above, the Borrower shall take one of the
actions specified in Section 1.10(b) as promptly as possible and, in any event,
within the time period required by law, and (z) in the case of clause (iv)
above, Foreign Currency Revolving Loans in the affected Foreign Currency (other
than any such Foreign Currency Revolving Loans which have theretofore been
funded) shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent
notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such
notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist, and any Notice of Borrowing
given by the Borrower with respect to such Foreign Currency Revolving Loans
which have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower.

          (b)    At any time that any Euro Rate Loan is affected by the
circumstances described in Section 1.10(a)(ii), the Borrower may, and in the
case of any Euro Rate Loan affected by the circumstances described in Section
1.10(a)(iii), the Borrower shall, either (x) if the affected Euro Rate Loan is
then being made initially or pursuant to a conversion, cancel such Borrowing by
giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed in writing) on the
same date that the Borrower was notified by the affected Lender or the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if the
affected Euro Rate Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days'
written notice to the Administrative Agent and the affected Lender, (A) in the
case of a Eurodollar Loan, require the affected Lender to convert such

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Eurodollar Loan into a Base Rate Loan and (B) in the case of a Foreign Currency
Revolving Loan, repay such Foreign Currency Revolving Loan in full; provided
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that (i) if the circumstances described in Section 1.10(a)(iii) apply to any
Foreign Currency Revolving Loan, the Borrower may, in lieu of taking the actions
described above in this Section 1.10(b), maintain such Foreign Currency
Revolving Loan outstanding, in which case the applicable Euro Rate shall be
determined on the basis provided in the last sentence of the definition of
EURIBOR or Sterling LIBOR, as the case may be, unless the maintenance of such
Foreign Currency Revolving Loan outstanding on such basis would not stop the
conditions described in Section 1.10(a)(iii) from existing (in which case the
actions described above, without giving effect to this proviso, shall be
required to be taken), and (ii) if more than one Lender is affected at any time,
then all affected Lenders must be treated the same pursuant to this Section
1.10(b).

          (c)    If any Lender determines that after the Effective Date the
introduction of or any change in any applicable law or governmental rule,
regulation, order, guideline, directive or request (whether or not having the
force of law) concerning capital adequacy, or any change in interpretation or
administration thereof by the NAIC or any governmental authority, central bank
or comparable agency, will have the effect of increasing the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender based on the existence of such Lender's Commitments
hereunder or its obligations hereunder, then the Borrower agrees to pay to such
Lender, upon its written demand therefor, such additional amounts as shall,
subject to Section 1.16, be required to compensate such Lender or such other
corporation for the increased cost to such Lender or such other corporation or
the reduction in the rate of return to such Lender or such other corporation as
a result of such increase of capital. In determining such additional amounts,
each Lender will act reasonably and in good faith and will use averaging and
attribution methods which are reasonable, provided that such Lender's
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determination of compensation owing under this Section 1.10(c) shall, absent
manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding on all the parties hereto.
Each Lender, upon determining that any additional amounts will be payable
pursuant to this Section 1.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the
Borrower, which notice shall show in reasonable detail the basis therefor and
the calculation thereof.

          (d)    In the event that any Lender shall determine (which
determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding
on all parties hereto) at any time that such Lender is required to maintain
reserves (including, without limitation, any marginal, emergency, supplemental,
special or other reserves required by applicable law) which have been
established by any Federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental
agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body with jurisdiction over
such Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or funding office thereof) in
respect of any Foreign Currency Revolving Loans or any category of liabilities
which includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on any Foreign
Currency Revolving Loan is determined or any category of extensions of credit or
other assets which includes loans by a non-United States office of any Lender to
non-United States residents, then, unless such reserves are included in the
calculation of the interest rate applicable to such Foreign Currency Revolving
Loans or in Section 1.10(a)(ii), such Lender shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing specifying the additional
amounts required to indemnify such Lender against the cost of maintaining such
reserves (such written notice to provide in reasonable detail a computation of
such additional amounts) and, subject to Section

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1.16, the Borrower shall, and shall be obligated to, pay to such Lender such
specified amounts as additional interest at the time that the Borrower is
otherwise required to pay interest in respect of such Foreign Currency Revolving
Loan or, if later, on written demand therefor by such Lender.

          1.11 Compensation. The Borrower agrees to compensate each Lender, upon
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its written request (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the
basis for requesting such compensation), for all losses, expenses and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any loss, expense or liability
incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds
required by such Lender to fund its Euro Rate Loans but excluding loss of
anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other
than a default by such Lender or the Administrative Agent) a Borrowing of, or
conversion from or into, Euro Rate Loans does not occur on a date specified
therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation (whether
or not withdrawn by the Borrower or deemed withdrawn pursuant to Section
1.10(a)); (ii) if any prepayment or repayment (including any prepayment or
repayment made pursuant to Section 4.01, Section 4.02 or as a result of an
acceleration of the Loans pursuant to Section 10) or conversion of any of its
Euro Rate Loans occurs on a date which is not the last day of an Interest Period
with respect thereto; (iii) if any prepayment of any of its Euro Rate Loans is
not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower;
or (iv) as a consequence of (x) any other default by the Borrower to repay Euro
Rate Loans when required by the terms of this Agreement or any Note held by such
Lender or (y) any election made pursuant to Section 1.10(b).

          1.12 Change of Lending Office; etc. (a) Each Lender may at any time or
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from time to time designate, by written notice to the Administrative Agent to
the extent not already reflected on Schedule II, one or more lending offices
(which, for this purpose, may include lending affiliates of the respective
Lender) for the various Foreign Currency Revolving Loans made by such Lender
(including, without limitation, by designating a separate lending office (or
affiliate) to act as such with respect to Dollar Revolving Loans versus Foreign
Currency Revolving Loans); provided that for designations made after the
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Effective Date, to the extent such designation shall result in increased costs
under Section 1.10, 2.06 or 4.04 in excess of those which would be charged in
the absence of the designation of a different lending office (including a
different affiliate of the respective Lenders), then the Borrower shall not be
obligated to pay such excess increased costs (although the Borrower, in
accordance with and pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement, shall be
obligated to pay the costs which would apply in the absence of such designation
and any subsequent increased costs of the type described in Section 1.10, 2.06
or 4.04 resulting from changes after the date of the respective designation).
Each lending office and affiliate of any Lender designated as provided above
shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be treated in the same manner as the
respective Lender (and shall be entitled to all indemnities and similar
provisions in respect of its acting as such hereunder).

          (b)    Each Lender agrees that on the occurrence of any event giving
rise to the operation of Section 1.10(a)(ii) or (iii), Section 1.10(c), Section
1.10(d), Section 2.06 or Section 4.04 with respect to such Lender, it will, if
requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy
considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans
or Letters of Credit affected by such event, provided that such designation is
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made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no economic,
legal or regulatory

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disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving
rise to the operation of such Section. Nothing in this Section 1.12 shall affect
or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender
provided in Sections 1.10, 2.06 and 4.04.

          1.13  Replacement of Lenders.  (x)  If any Lender becomes a Defaulting
                ----------------------
Lender or otherwise defaults in its obligations to make Loans, (y) upon the
occurrence of an event giving rise to the operation of Section 1.10(a)(ii) or
(iii), Section 1.10(c), Section 1.10(d), Section 2.06 or Section 4.04 with
respect to any Lender which results in such Lender charging to the Borrower
increased costs in excess of those being generally charged by the other Lenders
or (z) in the case of a refusal by a Lender or an Indemnifying Lender to consent
to certain proposed changes, waivers, discharges or terminations with respect to
this Agreement which have been approved by the Required Lenders as (and to the
extent) provided in Section 13.12(b), the Borrower shall have the right, if no
Default or Event of Default then exists (or, in the case of preceding clause
(z), will exist immediately after giving effect to such replacement), to replace
such Lender (the "Replaced Lender") or such Indemnifying Lender (the "Replaced
Indemnifying Lender"), as the case may be, with one or more other Eligible
Transferees, none of whom shall constitute a Defaulting Lender at the time of
such replacement (collectively, the "Replacement Lender" or "Replacement
Indemnifying Lender," as the case may be) and each of whom shall be required to
be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, provided that:
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          (i) at the time of any replacement of a Lender pursuant to this
     Section 1.13, the Replacement Lender shall enter into one or more
     Assignment and Assumption Agreements pursuant to Section 13.04(b) (and with
     all fees payable pursuant to said Section 13.04(b) to be paid by the
     Replacement Lender) pursuant to which the Replacement Lender shall acquire
     all of the Commitments and outstanding Loans of, and in each case
     participations in Letters of Credit by, the Replaced Lender and, in
     connection therewith, shall pay to (x) the Replaced Lender in respect
     thereof an amount equal to the sum of (I) an amount equal to the principal
     of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Replaced
     Lender, (II) an amount equal to all Unpaid Drawings that have been funded
     by (and not reimbursed to) such Replaced Lender, together with all then
     unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time, and (III) an amount
     equal to all accrued, but theretofore unpaid, Fees owing to the Replaced
     Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, (y) the Issuing Lender an amount equal to
     such Replaced Lender's RL Percentage of any Unpaid Drawing (which at such
     time remains an Unpaid Drawing) to the extent such amount was not
     theretofore funded by such Replaced Lender to the Issuing Lender and (z)
     the Swingline Lender an amount equal to such Replaced Lender's RL
     Percentage of any Mandatory Borrowing to the extent such amount was not
     theretofore funded by such Replaced Lender to the Swingline Lender;

          (ii) at the time of any replacement of an Indemnifying Lender pursuant
     to this Section 1.13, the Replacement Indemnifying Lender shall enter into
     one or more Assignment and Assumption Agreements pursuant to Section
     13.04(c) and shall have obtained the written consent of the Fronting Lender
     (and with all fees payable pursuant to said Section 13.04(c) to be paid by
     the Replacement Indemnifying Lender) pursuant to which the Replacement
     Indemnifying Lender shall acquire all Indemnity Participations (and related
     Indemnity Amounts) of the Replaced Indemnifying Lender and, in

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     connection therewith, shall pay to (x) the Replaced Indemnifying Lender an
     amount equal to the sum of (I) the aggregate amount of all Obligations
     funded by the Replaced Indemnifying Lender pursuant to Section 1.17(a), and
     (II) an amount equal to all accrued, but theretofore unpaid, interest and
     Fees which would be owing to the Replaced Indemnifying Lender at such time
     had the Borrower paid all interest and Fees pursuant to the terms of this
     Agreement through the date upon which the respective replacement occurred
     (whether or not such amounts would otherwise be then due and payable
     pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) and (y) the Fronting Lender an
     amount equal to all amounts required to be paid to the Fronting Lender by
     the Replaced Indemnifying Lender through and including the date of the
     respective replacement pursuant to this Section 1.13, to the extent that
     such amounts have not theretofore been actually paid by the Replaced
     Indemnifying Lender to the Fronting Lender, in each case determined in
     accordance with the relevant provisions of Section 1.17; and

          (iii)  all obligations of the Borrower due and owing to the Replaced
     Lender or Replaced Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, at such time
     (other than those specifically described in clause (i) or (ii) above, as
     the case may be, in respect of which the assignment purchase price has
     been, or is concurrently being, paid) shall be paid in full to such
     Replaced Lender or Replaced Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be,
     concurrently with such replacement.

Upon the execution of the respective Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the
payment of all relevant amounts referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above
and, if so requested by the Replacement Lender, delivery to the Replacement
Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the
Replacement Lender or Replacement Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, shall
become a Lender or Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, hereunder and the
Replaced Lender or Replaced Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, shall cease
to constitute a Lender or Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, hereunder,
except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, Sections 1.10, 1.11, 2.06, 4.04, 12.06 and
13.01), which shall survive as to such Replaced Lender or Replaced Indemnifying
Lender, as the case may be.

          1.14  Incremental B Term Loan Commitments.  (a)  So long as no Default
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or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower, with
the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), shall have the right to request on one
occasion on or before the Incremental Commitment Expiry Date that one or more
Lenders (and/or one or more other Persons which will become Lenders as provided
below) provide Incremental B Term Loan Commitments and, subject to the terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement, make Incremental B Term Loans pursuant
thereto; it being understood and agreed, however, that (i) no Lender shall be
obligated to provide an Incremental B Term Loan Commitment as a result of any
such request by the Borrower, and until such time, if any, as such Lender has
agreed in its sole discretion to provide an Incremental B Term Loan Commitment
and executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent an Incremental B Term
Loan Commitment Agreement as provided in clause (b) of this Section 1.14, such
Lender shall not be obligated to fund any Incremental B Term Loans, (ii) any
Lender (or, in the circumstances contemplated by clause (v) below, any other
Person which will qualify as an

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Eligible Transferee) may so provide an Incremental B Term Loan Commitment
without the consent of any other Lender, (iii) the Incremental B Term Loan
Commitments provided pursuant to this Section 1.14 shall be in a minimum
aggregate amount (for all Lenders (including in the circumstances contemplated
by clause (v) below, Eligible Transferees who will become Lenders)) of at least
$25,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iv) the
aggregate amount of all Incremental B Term Loan Commitments permitted to be
provided pursuant to this Section 1.14, when combined with the aggregate amount
of all Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments permitted to be provided pursuant
to Section 1.15, shall not exceed $100,000,000, (v) if, after the Borrower has
requested the then existing Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) to provide
Incremental B Term Loan Commitments pursuant to this Section 1.14, the Borrower
has not received Incremental B Term Loan Commitments in an aggregate amount
equal to that amount of Incremental B Term Loan Commitments which the Borrower
desires to obtain pursuant to such request (as set forth in the notice provided
by the Borrower as provided below), then the Borrower may request Incremental B
Term Loan Commitments from Persons which would qualify as Eligible Transferees
hereunder in an aggregate amount equal to such deficiency, provided that any
such Incremental B Term Loan Commitment provided by any such Eligible Transferee
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which is not already a Lender shall be in a minimum amount (for such Eligible
Transferee) of at least $1,000,000, (vi) prior to the Incremental B Term Loan
Borrowing Date, the Borrower shall have certified to the Administrative Agent
that the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental B Term Loans being
incurred is permitted to be incurred under, and in accordance with, the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture (including, without limitation, by providing to the
Administrative Agent (x) an officer's certificate of the Borrower's chief
financial officer or treasurer demonstrating (in reasonable detail) that the
incurrence of such Incremental B Term Loans may be incurred in accordance with,
and will not violate the provisions of, the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture
(including, to the extent applicable, the proviso to Section 4.03 of the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture), and (y) the officers' certificate referred to in
clause (6) of the definition of "Senior Debt" set forth in the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture), and (vii) all actions taken by the Borrower
pursuant to this Section 1.14 shall be done in coordination with the
Administrative Agent.


          (b) In connection with the Incremental B Term Loan Commitments to be
provided pursuant to this Section 1.14, (i) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and each such Lender or other Eligible Transferee (each, an "Incremental B
Term Loan Lender") which agrees to provide an Incremental B Term Loan Commitment
shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental B Term Loan
Commitment Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C (appropriately
completed), with the effectiveness of such Incremental B Term Loan Lender's
Incremental B Term Loan Commitment to occur upon delivery of such Incremental B
Term Loan Commitment Agreement to the Administrative Agent, the payment of any
fees required in connection therewith (including, without limitation, any fees
payable pursuant to clause (ii) below) and the satisfaction of any other
conditions precedent that may be set forth in such Incremental B Term Loan
Commitment Agreement, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall receive from the
Borrower (or, to the extent agreed to by the Borrower and the respective
Incremental B Term Loan Lender, from such respective Incremental B Term Loan
Lender) the payment of a non-refundable fee of $3,500 for each Eligible
Transferee which

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becomes a Lender pursuant to this Section 1.14 and (iii) the Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent an opinion or opinions, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from counsel to
the Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and dated such
date, covering such of the matters set forth in the opinions of counsel
delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Initial Borrowing Date pursuant to
Section 5.03 as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, and
such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness
of the Incremental B Term Loan Commitment Agreement, and at such time Schedule I
shall be deemed modified to reflect the Incremental B Term Loan Commitments of
such Incremental B Term Loan Lenders.

          (c) In connection with the incurrence of Incremental B Term Loans
pursuant to Section 1.01(c), the Lenders and the Borrower hereby agree that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent may take all such actions as may be
necessary to ensure that all Lenders with outstanding B Term Loans continue to
participate in each Borrowing of outstanding B Term Loans (after giving effect
to the incurrence of Incremental B Term Loans pursuant to Section 1.01(c)) on a
pro rata basis, including by adding the Incremental B Term Loans to be so
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incurred to the then outstanding Borrowings of B Term Loans on a pro rata basis
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even though as a result thereof such new Incremental B Term Loans (to the extent
required to be maintained as Eurodollar Loans) may effectively have a shorter
Interest Period than the then outstanding Borrowings of B Term Loans, and it is
hereby agreed that to the extent any then outstanding Borrowings of B Term Loans
that are maintained as Eurodollar Loans are affected as a result thereof, any
costs of the type described in Section 1.11 incurred by such Lenders in
connection therewith shall be for the account of the Borrower.

          1.15  Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments.  (a)  So long as no
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Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower,
with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), shall have the right to request on up to
three occasions on or prior to the Incremental Commitment Expiry Date that one
or more Lenders (and/or one or more other Persons which will become Lenders as
provided below) provide Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments and, subject to
the applicable terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, make Revolving
Loans pursuant thereto; it being understood and agreed, however, that (i) no
Lender shall be obligated to provide an Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment as
a result of any such request by the Borrower, and until such time, if any, as
such Lender has agreed in its sole discretion to provide an Incremental
Revolving Loan Commitment and executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent
an Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment Agreement in respect thereof as
provided in clause (b) of this Section 1.15, such Lender shall not be obligated
to fund any Revolving Loans in excess of its Revolving Loan Commitment as in
effect prior to giving effect to such Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment
provided pursuant to this Section 1.15, (ii) any Lender (or, in the
circumstances contemplated by clause (v) below, any other Person which will
qualify as an Eligible Transferee) may so provide an Incremental Revolving Loan
Commitment without the consent of any other Lender, (iii) each provision of
Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments on a given date pursuant to this Section
1.15 shall be in a minimum aggregate amount (for all Lenders (including, in the
circumstances contemplated by clause (v) below,

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Eligible Transferees who will become Lenders)) of at least $25,000,000 and in
integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iv) the aggregate amount of
all Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments permitted to be provided pursuant to
this Section 1.15, when combined with the aggregate amount of all Incremental B
Term Loan Commitments permitted to be provided pursuant to Section 1.14, shall
not exceed $100,000,000, (v) if, after the Borrower has requested the then
existing Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) to provide Incremental
Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to this Section 1.15, the Borrower has not
received Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to
that amount of the Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments which the Borrower
desires to obtain pursuant to such request (as set forth in the notice provided
by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as provided above), then the
Borrower may request Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments from Persons which
would qualify as Eligible Transferees hereunder in an aggregate amount equal to
such deficiency, provided that any such Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments
provided by any such Eligible Transferee which is not already a Lender shall be
in a minimum amount (for such Eligible Transferee) of at least $1,000,000, (vi)
prior to the effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments, the
Borrower shall have certified to the Administrative Agent that the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans permitted to be incurred pursuant to
such Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments is permitted to be incurred under,
and in accordance with, the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture (including,
without limitation, by providing to the Administrative Agent (x) an officer's
certificate of the Borrower's chief financial officer or treasurer demonstrating
(in reasonable detail) that the incurrence of all such Revolving Loans may be
incurred in accordance with, and will not violate the provisions of, the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture (including, to the extent applicable, the proviso to
Section 4.03 of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture), and (y) officers'
certificate referred to in clause (6) of the definition of "Senior Debt" set
forth in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture), and (vii) all actions taken by
the Borrower pursuant to this Section 1.15 shall be done in coordination with
the Administrative Agent.

          (b) In connection with the Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments to
be provided pursuant to this Section 1.15, (i) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and each Lender or other Eligible Transferee (each, an "Incremental RL
Lender") which agrees to provide an Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Revolving Loan
Commitment Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D (appropriately
completed), with the effectiveness of such Incremental RL Lender's Incremental
Revolving Loan Commitment to occur upon delivery of such Incremental Revolving
Loan Commitment Agreement to the Administrative Agent, the payment of any fees
required in connection therewith (including, without limitation, any fees
payable pursuant to clause (ii) below) and the satisfaction of any other
conditions precedent that may be set forth in such Incremental Revolving Loan
Commitment Agreement, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall receive from the
Borrower (or, to the extent agreed to by the Borrower and the respective
Incremental RL Lender, from such respective Incremental RL Lender) the payment
of a non-refundable fee of $3,500 for each Eligible Transferee which becomes a
Lender pursuant to this Section 1.15 and (iii) the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an opinion or opinions, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from counsel to the Borrower
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and dated such date,

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covering such of the matters set forth in the opinions of counsel delivered to
the Administrative Agent on the Initial Borrowing Date pursuant to Section 5.03
as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, and such other
matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.  The Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each
Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment Agreement, and at such time, (i) the Total
Revolving Loan Commitment under, and for all purposes of, this Agreement shall
be increased by the aggregate amount of such Incremental Revolving Loan
Commitments, and (ii) Schedule I shall be deemed modified to reflect the revised
Revolving Loan Commitments of the affected Lenders.

          (c) At the time of any provision of Incremental Revolving Loan
Commitments pursuant to this Section 1.15, the Borrower shall, in coordination
with the Administrative Agent, repay outstanding Revolving Loans of certain of
the RL Lenders, and incur additional Revolving Loans from certain other RL
Lenders (including the Incremental RL Lenders), in each case to the extent
necessary so that all of the RL Lenders participate in each outstanding
Borrowing of Revolving Loans pro rata on the basis of their respective Revolving
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Loan Commitments (after giving effect to any increase in the Total Revolving
Loan Commitment pursuant to this Section 1.15) and with the Borrower being
obligated to pay to the respective RL Lenders any costs of the type referred to
in Section 1.11 in connection with any such repayment and/or Borrowing.

          1.16  Limitation on Additional Amounts.  Notwithstanding anything to
                --------------------------------
the contrary contained in Section 1.10 or 2.06, unless a Lender gives notice to
the Borrower that the Borrower is obligated to pay any amount under Section 1.10
or 2.06 within 120 days after the later of (x) the date such Lender incurs the
respective increased costs, reduction in the amounts received or receivable
hereunder or reduction in return of capital or (y) the date such Lender has
actual knowledge of its incurrence of the respective increased costs, reduction
in the amounts received or receivable hereunder or reduction in return of
capital,  such Lender shall only be entitled to be compensated for any such
amount by the Borrower pursuant to Section 1.10 or 2.06 to the extent that any
such amounts are incurred or suffered on or after the date which occurs 120 days
prior to such Lender giving notice to the Borrower that it is obligated to pay
the respective amounts pursuant to Section 1.10 or 2.06; provided, however, that
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if the circumstances giving rise to such claims have a retroactive effect, such
120-day period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive
effect.  This Section 1.16 shall have no applicability to any Section of this
Agreement other than to Sections 1.10 and 2.06.

          1.17  Special Provisions Regarding Revolving Loan Commitments and
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Indemnifying Lenders.  (a)  Upon the execution of this Agreement or an
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Assignment and Assumption Agreement with respect to an Indemnity Participation,
as the case may be, each Indemnifying Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby
agrees to, have irrevocably purchased a participation (each, an "Indemnity
Participation") from the Fronting Lender in the Revolving Loan Commitment of the
Fronting Lender (including, without limitation, the related Revolving Loans of
the Fronting Lender, the obligations of the Fronting Lender to fund its share of
Mandatory Borrowings and the participation of the Fronting Lender in outstanding
Letters of Credit and Unpaid Drawings with respect thereto), in a proportionate
amount based on such Indemnifying Lender's Indemnity Amount.  Upon the
occurrence of a Triggering Event, each Indemnifying Lender, upon one Business
Day's notice from the Fronting Lender (provided that such notice

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shall not be required if a Triggering Event has occurred and a Default or Event
of Default of the type described in Section 10.05 is then in existence, in which
case the respective Indemnifying Lender shall immediately pay all amounts
described below to the Fronting Lender), shall deliver to the Fronting Lender by
wire transfer in immediately available funds and in the relevant Approved
Currency (x) its proportionate share, based on its Indemnity Amount, of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Fronting Lender's Revolving Loans, (y)
its proportionate share, based on its Indemnity Amount, of each Mandatory
Borrowing thereafter made pursuant to this Agreement and (z) its proportionate
share, based on its Indemnity Amount, of the aggregate amount of Unpaid Drawings
from time to time hereunder with respect to Letters of Credit. Each Indemnifying
Lender's obligations under this Section 1.17 shall be absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation,
(a) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the
Administrative Agent, the Fronting Lender or any Lender may have against the
Fronting Lender, any Credit Party or any other Person for any reason whatsoever,
(b) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, (c) any
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of any Credit Party,
(d) any breach of this Agreement by any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent,
the Fronting Lender or any Lender, or (e) any other circumstance, happening or
event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

          (b) For periods prior to the date of the required funding by an
Indemnifying Lender of the respective Obligations in accordance with the second
sentence of Section 1.17(a), the Fronting Lender shall promptly pay by wire
transfer of immediately available funds and in the relevant Approved Currency to
each applicable Indemnifying Lender, as an indemnity fee for the Indemnity
Participation provided to the Fronting Lender by such Indemnifying Lender in
this Section 1.17, the following amounts, in each case in a proportionate amount
based on the relationship of the respective Indemnifying Lender's Indemnity
Amount (or, in the case of clause (iii) below, the unused amount thereof) to the
Fronting Lender's Revolving Loan Commitment (or, in the case of clause (iii)
below, the unused amount thereof):  (i) an amount equal to (x) the excess of the
interest actually received by the Fronting Lender pursuant to Section 1.08 from
the Borrower over the applicable Euro Rate or Base Rate, as the case may be, on
such Revolving Loans less (y) 0.250% per annum (or such different percentage per
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annum as may be agreed to by the Fronting Lender and an Indemnifying Lender in
any given case) to be retained by the Fronting Lender as an Indemnity
Participation fee, (ii) an amount equal to (x) the amount of Letter of Credit
Fees actually received pursuant to Section 3.01(b) less (y) 0.250% per annum (or
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such different percentage per annum as may be agreed to by the Fronting Lender
and an Indemnifying Lender in any given case) to be retained by the Fronting
Lender as an Indemnity Participation fee and (iii) the Commitment Commission
actually received by the Fronting Lender pursuant to Section 3.01(a) from the
Administrative Agent; provided that if any such indemnity fee payable to an
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Indemnifying Lender is less than $10,000, the Fronting Lender shall not be
required to so pay such indemnity fee to an Indemnifying Lender until the
aggregate unpaid amount of indemnity fees payable to such Indemnifying Lender
accumulates to an amount exceeding $10,000.  The excess, if any, of the interest
paid to the Fronting Lender on the Revolving Loans over the interest
distributable to an Indemnifying Lender under this Section 1.17(b) in respect
thereof, and the excess, if any, of the Letter of Credit Fees paid to the
Fronting Lender over the Letter of Credit Fees distributable to such
Indemnifying Lender under this Section 1.17(b), shall

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be retained by the Fronting Lender. After an Indemnifying Lender has funded any
Obligations required to be funded by it pursuant to the second sentence of
Section 1.17(a), then any interest actually received by the Fronting Lender with
respect to the Obligations so funded (with any such payments so received by the
Fronting Lender to be allocated proportionally to its Obligations in respect of
which received) shall be paid by it to the respective Indemnifying Lender.

          (c) After an Indemnifying Lender is required to fund Obligations
pursuant to the second sentence of Section 1.17(a), and so long as the
respective Indemnifying Lender shall have made all payments to the Fronting
Lender so required by this Section 1.17, the Fronting Lender shall promptly pay
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such Indemnifying Lender any
principal or other payments thereafter recovered by the Fronting Lender from the
Borrower to the extent allocable to such Indemnifying Lender's funded Indemnity
Participation.  If the Fronting Lender shall pay any amount to an Indemnifying
Lender pursuant to this Section 1.17 in the belief or expectation that a related
payment has been or will be received or collected and such related payment is
not received or collected by the Fronting Lender, then such Indemnifying Lender
will promptly on demand by the Fronting Lender return such amount to the
Fronting Lender, together with interest thereon at such rate as the Fronting
Lender shall determine to be customary between Lenders for correction of errors.
If the Fronting Lender determines at any time that any amount received or
collected by the Fronting Lender pursuant to this Agreement is to be returned to
the Borrower under this Agreement or paid to any other Person or entity pursuant
to any insolvency law, any sharing clause in this Agreement or otherwise then,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Fronting Lender shall
not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any Indemnifying Lender,
and each Indemnifying Lender will promptly on demand by the Fronting Lender
repay any portion that the Fronting Lender shall have distributed to such
Indemnifying Lender, together with interest thereon at such rate, if any, as the
Fronting Lender shall pay to the Borrower or such Person or entity with respect
thereto.  If any amounts returned by the Fronting Lender to the Borrower
pursuant to this Section 1.17 are later recouped by the Fronting Lender, the
Fronting Lender shall promptly pay to each Indemnifying Lender a proportionate
amount based on such Indemnifying Lender's funded Indemnity Amount.

          (d) If the Fronting Lender incurs any costs or expenses (including,
without limitation, in indemnifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
11.07) pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or in connection
with any effort to enforce or protect the Fronting Lender's or any Indemnifying
Lender's rights or interests with respect to this Agreement or the other Credit
Documents, then, except to the extent resulting from the Fronting Lender's gross
negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final and non-appealable
judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction), each Indemnifying Lender will
reimburse the Fronting Lender on demand for each such Indemnifying Lender's
proportionate share (based on the relationship of such Indemnifying Lender's
Indemnity Amount to the Revolving Loan Commitment of the Fronting Lender) of any
portion of such costs or expenses which is not reimbursed by or on behalf of the
Borrower.  If the Fronting Lender recovers any amounts for which the Fronting
Lender has previously been reimbursed by an Indemnifying Lender hereunder, the
Fronting Lender shall promptly distribute to such Indemnifying Lender such
Indemnifying Lender's proportionate share thereof.

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          (e) Each Indemnifying Lender hereby agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Fronting Lender from any applicable taxes, penalties, interest and
other expenses, costs and losses incurred or payable by the Fronting Lender as a
result of either (i) such Indemnifying Lender's failure to submit any statement,
document, form or certificate or other evidence that such Indemnifying Lender is
required to provide pursuant to Section 4.04(b) or (ii) the Fronting Lender's
reliance on any such statement, document, form or certificate or other evidence
which such Indemnifying Lender has provided to the Fronting Lender pursuant to
Section 4.04(b).

          (f) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this
Agreement or in the other Credit Documents and so long as an Indemnifying Lender
has not failed to make any payments required to be made by such Indemnifying
Lender under this Section 1.17 or is not otherwise in default under its
obligations under this Section 1.17, the Fronting Lender hereby agrees that,
with respect to any amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, or any departure by
any Credit Party therefrom, if votes or consents are solicited from Lenders
holding Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 13.12, then the Indemnity
Amount of the respective Indemnifying Lender shall only be voted if, and as,
directed by the respective Indemnifying Lender.  It is understood and agreed
that the Fronting Lender shall be entitled to vote that portion of its Revolving
Loan Commitment which is not subject to one or more Indemnity Participations in
such manner as it shall determine in its sole discretion, and that the Fronting
Lender may give votes with respect to its outstanding Term Loans as determined
by it in its sole discretion.

          (g) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, in the event that
any Person obligated to make a payment to any other Person pursuant to this
Section 1.17 fails to make available to the Person entitled to receive such
payment the amount of such payment, the Person entitled to receive such payment
shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such other Person,
together with interest at the customary rate set by the Administrative Agent for
the correction of errors among the Lenders for three Business Days and
thereafter at the sum of the Base Rate plus 2.00% per annum.
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          (h) The Fronting Lender may from time to time sell or transfer to
other Persons assignments or participations or other interests in the Fronting
Lender's Revolving Loans and Revolving Loan Commitment, but not in the portion
thereof allocated to the Indemnity Participation hereunder.  An Indemnifying
Lender's Indemnity Participation may not be sold, pledged, assigned or otherwise
transferred without the Fronting Lender's and the Administrative Agent's prior
written consent.

          (i) No increase to the Revolving Loan Commitment of the Fronting
Lender (whether pursuant to Section 1.15, Section 13.04 or otherwise) shall have
any effect on the Indemnity Amount of any Indemnity Participant, in each case
except as may be otherwise agreed in writing by the respective Indemnity
Participant and the Fronting Lender.   Upon any reduction to the Revolving Loan
Commitment of the Fronting Lender (excluding any termination or reduction of
such Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 10 and excluding any
reduction to the Revolving Loan Commitment to the extent that, after giving
effect thereto, the aggregate Principal Amount of the Revolving Loans of the
Fronting Lender then outstanding, when added to the Fronting Lender's RL
Percentage of the aggregate Principal Amount of all

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Swingline Loans then outstanding and the Fronting Lender's RL Percentage of all
Letter of Credit Outstandings at such time, would exceed Revolving Loan
Commitment of the Fronting Lender), such reduction shall apply to proportionally
reduce the Indemnity Amounts of the various Indemnifying Lenders pursuant to
this Section 1.17; provided that reductions to the Revolving Loan Commitment of
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the Fronting Lender pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and/or 13.12(b), as the case may
be, shall be applied only to reduce the Indemnity Amount of any Indemnifying
Lender to the extent such reduction is made for purpose of removing the
respective Indemnifying Lender.

          (j) In no event shall (x) the Indemnity Participation be construed as
a loan or other extension of credit by an Indemnifying Lender to the Fronting
Lender or (y) this Agreement be construed to require an Indemnifying Lender to
fund or pay to the Fronting Lender such Indemnifying Lender's Indemnity Amount
except upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event pursuant to Section 1.17(a).
Each Indemnifying Lender agrees that the Fronting Lender may take legal action
to enforce or protect an Indemnifying Lender's or the Fronting Lender's
interests in respect of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

          (k) All determinations by the Fronting Lender pursuant to this Section
1.17 (including, without limitation, with respect to the Indemnity Amounts from
time to time in effect, and with respect to amounts owing by or to the various
Indemnifying Lenders) shall, absent manifest error, be conclusive and binding on
all parties hereto.

          (l) The Fronting Lender hereby agrees that, if an Indemnifying Lender
has arranged for an assignment of a portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment of
the Fronting Lender which does not exceed the Indemnity Amount of the respective
Indemnifying Lender (and if, in connection therewith, the Indemnity
Participation of the respective Indemnifying Lender in the portion of the
Revolving Loan Commitment so assigned is to be terminated), then so long as all
of the applicable requirements of Section 13.04(b) are satisfied (including
obtaining the consents required thereunder), then the Fronting Lender shall,
upon the request of the respective Indemnifying Lender, enter into an assignment
of the related portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the Fronting Lender
so long as (x) at such time, an Assignment and Assumption Agreement is executed
by all parties required to execute same (or consent thereto) in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Fronting Lender and (y) concurrently
therewith, the Indemnity Participation in the portion of the Revolving Loan
Commitment so assigned is terminated pursuant to an agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Fronting Lender.  It is understood and
agreed that, after the Effective Date, the Fronting Lender shall have no
obligation to agree to any subsequent Indemnity Participation with respect to
all or any portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment from time to time held by
the Fronting Lender (although the Fronting Lender may, in its sole discretion,
agree to subsequent Indemnity Participations from time to time after the
Effective Date).

          SECTION 2.  Letters of Credit.
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          2.01  Letters of Credit.  (a)  Subject to and upon the terms and
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conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request that the Issuing Lender
issue, at any time and from time to time on and after the Initial Borrowing Date
and prior to the 60th day prior to the Revolving Loan

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Maturity Date, for the account of the Borrower and for the benefit of (x) any
holder (or any trustee, agent or other similar representative for any such
holders) of L/C Supportable Obligations, an irrevocable standby letter of
credit, in a form customarily used by the Issuing Lender or in such other form
as is reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Lender, and (y) sellers of goods to
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, an irrevocable trade letter of credit,
in a form customarily used by the Issuing Lender or in such other form as has
been approved by the Issuing Lender (each such letter of credit, a "Letter of
Credit" and, collectively, the "Letters of Credit"). All Letters of Credit shall
be issued on a sight basis only and shall be denominated in an Approved
Currency.

          (b) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Issuing Lender agrees that it will, at any time and from time to time on and
after the Initial Borrowing Date and prior to the 60th day prior to the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date, following its receipt of the respective Letter of
Credit Request, issue for account of the Borrower, one or more Letters of Credit
as are permitted to remain outstanding hereunder without giving rise to a
Default or an Event of Default, provided that the Issuing Lender shall not be
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under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit of the types described above
if at the time of such issuance:

           (i) any order, judgment or decree of any governmental authority or
     arbitrator shall purport by its terms to enjoin or restrain the Issuing
     Lender from issuing such Letter of Credit or any requirement of law
     applicable to the Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or
     not having the force of law) from any governmental authority with
     jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that the
     Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or
     such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender
     with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction or reserve or capital
     requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated
     hereunder) not in effect with respect to the Issuing Lender on the date
     hereof, or any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable
     or in effect with respect to the Issuing Lender as of the date hereof and
     which the Issuing Lender reasonably and in good faith deems material to it;
     or

           (ii) the Issuing Lender shall have received from the Borrower, any
     other Credit Party or the Required Lenders prior to the issuance of such
     Letter of Credit notice of the type described in the second sentence of
     Section 2.03(b).

           2.02  Maximum Letter of Credit Outstandings; Final Maturities.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (i) no
Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the
Letter of Credit Outstandings (exclusive of Unpaid Drawings which are repaid on
the date of, and prior to the issuance of, the respective Letter of Credit) at
such time would exceed either (x) $50,000,000 or (y) when added to the sum of
(I) the aggregate Principal Amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding and
(II) the aggregate Principal Amount of all Swingline Loans then outstanding, an
amount equal to the Total Available Revolving Loan Commitment at such time, and
(ii) each Letter of Credit shall by its terms terminate on or before the earlier
of (A) the date which occurs 12 months after the date of the issuance thereof
(although any such Letter of Credit may be extendible for successive periods of
up to 12 months, but, in each case, not beyond the tenth Business Day (or the
30/th/ day in the

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case of trade Letters of Credit) prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, on
terms acceptable to the Issuing Lender) and (B) ten Business Days (or 30 days in
the case of trade Letters of Credit) prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.

          2.03  Letter of Credit Requests; Minimum Stated Amount.  (a)  Whenever
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the Borrower desires that a Letter of Credit be issued for its account, the
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender at least
four Business Days' written notice thereof (including by way of facsimile) (or
such shorter period as is acceptable to the Issuing Lender).  Each notice shall
be in the form of Exhibit E, appropriately completed (each a "Letter of Credit
Request").

          (b)   The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to
be a representation and warranty by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Lender and the Lenders that such Letter of Credit may be issued in
accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 2.02. Unless
the Issuing Lender has received notice from the Borrower, any other Credit Party
or the Required Lenders before it issues a Letter of Credit that one or more of
the conditions specified in Section 5 or 6 are not then satisfied, or that the
issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate Section 2.02, then the Issuing
Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, issue the
requested Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower in accordance with
the Issuing Lender's usual and customary practices. Upon the issuance of or
modification or amendment to any standby Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender
shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in writing of
such issuance, modification or amendment and such notice shall be accompanied by
a copy of such issuance, modification or amendment, as the case may be. Promptly
after receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Participants, in writing, of such issuance, modification or amendment. In
addition, with respect to trade Letters of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall on
the first Business Day of each week furnish to the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower, by facsimile, a report detailing the aggregate Stated Amount of all
trade Letters of Credit outstanding during the preceding week. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event that a Lender
Default exists with respect to an RL Lender, the Issuing Lender shall not be
required to issue any Letter of Credit unless the Issuing Lender has entered
into arrangements satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate the Issuing
Lender's risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit by the
Defaulting Lender or Lenders, including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting
Lender's or Lenders' RL Percentage of the Letter of Credit Outstandings.

          (c) The initial Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be
less than $50,000 (or, in the case of a Letter of Credit issued in a Foreign
Currency, the Dollar Equivalent thereof) or such lesser amount as is acceptable
to the Issuing Lender.

          2.04  Letter of Credit Participations.  (a)  Immediately upon the
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issuance by the Issuing Lender of any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall
be deemed to have sold and transferred to each RL Lender (each such RL Lender,
in its capacity under this Section 2.04, a "Participant"), and each such
Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased
and received from the Issuing Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided
interest and participation, to the extent of such Participant's RL Percentage,
in such Letter of

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Credit, each drawing or payment made thereunder and the obligations of the
Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or
guaranty pertaining thereto. Upon any change in the Revolving Loan Commitments
or RL Percentages of the Lenders pursuant to Section 1.13, 1.15 or 13.04(b), it
is hereby agreed that, with respect to all outstanding Letters of Credit and
Unpaid Drawings relating thereto, there shall be an automatic adjustment to the
participations pursuant to this Section 2.04 to reflect the new RL Percentages
of the assignor and assignee Lender, as the case may be.

          (b)  In determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, the
Issuing Lender shall not have any obligation relative to the other Lenders other
than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under such Letter of
Credit appear to have been delivered and that they appear to substantially
comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit.  Any action
taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuing Lender under or in connection with
any Letter of Credit issued by it shall not create for the Issuing Lender any
resulting liability to the Borrower, any other Credit Party, any Lender or any
other Person unless such action is taken or omitted to be taken with gross
negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).

          (c)  In the event that the Issuing Lender makes any payment under any
Letter of Credit issued by it and the Borrower shall not have reimbursed such
amount in full to the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.05(a), the Issuing
Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly
notify each Participant of such failure, and each Participant shall promptly and
unconditionally pay to the Issuing Lender the amount of such Participant's RL
Percentage of such unreimbursed payment in Dollars (or, in the case of any
unreimbursed payment made in a Foreign Currency, of the Dollar Equivalent of
such unreimbursed payment, as determined by the Issuing Lender on the date on
which such unreimbursed payment was made by the Issuing Lender) and in same day
funds.  If the Administrative Agent so notifies, prior to 12:00 Noon (New York
time) on any Business Day, any Participant required to fund a payment under a
Letter of Credit, such Participant shall make available to the Issuing Lender in
Dollars (or, in the case of any unreimbursed payment made in a Foreign Currency,
of the Dollar Equivalent thereof) such Participant's RL Percentage of the amount
of such payment on such Business Day in same day funds.  If and to the extent
such Participant shall not have so made its RL Percentage of the amount of such
payment available to the Issuing Lender, such Participant agrees to pay to the
Issuing Lender, forthwith on demand such amount, together with interest thereon,
for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Issuing
Lender at the overnight Federal Funds Rate (or, in the case of amounts owned in
a Foreign Currency, at the Issuing Lender's customary rate for interbank
advances) for the first three days and at the interest rate applicable to
Revolving Loans that are maintained as Base Rate Loans for each day thereafter.
The failure of any Participant to make available to the Issuing Lender its RL
Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other
Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Issuing Lender
its RL Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit on the date
required, as specified above, but no Participant shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Participant to make available to the Issuing Lender such
other Participant's RL Percentage of any such payment.

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          (d)   Whenever the Issuing Lender receives a payment of a
reimbursement obligation as to which it has received any payments from the
Participants pursuant to clause (c) above, the Issuing Lender shall pay to each
such Participant which has paid its RL Percentage thereof, in Dollars (or, in
the case of any payment received in a Foreign Currency, of the Dollar Equivalent
thereof) and in same day funds, an amount equal to such Participant's share
(based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such
Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all Participants) of the principal
amount of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the
purchase of the respective participations.

          (e)   Upon the request of any Participant, the Administrative Agent
shall furnish to such Participant copies of any standby Letter of Credit issued
by it and such other documentation as may reasonably be requested by such
Participant.

          (f)   The obligations of the Participants to make payments to the
Issuing Lender with respect to Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not
subject to any qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all
circumstances, including, without limitation, any of the following
circumstances:

          (i)   any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any
     of the other Credit Documents;

          (ii)  the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which
     the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against a
     beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of
     Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the
     Administrative Agent, any Participant, or any other Person, whether in
     connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions
     contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying
     transaction between the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower and the
     beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit);

          (iii) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any
     Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient
     in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
     respect;

          (iv)  the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance
     or observance of any of the terms of any of the Credit Documents; or

          (v)   the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default.

           2.05 Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings. (a) The Borrower
agrees to reimburse the Issuing Lender, by making payment to the Administrative
Agent in Dollars (or, in the case of any payment or disbursement made by the
Issuing Lender in a Foreign Currency, of the Dollar Equivalent of such payment
or disbursement as determined by the Issuing Lender on the date of such payment
or disbursement) in immediately available funds at the Payment Office, for any
payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit

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issued by it (each such amount (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof, as the case
may be), so paid until reimbursed, an "Unpaid Drawing"), not later than one
Business Day following receipt by the Borrower of notice of such payment or
disbursement (provided that (x) to the extent that any such notice is received
by the Borrower after 12:00 Noon (New York time) on any Business Day, such
reimbursement shall be required on the immediately succeeding Business Day, and
(y) notwithstanding the foregoing, no such notice shall be required to be given
if a Default or an Event of Default under Section 10.05 shall have occurred and
be continuing, in which case the Unpaid Drawing shall be due and payable
immediately without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind (all of
which are hereby waived by the Borrower)), with interest on the amount so paid
or disbursed by the Issuing Lender, to the extent not reimbursed prior to 12:00
Noon (New York time) on the date of such payment or disbursement, from and
including the date paid or disbursed to but excluding the date such Issuing
Lender was reimbursed by the Borrower therefor at a rate per annum equal to the
Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin as in effect
from time to time for Revolving Loans that are maintained as Base Rate Loans;
provided, however, to the extent such amounts are not reimbursed prior to 12:00
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Noon (New York time) on the third Business Day following the receipt by the
Borrower of notice of such payment or disbursement or following the occurrence
of a Default or an Event of Default under Section 10.05, interest shall
thereafter accrue on the amounts so paid or disbursed by the Issuing Lender (and
until reimbursed by the Borrower) at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate in
effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are
maintained as Base Rate Loans as in effect from time to time plus 2%, with such
interest to be payable on demand.  The Issuing Lender shall give the Borrower
prompt written notice of each Drawing under any Letter of Credit issued by it,
provided that the failure to give any such notice shall in no way affect, impair
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or diminish the Borrower's obligations hereunder.


          (b)  The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2.05 to
reimburse the Issuing Lender with respect to drafts, demands and other
presentations for payment under Letters of Credit issued by it (each a
"Drawing") (including, in each case, interest thereon) shall be absolute and
unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff,
counterclaim or defense to payment which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower may have or have had against any Lender (including in its capacity as
the Issuing Lender or as a Participant), including, without limitation, any
defense based upon the failure of any drawing under a Letter of Credit to
conform to the terms of the Letter of Credit or any nonapplication or
misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such Drawing; provided,
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however, that the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Issuing
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Lender for any wrongful payment made by the Issuing Lender under a Letter of
Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful
misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Issuing Lender (as determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).

          2.06 Increased Costs.  If at any time after the Effective Date, the
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introduction of or any change in any applicable law, rule, regulation, order,
guideline or request or in the interpretation or administration thereof by the
NAIC or any governmental authority charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or compliance by the Issuing Lender or any Participant
with any request or directive by the NAIC or by any such governmental authority
(whether or not having the force of law), shall either (i) impose, modify or
make applicable any reserve, deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement
against letters of credit issued by the Issuing Lender or

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participated in by any Participant, or (ii) impose on the Issuing Lender or any
Participant any other conditions relating, directly or indirectly, to this
Agreement or any Letter of Credit; and the result of any of the foregoing is to
increase the cost to the Issuing Lender or any Participant of issuing,
maintaining or participating in any Letter of Credit, or reduce the amount of
any sum received or receivable by the Issuing Lender or any Participant
hereunder or reduce the rate of return on its capital with respect to Letters of
Credit (except for changes in the rate of tax on, or determined by reference to,
the net income or profits of the Issuing Lender or such Participant pursuant to
the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized or in which its principal
office or applicable lending office is located or any subdivision thereof or
therein), then, upon the delivery of the certificate referred to below to the
Borrower by the Issuing Lender or any Participant (a copy of which certificate
shall be sent by the Issuing Lender or such Participant to the Administrative
Agent), the Borrower agrees, subject to Section 1.16, to pay to the Issuing
Lender or such Participant such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
the Issuing Lender or such Participant for such increased cost or reduction in
the amount receivable or reduction on the rate of return on its capital. The
Issuing Lender or any Participant, upon determining that any additional amounts
will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.06, will give prompt written notice
thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall include a certificate submitted to
the Borrower by the Issuing Lender or such Participant (a copy of which
certificate shall be sent by the Issuing Lender or such Participant to the
Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis therefor and
the calculation of such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the
Issuing Lender or such Participant. The certificate required to be delivered
pursuant to this Section 2.06 shall, absent manifest error, be final and
conclusive and binding on the Borrower.

               SECTION 3.  Commitment Commission; Fees; Reductions of
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Commitment.
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               3.01 Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
                    ----
Agent for distribution to each Non-Defaulting RL Lender a commitment commission
(the "Commitment Commission") for the period from and including the Effective
Date to but excluding the Revolving Loan Maturity Date (or such earlier date on
which the Total Revolving Loan Commitment has been terminated) computed at a
rate per annum equal to the Applicable Commitment Commission Percentage on the
Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment of such Non-Defaulting RL Lender as in
effect from time to time. Accrued Commitment Commission shall be due and payable
quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date and on the date upon which
the Total Revolving Loan Commitment is terminated.

               (b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
distribution to each RL Lender (based on each such RL Lender's respective RL
Percentage) a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit (the "Letter of Credit
Fee") for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of
Credit to and including the date of termination or expiration of such Letter of
Credit, computed at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin then in
effect with respect to Revolving Loans that are maintained as Eurodollar Loans
on the daily Stated Amount of each such Letter of Credit. Accrued Letter of
Credit Fees shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly
Payment Date and on the first day on or after the termination of the Total
Revolving Loan Commitment upon which no Letters of Credit remain outstanding.

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               (c)  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Issuing Lender, for its
own account, a facing fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it (the
"Facing Fee") for the period from and including the date of issuance of such
Letter of Credit to and including the date of termination or expiration of such
Letter of Credit, computed at a rate per annum equal to 1/4 of 1% on the daily
Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit, provided that in any event the minimum
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amount of Facing Fees payable in any twelve-month period for each Letter of
Credit shall be not less than $500; it being agreed that, on the day of issuance
of any Letter of Credit and on each anniversary thereof prior to the termination
or expiration of such Letter of Credit, if $500 will exceed the amount of Facing
Fees that will accrue with respect to such Letter of Credit for the immediately
succeeding twelve-month period, the full $500 shall be payable on the date of
issuance of such Letter of Credit and on each such anniversary thereof. Except
as otherwise provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence,
accrued Facing Fees shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on each
Quarterly Payment Date and upon the first day on or after the termination of the
Total Revolving Loan Commitment upon which no Letters of Credit remain
outstanding.

               (d)  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Issuing Lender, for its
own account, upon each payment under, issuance of, or amendment to, any Letter
of Credit issued by it, such amount as shall at the time of such event be the
administrative charge and the reasonable expenses which the Issuing Lender is
generally imposing in connection with such occurrence with respect to letters of
credit.

               (e)  Concurrently with all voluntary prepayments of principal of
B Term Loans and all mandatory prepayments of principal of B Term Loans (other
than mandatory repayments made pursuant to Sections 4.02(c) and (f)), in each
case which are made on or prior to May 9, 2002, the Borrower will pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender with outstanding B
Term Loans, a fee equal to 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount of such
prepayment.

               (f)  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for
its own account, such fees as may be agreed to in writing from time to time by
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

               3.02 Voluntary Termination of Unutilized Revolving Loan
                    --------------------------------------------------
Commitments. (a) Upon at least one Business Day's prior written notice to the
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Administrative Agent at the Notice Office (which notice the Administrative Agent
shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the
right, at any time or from time to time, without premium or penalty to terminate
the Total Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment in whole, or reduce it in part,
pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in the
case of partial reductions to the Total Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment,
provided that (i) any reduction to the Total Unutilized Revolving Loan
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Commitment shall in no case be in an amount which would cause the Blocked
Revolving Loan Commitment to exceed the Total Unutilized Revolving Loan
Commitment (immediately after giving effect to such reduction) and (ii) each
such reduction shall apply proportionately to permanently reduce the Revolving
Loan Commitment of each RL Lender.

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               (b) In the event of a refusal by a Lender to consent to certain
proposed changes, waivers, discharges or terminations with respect to this
Agreement which have been approved by the Required Lenders as (and to the
extent) provided in Section 13.12(b), the Borrower may, subject to its
compliance with the requirements of Section 13.12(b), upon five Business Days'
prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Notice Office (which
notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders)
terminate all of the Commitments of such Lender (or in the case of the Fronting
Lender only, that portion of its Revolving Loan Commitment which gave rise to
the need to obtain the individual consent of one or more Indemnifying Lenders
whose consents were not provided), so long as all Loans, together with accrued
and unpaid interest, Fees and all other amounts, owing to such Lender (or in the
case of the repayment of Revolving Loans of the Fronting Lender which relate to
one or more Indemnifying Lenders whose individual consent was required but not
obtained, all Revolving Loans subject to the Indemnity Participations of non-
consenting Indemnifying Lenders, together with accrued and unpaid interest, Fees
and other amounts relating thereto) are repaid concurrently with the
effectiveness of such termination pursuant to Section 4.01(b) (at which time
Schedule I shall be deemed modified to reflect such changed amounts) and such
Lender's RL Percentage of (or, in the case of a replacement of an Indemnifying
Lender, such Indemnifying Lender's Indemnity Participation in) all outstanding
Letters of Credit is cash collateralized in a manner satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender, and at such time, such Lender or
Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, shall no longer constitute a "Lender"
or "Indemnifying Lender," as the case may be, for purposes of this Agreement,
except with respect to indemnifications under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, Sections 1.10, 1.11, 2.06, 4.04 and 13.01), which shall survive as
to such repaid Lender or Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be.

               3.03 Mandatory Reduction of Commitments. (a) The Total Commitment
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(and the Commitments of each Lender) shall terminate in its entirety on July 13,
2001 unless the Initial Borrowing Date has occurred on or prior to such date.

               (b)  In addition to any other mandatory commitment reductions
pursuant to this Section 3.03, the Total A Term Loan Commitment (and the A Term
Loan Commitment of each Lender) shall terminate in its entirety on the Initial
Borrowing Date (after giving effect to the incurrence of A Term Loans on such
date).

               (c)  In addition to any other mandatory commitment reductions
pursuant to this Section 3.03, the Total Initial B Term Loan Commitment (and the
Initial B Term Loan Commitment of each Lender) shall terminate in its entirety
on the Initial Borrowing Date (after giving effect to the incurrence of the
Initial B Term Loans on such date).

               (d)  In addition to any other mandatory commitment reductions
pursuant to this Section 3.03, the Total Incremental B Term Loan Commitment (and
the Incremental B Term Loan Commitment of each Lender provided pursuant to an
Incremental B Term Loan Commitment Agreement) shall terminate in its entirety on
the Incremental B Term Loan Borrowing Date (after giving effect to the
incurrence of the Incremental B Term Loans on each such date).

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               (e) In addition to any other mandatory commitment reductions
pursuant to this Section 3.03, the Total Revolving Loan Commitment (and the
Revolving Loan Commitment of each Lender) shall terminate in its entirety on the
earlier of (i) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date and (ii) unless the Required
Lenders otherwise agree, the date on which a Change of Control occurs.

               SECTION 4. Prepayments; Payments; Taxes.
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               4.01 Voluntary Prepayments. (a) The Borrower shall have the right
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to prepay the Loans, without premium or penalty (except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement), in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on the
following terms and conditions: (i) the Borrower shall give the Administrative
Agent at the Notice Office written notice (or telephonic notice promptly
confirmed in writing) no later than 12:00 Noon (New York time) (or, in the case
of Foreign Currency Revolving Loans, no later than 10:00 A.M. (New York time))
(x) on the date of such prepayment in the case of a prepayment of Base Rate
Loans and (y) at least three Business Days' prior to the date of such prepayment
in the case of a prepayment of Euro Rate Loans, which notice (in each case)
shall specify whether A Term Loans, B Term Loans, Revolving Loans or Swingline
Loans shall be prepaid, the amount of such prepayment and the Types of Loans and
the currency or currencies in which they are to be prepaid and, in the case of
Euro Rate Loans, the specific Borrowing or Borrowings pursuant to which such
Euro Rate Loans were made, and which notice the Administrative Agent shall,
except in the case of a prepayment of Swingline Loans, promptly transmit to each
of the Lenders; (ii) (x) each partial prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this
Section 4.01(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at least $500,000,
(y) each partial prepayment of Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 4.01(a)
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at least $250,000 (or the Dollar
Equivalent thereof in the case of Foreign Currency Revolving Loans) and (z) each
partial prepayment of Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) shall be
in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000, provided that if any
partial prepayment of Euro Rate Loans made pursuant to any Borrowing shall
reduce the outstanding principal amount of Euro Rate Loans made pursuant to such
Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount applicable
thereto, then such Borrowing may not be continued as a Borrowing of Euro Rate
Loans and (A) in the case of Dollar Revolving Loans, such Borrowing shall
automatically be converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans and any election
of an Interest Period with respect thereto given by the Borrower shall have no
force or effect, and (B) in the case of Foreign Currency Revolving Loans, such
Borrowing shall be repaid and any election of an Interest Period with respect
thereto given by the Borrower shall have no force or effect; (iii) each
prepayment pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) in respect of any Loans made
pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Loans, provided
                                         --- ----
that at the Borrower's election in connection with any prepayment of Revolving
Loans pursuant to this Section 4.01(a), such prepayment shall not, so long as no
Default or Event of Default then exists, be applied to any Revolving Loan of a
Defaulting Lender; (iv) each voluntary prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this
Section 4.01(a) shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(c), be
applied pro rata to each Tranche of outstanding Term Loans, with the A Term
        --- ----
Loans to be allocated the A Term Loan Percentage of the amount of such
prepayment and the B Term Loans to be allocated the B Term Loan Percentage of
the amount of such payment; and (v) each prepayment of any Tranche of Term Loans
pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) shall be applied (I) first, to reduce in direct
order of maturity the

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Scheduled Repayments of such Tranche of Term Loans which are due and payable
within six months from the date of such payment and (II) second, to the extent
in excess of the amounts required to be applied pursuant to the preceding clause
(I), to reduce the then remaining Scheduled Repayments of such Tranche of Term
Loans being prepaid on a pro rata basis (based upon the then remaining unpaid
principal amounts of such Scheduled Repayments after giving effect to all prior
reductions thereto).

               (b) In the event of a refusal by a Lender or an Indemnifying
Lender to consent to certain proposed changes, waivers, discharges or
terminations with respect to this Agreement which have been approved by the
Required Lenders as (and to the extent) provided in Section 13.12(b), the
Borrower may, upon five Business Days' prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent at the Notice Office (which notice the Administrative Agent
shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders) repay all Loans, together with
accrued and unpaid interest, Fees, and other amounts owing to such Lender (or in
the case of a refusal by an Indemnifying Lender to give any such consent, the
Borrower may repay all Revolving Loans, together with accrued and unpaid
interest, Fees and other amounts owing to the Fronting Lender, in each case
which correlate to the Indemnity Participation of the respective Indemnifying
Lender) in accordance with, and subject to the requirements of, said Section
13.12(b) so long as (I) all Commitments of such Lender are terminated (or, in
the case of a termination of an Indemnifying Lender, so long as the related
portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the Fronting Lender is terminated)
concurrently with such repayment pursuant to Section 3.02(b) (at which time
Schedule I shall be deemed modified to reflect the changed Commitments and, if
relevant, Indemnity Amounts), (II) such Lender's RL Percentage of (or the
respective Indemnifying Lender's Indemnity Participation in) all outstanding
Letters of Credit is cash collateralized in a manner satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender and (III) the consents, if any,
required under Section 13.12(b) in connection with the repayment pursuant to
this Section 4.01(b) have been obtained. Each prepayment of any Tranche of Term
Loans pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) shall be applied to reduce the then
remaining Scheduled Repayments of such Tranche of Term Loans being prepaid on a
pro rata basis (based upon the then remaining unpaid principal amounts of such
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Scheduled Repayments after giving effect to all prior reductions thereto).

               (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 4.01 or elsewhere in this Agreement (including, without limitation, in
Section 13.12), at any time that A Term Loans are outstanding, the Borrower
shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to give the Lenders with
outstanding B Term Loans (the "B Lenders") the option to waive their pro rata
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share of a voluntary prepayment of B Term Loans which is to be made pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) (each such prepayment, a "Waivable Voluntary Prepayment") upon
the terms and provisions set forth in this Section 4.01(c); provided that if the
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amount of the Waivable Voluntary Prepayment would exceed the aggregate principal
amount of A Term Loans then outstanding (after giving effect to the application
of their pro rata share of the respective voluntary prepayment), then the amount
         --- ----
of the Waivable Voluntary Prepayment shall be limited to such aggregate
principal amount of A Term Loans then outstanding and the remainder of the pro
                                                                           ---
rata share of the respective voluntary repayment otherwise applicable to the B
----
Term Loans shall be immediately applied to the repayment of such outstanding B
Term Loans. If the Borrower elects to exercise the option referred to in the
immediately preceding sentence, the Borrower shall give to the Administrative
Agent written notice of its intention to give the B Lenders the

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right to waive a Waivable Voluntary Prepayment (including in such notice, the
aggregate amount of such proposed prepayment) at least five Business Days prior
to the date of the proposed prepayment, which notice the Administrative Agent
shall promptly forward to all B Lenders (indicating in such notice the amount of
such prepayment to be applied to each such B Lender's outstanding B Term Loans).
The Borrower's offer to permit the B Lenders to waive any such Waivable
Voluntary Prepayment may apply to all or part of such prepayment, provided that
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any offer to waive part of such prepayment must be made ratably to the B Lenders
on the basis of their outstanding B Term Loans. In the event that any such B
Lender desires to waive its pro rata share of such B Lender's right to receive
                            --- ----
any such Waivable Voluntary Prepayment in whole or in part, such B Lender shall
so advise the Administrative Agent no later than 4:00 P.M. (New York time) on
the date which is two Business Days after the date of such notice from the
Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter
notify the Borrower thereof), which notice shall also include the amount such B
Lender desires to receive in respect of such prepayment. If any B Lender does
not reply to the Administrative Agent within such two Business Day period, such
B Lender will be deemed not to have waived any part of such prepayment. If any B
Lender does not specify an amount it wishes to receive, such B Lender will be
deemed to have accepted 100% of its share of such prepayment. In the event that
any such B Lender waives all or part of its share of any such Waivable Voluntary
Prepayment, the Administrative Agent shall apply 100% of the amount so waived by
such Lender to the A Term Loans in accordance with Section 4.01(a).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, if one or more B
Lenders waives its right to receive all or any part of any Waivable Voluntary
Repayment, but less than all the B Lenders waive in full their right to receive
100% of the total payment otherwise required with respect to the B Term Loans,
then of the amount actually applied to the repayment of B Term Loans of B
Lenders which have waived all or any of part their right to receive 100% of such
repayment, such amount shall be applied to each then outstanding Borrowing of B
Term Loans on a pro rata basis (so that each B Lender shall, after giving effect
                --- ----
to the application of the respective repayment, maintain the same percentage (as
determined for such B Lender, but not the same percentage as the other B Lenders
hold and not the same percentage held by such B Lender prior to repayment) of
each Borrowing of B Term Loans which remains outstanding after giving effect to
such application).

               4.02 Mandatory Repayments. (a) (i) On any day on which the sum of
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(I) the aggregate outstanding Principal Amount of all Revolving Loans (after
giving effect to all other repayments thereof on such date), (II) the aggregate
outstanding Principal Amount of all Swingline Loans (after giving effect to all
other repayments thereof on such date) and (III) the aggregate amount of all
Letter of Credit Outstandings exceeds the Total Available Revolving Loan
Commitment at such time, the Borrower shall prepay on such day the principal of
Swingline Loans and, after all Swingline Loans have been repaid in full or if no
Swingline Loans are outstanding, Revolving Loans in an amount equal to such
excess. If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Swingline
Loans and Revolving Loans, the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit
Outstandings exceeds the Total Available Revolving Loan Commitment at such time,
the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office on
such day an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of such
excess (up to a maximum amount equal to the Letter of Credit Outstandings at
such time), such cash and/or Cash

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Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrower to the
Issuing Lender and the Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be
established by the Administrative Agent.

               (ii)  On any day on which the aggregate outstanding Principal
Amount of all Foreign Currency Revolving Loans (after giving effect to all other
repayments thereof on such date) exceeds the lesser of (x) $51,000,000 and (y)
the Total Available Revolving Loan Commitment at such time, the Borrower shall
prepay on such day the principal of Foreign Currency Revolving Loans in an
amount equal to such excess.

               (iii) On any day on which the aggregate Stated Amount of all
Letters of Credit Outstandings exceeds the lesser of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) the
Total Available Revolving Loan Commitment at such time, the Borrower shall pay
to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office on such day an amount of cash
and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of such excess, such cash and/or
Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrower to
the Issuing Lender and the Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be
established by the Administrative Agent.

               (b)   In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to
this Section 4.02, on each date set forth below, the Borrower shall be required
to repay that principal amount of A Term Loans, to the extent then outstanding,
as is set forth opposite each such date below (each such repayment, as the same
may be reduced as provided in Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(b) and 4.02(i), a
"Scheduled A Repayment"):

            Scheduled A Repayment Date                           Amount
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              September 30, 2001                                $8,750,000
              December 31, 2001                                 $8,750,000
              March 31, 2002                                    $8,750,000
              June 30, 2002                                     $8,750,000
              September 30, 2002                                $8,750,000
              December 31, 2002                                 $8,750,000
              March 31, 2003                                    $8,750,000
              June 30, 2003                                     $8,750,000
              September 30, 2003                                $8,750,000
              December 31, 2003                                 $8,750,000
              March 31, 2004                                    $8,750,000
              June 30, 2004                                     $8,750,000
              September 30, 2004                                $8,750,000
              December 31, 2004                                 $8,750,000
              March 31, 2005                                    $8,750,000
              June 30, 2005                                     $8,750,000
              September 30, 2005                                $8,750,000
              December 31, 2005                                 $8,750,000
              March 31, 2006                                    $8,750,000
              A Term Loan Maturity Date                         $8,750,000

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               (c) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to
this Section 4.02, on each date set forth below, the Borrower shall be required
to repay that principal amount of B Term Loans, to the extent then outstanding,
as is set forth opposite each such date below (each such repayment, (i) as the
same may be reduced as provided in Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(b) and 4.02(i), and
(ii) as the same may be increased as provided below in this Section 4.02(c), a
"Scheduled B Repayment"):

              Scheduled B Repayment Date                           Amount
              --------------------------                           ------

                September 30, 2001                                $437,500
                December 31, 2001                                 $437,500
                March 31, 2002                                    $437,500
                June 30, 2002                                     $437,500
                September 30, 2002                                $437,500
                December 31, 2002                                 $437,500
                March 31, 2003                                    $437,500
                June 30, 2003                                     $437,500
                September 30, 2003                                $437,500
                December 31, 2003                                 $437,500
                March 31, 2004                                    $437,500
                June 30, 2004                                     $437,500
                September 30, 2004                                $437,500
                December 31, 2004                                 $437,500
                March 31, 2005                                    $437,500
                June 30, 2005                                     $437,500
                September 30, 2005                                $437,500
                December 31, 2005                                 $437,500
                March 31, 2006                                    $437,500
                June 30, 2006                                  $33,337,500
                September 30, 2006                             $33,337,500
                December 31, 2006                              $33,337,500
                March 31, 2007                                 $33,337,500
                B Term Loan Maturity Date                      $33,337,500

               In the event that the Borrower incurs any Incremental B Term
Loans pursuant to Section 1.01(c), then (i) each of the Scheduled B Repayments
occurring after the date of such incurrence through and including March 31, 2006
shall be increased by .25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Incremental
B Term Loans so incurred and (ii) each of the Scheduled B Repayments occurring
after March 31, 2006 shall be increased by an amount equal to (x) the aggregate
principal amount of the Incremental B Term Loans so incurred less portion
thereof allocated to the Scheduled B Repayments as provided in the preceding
clause (i) divided by (y) 5.

               (d) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to
this Section 4.02, on each date on or after the Initial Borrowing Date upon
which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries receives any cash proceeds from
any incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness for
borrowed money (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money

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permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 9.04 as in effect on the Effective
Date), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Debt Proceeds of the respective
incurrence of Indebtedness shall be applied on such date in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 4.02(i) and (j).

               (e) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to
this Section 4.02, on each date on or after the Initial Borrowing Date upon
which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries receives any cash proceeds from
any Asset Sale, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom shall
be applied on such date in accordance with the requirements of Sections 4.02(i)
and (j); provided, however, that with respect to no more than $25,000,000 in the
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aggregate of cash proceeds from Asset Sales in any fiscal year of the Borrower,
the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom shall not be required to be so applied on such
date so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists and such Net Sale
Proceeds shall be used to purchase assets (other than working capital) used or
to be used in the businesses permitted pursuant to Section 9.16 (including,
without limitation (but only to the extent permitted by Section 8.14), the
purchase of the assets or 100% of the equity of a Person engaged in such
businesses) within 360 days following the date of such Asset Sale, and provided
                                                                       --------
further, that if all or any portion of such Net Sale Proceeds not required to be
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so applied as provided above in this Section 4.02(e) are not so reinvested
within such 360-day period (or such earlier date, if any, as the Borrower or the
relevant Subsidiary determines not to reinvest the Net Sale Proceeds from such
Asset Sale as set forth above), such remaining portion shall be applied on the
last day of such period (or such earlier date, as the case may be) as provided
above in this Section 4.02(e) without regard to the preceding proviso.

               (f) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to
this Section 4.02, on each Excess Cash Payment Date, an amount equal to 50% of
the Excess Cash Flow for the related Excess Cash Payment Period shall be applied
in accordance with the requirements of Sections 4.02(i) and (j).

               (g) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to
this Section 4.02, within 10 days following each date on or after the Initial
Borrowing Date upon which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries receives any
cash proceeds from any Recovery Event (other than Recovery Events where the Net
Insurance Proceeds therefrom do not exceed $250,000), an amount equal to 100% of
the Net Insurance Proceeds from such Recovery Event shall be applied within such
10 day period in accordance with the requirements of Sections 4.02(i) and (j);
provided, however, that (x) so long as no Default or Event of Default then
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exists and such Net Insurance Proceeds do not exceed $10,000,000, such Net
Insurance Proceeds shall not be required to be so applied within such 10 day
period to the extent that the Borrower has delivered a certificate to the
Administrative Agent within such 10 day period stating that such Net Insurance
Proceeds shall be used to replace or restore any properties or assets in respect
of which such Net Insurance Proceeds were paid within 360 days following the
date of the receipt of such Net Insurance Proceeds (which certificate shall set
forth the estimates of the Net Insurance Proceeds to be so expended), and (y) so
long as no Default or Event of Default then exists and to the extent that (a)
the amount of such Net Insurance Proceeds is greater than $10,000,000 but is
less than or equal to $15,000,000, (b) the amount of such Net Insurance
Proceeds, together with other cash available to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and permitted to be spent by them on Capital Expenditures during
the relevant period, equals at least 100% of the cost of replacement

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or restoration of the properties or assets in respect of which such Net
Insurance Proceeds were paid as determined by the Borrower and as supported by
such information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (c) the
Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate within such 10
day period in the form described in clause (x) above, then the entire amount of
the Net Insurance Proceeds from such Recovery Event and not just the portion in
excess of $10,000,000 shall be deposited with the Administrative Agent pursuant
to a cash collateral arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent whereby such proceeds shall be disbursed to the Borrower from time to time
as needed to pay or reimburse the Borrower or such Subsidiary for the actual
costs incurred by it in connection with the replacement or restoration of the
respective properties or assets (pursuant to such certification requirements as
may be established by the Administrative Agent), although at any time while an
Event or Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Lenders may direct
the Collateral Agent (in which case the Collateral Agent shall, and is hereby
authorized by the Borrower to, follow said directions) to apply any or all
proceeds then on deposit in such collateral account to the repayment of the Term
Loans as provided above in this Section 4.02(g) without regard to this proviso;
and provided further, that (i) if the amount of such Net Insurance Proceeds
    ----------------
exceeds $15,000,000, then the entire amount of such Net Insurance Proceeds (and
not just the portion of such Net Insurance Proceeds in excess of $15,000,000)
shall be applied as provided above in this Section 4.02(g) without regard to the
preceding proviso, and (ii) if all or any portion of such Net Insurance Proceeds
not required to be so applied pursuant to the preceding proviso (whether
pursuant to clause (x) or (y) thereof) are not so used within 360 days after the
date of the receipt of such Net Insurance Proceeds (or such earlier date, if
any, as the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary determines not to reinvest the
Net Insurance Proceeds relating to such Recovery Event as set forth above), such
remaining portion shall be applied on the last day of such period (or such
earlier date, as the case may be) as provided above in this Section 4.02(g)
without regard to the preceding proviso.

               (h) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to
this Section 4.02, on each date on which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
receives any cash proceeds from (i) any purchase price adjustment under Section
2.2.2(ii) of the Acquisition Agreement (as in effect on the Initial Borrowing
Date) and (ii) any indemnity payment under the Acquisition Agreement as a result
of any reversion of any shares of capital stock of the Target to any prior
shareholder of the Target, an amount equal to 100% of the cash proceeds from
such purchase price adjustment or indemnity payment shall be applied on such
date in accordance with the requirements of Sections 4.02(i) and (j).

               (i) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.02(k), each amount
required to be applied pursuant to this Section 4.02(i) shall be applied as a
mandatory repayment of outstanding Term Loans on a pro rata basis, with the A
                                                   --- ----
Term Loans to be allocated the A Term Loan Percentage of the amount of such
repayment and the B Term Loans to be allocated the B Term Loan Percentage of the
amount of such prepayment. The amount of each principal repayment of each
Tranche of outstanding Term Loans made as required by this Section 4.02(i) shall
be applied (I) first, to reduce in direct order of maturity the Scheduled
Repayments of such Tranche of Term Loans which are due and payable within six
calendar months from the date of such payment, and (II) second, to the extent in
excess of the amounts required to be applied pursuant to the preceding clause
(I), to reduce the then remaining Scheduled Repayments of such

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Tranche of Term Loans being repaid on a pro rata basis (based upon the then
                                        --- ----
remaining unpaid principal amounts of such Scheduled Repayments of the
respective Tranche of Term Loans after giving effect to all prior reductions
thereto).

               (j) With respect to each repayment of Loans required by this
Section 4.02, the Borrower may designate the Types of Loans of the respective
Tranche which are to be repaid and, in the case of Euro Rate Loans, the specific
Borrowing or Borrowings of the respective Tranche pursuant to which such Euro
Rate Loans were made, provided that: (i) repayments of Euro Rate Loans pursuant
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to this Section 4.02 may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto unless all Euro Rate Loans of the respective Tranche with
Interest Periods ending on such date of required repayment and all Base Rate
Loans of the respective Tranche have been paid in full; (ii) if any repayment of
Euro Rate Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding
Euro Rate Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the
Minimum Borrowing Amount applicable thereto, such Borrowing (x) in the case of
Eurodollar Loans, shall be automatically converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans and (y) in the case of Foreign Currency Revolving Loans, shall be repaid;
and (iii) each repayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be
applied pro rata among such Loans. In the absence of a designation by the
        --- ----
Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall,
subject to the above, make such designation in its sole discretion.

               (k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 4.02 or elsewhere in this Agreement (including, without limitation, in
Section 13.12), at any time that A Term Loans are outstanding, the Borrower
shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to give the B Lenders the option
to waive their pro rata share of a mandatory repayment of B Term Loans which is
               --- ----
to be made pursuant to Sections 4.02(d), (e), (f), (g) and/or (h) (each such
repayment, a "Waivable Mandatory Repayment") upon the terms and provisions set
forth in this Section 4.02(k); provided that if the amount of the Waivable
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Mandatory Repayment would exceed the aggregate principal amount of A Term Loans
then outstanding (after giving effect to the application of their pro rata share
                                                                  --- ----
of the respective mandatory repayment), then the amount of the Waivable
Mandatory Repayment shall be limited to such aggregate principal amount of A
Term Loans then outstanding and the remainder of the pro rata share of the
                                                     --- ----
respective mandatory repayment otherwise applicable to the B Term Loans shall be
immediately applied to the repayment of such outstanding B Term Loans. If the
Borrower elects to exercise the option referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence, the Borrower shall give to the Administrative Agent written notice of
its intention to give the B Lenders the right to waive a Waivable Mandatory
Repayment (including in such notice, the aggregate amount of such proposed
repayment) at least five Business Days prior to the date of the proposed
repayment, which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly forward to all B
Lenders (indicating in such notice the amount of such repayment to be applied to
each such B Lender's outstanding B Term Loans). The Borrower's offer to permit
the B Lenders to waive any such Waivable Mandatory Repayment may apply to all or
part of such repayment, provided that any offer to waive part of such repayment
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must be made ratably to the B Lenders on the basis of their outstanding B Term
Loans. In the event that any such B Lender desires to waive its pro rata share
                                                                --- ----
of such B Lender's right to receive any such Waivable Mandatory Repayment in
whole or in part, such B Lender shall so advise the Administrative Agent no
later than 4:00 P.M. (New York time) on the date

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which is two Business Days after the date of such notice from the Administrative
Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall promtly thereafter notify the Borrower
thereof), which notice shall also include the amount such B Lender desires to
receive in respect of such repayment. If any B Lender does not reply to the
Administrative Agent within such two Business Day period, such B Lender will be
deemed not to have waived any part of such repayment. If any B Lender does not
specify an amount it wishes to receive, such B Lender will be deemed to have
accepted 100% of its share of such repayment. In the event that any such B
Lender waives all or part of its share of any such Waivable Mandatory Repayment,
the Administrative Agent shall apply 100% of the amount so waived by such B
Lender to the A Term Loans in accordance with Sections 4.02(i) and (j).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, if one or more B
Lenders waives its right to receive all or any part of any Waivable Mandatory
Repayment, but less than all the B Lenders waive in full their right to receive
100% of the total payment otherwise required with respect to the B Term Loans,
then of the amount actually applied to the repayment of B Term Loans of B
Lenders which have waived all or any of part their right to receive 100% of such
repayment, such amount shall be applied to each then outstanding Borrowing of B
Term Loans on a pro rata basis (so that each B Lender shall, after giving effect
                --- ----
to the application of the respective repayment, maintain the same percentage (as
determined for such B Lender, but not the same percentage as the other B Lenders
hold and not the same percentage held by such B Lender prior to repayment) of
each Borrowing of B Term Loans which remains outstanding after giving effect to
such application).


               (l) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to
this Section 4.02, (i) all then outstanding Loans of any Tranche shall be repaid
in full on the respective Maturity Date for such Tranche of Loans and (ii)
unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, all then outstanding Loans shall be
repaid in full on the date on which a Change of Control occurs.

               4.03 Method and Place of Payment. Except as otherwise
                    ---------------------------
specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement and under any
Note shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender or
Lenders entitled thereto not later than 12:00 Noon (New York time) (or, in the
case of a payment of principal or interest on Foreign Currency Revolving Loans,
no later than 10:00 A.M. (New York time)) on the date when due and shall be made
in immediately available funds at the Payment Office in Dollars (calculated, in
the case of Letter of Credit Fees, Facing Fees and the reimbursement of Drawings
(in each case) in respect of a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign
Currency, using the Dollar Equivalent thereof); provided, however, that payments
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in respect of principal and interest on Foreign Currency Revolving Loans shall
be made in the Foreign Currency in which such Foreign Currency Revolving Loans
are denominated. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder or under any Note
shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date
thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect
to payments of principal, interest shall be payable at the applicable rate
during such extension.

               4.04 Net Payments. (a) All payments made by the Borrower
                    ------------
hereunder and under any Note will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other
defense. Except as provided in Section 4.04(b), all such payments made by the
Borrower and all payments made by the Fronting Lender to any Indemnifying Lender
hereunder will be made free and clear of, and

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without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or
hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding,
except as provided in the second succeeding sentence, any tax imposed on or
measured by the net income or net profits of a Lender or an Indemnifying Lender
pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Lender or Indemnifying
Lender, as the case may be, is organized or the jurisdiction in which the
principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender or Indemnifying
Lender, as the case may be, is located or any subdivision thereof or therein)
and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect to such non-
excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges (all
such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other
charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied
or imposed on any Lender or Indemnifying Lender, (i) the Borrower agrees to pay
such Lender and, in the case of Taxes so levied or imposed on an Indemnifying
Lender, the Fronting Lender and (ii) the Fronting Lender (upon actual receipt of
payments from the Borrower required pursuant to preceding clause (i)) agrees to
pay such Indemnifying Lender, the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional
amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due to such
Lender and Indemnifying Lender under this Agreement and under any Note, after
withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be less than
the amount provided for herein or in such Note. If any amounts are payable in
respect of Taxes pursuant to the preceding sentence, (x) the Borrower agrees to
reimburse each Lender and the Fronting Lender (in the case of Taxes payable by
an Indemnifying Lender) and (y) the Fronting Lender (upon actual receipt of the
reimbursement from the Borrower required pursuant to preceding clause (x))
agrees to reimburse each Indemnifying Lender, upon the written request of such
Lender, the Fronting Lender or such Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, for
taxes imposed on or measured by the net income or net profits of such Lender or
an Indemnifying Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such
Lender or Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, is organized or in which the
principal office or applicable lending office of such Lender or Indemnifying
Lender, as the case may be, is located or under the laws of any political
subdivision or taxing authority of any such jurisdiction in which such Lender or
Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, is organized or in which the principal
office or applicable lending office of such Lender or Indemnifying Lender, as
the case may be, is located and for any withholding of taxes as such Lender or
Indemnifying Lender shall determine are payable by, or withheld from, such
Lender or Indemnifying Lender, in respect of such amounts so paid to or on
behalf of such Lender or Indemnifying Lender pursuant to the preceding sentence
and in respect of any amounts paid to or on behalf of such Lender or
Indemnifying Lender pursuant to this sentence. The Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent within 45 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is
due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such
payment by the Borrower. The Borrower agrees (i) to indemnify and hold harmless
each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount
of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender and (ii) to indemnify
and hold harmless the Fronting Lender, and reimburse the Fronting Lender upon
its written request, for the amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid
by any Indemnifying Lender.

               (b) Each Lender and each Indemnifying Lender that is not a United
States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for
U.S. Federal income tax

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purposes agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or
prior to the Effective Date or, in the case of a Lender or Indemnifying Lender
that is (x) an assignee or transferee of an interest or Indemnity Participation
under this Agreement pursuant to Section 1.13, 13.04(b) or 13.04(c) (unless the
respective Lender or Indemnifying Lender was already a Lender or Indemnifying
Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date
of such assignment or transfer to such Lender or Indemnifying Lender, or (y) a
new Lender or Indemnifying Lender pursuant to Section 1.14 or 1.15, on the date
that such Person becomes a Lender or Indemnifying Lender hereunder, (i) two
accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-
8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete exemption under an income tax
treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lender's or Indemnifying
Lender's entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States
withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and
under any Note, or (ii) if the Lender or Indemnifying Lender is not a "bank"
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a complete
exemption under an income tax treaty) (or any successor forms) pursuant to
clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F (any
such certificate, a "Section 4.04(b)(ii) Certificate") and (y) two accurate and
complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with
respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to
such Lender's or Indemnifying Lender's entitlement as of such date to a complete
exemption from United States withholding tax with respect to payments of
interest to be made under this Agreement and under any Note. In addition, each
Lender and each Indemnifying Lender agrees that from time to time after the
Effective Date, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the
previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, such
Lender or Indemnifying Lender will deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent two new accurate and complete original signed copies of
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN (with respect to the benefits
of any income tax treaty), or Form W-8BEN (with respect to the portfolio
interest exemption) and a Section 4.04(b)(ii) Certificate, as the case may be,
and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm or establish the
entitlement of such Lender or Indemnifying Lender to a continued exemption from
or reduction in United States withholding tax with respect to payments under
this Agreement and any Note, or such Lender or Indemnifying Lender shall
immediately notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to
deliver any such Form or Certificate, in which case such Lender or Indemnifying
Lender shall not be required to deliver any such Form or Certificate pursuant to
this Section 4.04(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 4.04(a), but subject to Sections 13.04(b) and (c) and the immediately
succeeding sentence, (x) the Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is
required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold income or similar taxes imposed
by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
or therein) from interest, Fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the
account of any Lender which is not a United States person (as such term is
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes
or for the account of the Fronting Lender acting on behalf of any Indemnifying
Lender which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, to the extent
that such Lender or Indemnifying Lender, as the case may be, has not provided to
the Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service Forms that establish a complete
exemption from such deduction or withholding and (y) the Borrower shall not be
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gated pursuant to Section 4.04(a) to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender or
the Fronting Lender (acting on behalf of an Indemnifying Lender) in respect of
income or similar taxes imposed by the United States if (I) such Lender or
Indemnifying Lender has not provided to the Borrower the Internal Revenue
Service Forms required to be provided to the Borrower pursuant to this Section
4.04(b) or (II) in the case of a payment, other than interest, to a Lender
described in clause (ii) above or the Fronting Lender on behalf of an
Indemnifying Lender described in clause (ii) above, to the extent that such
Forms do not establish a complete exemption from withholding of such taxes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding sentence or
elsewhere in this Section 4.04 and except as set forth in Sections 13.04(b) and
(c), the Borrower agrees to pay any additional amounts and to indemnify each
Lender and Fronting Lender in the manner set forth in Section 4.04(a) (without
regard to the identity of the jurisdiction requiring the deduction or
withholding) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described
in the immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes that are
effective after the Effective Date in any applicable law, treaty, governmental
rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation thereof, relating
to the deducting or withholding of such Taxes.

               SECTION 5. Conditions Precedent to Credit Events on the Initial
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Borrowing Date. The obligation of each Lender to make Loans, and the obligation
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of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, on the Initial Borrowing Date,
is subject at the time of the making of such Loans or the issuance of such
Letters of Credit to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

               5.01 Effective Date; Notes. On or prior to the Initial Borrowing
                    ---------------------
Date, (i) the Effective Date shall have occurred and (ii) there shall have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of each of the Lenders
that has requested same the appropriate A Term Note, B Term Note and/or
Revolving Note executed by the Borrower and to the extent requested by the
Swingline Lender, the Swingline Note executed by the Borrower, in each case, in
the amount, maturity and as otherwise provided herein.

               5.02 Officer's Certificate. On the Initial Borrowing Date, the
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Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Initial
Borrowing Date and signed on behalf of the Borrower by the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President of the
Borrower, certifying on behalf of the Borrower that all of the conditions in
Sections 5.06, 5.07, 5.08 and 6.01 have been satisfied on such date.

               5.03 Opinions of Counsel. On the Initial Borrowing Date, the
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Administrative Agent shall have received opinions, addressed to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders and dated the
Initial Borrowing Date, from (i) Foley & Lardner, special counsel to the Credit
Parties, which opinion shall cover the matters set forth in Exhibit G and such
other matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and (ii) from local counsel to the
Credit Parties and/or the Administrative Agent in each of the States in which a
Mortgaged Property is located, which opinions shall cover such matters incident
to the transactions contemplated herein as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent.

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          5.04  Corporate Documents; Proceedings; etc. (a) On the Initial
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Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from
each Credit Party, dated the Initial Borrowing Date, signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President of
such Credit Party, and attested to by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary
of such Credit Party, in the form of Exhibit H with appropriate insertions,
together with copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws
(or equivalent organizational documents) of such Credit Party and the
resolutions of such Credit Party referred to in such certificate, and each of
the foregoing shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.

          (b)   On the Initial Borrowing Date, all corporate and legal
proceedings and all instruments and agreements in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Documents shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, and
the Administrative Agent shall have received all information and copies of all
documents and papers, including records of corporate proceedings, governmental
approvals, good standing certificates and bring-down telegrams or facsimiles, if
any, which the Administrative Agent reasonably may have requested in connection
therewith, such documents and papers where appropriate to be certified by proper
corporate, limited liability company or governmental authorities.

          5.05  Shareholders' Agreements; Tax Sharing Agreements; Existing
                ----------------------------------------------------------
Indebtedness Agreements. On or prior to the Initial Borrowing Date, there shall
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have been delivered to the Administrative Agent true and correct copies of the
following documents:

          (i)   all agreements entered into by the Borrower governing the terms
     and relative rights of its capital stock and any agreements entered into by
     its shareholders relating to its capital stock (collectively, the
     "Shareholders' Agreements");

          (ii)  all tax sharing, tax allocation and other similar agreements
     entered into by the Borrower, the Target or any of their respective
     Subsidiaries (collectively, the "Tax Sharing Agreements"); and

          (iii) all agreements evidencing or relating to Indebtedness for
     borrowed money of the Borrower, the Target or any of their respective
     Subsidiaries which is to remain outstanding after giving effect to the
     Transaction to the extent that such Indebtedness exceeds (or upon the
     utilization of any unused commitments may exceed) $2,000,000 (collectively,
     the "Existing Indebtedness Agreements");

all of which Shareholders' Agreements, Tax Sharing Agreements and Existing
Indebtedness Agreements shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and shall be in full force and effect on the Initial
Borrowing Date.

          5.06  Consummation of the Transaction. (a) On or prior to the Initial
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Borrowing Date, there shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent true
and correct copies of the Acquisition Documents, which Acquisition Documents
shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders. All of the

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conditions precedent to the consummation of the Acquisition as set forth in the
Acquisition Agreement (other than immaterial conditions) shall have been
satisfied (and not waived, unless consented to by the Administrative Agent and
the Required Lenders) to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent
and the Required Lenders. Concurrently with the incurrence of the Loans
hereunder on the Initial Borrowing Date, the Acquisition shall have been
consummated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Acquisition
Documents and all applicable laws.

          (b) On the Initial Borrowing Date, the Borrower shall have received
gross cash proceeds of (Euro) 175,000,000 from the issuance by it of a like
principal amount of Senior Subordinated Notes. There shall have been delivered
to the Administrative Agent true and correct copies of the Senior Subordinated
Note Documents, and all of the Senior Subordinated Note Documents shall be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders. All of the conditions precedent to the issuance of the Senior
Subordinated Notes as set forth in the Senior Subordinated Note Documents shall
have been satisfied (and not waived, unless consented to by the Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders), to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders. The Senior Subordinated Notes
shall have been issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Senior
Subordinated Note Documents and all applicable laws.

          (c) (i)  On the Initial Borrowing Date and concurrently with the
incurrence of the Loans hereunder on such date, (x) the total commitments in
respect of the Indebtedness to be Refinanced shall have been terminated, and all
loans and notes with respect thereto shall have been repaid in full (together
with interest thereon), all letters of credit issued thereunder shall have been
terminated (except to the extent that same are back-stopped by a Letter of
Credit issued hereunder) and all other amounts (including premiums) owing
pursuant to the Indebtedness to be Refinanced shall have been repaid in full and
all documents in respect of the Indebtedness to be Refinanced and all guarantees
with respect thereto shall have been terminated (except as to indemnification
and expense reimbursement provisions, which may survive to the extent provided
therein) and be of no further force and effect, and (y) the Administrative Agent
shall have received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
it, that the Refinancing has occurred.

              (ii) On the Initial Borrowing Date and concurrently with the
incurrence of the Loans hereunder on such date, the creditors in respect of the
Indebtedness to be Refinanced shall have terminated and released all security
interests and Liens (if any) on the assets owned by the Borrower, the Target and
their respective Subsidiaries. The Administrative Agent shall have received such
releases of security interests in and Liens on the assets owned by the Borrower,
the Target and their respective Subsidiaries as may have been reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent, which releases shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Without limiting
the foregoing, there shall have been delivered (i) proper termination statements
(Form UCC-3 or the appropriate equivalent) for filing under the UCC (or foreign
equivalent) of each jurisdiction where a financing statement (Form UCC-1 or the
appropriate equivalent) was filed with respect to the Borrower, the Target or
any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the security interests
created with respect to the Indebtedness to be Refinanced and the documentation
related thereto, (ii) termination or

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reassignment of any security interest in, or Lien on, any patents, trademarks,
copyrights, or similar interests of the Borrower, the Target or any of their
respective Subsidiaries on which filings have been made, (iii) terminations of
all mortgages, leasehold mortgages, deeds of trust and leasehold deeds of trust
created with respect to property of the Borrower, the Target or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, in each case, to secure the obligations in respect of
the Indebtedness to be Refinanced, all of which shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (iv) all collateral
owned by the Borrower, the Target or any of their respective Subsidiaries in the
possession of any of the creditors in respect of the Indebtedness to be
Refinanced or any collateral agent or trustee under any related security
document shall have been returned to the Borrower, the Target or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be (all of which deliveries pursuant to this
sentence may be delivered to the Administrative Agent in escrow pending the
funding of the Loans hereunder on the Initial Borrowing Date).

          5.07  Adverse Change, Approvals. (a) Since December 31, 2000, nothing
                -------------------------
shall have occurred (and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall
have become aware of any facts or conditions not previously known) which the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall determine has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse
effect on the business, operations, liabilities, assets, property or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Target and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

          (b)   On or prior to the Initial Borrowing Date, all necessary
governmental (domestic and foreign) and third party approvals and/or consents in
connection with the Transaction (and the incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder
and the granting of Liens hereunder) shall have been obtained and remain in
effect (including proper notification and consultation with the appropriate
workers' council of the Target), and all applicable waiting periods with respect
thereto shall have expired without any action being taken by any competent
authority which restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions
upon the consummation of the Transaction or the other transactions contemplated
by the Documents or otherwise referred to herein or therein. On the Initial
Borrowing Date, there shall not exist any judgment, order, injunction or other
restraint issued or filed or a hearing seeking injunctive relief or other
restraint pending or notified prohibiting or imposing materially adverse
conditions upon the Transaction or the other transactions contemplated by the
Documents or otherwise referred to herein or therein.

          5.08  Litigation. On the Initial Borrowing Date, there shall be no
                ----------
actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened (i) with respect to the
Transaction, this Agreement or any other Document or (ii) which the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall determine has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse
effect on the business, operations, liabilities, assets, property or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Target and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

          5.09  Pledge Agreement. On the Initial Borrowing Date, each Credit
                ----------------
Party shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered the Pledge Agreement in
the form of Exhibit I, with such changes thereto, or additional pledge
agreements (or amendments thereto) entered into in connection therewith, as
foreign counsel for the Administrative Agent may suggest in respect of any
Pledge Agreement Collateral of any Foreign Subsidiary to be pledged by any
Credit Party (as

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amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, collectively, the "Pledge
Agreement") and shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent, as Pledgee
thereunder, all of the Pledge Agreement Collateral, if any, referred to therein
and then owned by such Credit Party, (x) endorsed in blank in the case of
promissory notes constituting Pledge Agreement Collateral and (y) together with
executed and undated endorsements for transfer in the case of equity interests
constituting certificated Pledge Agreement Collateral, along with evidence that
all other actions necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral
Agent, desirable, to perfect the security interests purported to be created by
the Pledge Agreement have been taken and the Pledge Agreement shall be in full
force and effect.

           5.10   Security Agreement. On the Initial Borrowing Date, each Credit
                  ------------------
Party shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered the Security Agreement
in the form of Exhibit J (as modified, supplemented or amended from time to
time, the "Security Agreement") covering all of such Credit Party's Security
Agreement Collateral, together with:

           (i)   proper Financing Statements (Form UCC-1 or the equivalent)
     fully executed for filing under the UCC or other appropriate filing offices
     of each jurisdiction as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of
     the Collateral Agent, desirable, to perfect the security interests
     purported to be created by the Security Agreement;

           (ii)  certified copies of Requests for Information or Copies (Form
     UCC-11), or equivalent reports as of a recent date, listing all effective
     financing statements that name the Borrower, the Target or any of their
     respective Subsidiaries as debtor and that are filed in the jurisdictions
     referred to in clause (i) above, together with copies of such other
     financing statements that name the Borrower, the Target or any of their
     respective Subsidiaries as debtor (none of which shall cover any of the
     Collateral except (x) to the extent evidencing Permitted Liens or (y) those
     in respect of which the Collateral Agent shall have received termination
     statements (Form UCC-3) or such other termination statements as shall be
     required by local law fully executed for filing);

           (iii) evidence of the completion of all other recordings and filings
     of, or with respect to, the Security Agreement as may be necessary or, in
     the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable, to perfect the
     security interests intended to be created by the Security Agreement; and

           (iv)  evidence that all other actions necessary or, in the reasonable
     opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect and protect the
     security interests purported to be created by the Security Agreement have
     been taken, and the Security Agreement shall be in full force and effect.

           5.11  Subsidiaries Guaranty. On the Initial Borrowing Date, each
                 ---------------------
Subsidiary Guarantor shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered the
Subsidiaries Guaranty in the form of Exhibit K (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the "Subsidiaries Guaranty"), and the
Subsidiaries Guaranty shall be in full force and effect.

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          5.12  Mortgages; Title Insurance; Surveys; Landlord Waivers. On the
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Initial Borrowing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received:

          (i)   fully executed counterparts of Mortgages, each in form and
     substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which
     Mortgages shall cover such of the Real Property owned or leased by the
     Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and designated as a "Mortgaged
     Property" on Schedule III, together with evidence that counterparts of such
     Mortgages have been delivered to the title insurance company insuring the
     Lien of such Mortgages for recording in all places to the extent necessary
     or, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent desirable, to
     effectively create a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage lien,
     subject only to Permitted Liens related thereto, on such Mortgaged Property
     in favor of the Collateral Agent (or such other trustee as may be required
     or desired under local law) for the benefit of the Secured Creditors;

          (ii)  Mortgage Policies on the Mortgages for the Mortgaged Properties
     issued by a title insurer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
     and in amounts satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and assuring the
     Collateral Agent that each of the Mortgages on such Mortgaged Properties is
     a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage lien on such Mortgaged
     Properties, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted
     Liens related thereto, and such Mortgage Policies shall otherwise be in
     form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and
     shall include, as appropriate, an endorsement for future advances under
     this Agreement and the Notes and for any other matter that the Collateral
     Agent in its discretion may reasonably request, shall not include an
     exception for mechanics' liens, and shall provide for affirmative insurance
     and such reinsurance as the Collateral Agent in its discretion may
     reasonably request;

          (iii) recent surveys, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
     the Collateral Agent, of those owned Mortgaged Properties designated as
     requiring a survey on Schedule III, certified by a licensed professional
     surveyor reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and dated recent a
     date reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent; and

          (iv)  fully executed landlord waivers as the Administrative Agent may
     have reasonably requested, each of which shall be in form and substance
     reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

          5.13  Financial Statements; Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Projections. On
                ----------------------------------------------------------
or prior to the Initial Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have
received true and correct copies of the historical financial statements, the pro
                                                                             ---
forma financial statements and the Projections referred to in Sections 7.05(a)
-----
and (d).

          5.14  Solvency Certificate; Insurance Certificates. On the Initial
                --------------------------------------------
Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received:

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           (i)  a solvency certificate from the chief financial officer of the
     Borrower in the form of Exhibit L; and

           (ii) certificates of insurance complying with the requirements of
     Section 8.03 for the business and properties of the Borrower and its
     Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
     Administrative Agent and naming the Collateral Agent as an additional
     insured and/or as loss payee, and stating that such insurance shall not be
     canceled without at least 30 days' prior written notice by the insurer to
     the Collateral Agent.

           5.15  Environmental and Hazardous Substance Analyses; etc. On or
                 ----------------------------------------------------
prior to the Initial Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have
received environmental and hazardous substance analyses with respect to the Real
Property of the Target and its Subsidiaries in scope, and in form, reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
reasonably satisfied that (i) the aggregate exposure of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (including the Target and its Subsidiaries) for all potential
environmental claims, costs, remediations and similar expenses relating to the
existing operations of the Target and its Subsidiaries will not exceed
10,000,000 French francs (exclusive of the amounts to which the Borrower is
entitled to be indemnified for under clause (ii) below), (ii) the Seller's
environmental indemnity of 100,000,000 French francs will be sufficient to
reimburse the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including the Target and its
Subsidiaries) for all other potential environmental claims, costs, remediations
and similar expenses relating to the existing operations of the Target and its
Subsidiaries, and (iii) 430,000,000 French francs will be sufficient to
reimburse the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including the Target and its
Subsidiaries) for all matters for which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(including the Target and its Subsidiaries) are entitled to be indemnified
against in respect of the Acquisition.

           5.16  Fees, etc. On the Initial Borrowing Date, the Borrower shall
                 ----------
have paid to the Administrative Agent and each Lender all costs, fees and
expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses) payable to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender to the extent then due.

           SECTION 6. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events. The obligation
                      -----------------------------------------
of each Lender to make Loans (including Loans made on the Initial Borrowing
Date), and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit
(including Letters of Credit issued on the Initial Borrowing Date), is subject,
at the time of each such Credit Event (except as hereinafter indicated), to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:

           6.01  No Default; Representations and Warranties. At the time of each
                 ------------------------------------------
such Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (i) there shall exist no
Default or Event of Default and (ii) all representations and warranties
contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in
all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and
warranties had been made on the date of such Credit Event (it being understood
and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of
a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material
respects only as of such specified date).

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          6.02  Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request. (a) Prior to the
                ---------------------------------------------
making of each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan or a Revolving Loan made
pursuant to a Mandatory Borrowing), the Administrative Agent shall have received
a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 1.03(a). Prior to the
making of each Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender shall have received the
notice referred to in Section 1.03(b)(i).

          (b)   Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender shall have received a Letter of
Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 2.03(a).

          6.03  Regulation U. If at any time any Margin Stock is pledged or
                ------------
required to be pledged pursuant to any Security Document, all actions required
to be taken pursuant to Section 8.17 shall have been taken to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.

          The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and each
of the Lenders that all the conditions specified in Section 5 (with respect to
Credit Events on the Initial Borrowing Date) and in this Section 6 (with respect
to Credit Events on or after the Initial Borrowing Date) and applicable to such
Credit Event exist as of that time. All of the Notes, certificates, legal
opinions and other documents and papers referred to in Section 5 and in this
Section 6, unless otherwise specified, shall be delivered to the Administrative
Agent at the Notice Office for the account of each of the Lenders and, except
for the Notes, in sufficient counterparts or copies for each of the Lenders and
shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders.

          SECTION 7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements. In order to
                     ------------------------------------------
induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans, and issue
(or participate in) the Letters of Credit as provided herein, the Borrower makes
the following representations, warranties and agreements, in each case after
giving effect to the Transaction, all of which shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Notes and the making of the Loans and the
issuance of the Letters of Credit, with the occurrence of each Credit Event on
or after the Initial Borrowing Date being deemed to constitute a representation
and warranty that the matters specified in this Section 7 are true and correct
in all material respects on and as of the Initial Borrowing Date and on the date
of each such other Credit Event (it being understood and agreed that any
representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date
shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of
such specified date).

          7.01  Organizational Status. Each of the Borrower and each of its
                ---------------------
Subsidiaries (i) is a duly organized and validly existing corporation,
partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has the corporate,
partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as the case may
be, to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is
engaged and presently proposes to engage and (iii) is duly qualified and is
authorized to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the
ownership, leasing or operation of its property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualifications except for failures to be so qualified which,
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individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

          7.02  Power and Authority. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary
                -------------------
thereof has the corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and
authority, as the case may be, to execute, deliver and perform the terms and
provisions of each of the Documents to which it is party and has taken all
necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as the
case may be, to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of each
of such Documents. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has duly
executed and delivered each of the Documents to which it is party, and each of
such Documents constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable
in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors' rights and by
equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or
at law).

          7.03  No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by
                ------------
any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof of the Documents to which it is a
party, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions thereof, (i) will
contravene any provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation or any order,
writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (ii)
will conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants,
conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien
(except pursuant to the Security Documents) upon any of the property or assets
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement or loan agreement, or any
other material agreement, contract or instrument, in each case to which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its
property or assets is bound or to which it may be subject, or (iii) will violate
any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of
formation, limited liability company agreement or by-laws (or equivalent
organizational documents), as applicable, of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.

          7.04  Approvals. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization
                ---------
or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with (except for (x)
those that have otherwise been obtained or made on or prior to the Initial
Borrowing Date and which remain in full force and effect on the Initial
Borrowing Date and (y) filings which are necessary to perfect the security
interests created under the Security Documents, which filings will be made
within ten days following the Initial Borrowing Date), or exemption by, any
governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is
required to be obtained or made by, or on behalf of, any Credit Party to
authorize, or is required to be obtained or made by, or on behalf of, any Credit
Party in connection with, (i) the execution, delivery and performance of any
Document or (ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any
such Document.

          7.05  Financial Statements; Financial Condition; Undisclosed
                ------------------------------------------------------
Liabilities; Projections. (a)(i) The consolidated balance sheet of each of the
------------------------
Borrower and the Target for its fiscal year ended on December 31, 2000 and the
related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and shareholders' equity
of each of the Borrower and the Target for its fiscal year ended on such date,
copies of which have been furnished to the Lenders prior to the Initial
Borrowing Date,

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present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of
each of the Borrower and the Target at the date of such balance sheet and the
consolidated results of their respective operations for the period covered
thereby. All of the foregoing historical financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
except as otherwise noted therein.

          (ii) The pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of
                   --- -----
December 31, 2000 (after giving effect to the Transaction and the financing
therefor) and the related pro forma consolidated statements of income, cash
                          --- -----
flows and shareholders equity of the Borrower for the twelve-month period ended
on December 31, 2000 (after giving effect to the Transaction and the financing
therefor), copies of which have been furnished to the Lenders prior to the
Initial Borrowing Date, present fairly in all material respects the pro forma
                                                                    --- -----
consolidated financial position of the Borrower as of December 31, 2000 and the
pro forma consolidated results of the operations of the Borrower for the period
--- -----
covered thereby. All of the foregoing pro forma financial statenments have been
                                      --- -----
prepared on a basis consistent with the historical financial statements of the
Borrower set forth in preceding clause (i).

          (b)  On and as of the Initial Borrowing Date and after giving effect
to the Transaction and to all Indebtedness (including the Loans and the Senior
Subordinated Notes) being incurred or assumed and Liens created by the Credit
Parties in connection therewith, (i) the sum of the assets, at a fair valuation,
of each of the Borrower on a stand-alone basis and of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole will exceed their respective debts, (ii) each of
the Borrower on a stand-alone basis and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole have not incurred and do not intend to incur, and do not believe that
they will incur, debts beyond their respective ability to pay such debts as such
debts mature, and (iii) each of the Borrower on a stand-alone basis and the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will have sufficient capital with
which to conduct their respective businesses. For purposes of this Section
7.05(b), "debt" means any liability on a claim, and "claim" means (a) right to
payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated,
unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed,
legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured or (b) right to an equitable remedy for
breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a payment, whether or not
such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent,
matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. The amount of
contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the
light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the
amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

          (c)  Except as fully disclosed in the financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 7.05(a), there were as of the Initial Borrowing Date no
liabilities or obligations with respect to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise and whether or not due) which, either individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of
the Initial Borrowing Date, the Borrower does not know of any basis for the
assertion against it or any of its Subsidiaries of any liability or obligation
of any nature whatsoever that is not fully disclosed in the financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 7.05(a) or referred to in the immediately

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preceding sentence which, either individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (d)   The Projections delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders prior to the Initial Borrowing Date have been prepared in good faith and
are based on reasonable assumptions, and there are no statements or conclusions
in the Projections which are based upon or include information known to the
Borrower to be misleading in any material respect or which fail to take into
account material information known to the Borrower as of the Initial Borrowing
Date regarding the matters reported therein. On the Initial Borrowing Date, the
Borrower believes that the Projections are reasonable and attainable, it being
recognized by 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 may differ from the projected results and such
differences may be material.

          (e)   After giving effect to the Transaction (but for this purpose
assuming that the Transaction and the related financing had occurred prior to
December 31, 2000), since December 31, 2000, there has been no change in the
business, operations, liabilities, assets, property or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.

          7.06  Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending
                ----------
or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened (i) with respect to the
Transaction or any Document or (ii) that could reasonably be expected, either
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          7.07  True and Complete Disclosure. All factual information (taken as
                ----------------------------
a whole) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower in writing to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender (including, without limitation, all
information contained in the Documents) for purposes of or in connection with
this Agreement, the other Credit Documents or any transaction contemplated
herein or therein is, and all other such factual information (taken as a whole)
hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower in writing to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate in all material
respects on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not
incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information
(taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light
of the circumstances under which such information was provided.

          7.08  Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. (a) All proceeds of the A
                -----------------------------------
Term Loans and the Initial B Term Loans will be used by the Borrower (i) to
finance, in part, the Transaction and (ii) to pay the fees and expenses incurred
in connection with the Transaction.

          (b)   All proceeds of the Incremental B Term Loans will be used by the
Borrower for its and its Subsidiaries' working capital and general corporate
requirements.

          (c)   All proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans will
be used for the working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries;

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provided that up to, but no more than, $64,200,000 of Revolving Loans and
--------
Swingline Loans in the aggregate may be used for the purposes described in
clauses (a) of this Section 7.08.

          (d)   Except as otherwise permitted by Sections 9.03(iii) and (v), no
part of any Credit Event (or the proceeds thereof) will be used to purchase or
carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any Margin Stock. Neither the making of any Loan nor the use of the
proceeds thereof nor the occurrence of any other Credit Event will violate or be
inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

          (e)   The fair market value of all Margin Stock owned by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries (other than the capital stock of the Borrower held in
treasury) does not exceed $2,500,000. At the time of each Credit Event, not more
than 25% of the value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole (including all capital stock of the Borrower held in treasury) will
constitute Margin Stock.

          7.09  Tax Returns and Payments. Each of the Borrower and each of its
                ------------------------
Subsidiaries has timely filed with the appropriate taxing authority all federal
and state income tax returns and all other material returns, statements, forms
and reports for taxes, domestic and foreign (collectively, the "Returns")
required to be filed by, or with respect to the income, properties or operations
of, the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries. The Returns accurately reflect
in all material respects all liability for taxes of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby. Each of the Borrower and each of
its Subsidiaries has paid all taxes and assessments payable by it which have
become due, other than those that are being contested in good faith by
proceedings proper and adequately disclosed and fully provided for on the
financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. There is no material action, suit,
proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending or, to the best knowledge
of the Borrower, threatened by any authority regarding any taxes relating to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
has entered into an agreement or waiver or been requested to enter into an
agreement or waiver extending any statute of limitations relating to the payment
or collection of taxes of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or is aware
of any circumstances that would cause the taxable years or other taxable periods
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not to be subject to the normally
applicable statute of limitations. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries has provided, with respect to themselves or property held by them,
any consent under Section 341 of the Code. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries has incurred, nor will any of them incur, any material tax
liability in connection with the Transaction or any other transactions
contemplated hereby (it being understood that the representation contained in
this sentence does not cover any future tax liabilities of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries arising as a result of the operation of their businesses in
the ordinary course of business).

          7.10  Compliance with ERISA. (i) Schedule IV sets forth, as of the
                ---------------------
Initial Borrowing Date, the name of each Plan. Each Plan (and each related
trust, insurance contract or fund) is in substantial compliance with its terms
and in substantial compliance with all applicable

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laws, including, without limitation, ERISA and the Code; for each Plan (and each
related trust, if any) which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code, the Borrower (or its representative) has received a determination
letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that each such Plan meets
the requirements of Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code (unless the Plan is a
standardized plan that meets the requirements set forth in Section 6 of Rev.
Proc. 2000-20 for reliance on the opinion letter issued to the sponsor for the
standardized plan); no Reportable Event has occurred; no Plan which is a
multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) is insolvent or
in reorganization; no Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability; no Plan which is
subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has an accumulated
funding deficiency, within the meaning of such sections of the Code or ERISA, or
has applied for or received a waiver of an accumulated funding deficiency or an
extension of any amortization period, within the meaning of Section 412 of the
Code or Section 303 or 304 of ERISA; all contributions required to be made with
respect to a Plan have been timely made; neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary
of the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any material liability
(including any indirect, contingent or secondary liability) to or on account of
a Plan pursuant to Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069,
4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29), 4971 or 4975 of the Code or
expects to incur any such material liability under any of the foregoing sections
with respect to any Plan; no condition exists which presents a material risk to
the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of
incurring a material liability to or on account of a Plan pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of ERISA and the Code; no proceedings have been instituted
to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan which is subject to
Title IV of ERISA; no action, suit, proceeding, hearing, audit or investigation
with respect to the administration, operation or the investment of assets of any
Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) is pending, expected or
threatened; using actuarial assumptions and computation methods consistent with
Part 1 of subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA, the aggregate liabilities of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and its ERISA Affiliates to all Plans which are
multiemployer plans (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) in the event of
a complete withdrawal therefrom, as of the close of the most recent fiscal year
of each such Plan ended prior to the date of the most recent Credit Event, would
not exceed $5,000,000; each group health plan (as defined in Section 607(1) of
ERISA or Section 4980B(g)(2) of the Code) which covers or has covered employees
or former employees of the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or any
ERISA Affiliate has at all times been operated in compliance with the provisions
of Part 6 of subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code,
except for any failure to so comply which could not, individually or in the
aggregate, result in a material liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
the Borrower; no lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate exists or is
likely to arise on account of any Plan; and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
may cease contributions to or terminate any employee benefit plan maintained by
any of them without incurring any material liability.

          (ii)  Each Foreign Pension Plan has been maintained in substantial
compliance with its terms and in substantial compliance 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. All contributions required to be made with respect to a Foreign
Pension Plan have been timely made. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries

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has incurred any material obligation in connection with the termination of or
withdrawal from any Foreign Pension Plan. The present value of the accrued
benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Pension Plan,
determined as of the end of the Borrower's most recently ended fiscal year on
the basis of actuarial assumptions, each of which is reasonable, did not exceed
the current value of the assets of such Foreign Pension Plan allocable to such
benefit liabilities.

          7.11  The Security Documents. (a) The provisions of the Security
                ----------------------
Agreement are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Creditors a legal, valid and enforceable security
interest in all right, title and interest of the Credit Parties in the Security
Agreement Collateral described therein, and the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Creditors, has (or within 10 days following the Initial
Borrowing Date will have) a fully perfected security interest in all right,
title and interest in all of the Security Agreement Collateral described therein
(to the extent that such security interest can be perfected by filing a UCC
financing statement or, to the extent required by the Security Agreement, by
taking possession of (or taking certain other actions with respect to) the
respective Security Agreement Collateral), subject to no other Liens other than
Permitted Liens. In addition, the recordation of (x) the Grant of Security
Interest in U.S. Patents and (y) the Grant of Security Interest in U.S.
Trademarks in the respective form attached to the Security Agreement, in each
case in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, together with filings on
Form UCC-1 made pursuant to the Security Agreement, will create, as may be
perfected by such filings and recordation, a perfected security interest in the
United States trademarks and patents covered by the Security Agreement, and the
recordation of the Grant of Security Interest in U.S. Copyrights in the form
attached to the Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office,
together with filings on Form UCC-1 made pursuant to the Security Agreement,
will create, as may be perfected by such filings and recordation, a perfected
security interest in the United States copyrights covered by the Security
Agreement.

          (b)   The security interests created in favor of the Collateral Agent,
as Pledgee, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, under the Pledge Agreement
constitute perfected security interests in the Pledge Agreement Collateral
described in the Pledge Agreement, subject to no security interests of any other
Person. No filings or recordings are required in order to perfect (or maintain
the perfection or priority of) the security interests created in the Pledge
Agreement Collateral under the Pledge Agreement other than with respect to that
portion of the Pledge Agreement Collateral constituting a "general intangible"
under the UCC.

          (c)   Each Mortgage creates, as security for the obligations purported
to be secured thereby, a valid and enforceable perfected security interest in
and mortgage lien on the respective Mortgaged Property in favor of the
Collateral Agent (or such other trustee as may be required or desired under
local law) for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, superior and prior to the
rights of all third Persons (except that the security interest and mortgage lien
created on such Mortgaged Property may be subject to the Permitted Liens related
thereto) and subject to no other Liens (other than Permitted Liens related
thereto).

          7.12  Properties. All Real Property owned or leased by the Borrower
                ----------
and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries as of the Initial Borrowing Date, and the
nature of the interest therein,

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is set forth in Schedule III. Each of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries
has good and indefeasible title to all material properties owned by it, and a
valid leasehold interest in all material property leased by it, including (in
each case) all material property reflected in the most recent historical balance
sheets referred to in Section 7.05(a) (except as sold or otherwise disposed of
since the date of such balance sheet in the ordinary course of business or as
permitted by the terms of this Agreement), free and clear of all Liens, other
than Permitted Liens.

          7.13  Capitalization. On the Initial Borrowing Date, the authorized
                --------------
capital stock of the Borrower shall consist of (i) 75,000,000 shares of common
stock, $.01 par value per share, and (ii) 3,500,000 shares of preferred stock,
$.01 par value per share, of which no shares of such preferred stock are issued
and outstanding. All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Borrower have
been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable (other than
any assessment on the shareholders of the Borrower that may be imposed as a
matter of law). The Borrower does not have outstanding any capital stock or
other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its capital stock or any
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of, or
any agreement providing for the issuance (contingent or otherwise) of, or any
calls, commitments or claims of any character relating to, its capital stock,
except for options, warrants and rights to purchase shares of the Borrower's
common stock and/or Qualified Preferred Stock which may be issued from time to
time.

          7.14  Subsidiaries. As of the Initial Borrowing Date, the Borrower
                ------------
has no Subsidiaries other than those Subsidiaries listed on Schedule V. Schedule
V correctly sets forth, as of the Initial Borrowing Date, (i) the percentage
ownership (direct or indirect) of the Borrower in each class of capital stock or
other equity of its Subsidiaries and also identifies the direct owner thereof,
and (ii) the jurisdiction of organization of each such Subsidiary.

          7.15  Compliance with Statutes, etc. Each of the Borrower and each of
                ------------------------------
its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations and
orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all governmental bodies,
domestic or foreign, in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership
of its property (including, without limitation, applicable statutes,
regulations, orders and restrictions relating to environmental standards and
controls), except such noncompliances as could not, either individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          7.16  Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
                ----------------------
Subsidiaries is an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company," within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.

          7.17  Public Utility Holdings Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor
                -----------------------------------
any of its Subsidiaries is 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" within the meaning of the Public Utility
Holdings Company Act of 1935, as amended.

          7.18  Environmental Matters. (a) Each of the Borrower and each of
                ---------------------
its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and the
requirements of any permits issued under such Environmental Laws. There are no
pending or, to the knowledge

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of the Borrower, threatened Environmental Claims against the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries or any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries (including any such claim arising out of the
ownership, lease or operation by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any
Real Property formerly owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries but no longer owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries). There are no facts, circumstances, conditions or occurrences
with respect to the business or operations of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries (including any Real Property formerly owned, leased or
operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries but no longer owned, leased
or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or, to the knowledge of
the Borrower, any property adjoining or adjacent to any such Real Property that
could be reasonably expected (i) to form the basis of an Environmental Claim
against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Real Property owned,
leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) to cause
any Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership, lease,
occupancy or transferability of such Real Property by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries under any applicable Environmental Law.

          (b)   Hazardous Materials have not at any time been generated, used,
treated or stored on, or transported to or from, or Released on or from, any
Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or to the knowledge of the Borrower, any property adjoining or
adjacent to any Real Property, where such generation, use, treatment, storage,
transportation or Release has violated or could be reasonably expected to
violate any applicable Environmental Law or give rise to an Environmental Claim.

          (c)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.18,
the representations and warranties made in this Section 7.18 shall not be untrue
unless the effect of any or all conditions, violations, claims, restrictions,
failures and noncompliances of the types described above could, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

          7.19  Labor Relations. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
                ---------------
Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be
expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect. There is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened against any of them, before the National Labor Relations Board (or
any foreign equivalent thereof), and no grievance or arbitration proceeding
arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending
against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened against any of them, (ii) no strike, labor dispute,
slowdown or stoppage pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or,
to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and (iii) no union representation question exists with respect to
the employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except (with respect
to any matter specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, either individually
or in the aggregate) such as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

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          7.20  Intellectual Property, etc.  Each of the Borrower and each of
                ---------------------------
its Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all the patents, trademarks,
permits, domain names, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
franchises, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and know-how of
any type, whether or not written (including, but not limited to, rights in
computer programs and databases) and formulas, or rights with respect to the
foregoing, and has obtained assignments of all leases, licenses and other rights
of whatever nature, necessary for the present conduct of its business, without
any known conflict with the rights of others which, or the failure to obtain
which, as the case may be, could reasonably be expected, either individually or
in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          7.21  Indebtedness.  Schedule VI sets forth a true and complete list
                ------------
of all Indebtedness (including Contingent Obligations (other than Contingent
Obligations otherwise permitted under Section 9.04(vii))) of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as of the Initial Borrowing Date and which is to remain
outstanding after giving effect to the Transaction (excluding the Loans, the
Letters of Credit, the Senior Subordinated Notes and the Receivables
Indebtedness pursuant to the Factoring Agreement, the "Existing Indebtedness"),
in each case showing the aggregate principal amount thereof and the name of the
respective borrower and any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which
directly or indirectly guarantees such debt.

          7.22  Insurance.  Schedule VII sets forth a true and complete listing
                ---------
of all insurance maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the
Initial Borrowing Date, with the amounts insured (and any deductibles) set forth
therein.

          7.23  Representations and Warranties in Other Documents.  All
                -------------------------------------------------
representations and warranties set forth in the other Documents were true and
correct in all material respects at  the time as of which such representations
and warranties were made (or deemed made) and shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Initial Borrowing Date as if such representations or
warranties were made on and as of such date (it being understood and agreed that
any such representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified
date shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date).

          7.24  Subordination.  The subordination provisions contained in the
                -------------
Senior Subordinated Note Documents are enforceable against the Borrower, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and the holders of the Senior Subordinated Notes, and all
Obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (including without
limitation, the Subsidiaries Guaranty) are within the definitions of "Senior
Debt" (or "Guarantor Senior Debt" in the case of the obligations of any
Subsidiary Guarantor) and "Designated Senior Debt" included in such
subordination provisions.

          SECTION 8.  Affirmative Covenants.  The Borrower hereby covenants and
                      ---------------------
agrees that on and after the Effective Date and until the Total Commitment and
all Letters of Credit have terminated and the Loans, Notes and Unpaid Drawings
(in each case together with interest thereon), Fees and all other Obligations
(other than indemnities described in Section 13.13 which are not then due and
payable) incurred hereunder and thereunder, are paid in full:

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          8.01  Information Covenants.  The Borrower will furnish to each Lender
                ---------------------
and each Indemnifying Lender:

          (a)     Quarterly Financial Statements. Within 45 days after the close
                  ------------------------------
of each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of
the Borrower, (i) the consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly accounting period
and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income and
stockholders' equity and statement of cash flows for such quarterly accounting
period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of
such quarterly accounting period, in each case setting forth comparative figures
for the corresponding quarterly accounting period in the prior fiscal year and
comparable budgeted figures for such quarterly accounting period as set forth in
the respective budget delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(d), all of which shall
be certified by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower that
they fairly present in all material respects in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles the financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for
the periods indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
absence of footnotes, and (ii) management's discussion and analysis of the
important operational and financial developments during such quarterly
accounting period; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
                   --------
consolidating financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this
Section 8.01(a) shall be in such form and scope as may be mutually agreed upon
from time to time by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

          (b)     Annual Financial Statements. Within 90 days after the close of
                  ---------------------------
each fiscal year of the Borrower, (i) the consolidated and consolidating balance
sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year
and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income and
stockholders' equity and statement of cash flows for such fiscal year setting
forth comparative figures for the preceding fiscal year and certified (x) in the
case of the consolidated financial statements, by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or
such other independent certified public accountants of recognized national
standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a
report of such accounting firm stating that in the course of its regular audit
of the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which audit
was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, such
accounting firm obtained no knowledge of any Default or an Event of Default
relating to financial or accounting matters which has occurred and is continuing
or, if in the opinion of such accounting firm such a Default or an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof,
and (y) in the case of the consolidating financial statements, by the chief
financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower that they fairly present in all
material respects in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
the financial condition of the respective Subsidiaries or group of Subsidiaries
covered by thereby as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations
and changes in their cash flows for the periods indicated, and (ii) management's
discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments
during such fiscal year; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
                         --------
consolidating financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this
Section 8.01(b) shall be in such form and scope as may be mutually agreed upon
from time to time by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

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          (c)  Management Letters.  Promptly after the Borrower's or any of its
               ------------------
Subsidiaries' receipt thereof, a copy of any "management letter" received from
its certified public accountants and management's response thereto.

          (d)  Budgets.  No later than 30 days following the first day of each
               -------
fiscal year of the Borrower, a budget in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (including budgeted statements of income, sources and uses
of cash and balance sheets) for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis prepared by the Borrower (i) for each of the four fiscal
quarters of such fiscal year prepared in detail and (ii) for each of the
immediately succeeding three fiscal years prepared in summary form, in each case
setting forth, with appropriate discussion, the principal assumptions upon which
such budgets are based.

          (e)  Officer's Certificates.  At the time of the delivery of the
               ----------------------
financial statements provided for in Sections 8.01(a) and (b), a compliance
certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower in the
form of Exhibit M certifying on behalf of the Borrower that, to such officer's
best knowledge after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing or, if any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, specifying the nature and extent thereof, which certificate shall
(i) set forth in reasonable detail the calculations required to establish
whether the Borrower and its Subsidiaries were in compliance with the provisions
of Sections 4.02(e), 4.02(g), 8.17, 9.01(x), 9.01(xxi), 9.02(v), 9.02(xiv),
9.02(xvi), 9.03(iii), 9.03(v), 9.03(vi), 9.04, 9.05, 9.07 through 9.12,
inclusive, and 9.18 in each case at the end of such fiscal quarter or year, as
the case may be, (ii) set forth the Bank Debt Ratings (if any) assigned by both
S&P and Moody's as of the date of such certificate, (iii) if delivered with the
financial statements required by Section 8.01(b), set forth in reasonable detail
the amount of (and the calculations required to establish the amount of) Excess
Cash Flow for the respective Excess Cash Payment Period, and (iv) certify that
there have been no changes to Annexes A through G of the Security Agreement and
Annexes A through G of the Pledge Agreement, in each case since the Initial
Borrowing Date or, if later, since the date of the most recent certificate
delivered pursuant to this Section 8.01(e), or if there have been any such
changes, a list in reasonable detail of such changes (but, in each case with
respect to this clause (iv), only to the extent that such changes are required
to be reported to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of such Security
Documents) and whether the Borrower and the other Credit Parties have otherwise
taken all actions required to be taken by them pursuant to such Security
Documents in connection with any such changes.

          (f)  Notice of Default, Litigation and Material Adverse Effect.
               ---------------------------------------------------------
Promptly, and in any event within three Business Days after any officer of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the
occurrence of any event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, (ii)
any litigation or governmental investigation or proceeding pending against the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (x) which, either individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (y)
with respect to any Document, or (iii) any other event, change or circumstance
that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.

          (g)  Other Reports and Filings.  Promptly after the filing or delivery
               -------------------------
thereof, copies of all financial information, proxy materials and reports which
the Borrower or any of its

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Subsidiaries shall publicly file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any successor thereto (the "SEC") or deliver to holders (or any trustee, agent
or representative therefor) of its Senior Subordinated Notes or other
Indebtedness with a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more in either case
pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Indebtedness.

          (h)  Environmental Matters. Promptly after any officer of the Borrower
               ---------------------
or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of one or more of
the following environmental matters to the extent that such environmental
matters, either individually or when aggregated with all other such
environmental matters, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect:

          (i)    any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against the
     Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Real Property owned, leased or
     operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

          (ii)   any condition or occurrence on or arising from any Real
     Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its
     Subsidiaries that (a) results in noncompliance by the Borrower or any of
     its Subsidiaries with any applicable Environmental Law or (b) could
     reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against
     the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any such Real Property;

          (iii)  any condition or occurrence on any Real Property owned, leased
     or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could
     reasonably be expected to cause such Real Property to be subject to any
     restrictions on the ownership, lease, occupancy, use or transferability by
     the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such Real Property under any
     Environmental Law; and

          (iv)   the taking of any removal or remedial action in response to the
     actual or alleged presence of any Hazardous Material on any Real Property
     owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as
     required by any Environmental Law or any governmental or other
     administrative agency; provided that in any event the Borrower shall
                            --------
     deliver to each Lender all notices received by the Borrower or any of its
     Subsidiaries from any government or governmental agency under, or pursuant
     to, CERCLA which identify the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as
     potentially responsible parties for remediation costs or which otherwise
     notify the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of potential liability under
     CERCLA.

All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim,
investigation, condition, occurrence or removal or remedial action and the
Borrower's or such Subsidiary's response thereto.

          (i)    Bank Debt Ratings.  Promptly, and in any event within five
                 -----------------
Business Days after any officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof,
notice of any change to the Bank Debt Ratings by either Moody's or S&P.

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          (j)   Other Information.  From time to time, such other information or
                -----------------
documents (financial or otherwise) with respect to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

          8.02  Books, Records and Inspection; Annual Meetings.  (a)  The
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Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of
record and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and all requirements of law shall be
made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and
activities.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender to visit and inspect, under guidance of officers of the Borrower or
such Subsidiary, any of the properties of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, and
to examine the books of account of the Borrower or such Subsidiary and discuss
the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower or such Subsidiary with, and
be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent
accountants, all upon reasonable prior notice and at such reasonable times and
intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or such
Lender may reasonably request.

          (b)   At a date to be mutually agreed upon between the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower, the Borrower will, at the request of the Administrative
Agent, hold a meeting with all of the Lenders at which meeting will be reviewed
the financial results of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the previous
fiscal year and the budgets presented for the current fiscal year of the
Borrower.

          8.03  Maintenance of Property; Insurance.  (a)  The Borrower will, and
                ----------------------------------
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) keep all property necessary to the
business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear and damage by casualty excepted, (ii) maintain
with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all such
property and against such risks as is consistent and in accordance with industry
practice for companies similarly situated owning similar properties and engaged
in similar businesses as the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries operates, and
(iii) furnish to the Administrative Agent, together with each set of financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(b), full information as to the
insurance carried.

          (b)   The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors to, at all times keep its property insured in favor of the Collateral
Agent, and all policies or certificates (or certified copies thereof) with
respect to such insurance (and any other insurance maintained by the Borrower
and/or such Subsidiary Guarantors) (i) shall be endorsed to the Collateral
Agent's satisfaction for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (including, without
limitation, by naming the Collateral Agent as loss payee and/or additional
insured), (ii) shall state that such insurance policies shall not be canceled
without at least 30 days' prior written notice thereof by the respective insurer
to the Collateral Agent, shall provide that the respective insurers irrevocably
waive any and all rights of subrogation with respect to the Collateral Agent and
the other Secured Creditors, and (iii) shall be delivered to the Collateral
Agent.

          (c)   If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to
maintain insurance in accordance with this Section 8.03, or if the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to so

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endorse and deliver all policies or certificates with respect thereto, the
Administrative Agent shall have the right (but shall be under no obligation) to
procure such insurance and the Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative
Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses of procuring such insurance.

          8.04  Existence; Franchises.  The Borrower will, and will cause each
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of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve
and keep in full force and effect its existence and its material rights,
franchises, licenses, permits, copyrights, trademarks and patents; provided,
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however, that nothing in this Section 8.04 shall prevent (i) sales of assets and
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other transactions by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with
Section 9.02, (ii) the abandonment by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of
any copyrights, trademarks or patents which the Borrower reasonably determines
are no longer material to the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole or (iii) the withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of its qualification as a foreign corporation, partnership or
limited liability company, as the case may be, in any jurisdiction where such
withdrawal could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          8.05  Compliance with Statutes, etc.  The Borrower will, and will
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cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable statutes,
regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all
governmental bodies, domestic or foreign, in respect of the conduct of its
business and the ownership of its property (including applicable statutes,
regulations, orders and restrictions relating to environmental standards and
controls), except such noncompliances as could not, either individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          8.06  Compliance with Environmental Laws.  (a)  The Borrower will
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comply, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all
Environmental Laws and permits applicable to, or required by, the ownership,
lease or use of its Real Property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except such noncompliances as could
not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and will promptly pay or cause to be paid all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with such compliance, and will keep or cause to
be kept all such Real Property free and clear of any Liens imposed pursuant to
such Environmental Laws.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries will
generate, use, treat, store, Release or dispose of, or permit the generation,
use, treatment, storage, Release or disposal of Hazardous Materials on any Real
Property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, or transport or permit the transportation of Hazardous
Materials to or from any such Real Property, except for Hazardous Materials
generated, used, treated, stored, Released or disposed of at any such Real
Properties in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
Environmental Laws and as required in connection with the normal operation, use
and maintenance of the business or operations of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and which could not, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (b)   (i) After the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
of any notice of the type described in Section 8.01(h), (ii) at any time that
the Borrower or any of its

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Subsidiaries are not in compliance with Section 8.06(a) or (iii) in the event
that the Administrative Agent or the Lenders have exercised any of the remedies
pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 10, the Borrower will (in each case)
provide, at the sole expense of the Borrower and at the request of the
Administrative Agent, an environmental site assessment report concerning any
Real Property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, prepared by an environmental consulting firm reasonably approved
by the Administrative Agent, indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous
Materials and the potential cost of any removal or remedial action in connection
with such Hazardous Materials on such Real Property. If the Borrower fails to
provide the same within 30 days after such request was made, the Administrative
Agent may order the same, the cost of which shall be borne by the Borrower, and
the Borrower shall grant and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders and their respective agents access to such Real Property and
specifically grants the Administrative Agent and the Lenders an irrevocable non-
exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants, to undertake such an
assessment at any reasonable time upon reasonable notice to the Borrower, all at
the sole expense of the Borrower.

          8.07  ERISA.  As soon as possible and, in any event, within ten (10)
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days after the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any of the following, the
Borrower will deliver to each of the Lenders a certificate of the chief
financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower setting forth the full details as
to such occurrence and the action, if any, that the Borrower, such Subsidiary or
such ERISA Affiliate is required or proposes to take, together with any notices
required or proposed to be given or filed by the Borrower, such Subsidiary, the
Plan administrator or such ERISA Affiliate to or with the PBGC or any other
governmental agency, or a Plan participant and any notices received by the
Borrower, such Subsidiary or such ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or any other
government agency, or a Plan participant with respect thereto:  that a
Reportable Event has occurred (except to the extent that the Borrower has
previously delivered to the Lenders a certificate and notices (if any)
concerning such event pursuant to the next clause hereof); that a contributing
sponsor (as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA) of a Plan subject to Title
IV of ERISA is subject to the advance reporting requirement of PBGC Regulation
Section 4043.61 (without regard to subparagraph (b)(1) thereof), and an event
described in subsection .62, .63, .64, .65, .66, .67 or .68 of PBGC Regulation
Section 4043 is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within
the following 30 days; that an accumulated funding deficiency, within the
meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, has been incurred or
an application may be or has been made for a waiver or modification of the
minimum funding standard (including any required installment payments) or an
extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code or Section
303 or 304 of ERISA with respect to a Plan; that any contribution required to be
made with respect to a Plan or Foreign Pension Plan has not been timely made;
that a Plan has been or may be terminated, reorganized, partitioned or declared
insolvent under Title IV of ERISA; that a Plan has an Unfunded Current
Liability; that proceedings may be or have been instituted to terminate or
appoint a trustee to administer a Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA;
that a proceeding has been instituted pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to
collect a delinquent contribution to a Plan; that the Borrower, any Subsidiary
of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate will or may incur any material liability
(including any indirect, contingent, or secondary liability) to or on account of
the termination of or withdrawal

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from a Plan under Section 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or
with respect to a Plan under Section 401(a)(29), 4971, 4975 or 4980 of the Code
or Section 409, 502(i) or 502(l) of ERISA or with respect to a group health plan
(as defined in Section 607(1) of ERISA or Section 4980B(g)(2) of the Code) under
Section 4980B of the Code; or that the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower may incur any material liability for retiree benefits pursuant to any
employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) that
provides benefits to retired employees or other former employees (other than as
required by the severance pay Plans of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
or Section 601 of ERISA) or any Plan or any Foreign Pension Plan. The Borrower
will deliver to each of the Lenders copies of any records, documents or other
information that must be furnished to the PBGC with respect to any Plan pursuant
to Section 4010 of ERISA. At the request of any Lender, the Borrower will also
deliver to such Lender a complete copy of the annual report (on Internal Revenue
Service Form 5500-series) of each Plan (including, to the extent required, the
related financial and actuarial statements and opinions and other supporting
statements, certifications, schedules and information) required to be filed with
the Internal Revenue Service. In addition to any certificates or notices
delivered to the Lenders pursuant to the first sentence hereof, copies of any
records, documents or other information required to be furnished to the PBGC,
and any material notices received by the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to any Plan or Foreign Pension Plan
or received from any governmental agency or plan administrator or sponsor or
trustee with respect to any multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA), shall be delivered to the Lenders no later than ten (10) days after
the date such records, documents and/or information has been furnished to the
PBGC or any other governmental agency or such notice has been received by the
Borrower, the respective Subsidiary or the ERISA Affiliate, as applicable. The
Borrower and each of its applicable Subsidiaries shall ensure that all Foreign
Pension Plans administered by it or into which it makes payments obtains or
retains (as applicable) registered status under and as required by applicable
law and is administered in a timely manner in all respects in compliance with
all applicable laws except where the failure to do any of the foregoing could
not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

          8.08  End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters.  The Borrower will cause
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(i) each of its fiscal years to end on December 31 of each year and (ii) each of
its fiscal quarters to end on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of
each year.

          8.09  Performance of Obligations.  The Borrower will, and will cause
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each of its Subsidiaries to, perform all of its obligations under the terms of
each mortgage, indenture, security agreement, loan agreement or credit agreement
and each other material agreement, contract or instrument by which it is bound,
except such non-performances as could not, either individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          8.10  Payment of Taxes.  The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will
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cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or
upon any properties belonging to it, in each case on a timely basis, and all
lawful claims which, if unpaid, might become a Lien or charge upon any
properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted
under Section 9.01(i); provided that neither the Borrower nor any of its
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Subsidiaries shall be

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required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim which is being
contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate
reserves with respect thereto in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.

          8.11  Use of Proceeds.  The Borrower will use the proceeds of the
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Loans only as provided in Section 7.08.

          8.12  Additional Security; Further Assurances; etc.  (a)  The Borrower
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will, and will cause each of the other Credit Parties to, grant to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors security interests and
Mortgages in such assets and properties of the Borrower and the other Credit
Parties as are not covered by the original Security Documents and as may be
reasonably requested from time to time by the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders (collectively, the "Additional Security Documents"); provided,
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however, neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party will be required to
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grant a Mortgage on any Real Property pursuant to this Section 8.12(a) unless
the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of such Real
Property equals or exceeds $2,500,000.  All such security interests and
Mortgages shall be granted pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to the Administrative Agent and shall constitute valid and
enforceable perfected security interests and Mortgages superior to and prior to
the rights of all third Persons and subject to no other Liens except for
Permitted Liens.  The Additional Security Documents or instruments related
thereto shall have been duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places
as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in
favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional
Security Documents and all taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection
therewith shall have been paid in full.

          (b)   The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
at the expense of the Borrower, make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or
deliver to the Collateral Agent from time to time such vouchers, invoices,
schedules, confirmatory assignments, conveyances, financing statements, transfer
endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, real property surveys, reports,
landlord waivers and other assurances or instruments and take such further steps
relating to the Collateral covered by any of the Security Documents as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably require and as are generally consistent with the
terms of this Agreement and such Security Documents. Furthermore, the Borrower
will, and will cause the other Credit Parties to, deliver to the Collateral
Agent such opinions of counsel, title insurance and other related documents as
may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to assure itself that
this Section 8.12 has been complied with.

          (c)   If the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably
determine that they are required by law or regulation to have appraisals
prepared in respect of the Real Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
constituting Collateral, the Borrower will, at its own expense, provide to the
Administrative Agent appraisals which satisfy the applicable requirements of the
Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of the Financial Institution Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, and which shall otherwise be
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

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          (d)     The Borrower agrees that each action required by clauses (a)
through (c) of this Section 8.12 shall be completed as soon as possible, but in
no event later than 60 days after such action is requested to be taken by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; provided that, in no event will
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the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries be required to take any action, other
than using its commercially reasonable best efforts, to obtain consents from
third parties with respect to its compliance with this Section 8.12.

          8.13  Foreign Subsidiaries Security.  If, following a change in the
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relevant sections of the Code or the regulations, rules, rulings, notices or
other official pronouncements issued or promulgated thereunder, the Borrower
does not within 30 days after a request from the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders deliver evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent (which evidence may be in the form of an opinion of
counsel), with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower which has not
already had all of its stock pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement that (i) a
pledge of 66-2/3% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote, (ii) the entering
into by such Foreign Subsidiary of a security agreement in substantially the
form of the Security Agreement and (iii) the entering into by such Foreign
Subsidiary of a guaranty in substantially the form of the Subsidiaries Guaranty,
in any such case could reasonably be expected to cause (I) any undistributed
earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary as determined for Federal income tax
purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such Foreign Subsidiary's United
States parent for Federal income tax purposes or (II) other Federal income tax
consequences to the Credit Parties having an adverse financial consequence to
any Credit Party in any material respect, then in the case of a failure to
deliver the evidence described in clause (i) above, that portion of such Foreign
Subsidiary's outstanding capital stock not theretofore pledged pursuant to the
Pledge Agreement shall be promptly pledged to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the Pledge Agreement (or another
pledge agreement in substantially similar form, if needed), and in the case of a
failure to deliver the evidence described in clause (ii) above, such Foreign
Subsidiary shall promptly execute and deliver the Security Agreement and Pledge
Agreement (or another security agreement or pledge agreement in substantially
similar form, if needed), granting the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Creditors a security interest in all of such Foreign Subsidiary's assets
and securing the obligations of  the Borrower under the Credit Documents and
under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement entered
into with a Secured Creditor and, in the event the Subsidiaries Guaranty shall
have been executed by such Foreign Subsidiary, the obligations of such Foreign
Subsidiary thereunder, and in the case of a failure to deliver the evidence
described in clause (iii) above, such Foreign Subsidiary shall promptly execute
and deliver the Subsidiaries Guaranty (or another guaranty in substantially
similar form, if needed), guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower under the
Credit Documents and under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other
Hedging Agreement entered into with a Secured Creditor, in each case to the
extent that the entering into of the Security Agreement, Pledge Agreement or
Subsidiaries Guaranty is permitted by the laws of the respective foreign
jurisdiction and with all documents delivered pursuant to this Section 8.13 to
be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

          8.14  Permitted Acquisitions.  (a)  Subject to the provisions of this
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Section 8.14 and the requirements contained in the definition of Permitted
Acquisition, the Borrower and its

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Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries may from time to time effect Permitted Acquisitions,
so long as (in each case except to the extent the Required Lenders otherwise
specifically agree in writing in the case of a specific Permitted Acquisition):
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the
time of the consummation of the proposed Permitted Acquisition or immediately
after giving effect thereto; (ii) the Borrower shall have given to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders at least 10 Business Days' prior written
notice of any Permitted Acquisition (or such shorter period of time as may be
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), which notice shall describe
in reasonable detail the principal terms and conditions of such Permitted
Acquisition; (iii) calculations are made by the Borrower showing compliance with
the financial covenants contained in Sections 9.08 through 9.12, inclusive, for
the respective Calculation Period on a Pro Forma Basis as if the respective
Permitted Acquisition (as well as all other Permitted Acquisitions theretofore
consummated after the first day of such Calculation Period) had occurred on the
first day of such Calculation Period, and such recalculations shall show that
such financial covenants would have been complied with if the Permitted
Acquisition had occurred on the first day of such Calculation Period (although
such recalculations shall show, for purposes of this clause (iii), that the
Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio for such Calculation Period shall be no
greater than the lesser of (x) 2.50:1.00 and (y) that ratio required to be
complied with at such time pursuant to Section 9.10 for such Calculation
Period); (iv) based on good faith projections prepared by the Borrower for the
period from the date of the consummation of the respective Permitted Acquisition
to the date which is one year thereafter, the level of financial performance
measured by the financial covenants set forth in Sections 9.08 through 9.12,
inclusive, shall be better than or equal to such level as would be required to
provide that no Default or Event of Default would exist under the financial
covenants contained in such Sections 9.08 through 9.12, inclusive, as compliance
with such financial covenants would be required through the date which is one
year from the date of the consummation of the respective Permitted Acquisition
(although such projections shall show, for purposes of this clause (iv), that
the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio for such one year period shall be no
greater than the lesser of (x) 2.50:1.00 and (y) that ratio required to be
complied with at such time pursuant to Section 9.10 during such one year
period); (v) all representations and warranties contained herein and in the
other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with
the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on
and as of the date of such Permitted Acquisition (both before and after giving
effect thereto), unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which
case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date; (vi) the aggregate consideration
(including, without limitation, (I) the aggregate principal amount of any
Indebtedness assumed, refinanced, incurred or issued in connection therewith,
(II) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Borrower) of any common stock or Qualified Preferred Stock of
the Borrower issued as part of the purchase price therefor, and (III) the
aggregate amount paid and reasonably expected to be paid (based on good faith
projections prepared by the Borrower) pursuant to any earn-out, non-compete,
consulting or deferred compensation or purchase price arrangements) payable for
the proposed Permitted Acquisition, when added to the aggregate consideration
paid or payable for all other Permitted Acquisitions theretofore consummated
during such fiscal year, does not exceed the Permitted Acquisition Basket Amount
for such fiscal year; (vii) immediately after giving effect to each Permitted
Acquisition (and all payments to be made in connection therewith including, for
this purpose, all-

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post closing purchase price adjustments required (in the good faith
determination of the Borrower) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition
(and all other Permitted Acquisitions for which purchase adjustment may be
required to be made) within the 360-day period following such Permitted
Acquisition)), the Total Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment (less the amount
of the Blocked Revolving Loan Commitment then in effect) shall equal or exceed
$10,000,000; and (viii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender a certificate executed by its chief financial officer or
treasurer, certifying to the best of such officer's knowledge, compliance with
the requirements of preceding clauses (i) through (vii), inclusive, and
containing the calculations (in reasonable detail) (A) required by preceding
clauses (iii), (iv), (vi) and (vii) and (B) necessary to establish the Acquired
EBITDA of the Acquired Entity or Business acquired pursuant to each Permitted
Acquisition for the most recently ended 12-month period for which financial
statements are available for such Acquired Entity or Business.

          (b)    At the time of each Permitted Acquisition involving the
creation or acquisition of a Subsidiary, or the acquisition of capital stock or
other equity interest of any Person, the capital stock or other equity interests
thereof created or acquired in connection with such Permitted Acquisition shall
be pledged for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to (and to the
extent required by) the Pledge Agreement.

          (c)    The Borrower will cause each Subsidiary which is formed to
effect, or is acquired pursuant to, a Permitted Acquisition to comply with, and
to execute and deliver, all of the documentation as and to the extent required
by, Sections 8.12 and 9.17, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative
Agent.

          (d)    The consummation of each Permitted Acquisition shall be deemed
to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the certifications
pursuant to this Section 8.14 are true and correct and that all conditions
thereto have been satisfied and that same is permitted in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, which representation and warranty shall be deemed to be
a representation and warranty for all purposes hereunder, including, without
limitation, Sections 7 and 10.

          8.15  Ownership of Subsidiaries; etc.  Except as otherwise permitted
                -------------------------------
by Section 9.05(iii) or (xiii) or pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition
consummated in accordance with the terms hereof, the Borrower will directly or
indirectly own 100% of the capital stock or other equity interests of each of
its Subsidiaries (other than, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, director's
qualifying shares and/or other nominal amounts of shares required to be held by
Persons other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under applicable law).

          8.16  Interest Rate Protection.  No later than 90 days following the
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Initial Borrowing Date, the Borrower will enter into (and thereafter maintain)
Interest Rate Protection Agreements mutually agreeable to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, with a term of at least two years, establishing a fixed or
maximum interest rate acceptable to the Administrative Agent for an aggregate
amount equal to at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans
then outstanding.

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          8.17  Margin Regulations.  The Borrower will take all actions so that
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at all times the fair market value of all Margin Stock owned by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (other than capital stock of the Borrower held in treasury)
shall not exceed $2,500,000.  So long as the covenant contained in the
immediately preceding sentence is complied with, all Margin Stock at any time
owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will not constitute Collateral and no
security interest shall be granted therein pursuant to any Credit Document.
Without excusing any violation of the first sentence of this Section 8.17, if at
any time the fair market value of all Margin Stock owned by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (other than capital stock of the Borrower held in treasury) exceeds
$2,500,000, then (x) all Margin Stock owned by the Credit Parties (other than
capital stock of the Borrower held in treasury) shall be pledged, and delivered
for pledge, pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and (y) the Borrower will execute
and deliver to the Lenders appropriate completed forms (including, without
limitation, Forms G-3 and U-1, as appropriate) establishing compliance with
Regulations T, U and X.  If at any time any Margin Stock is required to be
pledged as a result of the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence,
repayments of outstanding Obligations shall be required, and subsequent Credit
Events shall be permitted, only in compliance with the applicable provisions of
Regulations T, U and X.

          SECTION 9.  Negative Covenants.  The Borrower hereby covenants and
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agrees that on and after the Effective Date and until the Total Commitment and
all Letters of Credit have terminated and the Loans, Notes and Unpaid Drawings
(in each case, together with interest thereon), Fees and all other Obligations
(other than any indemnities described in Section 13.13 which are not then due
and payable) incurred hereunder and thereunder, are paid in full:

          9.01  Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
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Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with
respect to any property or assets (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, or sell any such property or assets subject to an understanding or
agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase such property or assets
(including sales of accounts receivable with recourse to the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries), or assign any right to receive income or authorize the filing
of any financing statement under the UCC or any other similar notice of Lien
under any similar recording or notice statute; provided that the provisions of
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this Section 9.01 shall not prevent the creation, incurrence, assumption or
existence of the following (Liens described below are herein referred to as
"Permitted Liens"):

           (i)   inchoate Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges
     or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental
     charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate
     proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance
     with generally accepted accounting principles;

           (ii)  Liens in respect of property or assets of the Borrower or any
     of its Subsidiaries imposed by law, which were incurred in the ordinary
     course of business and do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money, such
     as carriers', warehousemen's, materialmen's and mechanics' liens and other
     similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, and (x) which do
     not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the Borrower's or
     such Subsidiary's property or assets or materially impair the use thereof
     in the operation of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary or (y)
     which are being

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     contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have
     the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property or assets
     subject to any such Lien;

           (iii)  Liens in existence on the Initial Borrowing Date which are
     listed, and the property subject thereto described, in Schedule VIII, but
     only to the respective date, if any, set forth in such Schedule VIII for
     the removal, replacement and termination of any such Liens, plus renewals,
     replacements and extensions of such Liens to the extent set forth on such
     Schedule VIII, provided that (x) the aggregate principal amount of the
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     Indebtedness, if any, secured by such Liens does not increase from that
     amount outstanding at the time of any such renewal, replacement or
     extension and (y) any such renewal, replacement or extension does not
     encumber any additional assets or properties of the Borrower or any of its
     Subsidiaries;

           (iv)   Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;

           (v)    licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to other
     Persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the
     Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

           (vi)   Liens upon assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
     subject to Capitalized Lease Obligations to the extent such Capitalized
     Lease Obligations are permitted by Section 9.04(iv), provided that (x) such
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     Liens only serve to secure the payment of Indebtedness arising under such
     Capitalized Lease Obligation and (y) the Lien encumbering the asset giving
     rise to the Capitalized Lease Obligation does not encumber any other asset
     of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than proceeds of
     the asset giving rise to such Capitalized Lease Obligation);

           (vii)  Liens placed upon equipment or machinery acquired after the
     Initial Borrowing Date and used in the ordinary course of business of the
     Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and placed at the time of the
     acquisition thereof by the Borrower or such Subsidiary or within 90 days
     thereafter to secure Indebtedness incurred to pay all or a portion of the
     purchase price thereof or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the
     purpose of financing the acquisition of any such equipment or machinery or
     extensions, renewals or replacements of any of the foregoing for the same
     or a lesser amount, provided that (x) the Indebtedness secured by such
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     Liens is permitted by Section 9.04(iv) and (y) in all events, the Lien
     encumbering the equipment or machinery so acquired does not encumber any
     other asset of the Borrower or such Subsidiary (other than proceeds of the
     equipment or machinery subject to such purchase money Lien);

           (viii) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments,
     municipal and zoning ordinances and other similar charges or encumbrances,
     and minor title deficiencies, in each case not securing Indebtedness and
     not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Borrower
     or any of its Subsidiaries;

           (ix)   Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement
     filings regarding operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of
     business;

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           (x)      Liens arising out of the existence of judgments or awards in
     respect of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall in good
     faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review and in respect of
     which there shall have been secured a subsisting stay of execution pending
     such appeal or proceedings, provided that the aggregate amount of all cash
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     (including, for this purpose, the amount of all letters of credit) and the
     fair market value of all other property pledged or deposited to obtain a
     subsisting stay of execution pending such appeal does not exceed $7,500,000
     at any time outstanding;

           (xi)     statutory and common law landlords' liens under leases to
     which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party;

           (xii)    Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) (x) incurred in
     the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation
     claims, unemployment insurance and social security benefits and (y) Liens
     securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases and contracts in the
     ordinary course of business, statutory obligations, surety bonds,
     performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (other than appeal
     bonds) incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
     practice (exclusive of obligations in respect of the payment for borrowed
     money);

           (xiii)   Permitted Encumbrances;

           (xiv)    Liens on property or assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted
     Acquisition, or on property or assets of a Subsidiary of the Borrower in
     existence at the time such Subsidiary is acquired pursuant to a Permitted
     Acquisition, provided that (x) any Indebtedness that is secured by such
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     Liens is permitted to exist under Section 9.04(viii), and (y) such Liens
     are not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation or anticipation
     of, such Permitted Acquisition and do not attach to any other asset of the
     Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

           (xv)     Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries that are not Credit
     Parties and securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by such Foreign
     Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 9.04;

           (xvi)    Liens in favor of customs or revenue authorities arising as
     a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the
     importation of goods;

           (xvii)   Liens granted by Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not
     Credit Parties in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

           (xviii)  Liens in favor of the Factor solely on those accounts
     receivable (and rights ancillary thereto) of the Borrower and its
     Subsidiaries which are purchased by the Factor pursuant to the Factoring
     Agreement from time to time;

           (xix)    customary Liens in favor of banking institutions encumbering
     deposits (including the right of set-off) held by such banking institutions
     incurred in the ordinary course of business;

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           (xx)   rights of customers with respect to inventory which arise from
     deposits and progress payments made in the ordinary course of business; and

           (xxi)  other Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the
     Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) were not incurred in
     connection with Indebtedness, (ii) do not encumber any Collateral (other
     than on a junior and subordinated basis) and do not materially detract from
     the value of the assets subject to such Liens or materially impair the use
     thereof in the operation of such business and (iii) do not at any time for
     all such Liens encumber cash and other property having an aggregate value
     in excess of, or secure outstanding obligations in the aggregate in excess
     of, $2,500,000 at any time outstanding.

In connection with the granting of Liens of the type described in clauses (vi),
(vii) and (xiv) of this Section 9.01 by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to take
any actions deemed appropriate by it in connection therewith (including, without
limitation, by executing appropriate lien releases or lien subordination
agreements in favor of the holder or holders of such Liens, in either case
solely with respect to the item or items of equipment or other assets subject to
such Liens).

           9.02   Consolidation, Merger, Purchase or Sale of Assets, etc.  The
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Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, wind up,
liquidate or dissolve its affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or
consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of
its property or assets, or enter into any sale-leaseback transactions, or
purchase or otherwise acquire (in one or a series of related transactions) any
part of the property or assets (other than purchases or other acquisitions of
inventory, materials and equipment in the ordinary course of business) of any
Person (or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time), except that:

           (i)    Capital Expenditures by the Borrower or any of its
     Subsidiaries shall be permitted to the extent not in violation of Section
     9.07;

           (ii)   each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make sales
     and/or rentals of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

           (iii)  each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or
     otherwise transfer obsolete, uneconomic or worn-out equipment, materials or
     other assets in the ordinary course of business;

           (iv)   Investments may be made to the extent permitted by Section
     9.05;

           (v)    the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell assets (other than
     the capital stock or other equity interests of any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
     unless all of the capital stock or other equity interests of such Wholly-
     Owned Subsidiary are sold in accordance with this clause (v)), so long as
     (v) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom,
     (w) each such sale is in an arm's-length transaction and the Borrower or
     the respective Subsidiary receives at least fair market value (as
     determined in good faith by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case
     may be), (x) the total consideration

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     received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary is at least 80% cash and is
     paid at the time of the closing of such sale, (y) the Net Sale Proceeds
     therefrom are applied and/or reinvested as (and to the extent) required by
     Section 4.02(e) and (z) the aggregate amount of the proceeds received from
     all assets sold pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed $25,000,000 in
     any fiscal year of the Borrower;

           (vi)    each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may lease (as
     lessee) or license (as licensee) real or personal property (so long as any
     such lease or license does not create a Capitalized Lease Obligation except
     to the extent permitted by Section 9.04(iv));

           (vii)   each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or
     discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of
     business, accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business,
     but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and not as
     part of any financing transaction;

           (viii)  each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may grant licenses,
     sublicenses, leases or subleases to other Persons not materially
     interfering with the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its
     Subsidiaries, in each case so long as no such grant otherwise affects the
     Collateral Agent's security interest in the asset or property subject
     thereto;

           (ix)    the Borrower may transfer assets to any Wholly-Owned Domestic
     Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a Subsidiary Guarantor and any
     Subsidiary of the Borrower may transfer assets to the Borrower or to any
     Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a Subsidiary
     Guarantor, in each case so long as the security interests granted to the
     Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the
     Security Documents in the assets so transferred shall remain in full force
     and effect and perfected (to at least the same extent as in effect
     immediately prior to such transfer);

           (x)     any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with and into, or be
     dissolved or liquidated into, the Borrower or any Wholly-Owned Domestic
     Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a Subsidiary Guarantor so long as (i)
     in the case of any such merger, dissolution or liquidation involving the
     Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving corporation of any such merger,
     dissolution or liquidation, (ii) in all other cases, the Wholly-Owned
     Domestic Subsidiary which is a Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving
     corporation of any such merger, dissolution or liquidation, and (iii) in
     all cases, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the
     benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the Security Documents in the
     assets of such Subsidiary shall remain in full force and effect and
     perfected (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to
     such merger, dissolution or liquidation);

           (xi)    any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with and
     into, or be dissolved or liquidated into, or transfer any of its assets to,
     any Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower so long as (i) in the
     case of any such merger, dissolution or liquidation, a Wholly-Owned Foreign
     Subsidiary of the Borrower is the survivor of such

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     merger, dissolution or liquidation, and (ii) any security interests granted
     to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant
     to the Security Documents in the equity interests of such Wholly-Owned
     Foreign Subsidiary shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to
     at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such merger,
     dissolution or liquidation);

           (xii)   Permitted Acquisitions may be made to the extent permitted by
     Section 8.14;

           (xiii)  subject to Section 9.04(xii), Foreign Subsidiaries of the
     Borrower may repurchase equipment as may be required in accordance with the
     terms of the Buy-Back Arrangements relating to such equipment;

           (xiv)   subject to Section 9.04(xiv) and so long as no Default or
     Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, each of the
     Borrower and its Subsidiaries may from time to time (i) sell to the Factor
     for cash accounts receivable (and rights ancillary thereto) pursuant to,
     and in accordance with the terms of, the Factoring Agreement and (ii)
     repurchase accounts receivable theretofore sold to the Factor pursuant to,
     and to the extent required by, the Factoring Agreement;

           (xv)    the Borrower may merge with and into a Wholly-Owned Domestic
     Subsidiary of the Borrower formed solely for the purpose of reincorporating
     the Borrower in the State of Delaware so long as (i) the surviving
     corporation expressly assumes all obligations of the Borrower under the
     Credit Documents pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably
     satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the name of the surviving
     corporation is "The Manitowoc Company, Inc." or such other name as shall
     have been previously notified to the Administrative Agent, (iii) all
     actions have been taken that are necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of
     the Administrative Agent desirable, to maintain the perfection and priority
     of the Liens created by the respective Security Documents in the assets of
     the Borrower and (iv) at least 20 days' prior written notice thereof is
     given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent;

           (xvi)   the Borrower may, in the ordinary course of business and on a
     basis consistent with past practice, enter into one or more sale-leaseback
     transactions with one or more financial institutions as lessor pursuant to
     which the Borrower sells equipment to such lessor for cash and such lessor
     subsequently leases back such equipment to the Borrower or to certain
     Subsidiaries of the Borrower, in each case so long as the aggregate amount
     of the obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of all
     such sale-leaseback transactions does not exceed $20,000,000 at any time
     outstanding;

           (xvii)  Dividends may be paid as, and to the extent, permitted by
     Section 9.03; and

           (xviii) the Acquisition shall be permitted in accordance with the
     terms of the Acquisition Documents.

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To the extent the Required Lenders waive the provisions of this Section 9.02
with respect to the sale of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold as
permitted by this Section 9.02 (other than to the Borrower or a Subsidiary
thereof), such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by
the Security Documents, and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect
the foregoing.

           9.03   Dividends.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
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its Subsidiaries to, authorize, declare or pay any Dividends with respect to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except that:

           (i)    any Subsidiary of the Borrower may pay cash Dividends to the
     Borrower or to any Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower and any
     Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower also may pay cash Dividends to any
     Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower;

           (ii)   any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may pay cash
     Dividends to its shareholders generally so long as the Borrower or its
     respective Subsidiary which owns the equity interest in the Subsidiary
     paying such Dividends receives at least its proportionate share thereof
     (based upon its relative holding of the equity interest in the Subsidiary
     paying such Dividends and taking into account the relative preferences, if
     any, of the various classes of equity interests of such Subsidiary);

           (iii)  so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would
     result therefrom, the Borrower may repurchase outstanding shares of its
     common stock (or options to purchase such common stock) held by former
     officers, directors or employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
     following the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of
     such officers, directors or employees, provided that the aggregate amount
                                            --------
     of all Dividends paid by the Borrower pursuant to this clause (iii) shall
     not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower;

           (iv)   the Borrower may pay regularly scheduled Dividends on its
     Qualified Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms thereof solely through the
     issuance of additional shares of such Qualified Preferred Stock rather than
     in cash;

           (v)    so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would
     result therefrom, the Borrower may pay regularly scheduled cash Dividends
     on its common stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed the lesser of (x)
     $8,500,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower and (y) that amount permitted
     under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture; and

           (vi)   the Borrower may effect open market repurchases of its common
     stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed the lesser of (x) $20,000,000
     and (y) that amount permitted under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture,
     so long as (I) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result
     therefrom, (II) calculations are made by the Borrower showing compliance
     with a Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio not to exceed 2.00:1.00 at the
     time of the respective repurchase (and after giving effect thereto) and
     (III)

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     the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each
     Lender a certificate executed by its chief financial officer or treasurer,
     certifying to the best of such officer's knowledge, compliance with the
     requirements of preceding clauses (I) and (II) and containing the
     calculations (in reasonable detail) required by preceding clause (II).

           9.04   Indebtedness.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
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of its Subsidiaries to, contract, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Indebtedness, except:

           (i)    Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Agreement and the other
     Credit Documents;

           (ii)   Existing Indebtedness outstanding on the Initial Borrowing
     Date and listed on Schedule VI (as reduced by any repayments of principal
     thereof), without giving effect to any subsequent extension, renewal or
     refinancing thereof except to the extent set forth on Schedule VI, provided
                                                                        --------
     that the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness to be extended,
     renewed or refinanced does not increase from that amount outstanding at the
     time of any such extension, renewal or refinancing;

           (iii)  Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under
     Interest Rate Protection Agreements entered into with respect to other
     Indebtedness permitted under this Section 9.04 so long as the entering into
     of such Interest Rate Protection Agreements are bona fide hedging
     activities and are not for speculative purposes;

           (iv)   Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries evidenced by
     Capitalized Lease Obligations (to the extent permitted pursuant to Section
     9.07) and purchase money Indebtedness described in Section 9.01(vii),
     provided that in no event shall the sum of the aggregate principal amount
     --------
     of all Capitalized Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness
     permitted by this clause (iv) exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;

           (v)    unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiary
     Guarantors incurred under the Senior Subordinated Notes and the other
     Senior Subordinated Notes Documents in an aggregate principal amount not to
     exceed (Euro)175,000,000 (less the amount of any repayments of principal
     thereof after the Initial Borrowing Date);

           (vi)   intercompany Indebtedness among the Borrower and its
     Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Sections 9.05(ix) and (xii);

           (vii)  Indebtedness consisting of guaranties (x) by the Borrower and
     the Subsidiary Guarantors of each other's Indebtedness and lease and other
     contractual obligations permitted under this Agreement and (y) by Wholly-
     Owned Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower of each other's Indebtedness and
     lease and other contractual obligations permitted under this Agreement;

           (viii) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Borrower acquired pursuant
     to a Permitted Acquisition (or Indebtedness assumed at the time of a
     Permitted Acquisition of an asset securing such Indebtedness), provided
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     that (x) such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in
     anticipation or contemplation of, such Permitted

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     Acquisition, (y) such Indebtedness does not constitute debt for borrowed
     money, it being understood and agreed that Capitalized Lease Obligations
     and purchase money Indebtedness shall not constitute debt for borrowed
     money for purposes of this clause (y) and (z) the aggregate principal
     amount of all Indebtedness permitted by this clause (viii) shall not exceed
     $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

           (ix)   Indebtedness in respect of bid, payments, performance, advance
     payment or surety bonds entered into in the ordinary course of business and
     consistent with past practices;

           (x)    to the extent that same constitutes Indebtedness, obligations
     in respect of earn-out arrangements permitted pursuant to a Permitted
     Acquisition;

           (xi)   Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under
     Other Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business
     and providing protection to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries against
     fluctuations in currency values or commodity prices in connection with the
     Borrower's or any of its Subsidiaries' operations so long as the entering
     into of such Other Hedging Agreements are bona fide hedging activities and
                                               ---- ----
     are not for speculative purposes;

           (xii)  Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower under
     lines of credit to any such Foreign Subsidiary from Persons other than the
     Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the proceeds of which Indebtedness are
     used for such Foreign Subsidiary's working capital and other general
     corporate purposes; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all
                         --------
     such Indebtedness outstanding at any time for all such Foreign Subsidiaries
     shall not exceed $5,000,000;

           (xiii) unsecured Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries of the
     Borrower consisting of obligations to repurchase (or a guaranty of an
     obligation to repurchase) equipment in accordance with the terms of the
     Buy-Back Arrangements for such equipment, provided that the aggregate
                                               --------
     amount of all such Indebtedness shall not exceed $15,000,000 at any time
     outstanding;

           (xiv)  Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to the
     Factoring Agreement, so long as the aggregate outstanding amount of all
     Receivables Indebtedness attributable thereto does not exceed (x) at any
     time on or after the Initial Borrowing Date through and including December
     30, 2001, $45,000,000, and (y) at any time thereafter, $25,000,000;

           (xv)   Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
     financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently
     (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient
     funds in the ordinary course of business so long as such Indebtedness is
     extinguished within four Business Days of the incurrence thereof;

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           (xvi)   Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which
     may be deemed to exist in connection with agreements providing for
     indemnification, purchase price adjustments and similar obligations in
     connection with the acquisition or disposition of assets in accordance with
     the requirements of this Agreement so long as any such obligations are
     those of the Person making the respective acquisition or sale, and are not
     guaranteed by any other Person except as permitted by Section 9.04(vii);
     and

           (xvii)  so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or
     would result therefrom, additional Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower
     and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
     $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding, which Indebtedness shall be
     unsecured unless otherwise permitted under Section 9.01(xv).

           9.05    Advances, Investments and Loans.  The Borrower will not, and
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will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, lend money
or credit or make advances to any Person, or purchase or acquire any stock,
obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital
contribution to, any other Person, or purchase or own a futures contract or
otherwise become liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other
commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract, or hold any
cash or Cash Equivalents (each of the foregoing an "Investment" and,
collectively, "Investments"), except that the following shall be permitted:

           (i)     the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold
     accounts receivables owing to any of them, if created or acquired in the
     ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with
     customary trade terms of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;

           (ii)    the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold cash
     and Cash Equivalents and Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower may also
     acquire and hold cash and Foreign Cash Equivalents; provided, however at
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     any time that Intercompany Loans are outstanding and owing by one or more
     Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower to the Borrower and/or one or more
     Subsidiary Guarantors, the aggregate amount of all cash, Cash Equivalents
     and Foreign Cash Equivalents permitted to be held by all Foreign
     Subsidiaries shall not exceed $15,000,000;

           (iii)   the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may hold the Investments
     held by them on the Initial Borrowing Date and described on Schedule IX,
     provided that any additional Investments made with respect thereto shall be
     permitted only if independently justified under the other provisions of
     this Section 9.05;

           (iv)    the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may acquire and own
     investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the
     bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in good faith
     settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers
     and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;

           (v)     the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make loans and advances
     to their officers and employees for moving, relocation and travel expenses
     and other similar

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     expenditures, in each case in the ordinary course of business in an
     aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding
     (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans
     and advances);

           (vi)    the Borrower may acquire and hold obligations of one or more
     officers, directors or other employees of the Borrower or any of its
     Subsidiaries in connection with such officers', directors' or employees'
     acquisition of shares of capital stock of the Borrower so long as no cash
     is paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to such officers,
     directors or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such
     obligations;

           (vii)   the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may enter into Interest
     Rate Protection Agreements to the extent permitted by Section 9.04(iii);

           (viii)  the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold
     promissory notes and other non-cash consideration issued by the purchaser
     of assets in connection with a sale of such assets to the extent permitted
     by Sections 9.02(iii) and (v);

           (ix)    the Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries may make
     intercompany loans and advances between and among one another
     (collectively, "Intercompany Loans"), provided that (i) at no time shall
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     the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Intercompany Loans made
     pursuant to this clause (ix) by Credit Parties to Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
     that are not Credit Parties (excluding for this purpose, however, the
     aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Intercompany Loans made
     pursuant to this clause (ix) by Credit Parties to Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
     that are not Credit Parties the proceeds of which are used to make payments
     owing in connection with the Transaction or to finance a Permitted
     Acquisition), when added to the aggregate amount of contributions,
     capitalizations and forgiveness theretofore made by Credit Parties pursuant
     to Section 9.05(x) to (or in respect of) Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiaries
     that are not Credit Parties (excluding for this purpose, however, the
     aggregate amount of contributions, capitalizations and forgiveness made
     pursuant to Section 9.05(x) by Credit Parties to (or in respect of) Wholly-
     Owned Foreign Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties the proceeds of
     which are (or, in the case of debt forgiveness, the proceeds of the
     incurrence of debt so forgiven were initially) used to finance a Permitted
     Acquisition and, in any event, net of cash equity returns), exceed
     $40,000,000 (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of
     such Intercompany Loans), (ii) no Intercompany Loans may be made by a
     Credit Party to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party at a
     time that an Event of Default exists and is continuing, (iii) any such
     Intercompany Loan made by a Credit Party shall be evidenced by an
     Intercompany Note which shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent to the
     extent required pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (iv) each
     Intercompany Loan made to any Credit Party by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
     that is not a Credit Party shall include (or, if not evidenced by an
     Intercompany Note, the books and records of the respective parties shall
     note that such Intercompany Loan shall be subject to) the subordination
     provisions attached as Annex A to the form of Intercompany Note;

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           (x)     the Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries may make cash
     capital contributions to their respective Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, and
     may capitalize or forgive any Indebtedness owed to them by a Wholly-Owned
     Foreign Subsidiary and outstanding under clause (ix) of this Section 9.05,
     provided that (i) the aggregate amount of such contributions,
     --------
     capitalizations and forgiveness made by Credit Parties to Wholly-Owned
     Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties (excluding for this purpose,
     however, the aggregate amount of contributions, capitalizations and
     forgiveness made pursuant to this clause (x) by Credit Parties to (or in
     respect of) Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties
     the proceeds of which are (or, in the case of debt forgiveness, the
     proceeds of the incurrence of debt so forgiven were initially) used to
     finance a Permitted Acquisition and, in any event, net of cash equity
     returns), when added to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
     Intercompany Loans made by Credit Parties to Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that
     are not Credit Parties pursuant to Section 9.05(ix) (determined without
     regard to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) (excluding for this
     purpose, however, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
     Intercompany Loans made pursuant to Section 9.05(ix) by Credit Parties to
     Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties the proceeds of which
     are used to make payments owing in connection with the Transaction or to
     finance a Permitted Acquisition), shall not exceed an amount equal to
     $40,000,000 at any time, (ii) Credit Parties may only make capital
     contributions to, and capitalize or forgive any Indebtedness owed to them
     by, a Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (x) to the
     extent (A) required to comply with any thin capitalization rules applicable
     to such Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary or (B) that the making of
     Intercompany Loans to such Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary would have
     adverse tax consequences to the Credit Party making the same, and (iii) no
     such contributions, capitalizations or forgivenesses may be made by a
     Credit Party to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party at any
     time that an Event of Default exists and is continuing;

           (xi)    Permitted Acquisitions shall be permitted in accordance with
     Section 8.14;

           (xii)   the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may enter into Other
     Hedging Agreements to the extent permitted by Section 9.04(xi); and

           (xiii)  so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or
     would result therefrom, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make
     Investments not otherwise permitted by clauses (i) through (xii) of this
     Section 9.05 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000 (taking the
     fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property
     other than cash) at any time outstanding (determined without regard to any
     write-downs or write-offs thereof).

           9.06    Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will
                   ----------------------------
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction or series of
related transactions with any Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, other than in the ordinary course of business and on terms and
conditions substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as
would reasonably be obtained by the Borrower or such Subsidiary at that time in
a comparable arm's-

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length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, except that the
following in any event shall be permitted:

           (i)    Dividends may be paid to the extent provided in Section 9.03;

           (ii)   loans may be made and other transactions may be entered into
     by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Sections
     9.02, 9.04 and 9.05 ;

           (iii)  customary fees may be paid to non-officer directors of the
     Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

           (iv)   the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may enter into, and may make
     payments under, employment agreements, employee benefits plans, stock
     option plans, indemnification provisions, severance arrangements, and other
     similar compensatory arrangements with officers, employees and directors of
     the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

           (v)    Subsidiaries of the Borrower may pay management fees,
     licensing fees and similar fees to the Borrower or to any Subsidiary
     Guarantor; and

           (vi)   the Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries may otherwise
     engage in transactions exclusively between or among themselves so long as
     such transactions are otherwise permitted under this Agreement.

           9.07   Capital Expenditures. (a) The Borrower will not, and will not
                  --------------------
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Capital Expenditures, except that
(i) during the period from January 1, 2001 through and including December 31,
2001, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, for periods prior to the
Initial Borrowing Date, the Target and its Subsidiaries) may make Capital
Expenditures so long as the aggregate amount of all such Capital Expenditures
does not exceed $40,000,000, and (ii) during any fiscal year of the Borrower set
forth below (taken as one accounting period), the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
may make Capital Expenditures so long as the aggregate amount of all such
Capital Expenditures does not exceed in any fiscal year of the Borrower set
forth below the amount set forth opposite such fiscal year below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Fiscal Year Ending On                             Amount
         ----------------------                         -----------
<S>                                                     <C>
          December 31, 2002                             $40,000,000
          December 31, 2003                             $37,500,000
          December 31, 2004                             $37,500,000
          December 31, 2005                             $37,500,000
          December 31, 2006                             $37,500,000
          December 31, 2007                             $37,500,000
</TABLE>

          (b) In addition to the foregoing, in the event that the amount of
Capital Expenditures permitted to be made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
pursuant to clause (a) above in any fiscal year of the Borrower (or during the
period set forth in clause (a)(i) above) (before giving effect to any increase
in such permitted Capital Expenditure amount pursuant to

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this clause (b)) is greater than the amount of Capital Expenditures actually
made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (or such
period, as the case may be), the lesser of (x) such excess and (y) 50% of the
applicable permitted scheduled Capital Expenditure amount as set forth in such
clause (a) above may be carried forward and utilized to make Capital
Expenditures in the immediately succeeding fiscal year, provided that no amounts
                                                        --------
once carried forward pursuant to this Section 9.07(b) may be carried forward to
any fiscal year of the Borrower thereafter.

          (c) In addition to the foregoing, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
may make Capital Expenditures with the amount of Net Sale Proceeds received by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from any Asset Sale so long as such Net
Sale Proceeds are reinvested within 360 days following the date of such Asset
Sale, but only to the extent that such Net Sale Proceeds are not otherwise
required to be applied pursuant to Section 4.02(e).

          (d) In addition to the foregoing, the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries may make Capital Expenditures with the amount of Net Insurance
Proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from any Recovery
Event so long as such Net Insurance Proceeds are used to replace or restore any
properties or assets in respect of which such Net Insurance Proceeds were paid
within 360 days following the date of receipt of such Net Insurance Proceeds
from such Recovery Event, but only to the extent that such Net Insurance
Proceeds are not otherwise required to be applied pursuant to Section 4.02(g).

          (e) In addition to the foregoing, the Borrower and its Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries may consummate Permitted Acquisitions in accordance with the
requirements of Section 8.14.

           9.08  Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will
                 --------------------------------------------
not permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio for any Test Period ending
on the last day of a fiscal quarter of the Borrower set forth below to be less
than the ratio set forth opposite such fiscal quarter below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Fiscal Quarter Ending                               Ratio
       ---------------------                             ---------
<S>                                                      <C>
          June 30, 2001                                  2.50:1.00
          September 30, 2001                             2.50:1.00
          December 31, 2001
          and thereafter                                 3.00:1.00
</TABLE>

         9.09  Minimum Consolidated EBITDA.  The Borrower will not permit
               ---------------------------
Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period ending on the last day of a fiscal
quarter of the Borrower set forth below to be less than the respective amount
set forth opposite such fiscal quarter below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Fiscal Quarter Ending                           Amount
       ---------------------                        ------------
<S>                                                 <C>
         June 30, 2001                              $150,000,000
         September 30, 2001                         $150,000,000
         December 31, 2001                          $154,000,000
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Fiscal Quarter Ending                           Amount
       ---------------------                        ------------
<S>                                                 <C>
         March 31, 2002                             $162,200,000
         June 30, 2002                              $169,700,000
         September 30, 2002                         $172,400,000
         December 31, 2002                          $175,400,000
         March 31, 2003                             $175,400,000
         June 30, 2003                              $175,400,000
         September 30, 2003                         $175,400,000
         December 31, 2003                          $182,700,000
         March 31, 2004                             $182,700,000
         June 30, 2004                              $182,700,000
         September 30, 2004                         $182,700,000
         December 31, 2004                          $190,500,000
         March 31, 2005                             $190,500,000
         June 30, 2005                              $190,500,000
         September 30, 2005                         $190,500,000
         December 31, 2005                          $198,500,000
         March 31, 2006                             $198,500,000
         June 30, 2006                              $198,500,000
         September 30, 2006                         $198,500,000
         December 31, 2006                          $206,900,000
         March 31, 2007                             $206,900,000
</TABLE>

From and after the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition, each of the
amounts set forth above in this Section 9.09 from and after such time shall be
increased by an amount (if positive) equal to 75% of the Acquired EBITDA of the
respective Acquired Entity or Business acquired in each such Permitted
Acquisition for the most recently ended 12-month period for which financial
statements are available for such Acquired Entity or Business prior to the date
of such acquisition (as certified in the respective officer's certificate
delivered pursuant to clause (viii) of Section 8.14(a)).

         9.10  Maximum Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio.  The Borrower will
               ------------------------------------------
not permit the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio at any time during a period
set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such period
below:

         Period                                  Ratio
         ------                                ---------
         Initial Borrowing Date
         through and including
         March 30, 2002                        2.75:1.00
         March 31, 2002
         through and including
         December 30, 2002                     2.50:1.00
         December 31, 2002
         through and including
         December 30, 2003                     2.25:1.00

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          Thereafter                 2.00:1.00

Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after such time as the Borrower
consummates more than $100,000,000 of Permitted Acquisitions in any fiscal year,
the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio at any time
on or prior to December 30, 2002 to be greater than 2.25:1.00 (it being
understood that nothing in this sentence shall affect the ratios (or the
Borrower's obligation to comply with such ratios) from and after December 31,
2002 as set forth above).

          9.11  Maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio.  The Borrower will
                -----------------------------------------
not permit the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio at any time during a period set
forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such period below:

           Period                                  Ratio
           ------                                ---------
          Initial Borrowing Date
           through and including
           September 29, 2002                    3.50:1.00
          September 30, 2002
           through and including
           December 30, 2003                     3.25:1.00
          December 31, 2003
           through and including
           December 30, 2004                     3.00:1.00
          Thereafter                             2.85:1.00

          9.12  Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  The Borrower
                ------------------------------------------------
will not permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any Test Period
ending on the last day of a fiscal quarter of the Borrower set forth below to be
less than the ratio set forth opposite such fiscal quarter below:

          Fiscal Quarter Ending                     Ratio
          ---------------------                   ----------
          June 30, 2001                           2.30:1.00
          September 30, 2001                      2.30:1.00
          December 31, 2001                       2.30:1.00
          March 31, 2002
          and thereafter                          2.50:1.00

          9.13  Limitations on Prepayments of Certain Indebtedness;
                ---------------------------------------------------
Modifications of Certain Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements, etc. (a) The Borrower will
---------------------------------------------------------
not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:

          (i)   make (or give any notice in respect of) any voluntary or
  optional payment or prepayment on or redemption or acquisition for value of,
  or any prepayment or redemption as a result of any asset sale, change of
  control or similar event of (including in

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  each case, without limitation, by way of depositing with the trustee with
  respect thereto or any other Person money or securities before due for the
  purpose of paying when due), any Senior Subordinated Notes;

     (ii)   amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any
  provision of any Senior Subordinated Note Document; or

     (iii)  amend, modify or change the Factoring Agreement, any Tax Sharing
  Agreement or its certificate or articles of incorporation (including, without
  limitation, by the filing or modification of any certificate or articles of
  designation), certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or
  by-laws (or the equivalent organizational documents), as applicable, or any
  agreement entered into by it with respect to its capital stock or other equity
  interests (including any Shareholders' Agreement), or enter into any new
  Factoring Agreement, Tax Sharing Agreement or agreement with respect to its
  capital stock or other equity interests, unless such new agreement or
  amendment, modification, change or other action contemplated by this clause
  (iii) could not reasonably be expected to be adverse to the interests of the
  Lenders in any material respect and, in the case of the Factoring Agreement,
  such changes otherwise satisfy the requirements of the definition thereof.

     (b) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall designate any
Indebtedness, other than the Obligations, as "Designated Senior Debt" for
purposes of the Senior Subordinated Notes and the other Senior Subordinated Note
Documents.

     9.14   Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries.  The Borrower
            --------------------------------------------------
will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any
encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such Subsidiary to (a) pay
dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock or any other
interest or participation in its profits owned by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, (b) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing
under or by reason of (i) applicable law, (ii) this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents, (iii) the Senior Subordinated Note Documents, (iv) customary
provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing and
leasehold interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) customary
provisions restricting assignment of any licensing agreement (in which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is the licensee) or other contract entered
into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business, (vi) restrictions on the transfer of any asset pending the close of
the sale of such asset, and (vii) restrictions on the transfer of any asset
subject to a Lien permitted by Section 9.01(iii), (vi), (vii), (xiv), (xv) or
(xviii).

     9.15   Limitation on Issuance of Capital Stock.  (a)  The Borrower will
            ---------------------------------------
not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue (i) any preferred
stock or other preferred equity interests other than Qualified Preferred Stock
of the Borrower or (ii) any redeemable common stock or other redeemable common
equity interests other than common stock or other redeemable

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common equity interests that is redeemable at the sole option of the Borrower or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

          (b) The Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue any
capital stock or other equity interests (including by way of sales of treasury
stock) or any options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into,
capital stock or other equity interests, except (i) for transfers and
replacements of then outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity
interests, (ii) for stock splits, stock dividends and issuances which do not
decrease the percentage ownership of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
any class of the capital stock or other equity interests of such Subsidiary,
(iii) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, to qualify directors to the extent
required by applicable law and for other nominal share issuances to Persons
other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the extent required under
applicable law, or (iv) for issuances by newly created or acquired Subsidiaries
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

          9.16  Business.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
                --------
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than the businesses engaged in by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Initial Borrowing Date and
reasonable extensions thereof.

          9.17  Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries.  The Borrower will not,
                --------------------------------------
and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, establish, create or acquire
after the Initial Borrowing Date any Subsidiary, provided that the Borrower and
                                                 --------
its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries shall be permitted to (A) establish, create and,
to the extent permitted by this Agreement, acquire Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries so
long as (i) the equity interests of each such new Wholly-Owned Subsidiary is
pledged pursuant to, and to the extent required by, the Pledge Agreement, (ii)
each such new Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (and, to the extent required by
Section 8.13, each such new Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary) executes a
counterpart of the Subsidiaries Guaranty, the Pledge Agreement and the Security
Agreement, and (iii) each such new Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (and, to the
extent required by Section 8.13, each such new Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary),
to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders,
takes all actions required pursuant to Section 8.12, and (B) establish, create
and acquire non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries in each case to the extent permitted
by Section 9.05(xiii) and the definition of Permitted Acquisition so long as the
equity interest of each such non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary is pledged pursuant to,
and to the extent required by, the Pledge Agreement.  In addition, each such new
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary which is required to become a Credit Party shall execute
and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all other relevant
documentation of the type described in Section 5 as such new Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary would have had to deliver if such new Wholly-Owned Subsidiary were a
Credit Party on the Initial Borrowing Date.

          9.18  Rental Fleet.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
                ------------
contained in this Agreement, the Borrower will not permit the aggregate net book
value of all cranes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are part of their
rental fleet to exceed $25,000,000 at any time.

          SECTION 10.  Events of Default.  Upon the occurrence of any of the
                       -----------------
following specified events (each, an "Event of Default"):

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          10.01  Payments. The Borrower shall (i) default in the payment when
                 --------
due of any principal of any Loan or any Note or (ii) default, and such default
shall continue unremedied for three or more Business Days, in the payment when
due of any interest on any Loan or Note, any Unpaid Drawing or any Fees or any
other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document; or

          10.02  Representations, etc.  Any representation, warranty or
                 ---------------------
statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit
Document or in any certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any material
respect on the date as of which made or deemed made; or

          10.03  Covenants. The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i)
                 ---------
default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or
agreement contained in Section 8.01(f)(i), 8.08, 8.11, 8.14, 8.15, 8.17 or
Section 9 or (ii) default in the due performance or observance by it of any
other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or in any other
Credit Document (other than those set forth in Sections 10.01 and 10.02 and
clause (i) of this Section 10.03) and such default shall continue unremedied for
a period of 30 days (or such longer period of time as may be provided for in the
Mortgages) after written notice thereof to the defaulting party by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

          10.04  Default Under Other Agreements. (i)  The Borrower or any of
                 ------------------------------
its Subsidiaries shall (x) default in any payment of any Indebtedness (other
than the Obligations) beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the
instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (y) default
in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any
Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) or contained in any instrument or
agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall
occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or
condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness
(or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause (determined
without regard to whether any notice is required), any such Indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity, or (ii) any Indebtedness (other than
the Obligations) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be declared to
be (or shall become) due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a
regularly scheduled required prepayment, prior to the stated maturity thereof,
provided that it shall not be a Default or an Event of Default under this
--------
Section 10.04 unless the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness as
described in preceding clauses (i) and (ii) is at least $7,000,000; or

          10.05  Bankruptcy, etc. The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall
                 ----------------
commence a voluntary case concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States
Code entitled "Bankruptcy," as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor
thereto (the "Bankruptcy Code"); or an involuntary case is commenced against the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and the petition is not controverted within
10 days, or is not dismissed within 60 days, after commencement of the case; or
a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) is appointed for, or takes
charge of, all or substantially all of the property of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries commences any other
proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of
debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any
jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries,

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or there is commenced against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries any such
proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 60 days, or the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of
relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries suffers any appointment of any custodian or
the like for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged
or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any corporate,
limited liability company or similar action is taken by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

          10.06  ERISA. (a)  Any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding
                 -----
standard required for any plan year or part thereof under Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA or a waiver of such standard or extension of any
amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code or
Section 303 or 304 of ERISA, a Reportable Event shall have occurred, a
contributing sponsor (as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA) of a Plan
subject to Title IV of ERISA shall be subject to the advance reporting
requirement of PBGC Regulation Section 4043.61 (without regard to subparagraph
(b)(1) thereof) and an event described in subsection .62, .63, .64, .65, .66,
 .67 or .68 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043 shall be reasonably expected to occur
with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days, any Plan which is
subject to Title IV of ERISA shall have had or is likely to have a trustee
appointed to administer such Plan, any Plan which is subject to Title IV of
ERISA is, shall have been or is likely to be terminated or to be the subject of
termination proceedings under ERISA, any Plan shall have an Unfunded Current
Liability, a contribution required to be made with respect to a Plan or a
Foreign Pension Plan has not been timely made, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is likely to incur any
liability to or on account of a Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515,
4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29), 4971
or 4975 of the Code or on account of a group health plan (as defined in Section
607(1) of ERISA or Section 4980B(g)(2) of the Code) under Section 4980B of the
Code, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower has incurred or is
likely to incur liabilities pursuant to one or more employee welfare benefit
plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) that provide benefits to retired
employees or other former employees (other than as required by Section 601 of
ERISA) or Plans or Foreign Pension Plans, a "default" within the meaning of
Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA shall occur with respect to any Plan, any applicable
law, rule or regulation is adopted, changed or interpreted, or the
interpretation or administration thereof is changed, in each case after the date
hereof, by any governmental authority or agency or by any court (a "Change of
Law"), or, as a result of a Change in Law, an event occurs following a Change in
Law, with respect to or otherwise affecting any Plan; (b) there shall result
from any such event or events the imposition of a lien, the granting of a
security interest, or a liability or a material risk of incurring a liability;
and (c) such lien, security interest or liability, either individually and/or in
the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect; or

          10.07  Security Documents. Any of the Security Documents shall cease
                 ------------------
to be in full force and effect, or shall cease to give the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Secured Creditors the Liens, rights, powers and privileges
purported to be created thereby, or any Credit Party shall default in the due
performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on

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its part to be performed or observed pursuant to any such Security Document and
such default shall continue beyond the period of grace, if any, specifically
applicable thereto pursuant to the terms of such Security Document; or

          10.08  Subsidiaries Guaranties. Except as otherwise provided in
                 -----------------------
Section 9.02(v) or (x), the Subsidiaries Guaranty or any provision thereof shall
cease to be in full force or effect as to any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person acting for or on behalf of such Subsidiary
Guarantor shall deny or disaffirm such Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations under
the Subsidiaries Guaranty or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall default in the due
performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be
performed or observed pursuant to the Subsidiaries Guaranty; or

          10.09  Judgments. One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered
                 ---------
against the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower involving in the
aggregate for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries a liability (not paid or fully
covered by a reputable and solvent insurance company) and such judgments and
decrees either shall be final and non-appealable or shall not be vacated,
discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal for any period of 30 consecutive
days, and the aggregate amount of all such judgments equals or exceeds
$5,000,000; or

          10.10  Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur;
                 -----------------

then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default
shall then be continuing, the Administrative Agent, upon the written request of
the Required Lenders, shall by written notice to the Borrower, take any or all
of the following actions, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or the holder of any Note to enforce its claims against any
Credit Party (provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 10.05
              --------
shall occur with respect to the Borrower, the result which would occur upon the
giving of written notice by the Administrative Agent as specified in clauses (i)
and (ii) below shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice):
(i) declare the Total Commitment terminated, whereupon all Commitments of each
Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Commitment Commission shall
forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind; (ii)
declare the principal of and any accrued interest in respect of all Loans and
the Notes and all Obligations owing hereunder and thereunder to be, whereupon
the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each
Credit Party; (iii) terminate any Letter of Credit which may be terminated in
accordance with its terms; (iv) direct the Borrower to pay (and the Borrower
agrees that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default specified in Section 10.05 with respect to the Borrower, it will pay) to
the Collateral Agent at the Payment Office such additional amount of cash or
Cash Equivalents, to be held as security by the Collateral Agent, as is equal to
the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit issued for the account of
the Borrower and then outstanding; (v) enforce, as Collateral Agent, all of the
Liens and security interests created pursuant to the Security Documents; and
(vi) apply any cash collateral held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 4.02 to the repayment of the Obligations.

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          SECTION 11.  Definitions and Accounting Terms.
                       --------------------------------

          11.01  Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
                 -------------
shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

          "A Term Loan" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.01(a).

          "A Term Loan Commitment" shall mean, for each Lender, the amount set
forth opposite such Lender's name in Schedule I directly below the column
entitled "A Term Loan Commitment", as the same may be terminated pursuant to
Sections 3.03 and/or 10.

          "A Term Loan Maturity Date" shall mean May 9, 2006.

          "A Term Loan Percentage" shall mean, at any time, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate
principal amount of all A Term Loans outstanding at such time, and the
denominator of which is equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Term
Loans outstanding at such time.

          "A Term Note" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.05(a).

          "Acquired EBITDA" shall mean, for any Acquired Entity or Business for
any period, the Consolidated EBITDA as determined for such Acquired Entity or
Business for such period on the basis substantially the same (with necessary
reference changes) as provided in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA
contained herein.

          "Acquired Entity or Business" shall mean either (x) the assets
constituting a business, division or product line of any Person not already a
Subsidiary of the Borrower or (y) 100% of the capital stock of any such Person,
which Person shall, as a result of such stock acquisition, become a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower (or shall be merged with and into the Borrower or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, with the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor being the
surviving Person).

          "Acquisition" shall mean the acquisition by Acquisition Co. of all of
the outstanding stock of the Target pursuant to the Acquisition Documents.

          "Acquisition Agreement" shall mean the Share Purchase Agreement, dated
as of May 9, 2001, between the Seller and Acquisition Co.

          "Acquisition Co." shall mean Manitowoc France SAS, a newly formed
Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower incorporated under the laws of
France.

          "Acquisition Documents" shall mean the Acquisition Agreement, the Put
Agreement and all other agreements and documents relating to the Acquisition.

          "Additional Security Documents" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 8.12.

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          "Adjusted Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, for any period,
Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, without duplication, the sum of
the amount of all net non-cash charges (including, without limitation,
depreciation, amortization, deferred tax expense and non-cash interest expense)
and net non-cash losses which were included in arriving at Consolidated Net
Income for such period, less the amount of all net non-cash gains and non-cash
credits which were included in arriving at Consolidated Net Income for such
period.

          "Adjusted Consolidated Working Capital" shall mean, at any time,
Consolidated Current Assets (but excluding therefrom all cash and Cash
Equivalents) less Consolidated Current Liabilities at such time.

          "Administrative Agent" shall mean BTCo, in its capacity as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders hereunder, and shall include any successor
to the Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 12.09.

          "Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling (including, but not limited to, all directors
and officers of such Person), controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person
if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power (i) to vote 10% or
more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Person or (ii) to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided,
                                                                      --------
however, that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender (nor any Affiliate
-------
thereof) shall be considered an Affiliate of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
thereof.

          "Agreement" shall mean this Credit Agreement, as modified,
supplemented, amended, restated (including any amendment and restatement
hereof), extended or renewed from time to time.

          "Applicable Commitment Commission Percentage" and "Applicable Margin"
shall mean:  from and after any Start Date to and including the corresponding
End Date, (i) with respect to Commitment Commission, the respective per annum
percentage set forth below under the column "Applicable Commitment Commission
Percentage" and (ii) with respect to A Term Loans, B Term Loans, Revolving Loans
and Swingline Loans, the respective percentage per annum set forth below under
the respective Type of Loans and (in the case of preceding clauses (i) and (ii))
opposite the respective Level (i.e., Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 or Level 4, as
                               ----
the case may be) indicated to have been achieved on the applicable Test Date for
such Start Date (as shown in the respective officer's certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 8.01(e) or the first proviso below) plus or minus (in the
                                                        ----    -----
case of preceding clause (ii)), as applicable, any Applicable Pricing Adjustment
as in effect from time to time:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                A Term Loans and
                                 Revolving Loans        A Term Loans and                               B Term Loans      Applicable
            Consolidated          maintained as          Revolving Loans         B Term Loans          maintained as     Commitment
                Total            Base Rate Loans          maintained as         maintained as           Eurodollar       Commission
Level      Leverage Ratio      and Swingline Loans       Euro Rate Loans       Base Rate Loans             Loans         Percentage
-----      --------------     --------------------      ----------------       ---------------         -------------     ----------
<S>        <C>                <C>                       <C>                    <C>                     <C>               <C>
1          Less than
           2.00:1.00                 1.000%                  2.000%                1.750%                 2.750%           0.250%

2          Greater than or
           equal to
           2.00:1.00 but
           less than or
           equal to 2.50:1.00        1.250%                  2.250%                1.875%                 2.875%           0.250%

3          Greater than
           2.50:1.00 but
           less than or
           equal to 3.00:1.00        1.500%                  2.500%                1.875%                 2.875%           0.375%


4          Greater than
           3.00:1.00                 1.625%                  2.625%                1.875%                 2.875%           0.500%

</TABLE>

;provided, however, that if the Borrower fails to deliver the financial
 --------  -------
statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (b)
(accompanied by the officer's certificate required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 8.01(e) showing the applicable Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio on the
relevant Test Date) on or prior to the respective date required by such
Sections, then Level 4 pricing (as adjusted by any Applicable Pricing
Adjustment) shall apply until such time, if any, as the financial statements
required as set forth above and the accompanying officer's certificate have been
delivered showing the pricing for the respective Margin Reduction Period is at a
level which is less than Level 4 (as adjusted by any Applicable Pricing
Adjustment) (it being understood that, in the case of any late delivery of the
financial statements and officer's certificate as so required, any reduction in
the Applicable Commitment Commission Percentage or in the Applicable Margin
shall apply only from and after the date of the delivery of the complying
financial statements and officer's certificate); provided further, that Level 4
                                                 ----------------
pricing (as adjusted by any Applicable Pricing Adjustment) shall apply at all
times when an Event of Default is in existence.  Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence, Level 4 pricing (as
adjusted by any Applicable Pricing Adjustment) shall apply for the period from
the Initial Borrowing Date to the date of the delivery of the Borrower's
financial statements (and related officer's certificate) in respect of its
fiscal year ending December 31, 2001.

          "Approved Currency" shall mean (i) for Term Loans, Dollars, (ii) for
Revolving Loans, Dollars, Pounds Sterling and Euros, and (iii) for Letters of
Credit, Dollars and one or more Foreign Currencies.

          "Applicable Pricing Adjustment" shall mean, on any date:

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          (A)  in the case of A Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans,
     a decrease of 0.250% so long as no Event of Default then exists and is
     continuing and the Bank Debt Ratings assigned by both Moody's and S&P are
     Ba1 (or above) and BB+ (or above), respectively; and

          (B)  in the case of B Term Loans, (x) an increase of 0.125% in the
     event that either (i) the Bank Debt Rating assigned by Moody's is Ba3 (or
     below) or (ii) the Bank Debt Rating assigned by S&P is BB- (or below) and
     succeeding sub-clause (y) is not applicable and (y) an increase of 0.250%
     in the event that the Bank Debt Ratings assigned by both Moody's and S&P
     are Ba3 (or below) and BB- (or below), respectively.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) for the period from the Initial Borrowing
Date to the date of the delivery of the Borrower's financial statements (and
related officer's certificate) in respect of its fiscal year ending December 31,
2001, the Applicable Pricing Adjustment in clause (A) above shall be 0, and (ii)
at any time that a Bank Debt Rating has not been assigned by both S&P and
Moody's, (x) the Applicable Pricing Adjustment set forth in clause (A) above
shall be 0 and (y) the Applicable Pricing Adjustment set forth in clause (B)
above shall be 0.250%

          "Asset Sale" shall mean any sale, transfer or other disposition by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person (including by way of
redemption by such Person) other than to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower of any asset (including, without limitation, any
capital stock or other securities of, or equity interests in, another Person)
other than sales of assets pursuant to Sections 9.02(ii), (iii), (vii), (viii),
(xiv), (xvi) and (xvii).

          "Assignment and Assumption Agreement" shall mean an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit N (appropriately
completed).

          "Associated Costs" shall mean the cost imputed to each Lender of
compliance with (a) the cash ratios and special deposit requirements of the Bank
of England and/or the banking supervision or other costs imposed by the
Financial Services Authority, as determined in accordance with Schedule X, and
(b) any reserve asset requirements of the European Central Bank, as determined
in accordance with Schedule X.

          "Available Revolving Loan Commitment" of any RL Lender at any time
shall mean its RL Percentage of the Total Available Revolving Loan Commitment at
such time.

          "B Lenders" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.01(c).

          "B Term Loan" shall mean, collectively, each Initial B Term Loan and
each Incremental B Term Loan.

          "B Term Loan Maturity Date" shall mean May 9, 2007.

          "B Term Loan Percentage" shall mean, at any time, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate
principal amount of all B Term

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Loans outstanding at such time, and the denominator of which is equal to the
aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding at such time.

          "B Term Note" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.05(a).

          "Bank Debt Ratings" shall mean, as of each date of determination, the
rating (actual or implied) assigned to the Loans by S&P and Moody's.

          "Bankruptcy Code" shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.05.

          "Base Rate" shall mean, at any time, the higher of (i) the Prime
Lending Rate at such time and (ii) 1/2 of 1% in excess of the overnight Federal
Funds Rate at such time.

          "Base Rate Loan" shall mean (i) each Swingline Loan and (ii) each
other Loan (other than a Foreign Currency Revolving Loan) designated or deemed
designated as such by the Borrower at the time of the incurrence thereof or
conversion thereto.

          "Blocked Revolving Loan Commitment" shall mean, at any time, the
aggregate outstanding amount of all Receivables Indebtedness at such time for
which the Factor has recourse to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at such
time.

          "Borrower" shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of
this Agreement.

          "Borrowing" shall mean the borrowing of one Type of Loan of a single
Tranche from all the Lenders having Commitments of the respective Tranche (or
from the Swingline Lender in the case of Swingline Loans) on a given date (or
resulting from a conversion or conversions on such date) having in the case of
Euro Rate Loans the same Interest Period, provided that (i) Base Rate Loans
                                          --------
incurred pursuant to Section 1.10(b) shall be considered part of the related
Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, and (ii) any Incremental B Term Loans incurred
pursuant to Section 1.01(c) shall be considered part of the related Borrowing of
the then outstanding Initial B Term Loans to which such Incremental B Term Loans
are added pursuant to Section 1.14(c).

          "BTCo" shall mean Bankers Trust Company, in its individual capacity,
and any successor corporation thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise.

          "Business Day" shall mean (i) for all purposes other than as covered
by clause (ii) below, any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be
in New York, New York, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law or other government action to close and (ii)
with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments
of principal and interest on, Euro Rate Loans, any day which is a Business Day
described in clause (i) above and which is also (A) a day for trading by and
between banks in U.S. dollar deposits in the relevant interbank market and (B)
in relation to any payment in (x) Euros, a day on which the Trans-European
Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open,
and (y) Pounds Sterling, a day on which banks are ordinarily open for the
transaction of business in the United Kingdom.

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          "Buy-Back Arrangements" shall mean those arrangements more
particularly described on Schedule XI entered into by Foreign Subsidiaries of
the Borrower in the ordinary course of business and on a basis consistent with
the past practices of the Target and its Subsidiaries.

          "Calculation Period" shall mean, in the case of any Permitted
Acquisition, the Test Period most recently ended prior to the date of any such
Permitted Acquisition for which financial statements are available.

          "Canadian Dollars" shall mean freely transferable lawful money of
Canada.

          "Capital Expenditures" shall mean, with respect to any Person, all
expenditures by such Person which should be capitalized in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and, without duplication, the amount of
Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by such Person; provided, however, that
                                                       --------  -------
the term Capital Expenditures shall not include the transfer of any then
existing cranes of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries held in inventory to their
rental fleet and thereby result in an increase to property, plant and equipment
even though generally accepted accounting principles may treat such transfers as
Capital Expenditures.

          "Capitalized Lease Obligations" shall mean, with respect to any
Person, all rental obligations of such Person which, under generally accepted
accounting principles, are required to be capitalized on the books of such
Person, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as indebtedness
in accordance with such principles.

          "Cash Equivalents" shall mean, as to any Person, (i) securities issued
or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency
or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the
                            --------
United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than
six months from the date of acquisition, (ii) marketable direct obligations
issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any
such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within six months 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, (iii) Dollar
denominated time deposits, certificates of deposit and bankers acceptances of
any Lender or any commercial bank having, or which is the principal banking
subsidiary of a bank holding company having, a long-term unsecured debt rating
of at least "A" or the equivalent thereof from S&P or "A2" or the equivalent
thereof from Moody's with maturities of not more than six months from the date
of acquisition by such Person, (iv) repurchase obligations with a term of not
more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause
(i) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in
clause (iii) above, (v) commercial paper issued by any Person incorporated in
the United States rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at
least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody's and in each case maturing not
more than six months after the date of acquisition by such Person, and (vi)
investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are
comprised of securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (v) above.

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          "CERCLA" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as the same has been amended and may
hereafter be amended from time to time, 42 U.S.C. (S) 9601 et seq.
                                                           -- ----

          "Change of Control" shall mean (a) any "person" or "group" (within the
meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
in effect on the Effective Date) shall (A) have acquired, directly or
indirectly, beneficial ownership of 30% or more on a fully diluted basis of the
voting and/or economic interest in the Borrower's capital stock or (B) obtained
the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the Borrower's
directors or (b) the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall cease to consist
of a majority of Continuing Directors or (c) a "change of control" shall occur
as provided in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture.

          "Change of Law" shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.06.

          "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect at the date of this
Agreement and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof,
supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

          "Collateral" shall mean all property (whether real or personal) with
respect to which any security interests have been granted (or purported to be
granted) pursuant to any Security Document, including, without limitation, all
Pledge Agreement Collateral, all Security Agreement Collateral, all Mortgaged
Properties and all cash and Cash Equivalents delivered as collateral pursuant to
Section 4.02 or 10.

          "Collateral Agent" shall mean the Administrative Agent acting as
collateral agent for the Secured Creditors pursuant to the Security Documents.

          "Commitment" shall mean any of the commitments of any Lender, i.e.,
                                                                        ----
whether the A Term Loan Commitment, the Initial B Term Loan Commitment, the
Incremental B Term Loan Commitment or the Revolving Loan Commitment.

          "Commitment Commission" shall have the meaning provided in Section
3.01(a).

          "Consolidated Current Assets" shall mean, at any time, the
consolidated current assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time.

          "Consolidated Current Liabilities" shall mean, at any time, the
consolidated current liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such
time, but excluding the current portion of any Indebtedness under this Agreement
and the current portion of any other long-term Indebtedness which would
otherwise be included therein.

          "Consolidated EBIT" shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net
Income for such period before deducting therefrom Consolidated Interest Expense
for such period (to the extent deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income
for such period) and provision for taxes based on income (including foreign
withholding taxes imposed on interest or dividend payments

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and state single business, unitary or similar taxes imposed on net income) that
were included in arriving at Consolidated Net Income for such period and without
giving effect (x) to any extraordinary gains or extraordinary losses and (y) to
any gains or losses from sales of assets other than from sales of inventory in
the ordinary course of business.

          "Consolidated EBITDA" shall mean, for any period, Consolidated EBIT
for such period, adjusted by adding thereto (i) the amount of all amortization
and depreciation that were deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income for
such period and (ii) the amount of all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the Transaction for such period to the extent that same were deducted in
arriving at Consolidated Net Income for such period; it being understood that in
determining the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio only and in determining compliance with Section 9.09,
Consolidated EBITDA for any period shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to
                                                            --- -----
give effect to any Acquired Entity or Business acquired during such period
pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and not subsequently sold or otherwise
disposed of by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period.

          "Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" shall mean, for any period,
the ratio of (x) the remainder of (A) Consolidated EBITDA for such period minus
(B) the aggregate amount of all Capital Expenditures made by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for such period (other than Capital Expenditures (x) made
pursuant to Section 9.07(c), (d) or (e) or (y) to the extent financed with
equity proceeds, capital stock, Assets Sale proceeds, insurance proceeds or
Indebtedness (other than with Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans)) to (y)
Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.

          "Consolidated Fixed Charges" shall mean, for any period, the sum,
without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period and
(ii) the aggregate amount of all Dividends (including stock repurchases) paid by
the Borrower pursuant to Sections 9.03(v) and (vi) for such period.

          "Consolidated Indebtedness" shall mean, at any time, the sum of
(without duplication) (I) the aggregated stated balance sheet amount of all
Indebtedness (including, in any event, all Loans, Capitalized Lease Obligations
and Senior Subordinated Notes) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as would be
required to be reflected on the liability side of a balance sheet of such Person
at such time in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as
determined on a consolidated basis, (II) all Indebtedness of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries of the type described in clauses (ii) and (vii) of the
definition of Indebtedness contained herein, (III) the aggregate amount of all
Receivables Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding at
such time, and (IV) all Contingent Obligations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of any third Person of the type referred
to in preceding clauses (I), (II) and (III) of this definition.

          "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" shall mean, for any period, the
ratio of (x) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (y) Consolidated Interest
Expense for such period.

          "Consolidated Interest Expense" shall mean, for any period, the total
consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period (calculated without regard

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to any limitations on the payment thereof) plus, without duplication, that
portion of Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
representing the interest factor for such period; provided that (i) the
                                                  --------
amortization of deferred financing, legal and accounting costs and expenses with
respect to the Transaction shall be excluded from Consolidated Interest Expense
to the extent same would otherwise have been included therein and (ii)
"Consolidated Interest Expense" shall be deemed to include interest expense
which the Borrower would have incurred during such period if the aggregate
amount of Receivables Indebtedness from time to time outstanding during such
period had instead been outstanding during such period as Revolving Loans
maintained as Eurodollar Loans bearing interest at a rate equal to the sum of
(I) the average of the Eurodollar Rates applicable to Revolving Loans maintained
as Eurodollar Loans as determined on the last day of such period (or, if no
Revolving Loans are outstanding on the last day of such period, the average of
the Eurodollar Rates applicable to A Term Loans (or, if no A Term Loans are
outstanding on the last day of such period, B Term Loans) maintained as
Eurodollar Loans as determined on the last day of such period) plus (II) the
                                                               ----
Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans maintained as Eurodollar Loans as in
effect on the last day of such period.

          "Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, for any period, the net income
(or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis (after any deduction for minority interests), provided that
                                                                 --------
(i) in determining Consolidated Net Income, the net income of any other Person
which is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is accounted for by the Borrower by
the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the
payment of cash dividends or cash distributions by such other Person to the
Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof during such period, (ii) the net income of any
Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration
or payment of cash dividends or similar cash distributions by that Subsidiary of
that net income is not at the date of determination permitted by operation of
its charter or any agreement, instrument or law applicable to such Subsidiary
and (iii) the net income (or loss) of any other Person acquired by the Borrower
or a Subsidiary of the Borrower in a pooling of interests transaction for any
period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded.

          "Consolidated Senior Indebtedness" shall mean, at any time, the amount
of all Consolidated Indebtedness at such time, less the aggregate principal
amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes outstanding at such time.

          "Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio" shall mean, at any time, the
ratio of (x) Consolidated Senior Indebtedness at such time to (y) Consolidated
EBITDA for the Test Period then most recently ended.

          "Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio" shall mean, at any time, the ratio
of (x) Consolidated Indebtedness at such time to (y) Consolidated EBITDA for the
Test Period then most recently ended.

          "Contingent Obligation" shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation
of such Person as a result of such Person being a general partner of any other
Person, unless the underlying obligation is expressly made non-recourse as to
such general partner, and any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended
to guarantee any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other

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obligations ("primary obligations") of any other Person (the "primary obligor")
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation,
any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any
such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (x) for the purchase or payment of any
such primary obligation or (y) to maintain working capital or equity capital of
the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the
primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily
for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the
ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or
(iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation
against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Contingent
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Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent
Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the stated
or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such
Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is
required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith and
(y) the stated amount of such Contingent Obligation.

          "Continuing Directors" shall mean the directors of the Borrower on the
Initial Borrowing Date and each other director if such director's election to,
or nomination for the election to, the Board of Directors of the Borrower is
recommended or approved by a majority of then continuing Directors.

          "Credit Documents" shall mean this Agreement and, after the execution
and delivery thereof pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Note, the
Subsidiaries Guaranty, each Security Document, each Incremental B Term Loan
Commitment Agreement and each Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment Agreement.

          "Credit Event" shall mean the making of any Loan or the issuance of
any Letter of Credit.

          "Credit Party" shall mean the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

          "Default" shall mean any event, act or condition which with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

          "Defaulting Lender" shall mean any Lender with respect to which a
Lender Default is in effect.

          "Dividend" shall mean, with respect to any Person, that such Person
has declared or paid a dividend, distribution or returned any equity capital to
its stockholders, partners or members or authorized or made any other
distribution, payment or delivery of property (other than common equity of such
Person) or cash to its stockholders, partners or members as such, or redeemed,
retired, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, for a
consideration any shares of any class of its capital stock or any partnership or
membership interests outstanding on or after the Effective Date (or any options
or warrants issued by such Person with respect to its

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capital stock or other equity interests), or set aside any funds for any of the
foregoing purposes, or shall have permitted any of its Subsidiaries to purchase
or otherwise acquire for a consideration any shares of any class of the capital
stock or any partnership or membership interests of such Person outstanding on
or after the Effective Date (or any options or warrants issued by such Person
with respect to its capital stock or other equity interests). Without limiting
the foregoing, "Dividends" with respect to any Person shall also include all
payments made or required to be made by such Person with respect to any stock
appreciation rights, equity incentive or achievement plans or any similar plans
or setting aside of any funds for the foregoing purposes.

          "Documents" shall mean the Credit Documents, the Acquisition Documents
and the Senior Subordinated Note Documents.

          "Dollar Equivalent" shall mean, at any time for the determination
thereof, (i) except as provided in clause (ii) below, the amount of Dollars
which could be purchased with the amount of the relevant Foreign Currency
involved in such computation at the spot exchange rate therefor as quoted by the
Administrative Agent as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the date two Business
Days prior to the date of any determination thereof for purchase on such date
and (ii) for purposes of Section 13.07(e), the amount of Dollars which could be
purchased with the amount of the relevant Foreign Currency involved in such
computation at the spot exchange rate therefor as quoted or utilized by the
Administrative Agent on the date of any determination thereof for purchase on
such day.

          "Dollar Revolving Loan" shall mean each Revolving Loan denominated in
Dollars.

          "Dollars" and the sign "$" shall each mean freely transferable lawful
money of the United States.

          "Domestic Subsidiary" shall mean, as to any Person, each Subsidiary of
such Person that is incorporated under the laws of the United States, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia.

          "Drawing" shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.05(b).

          "Effective Date" shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.10.

          "Eligible Transferee" shall mean and include a commercial bank, an
insurance company, a finance company, a financial institution, any fund that
invests in loans or any other "accredited investor" (as defined in Regulation D
of the Securities Act), but in any event excluding the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.

          "EMU Legislation" shall mean the legislative measures of the European
Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or
unified European Currency.

          "End Date" shall mean, for any Margin Reduction Period, the last day
of such Margin Reduction Period.

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          "Environmental Claims" shall mean any and all administrative,
regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, directives,
claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations or
proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued,
or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereafter, "Claims"),
including, without limitation, (a) any and all Claims by governmental or
regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or
other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, and (b)
any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution,
indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief in connection
with alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the environment due
to the presence of Hazardous Materials.

          "Environmental Law" shall mean any Federal, state, foreign or local
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, guideline, written policy and
rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and
any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or
administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the environment,
employee health and safety or Hazardous Materials, including, without
limitation, CERCLA; RCRA; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. (S)
1251 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. (S) 2601 et seq.; the
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Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. (S) 7401 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42
                                  -- ----
U.S.C. (S) 3803 et seq.; the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. (S) 2701 et
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seq.; the Emergency Planning and the Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42
----
U.S.C. (S) 11001 et seq.; the Hazardous Material Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C.
                 -- ----
(S) 1801 et seq.; the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. (S) 651 et
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seq.; and any state and local or foreign counterparts or equivalents, in each
----
case as amended from time to time.

          "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings
issued thereunder.  Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect at
the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA, amendatory
thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

          "ERISA Affiliate" shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9)
of ERISA) which together with the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower would
be deemed to be a "single employer" (i) within the meaning of Section 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o) of the Code or (ii) as a result of the Borrower or a Subsidiary
of the Borrower being or having been a general partner of such person.

          "EURIBOR" shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period applicable
to any Foreign Currency Revolving Loan denominated in Euros, (i) the rate per
annum for deposits in Euros as determined by the Administrative Agent for a
period corresponding to the duration of the relevant Interest Period which
appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR-01 at approximately 11:00 A.M. (Brussels time)
on the date which is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period or (ii) if such rate is not shown on Reuters Page EURIBOR-01,
the average offered quotation to four prime banks in the Euro-zone interbank
market by the Administrative Agent for Euro deposits of amounts comparable to
the principal amount of the Foreign Currency Revolving Loan for which an
interest rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to the
Interest Period to be applicable to such Foreign Currency Revolving Loan
(rounded upward to the next whole multiple of 1/16 of 1%), determined as of
11:00 A.M. (Brussels time) on the

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date which is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period. The reference to Reuters Page EURIBOR-01 in this definition shall be
construed to be a reference to the relevant page or any other page that may
replace such page on the Reuters service. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained above, in the event the Administrative Agent has made any
determination pursuant to Section 1.10(a)(i) in respect of Foreign Currency
Revolving Loans denominated in Euros, or in the circumstances described in
clause (i) to the proviso to Section 1.10(b) in respect of Foreign Currency
Revolving Loans denominated in Euros, EURIBOR determined pursuant to this
definition shall instead be the rate determined by the Administrative Agent as
the all-in-cost of funds for the Administrative Agent to fund a Foreign Currency
Revolving Loan denominated in Euros with maturities comparable to the Interest
Period applicable thereto.

          "Euro" and the sign "Euro" shall each mean the single currency of the
participating member states as described in any EMU Legislation.

          "Euro Equivalent" shall mean, at any time for the determination
thereof, the amount of Euros which could be purchased with the amount of Dollars
involved in such computation at the spot exchange rate therefor as quoted by the
Administrative Agent as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the date two Business
Days prior to the date of any determination thereof for purchase on such date
(or, in the case of any determination pursuant to Section 13.17 or Section 25 of
the Subsidiaries Guaranty, on the date of determination).

          "Euro Rate" shall mean (i) with respect to Term Loans and Dollar
Revolving Loans, the Eurodollar Rate, (ii) with respect to Foreign Currency
Revolving Loans denominated in Euros, EURIBOR, and (iii) with respect to Foreign
Currency Revolving Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, Sterling LIBOR.

          "Euro Rate Loan" shall mean each Eurodollar Loan and each Foreign
Currency Revolving Loan.

          "Eurodollar Loan" shall mean each Loan (other than any Swingline Loan
and any Foreign Currency Revolving Loan) designated as such by the Borrower at
the time of the incurrence thereof or conversion thereto.

          "Eurodollar Rate" shall mean (a) the offered quotation to first-class
banks in the New York interbank Eurodollar market by BTCo for Dollar deposits of
amounts in immediately available funds comparable to the outstanding principal
amount of the Eurodollar Loan of BTCo with maturities comparable to the Interest
Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan commencing two Business Days
thereafter as of 11:00 A.M. (New York time) on the applicable Interest
Determination Date, divided (and rounded upward to the nearest 1/16 of 1%) by
(b) a percentage equal to 100% minus then stated maximum rate of all reserve
requirements (including, without limitation, any marginal, emergency,
supplemental, special or other reserves required by applicable law) applicable
to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System in respect of Eurocurrency
funding or liabilities as defined in Regulation D (or any successor category of
liabilities under Regulation D).

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          "Euro-zone" shall mean the region composed of the participating member
states as described in the EMU Legislation.

          "Event of Default" shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.

          "Excess Cash Flow" shall mean, for any period, the remainder of (a)
the sum of, without duplication, (i) Adjusted Consolidated Net Income for such
period and (ii) the decrease, if any, in Adjusted Consolidated Working Capital
from the first day to the last day of such period, minus (b) the sum of, without
duplication, (i) the aggregate amount of all Capital Expenditures made by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than Capital
Expenditures to the extent financed with equity proceeds, capital stock, Asset
Sale proceeds, insurance proceeds or Indebtedness (other than with Revolving
Loans or Swingline Loans)), (ii) the aggregate amount of all Permitted
Acquisitions made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period (other
than Permitted Acquisitions to the extent financed with equity proceeds, capital
stock, Asset Sale proceeds, insurance proceeds or Indebtedness), (iii) the
aggregate amount of permanent principal payments of Indebtedness for borrowed
money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than (A)
repayments to the extent made with Asset Sale proceeds, equity proceeds,
insurance proceeds or Indebtedness and (B) repayments of Loans, provided that
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repayments of Loans shall only be deducted in determining Excess Cash Flow if
such repayments were (x) required as a result of a Scheduled Repayment under
Section 4.02(b) or 4.02(c) or (y) made as a voluntary prepayment with internally
generated funds (but in the case of a voluntary prepayment of Revolving Loans or
Swingline Loans, only to the extent accompanied by a voluntary reduction to the
Total Revolving Loan Commitment in an amount equal to such prepayment)), (iii)
the aggregate amount of all cash Dividends actually paid pursuant to Section
9.03(v) for such period and (v) the increase, if any, in Adjusted Consolidated
Working Capital from the first day to the last day of such period.

          "Excess Cash Payment Date" shall mean the date occurring 90 days after
the last day of each fiscal year of the Borrower (beginning with its fiscal year
ending on December 31, 2002).

          "Excess Cash Payment Period" shall mean, with respect to the repayment
required on each Excess Cash Payment Date, the immediately preceding fiscal year
of the Borrower.

          "Exchange Senior Subordinated Notes" shall mean Senior Subordinated
Notes which are substantially identical securities to the Senior Subordinated
Notes issued on or prior to the Initial Borrowing Date, which Exchange Senior
Subordinated Notes shall be issued pursuant to a registered exchange offer or
private exchange offer for the Senior Subordinated Notes and pursuant to the
Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture.  In no event will the issuance of any
Exchange Senior Subordinated Notes increase the aggregate principal amount of
Senior Subordinated Notes then outstanding or otherwise result in an increase in
an interest rate applicable to the Senior Subordinated Notes.

          "Existing Indebtedness" shall have the meaning provided in Section
7.21.

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          "Existing Indebtedness Agreements" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.05.

          "Facing Fee" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.01(c).

          "Factor" shall mean General Electric Capital Corporation or any
successor thereto or replacement thereof under the Factoring Agreement.

          "Factoring Agreement" shall mean one or more receivables purchase
agreements (or similar agreements) entered into by the Borrower or a Subsidiary
thereof with the Factor so long as each such agreement is substantially in the
form of the Receivables Purchase Agreement as in effect on the Initial Borrowing
Date with the Factor, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or
replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and
so long as any such replacement agreement is on terms no less favorable to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any material respect than those terms set
forth in the existing Factoring Agreement with General Electric Capital
Corporation as of the Initial Borrowing Date.

          "Federal Funds Rate" shall mean, for any period, a fluctuating
interest rate equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of
the rates on overnight Federal Funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal Funds brokers, as published for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any
day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal Funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.

          "Fees" shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to or referred to in
Section 3.01.

          "Foreign Cash Equivalents" shall mean certificates of deposit or
bankers acceptances of any bank organized under the laws of Canada or any
country that is a member of the European Economic Community, whose short-term
commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or
from Moody's is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof, in each case with
maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition.

          "Foreign Currency" shall mean (i) in the case of any Revolving Loan,
Euros and Pounds Sterling, and (ii) in the case of any non-Dollar denominated
Letter of Credit, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars and such other
currencies as may be requested by the Borrower and acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender.

          "Foreign Currency Revolving Loan" shall mean each Revolving Loan
denominated in a Foreign Currency.

          "Foreign Pension Plan" shall mean any plan, fund (including, without
limitation, any superannuation fund) or other similar program established or
maintained outside the United States by the Borrower or any one or more of its
Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or such
Subsidiaries residing outside the United States, which plan,

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fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a
deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon
termination or severance of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA
or the Code.

          "Foreign Subsidiary" shall mean, as to any Person, each Subsidiary of
such Person which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

          "Fronting Lender" shall mean BTCo in its individual capacity.

          "Hazardous Materials" shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum
products, radioactive materials, asbestos in any form that is or could become
friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, dielectric fluid containing levels
of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or
substances defined as or included in the definition of "hazardous substances,"
"hazardous waste," "hazardous materials," "extremely hazardous substances,"
"restricted hazardous waste," "toxic substances," "toxic pollutants,"
"contaminants," or "pollutants," or words of similar import, under any
applicable Environmental Law; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance,
the exposure to, or Release of which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any
governmental authority.

          "Incremental B Term Loan" shall have the meaning provided in Section
1.01(c).

          "Incremental B Term Loan Borrowing Date" shall mean that date on which
the Borrower incurs Incremental B Term Loans pursuant to Section 1.01(c), which
date shall be the date of the effectiveness of the Incremental B Term Loan
Commitment Agreement pursuant to which such Incremental B Term Loans are to be
made; provided that that such date shall occur on or before the Incremental
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Commitment Expiry Date.

          "Incremental B Term Loan Commitment" shall mean, for each Incremental
B Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Incremental B Term Loan Lender to
make Incremental B Term Loans pursuant to Section 1.01(c) on the Incremental B
Term Loan Borrowing Date, as such commitment is set forth in the Incremental B
Term Loan Commitment Agreement delivered pursuant to Section 1.14(b) and as same
may be terminated pursuant to Sections 3.03 and/or 10.

          "Incremental B Term Loan Commitment Agreement" shall mean an
Incremental B Term Loan Commitment Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit C (appropriately completed).

          "Incremental B Term Loan Lender" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 1.14(b).

          "Incremental Commitment Expiry Date" shall mean May 30, 2005.

          "Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment" shall mean, for each
Incremental RL Lender, any commitment by such Incremental RL Lender to make
Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 1.01(d) as agreed to by such Incremental RL
Lender in the respective Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment Agreement
delivered pursuant to Section 1.15; it being

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understood, however, that on each date upon which an Incremental Revolving Loan
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Commitment of any Incremental RL Lender becomes effective, such Incremental
Revolving Loan Commitment of such Incremental RL Lender shall be added to (and
thereafter become a part of) the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Incremental
RL Lender for all purposes of this Agreement as contemplated by Section 1.15.

          "Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment Agreement" shall mean an
Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit D (appropriately completed).

          "Incremental RL Lender" shall have the meaning provided in Section
1.15(b).

          "Indebtedness" shall mean, as to any Person, without duplication, (i)
all indebtedness (including principal, interest, fees and charges) of such
Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or
services, (ii) the maximum amount available to be drawn under all letters of
credit, bankers' acceptances and similar obligations issued for the account of
such Person and all unpaid drawings in respect of such letters of credit,
bankers' acceptances and similar obligations, (iii) all indebtedness of the
types described in clause (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (vii) of this definition
secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such
indebtedness has been assumed by such Person (provided that, if the Person has
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not assumed or otherwise become liable in respect of such indebtedness, such
indebtedness shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the fair market value
of the property to which such Lien relates as determined in good faith by such
Person), (iv) the aggregate amount of all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such
Person, (v) all obligations of such Person to pay a specified purchase price for
goods or services, whether or not delivered or accepted, i.e., take-or-pay and
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similar obligations, (vi) all Contingent Obligations of such Person, (vii) all
obligations under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement, any Other Hedging
Agreement or under any similar type of agreement, and (viii) all Receivables
Indebtedness.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include
trade payables and accrued expenses incurred by any Person in accordance with
customary practices and in the ordinary course of business of such Person.

          "Indebtedness to be Refinanced" shall mean all Indebtedness set forth
on Schedule XII which is to be repaid in full and/or terminated on the Initial
Borrowing Date as part of the Refinancing.

          "Indemnifying Lender" shall mean each financial institution that has
an "Indemnity Amount" (in excess of $0) appearing opposite its name on Schedule
I, and each financial institution which, with the approval of the Fronting
Lender and the Administrative Agent, acquires an Indemnity Amount (in excess of
$0) pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

          "Indemnity Amount" shall mean, for each Indemnifying Lender which is a
signatory hereto or which becomes an Indemnifying Lender pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the amount that is so designated and set
forth opposite such Indemnify-

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ing Lender's name on Schedule I (as the same may be modified pursuant to
Sections 1.13, 1.17, 13.04(c) and 13.12(b), as the case may be).

          "Indemnity Participation" shall have the meaning provided in Section
1.17.

          "Initial B Term Loan" shall have the meaning provided in Section
1.01(b).

          "Initial B Term Loan Commitment" shall mean, for each Lender, the
amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on Schedule I directly below the
column entitled "Initial B Term Loan Commitment," as the case may be terminated
pursuant to Sections 3.03 and or 10.

          "Initial Borrowing Date" shall mean the date occurring on or after the
Effective Date on which the initial Borrowing of Loans occurs.

          "Intercompany Loan" shall have the meaning provided in Section
9.05(ix).

          "Intercompany Note" shall mean a promissory note, in the form of
Exhibit O, evidencing Intercompany Loans.

          "Interest Determination Date" shall mean, with respect to any Euro
Rate Loan, the second Business Day prior to the commencement of any Interest
Period relating to such Euro Rate Loan.

          "Interest Period" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.09.

          "Interest Rate Protection Agreement" shall mean any interest rate swap
agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest collar agreement, interest rate
hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.

          "Investments" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.05.

          "Issuing Country" shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.18(a).

          "Issuing Lender" shall mean BTCo (which, for purposes of this
definition, also shall include any banking affiliate of BTCo, including Deutsche
Bank AG, New York Branch, which has agreed to issue Letters of Credit under this
Agreement).

          "Judgment Currency" shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.17(a).

          "Judgment Currency Conversion Date" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 13.17(a).

          "L/C Supportable Obligations" shall mean (i) obligations of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to workers compensation, surety
bonds and other similar statutory obligations and (ii) such other obligations of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as are reasonably acceptable to the
Issuing Lender and otherwise permitted to exist pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement (other than obligations in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes).

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          "Leaseholds" of any Person shall mean all the right, title and
interest of such Person as lessee or licensee in, to and under leases or
licenses of land, improvements and/or fixtures.

          "Lender" shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule I,
as well as any Person that becomes a "Lender" hereunder pursuant to Section
1.13, 1.14, 1.15 or 13.04(b), it being understood that for purposes of Sections
1.10, 1.11 and 2.06, the term "Lender" as used herein shall in any event include
BTCo in its capacity as a Fronting Lender.

          "Lender Default" shall mean (i) the refusal (which has not been
retracted) or the failure of a Lender to make available its portion of any
Borrowing (including any Mandatory Borrowing) or to fund its portion of any
unreimbursed payment under Section 2.04(c) or (ii) a Lender having notified in
writing the Borrower and/or the Administrative Agent that such Lender does not
intend to comply with its obligations under Section 1.01(a), 1.01(b), 1.01(c),
1.01(d), 1.01(f) or 2.

          "Letter of Credit" shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a).

          "Letter of Credit Fee" shall have the meaning provided in Section
3.01(b).

          "Letter of Credit Outstandings" shall mean, at any time, the sum of
(i) the Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and (ii) the
aggregate amount of all Unpaid Drawings in respect of all Letters of Credit.

          "Letter of Credit Request" shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.03(a).

          "Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), preference,
priority or other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any financing or similar statement or notice filed under the UCC or
any other similar recording or notice statute, and any lease having
substantially the same effect as any of the foregoing).

          "Loan" shall mean each Term Loan, each Revolving Loan and each
Swingline Loan.

          "Majority Lenders" of any Tranche shall mean those Non-Defaulting
Lenders which would constitute the Required Lenders under, and as defined in,
this Agreement if all outstanding Obligations under the other Tranches under
this Agreement were repaid in full and all Commitments with respect thereto were
terminated.

          "Mandatory Borrowing" shall have the meaning provided in Section
1.01(f).

          "Margin Reduction Period" shall mean each period which shall commence
on the date upon which the respective officer's certificate is delivered
pursuant to Section 8.01(e) (together with the related financial statements
pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (b), as the case may be) and which shall end on
the date of actual delivery of the next officer's certificates pursuant to

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Section 8.01(e) (and related financial statements) or the latest date on which
such next officer's certificate (and related financial statements) is required
to be so delivered; it being understood that the first Margin Reduction Period
shall commence with the delivery of the Borrower's financial statements (and
related officer's certificate) in respect of its fiscal year ending on December
31, 2001.

          "Margin Stock" shall have the meaning provided in Regulation U.

          "Material Adverse Effect" shall mean (i) a material adverse effect on
the business, operations, property, assets, liabilities or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) a
material adverse effect (x) on the Transaction, (y) on the rights or remedies of
the Lenders or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Credit
Document or (z) on the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations to
the Lenders or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Credit
Document.

          "Maturity Date" shall mean, with respect to any Tranche of Loans, the
A Term Loan Maturity Date, the B Term Loan Maturity Date, the Revolving Loan
Maturity Date or the Swingline Expiry Date, as the case may be.

          "Maximum Swingline Amount" shall mean $20,000,000.

          "Minimum Borrowing Amount" shall mean (i) for Term Loans, $5,000,000,
(ii) for Revolving Loans maintained as Base Rate Loans, $1,000,000, (iii) for
Revolving Loans maintained as Euro Rate Loans, $1,000,000 (or the Euro
Equivalent or Sterling Equivalent thereof, as the case may be), and (iv) for
Swingline Loans, $100,000.

          "Moody's" shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and its
successors.

          "Mortgage" shall mean a mortgage, leasehold mortgage, deed of trust,
leasehold deed of trust, deed to secure debt, leasehold deed to secure debt or
similar security instrument.

          "Mortgage Policy" shall mean a mortgage title insurance policy or a
binding commitment with respect thereto.

          "Mortgaged Property" shall mean any Real Property owned or leased by a
Credit Party which is encumbered (or required to be encumbered) by a Mortgage.

          "NAIC" shall mean the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

          "Net Debt Proceeds" shall mean, with respect to any incurrence of
Indebtedness for borrowed money, the cash proceeds (net of underwriting
discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated
therewith) received by the respective Person from the respective incurrence of
such Indebtedness for borrowed money.

          "Net Insurance Proceeds" shall mean, with respect to any Recovery
Event, the cash proceeds (net of reasonable costs, expenses and taxes incurred
in connection with such Recovery Event) received by the respective Person in
connection with such Recovery Event.

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          "Net Sale Proceeds" shall mean, for any Asset Sale, the gross cash
proceeds (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a
promissory note, receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received)
received from such sale of assets, net of the reasonable costs and expenses of
such sale (including fees and commissions, payments of unassumed liabilities
relating to the assets sold and required payments of any Indebtedness (other
than Indebtedness secured pursuant to the Security Documents) which is secured
by the respective assets which were sold), and the incremental taxes paid or
payable as a result of such Asset Sale.

          "Non-Defaulting Lender" and "Non-Defaulting RL Lender" shall mean and
include each Lender or RL Lender, as the case may be, other than a Defaulting
Lender.

          "Note" shall mean each A Term Note, each B Term Note, each Revolving
Note and the Swingline Note.

          "Notice of Borrowing" shall have the meaning provided in Section
1.03(a).

          "Notice of Conversion/Continuation" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 1.06.

          "Notice Office" shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent
located at One Bankers Trust Plaza, 130 Liberty Street, New York, New York
10006, Attention: Robert Carlovits or such other office or person as the
Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to the other
parties hereto; provided that in the case of all Borrowings of Foreign Currency
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Revolving Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling or Euros, and all notices
relating thereto, the "Notice Office" shall mean the office specified above,
with a copy of the respective notice to be delivered at the same time as
otherwise required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to the office of the
Administrative Agent located at Deutsche Bank AG, London, Winchester House, 1
Great Winchester Street, London EC2N 2DB Attention: Loans Agency Department--Liz
Keegan, or such other office or person in London as the Administrative Agent may
hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.

          "Obligations" shall mean all amounts owing to the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any
Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

          "Obligation Currency" shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.17(a).

          "Other Hedging Agreements" shall mean any foreign exchange contracts,
currency swap agreements or other similar arrangements, or arrangements designed
to protect against fluctuations in the currency values.

          "Participant" shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.04(a).

          "Payment Office" shall mean (i) in the case of principal, interest,
Unpaid Drawings, Fees and all other amounts owing with respect to all Loans
(other than Foreign Currency Revolving Loans), all Letters of Credit and, except
as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii)

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below, all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents, the office of the Administrative Agent located at One Bankers Trust
Plaza, 130 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10006, or such other office
located in New York City as the Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in
writing as such to the other parties hereto, (ii) in the case of all principal,
interest and other amounts owing with respect to all Foreign Currency Revolving
Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, the office of the Administrative Agent
located at Deutsche Bank AG, London, 1 Appold Street, Broadgate, London EC2A HE
Attention: Loans Agency Department--Liz Keegan, or such other office or person
in London as the Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such
to the other parties hereto, and (iii) in the case of all principal, interest
and other amounts owing with respect to all Foreign Currency Revolving Loans
denominated in Euros, the office of the Administrative Agent located at Deutsche
Bank AG (DEUTDEFF), Alfred-Herrhausen Allee 16-24, Eschborn 65760, Germany, or
such other office in Frankfurt as the Administrative Agent may hereafter
designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.

          "PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established
pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

          "Permitted Acquisition" shall mean the acquisition by the Borrower or
a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary thereof of an Acquired Entity or Business (including
by way of merger of such Acquired Entity or Business with and into the Borrower
(so long as the Borrower is the surviving corporation) or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary thereof (so long as the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary is the surviving
corporation), provided that (in each case) (A) the consideration paid or to be
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paid by the Borrower or such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary consists solely of cash
(including proceeds of Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans), the issuance or
incurrence of Indebtedness otherwise permitted by Section 9.04, the issuance of
common stock of the Borrower or Qualified Preferred Stock of the Borrower in
each case to the extent no Default or Event of Default exists pursuant to
Section 10.10 or would result therefrom and the assumption/acquisition of any
Indebtedness (calculated at face value) which is permitted to remain outstanding
in accordance with the requirements of Section 9.04, (B) in the case of the
acquisition of 100% of the capital stock of any Person (including way of
merger), such Person shall own no capital stock of any other Person (excluding
de minimis amounts) unless either (x) such Person owns 100% of the capital stock
of such other Person or (y) (1) such Person and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
own at least 80% of the consolidated assets of such other Person and its
Subsidiaries and (2) any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person was non-
Wholly-Owned prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition of such Person, (C)
the Acquired Entity or Business acquired pursuant to the respective Permitted
Acquisition is in a business permitted by Section 9.16 and (D) all applicable
requirements of Sections 8.14, 9.02 and 9.17 applicable to Permitted
Acquisitions are satisfied.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in the immediately preceding sentence, an acquisition which does not otherwise
meet the requirements set forth above in the definition of "Permitted
Acquisition" shall constitute a Permitted Acquisition if, and to the extent, the
Required Lenders agree in writing, prior to the consummation thereof, that such
acquisition shall constitute a Permitted Acquisition for purposes of this
Agreement.

          "Permitted Acquisition Basket Amount" shall mean, (i) for any fiscal
year of the Borrower ending on or prior to December 31, 2002, $100,000,000,
provided, however, that such
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amount shall be increased to $200,000,000 for each such fiscal year of the
Borrower at such time, if any, as the Borrower elects to consummate more than
$100,000,000 of Permitted Acquisitions in any such fiscal year of the Borrower
in accordance with the requirements of Section 8.14 but only after taking into
account the resetting of the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio compliance level
in Section 9.10 pursuant to the last sentence thereof, and (ii) for any fiscal
year of the Borrower ending after December 31, 2002, $200,000,000.

          "Permitted Encumbrance" shall mean, with respect to any Mortgaged
Property, such exceptions to title as are set forth in the Mortgage Policy
delivered with respect thereto, all of which exceptions must be acceptable to
the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

          "Permitted Liens" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.01.

          "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm,
corporation, association, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise
or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or
instrumentality thereof.

          "Plan" shall mean any pension plan as defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA, which is maintained or contributed to by (or to which there is an
obligation to contribute of) the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an
ERISA Affiliate on or after the Initial Borrowing Date, and each such plan for
the five year period immediately following the latest date (whether before or
after the Initial Borrowing Date) on which the Borrower, a Subsidiary of the
Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate maintained, contributed to or had an obligation
to contribute to such plan.

          "Pledge Agreement" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.09.

          "Pledge Agreement Collateral" shall mean all "Collateral" as defined
in the Pledge Agreement.

          "Pledgee" shall have the meaning as defined in the Pledge Agreement.

          "Pounds Sterling" shall mean freely transferable lawful money of the
United Kingdom.

          "Prime Lending Rate" shall mean the rate which the Administrative
Agent announces from time to time as its prime lending rate, the Prime Lending
Rate to change when and as such prime lending rate changes.  The Prime Lending
Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best
rate actually charged to any customer by the Administrative Agent, which may
make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the
Prime Lending Rate.

          "Principal Amount" shall mean (i) the stated amount of each Swingline
Loan, (ii) the stated amount of each Dollar Revolving Loan, and (iii) the Dollar
Equivalent of the stated amount of each Foreign Currency Revolving Loan, as the
context may require.

          "Pro Forma Basis" shall mean, in connection with any calculation of
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compliance with any financial covenant or financial term, the calculation
thereof after giving effect on a pro
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forma basis to (x) the incurrence of any Indebtedness (other than revolving
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Indebtedness, except to the extent same is incurred to refinance other
outstanding Indebtedness or to finance a Permitted Acquisition) after the first
day of the relevant Calculation Period as if such Indebtedness had been incurred
(and the proceeds thereof applied) on the first day of the relevant Calculation
Period, (y) the permanent repayment of any Indebtedness (other than revolving
Indebtedness) after the first day of the relevant Calculation Period as if such
Indebtedness had been retired or redeemed on the first day of the relevant
Calculation Period or (z) the Permitted Acquisition, if any, then being
consummated as well as any other Permitted Acquisition consummated after the
first day of the relevant Calculation Period and on or prior to the date of the
respective Permitted Acquisition then being effected, as the case may be, with
the following rules to apply in connection therewith:

          (i)   all Indebtedness (x) (other than revolving Indebtedness, except
     to the extent same is incurred to refinance other outstanding Indebtedness
     or to finance a Permitted Acquisition) incurred or issued after the first
     day of the relevant Calculation Period (whether incurred to finance a
     Permitted Acquisition, to refinance Indebtedness or otherwise) shall be
     deemed to have been incurred or issued (and the proceeds thereof applied)
     on the first day of the respective Calculation Period and remain
     outstanding through the date of determination and (y) (other than revolving
     Indebtedness) permanently retired or redeemed after the first day of the
     relevant Calculation Period shall be deemed to have been retired or
     redeemed on the first day of the respective Calculation Period and remain
     retired through the date of determination;

          (ii)  all Indebtedness assumed to be outstanding pursuant to preceding
     clause (i) shall be deemed to have borne interest at (x) the rate
     applicable thereto, in the case of fixed rate indebtedness or (y) the rates
     which would have been applicable thereto during the respective period when
     same was deemed outstanding, in the case of floating rate Indebtedness
     (although interest expense with respect to any Indebtedness for periods
     while same was actually outstanding during the respective period shall be
     calculated using the actual rates applicable thereto while same was
     actually outstanding); and

          (iii) in making any determination of Consolidated EBITDA, pro forma
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     effect shall be given to any Permitted Acquisition consummated during the
     periods described above, with such Consolidated EBITDA to be determined as
     if such Permitted Acquisition was consummated on the first day of the
     relevant Calculation Period, taking into account factually supportable and
     identifiable cost savings and expenses which would otherwise be permitted
     to be accounted for as an adjustment pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation
     S-X under the Securities Act, as if such cost savings or expenses were
     realized on the first day of the respective Calculation Period.

          "Projections" shall mean the projections contained in the Confidential
Information Memorandum, dated April, 2001, which were prepared by or on behalf
of the Borrower in connection with the Transaction and delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Initial Borrowing Date.

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          "Put Agreement" shall mean the Put Agreement, dated as of March 4,
2001, by and between the Borrower and the Seller.

          "Qualified Preferred Stock" shall mean any preferred stock of the
Borrower so long as the terms of any such preferred stock (v) do not contain any
mandatory put, redemption, repayment, sinking fund or other similar provision,
(w) do not require the cash payment of dividends or distributions, (x) do not
contain any covenants, (y) do not grant the holders thereof any voting rights
except for (I) voting rights required to be granted to such holders under
applicable law and (II) limited customary voting rights on fundamental matters
such as mergers, consolidations, sales of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Borrower, or liquidations involving the Borrower, and (z) are otherwise
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

          "Quarterly Payment Date" shall mean the last Business Day of each
September, December, March and June occurring after the Initial Borrowing Date,
commencing on June 30, 2001.

          "RCRA" shall mean the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as the
same has been and may hereafter be amended from time to time, 42 U.S.C. (S) 6901
et seq.
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          "Real Property" of any Person shall mean all the right, title and
interest of such Person in and to land, improvements and fixtures, including
Leaseholds.

          "Receivables Indebtedness" shall mean the aggregate amount of
uncollected accounts receivables of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such
time which have been (or which are then being) sold to the Factor pursuant to
the Factoring Agreement (regardless of whether any liability of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary thereof in respect of such accounts receivable would be required
to be reflected on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles).

          "Recovery Event" shall mean the receipt by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds (other than proceeds from business
interruption insurance) or condemnation awards payable (i) by reason of theft,
loss, physical destruction, damage, taking or any other similar event with
respect to any property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and
(ii) under any policy of insurance required to be maintained under Section 8.03.

          "Refinancing" shall mean the repayment in full of all of the
Indebtedness to be Refinanced and the termination of all commitments in respect
thereof.

          "Register" shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.15.

          "Regulation D" shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor to
all or a portion thereof establishing reserve requirements.

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          "Regulation T" shall mean Regulation T of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor to
all or a portion thereof.

          "Regulation U" shall mean Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor to
all or a portion thereof.

          "Regulation X" shall mean Regulation X of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor to
all or a portion thereof.

          "Release" shall mean the active or passive disposing, discharging,
injecting, spilling, pumping, leaking, leaching, dumping, emitting, escaping,
emptying, pouring, seeping, migrating or the like, into or upon any land or
water or air, or otherwise entering into the environment.

          "Relevant Currency Equivalent" shall mean the Dollar Equivalent, the
Euro Equivalent or the Sterling Equivalent, as the case may be.

          "Replaced Indemnifying Lender" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 1.13.

          "Replaced Lender" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.13.

          "Replacement Indemnifying Lender" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 1.13.

          "Replacement Lender" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.13.

          "Reportable Event" shall mean an event described in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA with respect to a Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA other than
those events as to which the 30-day notice period is waived under subsection
 .22, .23, .25, .27 or .28 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043.

          "Required Lenders" shall mean Non-Defaulting Lenders the sum of whose
outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Loan Commitments (or after the termination
thereof, outstanding Revolving Loans and RL Percentages of (x) outstanding
Swingline Loans and (y) Letter of Credit Outstandings) represent at least 50.1%
of the sum of (i) all outstanding Term Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders and (ii)
the Total Revolving Loan Commitment less the Revolving Loan Commitments of all
Defaulting Lenders (or after the termination thereof, the sum of then total
outstanding Revolving Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders and the aggregate RL
Percentages of all Non-Defaulting Lenders of the total (x) outstanding Swingline
Loans and (y) Letter of Credit Outstandings at such time).  After the
termination of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the calculation of the
outstanding principal amount of all Foreign Currency Revolving Loans for
purposes of this definition shall be determined by taking the Dollar Equivalent
thereof at the time of any such calculation.

          "Returns" shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.09.

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          "Revolving Loan" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.01(d)
(and shall include any Revolving Loans made pursuant to an Incremental Revolving
Loan Commitment).

          "Revolving Loan Commitment" shall mean, for each Lender, the amount
set forth opposite such Lender's name in Schedule I directly below the column
entitled "Revolving Loan Commitment," as same may be (x) reduced from time to
time pursuant to Sections 3.02, 3.03 and/or 10, (y) increased from time to time
pursuant to Section 1.15 or (z) adjusted from time to time as a result of
assignments to or from such Lender pursuant to Section 1.13 or 13.04(b).

          "Revolving Loan Maturity Date" shall mean May 9, 2006.

          "Revolving Note" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.05(a).

          "RL Lender" shall mean each Lender with a  Revolving Loan Commitment
or with outstanding Revolving Loans.

          "RL Percentage" of any RL Lender at any time shall mean a fraction
(expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Revolving Loan
Commitment of such RL Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the
Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time, provided that if the RL Percentage
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of any RL Lender is to be determined after the Total Revolving Loan Commitment
has been terminated, then the RL Percentages of such RL Lender shall be
determined immediately prior (and without giving effect) to such termination.

          "S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the
McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor owner of such division.

          "Scheduled A Repayment" shall have the meaning provided in Section
4.02(b).

          "Scheduled B Repayment" shall have the meaning provided in Section
4.02(c).

          "Scheduled Repayment" shall mean a Scheduled A Repayment or a
Scheduled B Repayment.

          "SEC" shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.01(g).

          "Section 4.04(b)(ii) Certificate" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 4.04(b)(ii).

          "Secured Creditors" shall have the meaning assigned that term in the
respective Security Documents.

          "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

          "Security Agreement" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.10.

          "Security Agreement Collateral" shall mean all "Collateral" as defined
in the Security Agreement.

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          "Security Document" shall mean and include each of the Security
Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, each Mortgage and, after the execution and
delivery thereof, each Additional Security Document.

          "Seller" shall mean Legris Industries S.A., a company organized under
the laws of France.

          "Senior Subordinated Notes" shall mean the Borrower's 10-3/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2011, issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note
Indenture, as in effect on the Initial Borrowing Date and as the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof.  As used herein, the term "Senior Subordinated Notes" shall
include any Exchange Senior Subordinated Notes issued pursuant to the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture in exchange for theretofore outstanding Senior
Subordinated Notes, as contemplated by the Offering Memorandum, dated May 4,
2001, and the definition of Exchange Senior Subordinated Notes.

          "Senior Subordinated Note Documents" shall mean the Senior
Subordinated Notes, the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and all other
documents executed and delivered with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes
or Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, as in effect on the Initial Borrowing
Date and as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

          "Senior Subordinated Note Indenture" shall mean the Indenture, dated
as of May 9, 2001, among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee, as in effect on the Initial Borrowing Date
and as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

          "Senior Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee" shall mean The Bank of
New York and any successor thereto.

          "Shareholders' Agreements" shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.05.

          "Start Date" shall mean, with respect to any Margin Reduction Period,
the first day of such Margin Reduction Period.

          "Stated Amount" of each Letter of Credit shall mean, at any time, the
maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder (in each case determined without
regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met); provided that
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the "Stated Amount" of each Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency
shall be, on any date of calculation, the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum
amount available to be drawn in the respective currency thereunder (determined
without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met).

          "Sterling Equivalent" shall mean, at any time for the determination
thereof, the amount of Pounds Sterling which could be purchased with the amount
of Dollars involved in such computation at the spot exchange rate therefor as
quoted by the Administrative Agent as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the date
two Business Days prior to the date of any determination

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thereof for purchase on such date (or, in the case of any determination pursuant
to Section 13.17 or Section 25 of the Subsidiaries Guaranty, on the date of
determination).

          "Sterling LIBOR" shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period for
any Foreign Currency Revolving Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling, (i) the rate
per annum that appears on page 3750 of the Dow Jones Telerate Screen for Pounds
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Sterling deposits with maturities comparable to the Interest Period applicable
to the Foreign Currency Revolving Loans subject to the respective Interest
Period as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the date which occurs two Business Days
prior to the date of the proposed commencement of such Interest Period or (ii)
if such a rate does not appear on page 3750 of the Dow Jones Telerate Screen,
the offered quotation to first-class banks in the London interbank market by the
Administrative Agent for Pounds Sterling deposits of amounts in immediately
available funds comparable to the principal amount of the Foreign Currency
Revolving Loan to be made by the Administrative Agent as part of such Borrowing
with maturities comparable to the Interest Period applicable to such Foreign
Currency Revolving Loan as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the date which occurs
two Business Days prior to the date of the proposed commencement of such
Interest Period.  The reference to page 3750 of the Dow Jones Telerate Screen in
this definition shall be construed to be a reference to the relevant page or any
other page that may replace such page on the Dow Jones Telerate Screen.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, in the event the
Administrative Agent has made any determination pursuant to Section 1.10(a)(i)
in respect of Foreign Currency Revolving Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling,
or in the circumstances described in clause (i) to the proviso to Section
1.10(b) in respect of Foreign Currency Revolving Loans denominated in Pounds
Sterling, Sterling LIBOR determined pursuant to this definition shall instead be
the rate determined by the Administrative Agent as the all-in-cost of funds for
the Administrative Agent to fund such Foreign Currency Revolving Loan with
maturities comparable to the Interest Period applicable thereto.

          "Subsidiaries Guaranty" shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.11.

          "Subsidiary" shall mean, as to any Person, (i) any corporation more
than 50% of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any class or classes of
such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii) any partnership, limited liability
company, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person and/or
one or more Subsidiaries of such Person has more than a 50% equity interest at
the time.

          "Subsidiary Guarantor" shall mean each Wholly-Owned Domestic
Subsidiary of the Borrower and, to the extent required by Section 8.13, each
Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower.

          "Supermajority Lenders" shall mean (i) in the case of references to
holders of A Term Loans, those Non-Defaulting Lenders which would constitute the
Required Lenders under, and as defined in, this Agreement if (x) all outstanding
Obligations (other than those with respect to A Term Loans) under this Agreement
were repaid in full and all Commitments with

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respect to such other Obligations were terminated and (y) the text "at least
50.1%" contained therein were changed to "at least 75%" and (ii) in the case of
references to holders of B Term Loans, those Non-Defaulting Lenders which would
constitute the Required Lenders under, and as defined in, this Agreement if (x)
all outstanding Obligations (other than those relating to B Term Loans) under
this Agreement were repaid in full and all Commitments with respect to such
other Obligations were terminated and (y) the text "at least 50.1%" contained
therein were changed to "at least 75%."

          "Swingline Expiry Date" shall mean that date which is five Business
Days prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.

          "Swingline Lender" shall mean BTCo.

          "Swingline Loan" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.01(e).

          "Swingline Note" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.05(a).

          "Syndication Date" shall mean that date upon which the Administrative
Agent determines that the primary syndication (and resultant addition of Persons
as Lenders pursuant to Section 13.04(b)) has been completed (it being understood
that the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of the
occurrence of the Syndication Date).

          "Target" shall mean Potain S.A.

          "Tax Sharing Agreements" shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.05.

          "Taxes" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.04(a).

          "Term Loans" shall mean the A Term Loans and the B Term Loans.

          "Test Date" shall mean, with respect to any Start Date, the last day
of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended immediately prior to
such Start Date.

          "Test Period" shall mean each period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters of the Borrower then last ended (in each case taken as one accounting
period).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above or in Section
13.07 or otherwise required by United States generally accepted accounting
principles, with respect to any portion of a Test Period occurring prior to the
Initial Borrowing Date, the calculations required to determine compliance with
Sections 8.14, 9.08, 9.09, 9.10, 9.11 and 9.12 and to determine the Applicable
Margin and the Applicable Commitment Commission Percentage shall be made on a

pro forma basis as if the Transaction and the related financing had occurred on
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July 1, 2000; it being understood that, in such connection, the parties hereto
hereby agree that (A) Consolidated EBITDA, Capital Expenditures, Consolidated
Fixed Charges and Consolidated Interest Expense for (i) the fiscal quarter ended
June 30, 2000 shall be $60,684,000, $7,129,000, $13,693,000 and $11,880,000,
respectively, (ii) the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2000 shall be
$36,990,000, $3,795,000, $13,728,000 and $11,888,000, respectively, (iii)
December 31, 2000 shall be $38,120,000, $5,942,000, $13,769,000 and $11,888,000,
respectively, and (iv) March 31, 2001 shall be

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$33,987,000, $6,789,000, $13,671,000 and $11,888,000, respectively, (B)
Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Fixed Charges and Consolidated Interest
Expense for the period from April 1, 2001 through and including May 8, 2001
shall be calculated on a basis consistent with that used in arriving at the
amounts related to clause (A) above, and (C) Capital Expenditures for the period
from April 1, 2001 through and including May 8, 2001 shall be the aggregate
amount of actual Capital Expenditures of the Borrower, the Target and their
respective Subsidiaries during such period.

          "Total A Term Loan Commitment" shall mean, at any time, the sum of the
A Term Loan Commitments of each of the Lenders at such time.

          "Total Available Revolving Loan Commitment" shall mean, at any time,
an amount equal to the remainder of (x) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at
such time less (y) the Blocked Revolving Loan Commitment as in effect at such
          ----
time.

          "Total Commitment" shall mean, at any time, the sum of the Commitments
of each of the Lenders at such time.

          "Total Incremental B Term Loan Commitment" shall mean, at any time,
the sum of the Incremental B Term Loan Commitments of each of the Lenders at
such time.

          "Total Initial B Term Loan Commitment" shall mean, at any time, the
sum of the Initial B Term Loan Commitments of each of the Lenders at such time.

          "Total Revolving Loan Commitment" shall mean, at any time, the sum of
the Revolving Loan Commitments of each of the Lenders at such time.

          "Total Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment" shall mean, at any time,
an amount equal to the remainder of (x) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment then
in effect less (y) the sum of the aggregate Principal Amount of all Revolving
Loans and Swingline Loans then outstanding plus the aggregate amount of all
Letter of Credit Outstandings.

          "Tranche" shall mean the respective facility and commitments utilized
in making Loans hereunder, with there being four separate Tranches, (i) A Term
Loans, (ii) Initial B Term Loans and Incremental B Term Loans taken together as
a single Tranche (except for purposes of Sections 1.03 and 1.04), (iii)
Revolving Loans and (iv) Swingline Loans.

          "Transaction" shall mean, collectively, (i) the Acquisition, (ii) the
Refinancing, (iii) the entering into of the Credit Documents and the incurrence
of Loans on the Initial Borrowing Date, (iv) the issuance of the Senior
Subordinated Notes and (v) the payment of all fees and expenses in connection
with the foregoing.

          "Triggering Event" shall mean (i) the occurrence and continuation of
any Event of Default under Section 10.01 or 10.05 or (ii) the acceleration of
the maturity of the Obligations as a result of any Event of Default.

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          "Type" shall mean the type of Loan determined with regard to the
interest option applicable thereto, i.e., whether a Base Rate Loan, a Eurodollar
                                    ----
Loan, a Foreign Currency Revolving Loan denominated in Euros or a Foreign
Currency Revolving Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling.

          "UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the relevant jurisdiction.

          "Unfunded Current Liability" of any Plan shall mean the amount, if
any, by which the value of the accumulated plan benefits under the Plan
determined on a plan termination basis in accordance with actuarial assumptions
at such time consistent with those prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of
Section 4044 of ERISA, exceeds the fair market value of all plan assets
allocable to such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but
unpaid contribution).

          "United States" and "U.S." shall each mean the United States of
America.

          "Unpaid Drawing" shall have the meaning provided for in Section
2.05(a).

          "Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment" shall mean, with respect to any
Lender at any time, such Lender's Revolving Loan Commitment at such time less
the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding Principal Amount of all Revolving Loans
made by such Lender at such time and (ii) such Lender's RL Percentage of the
Letter of Credit Outstandings at such time.

          "Waivable Mandatory Repayment" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 4.02(k).

          "Waivable Voluntary Prepayment" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 4.01(c).

          "Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary" shall mean each Domestic Subsidiary
of the Borrower that is also a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

          "Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary" shall mean each Foreign Subsidiary
of the Borrower that is also a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

          "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" shall mean, as to any Person, (i) any
corporation 100% of whose capital stock is at the time owned by such Person
and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii) any
partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other
entity in which such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person has a 100% equity interest at such time (other than, in the case of a
Foreign Subsidiary with respect to preceding clauses (i) and (ii), director's
qualifying shares and/or other nominal amount of shares required to be held by
Persons other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under applicable law).

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         SECTION 12.  Administrative Agent.
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          12.01  Appointment.  The Lenders hereby irrevocably designate and
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appoint BTCo as Administrative Agent (for purposes of this Section 12 and
Section 13.01, the term "Administrative Agent" also shall include BTCo in its
capacity as Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents) to act as
specified herein and in the other Credit Documents.  Each Lender hereby
irrevocably authorizes, and each holder of any Note by the acceptance of such
Note shall be deemed irrevocably to authorize, the Administrative Agent to take
such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement, the other
Credit Documents and any other instruments and agreements referred to herein or
therein and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and
thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Administrative
Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto.  The Administrative Agent may perform any of their
respective duties hereunder by or through its officers, directors, agents,
employees or affiliates.

          12.02  Nature of Duties.  The Administrative Agent shall not have any
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duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement
and in the other Credit Documents.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of
its officers, directors, agents, employees or affiliates shall be liable for any
action taken or omitted by them hereunder or under any other Credit Document or
in connection herewith or therewith, unless caused by its or their gross
negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).  The duties of the
Administrative Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the
Administrative Agent shall not have by reason of this Agreement or any other
Credit Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or the holder
of any Note; and nothing in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document,
expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon
the Administrative Agent any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any
other Credit Document except as expressly set forth herein or therein.

          12.03  Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent.  Independently
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and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the holder
of each Note, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to
make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and
affairs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the making and
the continuance of the Loans and the taking or not taking of any action in
connection herewith and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and, except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility,
either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender or the holder
of any Note with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether
coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or
times thereafter.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to any
Lender or the holder of any Note for any recitals, statements, information,
representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other
writing delivered in connection herewith or for the execution, effectiveness,
genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectibility, priority or
sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or the financial
condition of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or be required to make any
inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or

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the financial condition of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the
existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default.

          12.04  Certain Rights of the Administrative Agent.  If the
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Administrative Agent requests instructions from the Required Lenders with
respect to any act or action (including failure to act) in connection with this
Agreement or any other Credit Document, the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until the
Administrative Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders;
and the Administrative Agent shall not incur liability to any Lender by reason
of so refraining.  Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Lender nor the
holder of any Note shall have any right of action whatsoever against the
Administrative Agent as a result of the Administrative Agent acting or
refraining from acting hereunder or under any other Credit Document in
accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders.

          12.05  Reliance.  The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely,
                 --------
and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution,
notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or telecopier message,
cablegram, radiogram, order or other document or telephone message signed, sent
or made by any Person that the Administrative Agent believed to be the proper
Person, and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to this Agreement and
any other Credit Document and its duties hereunder and thereunder, upon advice
of counsel selected by the Administrative Agent.

          12.06  Indemnification.  To the extent the Administrative Agent (or
                 ---------------
any affiliate thereof) is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Borrower, the
Lenders will reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any affiliate
thereof) in proportion to their respective "percentage" as used in determining
the Required Lenders (determined as if there were no Defaulting Lenders) for and
against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
claims, actions, judgments, costs, expenses or disbursements of whatsoever kind
or nature which may be imposed on, asserted against or incurred by the
Administrative Agent (or any affiliate thereof) in performing its duties
hereunder or under any other Credit Document or in any way relating to or
arising out of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that no
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Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent's (or such affiliate's)
gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).

          12.07  The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity.  With
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respect to its obligation to make Loans, or issue or participate in Letters of
Credit, under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have the rights and
powers specified herein for a "Lender" and may exercise the same rights and
powers as though it were not performing the duties specified herein; and the
term "Lender," "Required Lenders," "Majority Lenders," "Supermajority Lenders,"
"holders of Notes" or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly
otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its respective
individual capacities.  The Administrative Agent and its affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking,
investment banking, trust or other business with, or provide debt financing,
equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to any
Credit Party or any

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Affiliate of any Credit Party (or any Person engaged in a similar business with
any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof) as if they were not performing the
duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from any
Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party for services in connection
with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to the
Lenders.

          12.08  Holders.  The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee
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of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a
written notice of the assignment, transfer or endorsement thereof, as the case
may be, shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent.  Any request,
authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or
giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note shall be conclusive
and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee, assignee or endorsee, as the
case may be, of such Note or of any Note or Notes issued in exchange therefor.

          12.09  Resignation by the Administrative Agent.  (a)  The
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Administrative Agent may resign from the performance of all its respective
functions and duties hereunder and/or under the other Credit Documents at any
time by giving 30 Business Days' prior written notice to the Lenders and, unless
a Default or an Event of Default under Section 10.05 then exists, the Borrower.
Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor
Administrative Agent pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below or as otherwise
provided below.

          (b) Upon any such notice of resignation by the Administrative Agent,
the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor Administrative Agent hereunder or
thereunder who shall be a commercial bank or trust company reasonably acceptable
to the Borrower, which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed
(provided that the Borrower's approval shall not be required if an Event of
Default then exists).

          (c) If a successor Administrative Agent shall not have been so
appointed within such 30 Business Day period, the Administrative Agent, with the
consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed, provided that the Borrower's consent shall not be required if an Event
of Default then exists), shall then appoint a successor Administrative Agent who
shall serve as Administrative Agent hereunder or thereunder until such time, if
any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as
provided above.

          (d) If no successor Administrative Agent has been appointed pursuant
to clause (b) or (c) above by the 35th Business Day after the date such notice
of resignation was given by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent's
resignation shall become effective and the Required Lenders shall thereafter
perform all the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder and/or under any
other Credit Document until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a
successor Administrative Agent as provided above.

          (e) Upon a resignation of the Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Section 12.09, such Administrative Agent shall remain indemnified to the extent
provided in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the provisions of
this Section 12 shall continue

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in effect for the benefit of the Administrative Agent for all of its actions and
inactions while serving as the Administrative Agent.

          SECTION 13.  Miscellaneous.
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          13.01  Payment of Expenses, etc.   The Borrower hereby agrees to:  (i)
                 -------------------------
whether or not the transactions herein contemplated are consummated, pay all
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent
(including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of White &
Case LLP and the Administrative Agent's other counsel and consultants) in
connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents and the documents and instruments referred to herein
and therein and any amendment, waiver or consent relating hereto or thereto, of
the Administrative Agent in connection with its syndication efforts with respect
to this Agreement and of each Agent and, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, each of the Lenders in connection with the
enforcement of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the documents
and instruments referred to herein and therein or in connection with any
refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided under this
Agreement in the nature of a "work-out" or pursuant to any insolvency or
bankruptcy proceedings (including, in each case without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and consultants for the
Administrative Agent and, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, counsel
for each of the Lenders); (ii) pay and hold the Administrative Agent and each of
the Lenders harmless from and against any and all present and future stamp,
excise and other similar documentary taxes with respect to the foregoing matters
and save the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders harmless from and
against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or
omission (other than to the extent attributable to the Administrative Agent or
such Lender) to pay such taxes; and (iii) indemnify the Administrative Agent and
each Lender, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees,
representatives, agents, affiliates, trustees and investment advisors from and
hold each of them harmless against any and all liabilities, obligations
(including removal or remedial actions), losses, damages, penalties, claims,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including
reasonable attorneys' and consultants' fees and disbursements) incurred by,
imposed on or assessed against any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or
in any way related to, or by reason of, (a) any investigation, litigation or
other proceeding (whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Lender is a
party thereto and whether or not such investigation, litigation or other
proceeding is brought by or on behalf of any Credit Party) related to the
entering into and/or performance of this Agreement or any other Credit Document
or the use of any Letter of Credit or the proceeds of any Loans hereunder or the
consummation of the Transaction or any other transactions contemplated herein or
in any other Credit Document or the exercise of any of their rights or remedies
provided herein or in the other Credit Documents, provided that the indemnity
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described above in this clause (iii)(a) shall not apply to any liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by, imposed on or assessed as a
result of, or arising out of, or in any way related to, or by reason of any
litigation, proceeding or other action solely between or among the Lenders
(excluding, however, any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
claims, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements incurred
by, imposed on or assessed against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees,
representatives, agents,

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affiliates, trustees and advisors as a result of, or arising out of, or in any
way related to, or by reason of any such litigation, proceeding or action to
which the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is a party in its
capacity as such) to the extent (and only to the extent) that such litigation,
proceeding or other action does not relate to, or arise from, any action or
omission by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (b) the actual or
alleged presence of Hazardous Materials in the air, surface water or groundwater
or on the surface or subsurface of any Real Property at any time owned, leased
or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the generation, storage,
transportation, handling or disposal of Hazardous Materials by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries at any location, whether or not owned, leased or
operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the non-compliance by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any Environmental Law (including
applicable permits thereunder) applicable to any Real Property, or any
Environmental Claim asserted against the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or
any Real Property at any time owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries, including, in each case, without limitation, the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel and other consultants incurred in connection
with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding (but excluding any
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses to the extent incurred by
reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person to be
indemnified (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and
non-appealable decision)). To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay
or hold harmless the Administrative Agent or any Lender set forth in the
preceding sentence may be unenforceable because it is violative of any law or
public policy, the Borrower shall make the maximum contribution to the payment
and satisfaction of each of the indemnified liabilities which is permissible
under applicable law.

          13.02  Right of Setoff.  (a) In addition to any rights now or
                 ---------------
hereafter granted under applicable law or otherwise, and not by way of
limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent and each Lender is hereby
authorized at any time or from time to time, without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind to any Credit Party or to any other Person,
any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and
apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any other Indebtedness at
any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent or such Lender (including,
without limitation, by branches and agencies of such Lender wherever located) to
or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party against and on account of
the Obligations and liabilities of the Credit Parties to the Administrative
Agent or such Lender under this Agreement or under any of the other Credit
Documents, including, without limitation, all interests in Obligations purchased
by such Lender pursuant to Section 13.06(b), and all other claims of any nature
or description arising out of or connected with this Agreement or any other
Credit Document, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand hereunder and although said Obligations, liabilities or claims, or any of
them, shall be contingent or unmatured.  Each Lender agrees to promptly notify
the relevant Credit Party and the Administrative Agent after any such set off
and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such
notice shall not affect or impair the validity of any such set off and
application or result in any liability for such Lender.

          (b)  NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE (a) OF THIS SECTION 13.02, AT ANY TIME
THAT THE OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE SECURED BY REAL PROPERTY LOCATED

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IN CALIFORNIA, NO LENDER SHALL EXERCISE A RIGHT OF SETOFF, LIEN OR COUNTERCLAIM
OR TAKE ANY COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION OR INSTITUTE ANY PROCEEDING TO
ENFORCE ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY NOTE UNLESS IT IS TAKEN WITH THE
CONSENT OF THE REQUIRED LENDERS, OR APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT, IF SUCH SETOFF OR ACTION OR PROCEEDING WOULD OR MIGHT (PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTIONS 580a, 580b, 580d AND 726 OF THE
CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE OR SECTION 2924 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE,
IF APPLICABLE, OR OTHERWISE) AFFECT OR IMPAIR THE VALIDITY, PRIORITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THE LIENS GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT PURSUANT TO THE
SECURITY DOCUMENTS OR THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THE NOTES AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
HEREUNDER, AND ANY ATTEMPTED EXERCISE BY ANY LENDER OF ANY SUCH RIGHT WITHOUT
OBTAINING SUCH CONSENT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID. THIS CLAUSE (b) SHALL BE SOLELY
FOR THE BENEFIT OF EACH OF THE LENDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREUNDER.

          13.03  Notices.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
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notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing
(including telegraphic, telex, telecopier or cable communication) and mailed,
telegraphed, telexed, telecopied, cabled or delivered:  if to any Credit Party,
at the address specified opposite its signature below or in the other relevant
Credit Documents; if to any Lender, at its address specified on Schedule II; and
if to the Administrative Agent, at the Notice Office; or, as to any Credit Party
or the Administrative Agent, at such other address as shall be designated by
such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto and, as to each
Lender, at such other address as shall be designated by such Lender in a written
notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  All such notices and
communications shall, when mailed, telegraphed, telexed, telecopied, or cabled
or sent by overnight courier, be effective when deposited in the mails,
delivered to the telegraph company, cable company or overnight courier, as the
case may be, or sent by telex or telecopier, except that notices and
communications to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall not be
effective until received by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, as the
case may be.

          13.04  Benefit of Agreement; Assignments; Participations.  (a)  This
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Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto; provided,
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however, the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights, obligations
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or interest hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lenders and,

provided further, that (x) although any Lender (including the Fronting Lender)
----------------
may transfer, assign or grant participations in its rights hereunder, such
Lender shall remain a "Lender" for all purposes hereunder (and may not transfer
or assign all or any portion of its Commitments hereunder except as provided in
Sections 1.13 and 13.04(b)) and the transferee, assignee or participant, as the
case may be, shall not constitute a "Lender" hereunder, (y) no Indemnity
Participation may be assigned except as otherwise expressly provided in Sections
1.17 and 13.04(c) and (z) except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 1.17
in the case of Indemnity Participations, no Lender shall transfer or grant any
participation under which the participant shall have rights to approve any
amendment to or waiver of this Agreement or any other Credit Document except to
the extent such amendment or waiver would (i) extend the final scheduled

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maturity of any Loan, Note or Letter of Credit (unless such Letter of Credit is
not extended beyond the Revolving Loan Maturity Date) in which such participant
is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest
or Fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of applicability of any
post-default increase in interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof
(it being understood that any amendment or modification to the financial
definitions in this Agreement or to Section 13.07(a) shall not constitute a
reduction in the rate of interest or Fees payable hereunder), or increase the
amount of the participant's participation over the amount thereof then in effect
(it being understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of a
mandatory reduction in the Total Commitment shall not constitute a change in the
terms of such participation, and that an increase in any Commitment (or the
available portion thereof) or Loan shall be permitted without the consent of any
participant if the participant's participation is not increased as a result
thereof), (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of
its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (iii) release all or
substantially all of the Collateral under all of the Security Documents (except
as expressly provided in the Credit Documents) supporting the Loans or Letters
of Credit hereunder in which such participant is participating.  In the case of
any such participation (other than an Indemnity Participation which shall be
governed by the provisions of Sections 1.17 and 13.04(c)), the participant shall
not have any rights under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents
(the participant's rights against such Lender in respect of such participation
to be those set forth in the agreement executed by such Lender in favor of the
participant relating thereto) and all amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder
shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation.

          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Lender (or any Lender together
with one or more other Lenders) may (x) assign all or a portion of its
Commitments and related outstanding Obligations (or, if the Commitments with
respect to the relevant Tranche have terminated, outstanding Obligations)
hereunder to (i)(A) its parent company and/or any affiliate of such Lender which
is at least 50% owned by such Lender or its parent company or (B) to one or more
other Lenders or any affiliate of any such other Lender which is at least 50%
owned by such other Lender or its parent company (provided that any fund that
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invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor of
another fund which is a Lender (or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor)
shall be treated as an affiliate of such other Lender for the purposes of this
sub-clause (x)(i)(B)), or (ii) in the case of any Lender that is a fund that
invests in loans, any other fund that invests in loans and is managed or advised
by the same investment advisor of such Lender or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor or (y) assign all, or if less than all, a portion equal to at
least $1,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower in any given case) in the aggregate for
the assigning Lender or assigning Lenders, of such Commitments and related
outstanding Obligations (or, if the Commitments with respect to the relevant
Tranche have terminated, outstanding Obligations) hereunder to one or more
Eligible Transferees, each of which assignees shall become a party to this
Agreement as a Lender by execution of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement,
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any assignment
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to an Eligible Transferee pursuant to sub-clause (y) above by any Lender which
acquired Commitments and/or related Obligations in an amount less than
$1,000,000 in reliance on the proviso to sub-clause (x)(i)(B) or (x)(ii) above,
such Lender shall (together with its affiliates and/or any other Lender

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that is a fund that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same
investment advisor as such Lender (or by an Affiliate of such investment
advisor)) assign a portion equal to at least $1,000,000 in the aggregate for
such assigning Lender or assigning Lenders, of such Commitments and related
outstanding Obligations (or, if the Commitments with respect to the relevant
Tranche have terminated, outstanding Obligations) hereunder to such Eligible
Transferee if (but only if) the aggregate amount of Commitments and Term Loans
held by such Lender (and its affiliates and any other Lender that is a fund that
invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as
such Lender (or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor)) equals or exceeds
$1,000,000 at such time; provided further, that, (i) at such time Schedule I
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shall be deemed modified to reflect the Commitments and/or outstanding Loans, as
the case may be, of such new Lender and of the existing Lenders, (ii) upon the
surrender of the relevant Notes by the assigning Lender (or, upon such assigning
Lender's indemnifying the Borrower for any lost Note pursuant to a customary
indemnification agreement) new Notes will be issued, at the Borrower's expense,
to such new Lender and to the assigning Lender upon the request of such new
Lender or assigning Lender, such new Notes to be in conformity with the
requirements of Section 1.05 (with appropriate modifications) to the extent
needed to reflect the revised Commitments and/or outstanding Loans, as the case
may be, (iii) the consent of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default
or Event of Default then exists, the consent of the Borrower shall (in either
case) be required in connection with any such assignment pursuant to clause (y)
above (other than any such assignment by the Administrative Agent or any of its
Affiliates prior to the Syndication Date) (each of which consents shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), (iv) the Administrative Agent shall receive
at the time of each such assignment, from the assigning or assignee Lender, the
payment of a non-refundable assignment fee of $3,500 and (v) no such transfer or
assignment will be effective until recorded by the Administrative Agent on the
Register pursuant to Section 13.15. To the extent of any assignment pursuant to
this Section 13.04(b), the assigning Lender shall be relieved of its obligations
hereunder with respect to its assigned Commitments and outstanding Loans. At the
time of each assignment pursuant to this Section 13.04(b) to a Person which is
not already a Lender hereunder and which is not a United States person (as such
term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax
purposes, the respective assignee Lender shall, to the extent legally entitled
to do so, provide to the Borrower the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Forms
(and, if applicable, a Section 4.04(b)(ii) Certificate) described in Section
4.04(b). To the extent that an assignment of all or any portion of a Lender's
Commitments and related outstanding Obligations pursuant to Section 1.13 or this
Section 13.04(b) would, at the time of such assignment, result in increased
costs under Section 1.10, 2.06 or 4.04 from those being charged by the
respective assigning Lender prior to such assignment, then the Borrower shall
not be obligated to pay such increased costs (although the Borrower, in
accordance with and pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement, shall be
obligated to pay any other increased costs of the type described above resulting
from changes after the date of the respective assignment).

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Indemnifying Lender (or any
Indemnifying Lender together with one or more other Indemnifying Lenders) may
(x) assign all or a portion of its Indemnity Participation (and related
Indemnity Amount) to (i)(A) its parent company and/or any affiliate of such
Indemnifying Lender which is at least 50% owned by such Indemnifying Lender or
its parent company or (B) to one or more other Indemnifying Lenders or

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any affiliate of any such other Indemnifying Lender which is at least 50% owned
by such other Indemnifying Lender or its parent company (provided that any fund
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that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor
of another fund which is an Indemnifying Lender (or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor) shall be treated as an affiliate of such other Indemnifying
Lender for the purposes of this sub-clause (x)(i)(B)), or (ii) in the case of
any Indemnifying Lender that is a fund that invests in loans, any other fund
that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor
of such Indemnifying Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor or (y)
assign all, or if less than all, a portion equal to at least $1,000,000 in the
aggregate for the assigning Indemnifying Lender or assigning Indemnifying
Lenders, of such Indemnity Participation (and related Indemnity Amount) to one
or more Eligible Transferees, each of which assignees shall become a party to
this Agreement as an Indemnifying Lender by execution of an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in
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connection with any assignment to an Eligible Transferee pursuant to sub-clause
(y) above by any Indemnifying Lender which acquired an Indemnity Participation
(and/or related Indemnity Amount) in an amount less than $1,000,000 in reliance
on the proviso to sub-clause (x)(i)(B) or (x)(ii) above, such Indemnifying
Lender shall (together with its affiliates and/or any other Indemnifying Lender
that is a fund that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same
investment advisor as such Indemnifying Lender (or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor)) assign a portion equal to at least $1,000,000 in the
aggregate for such assigning Indemnifying Lender or assigning Indemnifying
Lenders, of such Indemnity Participations (and related Indemnity Amounts) to
such Eligible Transferee if (but only if) the aggregate amount of Indemnity
Participations (and/or (without duplication) related Indemnity Amounts) held by
such Indemnifying Lender (and its affiliates and any other Indemnifying Lender
that is a fund that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same
investment advisor as such Indemnifying Lender (or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor)) equals or exceeds $1,000,000 at such time; provided
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further, that, (i) at such time Schedule I shall be deemed modified to reflect
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the Indemnity Participation (and related Indemnity Amount) of such new
Indemnifying Lender and of the existing Indemnifying Lenders, (ii) the consent
of the Administrative Agent and the Fronting Lender and, so long as no Default
or Event of Default then exists, the consent of the Borrower shall (in either
case) be required in connection with any such assignment pursuant to clause (y)
above (each of which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
(iv) the Administrative Agent shall receive at the time of each such assignment,
from the assigning or assignee Indemnifying Lender, the payment of a non-
refundable assignment fee of $3,500 and (v) no such transfer or assignment will
be effective until recorded by the Administrative Agent on the Register pursuant
to Section 13.15.  To the extent of any assignment pursuant to this Section
13.04(c), the assigning Indemnifying Lender shall be relieved of its obligations
hereunder with respect to its assigned Indemnity Participation (and Indemnity
Amount).  At the time of each assignment pursuant to this Section 13.04(c) to a
Person which is not already a Lender or an Indemnifying Lender hereunder and
which is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code) for Federal income tax purposes, the respective
assignee Indemnifying Lender shall, to the extent legally entitled to do so,
provide to the Borrower and the Fronting Lender the appropriate Internal Revenue
Service Forms (and, if applicable, a Section 4.04(b)(ii) Certificate) described
in Section 4.04(b).  To the extent that an assignment of all or any portion of
an Indemnifying Lender's Indemnity Participation (and related Indemnity Amount)
pursuant to Section 1.13 or this Section

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13.04(c) would, at the time of such assignment, result in increased costs under
Section 4.04 from those being charged by the respective assigning Indemnifying
Lender prior to such assignment, then neither the Borrower nor the Fronting
Lender shall be obligated to pay such increased costs (although the Borrower, in
accordance with and pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement, shall be
obligated to pay to the Fronting Lender (acting for any Indemnifying Lender) any
other increased costs of the type described above resulting from changes after
the date of the respective assignment).

          (d) Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or prohibit any Lender
from pledging its Loans and Notes hereunder to a Federal Reserve Bank in support
of borrowings made by such Lender from such Federal Reserve Bank and any Lender
which is a fund may, without the consent of the Administrative Agent or the
Borrower, pledge all or any portion of its Loans and Notes to its trustee or to
a collateral agent providing credit or credit support to such Lender in support
of its obligations to its trustee or such collateral agent, as the case may be.
No pledge pursuant to this clause (d) shall release the transferor Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder.

          13.05  No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.  No failure or delay on the
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part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender or
any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any
other Credit Document and no course of dealing between the Borrower or any other
Credit Party and the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing
Lender or any Lender shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other
Credit Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder.  The rights,
powers and remedies herein or in any other Credit Document expressly provided
are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies which the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender
would otherwise have.  No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case
shall entitle any Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in
similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender to
any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.

          13.06  Payments Pro Rata.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this
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Agreement, the Administrative Agent agrees that promptly after its receipt of
each payment from or on behalf of the Borrower in respect of any Obligations
hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Lenders
(other than any Lender that has consented in writing to waive its pro rata share
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of any such payment) pro rata based upon their respective shares, if any, of the
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Obligations with respect to which such payment was received.

          (b) Each of the Lenders agrees that, if it should receive any amount
hereunder (whether by voluntary payment, by realization upon security, by the
exercise of the right of setoff or banker's lien, by counterclaim or cross
action, by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents, or
otherwise), which is applicable to the payment of the principal of, or interest
on, the Loans, Unpaid Drawings, Commitment Commission or Letter of Credit Fees,
of a sum which with respect to the related sum or sums received by other Lenders
is in a greater proportion than the total of such Obligation then owed and due
to such Lender bears to the total

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of such Obligation then owed and due to such Lender bears to the total of such
Obligation then owed and due to all of the Lenders immediately prior to such
receipt, then such Lender receiving such excess payment shall purchase for cash
without recourse or warranty from the other Lenders an interest in the
Obligations of the respective Credit Party to such Lenders in such amount as
shall result in a proportional participation by all the Lenders in such amount;
provided that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter
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recovered from such Lenders, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase
price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

          (c)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
provisions of the preceding Sections 13.06(a) and (b) shall be subject to the
express provisions of this Agreement which require, or permit, differing
payments to be made to Non-Defaulting Lenders as opposed to Defaulting Lenders.

          13.07  Calculations; Computations.  (a)  The financial statements to
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be furnished to the Lenders pursuant hereto shall be made and prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as set forth in the
notes thereto or as otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the
Lenders); provided that, (i) except as otherwise specifically provided herein,
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all computations of Excess Cash Flow, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable
Commitment Commission Percentage, and all computations and all definitions
(including accounting terms) used in determining compliance with Sections 9.07
through 9.12, inclusive, shall utilize generally accepted accounting principles
and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the historical financial
statements of the Borrower referred to in Section 7.05(a), (ii) to the extent
expressly provided herein, certain calculations shall be made on a Pro Forma
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Basis and (iii) for all purposes of this Agreement, all Receivables Indebtedness
shall be treated as Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries hereunder,
regardless of any differing treatment pursuant to generally accepted accounting
principles.

          (b)  All computations of interest, Commitment Commission and other
Fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days (or 365 days in
the case of interest on Base Rate Loans maintained at the Prime Lending Rate and
Foreign Currency Revolving Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling) for the actual
number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day; except that
in the case of Letter of Credit Fees and Facing Fees, the last day shall be
included) occurring in the period for which such interest, Commitment Commission
or Fees are payable.

          (c)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clause (a)
of this Section 13.07, (i) for purposes of determining compliance with any
incurrence tests set forth in Sections 8 and/or 9 (excluding Sections 9.08,
9.09, 9.10, 9.11 and 9.12), any amounts so incurred or expended (to the extent
incurred or expended in a currency other than Dollars) shall be converted into
Dollars on the basis of the Dollar Equivalent of the respective such amounts as
in effect on the date of such incurrence or expenditure under any provision of
any such Section that has an aggregate Dollar limitation provided for therein
(and to the extent the respective incurrence test limits the aggregate amount
outstanding (or expended) at any time and is expressed in Dollars, all
outstanding amounts originally incurred or expended in a currency other than
Dollars shall be converted into Dollars on the basis of the Dollar Equivalent of
the

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respective such amounts as in effect on the date any new incurrence or
expenditures made under any provision of any such Section that regulates the
Dollar amount outstanding (or expended) at any time).

          (d)  Except as provided in Section 13.07(e), for purposes of this
Agreement, the Dollar Equivalent of each Foreign Currency Revolving Loan and
each Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be calculated on
the date when any such Foreign Currency Revolving Loan is made or Letter of
Credit is issued, on the second Business Day of each month and at such other
times as may be designated by the Administrative Agent.  Such Dollar Equivalent
shall remain in effect until the same is recalculated by the Administrative
Agent as provided above and notice of such recalculation is received by the
Borrower, it being understood that until such notice is received, the Dollar
Equivalent shall be that Dollar Equivalent as last reported to the Borrower by
the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
Borrower of each such determination of the Dollar Equivalent.

          (e)  For the purposes of determining the Borrower's obligation to
reimburse in Dollars a Drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign
Currency (and each Participant's obligation to fund its Participation with
respect to any such Letter of Credit), such determination shall be made by the
Administrative Agent by converting the amount of the Unpaid Drawing into Dollars
based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof on the day on which the Drawing is
honored by the Issuing Lender.  For the purposes of determining the Borrower's
obligation to pay Letter of Credit Fees and Facing Fees with respect to Letters
of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency, such determination shall be made by
using the Dollar Equivalent in effect from time to time during the term of any
such Letter of Credit as determined by the provisions of Section 13.07(d).

          13.08  GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE; WAIVER OF
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JURY TRIAL.  (a)  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS AND THE RIGHTS
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AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL, EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE MORTGAGES, BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE
GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN
THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, IN EACH CASE WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT,
THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS
PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID
COURTS.  THE BORROWER HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH
COURTS LACK PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE BORROWER, AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR
CLAIM, IN ANY LEGAL ACTION PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS BROUGHT IN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS, THAT SUCH
COURTS LACK PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE BORROWER.  THE BORROWER FURTHER
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE

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AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES
THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE BORROWER AT ITS
ADDRESS SET FORTH OPPOSITE ITS SIGNATURE BELOW, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE
30 DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION
TO SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS AND FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO
PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY
OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS WAS IN ANY WAY INVALID OR
INEFFECTIVE. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ANY LENDER OR THE HOLDER OF ANY NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST
THE BORROWER IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

          (b)  THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY
NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR
PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
CREDIT DOCUMENT BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (a) ABOVE AND HEREBY
FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT
THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

          (c)  EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

          13.09  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of
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counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.  A set of counterparts
executed by all the parties hereto shall be lodged with the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.

          13.10  Effectiveness.  This Agreement shall become effective on the
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date (the "Effective Date") on which the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and
each of the Lenders shall have signed a counterpart hereof (whether the same or
different counterparts) and shall have delivered the same to the Administrative
Agent at the Notice Office or, in the case of the Lenders, shall have given to
the Administrative Agent telephonic (confirmed in writing), written or telex
notice (actually received) at such office that the same has been signed and
mailed to it.  The Administrative Agent will give the Borrower and each Lender
prompt written notice of the occurrence of the Effective Date.

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          13.11  Headings Descriptive.  The headings of the several sections and
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subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in
any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

          13.12  Amendment or Waiver; etc.  (a)  Neither this Agreement nor any
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other Credit Document nor any terms hereof or thereof may be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated unless such change, waiver, discharge or termination is
in writing signed by the respective Credit Parties party thereto and the
Required Lenders (although additional parties may be added to, and Subsidiaries
of the Borrower may be released from, the Subsidiaries Guaranty and the Security
Documents in accordance with the provisions thereof without the consent of the
other Credit Parties party thereto or the Required Lenders), provided that no
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such change, waiver, discharge or termination shall, without the consent of each
Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) (with Obligations being directly
affected in the case of following clause (i)), (i) extend the final scheduled
maturity of any Loan or Note or extend the stated expiration date of any Letter
of Credit beyond the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, or reduce the rate or extend
the time of payment of interest or Fees thereon (except in connection with the
waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or
reduce the principal amount thereof (it being understood that any amendment or
modification to the financial definitions in this Agreement or to Section
13.07(a) shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or Fees for
the purposes of this clause (i)), (ii) release all or substantially all of the
Collateral under all the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by
the Credit Documents), (iii) release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary
Guarantors from their respective obligations under the Subsidiaries Guaranty
(except as expressly permitted by the Credit Documents), (iv) amend, modify or
waive any provision of this Section 13.12 (except for technical amendments with
respect to additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement which
afford the protections to such additional extensions of credit of the type
provided to the Term Loans and the Revolving Loan Commitments on the Effective
Date), (v) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders
(it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional
extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the
determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the
extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Loan Commitments are included on the
Effective Date) or (vi) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of
any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided further, that
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no such change, waiver, discharge or termination shall (1) increase the
Commitments of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without the
consent of such Lender (it being understood that waivers or modifications of
conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default or of a mandatory
reduction in the Total Commitment shall not constitute an increase of the
Commitment of any Lender, and that an increase in the available portion of any
Commitment of any Lender shall not constitute an increase of the Commitment of
such Lender), (2) without the consent of the Issuing Lender, amend, modify or
waive any provision of Section 2 or alter its rights or obligations with respect
to Letters of Credit, (3) without the consent of the Swingline Lender, alter the
Swingline Lender's rights or obligations with respect to Swingline Loans, (4)
without the consent of the Administrative Agent, amend, modify or waive any
provision of Section 12 or any other provision as same relates to the rights or
obligations of the Administrative Agent, (5) without the consent of Collateral
Agent, amend, modify or waive any provision relating to the rights or
obligations of the Collateral Agent, (6)

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except in cases where additional extensions of term loans and/or revolving loans
are being afforded substantially the same treatment afforded to the Term Loans
and Revolving Loans pursuant to this Agreement as originally in effect, (x)
without the consent of the Majority Lenders of each Tranche which is being
allocated a lesser prepayment, repayment or commitment reduction as a result of
the actions described below, alter the required application of any prepayments
or repayments (or commitment reduction), as between the various Tranches,
pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or 4.02 (excluding Section 4.02(b) or (c)) (although
the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any such prepayment,
repayment or commitment reduction, so long as the application, as amongst the
various Tranches, of any such prepayment, repayment or commitment reduction
which is still required to be made is not altered) or (y) without the consent of
each Lender of each Tranche which is adversely affected by such amendment, amend
the definition of Majority Lenders (it being understood that with the consent of
the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement
may be included in the determination of the Majority Lenders on substantially
the same basis as the extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Loan Commitments
are included on the Effective Date), (7) reduce the amount of, or extend the
date of, any Scheduled A Repayment without the consent of Supermajority Lenders
holding A Term Loans, or reduce the amount, or extend the date of, any Scheduled
B Repayment without the consent of the Supermajority Lenders holding B Term
Loans, or reduce the second percentage specified in clause (i) of the definition
of Supermajority Lenders without the consent of each Lender holding A Term
Loans, or reduce the second percentage specified in clause (ii) of the
definition of Supermajority Lenders without the consent of each Lender holding B
Term Loans (it being understood that (x) with the consent of the Required
Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be
included in the determination of the Supermajority Lenders on substantially the
same basis as the extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Loan Commitments are
included on the Effective Date and (y) nothing in this clause (7) is intended to
limit the rights of the Lenders set forth in clause (i) of the preceding proviso
with respect to any extension of the final Scheduled A Repayment due on the A
Term Loan Maturity Date or of the final Scheduled B Repayment due on the B Term
Loan Maturity Date), or (8) without the consent of the Indemnifying Lenders
holding a majority of the then outstanding Indemnity Participations, amend,
modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 1.17 or 13.04(c) or of the
component definitions used therein. For purposes of this Section 13.12(a), it is
understood and agreed that the Fronting Lender may, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1.17(f), provide votes or consents with respect to certain
portions of its Revolving Loan Commitment only, or may provide inconsistent
votes with respect to portions of its Revolving Loan Commitment, in each case to
the extent that the respective portions of its Revolving Loan Commitment are
required to be voted at the direction of the respective Indemnifying Lenders
pursuant to Section 1.17(f).

          (b)  If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or
termination of any of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by
clauses (i) through (vi), inclusive, of the first proviso to Section 13.12(a),
the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more
of such other Lenders or Indemnifying Lenders whose consent is required is not
obtained, then the Borrower shall have the right, so long as all non-consenting
Lenders and Indemnifying Lenders whose individual consent is required are
treated as described in either clauses (A) or (B) below, to either (A) replace
each such non-consenting Lender and

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each such non-consenting Indemnifying Lender with one or more Replacement
Lenders and/or Replacement Indemnifying Lenders, as the case may be, pursuant to
Section 1.13 so long as at the time of such replacement, each such Replacement
Lender and/or Replacement Indemnifying Lenders, as the case may be, consents to
the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination or (B)(I) terminate such
non-consenting Lender's Commitments and/or repay each Tranche of outstanding
Loans of such Lender in accordance with Sections 3.02(b) and/or 4.01(b) and (II)
if the consent of any non-consenting Indemnifying Lender is required in
connection with the respective action, terminate that portion of the Revolving
Loan Commitment of the Fronting Lender in which the respective non-consenting
Indemnifying Lender has an Indemnity Participation and terminate the related
Indemnity Participation, provided that, unless the Commitments that are
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terminated, and Loans repaid, pursuant to preceding clause (B) are immediately
replaced in full at such time through the addition of new Lenders or the
increase of the Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of existing Lenders (who in
each case must specifically consent thereto), then in the case of any action
pursuant to preceding clause (B) the Required Lenders (determined after giving
effect to the proposed action) shall specifically consent thereto, provided
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further, that in any event the Borrower shall not have the right to replace a
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Lender or Indemnifying Lender, terminate its Commitments (or Indemnity
Participations) or repay its Loans solely as a result of the exercise of such
Lender's or Indemnifying Lender's rights (and the withholding of any required
consent by such Lender or Indemnifying Lender) pursuant to the second proviso to
Section 13.12(a).

          13.13  Survival.  All indemnities set forth herein including, without
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limitation, in Sections 1.10, 1.11, 2.06, 4.04, 12.06 and 13.01 shall survive
the execution, delivery and termination of this Agreement and the Notes and the
making and repayment of the Obligations.

          13.14  Domicile of Loans.  Each Lender may transfer and carry its
                 -----------------
Loans at, to or for the account of any office, Subsidiary or Affiliate of such
Lender.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, to the
extent that a transfer of Loans pursuant to this Section 13.14 would, at the
time of such transfer, result in increased costs under Section 1.10, 1.11, 2.06
or 4.04 from those being charged by the respective Lender prior to such
transfer, then the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay such increased costs
(although the Borrower shall be obligated to pay any other increased costs of
the type described above resulting from changes after the date of the respective
transfer).

          13.15  Register.  The Borrower hereby designates the Administrative
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Agent to serve as the Borrower's agent, solely for purposes of this Section
13.15, to maintain a register (the "Register") on which it will record the
Commitments from time to time of each of the Lenders, the Loans made by each of
the Lenders, each repayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans of
each Lender and the Indemnity Participation (and Indemnity Amount) of each
Indemnifying Lender.  Failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such
recordation, shall not affect the Borrower's obligations in respect of such
Loans or any Indemnifying Lender's obligation with respect to its Indemnity
Participation.  With respect to (x) any Lender, the transfer of the Commitments
of such Lender and the rights to the principal of, and interest on, any Loan
made pursuant to such Commitments and (y) any Indemnifying Lender, the transfer
of the Indemnity Participation of such Indemnifying Lender and the rights to
interest and fees payable pursuant to such Indemnity Participation, shall not be
effective until such transfer is

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recorded on the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent with respect to
ownership of such Commitments, Loans and/or Indemnity Participations, as the
case may be, and prior to such recordation all amounts owing to the transferor
with respect to such Commitments, Loans and/or Indemnity Participations, as the
case may be, shall remain owing to the transferor. The registration of
assignment or transfer of all or part of any Commitments, Loans and Indemnity
Participations shall be recorded by the Administrative Agent on the Register
only upon the acceptance by the Administrative Agent of a properly executed and
delivered Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to Sections 13.04(b)
and/or (c). Coincident with the delivery of such an Assignment and Assumption
Agreement to the Administrative Agent for acceptance and registration of
assignment or transfer of all or part of a Loan, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, the assigning or transferor Lender shall surrender the Note (if
any) evidencing such Loan, and thereupon one or more new Notes in the same
aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the assigning or transferor Lender
and/or the new Lender at the request of any such Lender. The Borrower agrees to
indemnify the Administrative Agent from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities of whatsoever nature which may be imposed on, asserted
against or incurred by the Administrative Agent in performing its duties under
this Section 13.15.

          13.16  Confidentiality.  (a)  Subject to the provisions of clause (b)
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of this Section 13.16, each Lender agrees that it will use its reasonable
efforts not to disclose without the prior consent of the Borrower (other than to
its employees, auditors, advisors or counsel or to another Lender if such Lender
or such Lender's holding or parent company in its sole discretion determines
that any such party should have access to such information, provided such
Persons shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 13.16 to the same
extent as such Lender) any information with respect to the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries which is now or in the future furnished pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Credit Document, provided that any Lender may disclose
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any such information (i) as has become generally available to the public other
than by virtue of a breach of this Section 13.16(a) by the respective Lender,
(ii) as may be required or appropriate in any report, statement or testimony
submitted to any municipal, state or Federal regulatory body having or claiming
to have jurisdiction over such Lender or to the Federal Reserve Board or the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or similar organizations (whether in the
United States or elsewhere) or their successors, (iii) as may be required or
appropriate in respect to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any
litigation involving the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, this
Agreement, any other Credit Document, the Transaction or any other transaction
contemplated or permitted hereunder, (iv) in order to comply with any law,
order, regulation or ruling applicable to such Lender, (v) to the extent
necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedy under the Credit
Documents, (vi) to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, (vii) to
any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in any swap, hedge or similar
agreement (or to any such contractual counterparty's professional advisor), so
long as such contractual counterparty (or such professional advisor) agrees to
be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16 and (viii) to any prospective
or actual transferee or participant in connection with any contemplated transfer
or participation of any of the Notes or Commitments or any interest therein by
such Lender, provided that such prospective transferee agrees to be bound by the
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confidentiality provisions contained in this Section 13.16.

          (b)  The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that each Lender may
share with any of its affiliates, and such affiliates may share with such Lender
any information

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related to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, any non-public customer information regarding the creditworthiness
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), provided such Persons shall be subject to
the provisions of this Section 13.16 to the same extent as such Lender.

          13.17  Judgment Currency.  (a)  The Borrower's obligation hereunder
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and under the other Credit Documents to make payments in Dollars or (x) in the
case of a Letter of Credit issued in a Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent
thereof or (y) in the case of a Foreign Currency Revolving Loan, the applicable
Foreign Currency (in any such case, the "Obligation Currency") shall not be
discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment
expressed in or converted into any currency other than the Obligation Currency,
except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective
receipt by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender or
the respective Lender of the full amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to
be payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender
or such Lender under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents.  If for the
purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Borrower in any court or
in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any currency
other than the Obligation Currency (such other currency being hereinafter
referred to as the "Judgment Currency") an amount due in the Obligation
Currency, the conversion shall be made at the Relevant Currency Equivalent
thereof or, in the case of conversions into other currencies, at the rate of
exchange quoted by the Administrative Agent, determined, in each case, as of the
date immediately preceding the day on which the judgment is given (such Business
Day being hereinafter referred to as the "Judgment Currency Conversion Date").

          (b) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between
the Judgment Currency Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the
amount due, the Borrower covenants and agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, such
additional amounts, if any (but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be
necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when
converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will
produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased
with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial
award at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Currency Conversion
Date.

          (c) For purposes of determining the Relevant Currency Equivalent or
any other rate of exchange for this Section 13.17, such amounts shall include
any premium and costs payable in connection with the purchase of the Obligation
Currency.

          13.18  Euro.  (a)  If at any time that a Foreign Currency Revolving
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Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling is outstanding, Pounds Sterling is replaced
as the lawful currency of the United Kingdom (the "Issuing Country") by the Euro
so that all payments are to be made in the Issuing Country in Euros and not in
Pounds Sterling, then such Foreign Currency Revolving Loan shall be
automatically converted into a Foreign Currency Revolving Loan denominated in
Euros in a principal amount equal to the amount of Euros into which the
principal amount of such Foreign Currency Revolving Loan would be converted
pursuant to the EMU Legislation and thereafter no further Foreign Currency
Revolving Loans will be available in Pounds Sterling, with the basis of accrual
of interest, notice requirements and payment offices

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with respect to such converted Foreign Currency Revolving Loans to be that
consistent for Foreign Currency Revolving Loans denominated in Euros.

          (b)    In each case, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable
law, the Borrower shall from time to time, at the request of any Lender, pay to
such Lender the amount of any losses, damages, liabilities, claims, reduction in
yield, additional expense, increased cost, reduction in any amount payable,
reduction in the effective return of its capital, the decrease or delay in the
payment of interest or any other return forgone by such Lender or its affiliates
with respect to a Foreign Currency Revolving Loan affected by this Section 13.18
as a result of the tax or currency exchange resulting from the introduction,
changeover to or operation of the Euro in any applicable nation or eurocurrency
market.

          13.19  Post-Closing Actions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
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contained in this Agreement or in the other Credit Documents, the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be required
to take the actions specified in Schedule XIII as promptly as practicable, and
in any event within 90 days after the Initial Borrowing Date.  The provisions of
said Schedule XIII shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein as fully as
if set forth herein in its entirety. All conditions precedent and
representations contained in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall
be deemed modified to the extent necessary to effect the foregoing (and to
permit the taking of the actions described above within the time periods
required above, rather than as elsewhere provided in the Credit Documents, and
to allow for certain items otherwise required to be delivered pursuant to the
Credit Documents not to be so delivered to the extent permitted by the terms of
said Schedule XIII), provided that (x) to the extent any representation and
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warranty would not be true because the actions described on Schedule XIII marked
with an asterisk (collectively, the "Actions Within Borrower's Control") were
not taken on the Initial Borrowing Date, the respective representation and
warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects at
the time the respective action is taken (or was required to be taken) in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.19 and (y) all
representations and warranties relating to the Security Documents shall be
required to be true with respect to any of the foregoing actions required to be
taken by this Section 13.19 immediately after said actions have been taken. The
acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a
representation, warranty and covenant by each Credit Agreement Party to each of
the Lenders that the Actions Within Borrower Control required to be taken
pursuant to this Section 13.19 will be, or have been, taken within the relevant
time periods referred to in this Section 13.19 and that, at such time, all
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents with respect to each Action Within Borrower's Control shall then be
true and correct without any modification pursuant to this Section 13.19. The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) the failure to take the Action
Within Borrower's Control specified as item IV. on Schedule XIII, within the
relevant time period required above, shall give rise to an immediate Event of
Default and (ii) the failure to take any of the other actions required above (to
the extent so required), within the relevant time periods required above, shall
be a covenant default for all purposes of this Agreement.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly
authorized officers to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first
above written.

Address:
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The Manitowoc Company, Inc.                THE MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC.
500 South 16/th/ Street
Manitowoc, Wisconsin 54221
Attention: Maurice D. Jones                By: /s/ Glen E. Tellock
Tel. No.: (920) 684-4410                       _________________________
Fax No.:  (920) 683-8123                      Name:  Glen E. Tellock
                                              Title: Senior Vice President and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer

                                           BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, Individually
                                              and as Administrative Agent


                                           By: /s/ Gina S. Thompson
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  Gina S. Thompson
                                              Title: Director

                                           BANK ONE, NA, Individually and as
                                              Syndication Agent


                                           By: /s/ Richard G. Hillsman
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  Richard G. Hillsman
                                              Title: Director

                                           ARAB BANKING CORPORATION (B.S.C.)


                                           By: /s/ Grant E. McDonald
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  Grant E. McDonald
                                              Title: Vice President
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                                           LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                           By:  /s/ Lou D. Banach
                                                _________________________
                                              Name:  Lou D. Banach
                                              Title: Vice President and
                                                     Senior Lender


                                           ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A.

                                           By: /s/ Clark A. Rasmussen
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  Clark A. Rasmussen
                                              Title: Senior Vice President


                                           THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                                           By: /s/ Eugene F. Kenny
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  Eugene F. Kenny
                                              Title: Senior Vice President


                                           FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK

                                           By: /s/ John R. Langhine
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  John R. Langhine
                                              Title: S.V.P. & Director


                                           NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES

                                           By: /s/ Christine Dirkinger
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  Christine Dirkinger
                                              Title: Assistant Vice President
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                                           FIRSTAR BANK, N.A.

                                           By: /s/ Thomas V. Richtman
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  Thomas V. Richtman
                                              Title: Vice President


                                           M&I MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK

                                           By: /s/ Ronald J. Casey
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  Ronald J. Casey
                                              Title: Vice President


                                           FLEET NATIONAL BANK, Individually
                                           and as Documentation Agent

                                           By: /s/ James V. Maiorino
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  James V. Maiorino
                                              Title: Vice President


                                           BNP PARIBAS


                                           By:_________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY

                                           By: /s/ David J. Mitchell
                                               _________________________
                                              Name:  David J. Mitchell
                                              Title: Vice President