Exhibit 10.7





Exhibit No. 10.7




CREDIT AGREEMENT




Dated as of October 2, 2006




among




ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

as the Borrower,




CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER IDENTIFIED HEREIN,

as the Guarantors,




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent,




THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO




JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., and

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as Co-Syndication Agents,




and




LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, and

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

as Co-Documentation Agents




Arranged By:




BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES, INC.,

and

BARCLAYS CAPITAL,




the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers




 


 









 







TABLE OF CONTENTS





	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
	 	 	2	 
	1.01 Defined Terms
	 	 	2	 
	1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions
	 	 	24	 
	1.03 Accounting Terms
	 	 	25	 
	1.04 Rounding
	 	 	25	 
	1.05 References to Agreements and Laws
	 	 	25	 
	1.06 Times of Day
	 	 	25	 
	1.07 Letter of Credit Amounts
	 	 	26	 
	ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
	 	 	26	 
	2.01 Revolving Loans and Term Loans
	 	 	26	 
	2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans
	 	 	29	 
	2.03 Letters of Credit
	 	 	30	 
	2.04 Swing Line Loans
	 	 	38	 
	2.05 Prepayments
	 	 	41	 
	2.06 Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount
	 	 	43	 
	2.07 Repayment of Loans
	 	 	43	 
	2.08 Interest
	 	 	44	 
	2.09 Fees
	 	 	45	 
	2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees
	 	 	45	 
	2.11 Evidence of Debt
	 	 	46	 
	2.13 Sharing of Payments
	 	 	48	 
	ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
	 	 	48	 
	3.01 Taxes
	 	 	48	 
	3.02 Illegality
	 	 	49	 
	3.03 Inability to Determine Rates
	 	 	50	 
	3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy
	 	 	50	 
	3.05 Funding Losses
	 	 	50	 
	3.06 Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation
	 	 	51	 
	3.07 Survival
	 	 	51	 
	ARTICLE IV GUARANTY
	 	 	51	 
	4.01 The Guaranty
	 	 	51	 
	4.02 Obligations Unconditional
	 	 	52	 
	4.03 Reinstatement
	 	 	53	 
	4.04 Certain Additional Waivers
	 	 	53	 
	4.05 Remedies
	 	 	53	 
	4.06 Rights of Contribution
	 	 	53	 
	4.07 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee
	 	 	54	 
	ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
	 	 	54	 
	5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension
	 	 	54	 
	5.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions
	 	 	56	 
	ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	57	 
	6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power
	 	 	57	 
	6.02 Authorization; No Contravention
	 	 	57	 
	6.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents
	 	 	57	 
	6.04 Binding Effect
	 	 	58	 
	6.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
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	6.06 Litigation
	 	 	58	 
	6.07 No Default
	 	 	59	 
	6.08 Ownership of Property; Liens
	 	 	59	 
	6.09 Environmental Compliance
	 	 	59	 
	6.10 Insurance
	 	 	60	 
	6.11 Taxes
	 	 	60	 
	6.12 ERISA Compliance
	 	 	60	 
	6.13 Subsidiaries
	 	 	61	 
	6.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act
	 	 	61	 
	6.15 Disclosure
	 	 	61	 
	6.16 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	61	 
	6.17
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.
	 	 	62	 
	6.18 Solvency
	 	 	62	 
	6.19 Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral
	 	 	62	 
	6.20 Business Locations
	 	 	62	 
	6.21 Labor Matters
	 	 	63	 
	ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	63	 
	7.01 Financial Statements
	 	 	63	 
	7.02 Certificates; Other Information
	 	 	64	 
	7.03 Notices
	 	 	65	 
	7.04 Payment of Obligations
	 	 	66	 
	7.05
Preservation of Existence, Etc.
	 	 	66	 
	7.06 Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	66	 
	7.07 Maintenance of Insurance
	 	 	66	 
	7.08 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	67	 
	7.09 Books and Records
	 	 	67	 
	7.10 Inspection Rights
	 	 	67	 
	7.11 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	67	 
	7.12 Additional Subsidiaries
	 	 	67	 
	7.13 ERISA Compliance
	 	 	68	 
	7.14 Pledged Assets
	 	 	68	 
	7.15 Further Assurances
	 	 	69	 
	ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	69	 
	8.01 Liens
	 	 	69	 
	8.02 Investments
	 	 	71	 
	8.03 Indebtedness
	 	 	72	 
	8.04 Fundamental Changes
	 	 	73	 
	8.05 Dispositions
	 	 	73	 
	8.06 Restricted Payments
	 	 	73	 
	8.07 Change in Nature of Business
	 	 	74	 
	8.08 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	74	 
	8.09 Burdensome Agreements
	 	 	74	 
	8.10 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	75	 
	8.11 Financial Covenants
	 	 	75	 
	8.12
Prepayment of Other Indebtedness, Etc.
	 	 	75	 






 


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	8.13 Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity
	 	 	75	 
	ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	 	 	76	 
	9.01 Events of Default
	 	 	76	 
	9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default
	 	 	78	 
	9.03 Application of Funds
	 	 	78	 
	ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	 	 	79	 
	10.01 Appointment and Authority
	 	 	79	 
	10.02 Rights as a Lender
	 	 	80	 
	10.03 Exculpatory Provisions
	 	 	80	 
	10.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent
	 	 	81	 
	10.05 Delegation of Duties
	 	 	81	 
	10.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent
	 	 	81	 
	10.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
	 	 	82	 
	10.08 No
Other Duties; Etc.
	 	 	82	 
	10.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	82	 
	10.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters
	 	 	83	 
	ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	84	 
	11.01
Amendments, Etc.
	 	 	84	 
	11.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies
	 	 	86	 
	11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	87	 
	11.04 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes
	 	 	88	 
	11.05 Indemnification by the Borrower
	 	 	88	 
	11.06 Payments Set Aside
	 	 	89	 
	11.07 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	89	 
	11.08 Confidentiality
	 	 	93	 
	11.09 Set-off
	 	 	94	 
	11.10 Interest Rate Limitation
	 	 	94	 
	11.11 Counterparts
	 	 	94	 
	11.12 Integration
	 	 	94	 
	11.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 	 	95	 
	11.14 Severability
	 	 	95	 
	11.15 Tax Forms
	 	 	95	 
	11.16 Replacement of Lenders
	 	 	97	 
	11.17 Governing Law
	 	 	97	 
	11.18 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury
	 	 	98	 
	11.19 USA PATRIOT Act Notice
	 	 	98	 
	11.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
	 	 	99	 






 


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	SCHEDULES
	 	 	 	 
	2.01 Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
	 	 	 	 
	2.03 Existing DIP Letters of Credit
	 	 	 	 
	6.10 Insurance
	 	 	 	 
	6.13 Subsidiaries
	 	 	 	 
	6.17 IP Rights
	 	 	 	 
	6.20(a) Location of Chief Executive Office, Etc.
	 	 	 	 
	6.20(b) Changes in Legal Name, State of Formation and Structure
	 	 	 	 
	6.21 Labor Matters
	 	 	 	 
	8.01 Liens Existing on the Closing Date
	 	 	 	 
	8.02 Investments Existing on the Closing Date
	 	 	 	 
	8.03 Indebtedness Existing on the Closing Date
	 	 	 	 
	8.05 Dispositions
	 	 	 	 
	8.11 Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments
	 	 	 	 
	11.02 Certain Addresses for Notices
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBITS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	A-1 Form of Loan Notice
	 	 	 	 
	A-2 Form of Notice of Continuation/Conversion
	 	 	 	 
	B Form of Swing Line Loan Notice
	 	 	 	 
	C-1 Form of Revolving Note
	 	 	 	 
	C-2 Form of Swing Line Note
	 	 	 	 
	C-3 Form of Tranche A Term Note
	 	 	 	 
	C-4 Form of Tranche B Term Note
	 	 	 	 
	D Form of Compliance Certificate
	 	 	 	 
	E Form of Assignment and Assumption
	 	 	 	 
	F Form of Guarantor Joinder Agreement
	 	 	 	 






 


 









 





CREDIT AGREEMENT




This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of October 2, 2006 among ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES,
INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors (defined herein), the Lenders
(defined herein) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.



The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide credit facilities for the purposes set forth
herein, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.



In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
covenant and agree as follows:



ARTICLE I




DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS




1.01 Defined Terms.



As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:



“144A Indenture” means any indenture executed by the Borrower pursuant to which 144A Notes have
been or will be issued.



“144A Notes” means any senior unsecured notes issued by the Borrower after the Closing Date
pursuant to an offering consummated in accordance with
Section 144A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933.



“Acquisition”, by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or
in a series of related transactions, of all or any substantial portion of the Property of, or of
a business unit or division of, another Person or at least a majority of the Voting Stock of
another Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other
Person and whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or
otherwise.



“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any
of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.



“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address as set forth on
Schedule 11.02, or such other address as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify
to the Borrower and the Lenders.



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



“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with
the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the
ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have
meanings correlative thereto.



“Aggregate Commitments” means the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Commitments, the
Tranche A Term Loan Commitments and the Tranche B Term Loan Commitments.



“Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount” has the meaning given such term in Section 2.01(a).



“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.



“Applicable Rate” means, from time to time:



(a) with respect to Revolving Loans, Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans and the Tranche A Term
Loan, if any, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as
set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 7.02(b):



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pricing	 	 	 Consolidated Leverage	 	Commitment	 	 	Letters of	 	 	Eurodollar Rate	 	 	Base Rate	 
	Tier	 	 	Ratio	 	 Fee	 	 	Credit	 	 	Loans	 	 	Loans	 
	1	 	 	 	(greater than or equal to) 3.50:1
	 	 	0.500	%	 	 	2.00	%	 	 	2.00	%	 	 	1.00	%
	2	 	 	 	(greater than or equal to) 3.00:1 but <3.50:1
	 	 	0.500	%	 	 	1.75	%	 	 	1.75	%	 	 	0.75	%
	3	 	 	 	(greater than or equal to) 2.00:1 but <3.00:1
	 	 	0.375	%	 	 	1.50	%	 	 	1.50	%	 	 	0.50	%
	4	 	 	 	(greater than or equal to) 1.00:1 but <2.00:1
	 	 	0.200	%	 	 	1.25	%	 	 	1.25	%	 	 	0.25	%
	5	 	 	 	<1.00:1
	 	 	0.175	%	 	 	1.00	%	 	 	1.00	%	 	 	0.00	%







 


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Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the
date a Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(b); provided,
however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such
Section, then Pricing Tier 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which
such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall continue to apply
until the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is
delivered in accordance with Section 7.02(b), whereupon the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted based upon the calculation of
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio contained in such Compliance Certificate. The Applicable Rate in
effect from the Closing Date through the first Business Day immediately following the date a
Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 7.02(b) for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006 shall be determined based upon
Pricing Tier 3.



(b) with respect to the Tranche B Term Loan, if any, (i) 2.00% in the case of Eurodollar Rate
Loans and (ii) 1.00% in the case of Base Rate Loans.



“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate
of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.



“Asbestos PI Trust” means the trust established by the Borrower in accordance with the Asbestos
PI Trust Agreement.





“Asbestos PI Trust Agreement” means the Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Asbestos Personal
Injury Settlement Trust Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2006, by the Borrower, the Legal
Representative for Asbestos-Related Future Claimants, the Official Committee of Asbestos
Creditors, the Trustees and the members of the PI Trust Advisory Committee.



“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an
assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.07(b)), and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form
approved by the Administrative Agent.



“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law
firm or other external counsel.



“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any
Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments
under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such
date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease, (c) in respect
of any Securitization Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such
financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments,
determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (d) in the case of any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the
debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments
during the term of such lease).



“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, and the related consolidated
statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.



“Availability Period” means, with respect to the Revolving Commitments, the period from and
including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination
of the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of
termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the of the
L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.



“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.



“Bankruptcy Court “ means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.



“BAS” means Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as co-lead arranger and joint book
manager.



“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the
Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as
publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is
a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and
desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point
for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change
in the “prime rate” announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on
the day specified in the public announcement of such change.




 


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“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.



“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.



“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.



“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type and, in the case
of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant
to Section 2.01.



“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York, New York
and, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, any
fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such Eurodollar Rate Loan,
or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such
Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted
by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.



“Businesses” means, at any time, a collective reference to the businesses operated by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time.



“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any Property by that Person as
lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the
balance sheet of that Person.



“Capital Stock” means (i) in the case of a corporation, capital stock,
(ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (iii) in the
case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (iv) in the case of a
limited liability company, membership interests and (v) any other interest or participation that
confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions
of assets of, the issuing Person.



“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).



“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date, (a) 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 twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and
certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized
standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or
(iii) any bank 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 (any such bank
being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date
of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved
Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by,
any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the
equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of
acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company
(including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in
excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States
in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no
other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100%
of the amount of the repurchase obligations, (e) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP
as current assets, in money market investment
programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which are administered by reputable
financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are
limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (d),
and (f) with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower, instruments equivalent to those
referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in
credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for
cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States.




 


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“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:



(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding (i) the Asbestos PI Trust and (ii) any employee
benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries and any person or entity acting in its capacity
as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly
or indirectly, of forty percent (40%) or more of the Capital Stock of the Borrower entitled to
vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a
fully diluted basis; provided, however, that the occurrence of the foregoing event shall not be
deemed a Change of Control if the Asbestos PI Trust owns, directly or indirectly, of record and
beneficially, fifty percent (50%) or more of the Capital Stock of the Borrower entitled to vote
for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully
diluted basis;



(b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of
directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals
(i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period,
(ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body, (iii) whose election
or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals
referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iv) who were
members of that board or equivalent governing body on the Closing Date or who receives the vote
of the Asbestos PI Trust in his or her election by the stockholders of the Borrower; or



(c) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in,
the Plan Note Indenture or any 144A Indenture.



“Closing Date” means the date hereof.



“Collateral” means a collective reference to all Property with respect to which Liens in favor
of the Collateral Agent are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms
of the Collateral Documents.



“Collateral Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as collateral agent for the holders of
the secured obligations identified in the Collateral Documents, and its successors and assigns
in such capacity.



“Collateral Documents” means a collective reference to the Security Agreement, the Pledge
Agreement, each Collateral Joinder Agreement and other security documents as may be executed and
delivered by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of Section 7.14.




 


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“Collateral Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement by which an additional pledgor or
guarantor may be added to a Pledge Agreement or Security Agreement.



“Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments, the L/C Commitment, the Swing Line Commitment,
the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments and/or the Tranche B Term Loan Commitments.



“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.



“Confirmation Order” means that certain Order Confirming the Fourth Amended Plan of
Reorganization of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., as Modified, dated August 18, 2006, in the
Chapter 11 Case captioned In re Armstrong World Industries, Inc., et al., pending in the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Chapter 11 Case No. 00-4471 (JKF).



“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis, all capital expenditures, as determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include (a) expenditures
made with proceeds of any Involuntary Disposition to the extent such expenditures are used to
purchase Property that is the same as or similar to the Property subject to such Involuntary
Disposition or (b) Permitted Acquisitions.



“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, an amount equal to (i) Consolidated Operating Income for such period plus
(ii) the amount of depreciation and amortization expense for such period, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, plus (iii) to the extent relating to the applicable period, the
Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments for such period.



“Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments” means for each fiscal quarter identified on Schedule 8.11, the
items or amounts identified on such Schedule as “Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments” for each such
fiscal quarter.



“Consolidated Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, an
amount equal to (a) Consolidated EBITDA minus (b) Consolidated Capital Expenditures paid in cash
minus (c) the cash portion of Consolidated Interest Charges minus (d) cash taxes paid minus (e)
Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments minus (f) the amount of any voluntary prepayments of
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (other than voluntary prepayments of revolving lines of credit
unless accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction in the commitments thereunder) during
such fiscal year plus (g) Consolidated Net Changes in Working Capital minus (h) the aggregate
amount of cash consideration paid during the period for Permitted Acquisitions minus (i) the
aggregate amount of Restricted Payments paid in cash by the Borrower during the period, in each
case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.



“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.



“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of (i) all interest, premium payments, debt
discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection
with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase
price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, plus
(ii) the portion of rent expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to such
period under Capital Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP; provided, that
for purposes of calculating
Consolidated Interest Charges for the periods of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended December
31, 2006, March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007, respectively, Consolidated Interest Charges shall be
deemed to be (i) the actual Consolidated Interest Charges for the fiscal quarter ended December
31, 2006 multiplied by four, (ii) the actual Consolidated Interest Charges for the two
consecutive fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2007 multiplied by two, and (iii) the actual
Consolidated Interest Charges for the three consecutive fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2007
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“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the
Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) to (b)
Consolidated Interest Charges for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for
which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b).



“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of
the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the Borrower has delivered financial
statements pursuant to
Section 7.01(a) or (b).



“Consolidated Net Changes in Working Capital” means, for any period for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, an amount (positive or negative) equal to the sum of (a) the net amount of
decreases (or minus the amount of increases) in accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid expenses
and other current assets, plus
(b) the net amount of increases (or minus the amount of decreases) in accounts payable
(including accrued interest expense), accrued expenses and other current liabilities, in each
case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP and as set forth in the audited
annual financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section
7.01(a).



“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for that period, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.



“Consolidated Operating Income” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis, the operating income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (before
deductions for interest and taxes) for that period, as determined in accordance with GAAP,
including in any event, without limitation, the Borrower’s share of reported net income from
WAVE for such period on an “as-earned” basis rather than on an “as-received” basis.



“Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments” means for any period for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all scheduled payments of principal on
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, as determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this
definition, “scheduled payments of principal” (a) shall be determined without giving effect to
any reduction of such scheduled payments resulting from the application of any voluntary or
mandatory prepayments made during the applicable period, (b) shall be deemed to include the
Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases, Sale and Leaseback Transactions and
Synthetic Leases, and (c) shall not include any voluntary prepayments or mandatory prepayments
required pursuant to Section 2.05.



“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such
Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.



“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate”.




 


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“Corporate Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by either
S&P or Moody’s (collectively, the “Corporate Ratings”) of the corporate credit rating or
corporate family rating of the Borrower, as appropriate.



“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.



“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by either S&P or
Moody’s (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of the Loans and extensions of credit under this
Agreement.



“Debtor Entities” means Nitram Liquidators, Inc. and Desseaux Corporation of North America.



“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or
other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.



“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the
giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.



“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees,
an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus
(ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum;
provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an
interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to
such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws and
(b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2%
per annum, in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.



“Defaulting Lender” means, as of any date of determination, any Lender that (a) has failed to
fund any portion of the Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line
Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be
funded by it hereunder and such failure has not been cured, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over
to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it
hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due (unless the subject of a good faith
dispute) and such failure has not been cured, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the
subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.



“DIP Loan Agreement” means that certain Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of
December 6, 2000 among the Borrower, certain of its Subsidiaries, Nitram Liquidators, Inc.,
Desseaux Corporation of North America, the financial institutions party thereto and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.



“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition
(including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any Property by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
(including the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary), including any sale, assignment, transfer or
other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and
claims associated therewith, but excluding (i) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other
disposition of inventory or other Property in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, (ii) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of machinery,
equipment or other Property no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, (iii) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of Property
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Loan Party, (iv) any Disposition by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to the extent constituting a Permitted Investment, (v) any sale, lease, license,
transfer or other disposition of Property by any Foreign Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary, (vi) dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that
(a) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement
equipment or property or (b) the proceeds of such disposition are reasonably promptly applied to
the purchase price of such replacement equipment or property; (vii) licenses, sublicenses,
leases and subleases not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries,
(viii) sales or discounts of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise or collection
thereof and (ix) dispositions set forth on Schedule 8.05.





 


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“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.



“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any state of the
United States or the District of Columbia, other than
(a) a Subsidiary which is a disregarded entity for U.S. Federal income tax purposes and directly
or indirectly holds any interest in a Subsidiary not organized under the laws of any state of
the United States or the District of Columbia or (b) any other Subsidiary which is a Subsidiary
of an entity described in the foregoing clause (a).



“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender;
(c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the
Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an assignment of a Revolving Commitment, the L/C
Issuers and the Swing Line Lender), and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrower
or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.



“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other applicable
statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits,
concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to
pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the
environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and
discharges to waste or public systems.



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



“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.



“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control
with the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal
Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).



“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by
the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during
a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA)
or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of
ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the
filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination
under Sections 4041 or 4041A of
ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than
for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any
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“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan,
the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as
published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR
as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits
(for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Rate”
for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to
be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period
in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or
converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered
by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at
their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.



“Eurodollar Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate
per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (a) the Eurodollar Base Rate for such Eurodollar Rate Loan for such Interest Period by
(b) one minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage for such Eurodollar Rate Loan for such Interest
Period.



“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.



“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve
percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day,
whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB
for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other
marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurodollar funding (currently referred to as
“Eurodollar liabilities”). The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall
be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage.



“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.



“Excluded Property” means, with respect to any Loan Party, (a) any owned or leased personal
Property which is located outside of the United States,
(b) any personal Property (including, without limitation, motor vehicles and aircraft) in
respect of which perfection of a Lien is not either (i) governed by the Uniform Commercial Code
or (ii) effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in either the United States
Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, unless requested by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, (c) the Capital Stock of any First-Tier Foreign
Subsidiary to the extent not required to be pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to
Section 7.14(b), (d) any personal Property which, subject to the terms of
Section 8.09, is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 8.01(i) pursuant to
documents which prohibit such Loan Party from granting any other Liens in such Property, but
only to the extent that any such prohibition would not be rendered ineffective under applicable
provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, other applicable law (including Debtor Relief Laws)
or principles of equity and a violation of such prohibition would not result in the termination
thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise
materially and adversely alter such Loan Party’s rights, titles and interests thereunder
(including upon the giving of notice or the
lapse of time or both), (e) any fee or leasehold interests in real property, (f) any Property
that is subject to a Lien pursuant to a Securitization Transaction permitted pursuant to Section
8.03(l), (g) the Capital Stock of WAVE or any Debtor Entity and (h) any permit, lease, license,
contract or instrument now or hereafter in effect of a Loan Party if the grant of a security
interest in such permit, lease, license, contract or instrument in a manner contemplated by the
Loan Documents, under the terms thereof or under applicable Law, is prohibited and would result
in the termination thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate
or otherwise materially and adversely alter such Loan Party’s rights, titles and interests
thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both).



 


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“Existing DIP Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit outstanding on the Closing Date and
identified on Schedule 2.03.



“Existing Swap Contracts” means the Swap Contracts with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
existing on the Closing Date.



“Facilities” means, at any time, a collective reference to the facilities and real properties
owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.



“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the
next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no
such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%)
charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.



“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated September 22, 2006 among the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and BAS.



“First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means each Foreign Subsidiary that is owned directly by a Loan
Party.



“Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.15(a)(i).



“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.



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



“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit
in the ordinary course of its business.



“Funded Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of
the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:



(a) all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the Obligations)
and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or
other similar instruments;



(b) all purchase money Indebtedness;



 


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(c) the principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention
agreements relating to Property purchased by such Person (other than customary reservations or
retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of
business);



(d) all obligations arising under standby letters of credit and similar obligations that back
obligations that would constitute Indebtedness (but specifically excluding those that support
performance obligations);



(e)) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other
than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);



(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;



(g) all preferred stock or other equity interests providing for mandatory redemptions, sinking
fund or like payments prior to the Maturity Date;



(h) all Funded Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Funded
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or
payable out of the proceeds of production from, Property owned or acquired by such Person,
whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed;



(i) all Guarantees with respect to Funded Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a)
through (h) above of another Person; and



(j) all Funded Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited
liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer and has liability
for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment
thereof.



For purposes hereof, except as provided in clause (d) above, obligations arising under letters
of credit and similar instruments shall not constitute Funded Indebtedness.



“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, consistently applied and as in effect from time to time.



“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European
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“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation
payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly
or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or
services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to
maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity
or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to
pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in
any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment
or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or
in part), or
(b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person.
The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable
amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee
is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in
respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as
a verb has a corresponding meaning.



“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders pursuant to Article IV hereof.



“Guaranty Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement by which a Domestic Subsidiary of the
Borrower or other Person may become a Guarantor hereunder. A form of Guaranty Joinder Agreement
is attached as Exhibit F.



“Guarantors” means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower identified as a “Guarantor” on the
signature pages hereto and each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12,
together with their successors and permitted assigns.



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



“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).



“Incremental Credit Facilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d).



“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the
following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:



(a) all Funded Indebtedness;



(b) the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contract;



(c) all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses
(a) and (b) above of any other Person; and



(d) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited
liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and has
liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for
payment thereof.



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“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.05.



“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest
Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest
Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every
three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates;
and
(b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March,
June, September and December and the Maturity Date.



“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such
Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and
ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its
Loan Notice; provided that:



(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar
month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;



(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day
for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such
Interest Period; and



(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.



“Interim Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c).



“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.



“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such
Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock of another
Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or
purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another
Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) an
Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the
amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value
of such Investment.



“Involuntary Disposition” means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or
other taking for public use of, any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.



“IP Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.17.



“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.



“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998”
published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version
thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).





 


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“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter Credit Application,
and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower
(or any Subsidiary) or in favor the applicable L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of
Credit.



“Joinder Agreements” means a Guaranty Joinder Agreement, a Lender Joinder Agreement and/or a
Collateral Joinder Agreement, as appropriate.



“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes,
treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial
precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof,
and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations
and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not
having the force of law.



“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in
any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.



“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit
which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving
Loans.



“L/C Commitment” means, with respect to any L/C Issuer, the commitment of such L/C Issuer to
issue and to honor payment obligations under Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.03.



“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or
extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.



“L/C Issuer” means with respect to a particular Letter of Credit (a) as to Existing DIP Letters
of Credit, the Lenders identified on Schedule 2.03, (b) Bank of America in its capacity as
issuer of such Letter of Credit or (c) such other Lender selected by the Borrower (upon notice
to the Administrative Agent) from time to time to issue such Letter of Credit, or any successor
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.



“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be
drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts,
including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under
any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.07. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of
Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the
operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in
the amount so remaining available to be drawn.



“Lender Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement by which a Lender is joined under this
Agreement to provide additional commitments in respect of an Incremental Credit Facility or
otherwise.



“Lenders” means the Revolving Lenders, the Tranche A Term Lenders and the Tranche B Term Lenders
and, as the context requires, includes the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender.



“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such
in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may
from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.





 


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“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing
DIP Letters of Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby
letter of credit.



“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment
of a letter of credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable L/C Issuer.



“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is thirty days prior to the Maturity Date
then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).



“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).



“Letter of Credit Sublimit” has the meaning specified in Section
2.03(a)(i). The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Revolving Committed Amount.



“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance,
lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic
effect as any of the foregoing).



“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of
a Revolving Loan, Swing Line Loan, Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche B Term Loan.



“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Letter of Credit, each Letter of Credit
Application, each Joinder Agreement, the Collateral Documents and the Fee Letter.



“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, Tranche A Term Loan or
Tranche B Term Loan, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation
of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to
Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.



“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.



“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect
upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b)
a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to
perform their obligations under any Loan Document to which they are a party; or (c) a material
adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole of any Loan Document to which they are a party.



“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that individually,
or together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, has assets of more than $1,000,000;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Debtor Entities shall not constitute
Material Domestic Subsidiaries.



“Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means any First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary that
individually, or together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, has assets of more than
$10,000,000; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Foreign
Subsidiaries shall not constitute Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiaries: (a) any Foreign
Subsidiary organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China or any state or other
political subdivision thereof and (b) any other Foreign Subsidiary if a pledge
of such Foreign Subsidiary’s Capital Stock violates any Law or could reasonably be expected to
have an adverse effect on the business of such Foreign Subsidiary.




 


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“Maturity Date” (a) as to the Revolving Loans, Tranche A Term Loan, Swing Line Loans and Letters
of Credit (and the related L/C Obligations), October 2, 2011 and (b) as to the Tranche B Term
Loan, October 2, 2013 or such later date provided in the applicable Lender Joinder Agreement.



“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.



“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make
contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make
contributions.



“Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds (including insurance
proceeds and condemnation awards) received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any
Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, net of (a) direct costs incurred in connection therewith
(including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales
commissions), (b) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof and (c) the amount necessary to
retire any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien (ranking senior to any Lien of the
Administrative Agent) on the related Property; it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds”
shall include, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any
Disposition or Involuntary Disposition.



“Note” or “Notes” means the Revolving Notes, the Swing Line Note, the Tranche A Term Notes
and/or the Tranche B Term Notes, individually or collectively, as appropriate.



“Notice of Continuation/Conversion” means the written notice of continuation or conversion in
substantially the form of Exhibit A-2.



“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties
of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or
Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute
or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest
and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate
thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such
proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
The foregoing shall also include (a) all obligations under any Swap Contract between any Loan
Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to
Section 8.03(d) and (b) all obligations under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan
Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender.



“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles
of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect
to any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
(b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or
organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture,
trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable
agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with
respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable
Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable,
any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.





 


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“Other Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).



“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to any Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of
any Loans occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the
aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C
Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C
Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid
drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for
drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.



“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate and (b) an
overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer, or the Swing
Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.



“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(d).



“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.



“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section
3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is
sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple
employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time
during the immediately preceding five plan years.



“Permitted Acquisitions” means Investments consisting of an Acquisition by a Loan Party,
provided that (i) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, such Loan Party would be
in compliance with Section 8.07, (ii) in the case of an Acquisition of all or substantially all
of the Capital Stock of another Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing
body) of such other Person shall have duly approved such Acquisition, (iii) the Borrower shall
have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating
that, upon giving effect to such Acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis, the Loan Parties would be in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 as of the most recent fiscal
quarter for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or
(b) and (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately after giving effect to such
Acquisition.



“Permitted Investments” means, at any time, Investments by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of Section 8.02.



“Permitted Liens” means, at any time, Liens in respect of Property of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of Section 8.01.



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



“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is
subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.





 


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“Plan Note Indenture” means the Indenture or Indentures, by and among the Borrower and Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee, pursuant to which any of the Plan Notes
will be issued.



“Plan Notes” means the “Plan Notes” as defined by the Reorganization Plan.



“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.



“Pledge Agreement” means the pledge agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed in favor of
the Collateral Agent by each of the Loan Parties.



“Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating the financial covenants set forth in
Section 8.11 and for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate, that any Disposition,
Involuntary Disposition, Acquisition or incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 8.03(e)
or 8.03(g) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most recent four fiscal
quarter period preceding the date of such transaction for which the Borrower has delivered
financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b). In connection with the foregoing, (a)
with respect to any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, (i) income statement and cash flow
statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Property disposed of shall be
excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring prior to the date of such transaction
and (ii) Indebtedness which is retired shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of
the first day of the applicable period and (b) with respect to any Acquisition, (i) income
statement items attributable to the Person or Property acquired shall be included to the extent
relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A) such items are not
otherwise included in such income statement items for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.01 and (B)
such items are supported by financial statements or other information reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and
(ii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the
Person or Property acquired) in connection with such transaction and any Indebtedness of the
Person or Property acquired which is not retired in connection with such transaction (A) shall
be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period and (B) if such
Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the
applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or
would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination.



“Pro Forma Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
containing reasonably detailed calculations of the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11
as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower has delivered financial
statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) after giving effect to the applicable transaction
on a Pro Forma Basis.



“Pro Rata Share” means, as to each Lender at any time, (a) with respect to such Lender’s
Revolving Commitment at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the
ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Revolving Commitment of such
Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount at
such time; provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Loans and the
obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to
Section 9.02, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata
Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any
subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof, (b) with respect to such Lender’s
outstanding Tranche A Term Loan at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out
to the
ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan
held by such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount
of the Tranche A Term Loan at such time and (c) with respect to such Lender’s outstanding
Tranche B Term Loan at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth
decimal place), the numerator of which is the principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loan held
by such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of
the Tranche B Term Loan at such time. The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth
opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01.




 


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“Property” means any interest of any kind in any property or asset, whether real, personal or
mixed, or tangible or intangible.



“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(c).



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



“Reorganization Plan” means the Fourth Amended Plan of Reorganization of Armstrong World
Industries, Inc., et al., as Modified, dated as of February 21, 2006, and as confirmed by the
Bankruptcy Court by order entered on August 18, 2006.



“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than
events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.



“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, a Loan Notice, (b) with
respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a
Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.



“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than fifty
percent (50%) of the Aggregate Commitments, or if the Commitments shall have expired or been
terminated, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding
Loans and L/C Obligations (including, in each case, the aggregate amount of each Lender’s
participation interests in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans); provided that the Commitments
of, and the portion of the applicable Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded for purposes of making determinations of “Required Lenders” hereunder.



“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Lenders having
more than fifty percent (50%) of the Revolving Commitments, or if the Revolving Commitments
shall have expired or been terminated, Revolving Lenders holding in the aggregate more than
fifty percent (50%) of the Total Revolving Outstandings (including, in each case, the aggregate
amount of each Revolving Lender’s participation interests in L/C Obligations and Swing Line
Loans); provided that the Revolving Commitments of, and the portion of the Total Revolving
Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of
making determinations of “Required Revolving Lenders” hereunder.



“Required Tranche A Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more
than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche A Term Loan Commitments;
provided that the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lenders
shall be excluded for purposes of making determinations of “Required Tranche A Term Lenders”
hereunder.



“Required Tranche B Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more
than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche B Term Loan Commitments;
provided that the Tranche B Term Loan Commitments held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lenders
shall be
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“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer,
vice president and treasurer or vice president and controller of a Loan Party. Any document
delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be
conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or
other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively
presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.



“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
other property) with respect to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any
payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar
deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or
termination of any such Capital Stock or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any
such Capital Stock.



“Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving
Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01,
(b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line
Loans. The amount of the initial Revolving Commitments is identified on Schedule 2.01.



“Revolving Lenders” means those Lenders with Revolving Commitments, together with their
successors and permitted assigns. The initial Revolving Lenders are identified on the signature
pages hereto and on Schedule 2.01.



“Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).



“Revolving Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).



“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
and any successor thereto.



“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any
arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby the Borrower or such Subsidiary
shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property
that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold
or transferred.



“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to
any of its principal functions.



“Securitization Receivables” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Securitization
Transaction”.



“Securitization Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any financing transaction or
series of financing transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which such
Person or any Subsidiary of such Person may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a
security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or
residuals or similar rights to payment (the “Securitization Receivables”) to a special purpose
subsidiary or affiliate of such Person.



“Security Agreement” means the security agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed in favor
of the Collateral Agent by each of the Loan Parties.





 


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“Solvent” or “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person as of a particular date, that on such
date (a) such Person is generally able to pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent
obligations and other commitments as they mature, (b) such Person is not engaged in a business
or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such
Person’s Property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to
the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage, (c) the
fair value of the Property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities,
including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person and (d) the present fair
salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to
pay all liabilities of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured. In
computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities
will be computed at the amount which, in 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.



“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Capital Stock having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than Capital
Stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time
beneficially owned, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries”
shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any reference to any Subsidiary of the Borrower
shall be deemed not to include any Debtor Entity.



“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity
contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or
options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate
options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency
options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the
foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such
transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions
of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or
governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master
agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master
Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.



“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into
account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts,
(a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination
value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date
prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market
value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other
readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may
include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).



“Swing Line Commitment” means, with respect to the Swing Line Lender, the commitment of the
Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans in accordance with Section 2.04.



“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or
any successor swing line lender hereunder.





 


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“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).



“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Borrowing of Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section
2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.



“Swing Line Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).



“Swing Line Sublimit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a). The Swing Line Sublimit is
part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount.



“Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet
loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement whereby the arrangement is considered
borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease or does not
otherwise appear on a balance sheet under GAAP.



“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans,
all Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.



“Tranche A Term Lenders” means those Lenders having a portion of the Tranche A Term Loan,
together with their successors and permitted assigns.



“Tranche A Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(d).



“Tranche A Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Tranche A Term Lender, upon establishment of
the Tranche A Term Loan under Section 2.01(f) or increase in the Tranche A Term Loan under
Section 2.01(e), its obligation to make its portion of the Tranche A Term Loan to the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.01(b); provided that at any time after funding of the Tranche A Term Loan,
determinations of “Required Lenders” and “Required Tranche A Lenders” shall be based on the
Outstanding Amount of the Tranche A Term Loan.



“Tranche A Term Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).



“Tranche B Term Lenders” means those Lenders having a portion of the Tranche B Term Loan,
together with their successors and permitted assigns.



“Tranche B Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(d).



“Tranche B Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Tranche B Term Lender, upon establishment of
the Tranche B Term Loan under Section 2.01(g) or increase in the Tranche B Term Loan under
Section 2.01(e), its obligation to make its portion of the Tranche B Term Loan to the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.01(c); provided that at any time after funding of the Tranche B Term Loan,
determinations of “Required Lenders” and “Required Tranche B Lenders” shall be based on the
Outstanding Amount of the Tranche B Term Loan.



“Tranche B Term Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).



“Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash
management services, including deposit accounts, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero
balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account
reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services.





 


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“Type” means, with respect to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate
Loan.



“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction from time to time.



“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.



“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).



“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock issued by such Person the
holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the
election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the
right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.



“WAVE” means the unincorporated joint venture established pursuant to that Joint Venture
Agreement dated March 23, 1992, between Armstrong Ventures, Inc. and Worthington Industries,
Inc.



“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Person 100% of whose Capital Stock is at the time owned by
the Borrower directly or indirectly through other Persons 100% of whose Capital Stock is at the
time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower.



1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions.



With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein
or in such other Loan Document:



(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the
defined terms.



(b) (i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when
used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular
provision thereof.



(ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such
reference appears.



(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.



(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates,
notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in
physical or electronic form.



(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the
word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;”
and the word “through” means “to and including.”





 


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(d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents
are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.



1.03 Accounting Terms.



(a) Except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein, all accounting
terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and
all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be
submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a
consistent basis, as in effect from time to time.



(b) The Borrower will provide a written summary of material changes in GAAP and in the
consistent application thereof with each annual and quarterly Compliance Certificate delivered
in accordance with Section 7.02(b). If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the
Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the
original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required
Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall
provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents
required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a
reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving
effect to such change in GAAP.



(c) Notwithstanding the above, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all calculations of
the financial covenants in Section 8.11 shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.



1.04 Rounding.



Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall
be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result
to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding
the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).



1.05 References to Agreements and Laws.



Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements
(including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all
subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto,
but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other
modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall
include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing,
supplementing or interpreting such Law.



1.06 Times of Day.



Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern
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1.07 Letter of Credit Amounts.



Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed
to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that
with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document
related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the
amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter
of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount
is in effect at such time.



ARTICLE II




THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS




2.01 Revolving Loans and Term Loans.



(a) Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender
severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars
from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not
to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment;
provided, however, that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans,
(i) with regard to the Revolving Lenders collectively, the Total Revolving Outstandings shall
not exceed THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($300,000,000) (as such amount may be increased or
decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount”)
and (ii) with regard to each Revolving Lender individually, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving
Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to
the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay
under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this
Section 2.01. Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further
provided herein.



(b) Tranche A Term Loan. At any time on or after the Closing Date, the Borrower may elect to
establish a Tranche A Term Loan hereunder in Dollars in accordance with the provisions of
subsections (d) and (f) of this Section 2.01. Amounts repaid on the Tranche A Term Loan may not
be reborrowed. The Tranche A Term Loan may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans,
as further provided herein.



(c) Tranche B Term Loan. At any time on or after the Closing Date, the Borrower may elect to
establish a Tranche B Term Loan hereunder in accordance with the provisions of subsections (d)
and (g) of this Section 2.01. Amounts repaid on the Tranche B Term Loan may not be reborrowed.
The Tranche B Term Loan may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further
provided herein.



(d) Incremental Loan Facilities. At any time on or after the Closing Date, the Borrower may, on
written notice to the Administrative Agent, establish additional credit facilities
(collectively, the “Incremental Credit Facilities”) by increasing the Aggregate Revolving
Committed Amount, the amount of the Tranche A Term Loan or the amount of the Tranche B Term Loan
hereunder as provided in Section 2.01(e), establishing the Tranche A Term Loan as provided in
Section 2.01(f) (the “Tranche A Term Loan”) or establishing the Tranche B Term Loan as provided
in Section 2.01(g) (the “Tranche B Term Loan”), or some combination thereof; provided that:



(i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result after giving effect to the
Incremental Credit Facility;



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(iii) the Borrower will provide (A) a compliance certificate from a Responsible Officer
confirming that no Default shall exist immediately before or immediately after giving effect to
the establishment of the Incremental Credit Facility and demonstrating compliance with the
financial covenants hereunder after giving effect to the Incremental Credit Facility (assuming,
for purposes hereof, that the Incremental Credit Facility is fully drawn and funded), and (b)
supporting resolutions, legal opinions, promissory notes and other items as may be reasonably
required by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing the commitments for the
Incremental Credit Facility; and



(iv) to the extent reasonably necessary in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, amendments
to each of the Collateral Documents, if any, and related documents or agreements shall have been
made, in each case in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.



In connection with establishment of any Incremental Credit Facility, (A) none of the Lenders or
their affiliates shall have any obligation to provide commitments or loans for any Incremental
Credit Facility without their prior written approval, and (B) Schedule 2.01 will be deemed to be
revised to reflect the Lenders, Loans, Commitments and Pro Rata Shares after giving effect to
establishment of any Incremental Credit Facility.



(e) Increases in the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount, the Tranche A Term Loan and the
Tranche B Term Loan. Subject to Section 2.01(d), the Borrower may increase the Aggregate
Revolving Committed Amount, the Tranche A Term Loan and the Tranche B Term Loan; provided that:



(i) the aggregate amount of additional commitments established pursuant to this subsection will
not exceed TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000);



(ii) the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount, after giving effect to all such increases, will
not exceed FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($500,000,000);



(iii) such increase shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000 and in integral multiples of
$5,000,000 in excess thereof;



(iv) any new lender providing additional commitments pursuant to this subsection must be
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an increase in the
Revolving Commitments, also to the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender;



(v) lenders providing additional commitments pursuant to this subsection will provide a Lender
Joinder Agreement and such other agreements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;



(vi) if any Revolving Loans, Tranche A Term Loans or Tranche B Term Loans, as appropriate, are
outstanding at the time of any such increase, the Borrower will make such payments and
adjustments on the subject Loans (including payment of any break-funding amounts owing under
Section 3.05) as may be necessary to give effect to the revised commitment amounts and
percentages; and



(vii) in the case of an increase in the amount of the Tranche A Term Loan or the Tranche B Term
Loan after the first principal amortization payment date, adjustments will be made to the
schedule of amortization payment provided in Section 2.07(c) or (d), as appropriate, to give
effect thereto; provided that the principal amortization amount payable on any payment date in
respect of the
Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche B Term Loan, as applicable, as in effect prior to the increase
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(f) Establishment of Tranche A Term Loan. Subject to Section 2.01(d), the Borrower may, at any
time on or after the Closing Date, establish a Tranche A Term Loan; provided that:



(i) the aggregate amount of commitments under the Tranche A Term Loan plus the aggregate amount
of commitments under the Tranche B Term Loan will not exceed EIGHT HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
($800,000,000);



(ii) such Tranche A Term Loan shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000 and in integral
multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof;



(iii) the Tranche A Term Loan shall be established not later than October 16, 2006;



(iv) the proceeds of the Tranche A Term Loan will be used to fund the Asbestos PI Trust and
other payments required under the Reorganization Plan and to pay transaction costs, fees and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;



(v) the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan, the Tranche B Term Loan and the
Plan Notes shall be at least $775,000,000 and, if applicable, the Administrative Agent shall
have received a copy, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as true and complete,
of the Plan Note Indenture as originally executed and delivered, together with all exhibits and
schedules thereto;



(vi) any new lender providing commitments for the Tranche A Term Loan must be reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and



(vii) lenders providing commitments for the Tranche A Term Loan pursuant to this Section 2.01(f)
will provide a Lender Joinder Agreement and such other agreements reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.



(g) Establishment of Tranche B Term Loan. Subject to Section 2.01(d), the Borrower may, at any
time on or after the Closing Date, establish a Tranche B Term Loan; provided that:



(i) the aggregate amount of commitments under the Tranche A Term Loan plus the aggregate amount
of commitments under the Tranche B Term Loan will not exceed EIGHT HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
($800,000,000);



(ii) such Tranche B Term Loan shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000 and in integral
multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof;



(iii) the Tranche B Term Loan shall be established not later than October 16, 2006;



(iv) the proceeds of the Tranche B Term Loan will be used to fund the Asbestos PI Trust and
other payments required under the Reorganization Plan and to pay transaction costs, fees and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;





 


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(v) the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan,
the Tranche B Term Loan and the Plan Notes shall be at least
$775,000,000 and, if applicable, the Administrative Agent shall have
received a copy, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as
true and complete, of the Plan Note Indenture as originally executed
and delivered, together with all exhibits and schedules thereto;



(vi) lenders providing commitments for the Tranche B Term Loan
must be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and



(vii) lenders providing commitments for the Tranche B Term
Loan pursuant to this Section 2.01(f) will provide a Lender Joinder
Agreement and such other agreements reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.



2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.



(a) (i) Each Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.
Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to the requested date of
any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (B) one Business Day prior
to the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each
telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must
be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a
written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by an
authorized officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c)
and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.
Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (A) the
requested date of the Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (B)
the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, (C) the Type of Loans to
be borrowed and (E) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period
with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of a Loan
in a Loan Notice, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Base Rate
Loans. Any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective
as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect
to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a
Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to
specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an
Interest Period of one month.



(ii) Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata
Share of the applicable Loans. Each Lender shall make the amount of its
Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available
funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on
the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon
satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02
(and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01),
the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to
the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent
either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower
on the books of
Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of
such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to
(and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date of a Borrowing of
Revolving Loans, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the
proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in
full of any such L/C Borrowings and second, shall be made available to
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(iii) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the
interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of
such interest rate. The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall
be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are
outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in
Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public
announcement of such change.



(b) The Borrower shall have the option, on any Business Day, to extend existing Loans into a
subsequent permissible Interest Period or to convert Loans into Loans of another interest rate
type; provided, however, that (i) except as provided in Section 3.05, Eurodollar Loans may be
converted into Base Rate Loans or extended as Eurodollar Loans for new Interest Periods only on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) Loans extended as, or converted
into, Eurodollar Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) any request for continuation or conversion of a
Eurodollar Loan which shall fail to specify an Interest Period shall be deemed to be a request
for an Interest Period of one month. Each such continuation or conversion shall be effected by
the Borrower by giving a Notice of Extension/Conversion (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed
in writing) to the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 11.02, or at such
other office as the Administrative Agent may designate in writing, prior to 11:00 a.m., on the
Business Day of, in the case of the conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into a Base Rate Loan, and
on the third Business Day prior to, in the case of the continuation of a Eurodollar Loan as, or
conversion of a Base Rate Loan into, a Eurodollar Loan, the date of the proposed continuation or
conversion, the Loans to be so extended or converted, the types of Loans into which such Loans
are to be converted and, if appropriate, the applicable Interest Periods with respect thereto.
In the event the Borrower fails to request continuation or conversion of any Eurodollar Loan in
accordance with this Section, or any such conversion or continuation is not permitted or
required by this Section, then such Eurodollar Loan shall be automatically converted into a Base
Rate Loan at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall
give each Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed continuation or
conversion affecting any Revolving Loan.



(c) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other,
and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 5 Interest Periods
in effect with respect to Revolving Loans, 5 Interest Periods in effect with respect to the
Tranche A Term Loan and 5 Interest Periods in effect with respect to the Tranche B Term Loan.



2.03 Letters of Credit.



(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.



(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A)
each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter
of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in
Dollars for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to
amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in
accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under
the Letters of Credit issued by it; and (B) the Revolving Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the
account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings
thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit
Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (w) with regard to the
Revolving Lenders collectively, the Total Revolving Outstandings shall
not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount, (x) with regard to
each Revolving Lender individually, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed such Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Commitment and (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not
exceed ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($150,000,000) (the “Letter of Credit Sublimit”). Each
request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to
be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the
conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit
shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain
Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon
and reimbursed. All Existing DIP Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant
hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and
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(ii) An L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:



(A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would
occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required
Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date; or



(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.



(iii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:



(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms
purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law
applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or
request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such
Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter
of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not
otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such
L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date
and which such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;



(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any Laws or one or more policies of such
L/C Issuer;



(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, such Letter of
Credit is in an initial face amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of
Credit, or $250,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;



(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or



(E) a default of any Revolving Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.03(e) exists or any
Revolving Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has
entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Revolving Lender to eliminate
the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Revolving Lender.





 


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(iv) An L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer would not be
permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms
hereof.



(v) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C
Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form
under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the
proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.



(vi) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue or amend any Letter of Credit if such
L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan
Party, on or prior to the Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of
such Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 5.02 shall
not then be satisfied.



(vii) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit
issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such L/C Issuer shall have all of the
benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article X with respect to
any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit
issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for letters of
credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as
used in Article X included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as
additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.



(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of
Credit.



(i) Requests for Issuance. Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be,
upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and
signed by an authorized officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be
received by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00
a.m. at least five Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as
the case may be, or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may
agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion. In the case of a request for an initial
issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and
detail satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the
requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the
expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to
be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such
other matters as such L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any
outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the
proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the
proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the
Borrower shall furnish to the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other
documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment,
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(ii) Issuance. Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C
Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower
and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless
the applicable L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent
or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or
amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained
in Section 5.02 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the
Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may
be, in each case in accordance with such L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices.
Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed
to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such L/C Issuer a risk
participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving
Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.



(iii) Auto-Extension Letters of Credit. If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of
Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to
issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such L/C
Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with
the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof
not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be
agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the
applicable L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C
Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the
Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C
Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later
than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that such L/C Issuer shall not
permit any such extension if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted,
or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as
extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iii) of
Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in
writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date
(1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit
such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Loan Party that one or
more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, and in each
such case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.



(iv) Reporting by L/C Issuer. Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any
amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary
thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment. On a monthly basis, each
L/C Issuer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a complete list of all outstanding Letters
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(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.



(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of drawing under
such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent thereof. The applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower of the amount
of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof, and
in any event no later than 9:00 a.m. on the Honor Date (as hereafter defined). Not later than
11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit
(each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer in an amount
equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the applicable L/C
Issuer by such time, such L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, whereupon
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the
amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving
Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the
Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for
the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate
Revolving Committed Amount or the conditions set forth in Section 5.02. Any notice given by the
applicable L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be
given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an
immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.



(ii) Each Revolving Lender (including any Revolving Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any
notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the applicable L/C Issuer in Dollars at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an
amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the
Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the
provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be
deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent
shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer.



(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of
Base Rate Loans for any reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the
applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so
refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and
shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and
shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Lender in satisfaction of its participation
obligation under this Section 2.03.



(iv) Until each Revolving Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of
Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be
solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.



(v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the
applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section
2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving
Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, (C) noncompliance with the
conditions set forth in Section 5.02 or (D) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or
not similar to any of the foregoing. No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise
impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of
any payment made by such L/C
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(vi) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender
(acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the
period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately
available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from
time to time in effect. A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause
(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.



(d) Repayment of Participations.



(i) At any time after the applicable L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit
and has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of
such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the
account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest
thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral
applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such
Revolving Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest
payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance was
outstanding) in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.



(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C
Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances
described in
Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its
discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such
L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest
thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving
Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.
The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of
the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.



(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer
for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:



(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other
Loan Document;



(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower
or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter
of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting),
such L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto,
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(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such 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; or any loss or delay in the transmission or
otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;



(iv) any payment by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft
or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any
payment made by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator,
receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such
Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law; or



(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available
to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.



The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto
that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s
instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the applicable L/C
Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the
applicable L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.



(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a
Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any
document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the
Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document
or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C
Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any of the
respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuers shall be liable to any
Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the
approval of the Lenders, the Revolving Lenders, the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required
Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any
document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby
assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its
use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and
shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the
beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the
Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any of the respective
correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuers, shall be liable or responsible for
any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however,
that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim
against the applicable L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages
suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful
misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of
Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s)
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not
in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face
to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, and such L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or
sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part,
which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. Each L/C Issuer shall provide to
the Administrative Agent a list of outstanding Letters of Credit (together with amounts) issued
by it on a monthly basis (and upon the request of the Administrative Agent); the Administrative
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(g) Cash Collateral. (i) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (A) if the applicable L/C
Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such
drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (B) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date,
any Letter of Credit for any reason remains outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, the
Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations
(in an amount equal to such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such L/C Borrowing
or the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, as the case may be).



(ii) In addition, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time exceeds 105% of the Letter of Credit
Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the
Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by which
the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit.



(iii) Sections 2.05 and 9.02(c) set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash
Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this
Section 2.03, Section 2.05 and Section 9.02(c), “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit
with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders,
as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to
documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers
(which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have
corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and
all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in
blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.



(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer
and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to
an Existing DIP Letter of Credit),
(i) the rules of ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the
Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the
International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter
of Credit.



(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, in Dollars, a Letter of Credit fee
(the “Letter of Credit Fee”) (i) for each commercial Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable
Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and (ii) for each
standby Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be
drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.07. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed on a monthly basis in
arrears and
(ii) due and payable on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the end of each month, commencing
with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate
during any month, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such month that such
Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default
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(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower
shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account, (i) a one time fronting fee
for each commercial Letter of Credit issued by it (other than Existing DIP Letters of Credit)
equal to 1/8 of 1% times the amount of such commercial Letter of Credit, due and payable at the
time of issuance and (ii) a fronting fee with respect to each standby Letter of Credit issued by
it (other than Existing DIP Letters of Credit) in an amount equal to 1/8 of 1% per annum on the
daily amount available to be drawn thereunder, due and payable monthly in arrears on the fifth
(5th) Business Day after the end of each month, commencing with the first such date to occur
after the issuance of such standby Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and
thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any
Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.07. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its
own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other
standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to
time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand
and are nonrefundable.



(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and
the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.



(l) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or
outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a
Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for
any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the
issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the
Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of
such Subsidiaries.



(m) Existing DIP Letters of Credit and Existing Swap Contracts. The Borrower has assumed all
obligations under the Existing DIP Letters of Credit and Existing Swap Contracts and shall be
considered substituted as account party or contracting party for all purposes in respect
thereof.



2.04 Swing Line Loans.



(a) Swing Line Facility. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line
Lender agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars
from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not
to exceed TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($25,000,000) (the “Swing Line Sublimit”) at any time
outstanding, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro
Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Swing Line
Lender in its capacity as a Revolving Lender, may exceed the amount of such Revolving Lender’s
Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i)
with regard to the Revolving Lenders collectivity, the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not
exceed the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount, and (ii) with regard to each Revolving Lender
individually such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Total Revolving Outstandings shall not
exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to
the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay
under
Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest at
such rate mutually agreed to between the Borrower and the Swing Line Lender or, in the absence
of such mutual agreement, shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line
Loan, each Revolving Lender
shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the
Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product
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(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Borrowing of Swing Line Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s
irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by
telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative
Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount
to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum principal amount of $250,000 and integral multiples of
$100,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business
Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender
and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and
signed by an authorized officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender
of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also
received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line
Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including
at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing of Swing
Line Loans (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of
the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that
one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, then,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00
p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its
Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.



(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.



(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf
of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably requests and authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so
request on its behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to
such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such
request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Loan Notice for
purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the
minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, the
unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount or the conditions set forth in
Section 5.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable
Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving
Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Loan
Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of
the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day
specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Lender
that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in
such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line
Lender.



(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing of Revolving
Loans in accordance with
Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set
forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving
Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Lender’s
payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such
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(iii) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving
Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon
for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is
immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable
Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to
any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under
this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.



(iv) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk
participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender may have against the
Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the
occurrence or continuance of a Default, (C) non-compliance with the conditions set forth in
Section 5.02 or (D) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing. No such purchase or funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise
impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as
provided herein.



(d) Repayment of Participations.



(i) At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a
Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line
Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Pro Rata Share of such
payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time
during which such Revolving Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those
received by the Swing Line Lender.



(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any
Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the
circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by
the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swing Line
Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon
from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to
the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request
of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall
survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.



(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for
invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Lender funds
its Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04
to refinance such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect
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(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal
and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.



2.05 Prepayments.



(a) Voluntary Prepayments. The Loans may be repaid in whole or in part without premium or
penalty; provided that



(i) (A) in the case of Loans other than Swing Line Loans, (1) notice thereof must be received by
11:00 a.m. by the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days prior to the date of
prepayment, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (2) one Business Day prior to the date of
prepayment, in the case of Base Rate Loans, (B) any such prepayment shall be a minimum principal
amount of (1) $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Loans and (2) $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof,
in the case of Base Rate Loans, or, in each case, the entire remaining principal amount thereof,
if less; and



(ii) in the case of Swing Line Loans, (A) notice thereof must be received by the Swing Line
Lender by 1:00 p.m. on the date of prepayment (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), and (B)
any such prepayment shall be in the same minimum principal amounts as for advances thereof (or
any lesser amount that may be acceptable to the Swing Line Lender).



Each such notice of voluntary prepayment hereunder shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
date and amount of prepayment and the Loans and Types of Loans that are being prepaid and, if
Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans; provided,
however, that the Borrower may rescind any notice of voluntary prepayment hereunder if such
prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Loans and Commitment, and such
refinancing shall not have been consummated or shall otherwise have been delayed. The
Administrative Agent will give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of any prepayment on the
Loans and the Lender’s interest therein. Prepayments of Eurodollar Rate Loans hereunder shall be
accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid and breakage amounts, if any, under
Section 3.05.



(b) Mandatory Prepayments.



(i) Revolving Commitments. If at any time (A) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall exceed the
Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount, (B) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations shall exceed
the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (C) the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans shall exceed
the Swing Line Sublimit, the Borrower shall immediately prepay the Total Revolving Outstandings
and/or Cash Collateralize L/C Obligations in an amount equal to such excess; provided, however,
that, except with respect to clauses (A) and (B) above, L/C Obligations will not be Cash
Collateralized hereunder until the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans have been paid in full.



(ii) Dispositions. The Borrower shall prepay the Loans and L/C Obligations within 5 Business
Days following receipt of Net Cash Proceeds required to be prepaid pursuant to the provisions
hereof in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received from any Disposition or
Involuntary Disposition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent (A) such
proceeds are not reinvested in the same or similar properties or assets within nine months of
the date of such Disposition or Involuntary Disposition (or, if the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries enters into a commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within nine months of
the date of such Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, within nine months of the date of such
commitment) and (B) the aggregate amount of such proceeds that are not reinvested (or committed
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(iii) Consolidated Excess Cash Flow. The Borrower shall prepay the Loans and L/C Obligations
within 5 Business Days following delivery of each annual Compliance Certificate delivered under
Section 7.02(b), commencing with the Compliance Certificate for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2007, in an amount equal to 50% of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year to
which such Compliance Certificate relates; provided that no such prepayment shall be required if
at such time (A) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than 2.5:1.0 and (B)
the Debt Ratings are BB (stable) or higher as rated by S&P and Ba2 (stable) or higher as rated
by Moody’s.



(c) Application of Prepayments. Within each Loan, prepayments will be applied first to Base Rate
Loans, then to Eurodollar Rate Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities. In addition:



(i) Voluntary Prepayments. Voluntary prepayments shall be applied to such Loans as specified by
the Borrower; provided that prepayments on the Tranche A Term Loan or the Tranche B Term Loan,
as applicable, shall be applied pro rata to remaining principal amortization installments.
Voluntary prepayments will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders ratably in
accordance with their respective interests therein.



(ii) Mandatory Prepayments. Mandatory prepayments on the outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations
will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective interests therein; provided that:



(A) mandatory prepayments under subsection (b)(i)
above shall be applied to the respective Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and/or L/C
Obligations as appropriate; and



(B) mandatory prepayments under subsections (b)(ii)
and (b)(iii) above shall be applied first to the Tranche B Term Loan until paid in full, second
to the Tranche A Term Loan until paid in full and third to the Total Revolving Outstandings.
Mandatory prepayments on the Tranche A Term Loan and the Tranche B Term Loan shall be applied
pro rata to remaining principal amortization installments.



(iii) Eurodollar Prepayment Account. If the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment
of Eurodollar Rate Loans under this Section 2.04(b), so long as no Event of Default exists, the
Borrower shall have the right, in lieu of making such prepayment in full, to deposit an amount
equal to such mandatory prepayment with the Administrative Agent in a cash collateral account
maintained (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) by
and in the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent. Any amounts so deposited shall
be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the prepayment of such Eurodollar Rate
Loans and shall be applied to the prepayment of the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans at the end
of the current Interest Periods applicable thereto or, sooner, at the election of the
Administrative Agent, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default. At the request of the
Borrower, amounts so deposited shall be invested by the Administrative Agent in Cash Equivalents
maturing on or prior to the date or dates on which it is anticipated that such amounts will be
applied to prepay such Eurodollar Rate Loans; any interest earned on such Cash Equivalents will
be for the account of the Borrower and the Borrower will deposit with the Administrative Agent
the amount of any loss on any such Cash Equivalents to the extent
necessary in order that the amount of the prepayment to be made with
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2.06 Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount.



The Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount may be permanently reduced in
whole or in part by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent; provided that (a) any
such notice thereof must be received by 11:00 a.m. at least three Business Days prior to the
date of reduction or termination and any such reduction or termination shall be in a minimum
principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or the
remaining amount of the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount); and (b) the Aggregate Revolving
Committed Amount may not be reduced to an amount less than the Total Revolving Outstandings. The
Administrative Agent will give prompt notice to the Revolving Lenders of any such reduction in
Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount. Any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount
shall be applied to the Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance
with their respective interests therein. All commitment or other fees accrued until the
effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount shall be paid on
the effective date of such termination.



2.07 Repayment of Loans.



(a) Revolving Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Lenders on the Maturity Date the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.



(b) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of
(i) demand by the Swing Line Lender and (ii) the Maturity Date.



(c) Tranche A Term Loan. The outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan shall be
repayable in consecutive quarterly installments on the dates set forth below, beginning on
December 31, 2007 and ending on the Maturity Date, as follows (expressed in terms of percentage
of original principal amount), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 9.02:



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PRINCIPAL AMORTIZATION	 
	PAYMENT DATE	 	PAYMENT AMOUNT	 
	December 31, 2007
	 	 	1.25	%
	March 31, 2008
	 	 	1.25	%
	June 30, 2008
	 	 	1.25	%
	September 30, 2008
	 	 	1.25	%
	December 31, 2008
	 	 	1.25	%
	March 31, 2009
	 	 	1.25	%
	June 30, 2009
	 	 	1.25	%
	September 30, 2009
	 	 	1.25	%
	December 31, 2009
	 	 	2.50	%
	March 31, 2010
	 	 	2.50	%
	June 30, 2010
	 	 	2.50	%
	September 30, 2010
	 	 	2.50	%
	December 31, 2010
	 	 	2.50	%
	March 31, 2011
	 	 	2.50	%
	June 30, 2011
	 	 	2.50	%
	Maturity Date
	 	 	72.50	%
	 	 	 	 
	Total
	 	 	100.00	%
	 	 	 	 








 


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(d) Tranche B Term Loan. The outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loan shall be
repayable in consecutive quarterly installments on the dates set forth below, beginning on
December 31, 2006 and ending on the Maturity Date, as follows (expressed in terms of percentage
of original principal amount), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 9.02.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PRINCIPAL AMORTIZATION	 
	PAYMENT DATE	 	PAYMENT AMOUNT	 
	December 31, 2006
	 	 	0.25	%
	March 31, 2007
	 	 	0.25	%
	June 30, 2007
	 	 	0.25	%
	September 30, 2007
	 	 	0.25	%
	December 31, 2007
	 	 	0.25	%
	March 31, 2008
	 	 	0.25	%
	June 30, 2008
	 	 	0.25	%
	September 30, 2008
	 	 	0.25	%
	December 31, 2008
	 	 	0.25	%
	March 31, 2009
	 	 	0.25	%
	June 30, 2009
	 	 	0.25	%
	September 30, 2009
	 	 	0.25	%
	December 31, 2009
	 	 	0.25	%
	March 31, 2010
	 	 	0.25	%
	June 30, 2010
	 	 	0.25	%
	September 30, 2010
	 	 	0.25	%
	December 31, 2010
	 	 	0.25	%
	March 31, 2011
	 	 	0.25	%
	June 30, 2011
	 	 	0.25	%
	September 30, 2011
	 	 	0.25	%
	December 31, 2011
	 	 	0.25	%
	March 31, 2012
	 	 	0.25	%
	June 30, 2012
	 	 	0.25	%
	September 30, 2012
	 	 	0.25	%
	December 31, 2012
	 	 	1.00	%
	March 31, 2013
	 	 	1.00	%
	June 30, 2013
	 	 	1.00	%
	Maturity Date
	 	 	91.00	%
	 	 	 	 
	Total
	 	 	100.00	%
	 	 	 	 






2.08 Interest.



(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to
the sum of (A) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus (B)
the Applicable Rate; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on
the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing
date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable
Rate; and (iii) unless otherwise mutually agreed between the Borrower
and the Swing Line Lender, each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on
the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing
date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable
Rate.



(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due
(without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter
bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times
equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws.



(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable
by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without
regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required
Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating
interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.





 


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(iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower
shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a
fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Laws.



(iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest)
shall be due and payable upon demand.



(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall
be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and
after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.



2.09 Fees.



In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i) and (j) of
Section 2.03:



(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in
accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee in Dollars equal
to the product of (i) the Applicable Rate times (ii) the actual daily
amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount exceeds the
sum of (y) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and (z) the
Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations. The commitment fee shall accrue
at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time
during which one or more of the conditions in Section 5.02 is not met,
and shall be (i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due
and payable on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the end of each
March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such
date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date. The
commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there
is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual
daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate
separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable
Rate was in effect. For purposes of clarification, Swing Line Loans
shall not be considered outstanding for purposes of determining the
unused portion of the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount.



(b) Fee Letter. The Borrower shall pay to BAS and the
Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts, in Dollars,
fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such
fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall be non-refundable for
any reason whatsoever.



2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees.



All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is
determined by Bank of America’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366
days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest
shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees
or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).
Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue
on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid,
provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to
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2.11 Evidence of Debt.



(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or
records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of
business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall
be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders
to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in
doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder
to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between
the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative
Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made
through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through
the Administrative Agent) a promissory note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in
addition to such accounts or records. Each such promissory note shall (i) in the case of
Revolving Loans, be in the form of Exhibit C-1 (a “Revolving Note”), (ii) in the case of Swing
Line Loans, be in the form of Exhibit C-2 (a “Swing Line Note”), (iii) in the case of the
Tranche A Term Loan, be in the form of Exhibit C-3 (a “Tranche A Term Note”) and (iv) in the
case of the Tranche B Term Loan, be in the form of Exhibit C-4 (a “Tranche B Term Note”). Each
Lender may attach schedules to a Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount
and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.



(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection
(a), each Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its
usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Revolving Lender
of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict
between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and
records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative
Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.



2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.



(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or
deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the
applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later
than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute
to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment
in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments
received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next
succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. Subject to
the definition of “Interest Period”, if any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on
a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and
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(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of
Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon
on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative
Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the
case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in
accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02)
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing
available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally
agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in
immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the Overnight
Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the
Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be
made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such
Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping
period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such
interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable
Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s
Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any
claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the
Administrative Agent.



(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the time at which any payment is due to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not
make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment
on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the
Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then
each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand
the amount so distributed to such Lender in immediately available funds with interest thereon,
for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the
date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.



A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount
owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.



(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative
Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of
this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative
Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Section 5.02 are
not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall
return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.



(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to
fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to
Section 11.05(b) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund
any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.05(b) on any date required
hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such
date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its
Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.05(b).



(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds
for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender
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2.13 Sharing of Payments.



If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the
Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it
(but not including any amounts applied by the Swing Line Lender to outstanding Swing Line
Loans), any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of
set-off, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder)
thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b)
purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such
subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as
the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess
payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each
of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter
recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.06
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion),
such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the
purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying
Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s
required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any
interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount
so recovered, without further interest thereon. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so
purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject to Section
11.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of
the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records
(which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations
purchased under this
Section and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments.
Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section shall from and after such
purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other
communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to
the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations
purchased.



ARTICLE III




TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY




3.01 Taxes.



(a) Any and all payments by any Loan Party to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any
and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees,
withholdings or similar charges, branch profits taxes and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding, in the case of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured
by its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by
the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or maintains a lending
office (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees,
withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If
any Loan Party shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum
payable under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable
shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including
deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), each of the Administrative
Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (ii) such Loan Party shall make such deductions, (iii) such Loan Party
shall pay the full amount deducted
to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and
(iv) within thirty days after the date of such payment, such Loan Party shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent (which shall forward the same to such Lender) the original or a certified
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(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or
documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or charges or similar levies which
arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery,
performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document
(hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).



(c) If the Borrower shall be required to deduct or pay any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in
respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
the Borrower shall also pay to the Administrative Agent or to such Lender, as the case may be,
at the time interest is paid, such additional amount that the Administrative Agent or such
Lender specifies is necessary to preserve the after-tax yield (after factoring in all taxes,
including taxes imposed on or measured by net income) that the Administrative Agent or such
Lender would have received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not been imposed.



(d) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender for (i) the full
amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any
jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent and such
Lender, (ii) amounts payable under Section 3.01(c) and (iii) any liability (including additions
to tax, penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each
case whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by
the relevant Governmental Authority. Payment under this subsection (d) shall be made within
thirty days after the date the Lender or the Administrative Agent makes a demand therefor.



3.02 Illegality.



If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority
has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make,
maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the
Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the
authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of Dollars in the applicable
interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the
Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or
to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans, shall be suspended until such Lender
notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such
determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from
such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert such
Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest
Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to
such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar
Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest
on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending
Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith
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3.03 Inability to Determine Rates.



If the Administrative Agent determines that for any reason in connection with any request for a
Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (i) deposits are not being
offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for Dollars for the applicable
amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (ii) adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for determining the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with
respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (iii) the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to the Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly
notify the Borrower and all Lenders. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or
maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent revokes such
notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a
Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed
to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount
specified therein.



3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy.



(a) If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the
interpretation of any Law, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in
the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Rate
Loans or (as the case may be) issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in
the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing
(excluding for purposes of this subsection (a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount
resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 shall govern), (ii) changes in
the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or any
foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either thereof under the Laws of which such
Lender is organized or has its Lending Office, and (iii) reserve requirements utilized, as to
Eurodollar Rate Loans, in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate), then from time to time upon
demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower
shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
increased cost or reduction.



(b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any
change therein or in the interpretation thereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending
Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender
or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations
hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such
Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a
copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.



3.05 Funding Losses.



Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the
Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss,
cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:



(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan
on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary,
mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);



(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a
Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or
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(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest
Period therefor as a result of:



(i) a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 11.16; or



(ii) an assignment by Bank of America pursuant to
Section 11.07(b) as part of the primary syndication of the Commitments and Loans during the
180-day period immediately following the Closing Date, provided that Bank of America agrees to
use reasonable efforts to reduce the breakage costs payable by the Borrower in connection
therewith (including, without limitation, to the extent reasonably practical, closing such
assignments at the end of Interest Periods of outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans);



including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation
or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate
the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange
contract. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender
in connection with the foregoing.



For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section
3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the
Eurodollar Base Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit
or other borrowing in the offshore interbank eurodollar market for Dollars for a comparable
amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so
funded.



3.06 Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.



(a) A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this
Article III and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall
be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, the Administrative
Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.



(b) Upon any Lender’s making a claim for compensation under Section 3.01 or 3.04, the Borrower
may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.16.



3.07 Survival.



All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the
Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.



ARTICLE IV




GUARANTY




4.01 The Guaranty.



Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Lender, each Affiliate of
a Lender that enters into a Swap Contract or Treasury Management Agreement with a Loan Party,
and the Administrative Agent as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the
prompt payment of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory
prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise) strictly in
accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further
agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity,
as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise),
the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice
whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the
Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a
mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise) in
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Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan
Documents, Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements, the obligations of each Guarantor
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal
to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the
Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law.



4.02 Obligations Unconditional.



The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 are joint and several, absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of
any of the Loan Documents, Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements, or any other
agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or
exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which
might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor,
it being the intent of this
Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and
unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall
have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or
any other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Obligations
have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any
Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:



(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any
performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance
or compliance shall be waived;



(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents, any Swap
Contract or Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Lender, or any
Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents,
such Swap Contracts or such Treasury Management Agreements shall be done or omitted;



(c) the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall
be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Loan
Documents, any Swap Contract or Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any
Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the
Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts or such Treasury Management Agreements shall be waived or
any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released,
impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;



(d) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Lenders as
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(e) any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including, without
limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the
claims of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of any Guarantor).



With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any
Person under any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contract or Treasury Management Agreement
between any Loan Party and any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or
instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts or such Treasury Management
Agreements, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of
the Obligations.



4.03 Reinstatement.



The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and
to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the
Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations,
whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each
Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for
all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel)
incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or
restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim
alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.



4.04 Certain Additional Waivers.



Each Guarantor further agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security
for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section
4.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.06.



4.05 Remedies.



The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the Obligations
may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.02 (and shall be deemed
to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 9.02)
for purposes of Section 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and
payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the
Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether
or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.01. The Guarantors acknowledge and agree that their
obligations hereunder are secured in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and
that the Lenders may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof.



4.06 Rights of Contribution.



The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each
Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under
applicable law. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to
the obligations of such
Guarantors under the Loan Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution
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4.07 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.



The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing
guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.



ARTICLE V




CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS




5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension.



The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:



(a) Loan Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this
Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, each properly executed by a
Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party and, in the case of this Agreement, by each
Lender.



(b) Opinions of Counsel. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of favorable opinions of (i) Weil,
Gotshal & Manges LLP, legal counsel to the Loan Parties, and (ii) in-house counsel to the Loan
Parties with respect to Pennsylvania law, in each case, addressed to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender, dated as of the Closing Date, and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.



(c) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received:



(i) consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2003, December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, including balance sheets and
income and cash flow statements, in each case audited by independent public accountants of
recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP; and



(ii) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the
fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2006, including balance sheets and statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows (the “Interim Financial Statements”).



(d) No Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred a material adverse change since
December 31, 2005 in the business, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent), operations,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.



(e) Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or
threatened in any court or before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority that could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on any transaction
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(f) Organization Documents, Resolutions, Etc. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the
following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals), in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:



(i) copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified to be true and complete as
of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization, where applicable, and certified by a secretary or assistant
secretary of such Loan Party to be true and correct as of the Closing Date;



(ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other
certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require
evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized
to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
to which such Loan Party is a party; and



(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to
evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, and in good
standing in its state of organization or formation.



(g) Perfection and Priority of Liens. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following:



(i) searches of Uniform Commercial Code filings in the jurisdiction of formation of each Loan
Party, and, if located in the states of Alabama, Mississippi or Arizona, also the jurisdiction
of the chief executive office of each Loan Party and each jurisdiction where any Collateral is
located;



(ii) all certificates evidencing any certificated Capital Stock (including those evidencing
interests in Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiaries, but subject to the provisions of Section
7.15 regarding certain items and deliveries which may be made after the Closing Date in respect
thereof) pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, together with duly
executed in blank, undated stock powers attached thereto;



(iii) searches of ownership of, and Liens on, intellectual property of each Loan Party in the
United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office; and



(iv) duly executed notices of grant of security interest in the form required by the Security
Agreement as are necessary, in the Collateral Agent’s sole discretion, to perfect the Collateral
Agent’s security interest in the intellectual property of the Loan Parties.



(h) Evidence of Insurance. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of certificates of insurance of
the Loan Parties evidencing general liability and property insurance meeting the requirements
set forth in the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, naming the Collateral Agent as
additional insured (in the case of general liability insurance) or loss payee for claims in
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(i) Closing Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 5.01(d)
and (e) and Sections 5.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied.



(j) Reorganization Plan; Confirmation Order. Confirmation that
(i) there have been no substantive modifications to the provisions of
Section 7.16 of the Reorganization Plan, including clause (g) thereof,
(ii) all the conditions to the occurrence of the “Effective Date” of the Reorganization Plan set
forth in Sections 7.16(b) — (f) and (h) (other than that related to the effectiveness of the
Senior Credit Facility) under the Reorganization Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in a
manner provided in the Reorganization Plan, (iii) the senior credit facilities provided
hereunder constitute the credit facility referenced in Sections 7.16(g) and 7.23(f) of the
Reorganization Plan and (iv) the Confirmation Order (as defined in the Reorganization Plan)
shall have been entered, and shall not be subject to any stay and the condition precedent in
Section 7.16(a) of the Reorganization Plan has either been satisfied or waived in accordance
with the Reorganization Plan.



(k) Availability. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the
Closing Date (including the initial Credit Extensions), there shall be at least $50,000,000 of
availability existing under the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount.



(l) DIP Loan Agreement. The commitments under the DIP Loan Agreement shall have been terminated
and all obligations owing thereunder shall have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.



(m) Fees. Receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any fees required to be paid on
or before the Closing Date.



(n) Attorney Costs. Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all
Attorney Costs of the Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing
Date, plus such additional amounts of Attorney Costs as shall constitute its reasonable estimate
of Attorney Costs incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided
that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent).



Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.04, for purposes of determining
compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that has signed this
Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with,
each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or
acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.



5.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions.



The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension is subject to the
following conditions precedent:



(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in
Article VI or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any
time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such
representations and
warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct
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(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension.



(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line
Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements
hereof (other than with respect to the Existing DIP Letters of Credit).



Each Request for Credit Extension submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 5.02(a) and (b) have been
satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.



ARTICLE VI




REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES




The Loan Parties represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:



6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power.



Each Loan Party (a) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized or
formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own its assets and carry on
its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to
which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the
Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct
of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in
clause (b)(i) or
(c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.



6.02 Authorization; No Contravention.



The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such
Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational
action, and do not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b)
conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (i)
any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ
or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its
property is subject; or (c) violate any Law (including, without limitation, Regulation U or
Regulation X issued by the FRB); except in each case referred to in clause (b) or (c), to the
extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



6.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.



No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing
with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with
the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document other than (i) those that have already been obtained and
are in full force and effect and (ii) filings to perfect the Liens created by the Collateral
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6.04 Binding Effect.



This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan
Party that is party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each
such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.



6.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.



(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii)
fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date
thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted
therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent,
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes,
commitments and Indebtedness.



(b) The Interim Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii)
fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date
thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments; and
(iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material
commitments and Indebtedness.



(c) From the date of the Audited Financial Statements to and including the Closing Date, there
has been no Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any Involuntary Disposition, of
any material part of the business or Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, and no purchase or other acquisition by any of them of any business or property
(including any Capital Stock of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated
financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case, which
is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto and has not
otherwise been disclosed in writing to the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date.



(d) The financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and
(b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may otherwise be permitted under
Section 7.01(a) and (b)) and present fairly (on the basis disclosed in the footnotes to such
financial statements) the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date and for such periods.



(e) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance
that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



6.06 Litigation.



There are no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, claims or disputes pending or, to the
knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or
before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
against any of their properties or revenues that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
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6.07 No Default.



(a) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to any
Contractual Obligation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.



6.08 Ownership of Property; Liens.



Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good record and
marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary
or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted
Liens.



6.09 Environmental Compliance.



Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect:



(a) Each of the Facilities and all operations at the
Facilities are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws,
and there is no violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the
Facilities or the Businesses, and there are no conditions relating to
the Facilities or the Businesses that could give rise to liability
under any applicable Environmental Laws.



(b) None of the Facilities contains, or has previously
contained, any Hazardous Materials at, on or under the Facilities in
amounts or concentrations that constitute or constituted a violation of
Environmental Laws.



(c) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has received any
written or verbal notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority
regarding, any violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability
or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance
with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Facilities or the
Businesses, nor does any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party have
knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or
is being threatened.



(d) Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed
of from the Facilities, or generated, treated, stored or disposed of
at, on or under any of the Facilities or any other location, in each
case by or on behalf the Borrower or any Subsidiary in violation of, or
in a manner that would be reasonably likely to give rise to liability
under, any applicable Environmental Law.



(e) No judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative
action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of
the Loan Parties, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary is or will be named as a party, nor are
there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders,
administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or
judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with
respect to the Borrower, any Subsidiary, the Facilities or the
Businesses.



(f) There has been no release or, threat of release of
Hazardous Materials at or from the Facilities, or arising from or
related to the operations (including, without limitation, disposal) of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Facilities or
otherwise in connection with the Businesses, in violation of or in
amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under
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6.10 Insurance.



The properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are insured with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such
amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies
engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or
the applicable Subsidiary operates. The insurance coverage of the Loan Parties as in effect on
the Closing Date is outlined as to carrier, policy number, expiration date, type, amount and
deductibles on Schedule 6.10.



6.11 Taxes.



The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other material tax returns
and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state and other material taxes,
assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their
properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves
have been provided in accordance with GAAP and except to the extent that the failure to do so
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no proposed tax
assessment against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse
Effect.



6.12 ERISA Compliance.



(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA,
the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state Laws, except non-compliance that has not
resulted or could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each
Pension Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has
received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is
currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of the Loan
Parties, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification and
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Loan
Party and each ERISA Affiliate have timely made all required contributions to each Pension Plan
subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, and no application for a funding waiver or
an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code has
been made with respect to any Pension Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.



(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened claims,
actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Pension Plan
that could be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no
prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any
Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.



(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred since the Closing Date or is reasonably expected to occur;
(ii) no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and
not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA) which has resulted or could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with
the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections
4201 or 4243 of ERISA with
respect to a Multiemployer Plan, which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in
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6.13 Subsidiaries.



Set forth on Schedule 6.13 is a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of each
Subsidiary, together with (i) jurisdiction of formation,
(ii) with respect to the Loan Parties only, the number of shares of each class of Capital Stock
outstanding, (iii) percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly)
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv) number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding
options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect
thereto. The outstanding Capital Stock of each Subsidiary is validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.



6.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.



(a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important
activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock.



(b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Subsidiary is or is
required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.



6.15 Disclosure.



Each Loan Party has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements,
instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is
subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement,
certificate or other information furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and
the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other
information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial
information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith
based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.



6.16 Compliance with Laws.



Each of the Borrower and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws and
all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such
instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to
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6.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.



The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the legal right to use, all of the trademarks,
service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other
intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the
operation of their respective businesses. Set forth on Schedule 6.17 is a list of all material
IP Rights registered or pending registration with the United States Copyright Office or the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and owned by
each Loan Party as of the Closing Date. Except for such claims and infringements that could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim has been asserted and is
pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any IP Rights or the validity or
effectiveness of any IP Rights, nor does any Loan Party know of any such claim, and, to the
knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Loan Parties, the use of any IP Rights by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or the granting of a right or a license in respect of any IP Rights
from the Borrower or any Subsidiary does not infringe on the rights of any Person. As of the
Closing Date, none of the material IP Rights owned by any of the Loan Parties is subject to any
licensing agreement or similar arrangement except as set forth on Schedule 6.17.



6.18 Solvency.



The Loan Parties are Solvent on a consolidated basis.



6.19 Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral.



(a) The Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the
Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the holders of the secured obligations identified
therein, a legal and valid security interest in the Collateral identified therein, and, when
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (or other appropriate notices) in appropriate form
are duly filed at the office of the secretary of state of the jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization of each Loan Party, the Security Agreement shall create a fully perfected Lien on,
and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such
Collateral, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Lien other than Permitted
Liens.



(b) The Pledge Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the holders of the secured obligations identified therein, a legal and valid
security interest in the Collateral identified therein, and the Pledge Agreement shall create a
fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest
of the pledgors thereunder in such Collateral, in each case prior and superior in right to any
other Lien (i) with respect to any such Collateral that is a “security” (as such term is defined
in the Uniform Commercial Code) and is evidenced by a certificate, when such Collateral is
delivered to the Collateral Agent with duly executed stock powers with respect thereto, (ii)
with respect to any such Collateral that is a “security” (as such term is defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code) but is not evidenced by a certificate, when Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements in appropriate form are filed in the appropriate filing offices in the jurisdiction
of organization of the pledgor or when “control” (as such term is defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code) is established by the Collateral Agent over such interests in accordance with
the provision of Section 8-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or any successor provision, and
(iii) with respect to any such Collateral that is not a “security” (as such term is defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code), when Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in appropriate
form are filed in the appropriate filing offices in the jurisdiction of organization of the
pledgor.



6.20 Business Locations.



Set forth on Schedule 6.20(a) is the exact legal name, jurisdiction of organization, chief
executive office and organizational identification number of each Loan Party as of the Closing
Date. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.20(b), no Loan Party has during the four months
preceding the Closing Date (i) changed its legal name, (ii) changed its state of formation, or
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6.21 Labor Matters.




Except as set forth on Schedule 6.21, there are no collective bargaining agreements or
Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as of the Closing
Date. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages
or other material labor difficulty within the last five years that could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.



ARTICLE VII




AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS




So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding,
the Loan Parties shall and shall cause each Subsidiary to:



7.01 Financial Statements.



Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:



(a) as soon as available, but in any event within ninety days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in
accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion
of KPMG LLP or another independent certified public accountant of
nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required
Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any
“going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification
or exception as to the scope of such audit; and



(b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five
days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and
the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the
portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal
quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of
the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial
condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject
only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to
Section 7.02(c), the Borrower shall not be separately required to
furnish such information under clause (a) or (b) above, but the
foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower
to furnish the information and materials described in subsections (a)
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7.02 Certificates; Other Information.



Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:




(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.01(a)
and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower, which certificate shall include (i) in the case of the annual Compliance Certificate,
if a prepayment is required pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii), a calculation of Consolidated
Excess Cash Flow for the applicable fiscal year and (ii) in the case of the annual Compliance
Certificate, a listing of (A) all applications, if any, for material Copyrights, Patents or
Trademarks (each such term as defined in the Security Agreement) made by any Loan Party since
the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the Closing
Date) and (B) all issuances of registrations or letters on existing applications for material
Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks (each such term as defined in the Security Agreement)
received by any Loan Party since the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first
such certificate, the Closing Date);



(b) beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, an annual business plan and budget
of the Borrower and it Subsidiaries containing, among other things, pro forma financial
statements for the fiscal year, when and as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days
after the beginning of the fiscal year;



(c) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the
Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or
recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of
directors) of the Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;



(d) promptly after the same are available, (i) copies of each annual report, proxy or financial
statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies
of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the
Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or to a holder of any Indebtedness owed by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in its capacity as such a holder and not otherwise required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant hereto and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, all
reports and written information to and from the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
or any state or local agency responsible for environmental matters, the United States
Occupational Health and Safety Administration, or any state or local agency responsible for
health and safety matters, or any successor agencies or authorities concerning environmental,
health or safety matters; and



(e) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the
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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) or Section 7.02(d) (to the
extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be
delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
(i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s
website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such
documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to
which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party
website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrower shall
deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests
the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease
delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and
(ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative
Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative
Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to
provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 7.02(a) to the
Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall
have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to
above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with
any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting
delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.



The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or BAS will make
available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower
hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks
or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be
“public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information
with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby
agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be
clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC”
shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,”
the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, BAS and the Lenders to
treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect
to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities
laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they
shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.08); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are
permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public
Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and BAS shall be entitled to treat any Borrower
Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the
Platform not marked as “Public Investor.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not
be under any obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC.”



7.03 Notices.



(a) Promptly (and in any event, within two Business Days) notify the Administrative Agent and
each Lender of the occurrence of any Default.



(b) Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any matter that has resulted or
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.



(c) Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of the occurrence of any ERISA
Event.



(d) Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any material change in
accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.



(e) Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any change in the Debt Ratings
or Corporate Ratings or the fact that such ratings are no longer being publicly announced by S&P
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Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating
what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice
pursuant to Section
7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other
Loan Document that have been breached.



7.04 Payment of Obligations.



Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities,
including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its
properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being
maintained by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by
law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but
subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such
Indebtedness, except in each case to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



7.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc.



(a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 8.04 or 8.05.



(b) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its good standing under the Laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization, except to the extent the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



(c) Take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and
franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent
that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



(d) Preserve or renew all of its material registered patents, trademarks, trade names and
service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.



7.06 Maintenance of Properties.



(a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the
operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.



(b) Make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, except where the
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



(c) Use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its
facilities.



7.07 Maintenance of Insurance.



Maintain in full force and effect insurance (including worker’s compensation insurance,
liability insurance, casualty insurance and business interruption insurance) with financially
sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with
such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in
similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the
applicable Subsidiary operates. The Collateral Agent shall be named as loss payee, with respect
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7.08 Compliance with Laws.



Comply with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees
applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such
requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



7.09 Books and Records.



(a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and
matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be.



(b) Maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable
requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Borrower or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be.



7.10 Inspection Rights.



(a) Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each
Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and
operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at
the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as
often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower.



7.11 Use of Proceeds.



Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions (a) to fund payments under the Reorganization Plan and
(b) to finance working capital, capital expenditures and other lawful corporate purposes,
provided that in no event shall the proceeds of the Credit Extensions be used in contravention
of any Law or of any Loan Document.



7.12 Additional Subsidiaries.



(a) Material Domestic Subsidiaries. Cause each Material Domestic Subsidiary to become a
Guarantor hereunder promptly, but in any event within thirty (30) days of the Subsidiary
becoming a Material Domestic Subsidiary, by execution and delivery of a Guaranty Joinder
Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate for such
purpose, together with certified copies of resolutions and Organization Documents and favorable
opinions of counsel (including, among other things, due authorization, execution, delivery, and
enforceability of the Guaranty Joinder Agreement and related documents), all in form, scope and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.



(b) Other Domestic Subsidiaries. In addition, cause each Domestic Subsidiary that gives a
Guarantee in respect of the Plan Notes or any 144A Notes to become a Guarantor hereunder
promptly, but within thirty (30) days of the Subsidiary giving such a Guarantee, by execution
and delivery of a Guaranty Joinder Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent
may deem appropriate for such purpose, together with certified copies of resolutions and
Organization Documents and favorable opinions of counsel (including, among other
things, due authorization, execution, delivery, and enforceability of the Guaranty Joinder
Agreement and related documents), all in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to
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7.13 ERISA Compliance.



Cause, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to cause, each Plan that is qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to maintain such qualification, and make all
required contributions to any Plan subject to
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, except where the failure to do so would not result in
a Material Adverse Effect.



7.14 Pledged Assets.



(a) Capital Stock of Material Domestic Subsidiaries. Subject to clause
(d) below, pledge one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each
Loan Party’s Material Domestic Subsidiaries promptly, but in any event within thirty (30) days
of the formation or acquisition thereof, in each case pursuant to a pledge agreement or
Collateral Joinder Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with
such filings and deliveries necessary or appropriate to perfect the security interests therein,
and opinions of counsel relating thereto, all in form, scope and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.



(b) Capital Stock of Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiaries. Subject to clause (d) below,
pledge sixty-five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each Material
First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary promptly, but in any event within ninety (90) days of such
Subsidiary becoming a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary, pursuant to a pledge agreement or
Collateral Joinder Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with
such filings and deliveries necessary or appropriate to perfect the security interests therein,
and opinions of counsel (including, among other things, opinions regarding execution,
notarization and recordation of local pledge agreements, parallel debt agreements and such other
acts necessary or appropriate to give effect to the pledge under local law) relating thereto,
all in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided
that in each such case the Administrative Agent will, in consultation with the Borrower, do an
analysis of the relative benefits associated with the prospective pledge and where, in its
reasonable discretion, the Administrative Agent shall make a determination, taking into account
local custom and practice, that the costs, circumstances and requirements under local law
associated with the pledge out-weigh the relative benefits of the pledge, then in any such case
local pledge agreements (and related local law requirements) will not be required.



(c) Domestic Personal Property. Subject to clause (d) below, grant a security interest in all of
each Loan Party’s personal property (other than Excluded Property). In connection with any grant
of security interest under this subsection, the Loan Parties will deliver to the Administrative
Agent promptly, but in any event within thirty (30) days (with extensions as deemed necessary by
the Administrative Agent) (i) a security agreement or Collateral Joinder Agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed in multiple
counterparts, (ii) notices of grant of security interest in respect of material intellectual
property with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark
Office reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed in multiple counterparts,
(iii) such opinions of counsel as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or appropriate, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iv) evidence of
property insurance (consistent with the requirements for insurance hereunder) showing the
Collateral Agent as loss payee (if insurance is provided by a commercial insurer), and (v) such
other filings and deliveries as may be necessary or appropriate as determined by the
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(d) Release and Reinstatement of Collateral Interests. Where the Corporate Ratings are BB+
(stable) or better by S&P and Ba1 (stable) or better by Moody’s (the “Requisite Ratings”) and
provided that the Tranche B Term Loan has been repaid in full, then the Borrower shall not be
required to deliver the security interests provided in this Section 7.14 and the Administrative
Agent will promptly release the security interests in the Collateral; provided that should the
Borrower fail to maintain the Requisite Ratings, the security interests in such personal
property will be re-granted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 7.14(a), 7.14(b) and
7.14(c).



(e) Scope of Secured Obligations. The security interests granted under this Section 7.14 will
ratably secure the Obligations hereunder (including obligations under Swap Contracts between a
Loan Party and a Lender or its affiliates to the extent permitted hereunder and obligations
under Treasury Management Agreements between a Loan Party and a Lender or its affiliates).



7.15 Further Assurances.



The Borrower will provide, or cause to be provided, the following:



(a) Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiaries. By March 31,
2007 (or such later date acceptable to the Administrative Agent), the
Borrower will pledge, or cause to be pledged, the Capital Stock of all
its Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.14(b), including local pledge agreements and
related instruments, where necessary or appropriate under local law,
and together with opinions of local counsel relating thereto, in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.



ARTICLE VIII




NEGATIVE COVENANTS




So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding,
no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:



8.01 Liens.



Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:



(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;



(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.01 and any renewals or extensions
thereof, provided that the property covered thereby is not increased and any renewal or
extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 8.03(b);



(c) Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges
or levies not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of
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(d) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and
suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of
title arising in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Liens secure only amounts
not yet due and payable or, if due and payable, are unfiled and no other action has been taken
to enforce the same or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which
adequate reserves determined in accordance with GAAP have been established;



(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien
imposed by ERISA;



(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than
Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or
litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;



(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real
property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case
materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with
the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;



(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money (or appeal or other surety bonds relating
to such judgments) that do not result in an Event of Default under Section 9.01(h);



(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(e); provided that (i) such Liens do
not at any time encumber any Property other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness,
(ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever
is lower, of the Property being acquired on the date of acquisition and (iii) such Liens attach
to such Property concurrently with or within ninety days after the acquisition thereof;



(j) leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the
business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;



(k) any interest of title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from UCC financing statements (or
equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdictions) relating to, leases
permitted by this Agreement;



(l) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted
under Section 8.02;



(m) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other
depository institutions;



(n) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on
items in the course of collection;



(o) Liens of sellers of goods to the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries arising under Article
2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course
of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such
goods and related expenses;



(p) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
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(q) Liens on property or assets acquired in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition, provided that (i) the indebtedness secured by
such Liens is permitted under Section 8.03, and (ii) the Liens are not
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation or anticipation of,
the acquisition and do not attach or extend to any other property or
assets;



(r) Liens on Securitization Receivables sold, contributed,
financed or otherwise conveyed or pledged in connection with a
Securitization Transaction permitted pursuant to Section 8.03(k); and



(s) other Liens not described above, provided that such Liens
do not secure obligations in excess of $5,000,000 at any one time
outstanding.



8.02 Investments.



Make any Investments, except:



(a) Investments held by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the
form of cash or Cash Equivalents;



(b) Investments existing as of the Closing Date and set forth
in Schedule 8.02;



(c) Investments in any Person that is a Loan Party prior to
giving effect to such Investment;



(d) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the
nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the
grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and
Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof
from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably
necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;



(e) Guarantees permitted by Section 8.03;



(f) Permitted Acquisitions;



(g) Investments made after the Closing Date in Foreign
Subsidiaries, provided that the aggregate amount of all such
Investments made by Loan Parties in Foreign Subsidiaries shall not
exceed an amount equal to five percent (5%) of total assets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP as of the last day of the fiscal quarter
immediately preceding the date of determination;



(h) to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, advances
to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business, for travel,
entertainment, relocation and other ordinary business purposes;



(i) Investments by Foreign Subsidiaries in the Borrower and
any of its Subsidiaries (including other Foreign Subsidiaries);



(j) Investments made as part of Securitization Transaction
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(k) Investments representing non-cash consideration received
in connection with any Disposition permitted hereunder; and



(l) other Investments not contemplated in the foregoing
clauses in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any
time outstanding.



8.03 Indebtedness.



Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:



(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;



(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set
forth in Schedule 8.03 (and renewals, refinancings and extensions
thereof on terms and conditions not materially less favorable to the
applicable debtor(s) or at then prevailing market terms);



(c) unsecured intercompany Indebtedness among the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under Section 8.02;



(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided
that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in
the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating
risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or
property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in
the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of
speculation or taking a “market view;” and (ii) such Swap Contract does
not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its
obligation to make any termination payments upon the designation of an
“early termination date” (as defined therein) to the defaulting party;



(e) purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations in
respect of Capital Leases or Synthetic Leases) hereafter incurred by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of
fixed assets, and renewals, refinancings and extensions thereof,
provided that (i) such Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the
purchase price of the asset(s) financed, (ii) no such Indebtedness
shall be refinanced for a principal amount in excess of the principal
balance outstanding thereon at the time of such refinancing, and (iii)
at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such incurrence,
the Borrower will be in compliance with the financial covenants in
Section 8.11 on a Pro Forma Basis;



(f) Indebtedness evidenced by the Plan Notes in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $775,000,000, and renewals, refinancings
and extensions thereof on prevailing market terms;



(g) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower, provided
that at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such
incurrence, the Borrower will be in compliance with the financial
covenants in Section 8.11 on a Pro Forma Basis;



(h) Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness permitted under
clauses (a) through (g) of this Section 8.03;





 


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(i) Indebtedness acquired or assumed pursuant to a Permitted
Acquisition, provided that such Indebtedness was not incurred in
connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Permitted
Acquisition;



(j) Indebtedness arising under any performance or surety bond
entered into in the ordinary course of business; and



(k) Securitization Transactions in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $150,000,000.



8.04 Fundamental Changes.



Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or
Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all
of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person; provided
that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.04 but subject to the terms of
Sections 7.12 and 7.14, (a) the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any of its Subsidiaries
provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, (b) any Loan Party
other than the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any other Loan Party other than the
Borrower, (c) any Foreign Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into any Loan Party
provided that such Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, (d) any Foreign
Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into any other Foreign Subsidiary, (e) any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with any Person that is not a Loan Party in connection with
a Permitted Acquisition provided that, if such Permitted Acquisition involves the Borrower, the
Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, and (f) any Subsidiary may dissolve,
liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time provided that such dissolution, liquidation or
winding up, as applicable, could not have a Material Adverse Effect.



8.05 Dispositions.



Make any Disposition (other than an Involuntary Disposition) unless (a) the total consideration
shall be in an amount not less than the fair market value of the Property disposed of, (b) such
transaction does not involve a sale or other disposition of receivables other than in connection
with a Securitization Transaction permitted pursuant to Section 8.03(k) or receivables owned by
or attributable to other Property concurrently being disposed of in a transaction otherwise
permitted under this Section 8.05, and (c) the aggregate net book value of all of the assets
sold or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in all such transactions in
any fiscal year of the Borrower shall not exceed an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the
total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP as of the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of
determination.



8.06 Restricted Payments.



Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation
(contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:



(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments (directly or indirectly) to its parent or to
any Loan Party (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary, to
each owner of Capital Stock in such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis based on such owner’s
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(b) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make
dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Capital
Stock of such Person; and



(c) the Borrower may declare and make other Restricted
Payments in any fiscal year in an amount not exceed the sum of (i)
$25,000,000 plus (ii) an amount equal to the difference of (A)
twenty-five percent (25%) of cumulative Consolidated Net Income earned
after the Closing Date minus (B) the aggregate amount of Restricted
Payments in excess of $25,000,000 in any fiscal year after the Closing
Date, with unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried over to
succeeding fiscal years.



8.07 Change in Nature of Business.



Engage in any material line of business substantially different from
those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or
any business related or incidental thereto.



8.08 Transactions with Affiliates.



Enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions with any Affiliate of
such Person other than (a) advances of working capital to any Loan Party, (b) transfers of cash
and assets to any Loan Party, (c) intercompany transactions expressly permitted by Section 8.02,
Section 8.03,
Section 8.04, Section 8.05 or Section 8.06, (d) transactions among the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and (e) except as otherwise specifically limited in this Agreement, other
transactions which are entered into in the ordinary course of such Person’s business on terms
and conditions substantially as favorable to such Person as would be obtainable by it in a
comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an officer, director or Affiliate.



8.09 Burdensome Agreements.



(a) Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that encumbers or restricts on
the ability of any such Person to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Loan
Party on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits,
(ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Loan Party, (iii) make loans or
advances to any Loan Party, (iv) sell, lease or transfer any of its Property to any Loan Party,
(v) pledge its Property pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges,
refundings or extension thereof or (vi) act as a Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or
any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of
any of the matters referred to in clauses (i)-(v) above) for (1) this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents, the Plan Note Indenture and any 144A Indenture, (2) with respect to clauses (iv) and
(v) above, any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section
8.03(e), provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or
assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (3) customary restrictions and
conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any Property permitted under
Section 8.05 pending the consummation of such sale or (4) restrictions and conditions on any
Foreign Subsidiary organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China or any state or
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(b) Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that prohibits or otherwise
restricts the existence of any Lien upon any of its Property in favor of the Administrative
Agent (for the benefit of the Lenders) for the purpose of securing the Obligations, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for any obligation if such
Property is given as security for the Obligations, except (i) any document or instrument
governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(e), provided that any such restriction
contained therein relates only to the asset or assets
constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (ii) in connection with any Permitted Lien
described in Section 8.01(j) or (k) or any document or instrument governing any such Permitted
Lien, provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets
subject to such Permitted Lien,
(iii) pursuant to customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to
the sale of any Property permitted under Section 8.05, pending the consummation of such sale and
(iv) the Plan Note Indenture and any 144A Indenture.



8.10 Use of Proceeds.



Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether
immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning
of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.



8.11 Financial Covenants.



(a) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of
the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less than 3.0 to 1.0, commencing with the
fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2006.



(b) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end of any
fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be greater than 3.75 to 1.0, commencing with the fiscal
quarter ending December 31, 2006.



8.12 Prepayment of Other Indebtedness, Etc.



If any Default has occurred and is continuing or shall exist immediately after giving effect
thereto, except for the refinancing of the Plan Notes with the proceeds of 144A Notes, make (or
give any notice with respect thereto) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment or
redemption or acquisition for value of (including without limitation, by way of depositing money
or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the purpose of paying when
due), refund, refinance or exchange of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other
than Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents).



8.13 Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and
Form of Entity.



(a) Amend, modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner
materially adverse to the Lenders.



(b) Change its fiscal year.



(c) With respect to any Loan Party, without providing 5 days’ prior written notice to the
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ARTICLE IX




EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES




9.01 Events of Default.



Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:





(a) Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to
be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within three
Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or
any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five Business Days after written notice thereof to the
defaulting party by the Administrative Agent of the same becoming due, any other amount payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or



(b) Specific Covenants. (i) The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or
agreement contained in any of Section 7.03(a), 7.05, 7.11, 7.12 or 7.14 or Article VIII; or



(ii) The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any
of Section 7.01, 7.02, or 7.10 and such failure continues for five days; or



(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement
(not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be
performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty days after written notice to the
defaulting party by the Administrative Agent; or



(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of
fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any
other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be
incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or



(e) Cross-Default. (i) The Borrower or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due
(whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in
respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness
under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or
available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated
credit arrangement) of more than $50,000,000, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other
agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any
instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the
effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such
Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on
behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of
notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased,
prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay,
defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee
to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs
under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting
from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any
Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination
Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an
Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the
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(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or
consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any
receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part
of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the
application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues
undischarged or unstayed for sixty calendar days; or any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or
any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of
such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty calendar
days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or



(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) The Borrower or
any Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or
fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ
or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or
levied against all or any material part of the property of any such
Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within thirty days
after its issue or levy; or



(h) Judgments. There is entered against the Borrower or any
Subsidiary (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of
money in an aggregate amount exceeding $50,000,000 (to the extent not
covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer
does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final
judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in
either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor
upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of ten
consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment,
by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or



(i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in liability of the Borrower under Title IV of ERISA
to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate
amount in excess of $50,000,000, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable
grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal
liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an
aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000; or



(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any
time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as
expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the
Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party
or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it
has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or
purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document;



(k) Revocation of Confirmation Order. The Confirmation Order
shall be revoked by the Bankruptcy Court or any other court of
competent jurisdiction;



(l) Plan Note Indenture. There shall occur and be continuing
any “Event of Default” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined
in, the Plan Note Indenture; or



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9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.



If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative
Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or
all of the following actions:



(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of an L/C Issuer to
make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be
terminated;



(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and
unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice
of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;



(c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the
then Outstanding Amount thereof); and



(d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the
Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law;



provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief
with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of
each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions
shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all
interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the
obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall
automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender.



9.03 Application of Funds.



After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have
automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been
required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02), any amounts
received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the
following order:



First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses
and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in each case in its capacity as such;



Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other
amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and
amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in
this clause Second payable to them;



Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on
the Loans and L/C Borrowings and fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments, and any
interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Lender, or
any Affiliate of a Lender, to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by Section 8.03(d),
ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts, Affiliates of Lenders) in
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Fourth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the
Loans and L/C Borrowings, (b) payment of breakage, termination or other payments, and any
interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Lender, or
any Affiliate of a Lender, to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by Section 8.03(d), (c)
payments of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any
Lender, or
any Affiliate of a Lender and (d) Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised
of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the
case of such Swap Contracts, Affiliates of Lenders) in proportion to the respective amounts
described in this clause Fourth held by them; and



Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to
the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.



Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of
Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under
such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after
all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be
applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.



ARTICLE X




ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT




10.01 Appointment and Authority.



(a) Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the
Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions
and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.



(b) Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the
Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Collateral
Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. The Collateral Agent shall act on behalf of the Lenders with
respect to any Collateral and the Collateral Documents, and the Collateral Agent shall have all
of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Article X with
respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Collateral Agent in connection with any
Collateral or the Collateral Documents as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in
this Article X and (ii) as additionally provided herein or in the Collateral Documents with
respect to the Collateral Agent.



(c) The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have
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10.02 Rights as a Lender.



The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers
in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly
indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the
Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may
accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory
capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and
without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.



10.03 Exculpatory Provisions.



The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set
forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Administrative Agent:



(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a
Default has occurred and is continuing;



(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other
Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by
the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly
provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent
shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may
expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or
applicable law; and



(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any
duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating
to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person
serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.



The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with
the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall
be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 9.02) or (ii) in the
absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be
deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is
given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.



The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire
into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance
or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein
or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or
genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or
document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the
Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm
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10.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent.



The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for
relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or
other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other
distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise
authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement
made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and
shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining
compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of
Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative
Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such
Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal
counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance
with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.



10.05 Delegation of Duties.



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



10.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent.



The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the
Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the
right, with the consent of the Borrower (except if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States,
or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall
have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within
30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the
retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative
Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such
appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such
notice and (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any
collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the
Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral
security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and
(b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the
Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the
Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section.
Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such
successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees
payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable
to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the
retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the
provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such
retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent
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Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also
constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a
successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to
and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C
Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be
discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for
the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other
arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of
the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.



10.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.



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



10.08 No Other Duties; Etc.



Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the bookrunners, arrangers, syndication
agents, documentation agents or co-agents shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities
under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable,
as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.



10.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.



In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial
proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the
principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made
any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding
or otherwise:



(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations arising under the Loan
Documents that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in
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(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;



and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar
official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such
payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to
the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.



Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender to authorize the
Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or in any such proceeding.



10.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters.



The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in each
case at its option and in its discretion,



(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any
Loan Document (i) upon termination of all Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations
arising under the Loan Documents (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the
expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is transferred or to be
transferred as part of or in connection with any Disposition not prohibited hereunder or under
any other Loan Document, or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance
with Section 11.01;



(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be
a Subsidiary or a Guarantor as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder; and



(c) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any
Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 8.01(i).



Upon request by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required
Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its
interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its
obligations under the Guaranty, pursuant to this Section 10.10. In each case as specified in
this Section 10.10, the Collateral Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to
the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence
the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under
the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such
Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of
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ARTICLE XI




MISCELLANEOUS




11.01 Amendments, Etc.



(a) No amendment or waiver of, or any consent to deviation from, any provision of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the Borrower, the
Loan Parties and the Required Lenders, and each such amendment, waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given;
provided, further, that:




(i) unless also signed by each Lender directly affected thereby, no such amendment, waiver or
consent shall:



(A) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate such Lender’s Commitment
terminated pursuant to
Section 9.02) (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth
in Section 5.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an
extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender) without the consent of such Lender;



(B) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of
principal (excluding mandatory prepayments), interest, fees or other amounts due to any Lender
hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the consent of such Lender;



(C) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C
Borrowing, or any fees or other amounts payable to any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan
Document without the consent of such Lender; provided, however, that only the consent of the
Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend (i) the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive
any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or (ii) subject to subsection
(b)(iii) below, to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein)
even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C
Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;



(D) change Section 2.13 or Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of
payments required thereby;



(E) change any provision of this Section 11.01(a) or the definition of “Required Lenders”
(except as expressly provided in subsection (b) of this Section below), “Required Revolving
Lenders”, “Required Tranche A Term Lenders” or “Required Tranche B Term Lenders”;



(F) except in connection with a Disposition permitted under Section 8.05 or as otherwise
contemplated by Section 7.14, release all or substantially all of the Collateral; or



(G) release the Borrower or, except in connection with a merger or consolidation permitted under
Section 8.04 or a Disposition permitted under Section 8.05, all or substantially all of the
Guarantors, from its or their obligations under the Loan Documents;



(ii) unless also signed by the Required Revolving Lenders, no such amendment, waiver or consent
shall:



(A) waive any Default for purposes of Section 5.02 for purposes of any Revolving Loan borrowing,
L/C Credit Extension or Swing Line Loan borrowing,



(B) amend or waive the manner of application of any mandatory prepayment to Revolving Loans,
Swing Line Loans or L/C Obligations under Section 2.05(c), or





 


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(C) amend or waive the provisions of Section 5.02, this Section 11.01(b);



(iii) unless also signed by the Required Tranche A Term Lenders, no such amendment, waiver or
consent shall:



(A) amend or waive the manner of application of any mandatory prepayment to the Tranche A Term
Loan under Section 2.05(c), or



(B) amend or waive the provisions of this Section 11.01(c);



(iv) unless also signed by the Required Tranche B Term Lenders, no such amendment, waiver or
consent shall:



(A) amend or waive the manner of application of any mandatory prepayment to the Tranche B Term
Loan under Section 2.05(c), or



(B) amend or waive the provisions of this Section 11.01(d); or



(v) unless also signed by the Collateral Agent, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall
affect the rights or duties of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document;



and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by the each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or
duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to
any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall,
unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above,
affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment,
waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to
the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or
privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or
disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender
may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.



Notwithstanding the fact that the consent of all the Lenders is required in certain
circumstances as set forth above, (x) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on
any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the
provisions of
Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth
herein and (y) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use
cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination
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(b) Additional Commitments or Tranches. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding
provisions to the contrary in this Section 11.01, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and
restated) with the written consent of the Loan Parties and the Required Lenders to (i) increase
the aggregate amount of commitments under any of the respective facilities, (ii) add one or more
additional borrowing tranches hereunder and to provide for the ratable sharing of the benefits
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the other commitments and Obligations
contemplated herein and therein, and (iii) include the lenders providing the commitments and
extensions of credit therefor in the
determination of “Required Lenders” and /or to provide consent rights for such lenders
consistent with those afforded under clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of
Section 11.01(a) above.



11.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.



(a) General. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be
given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or
overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as
follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by
telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:



(i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the
address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such
Person on Schedule 11.02; and



(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or
telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.



Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail,
shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to
have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the
recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business
day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent
provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).



(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet
websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has
notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article
by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower (on behalf of itself and
the other Loan Parties) may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications
to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided
that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.



Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent
to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement
from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business
day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet
website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail
address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or
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(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS
DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE
ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE
BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY
WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR
FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE
BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any
Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind
(whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative
Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent
Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for
indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual
damages).



(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer and
the Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and
other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may
change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications
hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing
Line Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to
time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact
name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other
communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.



(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Loan Notices and Swing Line
Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were
not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any
other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the
recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and
liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on
behalf of the Borrower, except to the extent such losses, costs, expenses or liabilities
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the applicable Person. All
telephonic notices to and other communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by
the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.



11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.



No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such
Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are
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11.04 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes.



The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation, execution
and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver,
consent or
other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs and costs and
expenses in connection with the use of Intralinks, Inc. or other similar information
transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, and (b) to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent and each Lender for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or
remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses
incurred during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any
legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney
Costs. The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title
insurance and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and
other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under
this Section 11.04 shall be payable within ten Business Days after demand therefor. The
agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Commitments and repayment of all
other Obligations.



11.05 Indemnification by the Borrower.



(a) Indemnification. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the
Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, each Lender and their
respective Related Parties (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature
whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such
Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the Loan Documents
or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any
Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom
(including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit
if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms
of such Letter of Credit), (c) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials
on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary
or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or
any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or
threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any
Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”);
provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that
such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by
final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the
use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar
information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee
have any liability for any indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith
(whether before or after the Closing Date). All amounts due under this
Section 11.05 shall be payable within ten Business Days after demand therefor. The agreements in
this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent,
the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment,
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(b) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason fail to
indefeasibly pay any amount required under Section 11.04 or subsection (a) of this Section to be
paid by them to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any
of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined
as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such
unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage,
liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related
Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in
connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (b) are
subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).



(c) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no
Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on
any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to
direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (a) above shall be liable for any damages arising from
the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such
unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other
information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages
resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a
final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.



11.06 Payments Set Aside.



To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Loan Party is made to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off,
and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including
pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its
discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then
(a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not
been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid
by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such
payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in
effect.



11.07 Successors and Assigns.



(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and
their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not
assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder except (i) to an
Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by
way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or
(iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of
subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party
hereto shall be
null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer
upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to
the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy
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(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this
subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to
it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:



(i) Minimum Amounts.



(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment and the related Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a
Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and



(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A)
of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans
outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding
balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of
the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of
the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 in the case of an assignment of a Revolving
Commitment (and the related Revolving Loans thereunder), $2,500,000 in the case of an assignment
of Tranche A Term Loans and $1,000,000 in the case of an assignment of Tranche B Term Loans
unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and
concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single assignee (or to an assignee
and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of
determining whether such minimum amount has been met.



(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s Loans and Commitments, and rights and
obligations with respect thereto, assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not (A) apply to
the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or (B) prohibit
any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations in respect of its
Revolving Commitment (and the related Revolving Loans thereunder) and its outstanding Tranche A
Term Loans or Tranche B Term Loans on a non-pro rata basis;



(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent
required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:



(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall
be required unless
(1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2)
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(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (i) any Tranche A Term Loan Commitment,
Tranche B Term Loan Commitment or Revolving Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is
not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of the Commitment subject to such assignment, an
Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender or (ii) any Tranche A
Term Loan or Tranche B Term Loan to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or
an Approved Fund; and



(C) the consent of the L/C Issuers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to
participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding);
and



(D) the consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of Revolving Loans and Revolving
Commitments.



(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation
fee of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion,
elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee,
if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire.



(v) No Assignment to Borrower. No such assignment shall be made to the Borrower or any of the
Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.



(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.



Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection
(c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this
Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 11.04 and
11.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment). Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the
assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this
Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in
accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.



(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing
to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from
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(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural
person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a
“Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such
Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender
shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights
and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender
sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce
this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not,
without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification
described in clause (a) of the first proviso to Section 11.01 that directly affects such
Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent
as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of
this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the
benefits of Section 11.09 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be
subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.



(e) Limitation of Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to
receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the
participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A
Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the
benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such
Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section
11.15 as though it were a Lender.



(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or
any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure
obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a
party hereto.



(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words
of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures
or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect,
validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable
law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New
York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the
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(h) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, if at any time any Lender acting as an L/C Issuer or the Swing
Line Lender assigns all of its Commitments and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank such
Lender may, upon thirty days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer
and/or Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line
Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer
or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided,
however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the
resignation of the such resigning L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If a
Lender acting as an L/C Issuer resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and
obligations of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of
the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto
(including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations
in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender
resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided
for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective
date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or
fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section
2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (1) such
successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (2) the
successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit
issued by such retiring L/C Issuer, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make
other arrangements satisfactory to such retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the
obligations of such retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.



11.08 Confidentiality.



Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the
Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates
and to its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors,
representatives and to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty (or such contractual
counterparty’s professional advisor) under any swap agreement relating to Loans outstanding
under this Agreement (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will
be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such
Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to
have jurisdiction over it; (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by
any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder;
(f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this
Section, to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee
of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any direct
or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual
counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor) to any credit derivative
transaction relating to obligations of the Loan Parties; (g) with the consent of the Borrower;
(h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a
breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower; or (i) to the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization or any nationally recognized rating
agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s or its Affiliates’ investment
portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or its Affiliates. In
addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement
and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the
lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in
connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents,
the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions. For the purposes of this Section, “Information”
means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such
information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential
basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of
information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information
is clearly identified in writing at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to
maintain the confidentiality of Information
as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if
such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
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11.09 Set-off.



In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and any Affiliate of any Lender is
authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other
Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of
each Loan Party) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and
other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the
respective Loan Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under
any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the
Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured. Each Lender agrees
promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and
application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall
not affect the validity of such set-off and application.



11.10 Interest Rate Limitation.



Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or
agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious
interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any
Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest
shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded
to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the
Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent
permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense,
fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof,
and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of
interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.



11.11 Counterparts.



This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.



11.12 Integration.



This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated
agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior
agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the
provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this
Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor
of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a
conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the
respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but
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11.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties.




All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other
document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall
survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have
been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any
investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and
notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of
any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as
long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any
Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.



11.14 Severability.



If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the
parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as
possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a
provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provision in any other jurisdiction.



11.15 Tax Forms.



(a) (i) Each Lender that is not a “United States person” within the
meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “Foreign
Lender”) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to receipt of
any payment subject to withholding under the Internal Revenue Code (or
upon accepting an assignment of an interest herein), two duly signed
completed copies of either IRS Form W-8BEN or any successor thereto
(relating to such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an exemption from,
withholding tax on all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by
the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any
successor thereto (relating to all payments to be made to such Foreign
Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or such other
evidence satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that
such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from U.S. withholding
tax, including any exemption pursuant to Section 881(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign
Lender shall (A) promptly submit to the Administrative Agent such
additional duly completed and signed copies of one of such forms (or
such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the
relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available
under then current United States laws and regulations to avoid, or such
evidence as is satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent to obtain any available exemption from or reduction of, United
States withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such
Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, (B) promptly
notify the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which
would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and
(C) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it,
in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably
necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid
any requirement of applicable Laws that the Borrower make any deduction
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(ii) Each Foreign Lender, to the extent it does not act or
ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any
sums paid or payable to such Lender under any of the Loan Documents
(for example, in the case of a typical participation by such Lender),
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on the date when such Foreign
Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of
any such sums paid or payable, and at such other times as may be
necessary in the determination of the Administrative Agent (in the reasonable exercise of its
discretion), (A) two duly signed completed copies of the forms or statements required to be
provided by such Lender as set forth above, to establish the portion of any such sums paid or
payable with respect to which such Lender acts for its own account that is not subject to U.S.
withholding tax or is subject to U.S. withholding tax at a reduced rate, and (B) two duly signed
completed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto), together with any information
such Lender chooses to transmit with such form, and any other certificate or statement of
exemption required under the Internal Revenue Code, to establish that such Lender is not acting
for its own account with respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Lender.



(iii) The Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Foreign Lender
under Section 3.01 (A) with respect to any Taxes required to be deducted or withheld on the
basis of the information, certificates or statements of exemption such Lender transmits with an
IRS Form W-8IMY pursuant to this Section 11.15(a) or (B) if such Lender shall have failed to
satisfy the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.15(a); provided that if such Lender shall
have satisfied the requirement of this Section 11.15(a) on the date such Lender became a Lender
or ceased to act for its own account with respect to any payment under any of the Loan
Documents, nothing in this
Section 11.15(a) shall relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to
Section 3.01 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or
governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or
application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates
or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender or other Person
for the account of which such Lender receives any sums payable under any of the Loan Documents
is not subject to withholding or is subject to withholding at a reduced rate; and provided
further that if an L/C Issuer shall issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit from a branch or
other office in any jurisdiction at the request of (or with the consent of ) the Borrower and
such L/C Issuer shall not be lawfully able or entitled to satisfy the requirements of this
Section 11.15(a) at the time of issuance, amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit by
reason of the selection of such branch or office in such jurisdiction, nothing in this Section
11.15(a) shall relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to Section
3.01 owing to such L/C Issuer.



(iv) The Administrative Agent may, without reduction, withhold any Taxes required to be deducted
and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan Documents with respect to which the Borrower
is not required to pay additional amounts under this Section 11.15(a).



(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Lender that is a “United States person”
within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-9. If such Lender fails to
deliver such forms, then the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such
Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable back-up withholding tax imposed by the Internal
Revenue Code, without reduction.



(c) If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Administrative Agent did not properly
withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or other amount from payments made to
or for the account of any Lender, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent therefor,
including all penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts
payable to the Administrative Agent under this Section, and costs and expenses (including
Attorney Costs) of the Administrative Agent. The obligation of the Lenders under this Section
shall survive the termination of the Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder
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11.16 Replacement of Lenders.



If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay
any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 3.01,
(iii) a Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) does not consent to a proposed change, waiver,
discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document that has been approved by the
Required Lenders as provided in Section 11.01 but requires unanimous consent of all Lenders or
all Lenders directly affected thereby (as applicable) and, or (iv) any Lender is a Defaulting
Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and
the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section
11.07), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan
Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:



(a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in
Section 11.07(b);



(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of
its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable
to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05)
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or
the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);



(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section
3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a
reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;



(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and



(e) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Non-Consenting Lender’s failure to
consent to a proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan
Document, the applicable replacement bank, financial institution or Fund consents to the
proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination; provided that the failure by such
Non-Consenting Lender to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption shall not impair the
validity of the removal of such Non-Consenting Lender and the mandatory assignment of such
Non-Consenting Lender’s Commitments and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations
and Swing Line Loans pursuant to this
Section 11.16 shall nevertheless be effective without the execution by such Non-Consenting
Lender of an Assignment and Assumption.



A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a
result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to
require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.



11.17 Governing Law.



(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE
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(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY
BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HERETO CONSENTS, FOR
ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH
PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR
BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING
OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER
DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR
OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.



11.18 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.



EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM,
DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH
OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO
ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR
HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY
AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY
COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL
COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE
SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.



11.19 USA PATRIOT Act Notice.



Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent
(for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information
that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower
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11.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.



In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Loan Parties each
acknowledge and agree that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related
arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment,
waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length
commercial transaction between the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one
hand, and the Administrative Agent and the arrangers, on the other hand, and each of the Loan
Parties is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks
and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents
(including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection
with the process leading to such transaction, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers each is
and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary,
for the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees
or any other Person; (iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor either arranger has assumed or
will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Loan Party with
respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading
thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any
other Loan Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or either arranger has
advised or is currently advising any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates
on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent nor either arranger has any obligation to
any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents; (iv) the Administrative Agent and the arrangers and their respective Affiliates may
be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the
Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the
Arrangers has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency
or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Administrative Agent and the arrangers have not provided
and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof
or of any other Loan Document) and each Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting,
regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. Each Loan Party hereby
waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against
the Administrative Agent and the arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of
agency or fiduciary duty.



[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]






 


99









 







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



	 	 	 	 	 
	BORROWER: 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Barry M. Sullivan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Barry M. Sullivan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President & Treasurer 	 
	 
	GUARANTORS: 	ARMSTRONG REALTY GROUP, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Barry M. Sullivan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Barry M. Sullivan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer & Assistant Secretary 	 
	 
	 	ARMSTRONG VENTURES, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Barry M. Sullivan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Barry M. Sullivan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Secretary 	 
	 
	 	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Barry M. Sullivan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Barry M. Sullivan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	AWI LICENSING COMPANY,

a Delaware corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Barry M. Sullivan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Barry M. Sullivan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	ARMSTRONG HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY,

a Tennessee corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Barry M. Sullivan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Barry M. Sullivan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	WORLDWIDE KITCHENS, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Barry M. Sullivan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Barry M. Sullivan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 



 


 









 





	 	 	 	 	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	HOMERWOOD HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY,

a Delaware corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Barry M. Sullivan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Barry M. Sullivan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Anne B. Lazorik
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Anne B. Lazorik 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	LENDERS: 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ W. Thomas Barnett
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	W. Thomas Barnett 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President 	 
	 
	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as a Lender and L/C Issuer

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Stephanie Parker
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Stephanie Parker 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	BARCLAYS BANK PLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Douglas A. Kelly
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Douglas A. Kelly 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director 	 
	 
	 	LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David P. Barrett
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	David P. Barrett 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ N. Bell
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	N. Bell 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Manager 	 
	 




 


 









 





Schedule 2.01




COMMITMENTS AND PRO RATA SHARES




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Revolving	 	 	 	 
	Lender	 	Commitment	 	 	Pro Rata Share	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Bank of America, N.A.
	 	$	60,000,000.00	 	 	 	20.000000000	%
	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	 	$	60,000,000.00	 	 	 	20.000000000	%
	Barclays Bank PLC
	 	$	60,000,000.00	 	 	 	20.000000000	%
	LaSalle Bank National Association
	 	$	60,000,000.00	 	 	 	20.000000000	%
	The Bank of Nova Scotia
	 	$	60,000,000.00	 	 	 	20.000000000	%
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Total
	 	$	300,000,000.00	 	 	 	100.000000000	%
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 







 


 











 





Schedule 2.03




ARMSTRONG
WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

 LETTERS OF CREDIT OUTSTANDING

09/30/06






	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ISSUING	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	DOCUMENTARY /	 	 	 	CURRENCY	 	 	USD	 	 	DATE	 	 	DATE	 	 	EXPIRY	 
	BANK	 	BENEFICIARY/LOCATION	 	L/C #	 	DIP/PRE-DIP	 	COMPANY	 	TYPE	 	STANDBY	 	CURR.	 	AMOUNT	 	 	EQUIVALENT	 	 	ISSUED	 	 	EXPIRY	 	 	NOTE *	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Asia Dekor (Hong Kong) Limited/Hong Kong
	 	P-619979	 	DIP	 	AWI	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	500,000.00	 	 	 	500,000.00	 	 	 	02/08/05	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Bank of America/U.S.
	 	P-250914	 	DIP	 	AWI	 	CREDIT SUPPORT	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	3,300,000.00	 	 	 	3,300,000.00	 	 	 	09/30/04	 	 	 	08/06/07	 	 	 	*	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Felix Huard, Inc./Canada
	 	TPTS-219752	 	DIP	 	AWI	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	75,000.00	 	 	 	75,000.00	 	 	 	12/23/05	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty/U.S.
	 	P-209526	 	DIP	 	AWI	 	WCOMP	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	180,865.00	 	 	 	180,865.00	 	 	 	01/08/01	 	 	 	02/01/07	 	 	 	**	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Kronospan (Beijing) Flooring Co./China
	 	TPTS-281038	 	DIP	 	AWI	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	1,000,000.00	 	 	 	1,000,000.00	 	 	 	09/11/06	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Natl. Union Fire Ins. Co./U.S.
	 	P-225067	 	DIP	 	AWI	 	CASUALTY	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	28,000,000.00	 	 	 	28,000,000.00	 	 	 	04/30/02	 	 	 	12/06/06	 	 	 	***	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	State of California/U.S.
	 	P-243889	 	DIP	 	AWI	 	WCOMP	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	220,000.00	 	 	 	220,000.00	 	 	 	12/18/03	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	****	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Travelers Casualty/U.S.
	 	P-209441	 	DIP	 	AWI	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	710,000.00	 	 	 	710,000.00	 	 	 	01/11/01	 	 	 	01/15/07	 	 	 	*	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Western Petroleum/U.S.
	 	P-209965	 	DIP	 	AWI	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	15,000.00	 	 	 	15,000.00	 	 	 	01/24/01	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	China Kingdom/China
	 	TBTI-248763	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	DOC	 	USD	 	 	1,079,970.40	 	 	 	1,079,970.40	 	 	 	06/15/04	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Companhia De Comercio Int./China (aka Nature)
	 	P-616659	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	400,000.00	 	 	 	400,000.00	 	 	 	12/09/04	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Dalian Huade/China
	 	TBTI-230185	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	DOC	 	USD	 	 	2,173,914.70	 	 	 	2,173,914.70	 	 	 	02/10/06	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Elegant Living/Hong Kong
	 	TBTI-246392	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	DOC	 	USD	 	 	689,090.20	 	 	 	689,090.20	 	 	 	03/19/04	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	First Light Industries/Malaysia
	 	P-215407	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	120,000.00	 	 	 	120,000.00	 	 	 	06/29/01	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	GE Capital Consumer Card Co./U.S.
	 	P-228287	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	350,000.00	 	 	 	350,000.00	 	 	 	08/05/02	 	 	 	12/06/06	 	 	 	***	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Landmax Enterprises Co./Taiwan
	 	TBTI-231746	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	DOC	 	USD	 	 	1,141,987.05	 	 	 	1,141,987.05	 	 	 	11/08/02	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	RPL International, Inc./U.S.
	 	P-226866	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	400,000.00	 	 	 	400,000.00	 	 	 	06/18/02	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Springfield Timber, Ltd./Hong Kong (Floor)
	 	P-248943	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	2,500,000.00	 	 	 	2,500,000.00	 	 	 	06/23/04	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	JPMorgan Chase	 	Zhejiang Huayue Wooden Products, Inc.
	 	TBTI-244363	 	DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	DOC	 	USD	 	 	557,470.40	 	 	 	557,470.40	 	 	 	03/17/06	 	 	 	12/08/06	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	TOTAL	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	USD	 	 	 	43,413,297.75	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 








	 	 	 
	*	 	EXPIRY NOTES:
	 
	*	 	Automatically extended for periods of 1 year from expiry date unless bank notifies beneficiary
in writing at least 60 days prior to expiration.
	 
	**	 	Automatically extended for periods of 1 year from expiry date unless bank notifies beneficiary
in writing at least 90 days prior to expiration.
	 
	***	 	Automatically extended for periods of 1 year from expiry date unless bank notifies beneficiary
in writing at least 30 days prior to expiration.
	 
	****	 	Automatically extended for periods of 1 year from expiry date unless bank notifies beneficiary
in writing at least 45 days prior to expiration.





 


 









 





Schedule 6.10




Armstrong World Industries, Inc

Schedule of Insurance




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Policy	 	 	 
	Line	 	Underwriter	 	Broker	 	Limits	 	Period	 	Retentions/ Deductibles	 
	 
	Workers Compensation
	 	AIG	 	Aon	 	Statutory/ 3 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	500,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	General Liability
	 	AIG	 	Aon	 	2 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	1,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Automobile Liability
	 	AIG	 	Aon	 	3 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	500,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Excess Liability
	 	ACE USA	 	Aon	 	23 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	XL	 	Aon	 	75 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ACE Ltd	 	Aon	 	100 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Foreign Employer Liability (DIC)
	 	AXA	 	Marsh	 	10 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Foreign General Liability
	 	AXA	 	Marsh	 	10 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Foreign Automobile Liability (DIG)
	 	AXA	 	Marsh	 	10 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Aircraft Products
	 	USAIG	 	Marsh	 	100 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Aircraft Hull & Liability
	 	USAIG	 	Marsh	 	300 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Property Damage/
	 	FM Global	 	Marsh	 	1 Billion	 	12-1-05 to 12-1-06	 	 	250,000	 
	Business Interruption
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	50,000 miscellaneous 25,000 inland transit	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Employee Dishonesty
	 	AIG	 	Marsh	 	20 million	 	12-1-05 to 12-1-06	 	 	250,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Ocean Marine
	 	AIG	 	Expeditors	 	5 million	 	1-1-03 continous	 	 	5,000	 






 


 









 





Schedule 6.10




Armstrong World Industries, Inc

Schedule of Insurance




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Policy	 	Retentions/	 
	Line	 	Underwriter	 	Broker	 	Limits	 	Period	 	Deductibles	 
	 
	International Workers Compensation
	 	Chubb	 	Marsh	 	Statutory/ 1 million	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	0	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Directors & Officers Liability
	 	AIG	 	Aon	 	15 million	 	10-2-06  to 10-2-07	 	2 million securities claims	 
	 
	 	Hartford	 	 	 	15 million	 	 	 	2 million corp. reimbursement	 
	 
	 	Zurich	 	 	 	15 million	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Axis	 	 	 	15 million	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Claredon	 	 	 	15 million	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Starr Excess	 	 	 	25 million	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Independent Directors Liability (Side A)
	 	AIG	 	Aon	 	10 million	 	10-2-06 to 10-2-07	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Fiduciary Liability
	 	AIG	 	Aon	 	15 million	 	10-2-06 to 10-2-07	 	 	250,000	 
	 
	 	Hartford	 	 	 	10 million	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Axis	 	 	 	5 million	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Employment Practices Liability
	 	AIG	 	Aon	 	15 million	 	10-2-06 to 10-2-07	 	500,000 individual claims	 
	 
	 	Hartford	 	 	 	5 million	 	 	 	2 million class action	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Business Travel Accident
	 	AIG Life	 	Marsh	 	2 x salary	 	6-1-06 to 6-1-09	 	 	0	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	1.4 million	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	15 million/acc.	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	10 million/aircraft	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Special Crime
	 	AIG	 	Aon	 	25 million	 	6-1-06 to 6-1-09	 	 	0	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pollution/Remediation Legal Liability (Lancaster, Pa.)
	 	XL	 	Aon	 	4 million/loss	 	5-1-06 to 5-1-07	 	 	25,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	8 million/agg.	 	 	 	 	 	 






 


 









 





Schedule 6.13




BORROWER AND SUBSIDIARIES




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction	 	Number of Shares of	 	 
	 	 	of	 	Outstanding Capital	 	Percentage of Outstanding Capital Stock
	Subsidiary	 	Organization	 	Stock	 	owned by the Borrower or Subsidiary
	Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
	 	PA	 	 	 	 
	Armstrong Realty Group, Inc.
	 	PA	 	1,000	 	100%
	Armstrong Ventures, Inc.
	 	DE	 	505	 	100%
	Armstrong Wood Products, Inc.
	 	DE	 	1,000	 	100%
	Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company
	 	TN	 	65,700	 	100%
	Homer Wood Hardwood Flooring Company
	 	DE	 	10	 	100%
	Worldwide Kitchens, Inc.
	 	DE	 	1	 	100%
	Armstrong World Industries (Delaware) LLC
	 	DE	 	Not Required	 	100% of membership interest
	Armstrong Cork Finance LLC
	 	DE	 	Not Required	 	100% of membership interest
	Armstrong World Industries Latin America, Inc.
	 	NV	 	Not Required	 	100%
	AWI Licensing Company
	 	DE	 	1,000	 	100%






There are no outstanding options, warrants, rights or conversion or purchase or similar rights with
respect to any such Capital Stock.


 


 









 





Schedule 6.13

FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING
	 	 	 	 	CAPITAL STOCK OWNED BY THE
	SUBSIDIARY NAME	 	SUBSIDIARY JURISDICTION	 	BORROWER OR SUBSIDIARY
	Armstrong
World Industries (Australia) Pty. Limited
	 	Australia	 	100%
	Armstrong World Industries Pty. Ltd.
	 	Australia	 	100%
	Desso Australia Pty. Ltd.
	 	Australia	 	100%
	Armstrong
Metalldecken GmbH
	 	Austria	 	100%
	DLW Austria
Gesellschaft m.b.H.
	 	Austria	 	100%
	AIPB SPRL
	 	Belgium	 	100%
	Desso Dendermonde N.V.
	 	Belgium	 	100%
	Desso DLW Sports Systems
	 	Belgium	 	100%
	Armstrong World do Brasil, Ltda.
	 	Brazil	 	100%
	Armstrong
Building Products Company (Shanghai) Ltd.
	 	China	 	80%
	Armstrong World Industries (China) Ltd.
	 	China	 	100%
	Yingbin Wood
Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
	 	China	 	100%
	Armstrong Floor Products Czech Republic s.r.o.
	 	Czech Republic	 	100%
	DLW Scandinavia A/S
	 	Denmark	 	100%
	Armstrong Building Products S.A.S.
	 	France	 	100%
	Armstrong Floor Products France SAS
	 	France	 	100%
	Armstrong Building Products, G.m.b.H.
	 	Germany	 	100%
	Armstrong DLW AG
	 	Germany	 	100%
	Armstrong DLW Licensing GmbH
	 	Germany	 	100%
	Armstrong Europa G.m.b.H.
	 	Germany	 	100%
	Armstrong Holding GmbH & Co. OHG
	 	Germany	 	100%
	Armstrong World Industries Holding, GmbH
	 	Germany	 	100%
	Desso DLW Sports System GmbH
	 	Germany	 	100%
	Desso DLW Textil GmbH
	 	Germany	 	100%
	DLW Beteiligungs GmbH
	 	Germany	 	100%
	DLW Bodenbelags GmbH
	 	Germany	 	100%
	DLW Financial Services
Finanzierungsvermittlungs GmbH
	 	Germany	 	100%
	DLW Verischerungs — und
 Werbevermittlungs GmbH
	 	Germany	 	100%
	Argenta Ltd.
	 	Hong Kong	 	100%
	Armstrong
China Holdings, Limited
	 	Hong Kong	 	50%
	Armstrong
World Industries (H.K) Limited
	 	Hong Kong	 	100%
	Armstrong World Industries (India) Private Limited
	 	India	 	100%
	Birla-DLW Ltd.
	 	India	 	100%
	Armstrong
Building Products S.r.l.
	 	Italy	 	100%
	Armstrong Floor Products Italia Srl
	 	Italy	 	100%
	Armstrong World Industries Mauritius
	 	Mauritius	 	100%
	Armstrong
World Industries de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
	 	Mexico	 	100%
	Bruce
Hardwood Floors Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
	 	Mexico	 	100%







 


 









 







Schedule 6.13

FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING
	 	 	 	 	CAPITAL STOCK OWNED BY THE
	SUBSIDIARY NAME	 	SUBSIDIARY JURISDICTION	 	BORROWER OR SUBSIDIARY
	Servitec Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
	 	Mexico	 	100%
	Armstrong Building Products B.V.
	 	Netherlands	 	100%
	Desso DLW Sports Systems B.V.
	 	Netherlands	 	100%
	Desso Waalwijk B.V.
	 	Netherlands	 	100%
	Tapijtfabriek H. Desseaux N.V.
	 	Netherlands	 	100%
	DLW Norge AS
	 	Norway	 	100%
	Armstrong World Industries Canada, Ltd.-Les Industries Mondiales Armstrong Canada Ltdee.
	 	Quebec, Canada	 	100%
	Argenta PTE Ltd.
	 	Singapore	 	100%
	Armstrong
(Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
	 	Singapore	 	100%
	Gema Metal Ceilings (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd
	 	Singapore	 	100%
	Armstrong
Architectural Products S.I.
	 	Spain	 	100%
	Armstrong DLW Iberica S.A.
	 	Spain	 	100%
	Desso DLW Sports Systems S.A.
	 	Spain	 	100%
	Desso Esco
Espana S.A.
	 	Spain	 	100%
	Perfiles y Techos, S. L.
	 	Spain	 	100%
	Armstrong World Industries AB
	 	Sweden	 	100%
	Armstrong DLW (Switzerland) AG
	 	Switzerland	 	100%
	Armstrong Metalldecken AG
	 	Switzerland	 	100%
	Armstrong Metalldecken Holding AG
	 	Switzerland	 	100%
	Armstrong Metalldecken Management und Beratung AG
	 	Switzerland	 	100%
	Phonex-Gema AG
	 	Switzerland	 	100%
	Gema Yapi
Elemanlari Ticaret AS
	 	Turkey	 	100%
	Armstrong International False Ceiling Trading & Fixing LLC
	 	United Arab Emirates	 	100%
	Armstrong (U.K.) Investments
	 	United Kingdom	 	100%
	Armstrong Building Products
	 	United Kingdom	 	100%
	Armstrong Floor Products UK Limited
	 	United Kingdom	 	100%
	Armstrong Metal Ceilings Limited
	 	United Kingdom	 	100%
	Armstrong World Industries Ltd.
	 	United Kingdom	 	100%
	Bruce Hardwood Floors (UK) Limited
	 	United Kingdom	 	100%
	Desso DLW Sports Systems Limited
	 	United Kingdom	 	100%
	Desso Esco (UK) Limited
	 	United Kingdom	 	100%







 


 









 







Schedule 6.17




List of U.S. Registered Trademarks, Applications and Common Law Trademarks which are of
significant value to Armstrong World Industries, Inc. based on analysis performed by American
Appraisal.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Status	 	 	Class	 	 	First Use	 	 	Reg./App. No.	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Corporate — General
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	•      ARMSTRONG (AND DESIGN)
	 	Registered	 	 	27	 	 	 	1904	 	 	 	519429	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	6,17,19	 	 	 	1914	 	 	 	523396	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	21	 	 	 	1938	 	 	 	538456	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	8	 	 	 	1916	 	 	 	543901	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	1	 	 	 	1/3/1955	 	 	 	616397	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	3	 	 	 	1955	 	 	 	1055367	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	6,19	 	 	 	1941	 	 	 	1686011	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	 	9/19/1996	 	 	 	2227937	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	Jan. 1999	 	 	 	2803128	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	20	 	 	May 2002	 	 	 	2859662	 
	•      ARMSTRONG
	 	Pending	 	 	3	 	 	 	1955	 	 	 	76/512500	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	6,19	 	 	 	1941	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	27	 	 	 	1904	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	20	 	 	May 2002	 	 	 	2859661	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	1	 	 	 	1/3/1955	 	 	 	3122456	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Resilient
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	•      CORLON
	 	Registered	 	 	27	 	 	 	6/21/1946	 	 	 	430803	 
	•      EXCELON
	 	Registered	 	 	27	 	 	 	7/15/1953	 	 	 	590534	 
	•      MEDINTECH
	 	Registered	 	 	27	 	 	 	7/5/1983	 	 	 	1344753	 
	•      IMPERIAL
	 	Registered	 	 	27	 	 	 	5/29/1956	 	 	 	645354	 
	•      STONETEX
	 	Registered	 	 	27	 	 	 	7/23/1986	 	 	 	1528409	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Wood
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	•      BRUCE
	 	Registered	 	 	20	 	 	 	5/1/1925	 	 	 	266804	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	3	 	 	 	2/1/1932	 	 	 	1015606	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	20	 	 	 	1/1/1980	 	 	 	1177288	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	1	 	 	 	9/15/1975	 	 	 	1268826	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	20	 	 	 	4/26/1983	 	 	 	1287111	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	 	5/1/1925	 	 	 	1564541	 
	 
	 	Registered	 	 	27	 	 	 	12/1/1995	 	 	 	2115966	 
	•      ROBBINS
	 	Registered	 	 	19,27	 	 	 	1/1/1982	 	 	 	2248734	 
	•      CAPELLA (AND DESIGN)
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	 	1/28/2001	 	 	 	2613437	 
	•      CAPELLA
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	 	1/28/2001	 	 	 	3128857	 
	•      HOMERWOOD
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	 	7/26/1986	 	 	 	2057307	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Ceilings
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	•      CORTEGA
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	 	1/31/1964	 	 	 	3072632	 
	•      FINE FISSURED
	 	Common Law	 	 	 	 	 	 	1992	 	 	 	 	 
	•      CIRRUS
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	 	1/1/1982	 	 	 	1720295	 
	•      DUNE
	 	Common Law	 	 	 	 	 	 	1998	 	 	 	 	 
	•      ULTIMA
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	 	8/31/1995	 	 	 	3099797	 
	•      OPTIMA
	 	Published	 	 	17	 	 	 	11/30/1996	 	 	 	76/650578	 
	•      CERAMAGUARD
	 	Registered	 	 	19	 	 	 	1/26/1965	 	 	 	851712	 





 


 









 





Schedule 6.17




SIGNIFICANTLY
VALUED PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Based on American Appraisal Analysis)




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Patent/Application Number	 	 	Title	 	Filing Date	 	Issue Date	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Coatings Technology	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	5,003,026	 	 	UV CURABLE NO-WAX COATING
	 	06-22-89	 	 	03-26-91	 
	5,140,088	 	 	HIGH TO SURFACE COVERING WEAR LAYER AND SEAM COATER
	 	01-22-91	 	 	08-18-92	 
	5,543,232	 	 	(METH) ACRYLATED, HIGHLY ETHOXYLATED, AROMATIC POLYESTERS
	 	04-06-95	 	 	08-06-96	 
	5,643,677	 	 	AMINOPLAST/POLYURETHANE WEAR LAYER FOR PVC SUPPORT SURFACE
	 	09-15-94	 	 	07-01-97	 
	5,663,003	 	 	(METH) ACRYLATED, AROMATIC POLYESTER/HIGHLY ETHOZYLATED(METH) ACRYLATE BLEND FLOOR COVERING WEAR LAYER
	 	05-10-96	 	 	09-02-97	 
	5,719,227	 	 	COATING COMPOSITION
	 	05-09-97	 	 	02-17-98	 
	6,333,076	 	 	COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SURFACE COVERING PRODUCT HAVING A CONTROLLED GLOSS SURFACE COATED WEARLAYER
	 	07-28-99	 	 	12-25-01	 
	6,440,500	 	 	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SURFACE COVERING PRODUCT HAVING A CONTROLLED GLOSS SURFACE COATED WEARLAYER
	 	08-15-00	 	 	08-27-02	 
	6,569,500	 	 	METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GLOSS LEVEL
	 	08-15-00	 	 	05-27-03	 
	6,572,932	 	 	PROCESS FOR PROVIDING A GLOSS CONTROLLED, ABRASION RESISTANT COATING IN SURFACE COVERING PRODUCTS
	 	01-31-02	 	 	06-03-03	 
	6,616,792	 	 	SURFACE COVERING HAVING A PRECOATED 

E-BEAM CURED WEAR LAYER COATED FILM AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME
	 	02-05-02	 	 	09-09-03	 
	6,911,263	 	 	PET WEAR LAYER/SOL GEL TOP COAT LAYER COMPOSITES
	 	01-30-02	 	 	06-28-05	 
	7,008,980	 	 	WATERBORNE COATINGS
	 	01-17-02	 	 	03-07-06	 
	11/120,208	 	 	PET WEAR LAYER/SOL GEL TOP COAT LAYER COMPOSITES
	 	05-02-05	 	 	 	 
	11/497,768	 	 	VARIABLE TEXTURE FLOOR COVERING
	 	08-02-06	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Impregnated Wood	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	5,605,767	 	 	HARDENED AND FIRE RETARD ANT WOOD PRODUCTS
	 	02-02-96	 	 	02-25-97	 
	5,609,915	 	 	HARDENED AND FIRE RETARD ANT WOOD PRODUCTS
	 	02-02-96	 	 	03-11-97	 
	5,683,820	 	 	HARDENED AND FIRE RETARD ANT WOOD PRODUCTS
	 	12-08-95	 	 	11-04-97	 
	5,866,270	 	 	METHOD OF HARDENING WOODEN FLOORING BLANKS HAVING IMPROVED SEPARATION CHARACTERISTICS
	 	02-10-97	 	 	02-02-99	 
	6,194,078	 	 	HARDENED WOOD FLOORING PRODUCT
	 	02-02-99	 	 	02-27-01	 
	6,375,786	 	 	SURFACE
COVERING HAVING A PRECOATED, E-BEAM
CURED WEAR LAYER COATED FILM AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME
	 	03-04-96	 	 	04-23-02	 





 


 









 





Schedule 6.17



SIGNIFICANTLY VALUED PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Based on American Appraisal Analysis)



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Patent/Application Number	 	 	Title	 	Filing Date	 	 	Issue Date	 
	 
	Checking	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10/459,977	 	 	METHOD AND PROCESS TO REDUCE SURFACE CRACKING FOR COATED HARDWOOD COMPOSITE FLOORING
	 	 	06-12-03	 	 	 	 	 
	11/390,679	 	 	METHOD AND PROCESS TO REDUCE SURFACE CRACKING FOR COATED HARDWOOD COMPOSITE FLOORING
	 	 	03-28-06	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Natural Reflections	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5,597,024	 	 	LOW PROFILE
HARDWOOD FLOORING STRIP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
	 	 	01-17-95	 	 	 	01-28-97	 
	5,823,240	 	 	LOW PROFILE HARDWOOD FLOORING STRIP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
	 	 	01-23-97	 	 	 	10-20-98	 
	6,148,884	 	 	LOW PROFILE HARDWOOD FLOORING STRIP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
	 	 	10-20-98	 	 	 	11-21-00	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Multi Ply Tongue	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10/727,749	 	 	PLYWOOD LAMINATE HAVING IMPROVED DIMENSIONAL STABILITY AND RESISTANCE TO WARPING AND DELAMINATION
	 	 	12-04-03	 	 	 	 	 





 


 









 





Schedule 6.20(a)




LOCATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jurisdiction	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	of	 	 	 	Organizational	 	Taxpayer
	Loan Party	 	Organization	 	Chief Executive Office	 	ID	 	ID
	Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
	 	PA	 	2500 Columbia Avenue 

Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603	 	18304	 	23-0366390
	Armstrong Realty Group, Inc.
	 	PA	 	2500 Columbia Avenue 

Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603	 	1073627	 	23-2540862
	Armstrong Ventures, Inc.
	 	DE	 	818 Washington Street 

Wilmington, Delaware 19801	 	0947098	 	51-0266356
	Armstrong Wood Products, Inc.
	 	DE	 	16803 Dallas Parkway 

Addison, Texas 75001	 	2084363	 	94-2998971
	Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company
	 	TN	 	2500 Columbia Avenue 

Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603	 	0031515	 	62-0435299
	HomerWood Hardwood Flooring Company
	 	DE	 	1026 Industrial Drive 

Titusville, Pennsylvania 16354	 	4120350	 	20-4459324
	Worldwide Kitchens, Inc.
	 	DE	 	250 Ballardvale Street 

Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887	 	2222292	 	02-0438232
	AWI Licensing Company
	 	DE	 	802 West Street 

Wilmington, Delaware 19801	 	3319660	 	31-1741017





 


 









 





Schedule 6.20(b)



ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

CHANGES IN LEGAL NAME, STATE OF FORMATION AND STRUCTURE

SINCE JUNE 2006




	 	 	 
	9/12/06
	 	Armstrong World Industries (Delaware) Inc. became an LLC and the
name changed to Armstrong World Industries (Delaware) LLC.

	 	 	 

	9/12/06
	 	Armstrong Cork Finance Corporation became an LLC and the name
changed to Armstrong Cork Finance LLC.

	 	 	 

	9/29/06
	 	Anticipated Merger of A W I (Nevada), Inc., into Armstrong World
Industries, Inc.






 


 









 





Schedule 6.21




List
of Labor Agreements — Armstrong World Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries — North
America



Armstrong Building Products




	 	 	 
	Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

	 	United Steelworkers
	Macon, Georgia

	 	United Steelworkers
	Marietta, Pennsylvania

	 	United Steelworkers
	Mobile, Alabama

	 	United Steelworkers
	Pensacola, Florida

	 	Machinists






Armstrong Floor Products




	 	 	 
	Beverly, West Virginia *

	 	Teamsters
	Center, Texas

	 	Carpenters
	Jackson, Mississippi

	 	United Steelworkers
	Jackson, Tennessee

	 	Carpenters
	Lancaster, Pennsylvania

	 	United Steelworkers
	Lancaster, Pennsylvania

	 	Machinists
	Montreal, Quebec, Canada

	 	United Steelworkers
	Nashville, Tennessee

	 	Carpenters
	Oneida, Tennessee

	 	United Steelworkers






Armstrong Cabinet Products




	 	 	 
	Atlanta, Georgia

	 	Machinists
	Auburn, Nebraska

	 	Carpenters
	Beltsville, Maryland

	 	Teamsters
	Farmingdale, New York

	 	Teamsters
	Thompsontown, Pennsylvania

	 	Carpenters






Previous Work Stoppages (Last 5 Years)



Beverly, West Virginia — 2003


 


 









 





Schedule 6.21




Union
Pension / Health & Welfare Funds Contributed to by Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
and/or its Subsidiaries — North America



	 	 	 
	Jackson, TN and Nashville, TN

	 	Carpenters Health & Welfare Fund
	Thompsontown, PA

	 	Carpenters Pension Fund
	Farmingdale, NY

	 	Teamsters Health & Welfare Fund
	Farmingdale, NY

	 	Teamsters Pension Fund





 


 









 





Schedule 8.01




Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Liens Existing on Closing Date




PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LIST




 


 











 









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	AW I (NEVADA), INC.	 	No Financing Statements 
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	AW I (NEVADA), INC.	 	No Federal Tax Liens

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	ARMSTRONG
CORK FINANCE CORPORATION
	 	No Financing Statements 

No Federal Tax Liens	 	8/28/2006	 	DE	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG CORK. FINANCE CORPORATION
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	ARMSTRONG
HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 
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	ARMSTRONG
HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
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	ARMSTRONG
HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
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	ARMSTRONG
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ARMSTRONG REALTY
GROUP
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 
No State Tax Liens 

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	ARMSTRONG
REALTY GROUP
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	ARMSTRONG
VENTURES, INC
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	ARMSTRONG
VENTURES, INC
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VENTURES, INC
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ARMSTRONG WOOD
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	 	7 Financing Statements 
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	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	D.L. Peterson Trust
	 	Specific Equipment per that
certain Lease Agreement dated 6/28/01.
	 	8/28/2006
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	 	10/18/2002
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	 	GREATAMERICA LEASING CORPORATION
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	 	BANC OF AMERICA LEASING & CAPITAL, LLC
	 	Specific Equipment under
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	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	16803 Dallas Parkway, L.P.
	 	Landlord filing on property
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Cartons
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	 	1/18/2005
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	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	MODERN METHODS, INC.
	 	Specific Equipment
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	 	No Federal Tax
Liens 
No State Tax Liens 
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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES (DELAWARE) INC.
	 	No Financing
Statements 
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Corporations	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES (DELAWARE) INC.
	 	No Federal Tax
Liens 
No State Tax Liens 
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	ARMSTRONG
WORLD INDUSTRIES (DELAWARE) INC.
	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC-Eastern District	 	 	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES LATIN AMERICA, INC.
	 	No Financing Statements 

No Federal Tax Liens	 	9/11/2006	 	NV	 	Secretary of State	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES LATIN AMERICA, INC.
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 

No State Tax Liens 
No Judgements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES LATIN AMERICA, INC.
	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC-Eastern District	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
	 	38 Financing Statements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Department of State	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
ARMSTRONG WORLD
INDUSTRIES, INC.

	 	TOWN & COUNTRY INC.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	12/26/2001 #24750768
	 	Termination 
filed 12/30/02






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES. INC.

	 	Interface Solutions, Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	3/6/2002 #34991317
	 	Amendment filed 5/13/02
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/9/2002 #36720777
	 	Termination filed 9/29/03
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/22/2002 #36760446
	 	Termination filed 9/29/03
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

	 	D.L. Peterson Trust
	 	Specific Equipment per that certain Lease Agreement dated 4/21/03.
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	7/30/2003 #20030583546
	 	Amendments filed 10/6/03, 12/5/03,

1/8/04, 6/11/04
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

	 	ExxonMobil Chemical Company, a
division of Exxon Mobil Corporation
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	9/10/2003 #20030961025	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Fornnosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A.
	 	Consigned Products
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department
of State
	 	10/22/2003 #20031002518	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department
of State
	 	10/22/2003 #20030999865	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department
of State
	 	2/25/2004 #20040204888	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES. INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department
of State
	 	4/27/2004 #20040445057	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	PolyOne Corporation
	 	Consigned Inventory
	 	 9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department
of State
	 	6/22/2004 #20040641315	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department 
of State
	 	7/23/2004 #20040784866	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department 
of State
	 	8/23/2004 #20040896916	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Crown Credit Company
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department 
of State
	 	9/28/2004 #20041003399	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Crown Credit Company
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department 
of State
	 	9/30/2004 

#20041014679	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department 
of State
	 	10/4/2004 #20041022948
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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES. INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/7/2004 #20041059567	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/20/2004 #20041101838
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	TOYOTA-LIFT OF LOS ANGELES
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of Slate
	 	11/12/2004 #2004113006250	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	CALUMET LIFT TRUCK SERVICE CO., INC.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	3/18/2005 #2005032103426	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	4/26/2005 #2005042605840	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	6/27/2005 #2005062705872
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	7/21/2005 #2005072102725	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES. INC

	 	PNC EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P., 

as Agent
	 	Consigned Inventory
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	8/11/2005 #2005081502623	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	MANUFACTURERS AND 

TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, 

as Administrative Agent
	 	Consigned Inventory
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	8/15/2005 #2005081505075	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES. INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
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	 	8/17/2005 #2005081703009	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES. INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	9/27/2005 #2005092703660	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/6/2005 #2005100603722	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Hyster Company, a division of 

NACCO Materials Hndling 

Group, Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/14/2005 #2005101402436	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	AIR LIQUIDE INDUSTRIAL US LP
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/26/2005 #2005102701493	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Crown Credit Company
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	11/10/2005 #2005111002947	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	11/22/2005
#2005112200291
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	TOYOTA-LIFT OF LOS ANGELES, INC.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	11/28/2005
 #2005120104348	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	1/25/2006 
#2006012502482	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	3/13/2006
 #2006031303697	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
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	 	3/21/2006
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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	7/26/2006 #2006072601674	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	NMHG Financial Services, Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	8/7/2006 #2006080702058	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG
WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC
	 	No Federal Tax Liens

No State Tax Liens

No Judgements

(Mechanics Lien appears on

record, please call

if you would like copy)	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 	 	 






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	AWI LICENSING COMPANY	 	No Financing Statements 
No Federal Tax Liens	 	8/28/2006	 	DE	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	AWI LICENSING COMPANY	 	No Federal Tax
Liens 
No State Tax Liens 
No Judgements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	AWI LICENSING COMPANY	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	HOMERWOOD
HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Financing Statements 
No Federal Tax Liens	 	8/28/2006	 	DE	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	HOMERWOOD
HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 
No State Tax Liens 
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	HOMERWOOD
HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WORLDWIDE KITCHENS, INC.	 	No Financing Statements 
No Federal Tax Liens	 	8/28/2006	 	DE	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WORLDWIDE
KITCHENS, INC.	 	No Federal Tax Liens 
No State Tax Liens 
No Judgements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WORLDWIDE KITCHENS, INC.	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 






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Liens on assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries listed below securing the credit lines and
Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(b) of:




	 	(a)	 	Armstrong Metalldecken AG with Credit Suisse;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Armstrong Metalldecken GmbH-Austria with Sparkasse der Stadt Feldkirch;
	 
	 	(c)	 	Armstrong World Industries (India) Private Limited with State Bank of India;
	 
	 	(d)	 	Armstrong World Industries (Australia) Pty. Ltd with Westpac Bank;
	 
	 	(e)	 	Armstrong World Industries AB with Svenska Handelsbanken AB;
	 
	 	(f)	 	Armstrong World Industries Canada Ltd. with The Toronto Dominion Bank;
	 
	 	(g)	 	Armstrong World Industries, Ltd. with Barclays Bank PLC;
	 
	 	(h)	 	Armstrong DLW AG with Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg;
	 
	 	(i)	 	Armstrong DLW AG with Deutsche Bank;
	 
	 	(j)	 	Tapijtfabriek H. Desseaux N.V. — Netherlands with ABN-AMRO Bank; and

	 
	 	(k)	 	Desso DLW Sports Systems — Belgium with ABN-AMRO Bank.




 


 









 















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W I (NEVADA), INC.
	 	No Financing Statements 
No Federal Tax Liens	 	9/11/2006	 	NV	 	Secretary of State	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	A W I (NEVADA), INC.
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 
No State Tax Liens 
No Judgements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	A W I (NEVADA), INC.
	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG CORK FINANCE CORPORATION
	 	No Financing Statements 
No Federal Tax Liens	 	8/28/2006	 	DE	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG CORK FINANCE CORPORATION
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 
No State Tax Liens 
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	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 
No State Tax Liens 
No Judgements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Financing Statements	 	9/20/2006	 	TN	 	Department of State	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG REALTY GROUP
	 	No Financing Statements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	Department of State	 	 	 	 	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG REALTY GROUP	 	No Federal Tax Liens

No State Tax Liens 
No
Judgements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG REALTY GROUP	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC - Eastern District	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG VENTURES, INC	 	No Financing Statements

No Federal Tax Liens	 	8/28/2006	 	DE	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG VENTURES, INC	 	No Federal Tax Liens

No State Tax Liens 
No
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	ARMSTRONG VENTURES, INC	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC - Eastern District	 	 	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS
	 	7 Financing No Federal

No Federal Tax Liens	 	8/28/2006	 	DE	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	D.L. Peterson Trust
	 	Specific Equipment
per that certain Lease
Agreement dated 6/28/01.
	 	8/28/2006
	 	DE
	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations
	 	10/18/2002 #22736902
	 	Amendments filed 11/20/02, 11/20/02, 5/20/03, 10/21/04
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	GREATAMERICA LEASING CORPORATION
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	8/28/2006
	 	DE
	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations
	 	2/28/2003 #30498330	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	RAYMOND LEASING CORPORATION
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	8/28/2006
	 	DE
	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations
	 	12/23/2003 #33387597	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	BANC OF AMERICA LEASING & CAPITAL, LLC
	 	Specific Equipment under
that certain Lease Agreement No. 970244, dated as of 10/21/99.
	 	8/28/2006
	 	DE
	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations
	 	7/7/2004 #41887373	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	16803 Dallas Parkway, L.P.
	 	Landlord filing on property at leased location (specifically excluding files,
promissory notes, documents, contracts, instruments or similar
property).
	 	8/28/2006
	 	DE
	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations
	 	12/9/2004 #43476811	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
	 	Consignment of Stock Cartons
	 	8/28/2006
	 	DE
	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations
	 	1/18/2005 #50190174
	 	Amendment filed 8/10/05
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS

	 	MODERN METHODS, INC.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	8/28/2006
	 	DE
	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations
	 	7/29/2005 #52347558	 	 






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	Debtor	 	Secured Party	 	Collateral	 	Date	 	State	 	Jurisdiction	 	and Number	 	Filings
	 
	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 

No State Tax Liens 

No Judgements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS
	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	 USDC - Eastern District	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES (DELAWARE) INC.
	 	No Financing Statements 

No Federal Tax Liens	 	8/28/2006	 	DE	 	Department of State: Division Of Corporations	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES (DELAWARE) INC.
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 

No State Tax Liens 

No Judgements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES (DELAWARE) INC.
	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC - Eastern District	 	 	 	 






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	Debtor	 	Secured Party	 	Collateral	 	Date	 	State	 	Jurisdiction	 	and Number	 	Filings
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES LATIN AMERICA, INC.

	 	No Financing Statements

No Federal



Tax Liens
	 	9/11/2006
	 	NV
	 	Secretary of
State	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES LATIN AMERICA, INC.

	 	No Federal Tax Liens

No State Tax  Liens

No Judgements
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Lancaster

County

Prothonotary	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRlES LATIN AMERICA, INC.

	 	No Judgements
	 	9/20/2006
	 	PA
	 	USDC - Eastern
District	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	

  38  Financing
Statements
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department

Of State	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	TOWN & COUNTRY INC.
	 	
Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	12/26/2001 #24750768
	 	Termination filed 12/30/02






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Interface Solutions, Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	3/6/2002 #34991317
	 	Amendment filed 5/13/02
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD
INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/9/2002 #36720777
	 	Termination filed 9/29/03
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/22/2002 #36760446
	 	Termination
filed 9/29/03
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	D.L. Peterson Trust
	 	Specific Equipment per that certain Lease Agreement dated
4/21/03.
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	7/30/2003 #20030583546
	 	Amendments filed 10/6/03,
12/5/03, 1/8/04, 6/11/04
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	ExxonMobil Chemical Company, a division of Exxon Mobil Corporation
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	9/10/2003 #20030961025	 	 






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	Debtor	 	Secured Party	 	Collateral	 	Date	 	State	 	Jurisdiction	 	and Number	 	Filings
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Formosa Plastics Corporation
U.S.A.
	 	Consigned Products
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/22/2003 #20031002518	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/22/2003 #20030999865	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	2/25/2004 #20040204888	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	4/27/2004 #20040445057	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	PolyOne Corporation
	 	Consigned Inventory
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	6/22/2004 #20040641315	 	 






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	Debtor	 	Secured Party	 	Collateral	 	Date	 	State	 	Jurisdiction	 	and Number	 	Filings
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	7/23/2004 #20040784866	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	8/23/2004 #20040896916	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Crown Credit Company
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	9/28/2004 #20041003399	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Crown Credit Company
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	9/30/2004 #20041014679	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/4/2004 #20041022948
	 	Termination
filed 2/11/050






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/7/2004 #20041059567	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/20/2004 #20041101838	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	TOYOTA-LIFT OF LOS ANGELES
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	11/12/2004 #2004113006250	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	CALUMET LIFT TRUCK SERVICE CO., INC.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	3/18/2005 #2005032103426	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	4/26/2005 #2005042605840	 	 






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	Debtor	 	Secured Party	 	Collateral	 	Date	 	State	 	Jurisdiction	 	and Number	 	Filings
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	6/27/2005 #2005062705872	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	7/21/2005 #2005072102725	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	PNC EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P., as Agent
	 	Consigned Inventory
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	8/11/2005 #2005081502623	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, as Administrative Agent
	 	Consigned Inventory
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	8/15/2005 #2005081505075	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	8/17/2005 #2005081703009	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment 
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	9/27/2005 #2005092703660	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/6/2005 #2005100603722	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Hyster Company,
 a division of NACCO Materials Hndling Group, Inc.
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/14/2005 #2005101402436	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	AIR LIQUIDE INDUSTRIAL

US LP
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	10/26/2005 #2005102701493	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

	 	Crown Credit Company
	 	Specific Equipment
	 	9/15/2006
	 	PA
	 	Department of State
	 	11/10/2005 #2005111002947	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG
WORLD
INDUSTRIES,
INC
	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.	 	Specific Equipment	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Department 
of State	 	 	11/22/2005 
#2005112200291	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG
WORLD
INDUSTRIES, INC
	 	TOYOTA-LIFT OF LOS ANGELES, INC.	 	Specific Equipment	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Department
 of State	 	 	11/28/2005 
#2005120104348	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG
WORLD
INDUSTRIES,
INC
	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.	 	Specific Equipment	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Department
 of State	 	 	1/25/2006 
#2006012502482	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG
WORLD
INDUSTRIES,
INC
	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.	 	Specific Equipment	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Department 
of State	 	 	3/13/2006 
#2006031303697	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG
WORLD
INDUSTRIES,
INC
	 	Thompson Tractor Co., Inc.	 	Specific Equipment	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Department 
of State	 	 	3/21/2006 
#2006032103858	 	 	 	 	 






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	ARMSTRONG
WORLD 

INDUSTRIES,
INC
	 	Thompson Tractor Co,, Inc.	 	Specific Equipment	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Department 
of State	 	 	7/26/2006 
#2006072601674	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG
WORLD
INDUSTRIES, INC
	 	NMHG Financial Services, Inc.	 	Specific Equipment	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Department 
of State	 	 	8/7/2006 
#2006080702058	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG
WORLD
INDUSTRIES,
INC
	 	No Federal Tax Liens 
No State Tax Liens 
No
Judgements 
(Mechanics Lien appears on 
record,
please call
 if you would like copy)	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Lancaster County
Prothonotary	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	ARMSTRONG
WORLD
INDUSTRIES, INC
	 	No Judgements	 	 	9/20/2006	 	 	pa	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 






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	AWI LICENSING COMPANY
	 	No Financing Statements
 No Federal Tax Liens	 	 	8/28/2006	 	 	DE	 	Department of
State: Division Of
Corporations	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	AWI LICENSING COMPANY
	 	No Federal Tax Liens
 No State Tax Liens 
No Judgements	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Lancaster County
Prothonotary	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	AWI LICENSING COMPANY
	 	No Judgements	 	 	9/20/2006	 	 	PA	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	HOMERWOOD HARDWOOD
FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Financing Statements 
No Federal Tax Liens	 	 	8/28/2006	 	 	DE	 	Department of
State:

 Division of
Corporations	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	HOMERWOOD
HARDWOOD
FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Federal Tax Liens

No State Tax Liens
 No Judgements	 	 	9/15/2006	 	 	PA	 	Lancaster County
Prothonotary	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 






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	HOMERWOOD HARDWOOD
FLOORING COMPANY
	 	No Judgements	 	9/20/2006	 	PA	 	USDC—Eastern District	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	WORLDWIDE KITCHENS, INC.
	 	No Financing Statements
 No Federal Tax Liens	 	8/28/2006	 	DE	 	Department 
of State: 
Division Of 
Corporations	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	WORLDWIDE KITCHENS, INC.
	 	No Federal
Tax Liens 
No State Tax Liens
No Judgements	 	9/15/2006	 	PA	 	Lancaster County Prothonotary	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	WORLDWIDE KITCHENS,
INC.
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Schedule 8.02




Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Investments Existing on the Closing Date




Worthington
Armstrong Venture (WAVE)



Armstrong
Building Products Company (Shanghai) Ltd.



Armstrong China Holdings, Limited


 


 









 





Schedule 8.02

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.




Intercompany Loan Schedule

As of September 29, 2006




(Translated
at Month-End Balance Sheet Rates)




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LENDER	 	BORROWER	 	CURRENCY	 	BALANCE	 	 	USD
EQUIV.	 	 	FX RATE	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Armstrong Cork Finance Corporation
	 	Armstrong World Ind. Holding, GmbH	 	EUR	 	 	145,606,706	 	 	 	186,624,115	 	 	 	1.28170	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Armstrong Cork Finance Corporation
	 	Armstrong World Ind. Holding, GmbH	 	USD	 	 	5,282,183	 	 	 	5,282,183	 	 	 	1.00000	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Armstrong Cork Finance Corporation
	 	Armstrong World Ind. Holding. GmbH	 	GBP	 	 	26,400,000	 	 	 	50,241,840	 	 	 	1,90310	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Armstrong Cork Finance Corporation
	 	Armstrong World Ind. Holding. GmbH	 	CAD	 	 	37,000,000	 	 	 	33,414,700	 	 	 	0.90310	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Armstrong Cork Finance Corporation
	 	Armstrong World Ind. Holding, GmbH	 	AUD	 	 	4,000,000	 	 	 	3,054,000	 	 	 	0,76350	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Armstrong Cork Finance Corporation
	 	Armstrong Building Products B.V.	 	EUR	 	 	500,000	 	 	 	640,850	 	 	 	1.28170	 
	 
	 	 	 
	USD TOTAL
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	279,257,688	 	 	 	 	 





 


 









 





Schedule 8.03




ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. GUARANTEES OF INDEBTEDNESS

09/29/06




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	PRIMARY	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	CURRENCY	 	 	USD	 	 	EXPIRE	 
	BENEFICIARY	 	GUARANTOR	 	OBLIGOR	 	ISSUE DATE	 	TYPE	 	CURRENCY	 	AMOUNT	 	 	EQUIVALENT	 	 	DATE	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Wachovia Bank
	 	AWI	 	AWP	 	7/1/99*	 	AWP Somerset IRB	 	USD	 	 	10,000,000	 	 	 	10,000,000	 	 	 	08/01/09	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Desarrollos Inmobillarios
Industriales Mercurio, S.A. de C.V.
	 	AWP	 	BruceHardwood Floors

Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	 	3/31/04**	 	Lease Agreement	 	USD	 	 	147,175	 	 	 	147,175	 	 	 	03/31/07	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Dept.
of Business and
Economic Development
State of Maryland
	 	Armstrong Ventures. Inc.*****	 	WAVE	 	10/04**	 	$300,000 Conditional Loan
$200,000 Grant from the 
State of Maryland	 	USD	 	 	500,000	 	 	 	500.000	 	 	 	06/30/11	 
	 
	 	 	 
	TOTAL
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	USD	 	 	 	 	 	 	10,647,175	 	 	 	 	 








	 	 	 
	*	 	issued pre-petition
	 
	**	 	issued post-petition
	 
	*****	 	liable as a general principal of law pertaining to partnerships



 


 









 









Schedule 8.03

Armstrong World Industries, inc.




Credit Lines

As of September 29, 2006



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Total credit Line	 	 	Total Credit Line	 
	Armstrong Subsidiary	 	Bank	 	 	Currency	 	 	Local Currency	 	 	USD Equity	 
	Armstrong
Building Products S.A. — France
	 	CIAL	 	Euro	 	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	1,281,700	 
	Armstrong
Building Products S.A. — France
	 	Scalbert Dupont	 	Euro	 	 	3,000,000	 	 	 	3,845,100	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Armstrong
Metalldecken A.G. — Switzerland
	 	Credit Suisso — St. Galien	 	CHF	 	 	4,200,000	 	 	 	3,413,760	 
	Gema Metalldecken Austria — Austria
	 	Sparkasse Feldkirch	 	Euro	 	 	700,000	 	 	 	897,190	 
	Gema —
Phonex — Switzerland
	 	Credit Suisso — Zurich	 	CHF	 	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	812,800	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Armstrong World Industries (India) Pvt. Ltd
	 	State Bank of India	 	INR	 	 	30,000,000	 	 	 	645,000	 
	Armstrong World lndustries (India) Pvt Ltd
	 	State Bank of India (L/C‘s)	 	INR	 	 	5,000,000	 	 	 	107,500	 
	Armstrong World Industries (India) Pvt Ltd
	 	Stats Bank of India (Gtys.)	 	INR	 	 	2,500,000	 	 	 	53,750	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Armstrong World Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd
	 	Westpack Bank	 	 	AUO	 	 	 	89,000	 	 	 	67,952	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Armstrong World Industries A.B. — Sweden
	 	Svenska Handelsbanken	 	SEK	 	 	20,000,000	 	 	 	2,770,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Armstrong World Industries Canada Ltd.
	 	Toronto Dominion (L/C’s)	 	CAD	 	 	700,000	 	 	 	032,170	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Armstrong World Industries Limited — U.K.
	 	Bardays	 	GBP	 	 	1,500,000	 	 	 	2,851,950	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Armstrong DLW A.G. — Germany
	 	Bank of America	 	Euro	 	 	2,500,000	 	 	 	3,204,250	 
	Armstrong DLW A.G. — Germany
	 	Zunich Versicherungen (Gtys.)	 	Euro	 	 	1,500,000	 	 	 	1,922,550	 
	Armstrong DLW A.G. — Germany
	 	KSK Bank	 	Euro	 	 	6,000,000	 	 	 	7,680,200	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Desseaux — Netherlands
	 	ABN Amro	 	Euro	 	 	18,000,000	 	 	 	23,070,600	 
	Desseaux — Netherlands
	 	ABM Amro (Gtys.)	 	Euro	 	 	910,000	 	 	 	1,166,347	 
	Desseaux — Belgium
	 	ABN Amro (Gtys.)	 	Euro	 	 	285,000	 	 	 	365,285	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Sub Total USD	 	 	54,798,103	 







	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Long term Debt to County	 	Lender	 	 	Currency	 	 	Local Currency	 	 	USD Equity	 
	AWP Capitalized Leaso — Beverly. WV
	 	West Virginia Industry and 
Jobs Development Corp	 	USD	 	 	1,900,000	 	 	 	1,900,000	 
	AWP — Somerset KY
	 	City of Somerset Kentucky	 	USD	 	 	10,000,000	 	 	 	10,000,000	 
	Armstrong Hardwood Flooring
Company
	 	Capella Engineered Wood LLC	 	USD	 	 	1,500,000	 	 	 	1,500,000	 
	Gema Metalldecken Austria — Austria
	 	Sparkasse Feldkirch Mortgage	 	CHF	 	 	1,885,531	 	 	 	1,370,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Sub Total USD
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	14,770,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Total USD
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	89,568,103	 





 


 









 





Schedule 8.03




ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC

WACHOVIA LETTERS OF CREDIT OUTSTANDING

09/29/06





	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ISSUING	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	DOCUMENTARY /	 	 	 	CURRENCY	 	 	USD	 	 	DATE	 	 	DATE	 	 	EXPIRY	 
	BANK	 	BENEFICIARY/LOCATION	 	L/C #	 	Pre-DIP	 	COMPANY	 	TYPE	 	STANDBY	 	CURR.	 	AMOUNT	 	 	EQUIVALENT	 	 	ISSUED	 	 	EXPIRY	 	 	NOTE *	 
	Wachovia
	 	Zurich/U.S.	 	968-112890	 	Pre-DIP	 	AWI	 	CASUALTY	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	3,122,000.00	 	 	 	3,122,000.00	 	 	 	08/18/99	 	 	 	04/30/07	 	 	 	***	 
	Wachovia
	 	Liberty Mutual Auto/General/U.S.	 	968-019235	 	Pre-DIP	 	AWI	 	CASUALTY	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	8,088,808.36	 	 	 	8,088,808.36	 	 	 	03/28/88	 	 	 	08/01/07	 	 	 	*	 
	Wachovia
	 	PA Workers’ Comp (For both AWI & AOT)/U.S.	 	870-093106	 	Pre-DIP	 	AWI	 	WCOMP	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	4,000,000.00	 	 	 	4,000,000.00	 	 	 	08/11/95	 	 	 	11/18/06	 	 	 	*	 
	Wachovia
	 	U.S. Fire Insurance /U.S.	 	936-110341	 	Pre-DIP	 	AWP	 	CASUALTY	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	500,000.00	 	 	 	500,000.00	 	 	 	04/29/99	 	 	 	04/13/07	 	 	 	***	 
	Wachovia
	 	Hartford Fire Insurance/U.S.	 	968-106083	 	Pre-DIP	 	AWP	 	CASUALTY	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	500,000.00	 	 	 	500,000.00	 	 	 	10/27/88	 	 	 	03/15/07	 	 	 	***	 
	Wachovia
	 	Cahajaya/Malaysia	 	968-118239	 	Pre-DIP	 	AWP	 	TRADE	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	1,500,000.00	 	 	 	1,500,000.00	 	 	 	10/20/96	 	 	 	03/31/07	 	 	 	***	 
	Wachovia
	 	US Bank/U.S.	 	870-112448	 	Pre-DIP	 	AWP	 	CREDIT SUPPORT	 	SBY	 	USD	 	 	10,404,383.56	 	 	 	10,404,383.56	 	 	 	06/28/96	 	 	 	09/29/06	 	 	 	*	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	TOTAL

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	USD	 	 	 	28,115,191.92	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 








	 	 	 
	*	 	EXPIRY NOTES:
	 
	*	 	Automatically extended for periods of 1 year from expiry date unless bank notifies beneficiary in writing at least 60 days prior to expiration.
	 
	**	 	Automatically extended for periods of 1 year from expiry date unless bank notifies beneficiary in writing at least 90 days prior to expiration.
	 
	***	 	Automatically extended for periods of 1 year from expiry date unless bank notifies beneficiary in writing at least 30 days prior to expiration.






 


 









 









Schedule 8.05




Dispositions

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.




Disposition of Tapijtfabriek H. Desseaux N.V., a Netherlands Company, and/or its assets.


 


 









 





Schedule 8.11




Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments




The following items shall be added to the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA each fiscal quarter to
the extent applicable in any given quarter:




	 	•	 	Goodwill impairments (non-cash charges only)






	 	•	 	Restructuring charges, net (cash and non-cash charges) limited to $25 million in any
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters






	 	•	 	Cost initiative charges embedded in cost of goods sold (cash and non-cash charges)
and which taken together with cost initiative charges embedded in selling, general &
administrative expenses shall be limited to $10 million in any period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters






	 	•	 	Cost initiative charges embedded in selling, general & administrative expenses (cash
and non-cash charges) and which taken together with cost initiative charges embedded in
cost of goods sold shall be limited to $10 million in any period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters






	 	•	 	Asbestos charges (non-cash charges only)






	 	•	 	Fixed asset impairments (non-cash charges only)






	 	•	 	Pension curtailments (non-cash charges only)






	 	•	 	Fresh start accounting — manufacturing profit in inventory (non-cash charges only)






	 	•	 	Less gains on sale of assets (cash and non-cash)





The
Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006
are set forth below:



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	($ Millions)	 
	 	 	FQ1	 	 	FQ2	 
	Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments:	 	2006	 	 	2006	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Plus Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Goodwill impairments
	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	Restructuring charges, net
	 	 	2.7	 	 	 	7.8	 
	Cost initiative charges embedded in cost of goods sold
	 	 	5.7	 	 	 	2.1	 
	Cost initiative charges embedded in selling, general &
administrative expenses
	 	 	 	 	 	 	1.2	 
	Asbestos charges
	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	Fixed asset impairments
	 	 	 	 	 	 	.7	 
	Pension curtailments
	 	 	0	 	 	 	8.5	 
	Fresh start accounting — manufacturing profit in inventory
	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	Less gains on sale of assets
	 	 	0	 	 	 	(17.1	)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Total Consolidated EBITDA Adjustments
	 	 	8.4	 	 	 	3.2	 







 


 











 




Schedule 11.02




CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES




TO ANY LOAN PARTY:




Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

2500 Columbia Avenue

Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603

Attn: Barry Sullivan and Teresa Redcay




TO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:




For Daily Borrowing/Repayment Activity:




Bank of America, N.A.

One Independence Center

101 N. Tryon St., 4th Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255-0001

Mail Code: NC1-001-04-39

Attn: Dianna L. Tolman

Phone: 704-388-6484

Fax: 704-719-8082

E-mail: dianna.l.tolman@bankofamerica.com




Wire instructions:




Bank of America, N.A.

New York, N.Y.

ABA # 026009593

Account # 1366212250600

Attn: Credit Services Charlotte

Ref: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.




For All Other Notices:




Bank of America, N.A.

One Independence Center

101 N. Tryon St., 15th Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255-0001

Mail Code: NC1-001-15-14

Attn: Anne Brooke Lazorik

Phone: 704-387-5453

Fax: 704-409-0632

E-mail: annebrooke.lazorik@bankofamerica.com



 


 









 





TO L/C ISSUER (BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.):




Bank of America, N.A.

1 Fleet Way

Scranton, PA 18507

Mail Code: PA6-580-02-30

Attn: Michael A. Grizzanti

Phone: 570-330-4214

Fax: 1-800-755-8743

E-mail: michael.a.grizzanti@bankofamerica.com





 


 









 







Exhibit A-1




FORM OF LOAN NOTICE




Date: __________, 20___





			
	To:	 	Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent






			
	Re:	 	Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006, among Armstrong
World Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, (the “Borrower”), the
Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.





Ladies and Gentlemen:




The undersigned hereby requests a Borrowing of ________________1 Loan as follows:





	1.	 	On _____, 20____ (which is a Business Day).
	 
	2.	 	In the amount of _____.
	 
	3.	 	For Eurodollar Rate Loans: with an Interest Period of _____ months.





With respect to any Borrowing requested herein, the undersigned Borrower hereby represents and
warrants that (i) in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, such request complies with the
requirements of the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.01(a) of the Credit
Agreement and (ii) each of the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 of the Credit Agreement
have been satisfied on and as of the date of such Borrowing.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 



 





	 	 	 
	1	 	Identify type (e.g. Revolving, Tranche A Term, Tranche
B Term)



 


 









 









Exhibit A-2




FORM OF NOTICE OF CONTINUATION/CONVERSION




Date: __________, 20___





			
	To:	 	Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent






			
	Re:	 	Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from
time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006,
among Armstrong World Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation,
(the “Borrower”), the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders
identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.






Ladies and Gentlemen:



The Borrower hereby gives notice pursuant to Section 2.02(b) of the Credit Agreement that it
requests a continuation or conversion of a Loan outstanding under the Credit Agreement, and in
connection therewith sets forth below the terms on which such continuation or conversion is
requested to be made:



	 	 	 	 	 
	(A)
	 	Existing Loan Type	 	                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	(B)
	 	Requested Loan Type (if applicable)	 	                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	(C)
	 	Date of continuation or conversion (which is the law day of the applicable Interest Period)	 	                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	(D)
	 	Principal amount of continuation or conversion	 	                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	(E)
	 	Interest Period and the last day thereof	 	                    






	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 



 


 









 






Exhibit B




FORM OF SWING LINE LOAN NOTICE




Date: __________, 20___





			
	To:	 	Bank of America, N.A., as Swing Line Lender






			
	Cc:	 	Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent






			
	Re:	 	Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented
and extended from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006, among
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation, (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors
identified therein, the Lenders identified therein
and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement.





Ladies and Gentlemen:




The undersigned hereby requests a Swing Line Loan:





	1.	 	On _____, 20_____

(a Business Day).
	 
	2.	 	In the amount of $_____.





With respect to such Borrowing of Swing Line Loans, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants
that (i) such request complies with the requirements of the first proviso to the first sentence of
Section 2.04(a) of the Credit Agreement and (ii) each of the conditions set forth in
Section 5.02 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied on and as of the date of such
Borrowing of Swing Line Loans.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 



 


 









 





	 	 	 	 	 



Exhibit C-1




FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE




___________ __, 2006





FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to                                          or its registered assigns (the
“Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), the principal amount of each Revolving Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the
Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from
time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006, among the Borrower, the
Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
provided in the Credit Agreement.



The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan from
the date of such Revolving Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates
and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest
shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars and in
immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid in
full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the
due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed
at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.



This Revolving Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled
to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions
provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default
specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Revolving Note shall
become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit
Agreement. Revolving Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or
records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach
schedules to this Revolving Note and endorse thereon the date, amount, currency and maturity of its
Revolving Loans and payments with respect thereto.



The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest
and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Revolving Note.



THIS REVOLVING NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.



[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]




 


 









 







IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Revolving Note to be duly executed by its duly
authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 




 


 









 







Exhibit C-2




FORM OF SWING LINE NOTE




_________ __, 2006





FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, (the
“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. or its registered assigns (the
“Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), the principal amount of each Swing Line Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the
Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from
time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006, among the Borrower, the
Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
provided in the Credit Agreement.



The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Swing Line Loan from
the date of such Swing Line Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest
rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and
interest shall be made to the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds to such account
designated by the Lender from time to time. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder,
such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the
date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set
forth in the Credit Agreement.



This Swing Line Note is the Swing Line Note referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the
benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions
provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default
specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Swing Line Note shall
become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit
Agreement. Swing Line Loan made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or
records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach
schedules to this Swing Line Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Swing
Line Loans and payments with respect thereto.



The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest
and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Swing Line Note.



THIS SWING LINE NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.



[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]




 


 









 







IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Swing Line Note to be duly executed by its duly
authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 



 


 









 





Exhibit C-3




FORM OF TRANCHE A TERM NOTE




_______ __, 2006




FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to                                          or its registered assigns (the
“Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), the principal amount of each Tranche A Term Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower under
that certain Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time,
the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006, among the Borrower, the Guarantors
identified therein, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative
Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the
Credit Agreement.



The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Tranche A Term Loan
from the date of such Tranche A Term Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such
interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal
and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in
immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid in
full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the
due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed
at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.



This Tranche A Term Note is one of the Tranche A Term Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is
entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and
conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of
Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Tranche A Term
Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the
Credit Agreement. Tranche A Term Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan
accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may
also attach schedules to this Tranche A Term Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity
of its Tranche A Term Loans and payments with respect thereto.



The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest
and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Tranche A Term Note.



THIS TRANCE A TERM NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.



[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]




 


 









 







IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Tranche A Term Note to be duly executed by its
duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 




 


 









 







Exhibit C-4




FORM OF TRANCHE B TERM NOTE




_______ __, 2006





FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to                                          or its registered assigns (the
“Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), the principal amount of each Tranche B Term Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower under
that certain Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time,
the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006, among the Borrower, the Guarantors
identified therein, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative
Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the
Credit Agreement.



The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Tranche B Term Loan
from the date of such Tranche B Term Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such
interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal
and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in
immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid in
full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the
due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed
at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.



This Tranche B Term Note is one of the Tranche B Term Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is
entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and
conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of
Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Tranche B Term
Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the
Credit Agreement. Tranche B Term Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan
accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may
also attach schedules to this Tranche B Term Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity
of its Tranche B Term Loans and payments with respect thereto.



The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest
and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Tranche B Term Note.



THIS TRANCE B TERM NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.



[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]




 


 









 







IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Tranche B Term Note to be duly executed by its
duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 




 


 









 







Exhibit D




FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE




Financial Statement Date: __________, 20___ 





			
	To:	 	Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent






			
	Re:	 	 Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from
time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006,
among Armstrong World Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation,
(the “Borrower”), the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders
identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.






Ladies and Gentlemen:



The undersigned Responsible Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that [he/she] is the
                                         of the Borrower, and that, in [his/her] capacity as such, [he/she] is authorized to
execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on the behalf of the Borrower, and
that:



[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements:]




[1. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the year-end audited financial statements required by
Section 7.01(a) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal year of the Borrower ended as of the
above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant
required by such section.]



[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements:]




[1. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the unaudited financial statements required by
Section 7.01(b) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended as of
the above date. Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at such
date and for such period, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes.]



To the best knowledge of the undersigned, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of
the date hereof [, except the following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed
and the following is a list of each Event of Default in existence as of the date hereof and its
nature and status:]



2. The financial covenant analyses and information relating to the financial covenants in
Section 8.11 of the Credit Agreement, as set forth on Schedule 2 hereto, are true
and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.


 


 









 






IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of _____, 20_____.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 



 


 









 





	 	 	 	 	 



SCHEDULE 1




FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




 


 









 







SCHEDULE 2




FINANCIAL COVENANT ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION




	 	 	 	 	 
	1.

	 	Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	As of the date of determination,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(a) Consolidated EBITDA (as determined using Exhibit A
attached hereto)
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(b) Consolidated Interest Charges (as determined using
Line (b) of Exhibit A attached hereto)
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(c) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (ratio of Line (a)
divided by Line (b) to 1.00)
	 	
_____ to 1.00
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The terms of Section 8.11(a) do not permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, as of
the end of such fiscal quarter of the Borrower, to be less than 3.0:1.0.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Is the Borrower compliant with Section 8.11(a)?  [YES][NO]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.

	 	Consolidated Leverage Ratio.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(b) Consolidated EBITDA (as determined using Exhibit A
attached hereto)
	 	$                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(c) Consolidated Leverage Coverage Ratio (ratio of Line (a)
divided by Line (b) to 1:00)
	 	           to 1.00
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The terms of Section 8.11(b) do not permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, as of the end of
such fiscal quarter of the Borrower, to be greater than 3.75:1.0.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Is the Borrower compliant with Section 8.11(b)? [YES] [NO]






 


 









 





EXHIBIT A




Attach calculations of “Consolidated EBITDA” reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.




 


 









 







Exhibit E




FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION




This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the
Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the
“Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified
below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the
Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed
to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set
forth herein in full.



For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to
and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the
Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s
rights and obligations as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or
instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest
identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the
respective facilities identified below (including, without limitation, Letters of Credit,
Guarantees and Swing Line Loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be
assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the
Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under
or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant
thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the
foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims,
statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations
sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned
Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as
expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the
Assignor.




	 	 	 	 	 
	1.
	 	Assignor:	 	                                        
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.
	 	Assignee:	 	                                        

	 
	 	 	 	[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]2]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.
	 	Borrower:	 	Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.
	 	Agent:	 	Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.
	 	Credit Agreement:	 	Credit Agreement dated as of October 2, 2006 among Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the
	 
	 	 	 	Lenders parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent





 





	 	 	 
	2	 	Select as applicable.



 


 









 






	 	 	 	 	 
	6.
	 	Assigned Interest:	 	 






	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Aggregate Amount of	 	Amount of	 	 
	 	 	Commitment/Loans for	 	Commitment/Loans	 	Percentage Assigned of
	Facility Assigned3	 	all Lenders*	 	Assigned*	 	Commitment/Loans4
	 
	 	$	 	$	 	%
	 
	 	$	 	$	 	%
	 
	 	$	 	$	 	%






[7. Trade Date: ______________]5




Effective Date:
_____, 20_____
[TO BE INSERTED BY AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]



The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 




[Consented to and]6 Accepted:



BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Agent




	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Title:
	 	 






[Consented to:]7




[BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer]




 




	 	 	 
	3	 	Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of
facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this
Assignment (e.g. “Revolving Commitment,” “Tranche B Term Loan Commitment,”
etc.)
	 
	*	 	Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take
into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the
Effective Date.
	 
	4	 	Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of
the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
	 
	5	 	To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend
that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.
	 
	6	 	To be added only if the consent of the Administrative
Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
	 
	7	 	To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or
other parties (e.g. L/C Issuer) is required by the terms of the Credit
Agreement.



 


 









 









	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Title:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	[JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as L/C Issuer]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Title:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	[ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Title:
	 	 







 


 









 







ANNEX 1




STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION





1. Representations and Warranties.



1.1. Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any
lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken
all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial
condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in
respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any
Loan Document.



1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power
and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii), (v)
and (vi) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under
Section 11.06(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall
be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the
Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with
respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either
it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is
experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement,
and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other
documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to
enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, (vi) it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on
such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and
(vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by
it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and
(b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the
Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a
Lender.



2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make
all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees
and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective
Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.



3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment
and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and
Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the law of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed
entirely within such state.




 


 









 







Exhibit F




FORM OF GUARANTY JOINDER AGREEMENT




THIS GUARANTY JOINDER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of
_____, 20_____, is by and between _____, a _____
(the “New Subsidiary”), and Bank of America, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent under Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended
from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006, among Armstrong
World Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors
identified therein, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative
Agent.



The Loan Parties are required by Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement to cause the New
Subsidiary to become a “Guarantor” thereunder. Accordingly, the New Subsidiary hereby agrees as
follows with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders:



1. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this
Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Credit Agreement and a
“Guarantor” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, and shall have all of the obligations of a
Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby
ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and
conditions applicable to the Guarantors contained in the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, the New Subsidiary hereby jointly and
severally together with the other Guarantors, guarantees to each Lender and the Administrative
Agent, as provided in Article IV of the Credit Agreement, the prompt payment and performance of the
Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by
acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.



2. The address of the New Subsidiary for purposes of all notices and other communications is
the address designated for all Loan Parties on Schedule 11.02 to the Credit Agreement or
such other address as the New Subsidiary may from time to time notify the Administrative Agent in
writing.



3. The New Subsidiary hereby waives acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of
the guaranty by the New Subsidiary under Article IV of the Credit Agreement upon the execution of
this Agreement by the New Subsidiary.



4. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall constitute an
original but all of which when taken together shall constitute one contract.



5. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.


 


 









 





IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary has caused this Guaranty Joinder Agreement to be duly
executed by its authorized officer, and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders,
has caused the same to be accepted by its authorized officer, as of the day and year first above
written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[NEW SUBSIDIARY]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 




Acknowledged and accepted:



BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 

as Administrative Agent




	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 







 


 









 







Exhibit G




FORM OF COLLATERAL JOINDER AGREEMENT




THIS COLLATERAL JOINDER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of
_____, 20_____, is by and between _____, a _____
(the “New Subsidiary”), and Bank of America, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent under Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended
from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006, among Armstrong
World Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors
identified therein, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative
Agent.



The Loan Parties are required by Section 7.14 of the Credit Agreement to cause the New
Subsidiary to become a “Guarantor” under the Loan Documents. Accordingly, the New Subsidiary
hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent as follows:



1. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this
Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Security Agreement and a
“Grantor” for all purposes of the Security Agreement, and shall have all the obligations of a
Grantor thereunder as if it had executed the Security Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby
ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and
conditions contained in the Security Agreement. Without limiting generality of the foregoing terms
of this paragraph 1, the New Subsidiary hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement), a continuing security
interest in, and a right of set off against, any and all right, title and interest of the New
Subsidiary in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the New Subsidiary to
secure the prompt payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration,
mandatory prepayment or otherwise, of its respective Secured Obligations (as defined in the
Security Agreement) secured by the Security Agreement.



2. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this
Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Pledge Agreement and a “Pledgor”
for all purposes of the Pledge Agreement, and shall have all the obligations of a Pledgor
thereunder as if it had executed the Pledge Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of
the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained
in the Pledge Agreement. Without limiting generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph
2, the New Subsidiary hereby grants, pledges and assigns to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), a
continuing security interest in, and a right of set off against, any and all right, title and
interest of the New Subsidiary in and to the Equity Interests identified on Schedule 8
hereto to secure the prompt payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time,
acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise, of its respective Secured Obligations (as defined
in the Pledge Agreement).



3. [Loan Party] hereby agrees that the Equity Interests listed on Schedule 1 hereto
shall be deemed to be part of the Pledged Interests within the meaning of the Pledge Agreement and
shall secure all of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) as provided in the
Pledge Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, [Loan Party] hereby grants, pledges and assigns
to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations (as defined
in the Pledge Agreement), a continuing security interest in, and a right of set off against, any
and all right, title and interest of [Loan Party], in and to the Equity Interests identified on
Schedule 8 hereto to secure the prompt payment and performance in full when due, whether by
lapse of time, acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise, of its respective Secured
Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement).


 


 









 






4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent that:




(a) The New Subsidiary’s exact legal name and state of formation are as set forth on
the signature pages hereto.




(b) The New Subsidiary’s chief executive office is located at the location set forth on
Schedule 2 hereto.




(c) Other than as set forth on Schedule 3 hereto, the New Subsidiary has not
changed its legal name, changed its state of formation or been party to a merger,
consolidation or other change in structure the four months preceding the date hereof.




(d) Schedule 4 hereto includes all material copyrights, copyright licenses,
patents, patent licenses, trademarks and trademark licenses owned by the New Subsidiary in
its own name, or to which the New Subsidiary is a party, as of the date hereof. None of the
copyrights, patents and trademarks of the New Subsidiary set forth in Schedule 3
hereto is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement, except as set forth on
Schedule 3 hereto.




(e) Schedule 5 hereto includes all commercial tort claims in excess of $5
million before any Governmental Authority by or in favor of the New Subsidiary.




(f) Schedule 6 hereto includes all Subsidiaries of the New Subsidiary,
including number of shares of outstanding Equity Interests, the certificate number of each
certificate evidencing such Equity Interest and the percentage of such Equity Interest owned
by the New Subsidiary.



5. The address of the New Subsidiary for purposes of all notices and other communications is
the address designated for all Loan Parties on Schedule 11.02 to the Credit Agreement or
such other address as the New Subsidiary may from time to time notify the Administrative Agent in
writing.



6. The New Subsidiary hereby waives acceptance by the Lenders of the guaranty by the New
Subsidiary under Article IV of the Credit Agreement upon the execution of this Agreement by the New
Subsidiary.



7. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall constitute an
original but all of which when taken together shall constitute one contract.



8. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.



[SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]




 


 









 







IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and [Loan Party] have caused this Collateral Joinder
Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer, and the Administrative Agent has caused
the same to be accepted by its authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NEW SUBSIDIARY:	 	[NEW SUBSIDIARY]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	LOAN PARTY/PLEDGOR:	 	[LOAN PARTY]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 






Acknowledged and accepted:




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent




	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 







 


 









 







Exhibit H




FORM OF

LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT (REVOLVING LOAN)




THIS LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT (REVOLVING LOAN) (this “Agreement”), dated as of

_____, 20_____, to the Credit Agreement referenced below is by and among those lenders identified
on the signature pages hereto (the “Incremental Revolving Lenders”), ARMSTRONG WORLD
INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors identified
herein, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement.



W I T N E S S E T H




WHEREAS, certain revolving credit and term loan facilities have been established pursuant to
that Credit Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2006 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Guarantors identified
therein, the Lenders identified therein and the Administrative Agent;



WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.01(d) and (e) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has
requested that the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount be increased and the Incremental Revolving
Lenders provide additional commitments in respect thereof; and



WHEREAS, the Incremental Revolving Lenders have agreed to provide additional commitments in
respect of the Incremental Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein and to each
become a “Revolving Lender” under the Credit Agreement in connection therewith;



NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:



1. The Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount is increased by
_____ MILLION DOLLARS
($_____) to _____
MILLION DOLLARS ($_____) pursuant to this Agreement. Each of the
Incremental Revolving Lenders hereby severally agrees to provide Revolving Commitments (including
any existing Revolving Commitments under the Credit Agreement) in an amount up to its Revolving
Commitment set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto. The Revolving Commitments and Pro
Rata Shares are revised as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto. The existing
Schedule 2.01 to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to include the information set
forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto.



2. Each of the Incremental Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have purchased, without
recourse, a risk participation from the L/C Issuers in all Letters of Credit issued or existing
under the Credit Agreement and the obligations arising thereunder in an amount equal to its Pro
Rata Share of the obligations under such Letters of Credit, and shall absolutely, unconditionally
and irrevocably assume, as primary obligor and not as surety, and be obligated to pay to the L/C
Issuer and discharge when due, its Pro Rata Share of the obligations arising under such Letters of
Credit.


 


 









 





3. Each of the Incremental Revolving Lenders (a) represents and warrants that it is either an
existing Revolving Lender under the Credit Agreement or a commercial lender, other financial
institution or other “accredited” investor (as defined in SEC Regulation D) that makes or acquires
loans in the ordinary course of business and that it will make or acquire Loans for its own account
in the ordinary
course of business; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together
with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.01 thereof and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Agreement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall
deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking
action under the Credit Agreement; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take
such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit
Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such
powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that, as of the date
hereof, such Incremental Revolving Lender shall (i) be a party to the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, (ii) be a “Revolving Lender” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, (iii) perform all of the obligations that by the terms of the Credit
Agreement are required to be performed by it as a “Lender” and a “Revolving Lender” under the
Credit Agreement, (iv) shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender and a Revolving Lender
under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (v) ratifies and approves all acts
previously taken by the Collateral Agent on such Incremental Revolving Lender’s behalf.



4. Each of the Borrower and the Guarantors agrees that, as of the date hereof, each of the
Incremental Revolving Lenders shall (a) be a party to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (b) be a “Lender” and a “Revolving Lender” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents and (c) have the rights and obligations of a Lender and a Revolving Lender
under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.



5. The address of each Incremental Revolving Lender for purposes of all notices and other
communications is as set forth on the Administrative Questionnaire delivered by such Incremental
Revolving Lender to the Administrative Agent.



6. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the various parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Agreement.



7. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed by a
duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	INCREMENTAL REVOLVING LENDERS:	 	[INCREMENTAL REVOLVING LENDERS]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	BORROWER:	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTORS:	 	[                                        ]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:






Accepted and Agreed:




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
 as Administrative Agent




	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 







 


 









 







Schedule 2.01




REVOLVING COMMITMENTS AND PRO RATA SHARES

to Lender Joinder Agreement (Revolving Loan)




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Revolving Commitments	 	 	Additional Revolving	 	 	Aggregate Revolving	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Before Giving Effect to	 	 	Commitments Provided	 	 	Commitments After	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Lender	 	 	Under Lender Joinder	 	 	Giving Effect to Lender	 	 	Revolving Commitments	 
	 	 	Joinder Agreement	 	 	Agreement (Revolving	 	 	Joinder Agreement	 	 	Pro Rata Shares	 
	Revolving Lender	 	(Revolving Loan)	 	 	Loan)	 	 	(Revolving Loan)	 	 	(as Revised)	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 







 


 









 







Exhibit I




FORM OF

LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT

RELATING TO

REALLOCATION OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS,

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRANCHE A TERM LOAN AND

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRANCHE B TERM LOAN




THIS LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of October 16, 2006, to the
Credit Agreement referenced below, is by and among the Lenders identified on the signature pages
hereto, ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), the
subsidiaries identified on the signature pages hereto, as Guarantors, the L/C Issuers and Swing
Line Lender identified on the signature pages hereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative
Agent.



W I T N E S S E T H




WHEREAS, a $300 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”)
has been established under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 2, 2006 (as amended,
modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced, the “Credit Agreement”) among the
Borrower, the subsidiaries identified therein, as guarantors, the lenders identified therein and
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent;



WHEREAS, the parties agree that the commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility should be
reallocated and the commitments for the Tranche A Term Loan and the Tranche B Term Loan should be
established in order to give effect to the general syndication of the credit facilities;



NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:



SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement. As used herein:




“Effective Date” means October 16, 2006.




“Existing Revolving Lenders” means the Revolving Lenders that were already
parties to the Credit Agreement on the date of this Agreement.




“New Revolving Lenders” means the Lenders joining as Revolving Lenders by
Assignment and reallocation of Revolving Commitments pursuant to this Agreement.




“Standard Terms and Conditions” means the Standard Terms and Conditions for
assignments set out in Annex I attached hereto.




“Tranche A Term Lenders” means the Lenders providing Tranche A Term Loan
Commitments pursuant to this Agreement.




“Tranche B Term Lenders” means the Lenders providing Tranche B Term Loan
Commitments pursuant to this Agreement.


 


 









 






SECTION 2 REVOLVING COMMITMENTS.



2.1 Establishment of Revolving Commitments. The Revolving Credit Facility was
established under the Credit Agreement on the Closing Date prior to completion of the general
syndication process. Inasmuch as the general syndication process has now been completed, the
parties hereto desire for the Revolving Commitments to be reallocated consistent with the plan of
syndication and, to that end, the Existing Revolving Lenders hereby transfer and assign a portion
of their Revolving Commitments, and the New Revolving Lenders hereby receive, Revolving Commitments
as more particularly described below and as set out in Schedule 2.1 attached hereto.



2.2 Master Assignment and Assumption. For an agreed consideration, the Existing
Revolving Lenders, as assignors, hereby irrevocably sell and assign to the New Revolving Lenders,
as assignees, and the New Revolving Lenders hereby irrevocably purchase and assume from the
Existing Revolving Lenders, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and
the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date as contemplated herein (i) all of the Existing
Revolving Lenders’ rights and obligations as a Revolving Lender under the Credit Agreement and any
other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and
percentage interest identified in Schedule 2.1 hereto, of all of such outstanding rights
and obligations of the Existing Revolving Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility (including,
without limitation, Letters of Credit, Guarantees and Swing Line Loans included in such facility)
and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of
action and any other right of the Existing Revolving Lenders (in their capacity as Revolving
Lenders) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the
Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan
transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing including,
but not limited to contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other
claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to
clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)
above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned Interests”). Such sale and
assignment is without recourse to the Existing Revolving Lenders and, except as expressly provided
in the assignment and assumption provided hereby, without representation or warranty by the
Existing Revolving Lenders. The New Revolving Lenders acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Credit
Agreement.




SECTION 3. TRANCHE A TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS.



3.1 Establishment of the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments. The Tranche A Term Loan
Commitments are hereby established in an aggregate principal amount of $300 million in accordance
with the provisions of subsections (b), (d) and (f) of Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement. Each
of the Tranche A Term Lenders hereby severally, and not jointly, agrees to provide the amount of
its Tranche A Term Loan Commitment on October 16, 2006 as set forth on Schedule 2.01
attached hereto. To that end, Section 2.1(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as
follows:




“(b) Tranche A Term Loan. On October 16, 2006, each of the Tranche A Term
Lenders severally and not jointly agrees to make its portion of the Tranche A Term Loan (in
the amount of its Tranche A Term Loan Commitment) to the Borrower in Dollars in a single
advance in an aggregate principal amount of THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($300,000,000).
Amounts repaid on the Tranche A Term Loan may not be reborrowed. The Tranche A Term Loan
may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.”



3.2 Interest and Repayment. The Tranche A Term Loan will bear interest and will be
repayable as provided in the Credit Agreement.


 


 









 





3.3 Representations. Each of the Tranche A Term Lenders (a) represents and warrants
that it is either a commercial lender, other financial institution or other “accredited” investor
(as defined in SEC Regulation D) that makes or acquires loans in the ordinary course of business
and that it will make or acquire Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of business; (b)
confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the financial
statements referred to in Section 7.01 thereof and such other documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the
Credit Agreement; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent
on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; (e) agrees that, as of the date hereof, such
Tranche A Term Lender (i) shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(ii) shall be a “Tranche A Term Lender” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (iii) shall perform all of the obligations that by the terms of the Credit Agreement are
required to be performed by it as a “Lender” and a “Tranche A Term Lender” under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender and
a Tranche A Term Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (v) ratifies and
approves all acts previously taken by the Collateral Agent on such Tranche A Term Lender’s behalf
and (f) agrees to waive the borrowing notice provisions of Section 2.02(a) of the Credit Agreement
with respect to the advance of the Tranche A Term Loan on the date hereof.



3.4 Acknowledgment and Reaffirmation. The Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledge and
agree that each of the Tranche A Term Lenders shall (i) be a party to the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, (ii) be “Lender” and a “Tranche A Term Lender” for all purposes under the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (iii) have all the rights and obligations of a
Lender and a Tranche A Term Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Further, each of the Guarantors acknowledges that the Tranche A Term Loan is part of the
“Obligations” that are guaranteed in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement, and each of the
Guarantors hereby reaffirms it guaranty obligations in respect thereof.




SECTION 4. TRANCHE B TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS.



4.1 Establishment of the Tranche B Term Loan Commitments. The Tranche B Term Loan
Commitments are hereby established in an aggregate principal amount of $500 million in accordance
with the provisions of subsections (c), (d) and (g) of Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement. Each
of the Tranche B Term Lenders hereby severally, and not jointly, agrees to provide the amount of
its Tranche B Term Loan Commitment on October 16, 2006 as set forth on Schedule 2.01
attached hereto. To that end, Section 2.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read as follows:




“(b) Tranche B Term Loan. On October 16, 2006, each of the Tranche B Term
Lenders severally and not jointly agrees to make its portion of the Tranche B Term Loan (in
the amount of its Tranche B Term Loan Commitment) to the Borrower in Dollars in a single
advance in an aggregate principal amount of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($500,000,000).
Amounts repaid on the Tranche B Term Loan may not be reborrowed. The Tranche B Term Loan
may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.”



4.2 Interest and Repayment. The Tranche B Term Loan will bear interest and will be
repayable as provided in the Credit Agreement.


 


 









 





4.3 Representations. Each of the Tranche B Term Lenders (a) represents and warrants
that it is either a commercial lender, other financial institution or other “accredited” investor
(as defined in SEC Regulation D) that makes or acquires loans in the ordinary course of business
and that it will make or acquire Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of business; (b)
confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the financial
statements referred to in Section 7.01 thereof and such other documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the
Credit Agreement; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent
on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; (e) agrees that, as of the date hereof, such
Tranche B Term Lender (i) shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(ii) shall be a “Tranche B Term Lender” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (iii) shall perform all of the obligations that by the terms of the Credit Agreement are
required to be performed by it as a “Lender” and a “Tranche B Term Lender” under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender and
a Tranche B Term Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (v) ratifies and
approves all acts previously taken by the Collateral Agent on such Tranche B Term Lender’s behalf
and (f) agrees to waive the borrowing notice provisions of Section 2.02(a) of the Credit
Agreement with respect to the advance of the Tranche B Term Loan on the date hereof.



4.4 Acknowledgment and Reaffirmation. The Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledge and
agree that each of the Tranche B Term Lenders shall (i) be a party to the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, (ii) be “Lender” and a “Tranche B Term Lender” for all purposes under the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (iii) have all the rights and obligations of a
Lender and a Tranche B Term Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Further, each of the Guarantors acknowledges that the Tranche B Term Loan is part of the
“Obligations” that are guaranteed in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement, and each of the
Guarantors hereby reaffirms it guaranty obligations in respect thereof.




SECTION 5 MISCELLANEOUS



5.1 Conditions Precedent. The making of the Tranche A Term Loan and the Tranche B
Term Loan are subject to satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent:




(a) no Default shall have occurred or be continuing or shall result after giving effect
to the Term Loans;




(b) the conditions to Credit Extensions in Section 5.02 shall have been
satisfied;




(c) the Borrower will provide (i) a compliance certificate from a Responsible Officer
confirming that no Default shall exist immediately before or immediately after giving effect
to the Term Loans and demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants hereunder after
giving effect to the Term Loans, and (ii) supporting resolutions, legal opinions, promissory
notes and other items as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and the
Tranche A Term Lender or the Tranche A Term Lenders, as appropriate;


 


 









 






(d) to the extent reasonably necessary in the judgment of the Administrative Agent,
amendments to each of the Collateral Documents, if any, and related documents or agreements
shall have been made, in each case in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;




(e) evidenced that the proceeds of the Term Loans will be used to fund the Asbestos PI
Trust and other payments required under the Reorganization Plan and to pay transaction
costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Credit Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby and hereby; and




(f) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans and the Plan Notes will be at
least $775 million and, if applicable, the Administrative Agent shall have received a copy,
certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as true and complete, of the Plan Note
Indenture as originally executed and delivered, together with all exhibits and schedules
thereto.



5.2 Notice Address. Unless otherwise indicated to the Administrative Agent in
writing, the address that each New Revolving Lender, Tranche A Term Lender and Tranche B Term
Lender provided in its Administrative Questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent will be
the address for the respective New Revolving Lender, Tranche A Term Lender and Tranche B Term
Lender, as appropriate, for purposes of all notices and other communications under the Credit
Agreement and other Loan Documents.



5.3 Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly modified hereby, all of the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents (including schedules and exhibits)
shall remain in full force and effect.



5.4 Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses of the
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement,
including the reasonable fees and expenses of Moore & Van Allen, PLLC.



5.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and it shall not be necessary
in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart.
Delivery by any party hereto of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile shall be
effective as such party’s original executed counterpart.



5.6 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY
WITHIN SUCH STATE.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly
authorized officer as of the date first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EXISTING REVOLVING LENDERS:	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an Existing Revolving Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as an Existing Revolving Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as an Existing Revolving Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NEW REVOLVING LENDERS:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	TRANCHE A TERM LENDERS:	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Tranche A Term Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Tranche A Term Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Tranche A Term Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	TRANCHE B TERM LENDERS:	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Tranche B Term Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Tranche B Term Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 




Signature Pages

Lender Joinder Agreement

AWI — October 16, 2006





 


 









 





	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	BORROWER:	 	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

a Pennsylvania corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTORS:	 	ARMSTRONG REALTY GROUP, INC.

a Pennsylvania corporation	 	 
	 	 	ARMSTRONG VENTURES, INC.,

a Delaware corporation	 	 
	 	 	ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.

a Delaware corporation	 	 
	 	 	AWI LICENSING COMPANY,

a Delaware corporation	 	 
	 	 	ARMSTRONG HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY,

a Tennessee corporation	 	 
	 	 	WORLDWIDE KITCHENS, INC.,

a Tennessee corporation	 	 
	 	 	HOMERWOOD HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY,

a Delaware corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	For each of the foregoing	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ACKNOWLEDGED, ACCEPTED AND AGREED:	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an L/C Issuer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as an L/C Issuer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Swing Line Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 






Signature Pages

Lender Joinder Agreement

AWI — October 16, 2006





 


 









 







Schedule 2.1

Schedule of Lenders and Commitments

(including Assignment of Revolving Commitments)




 


 









 







Annex I

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION





1. Representations and Warranties.



1.1. Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any
lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken
all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial
condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in
respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any
Loan Document.



1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power
and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii), (v)
and (vi) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under
Section 11.06(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall
be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the
Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with
respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either
it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is
experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement,
and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other
documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to
enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, (vi) it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on
such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and
(vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by
it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and
(b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the
Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a
Lender.



2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make
all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees
and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective
Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.



3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall
constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Assignment and Assumption
by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment
and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the law of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely
within such state.


 


 









 





REVOLVING NOTE




October 2, 2006




FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”),
hereby promises to pay to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in
accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal
amount of each Revolving Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that
certain Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”), dated as of October 2, 2006, among the Borrower, the Guarantors identified
therein, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement.



The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan from
the date of such Revolving Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates
and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall
be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars and in immediately
available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid in full when due
hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date
thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per
annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.



This Revolving Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled
to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions
provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default
specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Revolving Note shall
become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit
Agreement. Revolving Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or
records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach
schedules to this Revolving Note and endorse thereon the date, amount, currency and maturity of its
Revolving Loans and payments with respect thereto.



The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest
and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Revolving Note.



THIS REVOLVING NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.



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