exv4w18






Exhibit 4.18




CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION.




 

 












AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT




Dated as of November 2, 2009



among



SIMS GROUP USA HOLDINGS CORPORATION,



and



CERTAIN AFFILIATES



as Borrowers,



BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.



as Lender







 

 








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TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section	 	 	 	Page
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS	 	 	2	 
	1.01

	 	Defined Terms
	 	 	2	 
	1.02

	 	Other Interpretive Provisions
	 	 	19	 
	1.03

	 	Accounting Terms
	 	 	20	 
	1.04

	 	Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents
	 	 	20	 
	1.05

	 	Additional Alternative Currencies
	 	 	21	 
	1.06

	 	Change of Currency
	 	 	21	 
	1.07

	 	Times of Day
	 	 	22	 
	1.08

	 	Letter of Credit Amounts
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENT AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS	 	 	22	 
	2.01

	 	Loans
	 	 	22	 
	2.02

	 	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans
	 	 	23	 
	2.03

	 	Letters of Credit
	 	 	24	 
	2.04

	 	Prepayments
	 	 	30	 
	2.05

	 	Termination or Reduction of Commitment
	 	 	31	 
	2.06

	 	Repayment of Loans
	 	 	31	 
	2.07

	 	Interest.
	 	 	31	 
	2.08

	 	Fees
	 	 	32	 
	2.09

	 	Computation of Interest and Fees
	 	 	33	 
	2.10

	 	Evidence of Debt
	 	 	33	 
	2.11

	 	Payments Generally
	 	 	33	 
	2.12

	 	Designated Borrowers
	 	 	34	 
	2.13

	 	Extension of Maturity Date
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY	 	 	35	 
	3.01

	 	Taxes
	 	 	35	 
	3.02

	 	Illegality
	 	 	36	 
	3.03

	 	Inability to Determine Rates
	 	 	36	 
	3.04

	 	Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans
	 	 	37	 
	3.05

	 	Compensation for Losses
	 	 	39	 
	3.06

	 	Survival
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS	 	 	40	 
	4.01

	 	Conditions of Initial Credit Extension
	 	 	40	 
	4.02

	 	Conditions to all Credit Extensions
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	 	 	42	 
	5.01

	 	Existence, Qualification and Power
	 	 	42	 
	5.02

	 	Authorization; No Contravention
	 	 	42	 
	5.03

	 	Governmental Authorization; Other Consents
	 	 	43	 
	5.04

	 	Binding Effect
	 	 	43	 
	5.05

	 	Litigation
	 	 	43	 
	5.06

	 	No Default
	 	 	43	 
	5.07

	 	Ownership of Property; Liens
	 	 	43	 
	5.08

	 	Environmental Compliance
	 	 	43	 
	5.09

	 	ERISA Compliance
	 	 	43	 





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	Section	 	 	 	Page
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5.10

	 	Subsidiaries; Equity Interests
	 	 	44	 
	5.11

	 	Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public
Utility Holding Company Act
	 	 	44	 
	5.12

	 	Disclosure
	 	 	45	 
	5.13

	 	Compliance with Laws
	 	 	45	 
	5.14

	 	Taxpayer Identification Number; Other Identifying Information
	 	 	45	 
	5.15

	 	No Filing or Stamp Taxes
	 	 	45	 
	5.16

	 	Taxation
	 	 	45	 
	5.17

	 	Pari Passu
	 	 	45	 
	5.18

	 	Governing Law and Enforcement
	 	 	45	 
	5.19

	 	Not a Trustee
	 	 	45	 
	5.20

	 	Commercial Benefit
	 	 	46	 
	5.21

	 	Full Disclosure
	 	 	46	 
	5.22

	 	Litigation
	 	 	46	 
	5.23

	 	Representations True
	 	 	46	 
	5.24

	 	Latest Audited Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	 	 	46	 
	6.01

	 	Information
	 	 	46	 
	6.02

	 	Notices
	 	 	46	 
	6.03

	 	Payment of Obligations
	 	 	46	 
	6.04

	 	Preservation of Existence, Etc.
	 	 	47	 
	6.05

	 	Maintenance of Properties; Conduct of Business; Insurance
	 	 	47	 
	6.06

	 	Compliance with Laws
	 	 	48	 
	6.07

	 	Books and Records
	 	 	48	 
	6.08

	 	Use of Proceeds
	 	 	48	 
	6.09

	 	Most Favored Nations Status
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS	 	 	49	 
	7.01

	 	Liens
	 	 	49	 
	7.02

	 	Fundamental Changes
	 	 	49	 
	7.03

	 	Dispositions
	 	 	49	 
	7.04

	 	Change in Nature of Business
	 	 	49	 
	7.05

	 	Finance Debt
	 	 	49	 
	7.06

	 	Use of Proceeds
	 	 	50	 
	7.07

	 	Negative Pledge
	 	 	50	 
	7.08

	 	Swap Contracts
	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII. CROSS-GUARANTY	 	 	50	 
	8.01

	 	Cross-Guaranty
	 	 	50	 
	8.02

	 	Limitation of Liability
	 	 	51	 
	8.03

	 	Liability of Borrowers Absolute
	 	 	51	 
	8.04

	 	Waivers by Borrowers
	 	 	52	 
	8.05

	 	Borrower’s Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.
	 	 	53	 
	8.06

	 	Continuing Guaranty; Reinstatement of Guaranty
	 	 	54	 
	8.07

	 	Indemnity and Contribution
	 	 	54	 
	8.08

	 	Liability Cumulative
	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES	 	 	55	 
	9.01

	 	Events of Default
	 	 	55	 
	9.02

	 	Remedies Upon Event of Default
	 	 	59	 
	9.03

	 	Application of Funds
	 	 	60	 





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	Section	 	 	 	Page
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9.04

	 	Review Event
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	60	 
	10.01

	 	Amendments, Etc.
	 	 	60	 
	10.02

	 	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication
	 	 	60	 
	10.03

	 	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	62	 
	10.04

	 	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	 	 	62	 
	10.05

	 	Payments Set Aside
	 	 	63	 
	10.06

	 	Successors and Assigns
	 	 	63	 
	10.07

	 	Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
	 	 	65	 
	10.08

	 	Right of Setoff
	 	 	66	 
	10.09

	 	Interest Rate Limitation
	 	 	66	 
	10.10

	 	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
	 	 	67	 
	10.11

	 	Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 	 	67	 
	10.12

	 	Severability
	 	 	67	 
	10.13

	 	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
	 	 	67	 
	10.14

	 	Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	68	 
	10.15

	 	USA PATRIOT Act Notice
	 	 	68	 
	10.16

	 	Time of the Essence
	 	 	69	 
	10.17

	 	Judgment Currency
	 	 	69	 
	10.18

	 	Amendment and Restatement
	 	 	69	 






SCHEDULES





	1.01	 	Mandatory Cost Formulae
	 
	5.12	 	Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments
	 
	10.02	 	Lender’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices





EXHIBITS




Form of





	A 	 	Loan Notice
	 
	B 	 	Note
	 
	C 	 	Guaranty
	 
	D 	 	Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement
	 
	E 	 	Designated Borrower Notice





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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT




     This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of
November 2, 2009, among SIMS GROUP USA HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, formerly known
as Sims Hugo Neu Corporation (the “Company”), SIMS GROUP GLOBAL TRADE CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation, successor by merger to Sims Hugo Neu Global Trade LLC (“Global
Trade”), HNE RECYCLING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HNE Recycling”), HNW
RECYCLING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HNW Recycling”), SIMSMETAL EAST LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, successor to Sims Hugo Neu East (General Partnership), a New
York general partnership (“SHN East”), SIMSMETAL WEST LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, successor to Sims Hugo Neu West (General Partnership), a California general partnership
(“SHN West”), SIMS GROUP USA CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Sims USA”),
METAL MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Metal Management”), MM METAL DYNAMICS
HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“MM Dynamics”), METAL MANAGEMENT MIDWEST, INC., an
Illinois corporation (“MM Midwest”), METAL MANAGEMENT OHIO, INC., an Ohio corporation (“MM
Ohio”), SMM — NORTH AMERICA TRADE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, formerly known as Metal
Management S&A Holdings, Inc. (“SMM — North America”), METAL MANAGEMENT WEST COAST
HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“MM West Coast”), METAL MANAGEMENT PROLER
SOUTHWEST, INC., a Delaware corporation (“MM Proler Southwest”), PROLER SOUTHWEST GP, INC.,
a Delaware corporation (“MM Southwest GP”), NAPORANO IRON & METAL, INC., a Delaware
corporation (“Naporano”), METAL MANAGEMENT NORTHEAST, INC., a New Jersey corporation
(“MM Northeast”), and METAL MANAGEMENT NEW HAVEN, INC., a Delaware corporation (“MM New
Haven”), CIM TRUCKING, INC., an Illinois corporation (“CIM”), METAL MANAGEMENT ALABAMA, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“MM Alabama”), METAL MANAGEMENT ARIZONA, L.L.C., an Arizona limited
liability company (“MM Arizona”), METAL MANAGEMENT CONNECTICUT, INC., a Delaware
corporation (“MM Connecticut”), METAL MANAGEMENT INDIANA, INC., an Illinois corporation
(“MM Indiana”), METAL MANAGEMENT MEMPHIS, L.L.C., a Tennessee limited liability company
(“MM Memphis”), METAL MANAGEMENT MISSISSIPPI, INC., a Delaware corporation (“MM
Mississippi”), METAL MANAGEMENT PITTSBURGH, INC., a Delaware corporation (“MM
Pittsburgh”), METAL MANAGEMENT WEST, INC., a Colorado corporation (“MM West”), NEW YORK
RECYCLING VENTURES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“NY Recycling”), PROLER SOUTHWEST LP, a
Texas limited partnership (“Proler Southwest”), RESERVE IRON & METAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
Delaware limited partnership (“Reserve”), METAL DYNAMICS LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Metal Dynamics”), METAL DYNAMICS DETROIT LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“MD Detroit”), METAL DYNAMICS INDIANAPOLIS LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“MD Indianapolis”, and together with the Company, Global Trade, HNE Recycling, HNW
Recycling, SHN East, SHN West, Sims USA, Metal Management, MM Dynamics, MM Midwest, MM Ohio, SMM -
North America, MM West Coast, MM Proler Southwest, MM Southwest GP, Naporano, MM Northeast, MM New
Haven, CIM, MM Alabama, MM Arizona, MM Connecticut, MM Indiana, MM Memphis, MM Mississippi, MM
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Reserve, Metal Dynamics, MD Detroit and any additional Affiliates of the Company becoming a
party hereto as provided in Section 2.12 hereof collectively, the “Designated
Borrowers” and together with the Company, collectively, the “Borrowers” individually, a
“Borrower”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association (the
“Lender”).




     A. The Borrowers and the Lender are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated September
12, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Prior Credit Agreement”)
pursuant to which the Lender has committed, subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth,
to make Credit Extensions to the Borrowers.



     B. The Borrowers have requested the Lender to make certain modifications to, and amend and
restate in its entirety, the Prior Credit Agreement, which the Lender has agreed to do on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree to amend and restate the Prior Credit Agreement 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:



     “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.



     “Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.



     “Alternative Currency” means each of Euro, Sterling, Australian Dollars and each other
currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.05.



     “Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as
determined by the Lender at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the
most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.



     “Alternative Currency Reserve” means, at any time, the Dollar amount equal to 5% of
the Outstanding Amount of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time.



     “Applicable Margin” means the following percentages per annum, based upon the Cashflow
Gearing Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Lender
pursuant to Section 5.02(a) of the Guaranty:



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Applicable Margin




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Eurocurrency	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Rate Loans	 	 
	 	 	Cashflow Gearing	 	 	 	Standby	 	 
	Pricing Level	 	Ratio	 	Commitment Fee	 	Letters of Credit	 	Base Rate Loans
	[*]

	 	[*]
	 	[*]
	 	[*]
	 	[*]





Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Cashflow Gearing
Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a
Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 5.02(a) of the Guaranty;
provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in
accordance with such Section, then the next higher Pricing Level shall apply from and after the
date on which such Compliance Certificate was due and until the first day of the month following
the Lender’s receipt of such Compliance Certificate.




     “Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any
Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as
may be determined by the Lender to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in
accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.



     “Applicant Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12.



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



     “Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capitalized
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, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease
Obligation, 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 capitalized lease.



     “Australian Dollar” and “AU$” mean lawful money of Australia.



     “Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the
earlier of (a) the Maturity Date and (b) the date of termination of the Commitment.



     “Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the [*].



     “Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base
Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.



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



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     “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, the state
where the Lending Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:




     (a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried
out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency 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;




     (b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out
pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET
Day;




     (c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which dealings
in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or
other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and




     (d) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a
currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a
currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than
Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which
banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the
country of such currency.



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



     “Cashflow Gearing Ratio” means the ratio specified in Section 5.10(b) of the
Guaranty.



     “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change
in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.



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




     (a) the Parent shall cease to have possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of each Borrower
through the ability to exercise voting power of the equity securities of each such
Borrower; or



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     (b) any Person shall have acquired a “relevant interest” (as such term is defined in
the Corporations Law of Australia) in more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity securities
of the Parent entitled to vote for members of the board of directors of the Parent.



     “Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section
4.01 are satisfied or waived by the Lender.



     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.



     “Commitment” means the obligation of the Lender to make Loans and L/C Credit
Extensions hereunder in an aggregate principal amount at any one time not to exceed the amount of
$150,000,000, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.



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



     “Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
A attached to the Guaranty.



     “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” 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.



     “Corporations Act” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia.



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



     “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 Prime Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Margin
applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however,
that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to
the interest rate



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(including any Applicable Margin and any Mandatory Cost) otherwise applicable to
such Loan plus 2% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a
rate equal to the Applicable Margin applicable to standby Letters of Credit plus 2% per
annum.



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



     “Designated Borrower Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12.



     “Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.12.



     “Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, 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.



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



     “Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in
Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency,
the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Lender at such time on the basis of
the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of
Dollars with such Alternative Currency.



     “Domestic Affiliate” means any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent that is organized
under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.



     “Eligible Assignee” means (a) an Affiliate of the Lender; (b) an Approved Fund; and
(c) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by the Borrower (such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such approval shall be required if
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.



     “EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome
1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam
Treaty of 1998.



     “EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the
introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.



     “Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign 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.


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     “Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Company, 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.



     “Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person
or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or
such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not
such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.



     “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 Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the
Code).



     “ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a
withdrawal by the Company 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 Company 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 Company
or any ERISA Affiliate.



     “Euro” and “EUR” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States
introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.



     “Eurocurrency Fixed Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate
(“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing
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of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Lender from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in
the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for
any reason, then the “Eurocurrency Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum
determined by the Lender to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the
Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by the Lender and with a term equivalent
to such Interest Period would be offered by the Lender’s London Branch (or other branch or
Affiliate of the Lender) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such
currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.



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



     “Eurocurrency Floating Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to (i) 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 Lender from
time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to such day for
deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on such day) with a term equivalent to one month or
(ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurocurrency
Rate” shall be the rate per annum determined by the Lender to be the rate at which deposits in the
relevant currency for delivery on such day in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Base
Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by the Lender and with a term equivalent to one month
would be offered by the Lender’s London Branch (or other branch or Affiliate of the Lender) to
major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to such day.



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



     “Eurocurrency Rate” means (i) with respect to a Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loan or
Base Rate Loan, the Eurocurrency Floating Rate and (ii) with respect to a Eurocurrency Fixed Rate
Loan, the Eurocurrency Fixed Rate.



     “Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the
Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative
Currency. All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.



     “Eurocurrency Unavailability Period” means any period during which the obligation of
the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans has been suspended pursuant to Section
3.02 or Section 3.03.



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     “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Lender or any other recipient of any
payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed
on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), 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 such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the
case of the Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located and (b) any branch profits
taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which
such Borrower is located.



     “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 the Lender on such day on such transactions as determined by the Lender.



     “Finance Debt” means, as to any Person, all indebtedness, present or future, actual or
contingent, of such Person in relation to money borrowed or raised or any other financing,
including, without limitation, any and all such indebtedness under or in respect of any of the
following:




     (a) a Guarantee;




     (b) a discounting arrangement, a finance lease or similar agreement, hire purchase,
deferred purchase price (for more than 90 days);




     (c) a Swap Contract (the amount of such Finance Debt being the marked to market value
of the relevant transaction); and




     (d) an obligation to deliver property or provide services paid for in advance by a
financier.



     “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.



     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting standards in Australia, consistently
applied.



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     “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, 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 Central
Bank).



     “Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (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 (or any right, contingent or
otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). 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 Continuing Guaranty made by the Parent in favor of the Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C.



     “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 specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).



     “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 of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;



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     (b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and
similar instruments;




     (c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;




     (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each
case, not past due for more than 60 days after the date on which such trade account payable
was created);




     (e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property
owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional
sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been
assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;




     (f) capitalized leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations;




     (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise
make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person,
valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and




     (h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.


For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness 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 a joint venturer, unless such
Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under
any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such
date. The amount of any capitalized lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be
deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.




     “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.



     “Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).



     “Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.



     “Intangible Assets” means assets that are considered to be intangible assets under
GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, computer software, copyrights, trade names, trademarks,
patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount and
capitalized research and development costs.



     “Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Eurocurrency Floating
Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and



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the
Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency
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
Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June,
September and December and the Maturity Date.



     “Interest Period” means, as to each Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan, the period
commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued
as a Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan and ending on the date two weeks, or one, two, three or six
months thereafter, as selected by the Company 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.



     “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 or other
securities 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 and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other
Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. 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.



     “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).



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



     “Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or
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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 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 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. 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
1.08. 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.



     “Lending Office” means the office or offices of the Lender described as such on
Schedule 10.02, or such other office or offices as the Lender may from time to time notify
the Borrower.



     “Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit
may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit. Letters of Credit may be
issued in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.



     “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 Lender.



     “Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven 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(h).



     “Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the amount of the Commitment.
The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Commitment.



     “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 in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or
other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).



     “Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.



     “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Designated Borrower Request and Assumption
Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document and the Guaranty.



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     “Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a borrowing of a Loan, (b) a conversion of a Loan
from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of a Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan as the same
Type, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A.



     “Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Company, each Designated Borrower and the
Parent.



     “Mandatory Cost” means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum
determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01.



     “Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect upon financial condition
of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of
any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a
material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any
Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.



     “Material Credit Agreements” means (a) that certain Variation to Standard Terms (with
attached amended Standard Terms) dated on or about November 2, 2009, as amended, among the Parent
and certain of its Subsidiaries and Westpac Banking Corporation, (b) that certain Amendment and
Restatement Deed (with attached amended and restated Multi Option Facility Agreement) dated on or
about November 2, 2009, as amended, among the Parent and certain of its Subsidiaries and HSBC Bank
Australia Limited, HSBC Bank Plc and HSBC Bank USA National Association, (c) that certain Multi
Option Facility Agreement and Common Terms Deed dated on or about November 2, 2009, as amended,
among the Parent and certain of its Subsidiaries and Commonwealth Bank of Australia, (d) that
certain Variation to Standard Terms (with attached amended Standard Terms) dated on or about
November 2, 2009, as amended, among the Parent and certain of its Subsidiaries and National
Australia Bank Limited, and (d) any replacement or successor agreements to any of the foregoing or
any substantially similar loan or credit agreements with other banks or lenders pursuant to which
such banks or lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Parent or its Subsidiaries.



     “Maturity Date” means December 1, 2010; provided, however, that if
such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.



     “Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company 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.



     “Note” means a promissory note made by a Borrower in favor of the Lender evidencing
Loans made by the Lender to such Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.



     “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



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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.



     “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.



     “Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or
under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.



     “Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Loans on any date, the Dollar
Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any
borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to
any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of 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 by the Company of Unreimbursed Amounts.



     “Parent” means Sims Metal Management Limited, a corporation incorporated in the State
of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia.



     “Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).



     “Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.



     “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 Company or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Company 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 Finance Debt” means any Finance Debt provided by a Loan Party:




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     (a) under the Loan Documents;




     (b) to another Loan Party;




     (c) in the form of deposits held with financial institutions in the ordinary course of
business and supplier advances for which security adequate to cover the amount of the
supplier advance is taken; or




     (d) to Persons other than other Loan Parties which when added to all such other
outstanding Finance Debt provided by all Relevant Companies does not exceed AU$35,000,000.



     “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 Company or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412
of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.



     “Prime Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the rate of
interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the Lender as its “prime
rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by the Lender based upon various factors including the
Lender’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 such rate announced by the Lender shall take effect at the opening of business
on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.



     “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.



     “Relevant Company” means any Loan Party and any Subsidiary of any of them.



     “Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA,
other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.



     “Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a borrowing, conversion or
continuation of a Loan, a Loan Notice, and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of
Credit Application.



     “Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial
officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of
notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan
Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Lender. 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
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such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted
on behalf of such Loan Party.



     “Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i)
each date of a borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii)
each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency
pursuant to Section 2.02, and (iii) such additional dates as the Lender may reasonably
require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of
issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an
amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely
with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the Lender under any
Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, and (iv) such additional dates as the
Lender may reasonably require.



     “Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars,
immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative
Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Lender to be customary in the place
of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant
Alternative Currency.



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



     “Sims Group” means the Parent and its Subsidiaries.



     “Special Notice Currency” means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the
currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
at such time located in North America or Europe.



     “Spot Rate” for a currency means:




     (a) in the case of any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Spot Rate shall
be the daily 10 am spot rate published by the New York Federal Reserve Bank at its website,
http://www.ny.frb.org/markets/fxrates/tenAm.cfm for such currency on the date that
is two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made.
The daily 10 am spot rates are midpoints of buying rates and
selling rates, and do not necessarily reflect rates at which actual transactions have
occurred. In the event that such rate does not appear on such website or such website is no
longer published, the Spot Rate for a currency in the case of any Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency shall be the rate determined by the Lender to be the rate quoted by the
Lender as the spot rate for the purchase by the Lender of such currency with another
currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m.
on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation
is made; provided that the Lender may obtain such spot rate from another financial
institution designated by the Lender if the Lender does not have as of the date of
determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and



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     (b) in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency and for
all other purposes under this Agreement not described in clause (a) above, the Spot Rate
shall be the rate determined by the Lender to be the rate quoted by the Lender as the spot
rate for the purchase by the Lender of such currency with another currency through its
principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date as of
which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Lender may obtain
such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Lender if the Lender
does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and
provided further that the Lender may use such spot rate quoted on the date
two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in
all cases other than a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.



     “Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.



     “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 securities or other
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other
than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency)
are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, 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 Company.



     “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
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other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include
the Lender or any Affiliate of the Lender).



     “Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a
so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or
possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person
but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the
indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).



     “TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be
operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Lender to be a suitable
replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.



     “Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including
any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.



     “Threshold Amount” means AU$10,000,000.



     “Total Outstandings” means the sum of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
Loans and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations



     “Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan, a
Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan.



     “Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities
under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets,
determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section
412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.



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



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



     “Yen” and “¥” mean the lawful currency of Japan.



     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 definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of
the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i)
any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any
Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such



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agreement, instrument or other
document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar
import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its
entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference
to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing
or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise
specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time,
and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts and contract rights.



     (b) 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.”



     (c) 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) Generally. 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, applied in a
manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements of the Parent for the fiscal
period ended June 30, 2009, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.



     (b) Changes in GAAP. 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 Company or the
Lender shall so request, the Lender and the Company 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 Lender); 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 Company shall provide to the Lender 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.



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     (a) As of each Revaluation Date, the Spot Rates shall be used for calculating Dollar
Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative
Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the
Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next
Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties
hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the
applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be
such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Lender.



     (b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a borrowing, conversion, continuation or
prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of
Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such
borrowing, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency,
such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to
the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as
determined by the Lender in its sole discretion



     (c) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with the determination any Loan Party’s
performance or observance any covenant contained in this Agreement on its part to be performed or
observed, an amount, such as a required minimum amount, is expressed in Australian Dollars, but the
amounts to be determined are denominated in currencies other than Australian Dollars, the
equivalent amount in Australian Dollars shall, subject to Section 7.05 of the Guaranty, be
determined by the Lender.



     1.05 Additional Alternative Currencies.



     (a) The Company may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made and/or
Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of
“Alternative Currency;” provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other
than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In
the case of any such request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such request
shall be subject to the approval of the Lender.



     (b) Any such request shall be made to the Lender not later than 11:00 a.m., 10 Business Days
prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by
the Lender, in its sole discretion).



     (c) If the Lender consents to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency, the
Lender shall so notify the Company and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to
be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans as
provided in Section 2.02 and for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances as provided in
Section 2.03.



     1.06 Change of Currency.



     (a) Each obligation of the Borrowers to make a payment denominated in the national currency
unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful



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currency after
the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with
the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of
accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent
with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest
in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with
effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency;
provided that if any borrowing of Loans in the currency of such member state is outstanding
immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such borrowing,
at the end of the then current Interest Period.



     (b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of
construction as the Lender may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption
of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or
practices relating to the Euro.



     (c) Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of
construction as the Lender may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in
currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the
change in currency.



     1.07 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be
references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).



     1.08 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of
Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of 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 Dollar
Equivalent of 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 COMMITMENT AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS




     2.01 Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lender agrees to make
loans (each such loan, a “Loan”) to the Borrowers in Dollars or in one or more Alternative
Currencies 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 the Commitment; provided,
however, that after giving effect to any borrowing, the Total Outstandings shall not exceed
the amount of the Commitment; and provided further that the availability of the
Commitment at any time for the making of Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit shall be
reduced by the amount of the Alternative Currency Reserve (if any). Within the limits of the
Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under
this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.04, and reborrow under this Section
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may be Base Rate Loans, Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Fixed
Rate Loans, as further provided herein.



     2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.



     (a) Each borrowing, each conversion of a Loan from one Type to the other, and each
continuation of a Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan shall be made upon the Company’s irrevocable notice
to the Lender, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Lender
not later than (i) 2:00 p.m. two Business Days prior to the requested date of any borrowing of,
conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans denominated in Dollars or of any
conversion of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans denominated in Dollars to Eurocurrency Floating Rate
Loans or Base Rate Loans, (ii) 8:00 a.m two Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a
Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any borrowing or continuation of
Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (iii) 3:00 p.m. on the
requested date of any borrowing of Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans. Each
telephonic notice by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed
promptly by delivery to the Lender of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by
a Responsible Officer of the Company. Each borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.03(c), each borrowing of or
conversion to Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic
or written) shall specify (i) whether the Company is requesting a borrowing, a conversion of Loans
from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans, (ii) the requested
date of the borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business
Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of
Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the
duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, (vi) the currency of the Loans to be
borrowed, and (vii) if
applicable, the Designated Borrower. If the Company fails to specify a currency in a Loan
Notice requesting a borrowing, then the Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars. If the
Company fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Company fails to give a timely
notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or
converted to, Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that in the case of a failure to
request on a timely basis a continuation of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, such
Loans shall be continued as Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loans in their original currency. Any
automatic conversion to Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans shall be effective as
of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency
Fixed Rate Loans. If the Company requests a borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of
Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it
will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. No Loan may be converted into or
continued as a Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the
original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.



     (b) Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if
such borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Lender shall make the
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of each Loan available to the Company or the other applicable Borrower either by (i)
crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of the Lender with the amount of such proceeds
or (ii) wire transfer of such proceeds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to
(and reasonably acceptable to) the Lender by the Company; provided, however, that
if, on the date the Loan Notice with respect to such borrowing denominated in Dollars is given by
the Company, there are Unreimbursed Amounts outstanding then the proceeds of such borrowing, first,
shall be applied to the payment in full of any such Unreimbursed Amounts, and, second, shall be
made available to the applicable Borrower as provided above.



     (c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan may be continued or
converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan. During
the existence of a Default, no Loan may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurocurrency
Fixed Rate Loans (whether in Dollars or any Alternative Currency) without the consent of the
Lender, and the Lender may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Fixed Rate
Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the
amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with
respect thereto.



     (d) The Lender shall promptly notify the Company of the interest rate applicable to any
Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan upon determination of such interest rate. On
the first Business Day of each week following a week during which a Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loan
is outstanding, the Lender shall notify the Company of the Eurocurrency Floating Rate applicable to
such Loan(s) during the preceding week; provided, however, that the Lender shall
incur no liability for failing to provide the Company with such notice. Upon request of the
Company, the Lender shall notify the Borrower of the then current Eurocurrency Floating Rate. At
any time that a Base Rate Loan is outstanding, the Lender shall notify the Borrower of any change
in the Lender’s prime rate used in determining the Prime Rate promptly following the public
announcement of such change.



     (e) 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 ten Interest
Periods in effect.



     2.03 Letters of Credit.



     (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.



          (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lender agrees (A) 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 or in one or more Alternative
Currencies for the account of the Company or any Designated Borrower, and to amend or extend
Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (B) to
honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; provided that the Lender shall not be obligated
to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C
Credit Extension, (x) the Total Outstandings would exceed the amount of the Commitment, and (y) the
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of Credit Sublimit; and
provided further that the availability of the Commitment at any time for the making
of Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit shall be reduced by the amount of the Alternative
Currency Reserve (if any). Each request by the Company for the issuance or amendment of a Letter
of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Company that the L/C Credit Extension so
requested complies with the conditions set forth in the provisos to the preceding sentence. Within
the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company’s ability to
obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Company 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.




          (ii) The Lender 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 the Lender from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law
applicable to the Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from
any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Lender shall prohibit, or request that the
Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in
particular or shall impose upon the Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction,
reserve or capital requirement (for which the Lender is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in
effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense
which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Lender in good faith deems material to
it;



               (B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Lender
applicable to letters of credit generally;



               (C) except as otherwise agreed by the Lender, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated
amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in the case
of a standby Letter of Credit;



               (D) except as otherwise agreed by the Lender, such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a
currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;



               (E) the Lender does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue
Letters of Credit in the requested currency; or



               (F) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated
amount after any drawing thereunder.



          (iii) The Lender shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the Lender would not be permitted at
such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.




          (iv) The Lender shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the Lender
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.



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



          (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of
the Company delivered to the Lender in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company. Such Letter of Credit Application
must be received by the Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. at least two Business Days (or such later
date and time as the Lender may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the
proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. 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 Lender: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit
(which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency 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 the Lender 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 Lender (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 the Lender
may require.




          (ii) Upon the Lender’s determination that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in
accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Lender
shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company (or the
applicable Designated Borrower) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each
case in accordance with the Lender’s usual and customary business practices.




          (iii) If the Company so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the Lender
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 the Lender 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 in each such
twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless
otherwise directed by the Lender, the Company shall not be required to make a specific request to
the Lender for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the
Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, 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 the Lender shall have no obligation to permit any such
extension if the Lender has determined that it 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 clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise)




          (iv) 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 Lender



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will also
deliver to the Company a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.




     (c) Drawings and Reimbursements.



          (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under
such Letter of Credit, the Lender shall notify the Company thereof. In the case of a Letter of
Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Company shall reimburse the Lender in such
Alternative Currency, unless (A) the Lender (at its option) shall have specified in such notice
that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for
reimbursement in Dollars, the Company shall have notified the Lender promptly following receipt of
the notice of drawing that the Company will reimburse the Lender in Dollars. In the case of any
such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative
Currency, the Lender shall notify the Company of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing
promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of any payment
by the Lender under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the
date of any payment by the Lender under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative
Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Company shall reimburse the Lender in an
amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If the Company fails to
so reimburse the Lender by such time, the Company 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 amount of the
unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the
case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed
Amount”), without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the
principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the
Commitment and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan
Notice).




          (ii) If the Company fails to reimburse the Lender for any drawing under any Letter of Credit
(whether by means of a borrowing or otherwise), such unreimbursed amount shall be due and payable
on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.




     (d) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Company to reimburse the Lender for
each drawing under each Letter of Credit 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, setoff, defense or other right that the Company
or any Designated Borrower 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
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Agreement, the
transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument
relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;




          (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 the Lender 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 the Lender 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;




          (v) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant
Alternative Currency to the Company or any Designated Borrower or in the relevant currency markets
generally; or




          (vi) 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 Company or any Designated Borrower.




     The Company 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 Company’s
instructions or other irregularity, the Company will immediately notify the
Lender. The Company shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the
Lender and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.



     (e) Role of Lender. The Company agrees that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of
Credit, the Lender 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. The Company 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 Company’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 Lender, any of its Related Parties nor
any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Lender shall be liable or responsible for any of
the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(d); provided,
however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may
have a claim against the Lender, and the Lender may be liable to the Company, to the extent, but
only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by
the Company which the Company proves were caused by the Lender’s willful misconduct or gross
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Lender’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, the
Lender 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 the Lender
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.




     (f) Cash Collateral.



               (i) Upon the request of the Lender, (A) if the Lender has honored any full or partial drawing
request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has not been reimbursed on the applicable Honor
Date, or (B) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason
remains outstanding, the Company shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.



               (ii) In addition, if the Lender notifies the Company 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 Company 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) The Lender may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of Cash
Collateral required in this Agreement, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order
to protect against the results of exchange rate fluctuations.



               (iv) Sections 2.04 and 9.02(a)(iii) set forth certain additional requirements
to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section
2.04 and Section 9.02(a)(iii), “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit
with or deliver to the Lender, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account
balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender. Derivatives
of such term have corresponding meanings. The Company hereby grants to the Lender 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, non-interest bearing deposit accounts
at the Lender.



     (g) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Lender and
the Company when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby
Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits
(UCP), as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance
shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.



     (h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Company shall pay to the Lender, in Dollars, a Letter
of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) (i) for each commercial Letter of Credit equal
to 1/4 of 1% per annum times the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit, and (ii) for each standby Letter of Credit equal to the
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applicable to standby Letters of Credit times the Dollar Equivalent of
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 1.08. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i)
due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and
December, 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 and (ii) computed on a quarterly
basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the daily
amount available to be drawn under each standby Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied
by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin
was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the
Lender, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default
Rate.



     (i) Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to Lender. The Company shall pay to
the Lender, in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees,
and other standard costs and charges, of the Lender 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.



     (j) 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.



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



     2.04 Prepayments.



     (a) Each Borrower may, upon notice from the Company to the Lender, at any time or from time to
time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that
(i) such notice must be received by the Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. (A) two Business Days prior
to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (B) three
Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice
Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies , and (C) on the date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loans or
Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans denominated in Dollars shall
be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; (iii)
any prepayment of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall be in a
minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and
(iv) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the
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thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and
amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Fixed Rate
Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. If such notice is given by the
Company, the applicable Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in
such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a
Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid,
together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.



     (b) If the Lender notifies the Company at any time that the Total Outstandings at such time
exceed an amount equal to 105% of the Commitment then in effect, then, within two Business Days
after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans and/or the Company shall Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding
Amount as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Commitment then in effect;
provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(f)(ii),
the Company shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this
Section 2.04(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Loans the Total Outstandings
exceed the amount of the Commitment. The Lender may, at any time and from time to time after the
initial deposit of such Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in
order to protect against the results of further exchange rate fluctuations.



     2.05 Termination or Reduction of Commitment. The Company may, upon notice to the Lender,
terminate the Commitment, or from time to time permanently reduce the amount of the Commitment;
provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Lender not later than 1:00 p.m.
five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction
shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof, (iii) the Company shall
not terminate or reduce the amount of the Commitment if, after giving effect thereto and to
any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings plus the Alternative Currency
Reserve (if any) would exceed the amount of the Commitment, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any
reduction of the amount of the Commitment, the Letter of Credit Sublimit exceeds the amount of the
Commitment, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The amount
of any such Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Letter of Credit Sublimit unless
otherwise specified by the Company. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination
of the Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.



     2.06 Repayment of Loans. Each Borrower shall repay to the Lender on the Maturity Date the
aggregate principal amount of Loans made to such Borrower outstanding on such date.



     2.07 Interest.



     (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurocurrency Floating Rate
Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing
date at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin
plus (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan which is lent by the Lender from a Lending
Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) the Mandatory Cost, if any; (ii) each
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amount thereof for
each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Fixed Rate for such Interest
Period plus the Applicable Margin plus (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
which is lent by the Lender from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member
State) the Mandatory Cost, if any; and (iii) 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 Margin applicable to Base Rate Loans.




(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 any 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 Lender, 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.




     (iii) Upon the request of the Lender, while any Event of Default of the types described
in Sections 9.01(a), (i) or (j) exists, the Borrowers 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.



     2.08 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) of Section
2.03:



     (a) Commitment Fee. The Company shall pay to the Lender, a commitment fee in Dollars
equal to the Applicable Margin applicable to Commitment Fee times the actual daily amount
by which the amount of the Commitment exceeds the Total Outstandings. 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 Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in
arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the
first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period.
The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the
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computed and multiplied by
the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin
was in effect.



     (b) Other Fees. The Company shall pay to the Lender, in Dollars, such fees as shall
have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such
fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.



     2.09 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when
the Prime Rate is determined by the Lender’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),
or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which
market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. 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 Section 2.11,
bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Lender of an interest rate or fee hereunder
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.



     2.10 Evidence of Debt. The Credit Extensions made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or
more accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The accounts
or records maintained by the Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the
Credit Extensions made by the Lender to the Borrowers 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 Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.
Upon the request of the Lender to a Borrower, such Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Lender
a Note, which shall evidence the Loans to such Borrower in addition to such accounts or records.
The Lender may attach schedules to a Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable),
amount, currency and maturity of the Loans and payments with respect thereto.



     2.11 Payments Generally. All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without
condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated
in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Lender at
its Lending Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 3:00 p.m. on the date specified
herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder
with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be
made to the Lender at its Lending Office in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not
later than the Applicable Time specified by the Lender on the dates specified herein. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lender may require that any payments due under this
Agreement be made in the United States. If, for any reason, any Borrower is prohibited by any Law
from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, such Borrower shall make
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Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount. If
any payment to be made by any Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment
shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in
computing interest or fees, as the case may be.



     2.12 Designated Borrowers.



     (a) Effective as of the date hereof each of the Designated Borrowers specified in the
introductory paragraph hereto shall be a “Designated Borrower” hereunder and may receive Loans for
its account on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.



     (b) The Company may at any time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from the Company
to the Lender (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Lender in its sole discretion),
designate any Domestic Affiliate (an “Applicant Borrower”) as a Designated Borrower to
receive Loans hereunder by delivering to the Lender a duly executed notice and agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit D (a “Designated Borrower Request and Assumption
Agreement”). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that prior to any Applicant Borrower
becoming entitled to utilize the credit facilities provided for herein the Lender shall have
received such supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and
other documents or information, in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the
Lender, as may be reasonably required by the Lender in its sole discretion, and Notes signed by
such new Borrowers to the extent the Lender so requires. If the Lender agrees that an Applicant
Borrower shall be entitled to receive Loans hereunder, then promptly following receipt of all such
requested resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents or
information, the Lender shall send a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit E (a
“Designated Borrower Notice”) to the Company specifying the effective date upon which the
Applicant Borrower shall constitute a Designated Borrower for purposes hereof, whereupon each of
the Lender agrees to permit such Designated Borrower to receive Loans hereunder, on the terms and
conditions set forth herein, and each of the parties agrees that such Designated Borrower otherwise
shall be a Borrower for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that no Loan Notice or
Letter of Credit Application may be submitted by or on behalf of such Designated Borrower until the
date five Business Days after such effective date.



     (c) Each Domestic Affiliate that is or becomes a “Designated Borrower” pursuant to this
Section 2.12 hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for all purposes relevant
to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including (i) the giving and receipt of
notices, (ii) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates
contemplated herein and all modifications hereto, and (iii) the receipt of the proceeds of any
Loans made by the Lender, to any such Designated Borrower hereunder. Any acknowledgment, consent,
direction, certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given
or taken by all Borrowers, or by each Borrower acting singly, shall be valid and effective if given
or taken only by the Company, whether or not any such other Borrower joins therein. Any notice,
demand, consent, acknowledgement, direction, certification or other communication delivered to the
Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to
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     (d) The Company may from time to time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from the
Company to the Lender (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Lender in its sole
discretion), terminate a Designated Borrower’s status as such; provided that there are no
outstanding Loans payable by such Designated Borrower, or other amounts payable by such Designated
Borrower on account of any Loans made to it, as of the effective date of such termination.



     2.13 Extension of Maturity Date.



     (a) Requests for Extension. The Company may, by notice to the Lender not earlier than
90 days and not later than 60 days prior to each anniversary of the Maturity Date (the
“Maturity Anniversary Date”) request that the Lender extend the Maturity Date then in
effect hereunder (the “Existing Maturity Date”) for an additional year from the Existing
Maturity Date.



     (b) Lender Election to Extend. The Lender, acting in its sole discretion, shall, by
notice to the Company given not later than the date (the “Notice Date”) that is 30 days
prior to the applicable Maturity Anniversary Date, advise the Company whether or not the Lender
agrees to extend the Existing Maturity Date and any conditions associated with such agreement to
extend and if the Lender does not so advise the Company on or before the Notice Date, the
Lender shall be deemed to have not agreed to such extension.



ARTICLE III.

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY




     3.01 Taxes.



     (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation
of the respective Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear
of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided
that if the applicable Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes
(including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (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) the Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and
(iii) such Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.



     (b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) above, each Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.



     (c) Indemnification by the Borrowers. Each Borrower shall indemnify the Lender,
within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
(including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts
payable under this Section) paid by the Lender and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses
arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
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Governmental Authority;
provided that the Lender has paid such Indemnified Taxes in good faith. A certificate as
to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to a Borrower by the Lender shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.



     (d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes by any Borrower to a Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall deliver to
the Lender the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such
payment reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.



     (e) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Lender determines that it has received a
refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with
respect to which any Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to
such Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or
additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other
Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender and without
interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with
respect to such refund), provided that each Borrower, upon the request of the Lender,
agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or
other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Lender in the event the Lender
is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. The Lender agrees to provide to
the Borrower evidence of any refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes described in the preceding sentence
and the amount thereof; provided, however, that the Lender shall not incur any
liability for failing to provide the Borrower with such evidence. This subsection shall not be
construed to require the Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Borrower or any other Person.



     3.02 Illegality. If the Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any
Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for the Lender or its Lending Office to
make, maintain or fund Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative
Currency), or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, or any
Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of the Lender to purchase
or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank
market, then, on notice thereof by the Lender to the Company, any obligation of the Lender to make
or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, in the case of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans in Dollars, to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, shall be
suspended until the Lender notifies the Company that the circumstances giving rise to such
determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall, upon demand from
the Lender, prepay or, if applicable and such Loans are denominated in Dollars, convert all
Eurocurrency Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor,
if the Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or
immediately, if the Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans.



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     (a) Eurocurrency Floating Rate. If the Lender determines that for any reason in
connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loan or a conversion to or
continuation thereof that (a) deposits (whether in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) are not
being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency for the
applicable amount of such Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for determining the Eurocurrency Floating Rate with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate
Loan (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), or (c) the Eurocurrency Floating
Rate with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to the Lender of funding such Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loan, the Lender will
promptly so notify the Company. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lender to make or maintain
Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies shall be suspended until
the Lender revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company may revoke any pending
request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Floating Rate Loans in
the affected currency or currencies 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.



     (b) Eurocurrency Fixed Rate. If the Lender determines that for any reason in
connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation
thereof that (a) deposits (whether in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) are not being offered to
banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency for the applicable amount and
Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for determining the Eurocurrency Fixed Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to
a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), or
(c) the Eurocurrency Fixed Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed
Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lender of
funding such Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan, the Lender will promptly so notify the Company.
Thereafter, the obligation of the Lender to make or maintain Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans in the
affected currency or currencies shall be suspended until the Lender revokes such notice. Upon
receipt of such notice, the Company may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion
to or continuation of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies 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 Costs; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans.



     (a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:



          (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance
charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended or participated in by, the Lender (except (A) any reserve requirement contemplated by
Section 3.04(e) and (B) the requirements of the Bank of England and the Financial Services
Authority or the European Central Bank reflected in the Mandatory Cost, other than as set forth
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          (ii) subject the Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any
Letter of Credit or any Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of
payments to the Lender in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by
Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable
by the Lender);




          (iii) result in the failure of the Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, to represent the
cost to the Lender of complying with the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial
Services Authority or the European Central Bank in relation to its making, funding or maintaining
Eurocurrency Rate Loans; or




          (iv) impose on the Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense
affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by the Lender or any Letter of Credit or
participation therein;



and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to the Lender of making or
maintaining any Eurocurrency Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or
to increase the cost to the Lender of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of
maintaining its obligation to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by the Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount)
then, upon request of the Lender, the Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower
to pay) to the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender for such
additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.




     (b) Capital Requirements. If the Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting
the Lender or its Lending Office or its holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has
or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Lender’s capital or on the capital
of its holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment, the Loans or
the Letters of Credit, to a level below that which the Lender or its holding company could have
achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration the Lender’s policies and the
policies of its holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to the Lender such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender or its holding company for any such reduction
suffered.



     (c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of the Lender setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as
specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Company shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. The Company shall pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay)
the Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.



     (d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of the Lender to demand
compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of
the Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that no Borrower shall be required
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costs incurred or reductions suffered more than three months prior to the date that the Lender
notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of
the Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the three-month period referred to
above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).



     (e) Additional Reserve Requirements. The Company shall pay (or cause the applicable
Designated Borrower to pay) to the Lender, (i) as long as the Lender shall be required to maintain
reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or
deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Eurocurrency Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves
allocated to such Loan by the Lender (as determined by the Lender in good faith, which
determination shall be conclusive), and (ii) as long as the Lender shall be required to comply with
any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central banking or financial
regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitment or the
funding of the Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per
annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual
costs allocated to the Commitment or the Loans by the Lender (as determined by the Lender in good
faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which in each case shall be due and payable on
each date on which interest is payable on such Loan; provided the Company shall have
received at least 10 days’ prior notice of such additional interest or costs from the Lender. If
the Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such
additional interest or costs shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.



     3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of the Lender from time to time, the Company shall
promptly compensate (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to compensate) the Lender for and
hold the Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:



     (a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurocurrency Fixed 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 any Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of the Lender to make a
Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan on the date or in the
amount notified by the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower; or



     (c) any failure by any Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of
Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date
or any payment thereof in a different currency;


including any loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense
arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan, from
fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance
of any foreign exchange contract. The Company shall also pay (or cause the


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 applicable Designated
Borrower to pay) any reasonable and customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in
connection with the foregoing.



For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Company (or the applicable Designated Borrower)
to the Lender under this Section 3.05, the Lender shall be deemed to have funded each
Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency Fixed Rate for such Loan by a matching
deposit or other borrowing in the offshore interbank market for such currency for a comparable
amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loan was in fact so
funded.




     3.06 Survival. All of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Article III shall survive
termination of the Commitment and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.



ARTICLE IV.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS




     4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the Lender to make its initial
Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:



     (a) The Lender’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies
(followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a
Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of
certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lender and its legal counsel:



          (i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to the
Lender and the Company;




          (ii) executed counterparts of the Guaranty, sufficient in number for distribution to the
Lender and the Company;




          (iii) Notes executed by the Borrowers in favor of the Lender;




          (iv) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other
certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Lender 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;




          (v) such documents and certifications as the Lender may reasonably require to evidence that
each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan Party is validly existing, in good
standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the
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          (vi) favorable opinions of Baker & McKenzie LLP, counsel to the Borrowers and the Parent, each
addressed to the Lender, as to such other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan
Documents as the Lender may reasonably request;




          (vii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party either (A) attaching copies of
all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect,
or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;




          (viii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent (A) certifying that (A)
each of the Material Credit Agreements are in full force and effect and that no default or
event of default (howsoever defined) has occurred and is continuing under any of the Material
Credit Agreements and (B) certifying that the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.10
of the Guaranty are no less restrictive than the financial covenants set forth in the Material
Credit Agreements;




          (ix) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying (A) that the
conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied, and (B) that
there has been no event or circumstance since June 30, 2009 that has had or could be reasonably
expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;




          (x) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Lender
reasonably may require.




     (b) Any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid.



     (c) Unless waived by the Lender, the Company shall have paid all fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to the Lender (directly to such counsel if requested by the Lender) to the
extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees,
charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and
disbursements 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 Company
and the Lender);.



     (d) The Closing Date shall have occurred on or before November 12, 2009.



     4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of the Lender to honor any Request
for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other
Type, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions
precedent:



     (a) The representations and warranties of (i) the Borrowers contained in Article V,
(ii) the Parent contained in Article IV of the Guaranty and (iii) each Loan Party contained
in each other Loan Document or in any document furnished at any time under or in connection
herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Credit Extension,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier
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case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for
purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsection
(a) of Section 4.06 of the Guaranty shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements
furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 5.01 of the Guaranty.



     (b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or the
application of the proceeds thereof.



     (c) The Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the
requirements hereof.



     (d) If the applicable Borrower is a Designated Borrower, then the conditions of Section
2.12 to the designation of such Borrower as a Designated Borrower shall have been met to the
satisfaction of the Lender.



     (e) In the case of a Credit Extension to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, there
shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic
conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which in the reasonable opinion of the
Lender would make it impracticable for such Credit Extension to be denominated in the relevant
Alternative Currency.



     Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of
Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans) submitted by the
Company shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in
Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the
applicable Credit Extension.



ARTICLE V.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES




     Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender that:



     5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Borrower (a) is duly organized or formed,
validly existing and, as applicable, 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 or lease its assets and
carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as
applicable, 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.



     5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each
Borrower of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is party, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a)
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result
in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be
made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Borrower is a party or affecting such
Borrower or the properties of such Borrower 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, to the extent, in the case of clauses (b) and (c), any such conflict, breach,
contravention or violation, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     5.03 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 Borrower of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document to which any Borrower is a party.



     5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered
hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Borrower that is party thereto.
This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower, enforceable against each Borrower that is
party thereto in accordance with its terms.



     5.05 Litigation. No litigation, tax claim, dispute arbitration, administrative proceeding or
other similar proceeding is presently current or pending or, to a Relevant Company’s knowledge,
threatened that (a) purports to pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or (b) which might, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.



     5.06 No Default. No Borrower is in default under or with respect to any Contractual
Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.



     5.07 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Borrower is the legal and beneficial owner of its
assets and undertaking. The property of each Borrower is subject to no Liens, other than Liens
permitted by Section 7.01.



     5.08 Environmental Compliance. Other than those authorizations which a failure to obtain or
maintain is not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Borrower has obtained all
authorizations it is required to obtain under any Environmental Laws and such authorizations are in
full force and effect.



     5.09 ERISA Compliance. Other than with respect to clause (v) of subsection (d) below, except
for matters that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:



     (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under
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application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto
and, to the best knowledge of each Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the
loss of, such qualification. Each Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required
contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding
waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made
with respect to any Plan.




     (b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of each Borrower, threatened claims,
actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could
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 or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan
has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) no Borrower 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); (iv) no Borrower 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 Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) no
Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069
or 4212(c) of ERISA.



     5.10 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. No Borrower has any Subsidiaries other than those
specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.10, and all of the outstanding Equity
Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are
owned by a Loan Party in the amounts specified on Part (a) of Schedule 5.10 free and clear
of all Liens. No Borrower has any equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than
those specifically disclosed in Part (b) of Schedule 5.10. All of the outstanding Equity
Interests in each Borrower have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned
by Persons and in the amounts specified on Part (c) of Schedule 5.10 free and clear of all
Liens.



     5.11 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act.



     (a) No Borrower is engaged or will 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) No Borrower nor, no Person Controlling any Borrower, nor any Subsidiary (i) is a “holding
company,” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding
company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” within the meaning
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, or (ii) is or is required to be registered
as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.



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     5.12 Disclosure. All information provided to the Lender by or on behalf of any Borrower in
relation to it, its assets, business or affairs or the Loan Documents was correct and not
misleading (by omission or otherwise) as at the time it was provided.



     5.13 Compliance with Laws. Each Borrower is in compliance in all material respects 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 comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     5.14 Taxpayer Identification Number; Other Identifying Information. The true and correct U.S.
taxpayer identification number of each Borrower a party hereto on the Closing Date is set forth on
Schedule 10.02.



     5.15 No Filing or Stamp Taxes. Under the law of any relevant jurisdiction it is not necessary
that the Loan Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that
jurisdiction or that any stamp duty, registration or other similar Tax be paid on or in relation to
the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated by those Loan Documents.



     5.16 Taxation. To the best of each Borrower’s knowledge, information and belief, having made
due enquiries, it has complied with all material laws relating to Tax in all jurisdictions in which
it is subject to Tax and has paid all Taxes due and payable by it (other than those Taxes which it
is contesting in good faith and in respect of which it has made adequate reserves as long as
failure to pay those Taxes would not have, and is not reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse
Effect).



     5.17 Pari Passu. Each Borrower’s payment obligations under the Loan Documents rank at least
pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for
obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.



     5.18 Governing Law and Enforcement. Subject to any qualification in any legal opinion provided to the Lender pursuant to the
Loan Documents relating to it or the laws of its jurisdiction:



     (i) the choice of law referred to in this Agreement as the governing law of the Loan Documents
will be recognized and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and in the
jurisdiction referred to in that clause (if different); and



     (ii) any judgment obtained against it in that jurisdiction will be recognized and enforced in
its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization.



     5.19 Not a Trustee. No Borrower enters into any Loan Document as trustee of any trust or
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     5.20 Commercial Benefit. The entering into and performance by each Borrower of its
obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is expressed to be a party is for its commercial
benefit and is in its commercial interests.



     5.21 Full Disclosure. Each Borrower has disclosed in writing to the Lender all facts relating
to it and its Subsidiaries, the Loan Documents and all things in connection with them, which are
material to the assessment of the nature and amount of the risk undertaken by the Lender in
entering into the Loan Documents and doing anything in connection with them.



     5.22 Litigation. No litigation, tax claim, dispute arbitration, administrative proceeding or
other similar proceeding is presently current or pending or, to a Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’
knowledge, threatened, which might have a Material Adverse Effect.



     5.23 Representations True. Each of Borrower’s representations and warranties contained in the
Loan Documents is correct and not misleading when made or repeated.



     5.24 Latest Audited Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.



     (a) The Latest 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 Borrowers and their 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 Borrowers and their Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including
liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.



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



ARTICLE VI.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS




     So long as the Commitment shall be in effect, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall
remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, each Borrower
shall:



     6.01 Information. Deliver to the Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Lender, such
additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of each Borrower, or
compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Lender may from time to time reasonably
request.



     6.02 Notices. Promptly notify the Lender:



     (a) of the occurrence of any Default;



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     (b) of any breach of any Environmental Law or the issuing of any proceedings or notice or
requirements against or upon it or its assets in respect of, or which is likely to result in, any
environmental liability or breach of any Environmental Law in each case, which has had, or is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;



     (c) of the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation, arbitration,
administrative or other proceeding in respect of it or any of its assets being commenced or
threatened which is in excess of $25,000,000 or its equivalent;



     (d) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;



     (e) of any proposal of any Government Authority to compulsorily acquire the whole or a
substantial part of its assets; and



     (f) of the acquisition or formation by it of a Subsidiary.



     Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and
stating what action the Company has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each
notice pursuant to Section 6.02(a) shall describe with particularity any and all
provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.



     6.03 Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge its obligations and liabilities, including (a)
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 such Borrower; (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.



     6.04 Preservation of Existence, Etc. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and
effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization
except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.02 or 7.03; and (b) 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 failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     6.05 Maintenance of Properties; Conduct of Business; Insurance.



     (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) Conduct its business (including collecting debts owed to it) in a proper, orderly and
efficient manner;



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          (i) maintain industrial special risks insurance, public liability insurance, professional
indemnity liability insurance and directors and officers liability insurance with an independent
and reputable insurer and consistent with the insurances maintained by it as at the date of this
Agreement;




          (ii) otherwise insure, and keep insured, its property which is of an insurable nature in the
manner and to the extent which is in accordance with good business practice for property of such
nature; and




          (iii) promptly following a request by the Lender, provide the Lender with any certificates of
currency or other evidence of currency in respect of all insurances required to be maintained by it
under this Agreement.




     6.06 Compliance with Laws. Ensure that each Relevant Company will:



     (a) comply with all laws and legal requirements, including each judgment, award, decision,
finding or any other determination of a government agency, which applies to it or any of its
assets, where failure to do so will have or be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;



     (b) obtain, maintain and comply with:



          (i) all authorizations required in relation to the entry into, performance of obligations
under, and enforceability of, each Loan Document to which it is a party; and




          (ii) all authorizations that are material to the carrying on of the business of the Sims Group
(taken as a whole) where failure to do so has or is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,




          (iii) and ensure those authorizations are not cancelled, suspended, not renewed, varied or
found to be invalid; and




     (c) not do anything which would prevent the renewal of any authorization referred to in
subsection (b) above or cause it to be renewed on less favorable terms.



     6.07 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 such Borrower; and (b) maintain such
books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any
Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over such Borrower.



     6.08 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for non-hostile acquisitions
and for general corporate purposes not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.



     6.09 Most Favored Nations Status. Promptly, but in any event within fifteen (15) days after
the occurrence of each such event or matter, give written notice (“Borrower MFN Notice”) to
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material
Indebtedness and the material terms (other than pricing) thereof, and of any change, whether by
addition or modification in the material terms (other than pricing), conditions, covenants
(including financial covenants) or events of default of any material Indebtedness. If the Lender
determines in its sole discretion that the terms, covenants (including financial covenants) or
events of default of any material Indebtedness of any Loan Party existing on the date of this
Agreement or incurred thereafter are more restrictive with respect to any Loan Party than the
terms, conditions, covenants (including financial covenants) or events of default of this
Agreement, the Lender shall promptly, but in any event within fifteen (15) days after the Lender’s
receipt of the Borrower MFN Notice, give
written notice (“Lender MFN Notice”) to the Company specifying in reasonable detail
those terms, conditions, covenants (including financial covenants) or events of default of such
Indebtedness, if any, that the Lender will require to be incorporated in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. In the event that the Lender delivers a Lender MFN Notice, then within
thirty (30) days after the Company’s receipt thereof, the Company shall, and shall cause each Loan
Party to, execute and deliver to the Lender such documents, instruments, consents and agreements in
form and content satisfactory to the Lender, as may be required by the Lender in its sole
discretion, in order to incorporate into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents the terms,
conditions, covenants (including financial covenants) and events of default specified in the Lender
MFN Notice, together with such supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel
and other documents or information, in form, content and scope satisfactory to the Lender, as may
be required by the Lender in its sole discretion.



ARTICLE VII.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS




     So long as the Commitment shall be in effect, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall
remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Company shall
not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:



     7.01 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 Liens permitted under
Section 6.01 of the Guaranty.



     7.02 Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another
Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, any Borrower may merge
with any one or more other Borrowers.



     7.03 Dispositions. Make any Disposition or agree or attempt to do so (whether in one or more
related or unrelated transactions) except Dispositions permitted under Section 6.03 of the
Guaranty.



     7.04 Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially
different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrowers on the date hereof or any
business substantially related or incidental thereto.



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          (a) Provide any Finance Debt, or give any Guarantee in respect of any Finance Debt, to or for
the benefit of any Person, other than Permitted Finance Debt or with the prior written consent of
the Lender.




          (b) Permit Finance Debt to remain owing to it by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which
is not a Loan Party.




          (c) Satisfy any Finance Debt owed to a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is not a Loan
Party, except any Finance Debt which, in aggregate with all other Finance Debt owed by a Loan Party
to a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is not a Loan Party that is satisfied in the twelve
(12) month period prior to the date on which the Finance Debt is to be satisfied, does not exceed
AU$10,000,000.




     7.06 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.



     7.07 Negative Pledge.



          (a) Deposit money with a Person in circumstances where the money is not repayable unless the
Borrower performs obligations (including to pay money) to that Person, except in respect of
deposits which in aggregate do not exceed AU$35,000,000 at any time.




          (b) Enter into any arrangement which, if complied with, would prevent any Loan Party from
complying with its obligations under the Loan Documents.




     7.08 Swap Contracts. Enter into a Swap Contract except:



          (a) for the purposes of hedging that Borrower’s actual or projected interest rate, foreign
exchange or other exposures arising in the ordinary course of its ordinary business and not for
speculative purposes; or




          (b) with the Lender’s prior written consent.




ARTICLE VIII.

CROSS-GUARANTY




     8.01 Cross-Guaranty. Each Borrower hereby agrees that such Borrower is jointly and severally
liable for, and subject to the provisions of Section 8.02, each Borrower hereby
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a
surety, the full and punctual
payment or performance when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment,
declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, all of the Obligations
owed or hereafter owing to the Lender by each other Borrower. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, each Borrower’s liability hereunder shall extend to all amounts that constitute part
of the Obligations and would be owed by another Borrower to the



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Lender under the Loan Documents but
for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United
States of America (Title 11, United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”) or the operation
of Sections 502(b) and 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.



     8.02 Limitation of Liability. Anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary
notwithstanding, if any Fraudulent Transfer Law (as hereinafter defined) is determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be applicable to the guaranty obligations of any Borrower hereunder,
such obligation shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that
would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable provisions of comparable
state law (collectively, the “Fraudulent Transfer Laws”), in each case after giving effect
to all other liabilities of such Borrower, contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under the
Fraudulent Transfer Laws (specifically excluding, however, any liabilities of such Borrower in
respect of intercompany indebtedness to the other Borrowers or other Affiliates of the other
Borrowers to the extent that such indebtedness would be discharged in an amount equal to the amount
paid by such Borrower hereunder) and after giving effect as assets to the value (as determined
under the applicable provisions of the Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation,
reimbursement, indemnification or contribution of such Borrower pursuant to applicable Law or
pursuant to the terms of any agreement.



     8.03 Liability of Borrowers Absolute. Each Borrower agrees that its guaranty obligation
hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than
payment in full of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing and
without limiting the generality thereof, each Borrower agrees as follows:



     (a) Its guaranty obligation hereunder constitutes a guaranty of payment and performance when
due and not of collection.



     (b) The Lender may enforce its guaranty obligation hereunder upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default under the Loan Documents notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between or among
any other Borrower and the Lender with respect to the existence of such Event of Default.



     (c) The guaranty obligations of each Borrower hereunder are independent of the obligations of
the Borrowers hereunder or under the Loan Documents and the obligations of any other guarantor of
the Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and
prosecuted against each Borrower to enforce its guaranty obligations hereunder, irrespective
of whether any action is brought against any other Borrower or any other Loan Party or whether any
other Borrower or any other Loan Party is joined in any such action or actions.



     (d) Payment by the Borrowers of a portion, but not all, of the Obligations shall in no way
limit, affect, modify or abridge any Borrower’s liability for any portion of the Obligations which
has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Lender is awarded a
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the
Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release any Borrower from its covenant to pay the
portion of the Obligations that is not the subject of such suit.



     (e) The Lender upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without
affecting the validity or enforceability of the guaranty obligations of each Borrower hereunder or
giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of the guaranty
obligations any Borrower hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase
the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the
Obligations, (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of
performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Obligations or any agreement relating
thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations, (iii)
request and accept other guaranties of the Obligations, (iv) release, surrender, exchange,
substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without
consideration, any other guaranties of the Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person
(including any other Borrower) with respect to the Obligations and (v) exercise any other rights
available to them under the Loan Documents.



     (f) The guaranty obligations of each Borrower hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and
shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any
reason (other than payment in full of the Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the
following, whether or not such Borrower shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any
failure or omission to assert or enforce an agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the
stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or
enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising at law, in
equity or otherwise) with respect to the Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with
respect to any other guaranty of the payment of the Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver,
amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions
(including provisions relating to events of default) of the Loan Documents or any agreement or
instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty for the Obligations, in each case
whether or not in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or any agreement relating to such
other guaranty; (iii) the Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found
to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received
from any source to the payment of indebtedness of the Borrowers other than the Obligations, even
though the Lender might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Obligations;
(v) the Lender’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or
existence of any Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of
the Obligations; (vi) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which the Borrower may allege or
assert against the Lender in respect
of the Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute
of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (vii) any other act or
thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to
any extent vary the risk of any Borrower as an obligor in respect of the Obligations.



     8.04 Waivers by Borrowers. Each Borrower hereby waives, for the benefit of the Lender:



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     (a) any right to require the Lender, as a condition of payment or performance by any Borrower,
to (i) proceed against the Borrowers, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
other Person, (ii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit
on the books of the Lender in favor of any Borrower or any other Person, or (iii) pursue any other
remedy in the power of the Lender whatsoever;



     (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or
other defense of any Borrower including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity
or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by
reason of the cessation of the liability of any Borrower from any cause other than payment in full
of the Obligations;



     (c) any defense based upon any Law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be
neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal;



     (d) any defense based upon the Lender’s errors or omissions in the administration of the
Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith;



     (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in
conflict with the terms of this Article VIII and any legal or equitable discharge of any
Borrower’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting any
Borrower’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, and (iii) any rights to set-offs,
recoupments and counterclaims;



     (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and
notices of any action or inaction, notices of default under the Loan Documents or any agreement or
instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Obligations or
any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to any Borrower and notices of
any of the matters referred to in Section 8.03 above and any right to consent to any
thereof; and



     (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the
liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this
Article VIII.



     8.05 Borrower’s Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc. Until all of the Obligations shall have been finally and indefeasibly paid and performed in
full, the Commitment has been terminated, all Letters of Credit issued or deemed issued pursuant to
this Agreement have been surrendered, each Borrower waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or
indirect, that such Borrower now has or may hereafter have against any other Borrower or any of
their assets in connection with this Article VIII or the performance by such Borrower of
its guaranty obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in
equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including (a) any right of
subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Borrower now has or may hereafter have
against any other Borrower, and (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or
remedy that the Lender now has or may hereafter have against any other Borrower. In addition,
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the Obligations shall have been finally and indefeasibly paid and performed in full,
the Commitment has been terminated, all Letters of Credit issued or deemed issued pursuant to this
Agreement have been surrendered, each Borrower shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution
such Borrower may have against any other guarantor of the Obligations. Each Borrower further
agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of
subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation,
reimbursement or indemnification such Borrower may have against any other Borrower, and any rights
of contribution such Borrower may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and
subordinate to any rights the Lender may have against each Borrower, and to any right the Lender
may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to a Borrower on account of any
such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time when the
Obligations shall not have been finally and indefeasibly paid and performed in full, the Commitment
shall not have been terminated, all Letters of Credit issued or deemed issued pursuant to this
Agreement shall not have been surrendered shall not have been terminated, such amount shall be held
in trust for the Lender and shall forthwith be paid over to the Lender to be applied against the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.



     8.06 Continuing Guaranty; Reinstatement of Guaranty.



     (a) The guaranty obligations of each Borrower hereunder shall be continuing and shall remain
in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been finally and indefeasibly paid and performed
in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations), the Commitment has been terminated,
all Letters of Credit issued or deemed issued pursuant to this Agreement have expired or been
terminated. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke its guaranty obligations
hereunder as to future transactions giving rise to any Obligations.



     (b) In the event that all or any portion of the Obligations are paid by any Borrower or by any
other guarantor, the obligations of each Borrower hereunder shall continue and remain in full force
and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such
payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from the Lender as a preference,
fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall
constitute Obligations for all purposes under this Article VIII.



     8.07 Indemnity and Contribution. Each Borrower (for purposes of this Section 8.07, a “Contributing Party”)
agrees (subject to the provisions of Section 8.05) that, in the event a payment shall be
made by any other Borrower under this Article VIII of all or any of the Obligations (other
than Credit Extensions for which that Borrower is primarily liable) (for purposes of this
Section 8.07, a, the “Claiming Party”), the Contributing Party shall indemnify the
Claiming Party in an amount equal to the amount of such payment multiplied by a fraction of which
the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Party on the date of this Agreement (or,
in the case of any Designated Borrower becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.12
hereof, the effective date specified in the Designated Borrower Notice given by the Lender in
respect of such Designated Borrower) and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all
the Borrowers on the date of this Agreement (or, in the case of any Designated



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Borrower becoming a
party hereto pursuant to Section 2.12 hereof, the effective date specified in the
Designated Borrower Notice given by the Lender in respect of such Designated Borrower).



     8.08 Liability Cumulative. The debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of
Borrowers under this Article VIII is in addition to and shall be cumulative with all debts,
liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of each Borrower to Lender under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party or in respect of any Obligations or
obligation of the other Borrowers, without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or
agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to the contrary.



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. Any Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as
required to be paid herein, and in the currency required hereunder, any amount of principal of any
Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within three days after the same becomes due, any interest on
any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any commitment or other fee due hereunder, or (iii) within
five days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document; or



     (b) Specific Covenants. The Company fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or
agreement contained in any of Section 6.01, 6.04, or 6.08 or
Article VII, or the Parent fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
contained in any of Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.05 or 5.10
or Article VI of the Guaranty; 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 30 days; or



     (d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or
statement of fact made or deemed made (i) by the Borrowers contained in Article V, (ii) by
the Parent contained in Article IV of the Guaranty and (iii) or on behalf of any Loan Party
contained in each 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) Material Credit Agreements. A default or event of default (howsoever defined) has
occurred and is continuing under any Material Credit Agreement, the effect of which default or
other event is to cause, or to permit the counterparty or counterparties under such Material Credit
Agreements to cause, with the giving of notice if required, the Indebtedness evidenced thereby or
credit extended thereunder to be demanded or to become due prior to its stated maturity;



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     (f) Cross-Default. Any Finance Debt of a Relevant Company in an amount of at least
AU$5,000,000 or its equivalent or of the Relevant Companies totaling (in aggregate for all such
Relevant Companies) at least AU$25,000,000 or its equivalent:



          (i) becomes due and payable before the scheduled date for payment (except as a result of an
exercise of a prepayment right in the absence of default); or




          (ii) is not paid when due (after taking into account any applicable grace period); or




     (g) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control and 90 calendar days have
elapsed following such Change of Control; or



     (h) Material Adverse Effect. There occurs any event which has a Material Adverse
Effect; or



     (i) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Relevant Company 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 60 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 60 calendar days, or
an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or



     (j) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Relevant Company becomes unable or
admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) a
distress, attachment, execution or other process of a Governmental Authority is issued against,
levied or entered upon (A) an asset of a Relevant Company with a value or in an amount of at least
AU$10,000,000 or its equivalent or (B) an asset or assets of the Relevant Companies
totaling (in aggregate for all such Relevant Companies) at least AU$25,000,000 or its
equivalent, and is not set aside or satisfied within 10 Business Days after its issue or levy; or



     (k) Judgments.



          (i) There is entered against the Relevant Companies





          (A) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money totaling (in
aggregate for all such Relevant Companies) at least AU$25,000,000 or its equivalent (to the
extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not
dispute coverage), or




          (B) any one or more non-monetary final judgments,



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have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or



          (ii) a distress, attachment, execution or other process of a government agency is issued
against, levied or entered upon:





          (A) an asset of a Relevant Company with a value or in an amount of at least
AU$10,000,000 or its equivalent; or




          (B) an asset or assets of Relevant Companies totaling (in aggregate for all such
Relevant Companies) at least AU$25,000,000 or its equivalent,



     and, in either case, is not set aside or satisfied within 10 Business Days; or



     (l) 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 any Borrower
under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount
in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) any 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 the Threshold Amount; or



     (m) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any provision of this Agreement, the Guaranty or
any other Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than
as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder 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 provision 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 provision of any Loan Document; or



     (n) Cancellation of Commitment. An obligation upon any Person to provide Finance Debt
to (i) a Relevant Company totaling at least AU$5,000,000 (or its equivalent) or (ii) the
Relevant Companies totaling (in aggregate) at least AU$25,000,000 (or its equivalent), is
terminated except as a result of voluntary termination in the absence of default; or



     (o) Encumbrance. Any encumbrance is enforced against an asset or assets of a Relevant
Company with value or in an amount exceeding AU$10,000,000 or its equivalent; or



     (p) Suspends Payments. A Relevant Company suspends payment of its debts generally; or



     (q) Unenforceability. (i) All or a material part of a Loan Document is illegal, void,
voidable or unenforceable, or (ii) a Relevant Company becomes entitled to terminate any material
provision of any Loan Document (other than following the occurrence of a termination event or event
of default under a Swap Contract with the Lender in respect of which the Lender is an “Affected
Party” or the “Defaulting Party” (as applicable) as defined in that Swap Contract), or (iii) the
execution, delivery or performance of a Loan Document by a Loan Party or



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the exercise by the Lender
of all or any of its rights under a Loan Document breaches or results in a contravention of any
law; or



     (r) Environmental. There is any claim or requirement of expenditure or alteration of
activity or cessation of activity under any Environmental Law or law relating to health or there is
any breach of any authorization, in each case which in the opinion of the Lender is likely to have
a Material Adverse Effect or any circumstance arises which may give rise to such an action, claim,
requirement or breach; or



     (s) Governmental interference. A law or anything done by a Governmental Authority is
likely to in the opinion of the Lender have a Material Adverse Effect; or



     (t) Seizure. All or any material part of the assets of the Sims Group are seized or
otherwise appropriated by, or custody thereof is assumed by any Governmental Authority, or the Sims
Group is otherwise prevented from exercising normal day-to-day control over all or a material part
of its assets or loses any of the rights or privileges necessary to maintain its existence or to
carry on its business and Sims does not demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lender
within fifteen (15) Business Days of such seizure, appropriation, assumption of custody or
execution that no Material Adverse Effect has resulted, or is reasonably likely to result,
therefrom; or



     (u) Investigation. A Person is appointed under the Corporations Act or any other
applicable legislation to investigate any part of the affairs of a Loan Party and the relevant Loan
Party does not demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lender within 15 Business Days of
such appointment that no Material Adverse Effect has resulted from, or is reasonably likely to
result from, the investigation or as a consequence thereof; or



     (v) Deregistration. . A step is taken under section 601AA, 601AB or 601AC of the
Corporations Act or analogous provisions in a relevant jurisdiction to cancel the registration of a
Loan Party; or



     (w) ASX delisting/Suspension. Except with the written consent of the Lender, any
securities of the Parent are:



          (i) not listed on at least one of:





          (A) the official list of the Australian Securities Exchange operated by ASX Limited; or




          (B) the official list of the New York Stock Exchange; or



          (ii) suspended from quotation or trading on any official list referred to in clause (i) for 5
consecutive trading days (except where such suspension is requested by the Parent for the purpose
of an acquisition or a fundraising and such securities remain suspended on that basis only and not
on any other basis); or




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          (A) the Australian Securities Exchange operated by ASX Limited;




          (B) the New York Stock Exchange; or




          (C) another stock exchange,



          because the operator of the relevant stock exchange decides that the Parent or its securities
no longer meet the requirements for continued listing (except where Sims has requested such removal
and that is the sole basis for the removal); or




     (x) Ceasing Business. A Loan Party stops payment, significantly changes the general
character of its business or threatens to do any of those things, or a Relevant Company ceases to
carry on business, except to reconstruct or amalgamate while solvent, and which event may have a
Material Adverse Effect.



     9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.



     (a) Remedies Generally. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Lender
may take any or all of the following actions:



          (i) declare the Commitment to be terminated, whereupon the Commitment shall be terminated;




          (ii) 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 each Borrower;




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




          (iv) exercise all rights and remedies available to it under the Loan Documents or applicable
Laws;



provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an
order for relief with respect to any Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the
Commitment 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 Company to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall
automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Lender.




     (b) Borrower Agreement. Subject to subsection (c) below, Borrowers shall, upon demand
therefor as provided in subsection (a) above, immediately:



          (i) repay 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;
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          (ii) Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount
thereof).




     (c) Standstill Period. A demand made by the Lender for the repayment of Loans under
subsection (a)(ii) or for the Cash Collateralization of the L/C Obligations under subsection
(a)(iii) shall not be binding on any Borrower if:



          (i) it is given because of the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section
5.10 of the Guaranty or Sections 9.01(c), 9.01(d), 9.01(f),
9.01(n), 9.01(q) or 9.01(x) of this Agreement; and




          (ii) within 2 Business Days of the notice the Company is able to demonstrate to the Lender’s
absolute satisfaction (in the Lender’s sole and absolute discretion) that:





          (A) the Event of Default did not occur or does not exist; or




          (B) where the notice relates to an Event of Default specified in Section
9.01(x), the occurrence or existence of such Event of Default does not and will not have
a Material Adverse Effect.



     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(a)), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by
the Lender in such order as it elects in its sole discretion.



     9.04 Review Event. If any securities of the Parent are added to the official list of any stock exchange (other
than the official list of the Australian Securities Exchange operated by ASX Limited and the
official list of the New York Stock Exchange), then the Lender may, for a period of not less than
60 days after the date the Lender is notified of that event (the “Listing Review Period”),
review the terms of any Finance Debt provided under any Loan Document. Following the Listing
Review Period the Lender may require repayment on demand of all or part of the Finance Debt
provided to any Loan Party and terminate all its facilities, if the Lender, acting reasonably,
believes that the Parent’s presence on the official list of such a stock exchange, will have, or is
reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.



ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS




     10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Company or any other Loan Party therefrom,
shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Lender and the Company or the applicable Loan
Party, as the case may be, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given.



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     (a) Notices Generally. 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 address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or
telephone number specified for notices to the applicable Person on Schedule 10.02. 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 Lender
hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e mail and Internet
or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Lender; provided that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices to the Lender pursuant to Article II if the Lender has
notified the Company that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic
communication. The Lender or the Company 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 Lender 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 communication is available and identifying the
website address therefor.



     (c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrowers and the Lender may change its
address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to
the other parties hereto.



     (d) Reliance by Lender. The Lender shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices
(including telephonic Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of any 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 Company shall indemnify the Lender and
its Related Parties from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by
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any Borrower. All telephonic
notices to and other telephonic communications with the Lender may be recorded by the Lender, and
each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.



     10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by the Lender to exercise, and no delay by
the Lender 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
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.



     10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.



     (a) Costs and Expenses. The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable out of pocket
expenses incurred by the Lender and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel for the Lender), in connection with the preparation, negotiation,
execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any
amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out of
pocket expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out of pocket
expenses incurred by the Lender (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any
counsel for the Lender), and shall pay all fees and time charges for
attorneys who may be employees of the Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection
of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its
rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued
hereunder, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.



     (b) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Lender and its
Related Parties (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each
Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses
(including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall
indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for
attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against
any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the
parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the administration of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds
therefrom (including any refusal by the Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of
Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the
terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv)
any actual or threatened claim, litigation,



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investigation or proceeding relating to any of the
foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or
by the Company or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party
thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the
comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) 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 or (y) result from a claim brought by the Company or any other Loan Party
against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under
any other Loan Document, if the Company or such other Loan Party has obtained a final and
nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction.



     (c) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, no Borrower shall assert, and 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 (b) 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.



     (d) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten
Business Days after demand therefor.



     (e) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the
Commitment and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.



     10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower is
made to the Lender, or the Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds
of such setoff 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
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 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 setoff had not occurred.



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     (a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
the Lender and the Lender may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder 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 (c) of
this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the
restrictions of subsection (c) 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 Related Parties of the Lender) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.



     (b) Assignments by Lender. The Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible
Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of the Commitment, the Loans and L/C Obligations at the time owing to it) pursuant to
documentation acceptable to the Lender and the assignee, it being understood and agreed that with
respect to any Letters of Credit outstanding at the time of any such assignment, the Lender may
sell to the assignee a ratable participation in such Letters of Credit. From and after the
effective date specified in such documentation, such Eligible Assignee shall be a party
to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by the Lender, have the rights
and obligations of the Lender under this Agreement, and the Lender shall, to the extent of the
interest so assigned, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an
assignment of all of the Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, shall cease to be a
party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01,
3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances
occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment, and shall continue to have all of the
rights provided hereunder to the Lender in its capacity as issuer of any Letters of Credit
outstanding at the time of such assignment). Upon request, the Borrowers (at their expense) shall
execute and deliver new or replacement Notes to the Lender and the assignee, and shall execute and
deliver any other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to give effect to such assignment
and to provide for the administration of this Agreement after giving effect thereto.



     (c) Participations. The Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
any Borrower, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Company or any
of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of
the Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and/or the outstanding Letters of Credit and/or the Loans and/or the reimbursement
obligations in respect of Letters of Credit); provided that (i) the Lender’s obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the Lender shall remain solely responsible to the
Borrower for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower shall continue to deal
solely and directly with the Lender in connection with the Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which the Lender sells such a
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and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that the Lender will not, without
the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification that would (i)
postpone any date upon which any payment of money is scheduled to be made to such Participant, (ii)
reduce the principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable to such Participant (provided,
however, that the Lender may, without the consent of the Participant, (A) 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 Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation or to
reduce any fee payable hereunder and (B) waive the right to be paid interest at the Default Rate),
or (iii) release the Parent from the Guaranty. Subject to subsection (d) of this Section, the
Company 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 the 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 10.08 as though it were
the Lender.



     (d) Limitations Upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01 or 3.04 than the 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 Company’s prior written consent. A
Participant that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Company is notified
of the
participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Company, to provide to the Lender such tax forms prescribed by the IRS as are necessary or
desirable to establish an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. withholding tax.



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



     10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. The Lender agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a)
to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents, advisors and representatives (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 hereto, (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of
rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the
same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective
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Agreement or (ii) any
actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating
to a Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Company or (h) to the extent such
Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or
(y) becomes available to the Lender or any of its Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a
source other than the Company.



     For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Company or
any Subsidiary relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses,
other than any such information that is available to the Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to
disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of information
received from the Company or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly
identified 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 Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information.



     10.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in
whatever currency) at any time owing by the Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or
the account of any Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of such
Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to the Lender, irrespective of whether or not the Lender shall have made any demand under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of such Borrower or such
Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of the Lender different
from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of
the Lender and its Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of setoff) that the Lender or its Affiliates may have. The Lender agrees
to notify the Company promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.



     10.09 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 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 Company. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the
Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, the Lender 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.



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     10.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in
Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Lender and when the Lender shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear
the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.



     10.11 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 Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Lender
or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the 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.



     10.12 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.



     10.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.



     (a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.



     (b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT
OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL
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SUCH NEW YORK
STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY
RIGHT THAT THE LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY
JURISDICTION.



     (c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY
COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO
THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.



     (d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT
THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.



     10.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY
OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE
OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.



     10.15 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. The Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined)
and the Lender hereby notifies the Borrowers 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
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information
includes the name and address of each Borrower and other information that will allow the Lender to
identify such Borrower in accordance with the Act.



     10.16 Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.



     10.17 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is
necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another
currency, the rate of
exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Lender
could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on
which final judgment is given. The obligation of each Borrower in respect of any such sum due from
it to Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a
currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be
discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Lender of any sum
adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Lender may in accordance with normal banking
procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the
Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Lender from any Borrower
in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any
such judgment, to indemnify the Lender against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency
so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Lender in such currency, the Lender
agrees to return the amount of any excess to such Borrower (or to any other Person who may be
entitled thereto under applicable law).



     10.18 Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement shall become effective on the Closing Date
and shall supersede all provisions of the Prior Credit Agreement as of such date. From and after
the Closing Date all references made to the Prior Credit Agreement in any Loan Document or in any
other instrument or document shall, without more, be deemed to refer to this Agreement.



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



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SIMS GROUP USA HOLDINGS CORPORATION, formerly known
as Sims Hugo Neu Corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	SIMS GROUP GLOBAL TRADE CORPORATION, successor by
merger to Sims Hugo Neu Global Trade LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	HNE RECYCLING LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	HNW RECYCLING LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 



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	 	SIMSMETAL EAST LLC, successor to Sims Hugo Neu East
(General Partnership)

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	SIMSMETAL WEST LLC, successor to Sims Hugo Neu West
(General Partnership)

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	SIMS GROUP USA CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	MM METAL DYNAMICS HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 


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	 	METAL MANAGEMENT MIDWEST, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT OHIO, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	SMM — NORTH AMERICA TRADE CORPORATION, formerly
known as Metal Management S&A Holdings, Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT WEST COAST HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT PROLER SOUTHWEST, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 


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	 	PROLER SOUTHWEST GP, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NAPORANO IRON & METAL, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT NORTHEAST, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT NEW HAVEN, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	CIM TRUCKING, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 


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	 	METAL MANAGEMENT ALABAMA, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT ARIZONA, L.L.C.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT CONNECTICUT, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT INDIANA, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT MEMPHIS, L.L.C.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 


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	 	METAL MANAGEMENT MISSISSIPPI, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT PITTSBURGH, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL MANAGEMENT WEST, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	NEW YORK RECYCLING VENTURES, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	PROLER SOUTHWEST LP

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 


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	 	RESERVE IRON & METAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL DYNAMICS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL DYNAMICS DETROIT LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	METAL DYNAMICS INDIANAPOLIS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 


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SCHEDULE 1.01




MANDATORY COST FORMULAE





	1.	 	The Mandatory Cost (to the extent applicable) is an addition to the interest rate to
compensate the Lender for the cost of compliance with:






	 	(a)	 	the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority
(or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions);
or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the requirements of the European Central Bank.






	2.	 	On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Lender shall
calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Additional Cost Rate”) in accordance
with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Lender as a
weighted average of the Lender’s Additional Cost Rates and will be expressed as a percentage
rate per annum. The Lender will, at the request of the Company, deliver to the Company a
statement setting forth the calculation of any Mandatory Cost.
	 
	3.	 	The Additional Cost Rate for the Lender lending from a Lending Office in a Participating
Member State will be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of
the Lender’s participation in all Loans made from such Lending Office) of complying with the
minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of Loans made from that
Lending Office.
	 
	4.	 	The Additional Cost Rate for the Lender lending from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom
will be calculated by the Lender as follows:






	 	(a)	 	in relation to any Loan in Sterling:





	 	 	 

	AB+C(B-D)+E x [*]

	 	per cent per annum
	100 - (A+C)
	 







	 	(b)	 	in relation to any Loan in any currency other than Sterling:





	 	 	 

	E x [*]

	 	per cent per annum
	300
	 






Where:





	 	“A” 	 	 is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of
any stated minimum) which that the Lender is from time to time required to maintain as
an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio
requirements.
	 
	 	“B”  	 	is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Applicable Margin, the
Mandatory Cost and any interest charged on overdue amounts pursuant to the first
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	 	 	 	of Section 2.07(b) and, in the case of interest (other than on overdue
amounts) charged at the Default Rate, without counting any increase in interest rate
effected by the charging of the Default Rate) payable for the relevant Interest
Period of such Loan.
	 
	 	“C”  	 	is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that the Lender is
required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the
Bank of England.
	 
	 	“D”  	 	is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the Lender
on interest bearing Special Deposits.
	 
	 	“E”  	 	is designed to compensate the Lender for amounts payable under the Fees Rules
and is calculated by the Lender as being the average of the most recent rates of charge
supplied by the Lenders pursuant to paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per
£1,000,000.






	5.	 	For the purposes of this Schedule:






	 	(a)	 	“Eligible Liabilities” and “Special Deposits” have the meanings given to them
from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be
appropriate) by the Bank of England;
	 
	 	(b)	 	“Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contain in the FSA Supervision
Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect
of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits;
	 
	 	(c)	 	“Fee Tariffs” means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the
activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee
required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount
rate); and
	 
	 	(d)	 	“Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in
accordance with, the Fees Rules.






	6.	 	In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae as
percentages (i.e. 5% will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result
obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures shall be
rounded to four decimal places.
	 
	7.	 	If requested by the Company, the Lender shall, as soon as practicable after publication by
the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Company, the rate of charge payable by the
Lender to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the
relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by
the Lender as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to the Lender for that financial
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	8.	 	The Lender shall supply any information required for the purpose of calculating its
Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, the Lender shall supply the
following information in writing:






	 	(a)	 	the jurisdiction of the Lending Office out of which it is making available its
participation in the relevant Loan; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	any other information reasonably required for such purpose.






	9.	 	The percentages of the Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates of charge of the
Lender for the purpose of E above shall be determined based upon the information supplied
pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, the Lender’s obligations in
relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank
from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Lending Office in the same jurisdiction as its
Lending Office.
	 
	10.	 	Any determination by the Lender pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the
Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to the Lender shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
	 
	11.	 	The Lender may from time to time, after consultation with the Company, determine and notify
to all parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to
comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the
Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any
case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such
determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all
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SCHEDULE 5.12




SUBSIDIARIES, OTHER EQUITY INVESTMENTS

AND EQUITY INTERESTS IN THE BORROWERS





	Part (a).  	 	Subsidiaries.





	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Borrower	 	Subsidiary	 	Ownership of Subsidiaries
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1.

	 	Sims Group USA Holdings

Corporation
	 	SHN Co., LLC
	 	Sims Group USA Holdings

Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	HNE Recycling LLC
	 	Sims Group USA Holdings

Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Sims Group USA Corporation
	 	Sims Group USA Holdings

Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	HNW Recycling LLC
	 	SHN Co., LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Sims Group Global Trade Corporation
	 	HNE Recycling LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Simsmetal West LLC
	 	HNW Recycling LLC (50%),

HNE Recycling LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Simsmetal East LLC
	 	HNW Recycling LLC (50%),

HNE Recycling LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Dover Barge Company
	 	HNW Recycling LLC (50%),

HNE Recycling LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	North Carolina Resource Conservation LLC
	 	HNW Recycling LLC (50%),

HNE Recycling LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Schiabo Larovo Corporation
	 	Simsmetal East LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2.

	 	Sims Group Global Trade

Corporation
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3.

	 	HNE Recycling LLC
	 	Sims Group Global Trade

Corporation
	 	HNE Recycling LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.

	 	HNW Recycling LLC
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5.

	 	Simsmetal East LLC
	 	Schiabo Larovo Corporation
	 	Simsmetal East LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6.

	 	Simsmetal West LLC
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7.

	 	Sims Group USA Corporation
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8.

	 	Metal Management, Inc.
	 	MM Metal Dynamics Holdings,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Midwest, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Ohio, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)





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	 	 	Borrower	 	Subsidiary	 	Ownership of Subsidiaries
	 
	 

	 	 	 	SMM — North America Trade
Corporation
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management West Coast
Holdings, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Proler
Southwest, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Proler Southwest GP, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Naporano Iron & Metal, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Northeast,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management New Haven,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	CIM Trucking, Inc.
	 	Metal Management Midwest,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Aerospace,
Inc.
	 	SMM — North America Trade
Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Alabama, Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Arizona,
L.L.C.
	 	Metal Management West Coast
Holdings, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Connecticut,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management Northeast,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Indiana, Inc.
	 	Metal Management Midwest,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Memphis,
L.L.C.
	 	Metal Management Midwest,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Mississippi,
Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Pittsburgh,
Inc.
	 	SMM — North America Trade
Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management West, Inc.
	 	Metal Management West Coast
Holdings, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	New York Recycling Ventures,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management Northeast,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Proler Southwest LP
	 	Metal Management Proler
Southwest, Inc. (99%) (LP)


Proler Southwest GP, Inc.
(1%) (GP)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Reserve Iron & Metal Limited Partnership
 	 	Metal Management, Inc. (75%)
(LP)


Metal Management Ohio, Inc.
(25%) (GP)





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	 	 	Borrower	 	Subsidiary	 	Ownership of Subsidiaries
	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Dynamics LLC
	 	MM Metal Dynamics Holdings,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Dynamics Detroit LLC
	 	Metal Dynamics LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Dynamics Indianapolis

LLC
	 	Metal Dynamics LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9.

	 	MM Metal Dynamics Holdings,
Inc.
	 	Metal Dynamics LLC
	 	MM Metal Dynamics Holdings,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Dynamics Detroit LLC
	 	Metal Dynamics LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Dynamics Indianapolis

LLC
	 	Metal Dynamics LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10.

	 	Metal Management Midwest, Inc.
	 	CIM Trucking, Inc.
	 	Metal Management Midwest,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Indiana, Inc.
	 	Metal Management Midwest,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Memphis,
L.L.C.
	 	Metal Management Midwest,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	11.

	 	Metal Management Ohio, Inc.
	 	Reserve Iron & Metal Limited

Partnership
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (75%)
(LP)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Metal Management Ohio, Inc.
(25%) (GP)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	12.

	 	SMM — North America Trade
Corporation
	 	Metal Management Aerospace,
Inc.
	 	SMM — North America Trade
Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Pittsburgh,
Inc.
	 	SMM — North America Trade
Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	13.

	 	Metal Management West Coast
Holdings, Inc.
	 	Metal Management Arizona,
L.L.C.
	 	Metal Management West Coast
Holdings, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management West, Inc.
	 	Metal Management West Coast
Holdings, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	14.

	 	Metal Management Proler
Southwest, Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP
	 	Metal Management Proler
Southwest, Inc. (99%) (LP)

Proler Southwest GP, Inc.
(1%) (GP)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Mississippi,
Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Alabama, Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	15.

	 	Proler Southwest GP, Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP
	 	Metal Management Proler
Southwest, Inc. (99%) (LP)

Proler Southwest GP, Inc.
(1%) (GP)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Alabama, Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Mississippi,
Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)




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	 	 	Borrower	 	Subsidiary	 	Ownership of Subsidiaries
	 
	16.

	 	Naporano Iron & Metal, Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	17.

	 	Metal Management Northeast,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management Connecticut,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management Northeast,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	New York Recycling Ventures,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management Northeast,
Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	18.

	 	Metal Management New Haven,
Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	19.

	 	CIM Trucking, Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	20.

	 	Metal Management Alabama, Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	21.

	 	Metal Management Arizona,
L.L.C.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	22.

	 	Metal Management Connecticut,
Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	23.

	 	Metal Management Indiana, Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	24.

	 	Metal Management Memphis,
L.L.C.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	25.

	 	Metal Management Mississippi,
Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	26.

	 	Metal Management Pittsburgh,
Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	27.

	 	Metal Management West, Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	28.

	 	New York Recycling Ventures,
Inc.
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	29.

	 	Proler Southwest LP
	 	Metal Management Alabama, Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Metal Management Mississippi,
Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	30.

	 	Reserve Iron & Metal Limited

Partnership
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	31.

	 	Metal Dynamics LLC
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	32.

	 	Metal Dynamics Detroit LLC
	 	None
	 	N/A
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	33.

	 	Metal Dynamics Indianapolis

LLC
	 	None
	 	N/A







	Part (b).  	 	Other Equity Investments.





	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Borrower	 	Other Entities (% owned by Borrower)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1.

	 	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation
	 	None




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	 	 	Borrower	 	Other Entities (% owned by Borrower)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.

	 	Sims Group Global Trade Corporation
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.

	 	HNE Recycling LLC
	 	Dover Barge Company (50%)

Simsmetal East LLC (50%)

North Carolina Resource Conservation LLC (50%)

Simsmetal West LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.

	 	HNW Recycling LLC
	 	Dover Barge Company (50%)

Simsmetal East LLC (50%)

North Carolina Resource Conservation LLC (50%)

Simsmetal West LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.

	 	Simsmetal East LLC
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6.

	 	Simsmetal West LLC
	 	SA Recycling LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7.

	 	Sims Group USA Corporation
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8.

	 	Metal Management, Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9.

	 	MM Metal Dynamics Holdings,
Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10.

	 	Metal Management Midwest, Inc.
	 	Rondout Iron & Metal Company, LLC (50%)

Metal Management Nashville, LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	11.

	 	Metal Management Ohio, Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12.

	 	SMM — North America Trade
Corporation
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13.

	 	Metal Management West Coast
Holdings, Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	14.

	 	Metal Management Proler
Southwest, Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	15.

	 	Proler Southwest GP, Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	16.

	 	Naporano Iron & Metal, Inc.
	 	Port Albany Ventures LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	17.

	 	Metal Management Northeast,
Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	18.

	 	Metal Management New Haven,
Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	19.

	 	CIM Trucking, Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	20.

	 	Metal Management Alabama, Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	21.

	 	Metal Management Arizona,
L.L.C.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	22.

	 	Metal Management Connecticut,
Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	23.

	 	Metal Management Indiana, Inc.
	 	None




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	 	 	Borrower	 	Other Entities (% owned by Borrower)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	24.

	 	Metal Management Memphis,
L.L.C.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	25.

	 	Metal Management Mississippi,
Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	26.

	 	Metal Management Pittsburgh,
Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	27.

	 	Metal Management West, Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	28.

	 	New York Recycling Ventures,
Inc.
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	29.

	 	Proler Southwest LP
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	30.

	 	Reserve Iron & Metal Limited

Partnership
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	31.

	 	Metal Dynamics LLC
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	32.

	 	Metal Dynamics Detroit LLC
	 	None
	 
	 	 	 	 
	33.

	 	Metal Dynamics Indianapolis

LLC
	 	None







	Part (c).  	 	Owners of Equity Interests in the Borrowers.





	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Borrower	 	Parent (% owned by Parent)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1.

	 	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation
	 	Sims Metal Management Limited (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.

	 	Sims Group Global Trade Corporation
	 	HNE Recycling LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.

	 	HNE Recycling LLC
	 	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.

	 	HNW Recycling LLC
	 	SHN Co., LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.

	 	Simsmetal East LLC
	 	HNE Recycling LLC (50%)

HNW Recycling LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6.

	 	Simsmetal West LLC
	 	HNE Recycling LLC (50%)

HNW Recycling LLC (50%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7.

	 	Sims Group USA Corporation
	 	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8.

	 	Metal Management, Inc.
	 	Sims Metal Management Limited (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9.

	 	MM Metal Dynamics Holdings,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10

	 	Metal Management Midwest, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	11.

	 	Metal Management Ohio, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12.

	 	SMM — North America Trade
Corporation
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	13.

	 	Metal Management West Coast
Holdings, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)




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	 	 	Borrower	 	Parent (% owned by Parent)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	14.

	 	Metal Management Proler
Southwest, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	15.

	 	Proler Southwest GP, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	16.

	 	Naporano Iron & Metal, Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	17.

	 	Metal Management Northeast,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	18.

	 	Metal Management New Haven,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	19.

	 	CIM Trucking, Inc.
	 	Metal Management Midwest, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	20.

	 	Metal Management Alabama, Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	21.

	 	Metal Management Arizona,
L.L.C.
	 	Metal Management West Coast Holdings, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	22.

	 	Metal Management Connecticut,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management Northeast, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	23.

	 	Metal Management Indiana, Inc.
	 	Metal Management Midwest, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	24.

	 	Metal Management Memphis,
L.L.C.
	 	Metal Management Midwest, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	25.

	 	Metal Management Mississippi,
Inc.
	 	Proler Southwest LP (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	26.

	 	Metal Management Pittsburgh,
Inc.
	 	SMM — North America Trade Corporation (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	27.

	 	Metal Management West, Inc.
	 	Metal Management West Coast Holdings, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	28.

	 	New York Recycling Ventures,
Inc.
	 	Metal Management Northeast, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	29.

	 	Proler Southwest LP
	 	Metal Management Proler Southwest, Inc. (99%) (LP)

Proler Southwest GP, Inc. (1%) (GP)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	30.

	 	Reserve Iron & Metal Limited

Partnership
	 	Metal Management, Inc. (75%) (LP)

Metal Management Ohio, Inc. (25%) (GP)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	31.

	 	Metal Dynamics LLC
	 	MM Metal Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	32.

	 	Metal Dynamics Detroit LLC
	 	Metal Dynamics LLC (100%)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	33.

	 	Metal Dynamics Indianapolis

LLC
	 	Metal Dynamics LLC (100%)




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SCHEDULE 10.02




LENDER’S OFFICE;

CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES




COMPANY

and DESIGNATED BORROWERS:




	 	 	 

	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation
	110 5th Avenue, Suite 700
	New York, New York 10011
	Attention:
	 	Myles Partridge
	 
	 	EVP and CFO
	Telephone:
	 	(212) 500-7507
	Telecopier:
	 	(212) 604-0722
	Electronic Mail:
	 	mpartridge@us.sims-group.com
	Website Address:
	 	www.sims-group.com






U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number(s):




	 	 	 

	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation

	 	20-3622384
	Sims Group Global Trade Corporation

	 	20-8474694
	HNE Recycling LLC

	 	42-1682531
	HNW Recycling LLC

	 	20-2880190
	SimsMetal East LLC

	 	20-8484120
	SimsMetal West LLC

	 	20-8484184
	Sims Group USA Corporation

	 	94-3053218
	Metal Management, Inc.

	 	94-2835068
	MM Metal Dynamics Holdings, Inc.

	 	20-8828154
	Metal Management Midwest, Inc.

	 	36-2582686
	Metal Management Ohio, Inc.

	 	34-0901723
	SMM — North America Trade Corporation

	 	25-1619177
	Metal Management West Coast Holdings, Inc.

	 	36-4325792
	Metal Management Proler Southwest, Inc.

	 	35-2265134
	Proler Southwest GP, Inc.

	 	20-3916027
	Naporano Iron & Metal, Inc.

	 	36-4325790
	Metal Management Northeast, Inc.

	 	22-1449923
	Metal Management New Haven, Inc.

	 	36-4345073
	CIM Trucking, Inc.

	 	36-4035047
	Metal Management Alabama, Inc.

	 	36-4218674
	Metal Management Arizona, L.L.C.

	 	86-0819529
	Metal Management Connecticut, Inc.

	 	06-1516622
	Metal Management Indiana, Inc.

	 	36-3197180
	Metal Management Memphis, L.L.C.

	 	62-1600547
	Metal Management Mississippi, Inc.

	 	76-0570379
	Metal Management Pittsburgh, Inc.

	 	36-4235943





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	Metal Management West, Inc.

	 	84-0888787
	New York Recycling Ventures, Inc.

	 	20-5968735
	Proler Southwest LP

	 	36-4169987
	Reserve Iron & Metal Limited Partnership

	 	34-1658201
	Metal Dynamics LLC

	 	74-3161971
	Metal Dynamics Detroit LLC

	 	20-8827974
	Metal Dynamics Indianapolis LLC

	 	20-8828030






LENDER:




Lender’s Office

(for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions):




	 	 	 

	Bank of America, N.A.

	2001 Clayton Rd

	CA4-702-02-25

	Concord, CA 94520

	Attention:

	 	Chris P Potter
	Telephone:

	 	(925) 675-8027
	Telecopier:

	 	(888) 969-2419
	Electronic Mail:

	 	chris.p.potter@bankofamerica.com






Lender’s Domestic Wire Instructions




	 	 	 

	Bank Name:

	 	Bank of America NA NY NY

	ABA/Routing No.:

	 	026009593
	Account Name:

	 	Credit Services West

	Account No.:

	 	3750836479
	Attention:

	 	Chris P Potter

	Reference:

	 	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation







Lender’s Foreign Wire Instructions




	 	 	 

	Currency:

	 	Australian Dollars (AUD)

	Bank Name:

	 	Bank of America Sydney

	Swift/Routing No.:

	 	BOFAAUSX

	Account Name:

	 	Grand Cayman Unit #1207

	Account No.:

	 	96272016
	Attention:

	 	Grand Cayman Unit #1207

	Reference:

	 	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation







Lender’s Foreign Wire Instructions




	 	 	 

	Currency:

Bank Name: 

Swift/Routing No.: 

Account Name: 

Account No.: 

Attention:

	 	Euro Currency (EUR)

Bank of America London 

BOFAGB22

Grand Cayman Unit #1207

96272019

Grand Cayman Unit #1207





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	Reference:

	 	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation






Lender’s Foreign Wire Instructions




	 	 	 

	Currency:

	 	British Pounds Sterling (GBP)

	Bank Name:

	 	Bank of America London

	Swift/Routing No.:

	 	BOFAGB22

	Account Name:

	 	Grand Cayman Unit #1207

	Account No.:

	 	96272027
	FFC Account Name:

	 	Sort Code 16-50-50

	Attention:

	 	Grand Cayman Unit #1207

	Reference:

	 	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation







Lender’s Foreign Wire Instructions




	 	 	 

	Currency:

	 	Japanese Yen (JPY)

	Bank Name:

	 	Bank of America Tokyo

	Swift/Routing No.:

	 	BOFAJPJX

	Account Name:

	 	Grand Cayman Unit #1207

	Account No.:

	 	96272011
	Attention:

	 	Grand Cayman Unit #1207

	Reference:

	 	Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation







Other Notices as Lender:




	 	 	 

	Bank of America, N.A.
	Commercial Banking
	Mail Code: WA1-501-36-06
	800 Fifth Avenue, Floor 36
	Seattle, WA 98104
	Attention:

	 	Timothy G. Holsapple

Senior Vice President
	 
	Telephone:

	 	(206) 358-3130
	Facsimile:

	 	(206) 358-3971
	Electronic Mail:

	 	tim.holsapple@bankamerica.com





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EXHIBIT A




FORM OF LOAN NOTICE




     Date: _________, ___


To: Bank of America, N.A.



Ladies and Gentlemen:




     Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November
2, 2009 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to
time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined),
among Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation, formerly known as Sims Hugo Neu Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), the Designated Borrowers from time to time party thereto, and
Bank of America, N.A..



     The Company hereby requests, on behalf of itself or, if applicable, the Designated Borrower
referenced in item 6 below (the “Applicable Designated Borrower”) (select one):



     o A Borrowing of Loans                      o A conversion or continuation of Loans






	 	1.	 	On                    
                                                    (a Business Day).
	 
	 	2.	 	In the amount of $                                              .
	 
	 	3.	 	Comprised of                                                       .

                              [Type of Loan requested]
	 
	 	4.	 	In the following currency:                                .
	 
	 	5.	 	For Eurocurrency Fixed Rate Loans: with an Interest Period of ___ months.
	 
	 	6.	 	On behalf of ____________ [insert name of applicable Designated
Borrower].





     The Borrowing, if any, requested herein complies with the provisos to the first sentence of
Section 2.01 of the Agreement.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SIMS GROUP USA HOLDINGS

CORPORATION, formerly known
as Sims Hugo Neu Corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 


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EXHIBIT B




FORM OF NOTE




			
	 	 	 
	$___,000,000
	 	[_________, ___]






     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”) hereby promises to pay to Bank of
America, N.A., a national banking association, or assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance
with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan
from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2009 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise
modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being
used herein as therein defined), among Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
formerly known as Sims Hugo Neu Corporation, the Designated Borrowers from time to time party
thereto, and the Lender.



     The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the
date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such
times as provided in the Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the
Lender in the currency in which such Loan was denominated and in Same Day Funds at the Lending
Office for such currency. 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
Agreement.



     This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits
thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided
therein. This Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guaranty. Upon the occurrence and
continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then
remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable
all as provided in the Agreement. 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 Note and endorse thereon the date, amount, currency and maturity of
its 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 non-payment of this Note.



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     THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[BORROWER / APPLICABLE DESIGNATED BORROWER]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 


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EXHIBIT C




[FORM OF GUARANTY]




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EXHIBIT D




FORM OF DESIGNATED BORROWER

REQUEST AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT




Date: ___________, _____





	To:  	 	Bank of America, N.A.




Ladies and Gentlemen:




     This Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement is made and delivered pursuant to
Section 2.12 of that certain mended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 2,
2009 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, formerly known as Sims Hugo Neu Corporation (the “Company”), the Designated
Borrowers from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A. (the “Lender”), and
reference is made thereto for full particulars of the matters described therein. All capitalized
terms used in this Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.



     Each of _______________ (the “Designated Borrower”) and the Company hereby
confirms, represents and warrants to the Lender that the Designated Borrower is a Domestic
Affiliate.



     The documents required to be delivered to the Lender under Section 2.12 of the Credit
Agreement will be furnished to the Lender in accordance with the requirements of the Credit
Agreement.



     The true and correct U.S. taxpayer identification number of the Designated Subsidiary is
_________.



     The parties hereto hereby confirm that with effect from the date hereof, the Designated
Borrower shall have obligations, duties and liabilities toward each of the other parties to the
Credit Agreement identical to those which the Designated Borrower would have had if the Designated
Borrower had been an original party to the Credit Agreement as a Borrower. The Designated Borrower
confirms its acceptance of, and consents to, all representations and warranties, covenants, and
other terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement.



     The parties hereto hereby request that the Designated Borrower be entitled to receive Loans
under the Credit Agreement, and understand, acknowledge and agree that neither the Designated
Borrower nor the Company on its behalf shall have any right to request any Loans for its account
unless and until the date five Business Days after the effective date designated by the Lender in a
Designated Borrower Notice delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Credit
Agreement.


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     This Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document
under the Credit Agreement.



     THIS DESIGNATED BORROWER REQUEST AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.



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



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[DESIGNATED BORROWER]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 
	 	SIMS GROUP USA HOLDINGS CORPORATION, formerly known
as Sims Hugo Neu Corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 



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EXHIBIT E




FORM OF DESIGNATED BORROWER NOTICE





     Date: _________, ___




	To: 	 	 Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation




Ladies and Gentlemen:




     This Designated Borrower Notice is made and delivered pursuant to Section 2.12 of that
certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2009 (as amended, restated,
extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among Sims Group USA Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, formerly known
as Sims Hugo Neu Corporation (the “Company”), the Designated Borrowers from time to time
party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A. (the “Lender”), and reference is made thereto for
full particulars of the matters described therein. All capitalized terms used in this Designated
Borrower Notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Credit Agreement.



     The Lender hereby notifies Company that effective as of the date hereof
__________________ shall be a Designated Borrower and may receive Loans for its account on
the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement.



     This Designated Borrower Notice shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 



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