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Exhibit 10.2




 

 






$50,000,000




LETTER OF CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT




Dated as of November 6, 2006




among




CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY N.V.,




and




CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY (DELAWARE),




CBI SERVICES, INC.,




CB&I CONSTRUCTORS, INC.,




and




CB&I TYLER COMPANY,

as Co-Obligors




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as a Letter of Credit Issuer




JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as a Letter of Credit Issuer and Joint Book Manager




and




The Lenders Party Hereto




BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC




Sole Lead Arranger and Joint Book Manager




 

 











 









 






TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
	 	 	1	 
	1.01 Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions
	 	 	22	 
	1.03 Accounting Terms
	 	 	23	 
	1.04 References to Agreements and Laws
	 	 	23	 
	1.05 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents
	 	 	23	 
	1.06 Credit Amounts
	 	 	24	 
	1.07 Times of Day
	 	 	24	 
	1.08 Rounding
	 	 	24	 
	ARTICLE II THE CREDIT-LINKED DEPOSITS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
	 	 	24	 
	2.01 Credits
	 	 	24	 
	2.02 Cash Collateral
	 	 	37	 
	2.03 Reduction of Total Credit-Linked Deposits; Conversion to Funded Term Loans
	 	 	38	 
	2.04 Interest on Borrowings Other Than Term Loans; Other Interest Provisions
	 	 	41	 
	2.05 Fees and Other Charges
	 	 	41	 
	2.06 Computation of Interest and Fees
	 	 	43	 
	2.07 Evidence of Debt
	 	 	43	 
	2.08 Payments Generally
	 	 	44	 
	2.09 Sharing of Payments
	 	 	45	 
	2.10 Appointment of the Company as Co-Obligors’ Agent
	 	 	45	 
	ARTICLE III TAXES AND YIELD PROTECTION
	 	 	46	 
	3.01 Taxes
	 	 	46	 
	3.02 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy
	 	 	47	 
	3.03 Illegality
	 	 	48	 
	3.04 Funding Losses
	 	 	48	 
	3.05 Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation
	 	 	49	 
	3.06 Survival
	 	 	49	 
	3.07 Replacement of Lenders
	 	 	49	 
	3.08 Compensation for Losses
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	ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
	 	 	50	 
	4.01 Conditions of Credit-Linked Deposits and Initial Credit Extension
	 	 	50	 
	4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions
	 	 	53	 
	4.03 Conditions to Term Loans
	 	 	53	 
	ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	54	 
	5.01 Organization; Power and Authority
	 	 	54	 
	5.02 Authorization, Etc
	 	 	55	 
	5.03 Disclosure
	 	 	55	 
	5.04 Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates
	 	 	56	 
	5.05 Financial Statements; Material Liabilities
	 	 	56	 
	5.06 Compliance with Law, Other Instruments, Etc
	 	 	56	 
	5.07 Governmental Authorizations, Etc
	 	 	57	 
	5.08 Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders
	 	 	57	 
	5.09 Taxes
	 	 	57	 
	5.10 Title to Property; Leases
	 	 	57	 
	5.11 Licenses, Permits, Etc
	 	 	58	 
	5.12 Compliance with ERISA
	 	 	58	 
	5.13 Private Offering by Company and the Co-Obligors
	 	 	59	 
	5.14 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
	 	 	59	 
	5.15 Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens
	 	 	60	 
	5.16 Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc
	 	 	60	 
	5.17 Status under Certain Statutes
	 	 	61	 
	5.18 Environmental Matters
	 	 	61	 
	5.19 Solvency
	 	 	61	 
	5.20 Pari Passu
	 	 	61	 
	5.21 Compliance With Issuance Limits and L/C Issuer Sublimits
	 	 	61	 
	ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	62	 
	6.01 Financial and Business Information
	 	 	62	 
	6.02 Officer’s Certificate
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	6.03 Inspection
	 	 	66	 
	6.04 Compliance with Laws
	 	 	66	 
	6.05 Insurance
	 	 	66	 
	6.06 Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	67	 
	6.07 Payment of Taxes and Claims
	 	 	67	 
	6.08 Corporate Existence, Etc
	 	 	67	 
	6.09 Books and Records
	 	 	67	 
	6.10 Purpose of Credits
	 	 	68	 
	6.11 Pari Passu
	 	 	68	 
	6.12 Execution of Additional Subsidiary Guaranties
	 	 	68	 
	6.13 Conversions Into Term Loans
	 	 	68	 
	ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	68	 
	7.01 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	68	 
	7.02 Merger, Consolidation, Sale of Assets, etc
	 	 	69	 
	7.03 Liens
	 	 	71	 
	7.04 Maximum Leverage Ratio
	 	 	73	 
	7.05 Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
	 	 	73	 
	7.06 Minimum Consolidated Net Worth
	 	 	73	 
	7.07 Limitation on Priority Debt
	 	 	73	 
	7.08 Nature of Business
	 	 	74	 
	7.09 [Reserved.]
	 	 	74	 
	7.10 Permitted Investments
	 	 	74	 
	7.11 Indebtedness of Subsidiaries
	 	 	75	 
	7.12 Subsidiary Guaranties
	 	 	76	 
	7.13 Assets of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
	 	 	76	 
	7.14 Margin Stock
	 	 	76	 
	7.15 Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
	 	 	77	 
	ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	 	 	77	 
	8.01 Events of Default
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	8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default
	 	 	79	 
	8.03 Application of Funds
	 	 	80	 
	ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	 	 	81	 
	9.01 Appointment and Authority
	 	 	81	 
	9.02 Rights of Administrative Agent
	 	 	82	 
	9.03 Exculpatory Provisions
	 	 	82	 
	9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent
	 	 	82	 
	9.05 Delegation of Duties
	 	 	83	 
	9.06 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and the Lenders
	 	 	83	 
	9.07 No Other Duties, Etc
	 	 	83	 
	9.08 Notice of Default
	 	 	84	 
	9.09 Successor Administrative Agent
	 	 	84	 
	9.10 Taxes
	 	 	84	 
	9.11 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	85	 
	9.12 Guaranty Matters
	 	 	85	 
	ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	86	 
	10.01 Amendments, Etc
	 	 	86	 
	10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies
	 	 	87	 
	10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	89	 
	10.04 Expenses; Indemnity
	 	 	89	 
	10.05 Payments Set Aside
	 	 	91	 
	10.06 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	92	 
	10.07 Confidentiality
	 	 	94	 
	10.08 Set-off
	 	 	96	 
	10.09 Representations and Warranties of Each Lender
	 	 	96	 
	10.10 Counterparts
	 	 	98	 
	10.11 Integration
	 	 	98	 
	10.12 Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 	 	99	 
	10.13 Severability
	 	 	99	 






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	10.14 Governing Law
	 	 	99	 
	10.15 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury
	 	 	100	 
	10.16 Judgment Currency
	 	 	100	 
	10.17 Credit Rating Downgrade Event or Deposit Account Interest Non-Payment
Event
	 	 	100	 
	10.18 Interest Rate Limitation
	 	 	103	 
	10.19 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
	 	 	103	 
	10.20 USA Patriot Act Notice
	 	 	104	 
	10.21 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
	 	 	104	 
	10.22 Tax Forms
	 	 	104	 
	SIGNATURES
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	SCHEDULES
	 	 
	A
	 	Information Relating to Lenders
	B
	 	Interest on Credit-Linked Deposits; Applicable Rates
	1.01-1
	 	Alternative Currencies
	1.01-2
	 	Existing Credits
	2.01
	 	Credit-Linked Deposits and Pro Rata Shares
	5.04
	 	Organization and Ownership Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates
	5.05
	 	Financial Statements
	5.08
	 	Litigation
	5.15
	 	Existing Debt; Future Liens
	7.03
	 	Liens
	7.10
	 	Permitted Investments
	7.11(h)
	 	Permitted Existing Contingent Obligations
	10.02
	 	Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
	EXHIBITS
	 	 
	 
	 	Form of
	A
	 	Request for Credit Extension
	B
	 	Assignment and Assumption
	C-1
	 	Opinion of Internal Counsel to the Company
	C-2
	 	Opinion of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
	C-3
	 	Opinion of Netherlands Counsel to the Company
	C-4
	 	Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
	C-5
	 	Opinion of Internal Counsel to the Administrative Agent
	C-6
	 	Opinion of Special Counsel to the Lenders
	D
	 	Credit-Linked Note
	E
	 	Request for Term Loans
	F
	 	Term Note
	G
	 	Subsidiary Guaranty
	H-1
	 	LOC Application and Agreement (Bank of America)
	H-2
	 	LOC Application and Agreement (JPMorgan Chase Bank)
	I
	 	Money Market Account Agreement
	J
	 	Parent Guaranty
	K
	 	Allocation Agreement






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LETTER OF CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT




     This LETTER OF CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of
November 6, 2006, among CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY N.V., a corporation organized under the laws
of The Kingdom of the Netherlands (the “Company”), on behalf of itself and as Co-Obligors’
Agent, and CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY (DELAWARE), a Delaware corporation, CBI SERVICES, INC., a
Delaware corporation, CB&I CONSTRUCTORS, INC., a Texas corporation, and CB&I TYLER COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation (each of the foregoing being a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company and
hereinafter referred to individually as a “Co-Obligor” and collectively the
“Co-Obligors”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as issuers of letters
of credit (each an “L/C Issuer” and collectively, the “L/C Issuers”), the financial
institutions having a Credit-Linked Deposit set forth opposite their names on Schedule 2.01
hereto under the heading “Credit-Linked Deposit” (collectively, the “Lenders” and
individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.



RECITALS




     WHEREAS, the Company and the Co-Obligors have requested that the L/C Issuers and the Lenders
provide a letter of credit facility to the Co-Obligors, and the L/C Issuers and the Lenders are
willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein;



     WHEREAS, the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) have agreed to
guarantee the obligations of the Co-Obligors and the Company hereunder and under the other Credit
Documents;



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



ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS




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



     “2005 Form 10-K” means the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



     “Adjusted Indebtedness” of a Person means, without duplication, such Person’s
Indebtedness but excluding obligations with respect to (i) the undrawn portion of any Performance
Letters of Credit, bank guarantees supporting obligations comparable to those supported by
Performance Letters of Credit and all reimbursement agreements related thereto, (ii) liabilities of
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries under any sale and leaseback transaction which do not create
a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and (iii) payment or other obligations
to Praxair or its Affiliates in respect of employee benefits under the Employee Benefits
Disaffiliation Agreement dated January 1, 1997, between Chicago Bridge & Iron Company and Praxair,
as amended from time to time.



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



     “Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as
the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify by notice to the Co-Obligors’ Agent, the L/C
Issuers and the Lenders.



     “Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its
participation in any Borrowing (other than Term Loans) in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.



     “Affiliate” means, at any time, (a) with respect to the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries, any Person (other than the Company and each of its Subsidiaries) that at such time
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is
under common Control with, the Company, (b) with respect to any Person (other than the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries), any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first
Person, and (c) any Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of
any class of voting or equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any
corporation of which the Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate,
directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests. As used in this
definition, “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any
reference to an “Affiliate” is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company.



     “Agreement” means this Letter of Credit and Term Loan Agreement.



     “Allocated Agreements” means, collectively, the Five Year Series B LOC Agreement, the
Eight Year LOC Agreement and any Other Allocated Agreement.



     “Allocated Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(v).



     “Allocated Share” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(v).



     “Allocation” has the meaning specified in the Allocation Agreement, and
“Allocated” has a correlative meaning.



     “Allocation Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(v).



     “Alternative Currency” means each of the currencies of the countries specified on
Schedule 1.01-1 and any other currency in which a Credit is to be issued (other than
Dollars) of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
at such time located in North America or Europe that is acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer.



     “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



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determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, 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 all Credit Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies.



     “Anti-Terrorism Order” means Executive Order No. 13,224 of September 24, 2001,
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or
Support Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg. 49, 079 (2001), as amended.



     “Applicable Rate” has the meaning set forth on Schedule B annexed hereto.



     “Applicable Time” means, with respect to any Credit issuances and payments in
Alternative Currencies, the local times in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currencies
as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking
procedures in the place of payment.



     “Arranger” means BAS, in its capacity as sole lead arranger.



     “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B or any other form approved of by the Administrative Agent and the Company.



     “Attorney Costs” means and includes all fees, expenses and disbursements of any law
firm or other external counsel and, without duplication, the allocated cost of internal legal
services and all expenses and disbursements of internal counsel.



     “Authorized Representative” means any employee of the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any
Co-Obligor involved principally in the financial administration, controllership or treasury
function of the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any Co-Obligor who is authorized or designated as an
Authorized Representative, as evidenced by the certificate delivered pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(ii)(B) or from time to time by a certificate delivered by a Senior Financial Officer of
the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any Co-Obligor to the Administrative Agent in form and substance
satisfactory to it.



     “Auto-Extension Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(ii).



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



     “BAS” means Banc of America Securities LLC.



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




     “Beneficial Ownership” has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC
under the Securities Exchange Act.



     “BAS/BofA Fee Letter” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d).



     “Borrowing” means, without duplication, an extension of credit resulting from a
drawing under any Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made, including the making
of Advances, or the making of Term Loans, as the context may require.



     “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, Charlotte,
North Carolina, or the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located, and, if such day
relates to the Credit-Linked Deposit Account or any LIBO Rate Term Loan or LIBO Rate Advance, means
any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market.



     “Capital Lease” of a Person means, at any time, a lease of property with respect to
which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the
incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.



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



     “Cash Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.



     “Cash Collateralization Date” means any date on which any of the Co-Obligors delivers
Cash Collateral to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement.



     “Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.



     “Change of Control Event” means, the (i) acquisition through purchase or otherwise by
any Person, or group of Persons acting in concert, directly or indirectly, in one or more
transactions, of Beneficial Ownership or control of securities representing more than 20% of the
combined voting power of the Company’s Voting Stock (including the agreement to act in concert by
Persons, who beneficially own or control securities representing more than 20% of the combined
voting power of the Company’s Voting Stock), (ii) entering into by the Company of a written
agreement providing for or contemplating an acquisition described in clause (i) hereof, or (iii)
the failure at any time of Company to directly or indirectly beneficially own and control 100% of
the issued and outstanding share of Capital Stock of the Co-Obligors.



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     “Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section
4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.



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



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



     “Company Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.



     “Confidential Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.



     “Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum of (i) Consolidated
Long-Term Lease Rentals for such period and (ii) consolidated interest expense of the Company and
its Subsidiaries (including capitalized interest and the interest component of Capital Leases) for
such period.



     “Consolidated Long-Term Lease Rentals” means, for any period, the sum of the minimum
amount of rental and other obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be paid
during such period under all leases of real or personal property (other than Capital Leases) having
a term (including any required renewals or extensions or any renewals or extensions at the option
of the lessor or lessee) of one year or more after the commencement of the initial term, determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.



     “Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or deficit) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP, but excluding in any event (a) any extraordinary gain or loss (net of any tax effect) and (b)
net earnings of any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Company or any Subsidiary has an
ownership interest unless such net earnings shall have actually been received by the Company or
such Subsidiary in the form of cash distributions.



     “Consolidated Net Income Available for Fixed Charges” means, for any period,
Consolidated Net Income plus, to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income,
(i) provisions for income taxes and (ii) Consolidated Fixed Charges.



     “Consolidated Net Worth” means, at a particular date, all amounts which would be
included under shareholders’ or members’ equity on the consolidated balance sheet for the Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries plus any preferred stock of the Company to the extent that it has
not been redeemed for indebtedness, as determined in accordance with GAAP.



     “Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date, the assets and properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.



     “Contingent Obligation”, as applied to any Person, means any Contractual Obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness of another or other
obligation or liability of another, including, without limitation, any such Indebtedness,
obligation or liability of another directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-made or discounted or sold with
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Person, or in respect of which that Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable,
including Contractual Obligations (contingent or otherwise) arising through any agreement to
purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness, obligation or liability or any
security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge thereof (whether in the form of
loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain solvency,
assets, level of income, or other financial condition, or to make payment other than for value
received. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the present value of the
portion of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported, in the case of known recurring
obligations, and the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect of the portion of the
obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported assuming such Person is required to perform
thereunder, in all other cases.




     “Contractual Obligation”, as applied to any Person, means any provision of any equity
or debt securities issued by that Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, security
agreement, pledge agreement, guaranty, contract, undertaking, agreement or instrument (including,
without limitation, the Existing Note Purchase Agreement), in any case in writing, to which that
Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, or to which it or any of its
properties is subject.



     “Co-Obligor” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.



     “Co-Obligors’ Agent” means the Company pursuant to the appointment made by the
Co-Obligors in Section 2.10.



     “Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued or outstanding hereunder that is a
Permitted Credit and shall include the Existing Credits and Allocated Shares of Allocated Letters
of Credit.



     “Credit Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
October 13, 2006, among the Company, the Subsidiaries party thereto, the financial institutions
party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or a refinancing or replacement
thereof.



     “Credit Documents” means this Agreement, the Guaranties, the Fronting Fee Letters, the
BAS/BofA Fee Letter, any Allocation Agreement, each Request for Credit Extension, each L/C Issuer
Document, each Request for Term Loans, each Credit-Linked Note and each Term Note and each other
document, instrument or agreement from time to time executed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any secretary, assistant secretary, Responsible Officer or Authorized
Representative thereof and delivered in connection with this Agreement.



     “Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is ten Business Days prior to the Maturity
Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).



     “Credit Extension” means, (a) with respect to any Credit, the issuance thereof or
extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof, the execution of an
Allocation Agreement with respect to an Allocated Letter of Credit or delivery of an Initial
Allocation Notice, Issuance Allocation Notice or Reallocation Notice (as each such term is



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defined in the applicable Allocation Agreement) (except where the amount allocated to this
Agreement is reduced pursuant to a Reallocation Notice) or deeming any Existing Credits to be
issued and outstanding hereunder on the Closing Date and (b) the making of any Term Loans.




     “Credit-Linked Deposit” shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.01(c)(ii).



     “Credit-Linked Deposit Account” shall mean the deposit account established by the
Administrative Agent in its name and under its sole and exclusive control maintained at the office
of Bank of America at its main office in Charlotte, North Carolina, designated as the “Bank of
America NA as Agent ChicagoBridge&Iron CLN1-$50MM” that shall be used solely for the purposes set
forth in Sections 2.01(c)(ii) and in Section 2.03(b)(iii), or such successor
account established pursuant to Section 10.17 of this Agreement.



     “Credit-Linked Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(b).



     “Credit Obligations” means, without duplication, as at any date of determination, the
aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Credits plus the aggregate of
all Unreimbursed Amounts in respect of any Credits, including all outstanding Borrowings arising
from any Credits, plus the aggregate amount of the Term Loans. For all purposes of this
Agreement, if on any date of determination a 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 (or the applicable
provisions of the UCP), such Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining
available to be drawn.



     “Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Company, the Co-Obligors and the Subsidiary
Guarantors.



     “Credit Rating Downgrade Event” has the meaning specified in Section
10.17(a)(i).



     “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 an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with
the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of Default.



     “Default Rate” means 2% per annum.



     “Deposit Account Interest Non-Payment Event” has the meaning specified in Section
10.17(a)(ii).



     “Disclosure Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 5.03.



     “Disposition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(c).



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     “Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of
any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening
of any event, matures or is mandatory redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to
the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date.



     “Dollar” and “$” means 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 Administrative Agent or the
applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, 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.



     “EBIT” means, for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Company and its
Subsidiaries, the sum of the amounts for such period, without duplication, calculated in each case
in accordance with GAAP, of (i) Net Income, plus (ii) Interest Expense to the extent
deducted in computing Net Income, plus (iii) charges against income for foreign, federal,
state and local taxes to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (iv) any other
non-recurring non-cash charges (excluding any such non-cash charges to the extent any such non-cash
charge becomes, or is expected to become, a cash charge in a later period) to the extent deducted
in computing Net Income, plus (v) extraordinary losses incurred other than in the ordinary
course of business to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, minus (vi) any
non-recurring non-cash credits to the extent added in computing Net Income, minus (vii)
extraordinary gains realized other than in the ordinary course of business to the extent added in
computing Net Income.



     “EBITDA” means, for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Company and its
Subsidiaries, the sum of the amounts for such period, without duplication, calculated in each case
in accordance with GAAP, of (i) EBIT plus (ii) depreciation expense to the extent deducted in
computing Net Income, plus (iii) amortization expense, including, without limitation, amortization
of goodwill and other intangible assets to the extent deducted in computing Net Income.



     “Eight Year LOC Agreement” means that certain $125,000,000 Letter of Credit and Term
Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Company, Co-Obligors, the L/C Issuers and the
purchasers listed on the signature pages thereto as lenders, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.



     “Eligible Assignee” means any Institutional Investor.



     “Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws relating to pollution and the protection
of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including but not limited
to those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public
systems.



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     “Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to
acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable
for, Capital Stock). Equity Interests will not include any Incentive Arrangements or obligations
or payments thereunder.



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



     “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is
treated as a single employer together with the Company under Section 414 of the Code.



     “Escalating Credit” means a Credit which provides for a stated amount that increases
from time to time in accordance with its terms.



     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.



     “Executive Equity Repurchase Payment” means the amount of the payment, if any, up to
but not exceeding $36,500,000 made by the Company to fulfill its contractual obligation to honor
the exercise by a former executive of the Company of a put to the Company of common shares of the
Company on or before January 30, 2007 at a per share price equal to the average of the high and low
share price on the date the put exercise notice is received by the Company.



     “Existing Credits” means the standby letters of credit listed on Schedule
1.01-2.



     “Existing Note Purchase Agreement” means that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as
of July 1, 2001 with respect to the 7.34% Senior Notes due July 15, 2007 by and among the Company,
the Co-Obligors and the purchasers party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.



     “Facility Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).



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



     “Five Year Series B LOC Agreement” means that certain $100,000,000 Letter of Credit
and Term Loan Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among Company, Co-Obligors, the L/C Issuers
and the purchasers listed on the signature pages thereto as lenders, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.



     “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05.



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     “Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.22(a).



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



     “Fronting Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).



     “Fronting Fee Letters” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).



     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth
in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date
of determination, consistently applied.



     “Governmental Authority” means



          (a) the government of





               (i) the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision thereof, or




               (ii) any jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its
business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or



          (b) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.




     “Guarantee” by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or
payment of) such Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement
to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain
financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (b) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any
other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee
against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term Guarantee
shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The
term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.



     “Guaranties” means the Parent Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranty.



     “Hazardous Material” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or any
other substances that might pose a hazard to health or safety, the removal of which may be required
or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling,
transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage, or filtration



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of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law (including,
without limitation, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and polychlorinated biphenyls).




     “Hedging Arrangements” is defined in the definition of Hedging Obligations below.



     “Hedging Obligations” of a Person means any and all obligations of such Person,
whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired
(including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under
(i) any and all agreements, devices or arrangements designed to protect at least one of the parties
thereto from the fluctuations of interest rates, commodity prices, exchange rates or forward rates
applicable to such party’s assets, liabilities or exchange transactions, including, but not limited
to, dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency
exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or
interest rate options, puts and warrants or any similar derivative transactions (“Hedging
Arrangements”), and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or
assignments of any of the foregoing.



     “Incentive Arrangements” means any stock ownership, restricted stock, stock option,
stock appreciation rights, “phantom” stock plans, employment agreements, non-competition
agreements, subscription and stockholders agreements and other incentive and bonus plans and
similar arrangements made in connection with the retention of executives, officers or employees of
the Company and its Subsidiaries.



     “Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at any date, without duplication, the
following: (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (c) all obligations of
such Person as lessee under Capital Leases; (d) such Person’s Contingent Obligations; (e) all
payment or reimbursement obligations due and payable under a surety bond, performance bond, bank
guaranty, letter of credit or similar instrument, in each case, issued or provided by a third party
on behalf of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries to another third party of up to a maximum
amount of money that is quantified in such instrument in advance; (f) such Person’s Off-Balance
Sheet Liabilities; (g) such Person’s Disqualified Stock; (h) all Indebtedness described in any of
clauses (a) through (g) above of others Guaranteed by such Person.



     “Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04.



     “Indemnified Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).



     “Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04.



     “INHAM Exemption” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09(b)(v).



     “Institutional Investor” means (a) any original Lender, (b) any Lender holding more
than 5% of the Credit-Linked Deposits and/or Credit Obligations then outstanding, and (c) any bank,
trust company, savings and loans association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any
investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial
institution or entity, regardless of legal form.



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     “Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total gross interest expense of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, whether paid or accrued, including, without duplication,
the interest component of Capital Leases, commitment and letter of credit fees, the discount or
implied interest component of Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, capitalized interest expense,
pay-in-kind interest expense, amortization of debt documents and net payments (if any) pursuant to
Hedging Arrangements relating to interest rate protection, all as determined in conformity with
GAAP.



     “Interest Period” means, (a) as to the Credit-Linked Deposits, (x) initially, the
period commencing on the date such Credit-Linked Deposit is made and ending on January 8, 2007, and
(y) thereafter each three month period thereafter commencing on the last day of the immediately
preceding Interest Period and ending on the date three months thereafter; (b) as to Advances and
Term Loans, (x) with respect to the initial Interest Period for such Advance or Term Loan, the
period commencing on the date any such Advance or Term Loan is disbursed (except that in respect of
Term Loans made from the proceeds of the Credit-Linked Deposits pursuant to Sections
2.03(b)(i)(A) or (B), the Interest Period shall be deemed to commence on the same day
as the Interest Period commencement date for the Credit-Linked Deposits, and in respect of Term
Loans made through the conversion of Advances pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(i)(C), the
Interest Period shall be deemed to commence on the same day as the Interest Period commencement
date for the Credit-Linked Deposits, if any, on the date of such conversion) and ending on the same
day as the Interest Period ending date for the Credit-Linked Deposits, and (y) thereafter, each
three month period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and
ending on the date three months thereafter; 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;




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




          (iv) the duration of the final Interest Period as to the Credit-Linked Deposits shall be
determined as provided in the Money Market Account Agreement;



provided further that after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default the Required Lenders, acting through the Administrative Agent, may designate one or more
Interest Periods for the Advances and/or the Term Loans which are shorter than that set forth
above, such designation to be effective after the last day of the applicable existing Interest
Period.




     “Investments” means all investments made, in cash or by delivery of property, directly
or indirectly, in any Person, whether by acquisition of shares of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or
other obligations or securities or by loan, guaranty, advance, capital contribution or otherwise.



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     “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.



     “ISP” means, with respect to any 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).



     “Issuance Limits” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)(i).



     “JPM” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association.



     “Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.16.



     “Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local
statutes, laws, treaties, rules, orders, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, governmental
restrictions, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the
enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders,
directed duties, decrees, concessions, grants, franchises, 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 Issuer” and “L/C Issuers” have the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraph hereto.



     “L/C Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Credit issued by an L/C Issuer, such
Credit, any applications for issuance or amendment (including any LOC Application and Agreement) of
such Credit, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by any L/C Issuer and
any Co-Obligor or the Co-Obligors’ Agent in its capacity as agent for the Co-Obligors (or any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Company) or in favor of any L/C Issuer and relating to any
such Credit, including any of the L/C Issuer’s standard form documents for issuances and amendments
of letters of credit and guarantees or other similar undertakings.



     “L/C Issuer Sublimit” means, $25,000,000 with respect to Bank of America, and
$50,000,000, with respect to JPM.



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



     “Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
specified opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule A, or such other office or offices as a
Lender may from time to time notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent and the Administrative Agent.



     “Leverage Ratio” has the meaning specified in Section 7.04.



     “LIBO Rate” means for any Interest Period:



     (a) the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA
LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations
of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately



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11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period,
for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent
to such Interest Period, or




     (b) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined
by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Total
Credit-Linked Deposit or the average amount of the Advances of the Lenders or LIBO Rate Term Loans,
as applicable, being made or continued and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be
offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market
at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period;



provided that for the initial Interest Period hereunder ending January 8, 2007 and the
final Interest Period as to the Credit-Linked Deposits, the rate per annum shall be determined by
the Administrative Agent as provided in clause (a) or (b) above, as applicable, based upon the
assumption at the date of determination that such Interest Period will end on the date three months
after the start thereof (taking into account the conventions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) in
the definition of “Interest Period” herein).



     “LIBO Rate Term Loans” means Term Loans bearing interest based on the LIBO Rate.



     “Lien” means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other
secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or
Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person (including in the case
of stock, stockholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements).



     “LOC Agreements” collectively, means this Agreement, the Five Year Series B LOC
Agreement, the Eight Year LOC Agreement, any Other Allocated Agreement and any other letter of
credit and term loan agreement among the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries as co-obligors,
Bank of America and/or JPM, as administrative agent and/or as letter of credit issuer(s), and the
lenders party thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the Credit Agreement does not constitute an LOC
Agreement for purposes of this definition.



     “LOC Application and Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section
2.01(b)(i).



     “Long-Term Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17(a).



     “margin stock” has the meaning specified in Section 5.14.



     “Material” or “Materially” means material or materially, as applicable, in
relation to the business, operations, financial condition, assets, properties or prospects of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.



     “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, financial condition, assets, properties or prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the collective ability of the Company, the Co-Obligors and



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the Subsidiary Guarantors, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under this
Agreement, the Credit-Linked Notes, the Term Notes, and the other Credit Documents or (c) the
enforceability of the obligations of the Company, the Co-Obligors and the Subsidiary Guarantors
under the Credit Documents.




     “Material Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01(f).



     “Maturity Date” means (a) November 6, 2011, or (b) such earlier date upon which the
obligations of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders to make Credit Extensions may be terminated in
accordance with the terms hereof.



     “Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.18.



     “Memorandum” has the meaning specified in Section 5.03.



     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto that is a
nationally-recognized rating agency.



     “Money Market Account Agreement” means the Money Market Account Agreement between the
Administrative Agent and Bank of America, as depository, substantially in the form of Exhibit
I attached hereto, concerning the Credit-Linked Deposit Account.



     “Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).



     “NAIC Annual Statement” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09(b)(i).



     “Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Disposition or Sale and Leaseback
Transaction by any Person, (a) cash or cash equivalents (freely convertible into Dollars) received
by such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person from such Disposition or Sale and Leaseback
Transaction (including cash received as consideration for the assumption or incurrence of
liabilities incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such Disposition or Sale and
Leaseback Transaction), after (i) provision for all income or other taxes measured by or resulting
from such Disposition or Sale and Leaseback Transaction, (ii) payment of all brokerage commissions
and other fees and expenses and commissions related to such Disposition or Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, and (iii) all amounts used to repay Indebtedness (and any premium or penalty thereon)
secured by a Lien on any asset disposed of in such Disposition or Sale and Leaseback Transaction or
which is or may be required (by the express terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness or
by applicable law) to be repaid in connection with such Disposition or Sale and Leaseback
Transaction (including payments made to obtain or avoid the need for the consent of any holder of
such Indebtedness); and (b) cash or cash equivalents payments in respect of any other consideration
received by such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person from such Disposition or Sale and
Leaseback Transaction upon receipt of such cash payments by such Person or such Subsidiary.



     “Net Income” means, for any period, the net earnings (or loss) after taxes of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting
period determined in conformity with GAAP.



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     “New Account” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17(b)(i).



     “New Depository Bank” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17(b)(i).



     “Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(ii).



     “Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities” of a Person means (a) any repurchase obligation or
liability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to Receivables sold by such Person
or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any liability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries under any
sale and leaseback transactions which do not create a liability on the consolidated balance sheet
of such Person, (c) any liability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries under any financing
lease or so-called “synthetic lease” or “tax ownership operating lease” transaction, or (d) any
obligations of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising with respect to any other transaction
which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute
a liability on the consolidated balance sheets of such Person and its Subsidiaries.



     “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any
other officer of the Company whose responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such
certificate.



     “Other Allocated Agreements” means any other letter of credit facilities for the
Company under which Bank of America or JPM is an issuer of letters of credit and which is the
subject of an Allocation Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K with respect to
letters of credit issued or to be issued by Bank of America or JPM. For the avoidance of doubt,
the Credit Agreement does not constitute an Other Allocated Agreement.



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



     “Outstanding Amount” means, with respect to any Credit Obligations on any date, the
Dollar Equivalent amount of the outstanding amount of such Credit Obligations on such date after
giving effect to any Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate
amount of the Credit Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of
outstanding unpaid drawings under any Credits or any reductions in the maximum amount available for
drawing under Credits taking effect on such date. Without limiting the provisions of Section
1.06, for avoidance of doubt, the portion of the Credit Obligations in respect of the undrawn
stated amount of any Escalating Credits shall be deemed to be the maximum aggregate amount
available to be drawn under such Escalating Credits (after giving effect to all increases).



     “Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and
(ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, as the case may
be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (b) with respect to any
amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight
deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount
with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or
Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, as applicable, in the applicable interbank
market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.



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     “Parent Guaranty” means the Parent Guaranty executed and delivered by the Company on
the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit J annexed hereto.



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



     “Participation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(ii).



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



     “Performance Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit issued to secure ordinary
course performance obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary in connection with active
construction projects (including projects about to be commenced) or bids for prospective
construction projects.



     “Permitted Credit” means a standby Credit used directly or indirectly to cover a
default in (a) the performance of any non-financial or commercial obligations of the Company or any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate under specific contracts, including a Credit issued in favor of a
bank or other surety who in connection therewith issues a guarantee or similar undertaking,
performance bond, surety bond or other similar instrument that covers a default in the performance
of any non-financial or commercial obligations under specific contract, or (b) the payment of any
financial obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate.



     “Permitted Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03.



     “Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means (i) any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction of the Company’s administrative headquarters facility in Woodlands, Texas and (ii) any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction of all or any portion of the Company’s other property, in each case
on terms acceptable to the Administrative Agent and only to the extent that the aggregate amount of
Net Cash Proceeds from all such Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transactions is less than or equal to
$50,000,000 and (b) any Sale and Leaseback Transaction of the Company’s facility in Plainfield,
Illinois.



     “Person” means any individual, trustee, corporation, general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
bank, business association, firm, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other legal entity.



     “Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is
or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions
are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any
liability.



     “Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(h).



     “Praxair” means Praxair Inc., a Delaware corporation.



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     “Prepayment Premium” shall mean in connection with any prepayment of
Advances, Term Loans or reduction of the available amount of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit
an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the principal amount of the Advances, Term Loans or
Total Credit-Linked Deposit so prepaid or reduced as follows: (i) prior to the first anniversary of
the Closing Date, one percent (1%), (ii) on or after the first anniversary of the Closing Date,
zero percent (0.0%).



     “Priority Debt” means, as of any date, the sum (without duplication) of (A) Adjusted
Indebtedness of the Company and any Subsidiary secured by Liens not otherwise permitted by
Sections 7.03(a) through (h) and (B) Adjusted Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is
not permitted by Sections 7.11(a) through (h).



     “Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed
as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of
the Credit-Linked Deposit of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of
the Total Credit-Linked Deposit; provided that if the obligations of the L/C Issuers to
make Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02(a), the numerator of
such fraction shall be such Lender’s Outstanding Amount of all Credit Obligations at such time, and
the denominator shall be the Outstanding Amount of all Credit Obligations of all Lenders at such
time (with the aggregate amount of any Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in
Credit Obligations being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition). The
initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule
2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto,
as applicable.



     “property” or “properties” means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real
or personal property of any kind, tangible or intangible, existing or inchoate.



     “PTE” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09(b)(i).



     “QPAM Exemption” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09(b)(iv).



     “Receivable(s)” means and includes all of the Company’s and its consolidated
Subsidiaries’ presently existing and hereafter arising or acquired accounts, accounts receivable,
and all present and future rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to payment for
goods sold or leased or for services rendered (except those evidenced by instruments or chattel
paper), whether or not they have been earned by performance, and all rights in any merchandise or
goods which any of the same may represent, and all rights, title, security and guaranties with
respect to each of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any right of stoppage in transit.



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



     “Reimbursement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(i).



     “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.



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     “Replacement Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.



     “Request for Credit Extension” means a request for the issuance or amendment of a
Credit by an L/C Issuer pursuant to a Request for Credit Extension substantially in the form of
Exhibit A, with such changes thereto as the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuers may
from time to time approve.



     “Request for Term Loans” means a request for the making of Term Loans from the
proceeds of Credit-Linked Deposits, substantially in the form of Exhibit E.



     “Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having Pro Rata
Shares aggregating more than 50%.



     “Required Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17(b).



     “Responsible Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer, or any other officer of a
Credit Party with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement.



     “Revaluation Date” means each of the following: (a) each date of issuance of a Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency, (b) each date of an amendment of any such Credit having the
effect of increasing the amount thereof having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely
with respect to the increased amount), (c) each date of any payment by any L/C Issuer under any
Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (d) in the case of each Existing Credit denominated
in an Alternative Currency, November 6, 2006, (e) each date of any Borrowing hereunder, and (f)
such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer shall reasonably determine or
as the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, shall reasonably specify,
which additional dates shall occur no less frequently than once a month.



     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
or any successor thereto that is a nationally-recognized rating agency.



     “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any lease, whether an operating lease or a
Capital Lease, of any property (whether real or personal or mixed), (i) which the Company or one of
its Subsidiaries sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person, or (ii) which
the Company or one of its Subsidiaries intends to use for substantially the same purposes as any
other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries to any other Person in connection with such lease.



     “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 Administrative Agent or the
applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, 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.



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     “Second Quarter Form 10-Q” means the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006 as filed with the SEC.



     “Securities Account” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17(b)(ii).



     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.



     “Securities Exchange Act” means Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



     “Securities Intermediary” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17(b)(ii).



     “Security” or “Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 2(l) of the
Securities Act.



     “Senior Financial Officer” means any managing director, the chief financial officer,
principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of a Credit Party.



     “Senior Responsible Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer and any of the
President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Principal Vice President
of a Credit Party.



     “Solvent”, with respect to any Person, means that as of the date of determination both
(a) the then fair saleable value of the property of such Person is (1) greater than the total
amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such Person and (2) not less than the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities on such Person’s then existing debts
as they become absolute and due considering all financing alternatives and potential asset sales
reasonably available to such Person; (b) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in
relation to its business or any contemplated or undertaken transaction; and (c) such Person does
not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond
its ability to pay such debts as they become due. For purposes of this definition, the amount of
any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the
facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability.



     “Source” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09(b).



     “Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or
applicable L/C Issuer, as may be the case, to be the rate quoted by such Person acting in such
capacity, as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person 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 Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer may obtain such spot
rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the applicable
L/C Issuer if it does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such
currency; and provided further that an L/C Issuer may use such spot rate on the date as of which
the foreign exchange is made in the case of any Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.



     “Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any corporation, association or other business
entity in which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of



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its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group)
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons
performing similar functions) of such entity, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a
50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more of its
Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership can and
does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a
“Subsidiary” is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.




     “Subsidiary Guarantor” any Subsidiary of the Company that executes and delivers a
counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date or from time to time thereafter pursuant
to Section 6.12.



     “Subsidiary Guaranty” means the Subsidiary Guaranty executed and delivered by existing
Subsidiaries of Company on the Closing Date and to be executed and delivered by additional
Subsidiaries of Company from time to time thereafter in accordance with Section 6.12,
substantially in the form of Exhibit G annexed hereto.



     “Tax Form” shall mean the forms, certificates and other documentation in Section
10.22, and any other form, certificate, or other documentation that (i) is reasonably requested
in writing by the Co-Obligors’ Agent, which written request shall be accompanied by copies of all
relevant documentation and instructions, and if applicable English translations of the same, (ii)
the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender, as the case may be, is legally entitled
to deliver, (iii) is required to be provided under applicable Law to avoid or reduce Taxes with
respect to payments under any Credit Document, and (iv) does not require the disclosure of
information that the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender, as the case may be and
in each case in its reasonable discretion, deems to be confidential or proprietary (provided that
the parties hereby agree that the information required to be provided on IRS Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI
and W-9 is not and shall not be deemed to be confidential and proprietary).



     “Taxes” means all present or future taxes (whether income, documentary, sales, stamp
registration, issue, capital, property, excise or otherwise), duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges of any nature and whatever called, by
whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed, including
interest, penalties, additions to tax and any similar liabilities with respect thereto.



     “Term Loan Issuance Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).



     “Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(i).



     “Term Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(b).



     “Total Credit-Linked Deposit” shall mean, at any time, the sum of all Lenders’
Credit-Linked Deposits, as the same may be reduced from time to time.



     “Trade Date” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(b).



     “Trust” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17(b)(ii).



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     “UCP” means, with respect to any Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits of the International Chamber of Commerce No. 500 1993 (or such later version
thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).



     “Undrawn Reimbursement Obligations” has the meaning specified in the definition of
“Indebtedness”.



     “United States” and “U.S.” each means the United States of America.



     “Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(i).



     “Unused Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(i).



     “USA Patriot Act” has the meaning specified in Section 10.20.



     “Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary one hundred percent
(100%) of all of the equity interests (except directors’ qualifying shares) and voting interests of
which are owned directly or indirectly by the Company at such time.



     “Voting Stock” means any category or class of stock carrying voting rights with
respect to the election of directors, without regard to contingency.



     1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit
Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:



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



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



          (ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such
references appear.




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




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




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



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



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     1.03 Accounting Terms.



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



     (b) If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or
requirement set forth in any Credit Document, and either the Company or the Required Lenders shall
so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders 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 Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended (i) such
ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP, prior to such change
therein and (ii) the Company shall provide the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial
statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder
setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and
after giving effect to such change in GAAP.



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



     1.05 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.



     (a) The Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer shall determine the Spot Rates as of
each Revaluation Date to 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 Credit 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 Credit Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so
determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer.



     (b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with the issuance, amendment or extension of a
Credit an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such
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 Administrative Agent or
the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be.



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



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



ARTICLE II

THE CREDIT-LINKED DEPOSITS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS




     2.01 Credits.



     (a) The Credits.



          (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuers agree, in
reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this Section 2.01, from time to
time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Credit Expiration Date,
to issue Credits denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of
any Co-Obligor supporting its obligations or the obligations of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (B) the L/C Issuers agree, in reliance upon the agreements of the
Lenders set forth in this Section 2.01, (1) to amend, extend or renew Credits previously
issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Credits;
and (C) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Credits issued or outstanding hereunder for
the account of any Co-Obligor as provided in Section 2.01(c), and all reimbursement
obligations and rights hereunder in respect thereof and the L/C Issuer Documents with respect
thereto and each L/C Issuer hereby grants to the Lenders such participation interests in such
Credits issued by it and all reimbursement obligations and rights hereunder in respect thereof and
such related L/C Issuer Documents; provided that the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any of the
Co-Obligors shall not request the issuance of any Credit, the L/C Issuers shall not make any Credit
Extension with respect to any Credit, and no Lender shall participate in any Credit, to the extent
that, as of the date of such Credit Extension:




          (A) the sum, without duplication, of the applicable Outstanding Amount of all (i) Credits and
(ii) Unreimbursed Amounts for which Advances have not yet been made would exceed the Total
Credit-Linked Deposit less the Alternative Currency Reserve (if any); or




          (B) any Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the sum, without duplication, of the applicable Outstanding
Amount of all (i) Credits and (ii) Unreimbursed Amounts for which




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Advances have not yet been made would exceed such Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit less such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Alternative Currency Reserve (if any); or




          (C) the expiry date of any such requested Credit would occur after the Credit Expiration Date
(or, in the case of an Auto-Extension Credit, no Non-Extension Notice Date would occur on or prior
to the Credit Expiration Date); or




          (D) solely in the case of any Credit to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, the expiry
date of such requested Credit would occur 15 months or later after the date of issuance of such
Credit (or, in the case of an Auto-Extension Credit, no Non-Extension Notice Date would occur on or
prior to the date which is 15 months after the date of issuance of such Credit or 12 months after
the previous Non-Extension Notice Date, as the case may be);



and provided further that in determining the availability hereunder with respect to
any Escalating Credits issued or outstanding hereunder, the Total Credit-Linked Deposit will be
deemed to be utilized in respect of such Escalating Credits in the aggregate amount equal to the
maximum aggregate amount available to be drawn under all such Escalating Credits (after giving
effect to all increases).




     Within the foregoing limits (the “Issuance Limits”), and subject to the terms and
conditions hereof (including compliance with L/C Issuer Sublimits), the ability of any Co-Obligor
to obtain Credits shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Co-Obligors may, during the
foregoing period, obtain Credits to replace Credits that have expired, been terminated or
cancelled, or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Credits up to the respective
amounts specified on Schedule 1.01-2 shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto,
and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions
hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if any portion of the Total
Credit-Linked Deposit is utilized to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amounts drawn
under any Credit (as contemplated by Section 2.01(c)) or to make Term Loans (as
contemplated by Section 2.03(b)), the Total Credit-Linked Deposit shall be permanently
reduced by the corresponding amount utilized to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer or to make Term
Loans and shall not be reinstated.



          (ii) The L/C Issuers shall not be under any obligation to issue any Credit if:




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




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          (B) the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer reasonably determines that such Credit is not a
Permitted Credit;




          (C) the issuance of such Credit would violate any Laws or any policies of the L/C Issuer
applicable to letters of credit generally;




          (D) in the case of any Credit to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, the L/C Issuer
thereof does not issue Credits in such currency;




          (E) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and any L/C Issuer, such Credit is
in a stated amount less than the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000, or is to be denominated in a
currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;




          (F) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Credits issued by such L/C Issuer would exceed the
L/C Issuer Sublimit of such L/C Issuer; or




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




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




          (iv) No L/C Issuer shall issue or amend any Credit if such L/C Issuer has received written
notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any Co-Obligor or the Co-Obligors’ Agent, on or
prior to the Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of such Credit, that
one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied.




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



          (i) Each Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the
Co-Obligors’ Agent (on behalf of the applicable Co-Obligor) or any Co-Obligor delivered to the
proposed L/C Issuer (with a copy concurrently delivered to the Administrative Agent if the proposed
L/C Issuer is not the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Request for Credit Extension,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer or Authorized Representative of the
applicable Co-Obligor for whose account the Credit is to be issued. Any such Request for Credit
Extension must be received by the proposed L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (1) in the case
of any Credits to be denominated in Alternative Currencies or any Allocated Letters of Credit, not
later than 11:00 a.m., at least two Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of
amendment, as the case may be, and (2) in the case of any other Credits, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
at least two Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case
may be; or in each case such other date or time as any L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent may
agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion. In the case of a request for an initial
issuance of a Credit, such request shall be in the form of a Request for Credit Extension and shall
specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer issuing such Credit and the
Administrative Agent: (A) the proposed issuance date of




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the requested Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the stated amount and currency
thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the purpose and nature of the Credit; (E) the Person
whose obligations are supported thereby (in the case of a Credit supporting the obligations of a
Subsidiary or other Affiliate) and in the case of an Affiliate which is not a Subsidiary of the
Company, a statement that the amount of the Credit issued hereunder supporting obligations of such
Affiliate divided by the amount of all letters of credit (including such Credit), guarantees and
other suretyship obligations, having substantially similar terms for payment as such Credit,
supporting obligations of such Affiliate, expressed as a percentage, does not exceed the percentage
of equity ownership in such Affiliate held directly or indirectly by the Company; (F) the name and
address of the beneficiary thereof; (G) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case
of any drawing thereunder; (H) any required text to be contained in the Credit, together with full
text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (I)
the delivery instructions with respect to the Credit; (J) whether such Credit will be an Escalating
Credit, and if so, the maximum stated amount of such Credit after giving effect to all increases;
(K) whether such Credit will be a “financial” Credit or a “performance” Credit; (L) the account
party of such Credit (which shall be a Co-Obligor); and (M) whether such Credit will be an
Allocated Letter of Credit, and if so, the Allocated Share with respect thereto. In the case of a
request for an amendment of any outstanding Credit issued for the account of any Co-Obligor, such
request shall be in the form of a Request for Credit Extension, executed by such Co-Obligor, and
shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative
Agent: (1) the Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a
Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) delivery instructions with respect
to the amendment. Additionally, the Co-Obligors’ Agent and applicable Co-Obligor shall furnish to
the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information
pertaining to such requested Credit issuance or amendment, including any L/C Issuer Documents, as
such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. In the case of an issuance by
any L/C Issuer of Credit requested supporting obligations of any Subsidiary or other Affiliate,
such L/C Issuer shall receive from or on behalf of such Subsidiary or other Affiliate such L/C
Issuer’s standard application and agreement for issuance of a standby letter of credit, duly
executed by or on behalf of such Subsidiary or other Affiliate, substantially in the form of
Exhibit H-1 or H-2 as applicable, attached hereto, as such standard application and
agreement may be modified from time to time by the applicable L/C Issuer (the “LOC Application
and Agreement”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the delivery of a Request
for Credit Extension is additional to, and not in replacement or substitution of, any other L/C
Issuer Document that any L/C Issuer may require. The Co-Obligors’ Agent (on behalf of the
applicable Co-Obligor), any Co-Obligor and/or any applicable Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the
Company shall deliver to the applicable L/C Issuer all such L/C Issuer Documents as are reasonably
required by such L/C Issuer in connection with a proposed issuance, amendment or extension of a
Credit. Notwithstanding the designation in a Request for Credit Extension of a Credit as a
“financial Credit” or a “performance Credit”, the final determination thereof shall be made by the
applicable L/C Issuer and, in the case of a characterization different from that specified in the
Request for Credit Extension, such L/C Issuer shall (if so requested by the Co-Obligors’ Agent or
any Co-Obligor) notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any Co-Obligor of the basis for such alternative
characterization in reasonable detail. Upon the effectiveness of any issuance, amendment or
extension by any L/C Issuer of a Credit that will constitute a Credit hereunder, the




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Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to assume that such L/C Issuer has
obtained such L/C Issuer Documents as it shall have requested, executed by the relevant parties
thereto (including by any Subsidiary or other Affiliates) to the extent required hereby.



Promptly after receipt of any Request for Credit Extension for any Co-Obligor by the proposed L/C
Issuer, such L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing)
that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Request for Credit Extension executed by
such Co-Obligor from the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any Co-Obligor (and, in the case of any Credit
supporting the obligations of a Subsidiary or other Affiliate, the application and agreement for
standby letter of credit required by Section 2.01(b)(i)) and, if not, such L/C Issuer will
provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by any L/C Issuer and the
Co-Obligors’ Agent or any Co-Obligor of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the
requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, unless such
L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any Co-Obligor or
the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any Co-Obligor, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of
issuance or amendment of the applicable Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in
Article IV shall not then be satisfied, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such
L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Credit for the account of any Co-Obligor or enter
into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s
usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Credit, each Lender
shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such L/C
Issuer a risk participation in such Credit and all drawings thereunder, together with all
reimbursement obligations and rights hereunder in respect thereof and the L/C Issuer Documents with
respect thereto, in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times
the amount of such Credit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no L/C
Issuer shall have any obligation to issue or amend any Credit at any time if any of the applicable
conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.




          (ii) If any Co-Obligor so requests in any applicable Request for Credit Extension, an L/C
Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Credit that has automatic
extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Credit”); provided that any such
Auto-Extension Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once
during the term thereof (commencing with the date of issuance of such Credit) by giving prior
notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a specified date (the “Non-Extension Notice
Date”) to be agreed upon at the time such Credit is issued, which shall occur prior to the
Credit Expiration Date. Unless otherwise directed by such L/C Issuer, neither the Co-Obligors’
Agent nor the applicable Co-Obligor shall be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer
for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Credit has been issued (or is permitted to be
outstanding hereunder in the case of an Existing Credit that is an Auto-Extension Credit), the
Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) such L/C Issuer to permit the
extension of such Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Credit Expiration Date;
provided, however, that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A)
such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such
time to issue such Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of
the provisions of Section 2.01(a)(ii), Section 4.02 or otherwise), or (B) it has
received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven
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          Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Co-Obligor or the
Co-Obligors’ Agent that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02
is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such
extension. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no L/C Issuer shall have any
obligation to permit the extension of any Auto-Extension Credit at any time if any of the
applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied. Each L/C Issuer
(other than Bank of America) shall be required to provide prior notice to the Administrative Agent
of any pending extension of an Auto-Extension Credit at least ten Business Days before the
applicable Non-Extension Notice Date.




          (iii) If (A) an L/C Issuer shall issue, extend or amend any Credit (if the effect of the
amendment or extension is to increase the stated amount thereof) without obtaining prior consent
from the Administrative Agent (as provided in clause (ii) above), (B) an L/C Issuer shall issue a
Credit the expiry date of which would occur after the Credit Expiration Date or permit the
extension of an Auto-Extension Credit to an expiry date later than the Credit Expiration Date or
(C) an L/C Issuer shall permit the extension of an Auto-Extension Credit without giving timely
prior notice to the Administrative Agent or when such extension is not otherwise permitted
hereunder (as provided in clause (ii) above), such Credit (x) shall for all purposes be deemed to
have been issued by such L/C Issuer solely for its own account and risk, and (y) shall not be
considered a Credit outstanding under this Agreement, and no Lender shall be deemed to have any
participation therein, effective as of the date of such issuance, amendment or extension, as the
case may be, in the case of clause (A) or clause (C), or the Credit Expiration Date, in the case of
clause (B), unless the Required Lenders expressly consent thereto.




          (iv) Promptly after its delivery by an L/C Issuer of any Credit or any amendment to a Credit
to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, such L/C Issuer will also
deliver to the Co-Obligors’ Agent and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such
Credit or amendment.




          (v) The parties hereto agree that an L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent and the Co-Obligor’s
Agent may allocate the reimbursement obligations of the Co-Obligors and the participations of
Lenders in such L/C Issuer’s rights and obligations under one or more letters of credit issued or
to be issued by such L/C Issuer among this Agreement and the Allocated Agreements pursuant to one
or more Allocation Agreements in the form of Exhibit K attached hereto, with such
conforming changes as may be necessary to refer to the proper agreement, parties and similar
matters (each such Allocation being referred to herein as an “Allocation Agreement”). Each
Initial Allocation Notice and each Issuance Allocation Notice (as each such term is defined in the
applicable Allocation Agreement) shall specify the applicable letter of credit (an “Allocated
Letter of Credit”) to be so allocated, the stated amount of such Allocated Letter of Credit
(which shall be the maximum stated amount of such Allocated Letter of Credit in the case of an
Escalating Credit) and the respective percentages of such Allocated Letter of Credit which are
allocated between this Agreement and each applicable Allocated Agreement, as provided in the
applicable Initial Allocation Notice or Issuance Allocation Notice. Once an Initial Allocation
Notice or an Issuance Allocation Notice has become effective pursuant to an Allocation Agreement
with respect to an Allocated Letter of Credit, the amount derived from multiplying the percentage
allocated to this Agreement times the stated amount of such Allocated Letter of Credit (giving
effect to Section 1.05) shall be deemed to be the stated amount




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of such Allocated Letter of Credit for all purposes of this Agreement (such amount being
referred to herein as the “Allocated Share”) and such Allocated Letter of Credit shall be
deemed for all purposes to be a “Credit” issued pursuant to this Agreement to the extent (and only
to the extent) of such Allocated Share. In the event of any drawing on such Allocated Letter of
Credit, the reimbursement obligation of the Co-Obligors under this Agreement and the obligations of
the Lenders under this Agreement with respect to their participations in such Allocated Letter of
Credit and the use of the Credit-Linked Deposits with respect to such Allocated Letter of Credit,
shall be limited to the Allocated Share of such Allocated Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, or in any Allocated Agreement, each L/C
Issuer agrees that if any drawing is made with respect to an Allocated Letter of Credit, it will
seek reimbursement from the Co-Obligors and the Lenders (through a debit to the Credit-Linked
Deposit Account) under this Agreement only with respect to the Allocated Share of such Letter of
Credit. An Allocated Letter of Credit may be reallocated pursuant to a Reallocation Notice (as
such term is defined in the related Allocation Agreement) in accordance with each Allocation
Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of such Reallocation Notice, the Allocated Share shall be
adjusted as set forth therein. Each Initial Allocation Notice, each Issuance Allocation Notice and
each Reallocation Notice shall become effective in accordance with the terms of each Allocation
Agreement. Each Initial Allocation Notice, Issuance Allocation Notice and Reallocation Notice
(other than a Reallocation Notice that reduces the amount of the applicable Allocated Letter of
Credit allocated to this Agreement) shall be deemed to be a request for a Credit Extension
hereunder and the Administrative Agent will not provide its consent to an Initial Allocation Notice
or an Issuance Allocation Notice or a Reallocation Notice if the issuance of the Credit which is
the subject of the notice would not be permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Subject
to, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the Lenders
consent to the execution by the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer of each Allocation
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder and the Lenders agree to be bound by each
Allocation Agreement as if they were signatories thereto.




     (c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Credit-Linked Deposits.



          (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Credit of any notice of a drawing under such
Credit, the L/C Issuer of such Credit shall promptly notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent and the
Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the
Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to reimburse such L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency,
unless (A) such L/C Issuer (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 Co-Obligors’ Agent or any Co-Obligor shall have notified such L/C Issuer promptly
following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Co-Obligors will reimburse such L/C Issuer in
Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of any payment or disbursement under a
Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, such L/C Issuer shall notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent
of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the payment or disbursement promptly following the
determination thereof. If the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any Co-Obligor obtains notice from such L/C
Issuer of a drawing under a Credit prior to 10:00 a.m., or the Applicable Time in the case of a
Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency, on any Business Day, the Co-Obligors jointly
and severally agree to reimburse such L/C Issuer on such Business Day. If the Co-Obligors’ Agent
or any Co-Obligor obtains written notice from such L/C Issuer of a drawing under a Credit at or
after 10:00 a.m., or the Applicable Time in the




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case of a Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency, on any Business Day, the
Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to reimburse such L/C Issuer on the Business Day
immediately following the Business Day upon which such notice was received by the Co-Obligors’
Agent or any Co-Obligor. Such reimbursement shall be made directly to such L/C Issuer in an amount
equal to the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”) and in the applicable
currency. Without affecting the Co-Obligors’ obligations to so reimburse such L/C Issuer on any
such Business Day, which shall be absolute and unconditional, if the Co-Obligors fail to so
reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time referenced above on the applicable due date for
reimbursement specified above (the “Reimbursement Date”), such L/C Issuer shall so notify
the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Co-Obligors’ Agent), which notice shall be provided on
a Business Day, and specify in such notice the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount. Immediately upon
receipt of such notice from such L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of the Reimbursement Date, the Unreimbursed Amount, the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share thereof, and shall state that Advances will be funded by application of such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of the Credit-Linked Deposits in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account on the fifth Business
Day thereafter to the extent the Unreimbursed Amount (or any portion thereof) remains outstanding
on such day. In the case of any Credit of any L/C Issuer denominated in an Alternative Currency,
the Unreimbursed Amount shall be redenominated into Dollars by such L/C Issuer and equal the Dollar
Equivalent Amount thereof as notified by such L/C Issuer to the Administrative Agent, and the
Administrative Agent shall so notify the Lenders in the notice described in the preceding sentence.
Any notice given by any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section
2.01(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that
the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of
such notice.




          (ii) Each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby
irrevocably accepts and purchases from the L/C Issuers on the terms and conditions hereinafter
stated, for such Lender’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to its Pro Rata Share in
such L/C Issuer’s obligations and rights with respect to the Credits issued pursuant to this
Agreement (as to each Lender, its “Participation”), which purchase price when paid to the
Administrative Agent shall not be a deposit obligation of the Administrative Agent or Bank of
America. The consideration for the Participation of each Lender shall consist of the payment by
such Lender to the Administrative Agent of an amount equal to the Dollar amount set forth opposite
such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the heading “Credit-Linked Deposit” (as the same
may be reduced from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, such Lender’s
“Credit-Linked Deposit”), subject to the conditions precedent set forth in Section
4.01 hereof. Each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Credit-Linked Deposit in
full on the Closing Date. The Credit-Linked Deposits of all Lenders shall be held by, and in the
name of, the Administrative Agent in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account under the sole dominion and
control of the Administrative Agent. Each Lender unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers that, if a drawing is paid under any Credit for which any
L/C Issuer is not reimbursed in full by the Co-Obligors in cash within five Business Days after the
applicable Reimbursement Date, or converted into a Term Loan under Section 2.03(b), such
Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to reimburse to the applicable L/C Issuer the
Unreimbursed Amount (or the outstanding portion thereof) related to such drawing, to the extent of
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount, solely from such Lender’s Pro Rata Share
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Account, and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to charge the
Credit-Linked Deposit Account for such purpose, in satisfaction of such Lender’s reimbursement
obligation arising with respect to such drawing hereunder. Without limiting the generality of
Section 9.01, in charging the Credit-Linked Deposit Account or otherwise exercising any
rights of set-off with respect thereto, the Administrative Agent acts as the agent of the
applicable L/C Issuer. The amount of each Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Unreimbursed Amount (or
portion thereof) which is paid to the applicable L/C Issuer as set forth above shall be deemed to
be an Advance by such Lender to the Co-Obligors hereunder. The outstanding principal amount of
each Advance, together with interest thereon as provided in Section 2.04, shall be due and
payable, in Dollars, on demand. Each Lender shall be subrogated to the rights and remedies of the
applicable L/C Issuer against the Co-Obligors and any Subsidiary or other Affiliate liable under
such Credit to the extent such Lender has reimbursed such L/C Issuer as set forth in this
Section 2.01(c)(ii). The L/C Issuers shall reasonably cooperate in exercising and
enforcing such rights and remedies as may be requested by the Required Lenders (and such
cooperation shall be subject to any applicable indemnification set forth in Section 10.04
of this Agreement). The L/C Issuers shall have no right to withdraw or set-off against monies on
deposit in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account other than as set forth in this Section
2.01(c)(ii) or as otherwise provided herein.




          (iii) The Credit-Linked Deposits shall be held by the Administrative Agent in its name in the
Credit-Linked Deposit Account and no Person other than the Administrative Agent shall have a right
of withdrawal from the Credit-Linked Deposit Account nor any other right or power with respect to
the Credit-Linked Deposits or the Credit-Linked Deposit Account. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, the sole funding obligation of each Lender in respect of its
Participation shall be satisfied upon funding of its Credit-Linked Deposit.




          (iv) Until an Advance is funded pursuant to this Section 2.01(c) to reimburse the
applicable L/C Issuer for the Unreimbursed Amount in respect of any Credit, or such Unreimbursed
Amount is converted to a Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.03, interest on such Unreimbursed
Amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer and shall accrue from the Reimbursement
Date to the earliest of (i) the date such Unreimbursed Amount is reimbursed to the applicable L/C
Issuer, (ii) the date such Unreimbursed Amount becomes an Advance pursuant to Section
2.01(c)(ii), and (iii) the date such Unreimbursed Amount is converted into a Term Loan under
Section 2.03(b). All such Unreimbursed Amounts shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof at an interest rate per annum equal at all times to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Rate, except that upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default, such amounts shall bear interest at the forgoing interest rate otherwise
applicable to such amounts plus the Default Rate.




          (v) Except as expressly provided herein, each Lender’s agreement to fund Advances, by
application of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Credit-Linked Deposits, to reimburse the L/C
Issuers for amounts drawn under Credits issued by each L/C Issuer, as contemplated by this
Section 2.01(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which
such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Co-Obligors’ Agent, any Co-Obligor, any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default or Event of Default, or (C) any other occurrence,




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event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. No such making of an
Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Co-Obligors to reimburse such L/C
Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Credit, together with
interest as provided herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Lender
shall have any obligation to make Advances other than from the proceeds of its Credit-Linked
Deposits.




          (vi) Notwithstanding that a Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any
obligations of a Subsidiary or other Affiliate, the Co-Obligors shall be jointly and severally
obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for the full amount of any and all
drawings under such Credit. With respect to each Affiliate which is not a Subsidiary of the
Company, the Company hereby represents, warrants and agrees that the amount of all Credits issued
hereunder supporting obligations of such Affiliate divided by the amount of all similar letters of
credit (including such Credits) supporting obligations of such Affiliate, expressed as a
percentage, will not at the time of the relevant Credit Extension, exceed the percentage of equity
ownership of such Affiliate held directly or indirectly by the Company, as applicable.




          (vii) In the event of any voluntary payment or prepayment (other than through the making of a
Term Loan as provided for in Section 2.03(b)) of an Advance, the Co-Obligors jointly and
severally agree to pay on the date of such prepayment to the Administrative Agent, for the account
of the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, the applicable Prepayment Premium, if any.
For the avoidance of doubt, any Unreimbursed Amount which is prepaid by any Co-Obligor pursuant to
Section 2.01(c)(i) prior to the funding of an Advance out of the Credit-Linked Deposit Account
shall not be subject to a Prepayment Premium.




     (d) Repayment of Participations.



          (i) At any time after any L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Credit and has received from
the Credit-Linked Deposit the proceeds of Advances by the Lenders in respect of such payment in
accordance with Section 2.01(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of
such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon
(whether directly from the Co-Obligors or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied
thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to each Lender its
Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the
period of time during which such Lender’s Advance was outstanding) in Dollars and in Same Day
Funds. If a Borrowing has occurred hereunder, the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to repay
the Unreimbursed Amount and interest thereon as provided in Sections 2.01(c) and
2.04, as applicable, and shall pay any prepayment premium required to be paid pursuant to
Section 2.01(c)(vii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such L/C Issuer shall have
received from the Credit-Linked Deposit the proceeds of Advances by the Lenders and thereafter
shall receive any direct payment from the Co-Obligors in respect of a Borrowing, such L/C Issuer
shall immediately pay the amount received to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the
Lenders in accordance with this Section 2.01(d).




          (ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of a L/C Issuer
pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(i) and distributed to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent
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Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata
Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of
such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the
applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this
clause shall survive the payment in full of the Credit Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.




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



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




          (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that the
Co-Obligors’ Agent, any Co-Obligor or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate may have at any time
against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Credit (or any Person for whom any such
beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the applicable L/C Issuer or any other Person,
whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Credit
or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;




          (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such 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 Credit;




          (iv) any payment by an L/C Issuer under such Credit against presentation of a draft or
certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Credit; or any payment made by an
L/C Issuer under such 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 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 Co-Obligors’ Agent, any Co-Obligor or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate
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 Co-Obligors’ Agent, any Co-Obligor or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate.



The Co-Obligors’ Agent shall promptly examine a copy of each Credit and each amendment thereto that
is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Co-Obligors’ Agent’s
instructions or other irregularity, the Co-Obligors’ Agent will immediately notify the applicable
L/C Issuer. The Co-Obligors’ Agent and each Co-Obligor shall be




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conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against such L/C Issuer and its correspondents
unless such notice is given as aforesaid.




     (f) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender, the Co-Obligors’ Agent and the Co-Obligors
agree that, in paying any drawing under a Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any
responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents
expressly required by the Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any
such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of
the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any of the
respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuers shall be liable to any
Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the
approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in
the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness,
validity or enforceability of any L/C Issuer Document. The Co-Obligors’ Agent and the Co-Obligors
hereby jointly and severally assume all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or
transferee with respect to its use of any Credit; provided, however, that this
assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any of the
Co-Obligors from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or
transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent,
any of their respective Related Parties, nor any of their respective correspondents, participants
or assignees, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i)
through (v) of Section 2.01(e); provided, however, that anything in such
clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any of the Co-Obligors may have
a claim against the applicable L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to such Person, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages
suffered by such Person which such Person proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful
misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any 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 Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing,
the L/C Issuers 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 L/C Issuers shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a 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.



     (g) Applicability of ISP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C
Issuer and the Co-Obligors’ Agent or requested by any Co-Obligor, when a Credit is issued
(including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Credit, other than any Existing Credit
which provides that the rules of the UCP shall apply to such Credit, in which event the rules of
the UCP shall continue to apply to such Credit after such Credit becomes a Credit under this
Agreement), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Credit. Each L/C Issuer hereby agrees that,
if requested by the Co-Obligor’s Agent in connection with any Request for Credit Extension, such
L/C Issuer will agree to have the rules of the UCP apply to the Credit issued in connection
therewith.



     (h) L/C Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof, the
terms of any Request for Credit Extension and the terms of any L/C Issuer Document (other than any
Credit), the terms hereof shall control.



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     (i) Existing Credits. The Company, the Co-Obligors and each L/C Issuer (as to its
Existing Credits) certify that Schedule 1.01-2 accurately and completely sets forth the
Existing Credits. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company, the Co-Obligors
and each L/C Issuer (as to its Existing Credits) certify that (i) Schedule 1.01-2
accurately and completely sets forth whether such Existing Credit is a “financial” Credit or a
“performance” Credit and (ii) the Allocated Shares of all Existing Credits issued by an L/C Issuer
that constitute Allocated Letters of Credit.



     (j) Reconciliation of Outstanding Credits. Within ten Business Days after the last
Business Day of each month, each of the Co-Obligors’ Agent and the L/C Issuers shall provide to the
Administrative Agent such information regarding the outstanding Credits as the Administrative Agent
shall reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
(and in such standard electronic format as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify), for
purposes of the Administrative Agent’s ongoing tracking and reporting of outstanding Credits. The
Administrative Agent shall maintain a record of all outstanding Credits based upon information
provided by the Co-Obligors’ Agent and each L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.01(j),
and such record of the Administrative Agent shall, absent manifest error, be deemed a correct and
conclusive record of all Credits outstanding from time to time hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if and to the extent the Administrative Agent determines that there are one or more
discrepancies between information provided by the Co-Obligors’ Agent and an L/C Issuer hereunder,
the Administrative Agent will notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent and such L/C Issuer shall endeavor to
reconcile any such discrepancy.



     (k) Ownership of the Credit-Linked Deposit; Precautionary Grant of Security Interest.
The Credit-Linked Deposit Account is a deposit account in the name of the Administrative Agent
under its sole dominion and control, and held by it with Bank of America subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. No Lender, whether upon the receivership or liquidation of such
Lender or otherwise, shall be entitled to its Credit-Linked Deposit other than as expressly
provided in this Agreement. No Co-Obligor, whether upon the insolvency, reorganization or
liquidation of such Lender or otherwise, shall be entitled to any Credit-Linked Deposit in any
circumstances. It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that the Credit-Linked
Deposits shall not be part of any Co-Obligor’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy
petition by or against such Co-Obligor under any bankruptcy law. As a precautionary measure, in
the event that notwithstanding the contrary intention of the parties, the Credit-Linked Deposits
are recharacterized, to any extent, as an asset of any Co-Obligor or its estate, the parties intend
that this Agreement constitute a security agreement under applicable law, and the Co-Obligors
hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, as
collateral for the Credit Obligations and all other obligations of the Co-Obligors hereunder, a
first priority perfected security interest in, to and under each such Co-Obligor’s rights, title
and interest in the Credit-Linked Deposits, the Credit-Linked Deposit Account and all proceeds of
any of the same. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 2.01(k) is intended
to interfere with the right of the Administrative Agent to make withdrawals from or otherwise
charge the Credit-Linked Deposit Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Except as
provided above, no party hereto shall grant or suffer to exist any Lien on or with respect to its
rights in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account, the Credit-Linked Deposits or any proceeds of any of
the same.



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     (l) [reserved]



     (m) Interest on Credit-Linked Deposit; Repayment of Credit Linked Deposit.



          (i) The Administrative Agent hereby agrees to cause Bank of America to pay interest to the
Administrative Agent, as holder of the Credit-Linked Deposit Account, and the Administrative Agent,
as holder of the Credit-Linked Deposit Account, agrees to distribute to each Lender, from such
interest payments received from Bank of America, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of interest on the
outstanding amount of the Credit-Linked Deposits in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account at the rate
per annum set forth on Schedule B annexed hereto. Such interest will be distributed to the
Lenders by the Administrative Agent quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day following the
end of each Interest Period relating to the Credit-Linked Deposits. The Administrative Agent shall
compute all amounts due under this Section 2.01(m)(i) and shall notify the Co-Obligors’
Agent and such Lender of each such amount due.




          (ii) Subject to, and to the extent of, the Co-Obligors’ compliance with the
cash-collateralization requirements set forth in Section 2.02, if any, the Administrative
Agent shall distribute the aggregate amount of any remaining Credit-Linked Deposits to the Lenders
on the Maturity Date to the extent of the amount credited to the Credit-Linked Deposit Account. If
the Co-Obligors are obligated to Cash Collateralize Credits pursuant to Section 2.02 as of
the Maturity Date and fail to comply with such requirement, the amount of the Credit-Linked
Deposits distributed by Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence will be reduced by
the shortfall in Cash Collateral. In such event, the remaining portion of the Credit-Linked
Deposits will remain subject to Section 2.01(c) hereof so long as any Credits remain
outstanding, and will be distributed to the Lenders as and when such Credits expire without draw,
in proportion to the resulting reduction in the amount of Cash Collateral required.




          (iii) The Co-Obligors’ Agent and the Co-Obligors shall have no right, title or interest in or
to the Credit-Linked Deposits or the Credit-Linked Deposit Account and no obligations with respect
thereto, it being acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that the making of the
Credit-Linked Deposits by the Lenders, the deposit by the Administrative Agent of the Credit-Linked
Deposits in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account, the provisions of this Section 2.01(m) and
the application of the Credit-Linked Deposits in the manner contemplated by Section 2.01(c)
constitute agreements among the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and each Lender in respect of
the funding obligations of each Lender in respect of its Participation in Credits, and do not
constitute any loan or extension of credit to any Co-Obligor.




     2.02 Cash Collateral



     (a) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if any L/C Issuer has honored any full
or partial drawing request under any Credit and such drawing has resulted in a Borrowing that is
not repaid within five Business Days and as to which Advances have not been made for any reason,
(ii) if, as of the Credit Expiration Date with respect to any Credit, such Credit shall for any
reason remain outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn (unless the applicable L/C Issuer of such
Credit has waived the requirement in this clause (ii) to Cash Collateralize), or (iii) upon the
occurrence of the circumstances described in Section 8.02(c) requiring the Co-Obligors to
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Business Days after receipt of such request, to Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount
of all Credit Obligations or, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), the Outstanding Amount of the
sum of all Credit Obligations plus the Alternative Currency Reserve, if any (in an amount equal to
such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such Borrowing or, in the case of the
immediately preceding clause (ii), the Credit Expiration Date, as the case may be). For purposes
hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, as collateral for the
Credit Obligations and all other obligations of the Co-Obligors hereunder, cash or deposit account
balances (“Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers (which documents are hereby consented
to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings.




     (b) Additionally, if from time to time on any Revaluation Date (x) the Dollar Equivalent of
the Outstanding Amount of the all Credit Obligations at such time constituting undrawn Credits and
Unreimbursed Amounts for which Advances have not been made exceeds (y) the Total Credit-Linked
Deposit less the amount of the Alternative Currency Reserve at such time, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent of such excess and the Co-Obligors jointly and
severally agree, within two Business Days of the receipt of such notice, to Cash Collateralize the
Credit Obligations, or cause Credits to be cancelled or returned or reallocated under an Allocation
Agreement, in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the Dollar Equivalent of such Outstanding
Amount to an amount not to exceed 100% of the such amount of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit less
the amount of the Alternative Currency Reserve (if any).



     (c) The Co-Obligors hereby grant the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers
and the Lenders, a security interest in all such Cash Collateral for the purpose of securing all of
the Co-Obligors’ obligations under the Credit Documents. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in
blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America and shall be subject to such Lien
documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Co-Obligors hereby
authorize the filing by the Administrative Agent of any UCC—1 financing statements in connection
therewith.



     2.03 Reduction of Total Credit-Linked Deposits; Conversion to Funded Term Loans.



     (a) Reduction. The Co-Obligors may, upon notice from the Co-Obligors’ Agent to the
Administrative Agent, permanently reduce the available amount of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit to
an amount not less than the sum of the then Outstanding Amount of all Credit Obligations (other
than Advances and Term Loans) plus the Alternative Currency Reserve, if any; provided that
(i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., ten
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, or
such lesser amount as would reduce the Total Credit-Linked Deposit to $0, and (iii) the Prepayment
Premium, if any, shall be payable by the Co-Obligors to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders with respect to any amounts reduced. Such notice shall specify the proposed effective
date of such reduction. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such
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Linked Deposit. Once reduced in accordance with this Section, the Total Credit-Linked Deposit
may not be increased. Any reduction of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit shall be applied to each
Lender according to its Pro Rata Share. All Facility Fees shall accrue until the effective date of
any reduction of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit and shall be paid on the effective date of such
reduction if the Total Credit-Linked Deposit is $0 after giving effect to such reduction. Upon any
such reduction, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to each Lender its Pro Rata Share of
the amount of the reduction in the Total Credit-Linked Deposit, together with any Prepayment
Premium received and accrued interest thereon.




     (b) Conversion to Funded Term Loans.



          (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including satisfaction of the
applicable conditions specified in Sections 4.02 and 4.03), so long as there are no
outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts in respect of any Credits (other than Term Loans made in
accordance with Section 2.03(b)(i)(C)), the Company or, the Co-Obligors may elect to (A)
cause the Lenders to make, and each Lender agrees to make, funded loans (“Term Loans”) to
the Co-Obligors in an aggregate principal amount up to the excess of (x) the Total Credit-Linked
Deposit over (y) the Outstanding Amount of all Credit Obligations (other than Advances and Term
Loans) plus the Alternative Currency Reserve, if any (the amount of such excess being the
“Unused Amount”), or (B) cause the Lenders to make, and each Lender agrees to make, one or
more funded Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount up to the amount of a forthcoming drawing
on any Credit, or (C) cause the Lenders to make, and each Lender agrees to make, one or more funded
Term Loans in the aggregate amount of any Advances then outstanding by converting such Advances to
Term Loans; in each case in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section
2.03(b). Any Term Loans made under this Section 2.03(b) and subsequently repaid or
prepaid may not be reborrowed.




          (ii) The Co-Obligors’ Agent may irrevocably request the making of one or more Term Loans in an
aggregate amount up to the Unused Amount or in an aggregate amount up to the anticipated drawing on
a Credit from the proceeds of Credit-Linked Deposits, or in an aggregate amount up to the aggregate
amount of Advances then outstanding by converting such Advances to Term Loans, as applicable, by
delivering a Request for Term Loans therefor to the Administrative Agent, appropriately completed
and signed by a Responsible Officer or Authorized Representative of the Co-Obligors’ Agent, not
later than five Business Days prior to the proposed date of making of the Term Loans;
provided that the Term Loans requested pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(i)(A) shall only
be made on a day which is the last day of an Interest Period with respect to the Credit-Linked
Deposits and the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to pay in any event the amounts, if any,
payable under Section 3.04; and provided further that the minimum aggregate
amount of Term Loans made on any date shall be (A) $25,000,000, in the case of Term Loans requested
pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(i)(A), and (B) $5,000,000, in the case of Term Loans requested
pursuant to Sections 2.03(b)(i)(B) and 2.03(b)(i)(C), or in each case of clauses
(A) and (B) above, such lesser amount which, when added to the applicable Outstanding Amount of all
(x) Credits and (y) the sum of the Unreimbursed Amounts for which Advances have not been made plus
the Alternative Currency Reserve, if any, would equal the Total Credit-Linked Deposit.




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          (iii) Following receipt of a Request for Term Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of its Pro Rata Share thereof. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions
set forth in Sections 4.02 and 4.03, the Administrative Agent shall (A) in the case
of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(i)(A), debit the Credit-Linked Deposit
Account in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the proposed Term Loans (but not exceeding
the Unused Amount) and shall make such funds available to the Co-Obligors either by (i) crediting
the account of such Co-Obligor on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or
(ii) wire transferring such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and
reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Co-Obligors’ Agent, (B) in the case of
Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(i)(B), debit the Credit-Linked Deposit Account
in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the proposed Term Loans and transfer such funds to
the applicable L/C Issuer in reimbursement of the applicable drawing on a Credit, and (C) in the
case of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(i)(C), record in its books and records
and on the Register the conversion of the applicable Advances into Term Loans, which credit or
transfer or recordation, as applicable, shall be deemed to be the making of the Term Loans by the
Lenders hereunder, and such date shall be the “Term Loan Issuance Date” (and the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith deliver a notice to each Lender informing such Lender of the
applicable Term Loan Issuance Date). Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
Agent to charge the Credit-Linked Deposit Account for such purpose. No Lender shall have any
obligation to make Term Loans to any Co-Obligor other than from the proceeds of its Credit-Linked
Deposits.




          (iv) Interest Rate on Term Loans.





          (A) Subject to the provisions of subsection (B) below, each Term Loan shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per
annum equal to the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate.




          (B) If any amount of the Term Loans 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 the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Term
Loans plus the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law. 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 Term Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on the first
Business Day following the end of each Interest Period applicable thereto, at such other
times as may be specified herein and on the Maturity Date. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable Laws, 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.



          (v) Repayment of Term Loans. The Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to repay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate
principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding on such date.




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          (vi) Optional Prepayment of Term Loans. The Co-Obligors may, at their option, upon
notice by the Co-Obligors’ Agent to the Administrative Agent as provided below, prepay on any
Business Day all, or from time to time any part of, the Term Loans (subject to the limitations sets
forth below); provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., five Business Days prior to the date of prepayment, (ii) any such
partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof, or such lesser amount as would reduce the Term Loans to $0, and (iii)
the Prepayment Premium, if any, shall be payable with respect to any principal amount so prepaid.
Such notice shall specify the proposed effective date of such prepayment, the aggregate principal
amount of the Term Notes to be prepaid on such date, and the interest to be paid on the prepayment
date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, which shall be the last day of the
Interest Period therefor. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such
notice of prepayment of the Term Loans. Once prepaid in accordance with this Section, such Term
Loans may not be reborrowed. Upon any such prepayment, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
remit to each Lender its Pro Rata Share of the amount of the prepayment of the Term Loans.




     2.04 Interest on Borrowings Other Than Term Loans; Other Interest Provisions.



     (a) Each Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from and
including the applicable Borrowing date (i) at an interest rate per annum equal at all times to the
Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate, and (ii) upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, at the interest otherwise applicable to such Borrowing plus
the Default Rate, provided, however, that in no event shall the interest rate applicable to such
Borrowings be less than the rate applicable to Term Loans hereunder.



     (b) If any other amount payable by any Co-Obligor under any Credit Document is not paid when
due (without regard to any applicable grace periods) whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, each such amount shall thereafter bear interest at an interest rate per annum at all
times equal to the rate applicable to Advances plus the Default Rate to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Law.



     (c) Accrued and unpaid interest on all such unpaid amounts (including interest on past due
interest) shall be due and payable upon written demand delivered by the Administrative Agent,
Required Lenders or any Institutional Investor included in clause (a) or (b) of the definition
thereof.



     (d) 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.



     2.05 Fees and Other Charges.



     (a) Facility Fee. The Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a fee
(the “Facility Fee”) in Dollars equal to the Applicable Rate, expressed on a daily basis,
times the actual daily amount of such Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit. Upon the occurrence
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the continuation of an Event of Default the Applicable Rate then in effect for the purposes of
determining the Facility Fee shall be increased by adding the Default Rate to the Applicable Rate.
The Facility Fee shall accrue effective as of the Closing Date and shall be calculated quarterly in
arrears by the Administrative Agent. The Facility Fee shall be due and payable quarterly in
arrears on the first Business Day following the end of each Interest Period relating to the
Credit-Linked Deposits, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on
the Maturity Date; provided that, in connection with any reduction of the Total
Credit-Linked Deposit under Section 2.03, the accrued Facility Fee calculated for the
period ending on such date shall also be paid on the date of such reduction, and the following
quarterly payment shall be calculated on the basis of the period from such reduction date to such
quarterly payment date. The Facility Fee shall accrue at all times, including at any time during
which one or more of the conditions in Article IV shall not be met.




     (b) Fronting Fee. The Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to pay directly to the
applicable L/C Issuer for its own account, a fee (the “Fronting Fee”) in Dollars equal to
the rate per annum set forth in a separate letter agreement (each, a “Fronting Fee Letter”
and collectively the “Fronting Fee Letters”), among the Co-Obligors and such L/C Issuer,
computed on the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under the Credits
issued by such L/C Issuer, due and payable quarterly in arrears on the fifth Business Day
immediately following 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 Maturity Date. The Fronting
Fee shall accrue effective as of the Closing Date (including in respect of any Existing Credits
effective as of such date), shall be calculated quarterly in arrears and shall be based upon the
daily utilization for the relevant quarter with respect to each L/C Issuer as determined by such
L/C Issuer. In the case of an Allocated Letter of Credit, the Fronting Fee shall be calculated
based upon the Allocated Share thereof only. For purposes of computing the daily amount available
to be drawn under any Credit, the amount of such Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.06. At any time that an Event of Default exists, the Fronting Fee shall be
increased by adding the Default Rate to the amount thereof determined as provided in the Fronting
Fee Letter. The Fronting Fee shall accrue at all times, including at any time during which one or
more of the conditions in Article IV is not met.



     (c) Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. The Co-Obligors jointly
and severally agree to pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer in Dollars for its own account the
customary and standard issuance, commission, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and
other standard costs and charges (if any), of such L/C Issuer or any Affiliate of such L/C Issuer,
relating to its Credits as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and
charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.



     (d) Placement, Structuring and Agency Fees. The Co-Obligors jointly and severally
agree to pay a placement fee to BAS, and to pay a structuring fee and an agency fee to the
Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent’s own account, in Dollars, in the amounts and at
the times specified in a fee letter among the Co-Obligors’ Agent, BAS and Bank of America (the
“BAS/BofA Fee Letter”), and if a successor Administrative Agent is appointed pursuant to
Section 9.09 hereof, the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to pay the administrative
fees of such successor Administrative Agent. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall
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     (e) Reconciliation. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of interest and
fees payable by the Co-Obligors under this Section 2.05 shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event that, as a result of any reconciliation of the Administrative Agent’s record of outstanding
Credits pursuant to Section 2.01(j) or otherwise, the Administrative Agent determines that
there has been an underpayment or overpayment of Facility Fee or Fronting Fee, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders thereof, and
the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the applicable L/C Issuer or the Lenders (in the case of any underpayment) or the Lenders or the
applicable L/C Issuer shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Co-Obligors (in
the case of any overpayment), any amount due as a result of such reconciliation, on the next
regularly occurring payment date for such fee.



     2.06 Computation of Interest and Fees.



     (a) All computations of interest when the Base Rate is determined by reference to Bank of
America’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be,
and actual days elapsed. Computation of all other types of interest and all fees shall be
calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days, and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees
or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest
shall accrue on each Advance or Term Loan for the day on which the Advance or Term Loan is made,
and shall not accrue on an Advance or Term Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the
Advance, such Term Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Advance or Term Loan
that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day. Each
determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive
and binding for all purposes absent manifest error.



     (b) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent and the Lenders of
the LIBO Rate applicable to any Interest Period upon determination of such interest rate. The
determination of LIBO Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error. At any time that Advances accruing interest based on the Base Rate are
outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent and the Lenders of any
change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the
public announcement of such change.



     2.07 Evidence of Debt.



     (a) The Credit-Linked Deposits, the Credit Extensions made by the L/C Issuers, the
participations of each Lender therein and any Advances and Term Loans made by each Lender shall be
evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by the L/C Issuers, such Lender and by the
Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the
L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of
the amount of the Credit-Linked Deposits, the Credit Extensions made by the L/C Issuers and any
Advances and Term Loans made by each Lender 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 Co-Obligors hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Credit Obligations. In the
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accounts and records maintained by any L/C Issuer or any Lender and the accounts and records
of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.




     (b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), (i) the
Credit-Linked Deposit of, and the obligation of the Co-Obligors to pay Advances to, each Lender
shall be evidenced by a Credit-Linked Note in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (a
“Credit-Linked Note”), executed by the Administrative Agent and by the Co-Obligors, and
(ii) the Term Loans of a Lender shall be evidenced by a Term Note in the form of Exhibit F
attached hereto (a “Term Note”), executed by the Co-Obligors.



     2.08 Payments Generally.



     (a) All payments to be made by the Co-Obligors hereunder 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 Credit Obligations denominated in an Alternative
Currency as to which payment to an L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency is permitted hereunder,
all payments by the Co-Obligors hereunder to be made directly to the applicable L/C Issuer shall be
made to such L/C Issuer in accordance with its payment instructions in Same Day Funds and in
Dollars, not later than the times and on the dates specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein and except with respect to such payments to be made directly to the applicable L/C
Issuer, all payments by the Co-Obligors hereunder (other than payments in Alternative Currencies)
shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders or the
applicable L/C Issuer to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in
Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date specified herein. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Co-Obligors hereunder with respect to
Credit Obligations denominated in an Alternative Currency as to which payment in such Alternative
Currency to an L/C Issuer is permitted hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the applicable L/C Issuer, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in such Alternative
Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative
Agent on the dates specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to the
applicable L/C Issuer its applicable share as provided herein, or to each Lender its Pro Rata Share
(or other applicable share as provided herein), of such payment in like funds and in the applicable
currency as received by wire transfer to the applicable L/C Issuer in accordance with its payment
instructions or by wire transfer to the applicable Lender at its Lending Office. All payments
received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 11:00 a.m., or by an L/C Issuer after the time
specified herein or in any L/C Issuer Document in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) later
than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer in the
case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next
succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.



     (b) If any payment to be made by the Co-Obligors shall come due on a day other than a Business
Day, or any other date specified hereunder would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business
Day, then except as otherwise provided herein, such payment shall be made, or other date shall
occur, on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in
computing interest or fees, as the case may be.



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     (c) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to fund Participations in Credits are several and
not joint. The failure of any Lender to fund its Participation on the Closing Date with its
Credit-Linked Deposit shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so
on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so purchase
its Participation.



     (d) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for the
Credit-Linked Deposit in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any
Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for the Credit-Linked Deposit in any
particular place or manner.



     2.09 Sharing of Payments. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or
counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the
Term Loans or Advances made by it, or the participations in Credit Obligations held by it,
resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans
or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided
herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent
of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Term Loans or
Advances and subparticipations in Credit Obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other
adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Term Loans or Advances and other amounts owing them, provided that: (i) if
any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment
giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and
the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and (ii) the
provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the
Co-Obligors pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any
payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in
any of its Term Loans or Advances or subparticipations in Credit Obligations to any assignee or
participant, other than to the Co-Obligors, the Co-Obligors’ Agent, or any Subsidiary thereof (as
to which the provisions of this Section shall apply). Each of the Company and the Co-Obligors
consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law,
that any Lender acquiring a participation or subparticipation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against the Company or such Co-Obligor rights of setoff and counterclaim
with respect to such participation or subparticipation as fully as if such Lender were a direct
creditor of such Credit Party in the amount of such participation or subparticipation.



     2.10 Appointment of the Company as Co-Obligors’ Agent. Each Co-Obligor hereby irrevocably
appoints the Company as its agent (in such capacity, the “Co-Obligors’ Agent”) for all
purposes relevant to this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents, including (i) the
giving and receipt of notices, and (ii) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments
and certificates contemplated herein and all modifications hereto. Any acknowledgment, consent,
direction, certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given
or taken by all Co-Obligors, or by each Co-Obligor acting singly, shall be valid and effective if
given or taken only by the Co-Obligors’ Agent, whether or not any such other Co-Obligor joins
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certification or other communication delivered to the Co-Obligors’ Agent in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Co-Obligor.




ARTICLE III

TAXES AND YIELD PROTECTION




     3.01 Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any Credit Party to or for the
account of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender under any Credit Document shall
be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future Taxes,
excluding, in the case of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Lender, and in
each case including interest, penalties, additions to tax and any similar liabilities with respect
thereto, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (or Taxes imposed on or
measured by gross income in lieu of net income), and franchise Taxes imposed on it in lieu thereof,
by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which the
Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or maintains
a lending office, (ii) any Taxes that would not have been imposed with respect to any payment under
any Credit Document had the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender, as the case may
be, not had any connection with United States, the Netherlands or any territory or political
subdivision thereof other than any such connection arising solely from such Lender having executed,
delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, any of the Credit
Documents, (iii) any withholding Taxes that are imposed on amounts payable to the Administrative
Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender at the time it becomes a party hereto (including, for the
sake of avoiding ambiguity, by becoming a party hereto after the Closing Date through the
acquisition of an interest in any of the Credit Obligations pursuant to an assignment described in
Section 10.06 hereof), and (iv) any withholding or backup withholding Taxes that would not have
been imposed but for the unreasonable delay or failure by the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer
or such Lender, as the case may be, to deliver a Tax Form or otherwise comply with its obligations
hereunder, which delay or failure causes the imposition or increase of any such Tax (all such
non-excluded Taxes being hereinafter referred to as “Indemnified Taxes”). If the
Co-Obligors shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
under any Credit Document to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, (i) if such
Taxes are Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, 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 Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Co-Obligors
shall make such deductions, (iii) the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable
Laws, and (iv) within 30 days after the date of such payment, the Co-Obligors’ Agent shall furnish
to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly forward the same to such L/C Issuer or such
Lender) the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.



     (b) In addition, the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to pay any and all present or
future stamp, court or documentary Taxes and any other excise or property Taxes or charges or
similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Credit Document or from the execution,
delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit
Document (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).



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     (b) The Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent, each
L/C Issuer and each Lender for (i) the full amount of Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes (including
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable
under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer and such Lender, and (ii) any
liability (including additions to Tax, penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with
respect thereto. A certificate as to any additional amount payable to any L/C Issuer, any Lender
or the Administrative Agent under this Section 3.01 submitted to the Co-Obligors and the
Administrative Agent (if a L/C Issuer or a Lender is so submitting) by such L/C Issuer, such Lender
or the Administrative Agent shall show in reasonable detail the amount payable and the calculations
used to be determine such amount and shall, absent manifest error, be final, and conclusive and
binding upon all parties hereto. Payment under this subsection (c) shall be made within 30 days
after the date such L/C Issuer, such Lender or the Administrative Agent makes a demand therefor and
provides the certificate referenced in the preceding sentence or as promptly as possible
thereafter.



     (d) If the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes with respect to which the Co-Obligors have made
either a direct payment to the taxation or other authority or an indemnification payment hereunder
are subsequently refunded to any L/C Issuer or any Lender, such L/C Issuer or such Lender will
return to the Co-Obligors, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, an amount equal
to the lesser of the indemnification payment or the refunded amount, net of all reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the applicable L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Co-Obligors jointly and
severally agree, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the applicable L/C
Issuer, to repay the amount paid over to the applicable Co-Obligor (plus any penalties, interest or
other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such
Lender or the applicable L/C Issuer in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the
applicable L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This
subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer
to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems
confidential) to the Company, any Co-Obligor or any other Person.



     3.02 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy. (a) If any L/C Issuer or any
Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation
of any Law, or such L/C Issuer’s or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase
in the cost to such L/C Issuer or such Lender of issuing or participating in Credits or the funding
or maintaining Term Loans or Advances, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such
L/C Issuer or such Lender in connection with the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this
subsection (a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 shall govern), or (ii) changes in the basis of
taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or any foreign
jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either thereof under the Laws of which such L/C Issuer
or such Lender is organized or has its Lending Office), then from time to time upon demand of such
L/C Issuer or such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Co-Obligors
jointly and severally agree to pay to such L/C Issuer or such Lender such additional amounts as
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such increased cost or reduction; provided that such compensation will be limited to
(A) the period commencing not more than 120 days prior to the date of such demand or (B) any longer
period of retroactive effect of any such change or requirement for compliance if such demand is
made 120 days or less after such change or requirement for compliance.




     (b) If any L/C Issuer or any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding
capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, or compliance by such L/C
Issuer or such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of
return on the capital of such L/C Issuer or such Lender or any corporation controlling such L/C
Issuer or such Lender as a consequence of such L/C Issuer’s or such Lender’s obligations hereunder
(taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such L/C Issuer’s or
such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such L/C Issuer or
such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Co-Obligors jointly and
severally agree to pay to such L/C Issuer or such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate
such L/C Issuer or such Lender for such reduction; provided that such compensation will be
limited to (A) the period commencing not more than 120 days prior to the date of such demand or (B)
any longer period of retroactive effect of any such change or requirement for compliance if such
demand is made 120 days or less after such change or requirement for compliance.



     3.03 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any
Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender to make, maintain or fund
LIBO Rate Term Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the LIBO Rate, then, on
notice thereof by such Lender to the Co-Obligors’ Agent through the Administrative Agent, any
obligation of such Lender to make or continue LIBO Rate Term Loans shall be suspended until such
Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Co-Obligors’ Agent that the circumstances giving
rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Co-Obligors jointly
and severally agree, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), to
prepay the Term Loans of such Lender, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if
such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such LIBO Rate Term Loans to such day, or
immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such LIBO Rate Term Loans. Upon
any such prepayment or conversion, the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to also pay accrued
interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.



     3.04 Funding Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or
demand of the Administrative Agent, from time to time, the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree
to promptly compensate such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, for and hold such
Lender or the Administrative Agent harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a
result of:



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



     (b) any reduction of the Total Credit-Linked Deposits on a day other than the last day of an
Interest Period therefor;



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     (c) any failure by the Co-Obligors to prepay or borrow any Term Loan on the date or in the
amount notified by the Co-Obligors’ Agent; or



     (d) any assignment of a LIBO Rate Term Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest
Period therefor as a result of a request by the Co-Obligors’ Agent pursuant to Section
3.07;


including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it
to maintain such Term Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds
were obtained. The Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to also pay any customary
administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.




     For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Co-Obligors to the Lenders under this
Section 3.04, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each LIBO Rate Term Loan made by
it at the LIBO Rate used in determining the LIBO Rate for such Term Loan by a matching deposit or
other borrowing in the London interbank LIBOR market for a comparable amount and for a comparable
period, whether or not such LIBO Rate Term Loan was in fact so funded.



     3.05 Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation. A certificate of the Administrative
Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III and
setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in
the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent, any L/C
Issuer or any Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.



     3.06 Survival. All of the Co-Obligors’, Co-Obligors’ Agent and any other Credit Party’s
obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Credit-Linked Deposits
and repayment of all Credit Obligations and all other amounts due hereunder.



     3.07 Replacement of Lenders. On each occasion that a Lender either makes a demand for
compensation pursuant to Section 3.02 in an amount in excess of the amount that the
Co-Obligors would have had to pay pursuant to such Section if such Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit
or Term Loan was held by a Lender with respect to which no such amounts would then be payable
pursuant to such Section, or if a Lender’s obligations to make LIBO Rate Term Loans under
Section 3.03 are suspended, the Co-Obligors’ Agent may, upon at least ten Business Days’
prior written notice by the Co-Obligors’ Agent to each L/C Issuer, each such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, in whole permanently replace the Credit-Linked Deposit or Term Loan of such
Lender; provided that, the Co-Obligors shall replace such Credit-Linked Deposit or Term
Loan with the Credit-Linked Deposit or Term Loan of (a) any other Lender, or, if no other Lender
shall agree to replace such Lender (within 30 days after being offered such option), or (b) a
substitute lending institution which is an Eligible Assignee (in each case, a “Replacement
Lender”). Such Replacement Lender shall, upon the effective date of replacement, purchase the
Credit-Linked Deposit or Term Loan of, and the Credit Obligations owed to, such replaced Lender for
the aggregate amount thereof and shall thereupon for all purposes become a “Lender” hereunder.
Such notice from the Co-Obligors’ Agent shall specify an effective date for the replacement of such
Lender, which date shall not be earlier than the tenth day after the day such notice is given. On
the effective date of any replacement of such Lender pursuant to this Section 3.07 and in
accordance with the terms of Section 10.06, the Co-Obligors jointly and



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severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender (i) any fees
or other amounts due to such Lender to the date of such replacement, (ii) accrued interest on the
principal amount of outstanding Borrowings and the Credit-Linked Deposit or Term Loan held by such
Lender to the date of such replacement, (iii) any Prepayment Premium that would have been payable
to such Lender if the Co-Obligors had terminated this Agreement and returned the Credit-Linked
Deposits on such date and (iv) any other amount or amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to this
Section 3.07. Upon the effective date of replacement of any Lender pursuant to this
Section 3.07, such Lender shall cease to be a “Lender” hereunder, without any other or
further act or deed on the part of any other Lender. No such replacement of any such Lender, the
purchase of such Lender’s Borrowings, Credit-Linked Deposit or Term Loans pursuant to this
Section 3.07 shall affect (x) any liability or obligation of the Co-Obligors, the
Co-Obligors’ Agent or any other Lender to such replaced Lender which accrued on or prior to the
date of such termination or (y) such replaced Lender’s rights hereunder in respect of any such
liability or obligation.




     3.08 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any L/C Issuer (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to promptly
compensate such L/C Issuer for and hold such L/C Issuer harmless from any loss, cost or expense
incurred by it as a result of any failure by the Co-Obligors to make payment of any drawing under
any 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 foreign exchange losses. The
Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to also pay any customary administrative fees charged by
such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing.



ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS




     4.01 Conditions of Credit-Linked Deposits and Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of
each Lender to fund its Credit-Linked Deposit and the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make its
initial Credit Extension hereunder are subject to satisfaction or waiver of the following
conditions precedent:



     (a) The Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ special counsel’s receipt of the following, each
of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise
specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer or Secretary or Assistant Secretary, as
applicable of the signing Credit 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 reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Lenders and
their respective legal counsel:



          (i) (A) executed counterparts of this Agreement and the Guaranties, sufficient in number for
distribution to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, each Lender and the Credit Parties and
(B) executed Credit-Linked Notes in favor of the Lenders;




          (ii) (A) certified copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation and bylaws of the
Company, each Co-Obligor and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company B.V., and (B) such certificates of
resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates




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of the secretary or assistant secretary of each such Credit Party as the Administrative Agent
may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer or
Authorized Representative thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer or Authorized
Representative in connection with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which such
Credit Party is a party;




          (iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to
evidence that the Company, each Co-Obligor and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company B.V. are each duly
organized or formed and validly existing and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its
organization or formation, and that each such Credit Party is in good standing and qualified to
engage in business in each other state in which such Person is qualified to do business and to the
extent available a certificate or other evidence of good standing as to payment of any applicable
franchise or similar taxes from the appropriate taxing authority of each such jurisdictions, each
dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date;




          (iv) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying that the
conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a), (b), (c), and (d) have
been satisfied;




          (v) opinions of counsel to the Company, each Co-Obligor and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
B.V., addressed to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and each Lender, as to the matters set
forth in Exhibit C-1, Exhibit C-2 and Exhibit C-3 and such other matters
concerning the Credit Parties and the Credit Documents as the L/C Issuers or the Required Lenders
may reasonably request;




          (vi) opinions of counsel to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuers and each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit C-4 and
Exhibit C-5 and such other matters as the Required Lenders may reasonably request;




          (vii) opinion of special counsel to the Lenders, addressed to each Lender, as to the matters
set forth in Exhibit C-6 and such other matters as the Required Lenders may reasonably
request;




          (viii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company, each Co-Obligor and Chicago
Bridge & Iron Company B.V., either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Credit Party and the
validity against such Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party, and certifying
that such consents, licenses and approvals are in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no
such consents, licenses or approvals are so required; and




          (ix) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.




     (b) Any fees required to be paid hereunder or under the Fronting Fee Letters on or before the
Closing Date shall have been paid.



     (c) The Co-Obligors shall have paid all reasonable Attorney Costs of (i) the Administrative
Agent, and (ii) the special counsel to the Lenders, in each case to the extent invoiced prior to or
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     (d) The Closing Date shall have occurred on or prior to November 6, 2006.



     (e) On the Closing Date, each Lender’s purchase of its Participation shall (i) be permitted by
the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Lender is subject, without recourse to
provisions (such as Section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited
investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular
investment, (ii) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation,
Regulation T, U or X of the FRB) and (iii) not subject such Lender to any Tax, penalty or liability
under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on
the date hereof. If requested by each Lender, such Lender shall have received an Officer’s
Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Lender may reasonably specify to enable
such Lender to determine whether such purchase is so permitted. The wire transfer of funds on the
Closing Date by each Lender in the amount of its Credit-Linked Deposit to the Administrative Agent
shall constitute its confirmation as to satisfaction of this condition with respect to such Lender.



     (f) A Private Placement number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in
cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners) shall have been obtained for (i) the Credit-Linked Notes and (ii) the Term Notes,
which Private Placement number shall not be in the series of numbers issued to Bank of America
Corporation and its affiliates, including but not limited to Bank of America.



     (g) The L/C Issuers shall have received evidence satisfactory to them that each Lender, in
respect of its Participation hereunder, has funded its Credit-Linked Deposit in accordance with
Schedule 2.01.



     (h) Each Co-Obligor and the Administrative Agent shall have executed and delivered to each
Lender such Lender’s Credit-Linked Note.



     (i) The Administrative Agent and Bank of America shall have executed and delivered the Money
Market Account Agreement and each Lender shall have received a copy thereof.



     (j) The Credit Parties shall not have entered into any transaction since the date of the
Memorandum that would have been prohibited by Sections 7.01, 7.02, 7.03 or
7.10 hereof had such Sections applied since such date.



     (k) The Allocation Agreements executed in connection with this Agreement, the Five Year Series
B LOC Agreement and the Eight Year LOC Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the
parties thereto and each Lender shall have received a copy thereof.



     Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that
has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be
satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by
or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
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     4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of each L/C Issuer to make any
Credit Extension or honor any Request for Credit Extension, and to deem any Existing Credits to be
issued and outstanding hereunder, is subject to the following conditions precedent:



     (a) The representations and warranties of the Company and each other Credit Party contained in
Article V, or any other Credit Document, or which are contained 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 date, in which case they shall have been true and correct as of
such earlier date.



     (b) No Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit
Extension.



     (c) There has occurred since the date of December 31, 2005, no event or circumstance that
either individually or in the aggregate has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.



     (d) Both before and after giving effect to the Credit Extension, all Credits issued and
outstanding hereunder are in full compliance with the Issuance Limits.



     (e) Except in the case of any automatic extension of any Auto-Extension Credit, the
Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer shall have received a Request for Credit
Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.



     (f) In the case of any Credit Extension requested in conjunction with an Initial Allocation
Notice, an Issuance Allocation Notice or a Reallocation Notice (as such terms are defined in the
related Allocation Agreement), such allocation has been permitted pursuant to the terms of the
related Allocation Agreement.



     (g) In the case of a Credit 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 would in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer make it impracticable for such Credit to be
denominated in the relevant Alternative Currency.



     (h) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it,
such other assurances, certificates, documents or consents related to the foregoing as the
Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.


Each Request for Credit Extension submitted by the Co-Obligors’ Agent shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a), (b),
(c) and (d) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit
Extension.




     4.03 Conditions to Term Loans. The obligation of the Lenders to make any Term Loans is
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     (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.03(b) hereof an originally executed Request for Term Loans.



     (b) Each Co-Obligor, by a duly authorized Senior Responsible Officer, shall have executed and
delivered to the Administrative Agent on the applicable Term Loan Issuance Date, for delivery to
the Lenders, Term Notes to evidence such Term Loans, dated as of the Term Loan Issuance Date, in
the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans and with other appropriate insertions.



     (c) Except in connection with Advances that are converted to Term Loans under Section
2.03(b), the Administrative Agent shall have received opinions of counsel to the Company, the
Co-Obligors and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company B.V., addressed to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, in substantially the same form as those opinions of counsel delivered on the Closing Date
(with such modifications as are necessary to address the Term Notes then being issued).



     (d) Conditions Satisfied. The Company shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of the applicable Term Loan Issuance Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all conditions precedent set
forth in Sections 4.02 and 4.03 have been satisfied on and as of the applicable
Term Loan Issuance Date.


Each Request for Term Loans submitted by the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any Co-Obligor shall be deemed
to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02 and
Section 4.03 have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Term Loan Issuance
Date.




ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES




     The Company and each Co-Obligor, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders that:



     5.01 Organization; Power and Authority.



     The Company and each of its Material Subsidiaries is a corporation, limited liability company
or partnership that is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is
in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required except
for those jurisdictions in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all requisite power and authority to
own lease, operate and encumber its property, to conduct its business as presently conducted and as
proposed to be conducted, and to execute and deliver the Credit Documents to which it is a party,
and in the case of the Co-Obligors, the Credit-Linked Notes and the Term Notes, and to perform the
provisions hereof and thereof. Furthermore, the Company and each Subsidiary organized under the
laws of the Netherlands is in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Dutch Banking Act
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     5.02 Authorization, Etc.



     (a) This Agreement and each other Credit Document have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company and the Co-Obligors, and this Agreement constitutes,
and each other Credit Document to which the Company or any Co-Obligors is a party when executed and
delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or such Co-Obligors
enforceable against the Company or such Co-Obligors in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).



     (b) Each Credit Document to which it is party has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of each Subsidiary Guarantor, and each such Credit Document executed
on the Closing Date constitutes, and each other Credit Document to which such Subsidiary Guarantor
is a party when executed and delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
such Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).



     (c) To the extent Credits are being issued supporting obligations of the Company, any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate, at the time of each such Credit Extension, such Credits do and will
inure to the benefit of the Co-Obligors, and the Co-Obligors’ business (including its investments
in its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) derives and will derive substantial benefits from the
businesses of the Company, such Subsidiary or other Affiliate.



     5.03 Disclosure.



     The Company, through its agent, BAS, has delivered to each Lender copies of the 2005 Form 10-K
and a Private Placement Memorandum, dated October, 2006 (the “Memorandum”), relating to the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Memorandum and the 2005 Form 10-K fairly describe, in all
material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Company and
its Subsidiaries. Except for projections, as to which no representation or warranty is made, this
Agreement, the Memorandum, the 2005 Form 10-K, the Second Quarter Form 10-Q, the documents,
certificates or other writings delivered to the Lenders by or on behalf of the Company specifically
for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the financial statements listed
on Schedule 5.05 (this Agreement, the Memorandum, the 2005 Form 10-K, the Second Quarter
Form 10-Q and such documents, certificates or other writings and such financial statements
delivered to the Lenders prior to October 18, 2006 being referred to, collectively, as the
“Disclosure Documents”), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. The projections provided to
the Lenders are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed at the time made by the
Company to be reasonable. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31,
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condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, except changes that individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to the Company that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in
the Disclosure Documents.




     5.04 Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates.



     (a) Schedule 5.04 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists as of
the Closing Date of (i) each of the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the
correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each
class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each
other Subsidiary, (ii) each of the Company’s Affiliates, other than its Subsidiaries and (iii) the
directors and the Senior Responsible Officers of the Company, the Co-Obligors and the Subsidiary
Guarantors.



     (b) As of the Closing Date, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity
interests of each Subsidiary shown on Schedule 5.04 as being owned by the Company and its
Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the
Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except for any Permitted Lien or as
otherwise disclosed on Schedule 5.04).



     (c) No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any legal, regulatory, contractual or
other restriction (other than this Agreement, the agreements listed on Schedule 5.04 and
customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes) restricting the ability of such
Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar
equity interests of such Subsidiary.



     5.05 Financial Statements; Material Liabilities. The Company has delivered to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender copies of the financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.05. All of said financial statements (including in each
case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such
Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods
so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the
periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim
financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments). The Company and its Subsidiaries do not
have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise
disclosed in the Disclosure Documents.



     5.06 Compliance with Law, Other Instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company and it Subsidiaries of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents will not (i)
contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of
any Lien in respect of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, any Material indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan, note purchase or credit agreement, or lease, its corporate charter
or by-laws, or any other Material agreement or Material instrument to which



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the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of
their respective properties may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of
any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii) violate
any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable
to the Company or any Subsidiary.




     5.07 Governmental Authorizations, Etc. No consent, approval or authorization of, or
registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with
the execution, delivery or performance by the Company and its Subsidiaries of this Agreement, the
Credit-Linked Notes or the Term Notes or the other Credit Documents.



     5.08 Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders.



     (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.08, there are no actions, suits, investigations
or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company or any Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before
any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     (b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under any term of any agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling
of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law,
ordinance, rule or regulation (including without limitation Environmental Laws or the USA Patriot
Act) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     5.09 Taxes. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all Tax
returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all Taxes shown to
be due and payable on such returns and all other Taxes and assessments levied upon them or their
properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such Taxes and assessments have become due
and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any Taxes and assessments (i) the
amount of which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (ii) the amount, applicability
or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with
respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves
in accordance with applicable GAAP standards. There is no basis for any other Tax or assessment
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (provided that this
representation shall not be deemed to have been breached until such time that payment of such other
Tax or assessment results in such Material Adverse Effect). The charges, accruals and reserves on
the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Taxes for all fiscal periods are
adequate in accordance with applicable GAAP standards. The income Tax liabilities of the Company
and its Subsidiaries have been finally determined (whether by reason of completed audits or the
statute of limitations having run) for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998.



     5.10 Title to Property; Leases. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient
title to their respective properties that individually or in the aggregate are Material,



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including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to
in Section 5.05 or purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after
said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each
case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that individually or in the
aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all Material
respects.




     5.11 Licenses, Permits, Etc.



     (a) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises,
authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade
names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are necessary for the operation of
their respective businesses, without known conflict with the rights of others which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     (b) To the best knowledge of the Company, no product of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
infringes in any Material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright,
proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person.



     (c) To the best knowledge of the Company, there is no violation by any Person of any right of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any patent, copyright, proprietary software,
service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     5.12
Compliance with ERISA. (a) The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and
administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of
noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to
Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise Tax provisions of the Code relating to employee
benefit plans (as defined in Section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has
occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such
liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the
rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to
Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty or excise Tax provisions or to section 401(a)(29) or 412
of the Code or section 4068 of ERISA, other than such liabilities or Liens as could not be
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.



     (b) The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans (other than
Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the
basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan’s most recent
actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan
allocable to such benefit liabilities (i) in the case of any single Plan, by an amount which, if
said Plan were terminated, would have a Material Adverse Effect after taking into account any
governmental reimbursements, and (ii) in the case of all said Plans, by an amount which, if all
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governmental reimbursements. The term “benefit liabilities” has the meaning specified
in Section 4001 of ERISA and the terms “current value” and “present value” have the
meaning specified in Section 3 of ERISA.




     (c) The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred withdrawal liabilities (and are not
subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of
Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material.



     (d) The expected obligation for postretirement benefits other than pensions (determined as of
the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial
Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106, as amended by Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 132, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by
section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.



     (e) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the
Credit-Linked Notes and the Term Notes will not involve any transaction that is subject to the
prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a Tax could be imposed pursuant to
section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representations by the Company in the first sentence of
this Section 5.12(e) and in Section 5.12(a) are made in reliance upon and subject
to the accuracy of each Lender’s representations in Section 10.09(b) as to the sources of
the funds used to pay the purchase price of its Participation under this Agreement.



     5.13 Private Offering by Company and the Co-Obligors. Neither the Company, the Co-Obligors,
nor anyone acting on their behalf has offered the Credit-Linked Notes or Term Notes or any similar
Securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached
or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Lenders and not more than fifty
(50) other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Credit-Linked Notes and Term
Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company, the Co-Obligors, nor anyone acting on
their behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the
Credit-Linked Notes or Term Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities
Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable
jurisdiction.



     5.14 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The Co-Obligors will apply the proceeds from the
Term Loans hereunder for general corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries. No part
of the proceeds from the Credit Extensions hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the
purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Federal
Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any Securities
under such circumstances as to involve the Company or any Co-Obligor in a violation of Regulation X
of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of
said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not constitute more than 5.0% of the value of the
consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present
intention that margin stock will constitute more than 5.0% of the value of such assets. As used in
this Section, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall
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     5.15 Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens. (a) Except as described therein, Schedule
5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2006, which individually has an outstanding principal amount in
excess of $500,000 (including a description of the obligors and obligees, principal amount
outstanding and collateral therefor, if any, and Guarantee thereof, if any), from which date to the
Closing Date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds,
installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries or the
incurrence of any additional Indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $500,000,
specifying in each case, whether such Indebtedness are obligations of which Subsidiary, and whether
such Indebtedness are secured or unsecured. From June 30, 2006 to the Closing Date, there has been
no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or
maturities of such Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than a scheduled payment
under the Existing Note Purchase Agreement in the aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000. As of
the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is
currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any such Indebtedness of the
Company or such Subsidiary and as of the Closing Date, no event or condition exists with
respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, that would permit (or that with
notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness
to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of
payment. As of June 30, 2006 the aggregate amount of all other Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiary Guarantors did not exceed $2,000,000.



     (b) Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.15, as of the Closing Date neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of
a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be
subject to a Lien not permitted by Section 7.03.



     5.16 Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc. (a) Neither any Credit Extension to any
Co-Obligor hereunder nor its use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy
Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury
Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive
order relating thereto.



     (b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiaries or its Affiliates (i) is a Person described or
designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign
Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii) engages in any dealings or
transactions with any such Person. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the USA
Patriot Act.



     (c) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Credit-Linked Notes or the Term Notes
hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone
else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any
improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977,
assuming in all cases that such Act applies to the Company.



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     5.17 Status under Certain Statutes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to
regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
2005, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, or the Federal Power Act.



     5.18 Environmental Matters. (a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any
claim or has received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any
claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties now
or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or other assets, alleging any damage to the
environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.



     (b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to
any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment
emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased
or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.



     (c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has stored any Hazardous Materials on real
properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them and has not disposed of any
Hazardous Materials in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws, in each case in any manner that
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.



     (d) All buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any
Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.



     5.19 Solvency. The Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are and, after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated herein and the incurrence of the obligations hereunder on
any date on which this representation is made, will be, Solvent.



     5.20 Pari Passu. The Credit-Linked Notes and the Term Notes constitute senior Indebtedness of
the Co-Obligors and rank pari passu in right of repayment with all other unsecured unsubordinated
Indebtedness of the Co-Obligors. The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary
Guaranty constitute senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors and rank pari passu in right
of payment with all other unsecured unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors. The
obligations of the Company under the Parent Guaranty constitute senior Indebtedness of the Company
and rank pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured unsubordinated Indebtedness of the
Company.



     5.21 Compliance With Issuance Limits and L/C Issuer Sublimits. Both before and after giving
effect to any Credit Extension, all Credits issued and outstanding hereunder are in full compliance
with the Issuance Limits and the L/C Issuer Sublimit of each L/C Issuer.



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ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS




     So long as any Lender shall have any Credit-Linked Deposit, any Credit-Linked Note or any Term
Note hereunder or any Credit hereunder shall remain outstanding, the Company and the Co-Obligors
jointly and severally covenant that:



     6.01 Financial and Business Information. The Company shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuers and each of the Lenders, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the
Required Lenders:



     (a) Quarterly Statements – within 60 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days
greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
with the SEC regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after
the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last
quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of



          (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such
fiscal quarter, and




          (ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, for such fiscal quarter and (in the case of the second and third
quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter, setting forth in each case
comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in
reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements
generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
specified dates being reported on and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for
the respective periods specified, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments, provided
that delivery within the time period specified above of copies of the Company’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be
deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.01(a);




     (b) Annual Statements – within 120 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater
than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC
regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of,



          (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such
year, and




          (ii) consolidated statements of income, shareholder’s equity and cash flows of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, for such year,



setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in
reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by (A) an opinion thereon of
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opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the specified dates being
reported upon and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the respective
periods specified and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such
accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in
the circumstances, and (B) a certificate of such accountants stating that they have reviewed this
Agreement and stating further whether, in making their audit, they have become aware of any
condition or event that then constitutes a breach of Sections 7.04, 7.05 or
7.06, and, if they are aware that any such condition or event then exists, specifying the
period of the existence thereof (it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable,
directly or indirectly, for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such breach unless such
accountants should have obtained knowledge thereof in making an audit in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards or did not make such an audit), provided that the delivery within the
time period specified above of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for such fiscal year
(together with the Company’s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3
under the Securities Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed
with the SEC, together with such accountant’s opinion and the certificate described in clause (b)
above, shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.01(b);




     (c) Outstanding Credits – not later than ten Business Days after the end of each
quarter, the information with respect to the outstanding Credits as is required under Section
2.01(j);



     (d) SEC and Other Reports – promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i)
each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Company or any Subsidiary
to its principal lending banks as a whole or to public securities holders generally, and (ii) each
regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits except as expressly
requested by such holder), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by the Company or
any Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press releases and other statements made available generally
by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material;
provided that the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such documents if
it shall have timely made each such document available on “EDGAR” and on its home page on the
worldwide web (at the date of this Agreement located at: http://www.cbi.com) and shall have given
the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Lender prompt notice (which may include notice
by electronic communication) of such availability of additional information on EDGAR and on its
home page in connection with each delivery;



     (e) Notice of Default or Event of Default – promptly, and in any event within ten
Business Days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of (i) the existence of any Default or
Event of Default or (ii) that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a
claimed default hereunder or (iii) that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with
respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 8.01(f), a written notice
specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto;



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     (f) ERISA Matters – promptly, and in any event within ten Business Days after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of the following, a written notice setting forth the
nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate, including any
Subsidiary Guarantor, proposes to take with respect thereto:



          (i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in section 4043(c) of ERISA and
the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such
regulations as in effect on the date hereof; or




          (ii) the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the
institution of, proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment
of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate,
including any Co-Obligor or Subsidiary Guarantor, of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such
action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or




          (iii) any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability
by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, including any Co-Obligor or Subsidiary Guarantor, pursuant
to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise Tax provisions of the Code relating to employee
benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate, including any Co-Obligor or Subsidiary Guarantor, pursuant to Title
I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise Tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken
together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect;




     (g) Notices from Governmental Authority – promptly, and in any event within 30 days of
receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary from any Federal or state
Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and



     (h) Requested Information – with reasonable promptness, such other data and
information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or
properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of the Company and
its Subsidiaries to perform its obligations hereunder, under the Credit-Linked Notes and under the
Term Notes, including without limitation and subject to Section 10.06, such information as
is required by SEC Rule 144A under the Securities Act to be delivered to a prospective transferee
of the Credit-Linked Notes or Term Notes, the ability of the Company to perform under the Parent
Guaranty, or the ability of the Subsidiary Guarantors to perform under the Subsidiary Guaranty.



     Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.01 (to the extent any
such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered
electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which
the Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Company’s website on the
Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents
are posted on the Company’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each
Lender, the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer have access (whether a commercial, third-



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party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i)
the Company shall deliver paper copies of such any documents to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender that requests the Company to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease
delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Company
shall notify the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic
mail) of the posting of any such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every
instance the Company shall be required to provide paper copies of the covenant compliance
information required by Section 6.02(a). The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation
to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event
shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Company with any such request for
delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining
its copies of such documents.




     The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will
make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on
behalf of the Company hereunder (collectively, “Company Materials”) by posting the Company
Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b)
certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive
material non-public information with respect to the Company or its securities) (each, a “Public
Lender”). The Company hereby agrees that (w) all Company Materials that are to be made
available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum,
shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by
marking Company Materials “PUBLIC,” the Company shall be deemed to have authorized the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders to treat such Company Materials
as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Company or its securities
for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however,
that to the extent such Company Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set
forth in Section 10.07); (y) all Company Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made
available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the
Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Company Materials that are not
marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated
“Public Investor.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be under no obligation to mark
any Company Materials “PUBLIC.”



     6.02 Officer’s Certificate. Each set of financial statements delivered to the Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuers and each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section
6.01(b) hereof shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer of the
Company setting forth:



     (a) Covenant Compliance – the information (including reasonably detailed calculations)
required in order to establish whether the Company and its Subsidiaries were in compliance with the
requirements of Sections 7.04 through 7.07, during the quarterly or annual period
covered by the statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such
Section, where applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or
percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation
of the amount, ratio or percentage then in existence); and



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     (b) Event of Default – a statement that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the
relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of
the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of the
quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the
certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any
condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or
event existed or exists (including, without limitation, any such event or condition resulting from
the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the
nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have
taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.



     6.03 Inspection. The Company and each Co-Obligor shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, permit the representatives of each Lender:



     (a) No Default – if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such
Lender and upon reasonable prior written notice to the Company, to visit the principal
administrative office of the Company or any Co-Obligor, to discuss the affairs, finances and
accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers, and with the consent of
the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) its independent public
accountants, and with the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) to visit the other offices and properties of the Company and each Subsidiary, all at
such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested in
writing; and



     (b) Default – if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the
Company, to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, to
examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies
and abstracts therefrom (while continuing to maintain the confidentiality of such information
pursuant to Section 10.07 hereof), and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and
accounts with their respective officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision
the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss, the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be requested.



     6.04 Compliance with Laws. The Company and each Co-Obligor (a) will and will cause each of
their Subsidiaries to comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to
which each of them is subject, including, without limitation, ERISA, the USA Patriot Act and
Environmental Laws, and (b) will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits,
franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective
properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary
to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or
failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other
governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.



     6.05 Insurance. The Company and each Co-Obligor will, and will cause each of their
Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to
their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such



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types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and
self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the
case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly
situated.




     6.06 Maintenance of Properties. The Company and each Co-Obligor will, and will cause each of
their Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective
properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that
the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times,
provided that this Section 6.06 shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary
from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such
discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company and the Co-Obligors have
concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     6.07 Payment of Taxes and Claims. The Company and each Co-Obligor will, and will cause each
of their Subsidiaries to, file all Tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay
and discharge all Taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and pay all other Taxes, and
assessments imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent
such Taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and
all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on
properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary need pay any such Tax or assessment or claims (i) if the amount, applicability
or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith
and in appropriate proceedings, diligently conducted, and the Company or a Subsidiary has
established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with applicable GAAP standards on the books of
the Company or such Subsidiary, or (ii) the nonpayment of all such Taxes, assessments and claims,
either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.



     6.08 Corporate Existence, Etc. Except as permitted by Section 7.02, the Company and
each Co-Obligor will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, and the Company and each Co-Obligor will at all times preserve and keep in full force
and effect the corporate existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or
another Subsidiary as permitted under Section 7.02) and all rights and franchises of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of
or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate existence, right or
franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.



     6.09 Books and Records. The Company and each Co-Obligor will, and will cause each of their
Subsidiaries to, (a) maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct
entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions
and matters involving the assets and business of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in Material conformity with all applicable
requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the
Company, such Co-Obligor or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.



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     6.10 Purpose of Credits. Each Credit shall be used directly or indirectly to cover a default
in (a) the performance of any non-financial or commercial obligations of the Company, the
Co-Obligors or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Company under specific contracts, including
a Credit issued in favor of a bank or other surety who in connection therewith issues a guarantee
or similar undertaking, performance bond, surety bond or other similar instrument that covers a
default in the performance of any non-financial or commercial obligations under specific contracts
or the payment of any financial contractual obligation, or (b) the payment of any financial
contractual obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate.



     6.11 Pari Passu. The Credit-Linked Notes and the Term Notes and all other obligations under
this Agreement of the Co-Obligors are and at all times shall remain direct and unsecured
obligations ranking pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated
Indebtedness of the Co-Obligors. The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary
Guaranty are and at all times shall remain direct and unsecured obligations ranking pari passu with
all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Subsidiary
Guarantors. The obligations of the Company under the Parent Guaranty constitute senior
Indebtedness of the Company and rank pari passu in right of payment with all other unsecured
unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company.



     6.12 Execution of Additional Subsidiary Guaranties. In the event that any Person becomes a
guarantor, borrower or obligor under the Credit Agreement or the Existing Note Purchase Agreement
after the date hereof, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuers and the Lenders of that fact, (ii) cause such guarantor, borrower or obligor to execute and
deliver to the L/C Issuers and Lenders a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty, and (iii) deliver
such opinions and other documents, instruments and certificates similar in scope to those in fact
delivered to the administrative agent and lenders under the Credit Agreement in connection with
such Person becoming a guarantor, borrower or obligor thereunder, if any.



     6.13 Conversions Into Term Loans. Within thirty days after the issuance of a Term Loan as a
result of the conversion of an Advance to a Term Loan under Section 2.03(b), the Company
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent opinions of counsel to the Credit Parties, addressed to
the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in substantially the same form as those opinions of
counsel delivered on the Closing Date (with such modifications as are necessary to address the Term
Notes then being issued).



ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS




     So long as any Lender shall have any Credit-Linked Deposit, any Credit-Linked Note or any Term
Note hereunder or any Credit shall remain outstanding, the Company and the Co-Obligors jointly and
severally covenant that:



     7.01 Transactions with Affiliates. The Company and the Co-Obligors will not and will not
permit any of their Subsidiaries to enter into directly or indirectly any Material



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transaction or Material group of related transactions (including without limitation the
purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with
any Affiliate (other than the Company, another Co-Obligor or another Subsidiary), except in the
ordinary course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company’s, the Co-Obligors’ or
such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company, the
Co-Obligors or such Subsidiary than could be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction
with a Person not an Affiliate.




     7.02 Merger, Consolidation, Sale of Assets, etc. (a) The Company and the Co-Obligors will
not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, consolidate with or merge with any other
Person unless immediately after giving effect to any consolidation or merger no Default or Event of
Default (including, without limitation, under Section 8.01(l)) would exist and:



          (i) in the case of a consolidation or merger of the Company, the successor corporation which
results from such consolidation or the survivor of such merger (the “surviving
corporation”), if not the Company, (A) shall be a solvent corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands or the United States of America, (B) shall have
executed and delivered to the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing its
assumption of all obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and the performance
and observation of all covenants in this Agreement to be performed or observed by the Company
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, (C) shall furnish to the L/C Issuers, the
Administrative Agent and such Lenders a customary opinion of independent counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Lenders, to the effect that the instrument of assumption has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and
agreement of the surviving corporation enforceable in accordance with its terms and complies with
the terms hereof, and (D) each Co-Obligor shall remain a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such surviving
corporation;




          (ii) in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Co-Obligor, the successor corporation
which results from such consolidation or the survivor of such merger (the “surviving
corporation”), if not such Co-Obligor, shall (A) be a solvent corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States, (B) have executed and delivered to the L/C Issuers,
the Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing its assumption of the due and punctual payment
of all Credit Obligations, and the due and punctual performance and observation of all covenants in
this Agreement, the Credit-Linked Notes and the Term Notes, to be performed or observed by such
Co-Obligor hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and (C) furnish to the L/C Issuers, the
Administrative Agent and such Lenders a customary opinion of independent counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Lenders, to the effect that the instrument of assumption has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and
agreement of the surviving corporation enforceable in accordance with its terms and complies with
the terms hereof;




          (iii) in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Subsidiary Guarantor, the surviving or
continuing corporation is a Co-Obligor or another Subsidiary Guarantor;




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          (iv) in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Subsidiary other than a Co-Obligor or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary may (x) merge into the Company, a Co-Obligor or a Subsidiary
Guarantor (provided that the Company, such Co-Obligor or such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving
corporation) or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or (y) merge or consolidate with any Person in a
transaction that is permitted by Section 7.02(c) or, as a result of which, such Person
becomes a Subsidiary; and




          (v) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), the Company, such Co-Obligor or such
successor, as the case may be, could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness.




     (b) The Company and the Co-Obligors will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries
to, convey, transfer, sell or lease (as lessor) all or substantially all of its assets in a single
transaction or series of transactions to any Person unless, subject to Section 8.01(l),
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and:



          (i) the successor corporation to which all or substantially all of the Company’s assets have
been sold, leased or transferred (the “successor corporation”), if not the Company, (A)
shall be a solvent corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands or the United States of America, (B) shall have executed and delivered to the L/C
Issuers, the Administrative Agent and each Lender in writing its assumption of all obligations
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and the performance and observation of all
covenants in this Agreement to be performed or observed by the Company hereunder and under the
other Credit Documents, (C) shall furnish to the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent and such
Lenders a customary opinion of independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, to the
effect that the instrument of assumption has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of the successor corporation
enforceable in accordance with its terms and complies with the terms hereof, and (D) each
Co-Obligor shall remain a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such successor corporation;




          (ii) the successor corporation to which all or substantially all of any Co-Obligor’s assets
have been sold, leased or transferred (the “successor corporation”), if not such
Co-Obligor, (A) shall be a solvent corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States, (B) shall have executed and delivered to the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent and each
Lender in writing its assumption of the due and punctual payment of all Credit Obligations, and the
due and punctual performance and observation of all covenants in this Agreement, the Credit-Linked
Notes and the Term Notes, to be performed or observed by such Co-Obligor hereunder and under the
other Credit Documents, and (C) furnish to the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent and such
Lenders a customary opinion of independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, to the
effect that the instrument of assumption has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of the successor corporation
enforceable in accordance with its terms and complies with the terms hereof;




          (iii) in the case of such a conveyance, transfer, sale or lease by any Subsidiary Guarantor,
the successor corporation is a Co-Obligor or another Subsidiary Guarantor;




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          (iv) in the case of such a conveyance, transfer, sale or lease by any Subsidiary other than a
Co-Obligor or a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary may (x) sell, transfer or lease all or any
part of its assets to the Company, a Co-Obligor or a Subsidiary Guarantor or another Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary, or (y) sell, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person
in a transaction that is permitted by Section 7.02(c) or, as a result of which, such Person
becomes a Subsidiary; and




          (v) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), the Company, such Co-Obligor or such
successor, as the case may be, could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness.




     No such conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, any Co-Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the effect of releasing the Company,
any Co-Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any successor corporation that shall theretofore have
become such in the manner prescribed in this Section 7.02 from its liability under this
Agreement or the Credit Documents.



     (c) Except as permitted by Section 7.02(b), the Company will not, and will not permit
any Subsidiary to, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, including by way of merger
(collectively a “Disposition”), any assets, including capital stock of Subsidiaries, in one
or more transactions, to any Person, other than (i) Dispositions in the ordinary course of
business, including Dispositions of obsolete equipment, (ii) Dispositions in connection with
Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transactions, (iii) the sale or other disposition of those certain
assets acquired from Pitt-Des Moines Inc. and identified in a ruling dated as of July 12, 2003 by
the Federal Trade Commission requiring the divestiture of such assets so long as the aggregate book
value of such assets described in this clause (iii) does not exceed $15,000,000 and the sale of
such assets is on terms ordered by the Federal Trade Commission or otherwise reasonably acceptable
to the Required Lenders, and (iv) Dispositions not otherwise permitted by this Section
7.02(c), provided that the aggregate net book value of all assets so disposed of in any fiscal
year pursuant to this Section 7.02(c)(iv) does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets
as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
may make, or may permit any Subsidiary to make, a Disposition and the assets subject to such
Disposition shall not be subject to or included in the foregoing limitation and computation
contained in clause (iv) of the preceding sentence to the extent that the net proceeds from such
Disposition are within 365 days of such Disposition (x) reinvested in productive assets consistent
with Section 7.08 or (y) applied to the payment or prepayment of any outstanding
Indebtedness ranking pari passu with the Indebtedness hereunder (other than Indebtedness owing to
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate or in respect of any revolving credit or
similar credit facility providing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the right to obtain
loans or other extensions of credit from time to time, except to the extent that in connection with
such payment of Indebtedness the availability of credit under such credit facility is permanently
reduced by an amount not less than the amount of such proceeds applied to the payment of such
Indebtedness).



     7.03 Liens. The Company will not and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to directly or
indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist (upon the happening of a contingency or
otherwise) any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of the Company or any such
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therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits, except for
the following (which are collectively referred to as “Permitted Liens”):




     (a) Liens for Taxes, assessments or governmental charges not then due and delinquent or the
nonpayment of which is permitted by Section 6.07;



     (b) any attachment or judgment Lien, unless the judgment it secures has not, within 60 days
after the entry thereof, been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or has not
been discharged within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay;



     (c) Liens incidental to the normal conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary or the
ownership of its property that are not incurred in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness
or the borrowing of money and that do not in the aggregate materially impair the use of such
property in the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
the value of such property for the purpose of such business;



     (d) encumbrances in the nature of leases, subleases, zoning restrictions, easements, rights of
way and other rights and restrictions of record on the use of real property, minor survey
exceptions and defects in title incidental to the ownership of property or assets or to the
ordinary conduct of business, which, individually and in the aggregate, do not materially impair
the use of the property or assets subject thereto;



     (e) Liens existing as of the Closing Date that are listed on Schedule 7.03;



     (f) the extension, renewal or replacement of any Lien permitted by Section 7.03(e),
provided that (i) there is no increase in the principal amount or a shortening of maturity of the
Indebtedness secured thereby at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and (ii) any
new Lien attaches only to the same property theretofore subject to such earlier Lien;



     (g) Liens (i) existing on property at the time of its acquisition or construction by the
Company or a Subsidiary and not created in contemplation thereof, whether or not the Indebtedness
secured by such Lien is assumed by the Company or a Subsidiary; or (ii) on property created
contemporaneously or within 180 days of the acquisition or completion of construction or
improvement thereof to secure or provide for all or a portion of the purchase price or cost of
construction or improvement of such property after the Closing Date; or (iii) existing on property
of a Person at the time such Person is merged or consolidated with, or becomes a Subsidiary of, or
substantially all of its assets are acquired by, the Company or a Subsidiary and not created in
contemplation thereof; provided that in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) such Liens do not
extend to additional property of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than property that is an
improvement to or is acquired for specific use in connection with the subject property) and the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by each such Lien does not exceed the fair
market value (determined in good faith by one or more officers of the Company to whom authority to
enter into the transaction has been delegated by the board of directors of the Company);



     (h) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Company or another Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary; and



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     (i) in addition to the Liens permitted by the preceding clauses (a) through (h) of this
Section 7.03, Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary that is permitted
to be outstanding pursuant to Sections 7.07 and 7.11, provided that the outstanding
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not at any time exceed 20% of
Consolidated Net Worth.



     7.04 Maximum Leverage Ratio. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter, the Company shall not
permit the ratio (the “Leverage Ratio”) of (i) all Adjusted Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries to (ii) EBITDA to be greater than 3.00 to 1.00 for the four-quarter period ending
on such date.



     The Leverage Ratio shall be calculated, in each case, determined as of the last day of each
fiscal quarter based upon (a) for Adjusted Indebtedness, Adjusted Indebtedness as of the last day
of each such fiscal quarter; and (b) for EBITDA, the actual amount for the four-quarter period
ending on such day, calculated, with respect to any acquisitions permitted hereunder, on a pro
forma basis using historical audited and reviewed unaudited financial statements obtained from the
seller(s) in such permitted acquisition, broken down by fiscal quarter in the Company’s reasonable
judgment and satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.



     7.05 Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall
maintain a ratio (“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”), without duplication, of Consolidated Net
Income Available for Fixed Charges to Consolidated Fixed Charges for the period of four fiscal
quarters ending on the last day of each fiscal quarter, of at least 1.75 to 1.00 as of the end of
such fiscal quarter for the period commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on June 30, 2006
through the Maturity Date.



     If, during the period for which Consolidated Net Income Available for Fixed Charges and
Consolidated Fixed Charges are being calculated, the Company or any Subsidiary has acquired any
Person (or the assets thereof) resulting in such Person becoming or otherwise resulting in a
Subsidiary, compliance with this Section 7.05 shall be determined by calculating
Consolidated Net Income Available for Fixed Charges and Consolidated Fixed Charges on a pro forma
basis as if such Subsidiary had become such a Subsidiary on the first day of such period and any
Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith was incurred on such date.



     7.06 Minimum Consolidated Net Worth. The Company shall not permit its Consolidated Net Worth
at any time to be less than (i) the sum of (a) $375,000,000, plus (b) fifty percent (50%)
of the sum of Net Income (if positive) earned in each fiscal quarter, commencing with the fiscal
quarter ending on September 30, 2006, plus (c) seventy-five percent (75%) of the amount, if
any, by which stockholders’ equity of the Company is, in accordance with GAAP, adjusted from time
to time as a result of the issuance of any Equity Interests after September 30, 2006, minus
(ii) the Executive Equity Repurchase Payment.



     7.07 Limitation on Priority Debt. The Company will not at any time permit Priority Debt to
exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Worth as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the
Company for which financial information is reportable pursuant to Section 6.01(a).



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     7.08 Nature of Business. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary, to engage,
in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which would then be engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries
would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business engaged in by the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date as described in the Memorandum.



     7.09 [Reserved.]



     7.10 Permitted Investments. The Company will not make or have, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to make or have, any Investments other than:



     (a) Investments in property to be used or consumed in the ordinary course of business;



     (b) current assets (as determined in accordance with GAAP) arising from the sale of goods and
services in the ordinary course of business;



     (c) Investments in Subsidiaries or in a Person that, as a result thereof, becomes a
Subsidiary;



     (d) Investments not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.10 existing as of the
Closing Date that are listed in the attached Schedule 7.10;



     (e) Investments in:




(i) certificates of deposit or banker’s acceptances maturing within one year
from the date of acquisition issued by commercial banks organized in the
United States or Canada whose capital and surplus exceeds $100,000,000 and
whose long-term debt is rated at least “A2” by Moody’s or at least “A” by
S&P;




(ii) commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of issuance and
rated at least “A1” by Moody’s or “P1” by S&P;




(iii) obligations of or fully guaranteed by the United States of America or
an agency thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition;




(iv) investments in repurchase agreements fully collateralized with
obligations of the type described in clause (iii) with a bank satisfying the
requirements of clause (i);




(v) state or municipal securities maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition that are rated “AA” or better by S&P or “Aa2” or better by
Moody’s or that have received an equivalent rating by another rating agency
of recognized national standing;




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(vi) auction rate securities (long-term, variable rate bonds tied to
short-term interest rates) that are rated “Aaa” by Moody’s or “AAA” by S&P;
and




     (f) Investments not included in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this Section
7.10, provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments does not exceed 15% of
Consolidated Net Worth at any time.



As of any date of determination, each Investment shall be valued at the greater of:





     (x) the amount at which such Investment is shown on the books of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries (or zero if such Investment is not shown on any such books); and




     (y) either




     (i) in the case of any Guarantee of the obligation of any Person, the amount
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has paid on account of such obligation
less any recoupment by the Company or such Subsidiary of any such payments, or




     (ii) in the case of any other Investment, the excess of (x) the greater of (A)
the amount originally entered on the books of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
with respect thereto and (B) the cost thereof to the Company or its Subsidiary over
(y) any return of capital (after income Taxes applicable thereto) upon such
Investment through the sale or other liquidation thereof or part thereof or
otherwise.



     7.11 Indebtedness of Subsidiaries. The Company will not at any time permit any Subsidiary,
directly or indirectly, to create, incur, assume, guarantee, have outstanding, or otherwise become
or remain directly or indirectly liable for, any Indebtedness other than:



     (a) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule
5.15 and any extension, renewal or refunding thereof, provided that the principal amount
outstanding at the time of such extension, renewal or refunding is not increased;



     (b) Indebtedness of (a) any Subsidiary to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (b) the Company or any
Co-Obligor to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (c) Lealand Finance Company B.V. to any Subsidiary
(other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed
$50,000,000 at any time and (d) any one or more Co-Obligors to Horton CBI, Limited in the aggregate
outstanding principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000; provided, that if either the Company or
any Co-Obligor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness may only be due either the
Company or a Co-Obligor and shall be expressly subordinate to the payment in full in cash of the
Credit Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;



     (c) guaranties by a Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Company;



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     (d) Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding from time to time;



     (e) Indebtedness under the Existing Note Purchase Agreement outstanding from time to time;



     (f) Indebtedness with respect to the Hedging Arrangements pursuant to which the Company or any
Subsidiary has hedged its reasonably estimated interest rate, foreign currency or commodity
exposure, and which are non-speculative in nature;



     (g) Indebtedness under the LOC Agreements and guaranties thereof by the Subsidiary Guarantors;



     (h) (i) recourse obligations resulting from endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business; (ii) Contingent Obligations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries identified as such on Schedule 7.11(h) to this Agreement; (iii) Contingent Obligations
(x) incurred by any Subsidiary of the Company to support the performance of bids, tenders, sales,
contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) of any other Subsidiary of the Company
in the ordinary course of business, (y) incurred by any Subsidiary of the Company under the Credit
Agreement, or (z) with respect to surety, appeal and performance bonds and Performance Letters of
Credit obtained by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and (iv)
Contingent Obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary Guaranty; and



     (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary not otherwise permitted by the preceding clauses (a) through
(g), provided that immediately before and after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and to the
application of the proceeds thereof,




(i) no Default or Event of Default exists, and




(ii) the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this
Section 7.11(h) does not exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Worth.



     7.12 Subsidiary Guaranties. The Company will not permit any Subsidiary to (i) become a
borrower or obligor under the Credit Agreement or the Existing Note Purchase Agreement, (ii) become
a guarantor of Indebtedness owed to banks or noteholders under the Credit Agreement or the Existing
Note Purchase Agreement or (iii) directly or indirectly guarantee any Indebtedness or other
obligations of the Company or any Co-Obligor or Chicago Bridge & Iron Company B.V. unless, in each
case, such Subsidiary is, or concurrently therewith becomes, a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty.



     7.13 Assets of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries. The Company will not permit Subsidiaries that are
not Subsidiary Guarantors to account for more than 20% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time.



     7.14 Margin Stock. The Company shall not use the Credits or the Term Loans, whether directly
or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin
stock with in the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB.



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     7.15 Terrorism Sanctions Regulations. The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary
to (a) become a Person described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or
(b) engage in any dealings or transactions with any such Person.



ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES




     8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default”:



     (a) Non-Payment of Drawing or Principal Amount. The Co-Obligors fail to pay when and
as required to be paid herein or in any other Credit Document (i) within five Business Days after
the applicable Reimbursement Date of any drawing under any Credit, the amount of such drawing
(unless within such five Business Day period a Request for Term Loans has been received pursuant to
Section 2.03(b), and such Term Loans are made in accordance with the terms and conditions
of Sections 2.03, 4.02 and 4.03 within ten Business Days of the receipt by
the Administrative Agent of such Request for Term Loans), or (ii) on the Maturity Date, the
aggregate principal amount of any Term Loan outstanding; or



     (b) Non-Payment of Interest and Other Amounts. The Company or any Co-Obligor defaults
in the payment of any interest on any Credit-Linked Note or Term Note, any Facility Fee or Fronting
Fee due hereunder, any Prepayment Premium due hereunder, or other amount payable hereunder or under
any other Credit Document, including any obligation to Cash Collateralize any Credit hereunder, for
more than five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or



     (c) Specific Covenants. The Company or any Co-Obligor defaults in the performance of
or compliance with Sections 6.01(f), or Sections 7.01 through 7.15; or



     (d) Other Defaults. The Company or any Co-Obligor defaults in the performance of or
compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and
(c) of this Section 8.01) and such default is not remedied within thirty (30) days after
the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (ii) the
Company or any Co-Obligor receiving written notice of such default from the Administrative Agent or
any Lender; or



     (e) Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty made in writing by
or on behalf of the Company, or any Co-Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor or by any officer of the
Company, or any Co-Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Agreement, the Parent Guaranty, the
Subsidiary Guaranty or in any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made;
or



     (f) Cross-Defaults. (i) The Company or any Subsidiary is in default (and all
applicable grace periods have expired) (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the
payment of any principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness that is
outstanding in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $20,000,000 (any such Indebtedness,
“Material Indebtedness”) beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto or (ii) the



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Company or any Subsidiary is in default (including any termination event, amortization event,
liquidation event or event of default) in the performance of or compliance with any term of any
evidence of any Material Indebtedness (and all applicable grace periods have expired) or of any
mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a
consequence of such default or condition such Material Indebtedness has become, or has been
declared, or one or more Persons are entitled to declare such Material Indebtedness to be, due and
payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as
a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition, which constitutes a
breach or default under the documents governing the related Material Indebtedness, the Company or
any Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Material Indebtedness before its scheduled
maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iv) one or more Persons have the
right to require the Company or any Subsidiary so to purchase or repay any Material Indebtedness,
or (v) an event or condition shall occur which results in an “Event of Default” under any Allocated
Agreement or (x) any Co-Obligor shall have become obligated to make payment of all or a portion of
the obligations under such Allocated Agreement, or (y) the issuer(s) or the lenders under the
Allocated Agreement receive any payment (by way of cash collateral or otherwise) with respect of
the obligations under the Allocated Agreement without the L/C Issuers and/or the Lenders under this
Agreement receiving a pro rata payment with respect to the obligations under this Agreement,
provided, that this clause (y) shall not apply to the reimbursement of drawings made under
letters of credit within the grace period expressly provided for with respect to reimbursement of
drawings under such Allocated Agreement; or




     (g) Failure to Pay Debts; Voluntary Proceedings. The Company, any Co-Obligor or any
Subsidiary Guarantor (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its
debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it
of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for
liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv)
consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers
with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as
insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the
foregoing; or



     (h) Involuntary Proceedings. A court or governmental authority of competent
jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company, any Co-Obligor or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with
respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for
relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or
for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or
ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company, any Co-Obligor or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company, any Co-Obligor or
any Subsidiary and such petition shall not be dismissed within 45 days; or



     (i) Judgments. A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating
$20,000,000 are rendered against one or more of the Company, any Co-Obligor or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded,



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discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration
of such stay; or




     (j) Invalidity of any Guaranty. The Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor fails to make
a payment due under the Parent Guaranty or the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable, defaults in the
performance of or compliance with any other material term contained in the Parent Guaranty or the
Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable, and such default, in the case of a payment default, has not
been remedied within the cure period applicable thereto under clauses (a) and (b), above, or in the
case of a non-payment default, continues and has not been remedied within 30 days after the earlier
of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge of such default and (ii) the Company receiving
written notice of such default from the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, or any
of the Guaranties ceases to be in full force and effect as a result of acts taken by the Company,
any Co-Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor or is declared to be null and void in whole or in
material part by a court or other governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction or the
validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any of the Company, any Co-Obligor or any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any of them renounces any of the same or denies that it has any or further
liability thereunder; or



     (k) ERISA. If (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of
ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of
any amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent
to terminate any Plan shall have been filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted
proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or
the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of
any such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the
meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of
ERISA, shall exceed $20,000,000 (iv) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred any
liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise Tax provisions of the Code
relating to employee benefit plans, (v) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any
Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee
welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase
the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events described
in clauses (i) through (vi) above, either individually or together with any other such event or
events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or



     (l) Change in Control. At any time that a Change of Control Event occurs.


As used in Section 8.01(k), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee
welfare benefit plan” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of
ERISA.




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



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     (a) declare any obligation of any L/C Issuer to make Credit Extensions and the obligations of
the Lenders to make Term Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be
terminated;



     (b) declare all amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document to be
immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all
of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company and each Co-Obligor;



     (c) require that the Co-Obligors Cash Collateralize the Credit Obligations (other than
Advances and Term Loans) (in an amount equal to the sum of the Outstanding Amount thereof plus the
Alternative Currency Reserve, if any, as such amounts may vary from time to time); and



     (d) exercise on behalf of itself, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders all rights and remedies
available to it, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders under the Credit Documents or applicable Law;


provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an
order for relief with respect to the Company or any Co-Obligor under the Bankruptcy Code of the
United States, or any other Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(g) or (h)
which has the effect of staying actions against the Company or any Co-Obligor, any obligation of
the L/C Issuers or the Lenders to make Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, all unpaid
amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the
Co-Obligors to Cash Collateralize the Credit Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become
effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any
Lender.




     Thereafter, at the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall (x)
withdraw from the Credit-Linked Deposit Account and distribute to the Lenders an amount equal to
the excess of the Total Credit-Linked Deposit over the sum of the Outstanding Amount of the Credit
Obligations (other than Advances and Term Loans) plus the Alternative Currency Reserve, if any, and
(y) subject to, and to the extent of, the Co-Obligors’ compliance with any Cash Collateralization
requirements as aforesaid, withdraw from the Credit-Linked Deposit Account and distribute to the
Lenders the aggregate amount of any remaining Credit-Linked Deposits to the extent of the amount
credited to the Credit-Linked Deposit Account; in each case subject to any notice required pursuant
to the Money Market Account Agreement.



     8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section
8.02 (or after the obligations of the L/C Issuers to make Credit Extensions have been
automatically terminated and the Credit Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash
Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received by the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or the Lenders on account of the Credit Obligations shall be
applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:



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



     Second, to payment of that portion of the Credit Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities and other amounts (excluding principal, any premium and interest on any Borrowings and
any Facility Fee but including interest, if any, on any such fees, indemnities and



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other amounts) payable to the L/C Issuers and the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and
amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective
amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;




     Third, to payment of that portion of the Credit Obligations constituting accrued and
unpaid Facility Fee, interest on the Borrowings, to the L/C Issuers and ratably among the Lenders
in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;



     Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Credit Obligations constituting unpaid
principal of or any premium on the Borrowings, to the L/C Issuers and ratably among the Lenders in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth then payable to them;



     Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer, to
Cash Collateralize that portion of Credit Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of
Credits to the extent the Co-Obligors have not then complied with their Cash Collateralization
requirements; and



     Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Credit Obligations have been paid in full,
to the Co-Obligors or as otherwise required by Law.



     Subject to Section 2.01(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn
amount of Credits pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under
such Credits as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Credits
have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Credit
Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.



ARTICLE IX

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT




     9.01 Appointment and Authority. (a) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereby
irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and
under the other Credit Documents (including, without limitation, for the purpose of acting as
Guarantied Party under the Guaranties) and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions
on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Except as expressly provided in this Article or to the extent of any rights and benefits expressly
afforded to a Credit Party by this Article, the provisions of this Article are solely for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and no Credit Party shall
have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.



     (b) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Credits issued by
it and the L/C Issuer Documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the
benefits and immunities (A) to the extent provided to the Administrative Agent in this Article
IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with
Credits issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and L/C Issuer Documents pertaining to such
Credits as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in this Article IX included
such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally expressly provided
herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.



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     9.02 Rights of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual
capacity and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor
or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Credit
Parties or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative
Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.



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



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



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



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



     The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with
the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be
necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii)
in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.



     The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into
(i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any
other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered
hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance
of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or
genuineness of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or
document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere
herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.



     9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely
upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate,



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




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



     9.06 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and L/C
Issuers acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent
or any Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each
of the Lenders and L/C Issuers also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such
documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own
decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Credit
Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender
and each L/C Issuer hereby acknowledges that it has not relied on the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any of their Related Parties (other than as a recipient of legal opinions of counsel to
the Administrative Agent delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(vi)) with respect to any
bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. Except for
notices, reports, and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the L/C Issuers and the
Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or
responsibility to provide any L/C Issuer or Lender with any credit or other information concerning
the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of
any of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession
of it or any of its Related Parties.



     9.07 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Sole Lead
Arranger and the Joint Book Managers as listed on the cover page hereof shall not have any



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powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents,
except as set forth in the BAS/BofA Fee Letter.




     9.08 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or
notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to defaults in the
payment of principal, premiums, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice
from a L/C Issuer, a Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or
Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative Agent
will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take
such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be directed by the Required
Lenders; provided, however, that unless and until the Administrative Agent has
received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such
action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it
shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.



     9.09 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative
Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders; provided that any such resignation by Bank of
America shall also constitute its resignation as an L/C Issuer under this Agreement;
provided, however, the Administrative Agent may not resign if (i) it is the L/C
Issuer of any outstanding Credits under this Agreement or (ii) any Credit-Linked Deposits of any
Lender exist. If the Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall
appoint a successor administrative agent for the Lenders which successor administrative agent shall
be consented to by the Company at all times other than during the existence of any Default or Event
of Default (which consent of the Company shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no
successor administrative agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and
the Company, a successor administrative agent from among the Lenders with the consent of such
Lender. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder, the
Person acting as such successor administrative agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and
duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean
such successor administrative agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers
and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s
resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX and
Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor
administrative agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is 30 days
following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all
duties of Administrative Agent hereunder until such time if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a
successor agent as provided for above.



     9.10 Taxes. The Administrative Agent may, without redundancy, withhold any Taxes required to
be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Credit Documents with respect to which
the Co-Obligors are not required to pay additional amounts or indemnify any L/C Issuer or any
Lender under any Credit Document. If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Administrative
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payments made to or for the account of any L/C Issuer or any Lender, such L/C Issuer or such
Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent therefor, including all penalties and interest, any
Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this
Section, and costs and expenses (including reasonable Attorney Costs) of the Administrative Agent.
The obligation of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders under this Section shall survive the termination
of the Credit-Linked Deposits, repayment of all Credit Obligations and all other amounts due
hereunder and under any other Credit Document and the resignation or replacement of the
Administrative Agent.




     9.11 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any
receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
composition or other judicial proceeding relative to a Credit Party, the Administrative Agent
(irrespective of whether the principal of any Term Loan or Credit Obligation shall then be due and
payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on a Credit Party) shall be entitled and empowered
to, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, and, if requested by the Required Lenders,
shall:



     (a) file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid
in respect of the Loans, Credit Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and
to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the
Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders,
the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04) allowed
in such judicial proceeding; and



     (b) collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same;



     and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and L/C Issuer to make such
payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and L/C Issuers, to pay to the
Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Administrative Agent under Sections 2.05 and 10.04.



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



     9.12 Guaranty Matters. Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent, at its
option and in its discretion, to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the
Subsidiary Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a



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transaction permitted hereunder. Upon request by Administrative Agent at any time, each
Lender will confirm in writing Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Subsidiary Guarantor
from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.12.




ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS




     10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Credit Document (other than L/C Issuer Documents to the extent permitted by Section
2.01(b)), and no consent to any departure by the Company or any other Credit Party therefrom,
shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Company or the
applicable Credit Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each
such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or
consent shall:



     (a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01(a) without the written consent of
each Lender;



     (b) extend the Maturity Date or increase the Credit-Linked Deposit of any Lender (or reinstate
any obligation to make Credit Extensions terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 in which such
Lender participates) without the written consent of such Lender;



     (c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Credit Document (other than L/C
Issuer Documents to the extent permitted by Section 2.01(b)) for any payment of principal,
interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other
Credit Document (other than L/C Issuer Documents to the extent permitted by Section
2.01(b)) without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;



     (d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Borrowing, or
(subject to clause (iii) of the proviso below) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under
any other Credit Document (other than L/C Issuer Documents to the extent permitted by Section
2.01(b)); provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders
shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate,” the amount of any increase in the
Applicable Rate pursuant to the definition thereof during the existence of any Event of Default, or
the interest rate applicable from time to time to Borrowings under Section 2.04(a)(ii), or
to waive any obligation of the Co-Obligors to pay interest at the Default Rate or at the rate set
forth in Section 2.04(a)(ii), or to increase the Applicable Rate during the existence of an
Event of Default;



     (e) change Section 2.08 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro
rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;



     (f) change any provision of this Section 10.01, or the definition of “Required
Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to
amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any
consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;



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     (g) change the definitions of “Alternative Currency” without the consent of each Lender; or



     (h) release the Company or any Subsidiary from any of the guaranteed obligations under any of
the Guaranties without the written consent of each Lender;



     and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the L/C Issuers in addition to the Lenders required above, modify or waive
any provision of Section 2.01(a) (including defined terms used therein) or otherwise affect
the rights or duties of the L/C Issuers under this Agreement or any L/C Issuer Document relating to
any Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect
the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Credit Document;
(iii) the Fronting Fee Letters and the BAS/BofA Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges
thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto; and (iv) the
Administrative Agent shall not agree to any amendment or waiver of any provision of any Allocation
Agreement nor consent to any departure therefrom by any party unless the same shall be in writing
and signed by the Administrative Agent for itself and on behalf of the Lenders at the direction or
with the consent of the Required Lenders.



     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing Section 10.01, if the Credit
Agreement is amended to exempt the Co-Obligors from the restrictions of Section 7.3(A) thereof, and
provided that no Event of Default then exists and the Company delivers the notice and Officer’s
Certificate discussed below, then effective upon delivery of such notice and Officer’s Certificate,
Sections 7.07 and 7.11 of this Agreement will be deemed automatically modified to exempt
Indebtedness of Co-Obligors. If the Credit Agreement is modified as described in the preceding
sentence, the Company may deliver to each holder of Notes a notification of such amendment, and the
resulting automatic amendment of Sections 7.07 and 7.11, which notice shall be accompanied by an
Officer’s Certificate certifying that (i) no Event of Default then exists and (ii) such Officer’s
Certificate attaches a true and correct copy of the amendment to the Credit Agreement referenced in
such notice.



     10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.



     (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
facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be
given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:



          (i) if to the Company, the Co-Obligors, the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, to the
address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on
Schedule 10.02; and




          (ii) if to any Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone
number specified on Schedule A.




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     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 facsimile shall be deemed to have
been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient,
shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the
recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in
subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).



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



     Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications
sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement
from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day
for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website
shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as
described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is
available and identifying the website address therefor.



     (c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT
PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR
THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE
BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR
FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE
BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Company, any
Co-Obligor, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Company’s, any
Co-Obligor’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Company Materials through the Internet,
except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that
in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Company, any



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Co-Obligor, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).




     (d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and
the L/C Issuers may change its address, facsimile number, email address or telephone number for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each Lender may
change its address, facsimile number, email address or telephone number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the Co-Obligors’ Agent, the Administrative Agent and the L/C
Issuers. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to
ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name,
telephone number, facsimile number and email address to which notices and other communications may
be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.



     (e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and Lenders. The Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices
(including telephonic notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Company or any Co-Obligor
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 Co-Obligors jointly and
severally agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, each Lender and the Related
Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the
reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Company or any
Co-Obligor; provided, however, that the Co-Obligors shall not be liable for payment to any such
Person to the extent such losses, costs, expenses and liabilities are determined in a final,
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Person’s
own gross negligence or willful misconduct. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic
communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each
of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.



     10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies,
powers and privileges herein or therein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.



     10.04 Expenses; Indemnity. (a) Costs and Expenses. The Co-Obligors jointly and
severally agree (i) to pay or reimburse each of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, BAS (in
its capacity as an Arranger) and special counsel for the Lenders for all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to pay or reimburse each of the Administrative
Agent, BAS (in its capacity as Arranger), each L/C Issuer and each Lender for all reasonable costs
and expenses incurred in connection with any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of
the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
are consummated), including without limitation any out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in
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10.17 of this Agreement, and the consummation and administration of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including all reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and
disbursements (and, with respect to the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent, the allocated
costs of internal legal counsel and the expenses and disbursements of internal counsel), but
excluding any such costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, and disbursements of the L/C Issuers and the
Administrative Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated in Section 10.17
resulting from a Deposit Account Interest Non-Payment Event; and (ii) to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Lender for all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies
under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred
during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Credit Obligations and during any legal
proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs.
The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and
appraisal charges and fees and Taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts
retained by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender.




     (b) Indemnification by the Co-Obligors. The Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree
to indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), BAS, each Lender and each L/C
Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (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 reasonable Attorney Costs of any
Indemnitee), of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any
Credit Party in any way relating to, arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (before
or after the Closing Date) (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration
of any Credit Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with
the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby,
including without limitation the transactions contemplated by Section 10.17 of this
Agreement but excluding any such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims,
demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements of the L/C Issuers and the
Administrative Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated in Section 10.17
resulting from a Deposit Account Interest Non-Payment Event, (b) any Credit-Linked Deposit, Credit
or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any L/C Issuer to
honor a demand for payment under a Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand
do not strictly comply with the terms of such Credit), or (c) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on
contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of
any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether
any Indemnitee is a party thereto, 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 (all the
foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements (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
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a material breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder, if such Co-Obligor has obtained
a final, non-appealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential
damages relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in
connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Co-Obligor shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential
damages claimed by an Indemnitee in connection with the transactions contemplated by Section
10.17 of this Agreement (other than such damages claimed by an Indemnitee as a result of such
damages being claimed against such Indemnitee by a third party). All amounts due under this
Section 10.04 shall be payable within ten Business Days after demand therefor.




     (c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that a Credit Party for any reason fails
to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by
it to the Administrative Agent in such capacity (or any sub-agent thereof), the Affiliates of the
Administrative Agent (to the extent such Affiliates are acting for the Administrative Agent in such
capacity), or any other Related Parties of the Administrative Agent (pursuant to the express
authorization of, or by express delegation from the Administrative Agent in connection with its
duties as Administrative Agent) in connection with this Agreement, each Lender severally agrees to
pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), any such Affiliate or any such Related
Party, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed
expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, so long as that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case
may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), any
such Affiliate or any such Related Party; provided, however, that with respect to
Indemnified Liabilities arising in connection with an Allocated Letter of Credit, the obligation of
the Lenders under this Section 10.4(c) shall be limited to only those Indemnified
Liabilities which are directly allocable to the Allocated Share thereof. The obligations of the
Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(c).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) no Lender shall be obligated to reimburse or indemnify the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), any such Affiliate or any such Related Party in
respect of the transactions contemplated by Section 10.17 resulting from a Deposit Account
Interest Non-Payment Event, and (b) no Lender shall be obligated to reimburse or indemnify BAS or
to reimburse or indemnify the L/C Issuers (other than from the Credit-Linked Deposits as provided
in Section 2.01(c)).



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



     (e) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the
Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Credit-Linked Deposits
and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Credit Obligations.



     10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Co-Obligors
is made to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any
L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such
set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared



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to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be
repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any
Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part
thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect
as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each L/C Issuer and
each Lender severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of
any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the
date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable
Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment.
The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the
replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Credit-Linked Deposits and the repayment,
satisfaction or discharge of all the other Credit Obligations.




     10.06 Successors and Assigns. (a) 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 the Company nor any of the Co-Obligors may assign or otherwise transfer
any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Lender and no Lender may 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 10.06, (ii) by way of participation in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section 10.06, (iii) by way of
pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this
Section 10.06 (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 10.06 and, to
the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuers and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason
of this Agreement.



     (b) Any Lender may at any time assign to another Lender or to one or more Eligible Assignees
all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of
its Credit-Linked Deposit and Credit Obligations at the time owing to it); provided that
unless such assignment is to another Lender (i) upon such assignment, except in the case of an
assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit and
Credit Obligations, the aggregate principal amount of the Credit-Linked Deposit and Credit
Obligations held by the assignee, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with
respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is
specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000
unless each of the Administrative Agent and the Co-Obligors’ Agent consents in writing (each such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and in the case of the Co-Obligors’ Agent,
which consent shall not be required if an Event of Default exists and has continued for more than
10 Business Days); (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate
part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the
Credit Obligations and the Credit-Linked Deposit assigned; and (iii) the parties to each assignment
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Assignment and Assumption. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 10.06, from and after the effective date
specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to
this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have
the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and shall be bound by any Allocation
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by
such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 10.04 and
10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment). Upon request, the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree (at their expense) to
execute and deliver a Credit-Linked Note and one or more Term Notes to the assignee Lender. Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not
comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such
Lender of a Participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this
Section 10.06.




     (c) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Co-Obligors
and the Co-Obligors’ Agent, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of the Lenders, and the Credit-Linked Deposit of, and amounts of the Credit Obligations
owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and the Company, the Co-Obligors,
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. Upon the receipt of an Assignment and
Assumption, Administrative Agent shall provide Co-Obligor’s Agent notice of such assignment. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Co-Obligors’ Agent, any L/C Issuer and any
Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at
any time that a request for a consent for a material or other substantive change to the Loan
Documents is pending, any Lender may request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of
the Register.



     (d) Any Lender may at any time, without notice to or the consent of the Administrative Agent
but with prior notice to and the written consent of the Co-Obligors’ Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed and which consent shall not be required if an Event of Default
exists and has continued for more than 10 Business Days), sell participations to any Person (other
than a natural person or any Co-Obligor, the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any of the Company’s Affiliates
or Subsidiaries ) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights
and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Credit-Linked Deposit
and/or such Lender’s Term Loans and/or Participations in Credit Obligations owing to it);
provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations and (iii) the Co-Obligors, the Co-Obligors’ Agent, the Administrative Agent, the
L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
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instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such
Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or
instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to
any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01
that directly affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section 10.06,
the Company and the Co-Obligors agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and
had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 10.06.
To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be
subject to Section 2.09 as though it were a Lender.




     (e) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
3.01 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is
made with the prior written consent of the Co-Obligors’ Agent. A Participant shall not be entitled
to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Co-Obligors’ Agent is notified of the
participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Co-Obligors, to provide Tax Forms as though it were a Lender.



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



     (g) The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment
and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in
electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a
manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be,
to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic
Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and
Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.



     (h) The Credit-Linked Deposit funded by any Lender under Section 2.01(c)(ii) shall not
be released in connection with any assignment of its Credit-Linked Deposit, but shall instead be
purchased by the relevant assignee and continue to be held for application (if not already applied
in accordance with the terms of Section 2.01(c)(ii) or 2.03) pursuant to
Section 2.01(c)(ii) in respect of such assignee’s obligations under the Credit-Linked
Deposit assigned to it.



     10.07 Confidentiality. For the purposes of this Section 10.07, “Confidential
Information” means information delivered to the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers or the Lenders by
or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by
or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature, provided that such
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the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers, the Lenders, any of their directors, officers,
employees, agents, attorneys, trustees or Affiliates (collectively the “Relevant Individuals”) on a
non-confidential basis prior to the time of such disclosure other than pursuant to any breach of
this Section 10.07, or (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission
by any other Relevant Individual, (c) otherwise becomes known to any of the Relevant Individuals
other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or other than pursuant to any breach
of this Section 10.07, or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered under Section
6.01 that are otherwise publicly available. The Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and the
Lenders will maintain (and be responsible for causing the other Relevant Individuals to maintain)
the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with their own respective
procedures adopted by in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered
to them, provided that the Relevant Individuals may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to
(i) their directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and affiliates (to the extent
such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its
Credit-Linked Notes or Term Notes) and such Persons comply with the provisions of this Section
10.07 with respect to such Confidential Information, (ii) their financial advisors and other
professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information in accordance
with the terms of this Section 10.07, (iii) any holder of any Credit-Linked Note or Term
Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell a Credit-Linked Note or
Term Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing
prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this
Section 10.07), (v) any Person from which a Relevant Individual offers to purchase any
security of the Company or any of the Co-Obligors (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to
its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section
10.07), (vi) any regulatory authority requesting such information, (vii) the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners (the “NAIC”) or the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC
or any successor thereof, any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that
requires access to information about the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or the Lenders’
investment portfolio, (viii) any other Person to which delivery or disclosure may be necessary or
appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or any Lender (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal
process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers
or the Lenders is a party, or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the
extent the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or a Lender may reasonably determine such delivery
and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of its
rights and remedies under this Agreement, (xi) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or
prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s
professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations of the Credit
Parties, (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential
Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 10.07, (x) to any Person with the
consent of the Co-Obl
igors’ Agent. In addition, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the
Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market
data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders in connection with the administration and
management of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Credit-Linked Deposits, and the
Credit Extensions; provided that the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders
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not identify any of the Credit Parties (or disclose any fact that would reasonably be expected
to enable the recipient to determine the identity of either of the Credit Parties) or make
available any financial statements with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates
or other information with respect to their financial condition or business in connection with any
such disclosure, without the prior written consent of the Co-Obligors’ Agent. Each holder of a
Credit-Linked Note or Term Note, by its acceptance of the respective note, will be deemed to have
agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 10.07 as though it
were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Co-Obligors’ Agent in connection with
the delivery to any holder of a Credit-Linked Note or Term Note of information required to be
delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that
is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the
Co-Obligors’ Agent embodying the provisions of this Section 10.07.




     10.08 Set-off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders
provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each of
the L/C Issuers and the Lenders is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior
notice to the Co-Obligors’ Agent or any other Credit Party, any such notice being waived by the
Co-Obligors’ Agent (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Credit Party) to the fullest extent
permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final in whatever currency) at any time held by, and other indebtedness (in whatever
currency) at any time owing by, such L/C Issuer or such Lender to or for the credit or the account
of the respective Credit Parties against any and all Credit Obligations and all other amounts due
hereunder and owing to such L/C Issuer or such Lender hereunder or under any other Credit Document,
now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer
or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Credit Document and
although such Credit Obligations and other amounts may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in
a currency different than that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness. Each Lender or each L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, agrees promptly to notify the Co-Obligors’ Agent and the Administrative
Agent after any such set-off and application made by such L/C Issuer or such Lender;
provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such set-off and application.



     10.09 Representations and Warranties of Each Lender. Each Lender (for itself, and not for any
other Lender) represents and warrants to the L/C Issuers, the Co-Obligors and the Co-Obligors’
Agent:



     (a) Purchase for Investment. Such Lender is an institutional “accredited investor”
within the meaning of subparagraphs (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501(a) promulgated under the
Securities Act. Such Lender represents that it is purchasing its Participation in this Agreement,
its Credit-Linked Note and its Term Notes, if any, for its own account or for one or more separate
accounts maintained by it or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a
view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of its or their property
shall at all times be within its or their control. Such Lender understands that the Credit-Linked
Notes and Term Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if
registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is
available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is
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law, and that the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, the Co-Obligors and the Company are
not required to register the Credit-Linked Notes and Term Notes.




     (b) Source of Funds. Such Lender represents that at least one of the following
statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used
by it to pay the purchase price of its Participation in this Agreement:



          (i) the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined in the United
States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in respect of
which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies
approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the “NAIC Annual
Statement”)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit
plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s)
held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or
affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general
account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive
of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with
such Lender’s state of domicile; or




          (ii) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such
Lender’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any
employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to
any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any
manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or




          (iii) the Source is either (A) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the
meaning of PTE 90-1 or (B) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38
and, except as disclosed by such Lender to the L/C Issuers and the Co-Obligors’ Agent in writing
pursuant to this clause (iii), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same
employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such
pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or




          (iv) the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part V of
PTE 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or
“QPAM” (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that
are included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit
plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of
Section V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and
managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of
Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or
controlled by the QPAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption)
owns a 5% or more interest in the L/C Issuers or the Company and (i) the identity of such QPAM and
(ii) the names of all employee benefit plans whose assets are included in such investment fund have
been disclosed to the L/C Issuers and the Co-Obligors’ Agent in writing pursuant to this clause
(iv); or




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          (v) the Source constitutes assets of one or more “plans” (within the meaning of Part IV of PTE
96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”)) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within
the meaning of Part IV of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the
INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the
INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section IV(d)(3) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 5%
or more interest in the L/C Issuers or the Company and (A) the identity of such INHAM and (B) the
name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to
the L/C Issuers and the Co-Obligors’ Agent in writing pursuant to this clause (v); or




          (vi) the Source is a governmental plan; or




          (vii) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund
comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the L/C
Issuers and the Co-Obligors’ Agent in writing pursuant to this clause (vii); or




          (viii) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan
exempt from the coverage of ERISA.




     As used in this Section 10.09(b), the terms “employee benefit plan”,
“governmental plan”, “party in interest” and “separate account” shall have
the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.



     (c) Authorization; Enforceability. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Lender.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Lender and is the legally valid and
binding obligation of such Lender, enforceable against such Lender in accordance with its terms,
except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles.



     (d) Adequate Information about the Company and the Co-Obligors. Each Lender
represents that its has received or otherwise had access to all levels of management of the Company
and the Co-Obligors and to all other information regarding the business, properties, operations,
results of operations and condition (financial and otherwise) of the Co-Obligors, the Company and
its Affiliates and its Subsidiaries of the character its considers necessary or desirable in order
to make an informed investment decision with respect to its Participation in this Agreement.



     10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement or any
document or instrument delivered in connection herewith by facsimile shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement or such other document or instrument, as
applicable.



     10.11 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Credit Documents, comprises the
complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and
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of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Credit
Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of
supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or the
Lenders in any other Credit Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each
Credit Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and
shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the
fair meaning thereof.




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



     10.13 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Credit 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 Credit 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.



     10.14 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.



     ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT MAY
BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE
COMPANY AND THE CO-OBLIGORS CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE CO-OBLIGORS IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF
FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY CREDIT DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED
THERETO. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE CO-OBLIGORS WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT
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     10.15 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES
ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY CREDIT
DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES
HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN
EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR
OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE
OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY
FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE
CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.



     10.16 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is
necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Credit Document in one currency into another
currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer could purchase the first currency with such
other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation
of any Co-Obligor in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuers or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Credit 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
Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency,
the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer 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 Administrative Agent, any L/C
Issuer or any Lender from the Co-Obligors in the Agreement Currency, the Co-Obligors jointly and
severally agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the
Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the
amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the
Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in such currency, the Administrative Agent, such
L/C Issuer or such Lender, as applicable, agrees to return the amount of any excess to the
Co-Obligors (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).



     10.17 Credit Rating Downgrade Event or Deposit Account Interest Non-Payment Event. (a) For
purposes of this Section 10.17, (i) the term “Credit Rating Downgrade Event” means
that the credit ratings established by S&P and Moody’s with respect to the senior, unsecured
long-term, non-credit enhanced debt securities (“Long-Term Debt”) of Bank of America have
been lowered below “A” by S&P and below “A2” by Moody’s or that the Long-Term Debt of Bank of
America has ceased to be rated by S&P and Moody’s for a period of more than ten (10) consecutive
Business Days, in each case as evidenced by the public announcement thereof; provided that
if the credit ratings established for the Long-Term Debt of Bank of America by either S&P or
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other rating agency shall be used for purposes of this Section 10.17; and (ii) the
term “Deposit Account Interest Non-Payment Event” means that an interest payment in respect
of the Credit-Linked Deposits payable pursuant to Section 2.01(m)(i) shall not have been
made by Bank of America and distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01(m)(i) within five (5) Business Days of when due.




     (b) In the event that a Credit Rating Downgrade Event or a Deposit Account Interest
Non-Payment Event has occurred and is continuing, the Required Lenders may, by notice to the
Administrative Agent and the Co-Obligors’ Agent (each a “Required Notice”), identify the
Credit Rating Downgrade Event or Deposit Account Interest Non-Payment Event which then exists, and
request that either of the following actions be taken, and upon such request the Co-Obligors, the
Company, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders agree to use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such action to be taken:



          (i) A new deposit account (the “New Account”) shall be opened by the Administrative
Agent at a bank which has a credit rating of at least “AA-” from S&P and “Aa3” from Moody’s (the
“New Depository Bank”). The New Depository Bank, the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuers, the Co-Obligors, the Company and the Lenders shall execute such documents as may be
reasonably necessary or appropriate so that the L/C Issuers are granted by the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders a first priority perfected security interest in the New Account. Upon execution
and delivery of such documents (including customary legal opinions), and evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the L/C Issuers of perfection with first priority of such security interest, all
funds then held in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account shall be transferred in Same Day Funds to the
New Depository Bank for credit to the New Account. Thereafter, the New Account shall be deemed to
be the “Credit-Linked Deposit Account” under this Agreement and the provisions of this Agreement
relating to the Credit-Linked Deposit Account shall apply mutatis mutandis to the New Account.
Except for the transfer of the Credit-Linked Deposit Account as provided above, the rights of the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, in and to the Credit-Linked
Deposit Account hereunder shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.




          In the event that the interest payable by the New Depository Bank on the funds on deposit in
the New Account is less than the interest set forth in Section 2.01(m)(i) of this Agreement
with respect to the Total Credit-Linked Deposit, then the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree
to pay such additional amounts at such times as may be required so that the Lenders receive no less
than the interest payable under Section 2.01(m)(i), at the times set forth in Section
2.01(m)(i).




          The parties to this Agreement shall execute and deliver an amendment to this Agreement and
such other documents as may be reasonably required to accomplish the foregoing. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 10.17(b)(i), the documentation, terms and
conditions utilized to establish and grant a security interest in the New Account and the other
documentation (including legal opinions) and actions contemplated herein (including any amendment
of this Agreement) shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Co-Obligors’
Agent, each L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent and each Lender.




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          or




          (ii) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall cause to be established, and beneficially
owned by the Lenders, a trust (the “Trust”) which shall in turn establish a securities
account (the “Securities Account”) at a securities intermediary (the “Securities
Intermediary”) having a credit rating of at least “AA-” from S&P and at least “Aa3” from
Moody’s. The Securities Intermediary, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Co-Obligors,
the Company and the Lenders shall execute such documents as may be reasonably necessary or
appropriate so that the L/C Issuers are granted by the Trust, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, as appropriate, a first priority perfected security interest in the Securities Account.
Upon execution and delivery of such documents (including customary legal opinions), and evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuers of perfection with first priority of such security
interest, all funds then held in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account shall be transferred in Same Day
Funds to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Securities Account. Such funds shall be
invested in such LIBOR-based short-term debt investments, having a credit rating of at least “AA-”
from S&P and at least “Aa3” from Moody’s as may be reasonably agreed upon by the Required Lenders,
the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Co-Obligors’ Agent. Thereafter, the Securities
Account shall be deemed to be the “Credit Linked Deposit Account” under this Agreement and the
provisions of this Agreement relating to the Credit-Linked Deposit Account shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the Securities Account. Except for the transfer of funds from the Credit-Linked
Deposit Account to the Securities Account as provided above, the rights of the Administrative
Agent, on behalf of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, in and to the Securities Account hereunder
shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.




          In the event that the interest payable with respect to the investments in the Securities
Account is less than the interest set forth in Section 2.01(m)(i) with respect to the Total
Credit-Linked Deposit, then the Co-Obligors jointly and severally agree to pay such additional
amounts at such times as may be required so that the Lenders receive no less than the interest
payable under Section 2.01(m)(i), at the times set forth in Section 2.01(m)(i).




          The parties to this Agreement shall execute and deliver an amendment to this Agreement and
such other documents as may be reasonably required to accomplish the foregoing. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 10.17(b)(ii), the documentation, terms and
conditions utilized to establish the Trust and Securities Account and to grant a security interest
in and to the Security Account and the other documentation (including legal opinions) and actions
contemplated herein (including any amendment of this Agreement) shall be reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to the Co-Obligors’ Agent, each L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent and each
Lender.




          (iii) The Co-Obligors’ Agent hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts from time to
time to inform the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly inform the Lenders upon receipt of
such information, of the status of the transactions contemplated in Sections 10.17(b)(i) or
(ii), as applicable. In the event that neither of the transactions contemplated in
subsections (i) or (ii) above, or transactions substantially similar to the transactions in such
sections, are consummated in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuers, the
Administrative Agent, the Co-Obligors’ Agent and each Lender within 180 days (or such shorter
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agree) after the receipt by the Co-Obligors’ Agent of a Required Notice, then the Required
Lenders may, by notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the credit facility established under
Section 2.01. The Required Lenders may, within 150 days of issuing a Required Notice,
provide the Co-Obligors’ Agent written notice of their election to retract such Required Notice,
but shall have no right to retract the Required Notice after such 150 day period. Upon delivery of
a notice of retraction, the actions required by Section 10.17(b)(i) or (ii) shall
no longer be required to be taken in connection with the event described in the Required Notice.
After delivery of a retraction notice or in the event the credit facility is not terminated at the
end of the 180 day period, the Required Lenders may not deliver another Required Notice under this
Section 10.17 unless the credit ratings from S&P or Moody’s on the Long-Term Debt of Bank
of America are further lowered. Upon such termination, all funds then or at any time thereafter
held in the Credit-Linked Deposit Account in excess of the sum of the then Outstanding Amount of
all Credit Obligations (other than Advances and Term Loans) plus the Alternative Currency Reserve,
if any, shall be withdrawn from the Credit-Linked Deposit Account by the Administrative Agent and
distributed by the Administrative Agent to each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share,
subject to any notice required pursuant to the Money Market Account Agreement; provided
that the Co-Obligors’ Agent may, pursuant to Section 2.03(b), request that the Lenders make
Term Loans as provided in Section 2.03(b)(i); and with respect to all Term Loans (whether
then outstanding or thereafter made), any required payment of the Prepayment Premium, if any, set
forth in Section 2.03(b)(vi) shall continue to apply.




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



     10.19 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each
transaction contemplated hereby, the Company and Co-Obligors acknowledge and agree that (except,
with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) below, as expressly set forth in any other
engagement agreement between the Company and/or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the
Administrative Agent or the Arranger, on the other hand): (i) the credit facility provided for
hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in
connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document)
are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand,
and the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, on the other hand, and each of the Company and the
Co-Obligors is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks
and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including
any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process
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and the Arranger each is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial
advisor, agent or fiduciary, for any Co-Obligor, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates,
stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) neither the Administrative Agent
nor the Arranger has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in
favor of the Company or any Co-Obligor with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative
Agent or the Arranger have advised or are currently advising any Co-Obligor, the Company or any of
their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Arranger
has any obligation to any Co-Obligor, the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the
other Credit Documents; (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger and their respective
Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from
those of the Co-Obligors, the Company and their respective Affiliates, and neither the
Administrative Agent nor the Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by
virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Administrative Agent and the
Arranger have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice
with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or
other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) and the Company and the Co-Obligors have
consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed
appropriate. The Company and the Co-Obligors hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that the Company or such Co-Obligor may have against the
Administrative Agent and the Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or
fiduciary duty.




     10.20 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender and L/C Issuer that is subject to the USA Patriot
Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any
Lender) hereby notifies the Co-Obligors’ Agent that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot
Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “USA Patriot
Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company and
the Co-Obligors, which information includes the name and address of the Company and the Co-Obligors
and other information that will allow such Lender, such L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent, as
applicable, to identify the Company and the Co-Obligors in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.



     10.21 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL
AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR
SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE
PARTIES.



     10.22 Tax Forms. Unless not legally entitled to do so:



     (a) Each Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code (a “Foreign Lender”) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to
receipt of any payment subject to withholding under the Code (or upon accepting an assignment of an
interest herein), two duly signed completed copies of either IRS Form W-8BEN or any



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successor thereto (relating to such Foreign Lender and, where applicable, entitling it to an
exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax on all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender
by the Co-Obligors pursuant to this Agreement) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto
(relating to all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Co-Obligors pursuant to this
Agreement) or such other evidence reasonably requested by and reasonably satisfactory to the
Company and the Administrative Agent that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from, or
reduction of, U.S. withholding Tax, including any exemption pursuant to the portfolio interest
provisions of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code. Thereafter and from time to time, each
such Foreign Lender shall (A) at the reasonable request of the Company and/or the Administrative
Agent, promptly submit to the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies
of one of such forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant
United States taxing authorities) or, if necessary, such other documentation as may then be
available under then current United States laws and regulations, and as do not require the
disclosure of information that the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender, as the
case may be and in each case in its reasonable discretion, deems to be confidential or proprietary,
to establish that such Foreign Lender, where applicable, is entitled to an exemption from, or
reduction of, U.S. withholding Tax, including any exemption pursuant to the portfolio interest
provisions of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code, and (B) promptly notify the
Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any
claimed exemption or reduction.




     (b) Upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent, the Issuer and
each Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-9.



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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.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	COMPANY:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY N.V., as Co-Obligors’
Agent and in its individual capacity	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: Chicago Bridge & Iron Company B.V., as its
Managing Director	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Ronald A. Ballschmiede	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Ronald A. Ballschmiede	 	 
	 	 	Title: Managing Director	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CO-OBLIGORS:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY (DELAWARE)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Luciano Reyes	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Luciano Reyes	 	 
	 	 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CBI SERVICES, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Terrence G. Browne	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Terrence G. Browne	 	 
	 	 	Title: Treasurer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CB&I CONSTRUCTORS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Luciano Reyes	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Luciano Reyes	 	 
	 	 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CB&I TYLER COMPANY	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Luciano Reyes	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Luciano Reyes	 	 
	 	 	Title: Treasurer	 	 





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	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

Administrative Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Dora A. Brown	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Dora A. Brown	 	 
	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 





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	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Robert W. Troutman	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Robert W. Troutman	 	 
	 	 	Title: Managing Director	 	 





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	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

L/C Issuer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ H. David Jones	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: H. David Jones	 	 
	 	 	Title: Vice President	 	 






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	 	 	LENDERS:	 	 
	 	 	SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Leo D. Saraceno	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Leo D. Saraceno	 	 
	 	 	Title: Vice-President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Ann C. King	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Ann C. King	 	 
	 	 	Title: Senior Counsel	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Leo D. Saraceno	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Leo D. Saraceno	 	 
	 	 	Title: Vice-President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Ann C. King	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Ann C. King	 	 
	 	 	Title: Senior Counsel	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Leo D. Saraceno	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Leo D. Saraceno	 	 
	 	 	Title: Authorized Signer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Ann C. King	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: Ann C. King	 	 
	 	 	Title: Authorized Signer	 	 





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