Exhibit 10.1

                       FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT


    THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of
September 30, 2004, is by and among COLGATE MEDICAL LTD, a company formed under
the laws of England and Wales and registered with number 01311455 (the
"Borrower"), Orthofix International N.V., a Netherlands Antilles corporation
(the "Parent"), those Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as a "Guarantor"
on the signature pages hereto (each, a "Subsidiary Guarantor" and, together with
the Parent, the "Guarantors"), INTAVENT ORTHOFIX LIMITED, a company formed under
the laws of England and Wales ("IOL"), the lenders identified on the signature
pages hereto as the Lenders (the "Lenders"), and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as administrative agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent").


                               W I T N E S S E T H

    WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto, and the
Administrative Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
December 30, 2003 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified through the
date hereof, the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement);

    WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested certain amendments to the Credit
Agreement as set forth herein; and

    WHEREAS, the Required Lenders and the Term Loan Lenders have agreed to such
amendments subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter set forth,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:


                                    ARTICLE I
                         AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

    1.1 New Definitions. The following definitions are hereby added to Section
1.1 of the Credit Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order:

         "Call Protection" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).

         "First Amendment Effective Date" shall mean September 30, 2004.


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    1.2 Existing Definitions.

         (a) The pricing grid in the definition of "Applicable Percentage" set
    forth in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated
    in its entirety to read as follows:

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                                                 LIBOR Rate
                                   Alternate     Margin for
                                   Base Rate      Revolving     Alternate
                 Borrower          Margin for     Loans and     Base Rate      LIBOR Rate
                 Leverage          Revolving      Letter of     Margin for     Margin for     Commitment
  Level            Ratio             Loans       Credit Fee     Term Loans     Term Loans         Fee
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<S>          <C>                     <C>            <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>
    I          greater than or       1.25%          2.25%         1.50%           2.50%          0.50%
             equal to 2.50 to 1.0
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    II         greater than or       1.00%          2.00%         1.25%           2.25%          0.50%
           equal to 2.00 to 1.0 but
            less than 2.50 to 1.0
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   III         greater than or       0.75%          1.75%         1.00%           2.00%          0.50%
           equal to 1.50 to 1.0 but
            less than 2.00 to 1.0
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    IV      less than 1.50 to 1.0    0.50%          1.50%         1.00%           2.00%         0.375%
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         (b) The definition of "Credit Party Obligations" in Section 1.1 of the
    Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
    follows:

         "Credit Party Obligations" shall mean, without duplication, (a) all of
    the obligations of the Credit Parties to the Lenders (including the Issuing
    Lender) and the Administrative Agent, whenever arising, under this
    Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Credit Documents (including, but
    not limited to, any interest accruing after the occurrence of a filing of a
    petition of bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Credit
    Party, regardless of whether such interest is an allowed claim under the
    Bankruptcy Code), (b) all of the obligations of IOL to the Lenders and the
    Administrative Agent, whenever arising, under the IOL Limited Guaranty and
    the UK Collateral Documents and (c) all liabilities and obligations,
    whenever arising, owing from any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to
    any Hedging Agreement Provider arising under any Secured Hedging Agreement
    permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(e).

    1.3 Section 2.2(b). Section 2.2(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

    Section 2.2 Term Loan Facility.
                -------------------


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         (b) Repayment of Term Loan. The principal amount of the Term Loan as of
    the First Amendment Effective Date (after giving effect to any prepayment of
    the Term Loan on or before such date) shall be repaid in eighteen (18)
    consecutive quarterly installments as follows, unless accelerated sooner
    pursuant to Section 7.2:


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Principal Amortization Payment Date                  Term Loan
                                           Principal Amortization Payment
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        September 30, 2004                           $2,400,000
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         December 31, 2004                           $2,400,000
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          March 31, 2005                             $2,400,000
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           June 30, 2005                             $2,400,000
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        September 30, 2005                           $2,400,000
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         December 31, 2005                           $2,500,000
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          March 31, 2006                             $2,500,000
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           June 30, 2006                             $2,500,000
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        September 30, 2006                           $2,500,000
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         December 31, 2006                           $2,500,000
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          March 31, 2007                             $2,500,000
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           June 30, 2007                             $2,500,000
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        September 30, 2007                           $2,500,000
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         December 31, 2007                           $2,500,000
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          March 31, 2008                            $15,000,000
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           June 30, 2008                            $15,000,000
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        September 30, 2008                          $15,000,000
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           Maturity Date             The remainder of the outstanding Term Loan
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    1.4 Section 2.7.

         (a) The fourth sentence in Section 2.7(a) of the Credit Agreement is
    hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

         All prepayments under this Section 2.7(a) shall be subject to Section
    2.17, but otherwise without premium or penalty; provided that any
    refinancing of the outstanding Term Loan with the proceeds of a replacement
    term loan on substantially the same terms to effect a re-pricing of the Term
    Loan (A) during the first year following the First Amendment Effective Date
    shall be made at 101% of par and (B) thereafter shall be made at par (the
    "Call Protection").


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         (b) The last sentence in Section 2.7(b)(vi) of the Credit Agreement is
    hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

         All prepayments under this Section 2.7(b) shall be subject to Section
    2.17 and be accompanied by interest on the principal amount prepaid through
    the date of prepayment, and any mandatory prepayment made, in whole or in
    part, with respect to any refinancing of the outstanding Term Loan with the
    proceeds of a replacement term loan on substantially the same terms to
    effect a re-pricing of the Term Loan (A) during the first year following the
    First Amendment Effective Date shall be made at 101% of par and (B)
    thereafter shall be made at par.


                                   ARTICLE II
                           CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

    2.1 Closing Conditions.

    This Amendment shall become effective as of the First Amendment Effective
Date upon satisfaction of the following conditions (in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent):

         (a) Executed Amendment. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a copy
    of this Amendment duly executed by each of the Credit Parties, IOL, the
    Required Lenders and the Term Loan Lenders.

         (b) Resolutions. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of copies of
    resolutions of the Board of Directors of each of the Credit Parties (other
    than Breg Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.) and IOL approving and adopting this
    Amendment, the transactions contemplated herein and authorizing execution
    and delivery hereof, certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such
    Credit Party or IOL to be true and correct and in force and effect as of the
    date hereof.

         (c) Good Standing. Copies of certificates of good standing, existence
    or its equivalent (to the extent applicable) with respect to the each Credit
    Party (other than Breg Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.) and IOL certified as of a
    recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authorities of the jurisdiction
    of incorporation or organization.

         (d) Term Loan Prepayment. The Borrower shall have made a voluntary
    prepayment of the Term Loan in a principal amount of $10,000,000.


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                                   ARTICLE III
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

    3.1 Amended Terms. On and after the First Amendment Effective Date, all
references to the Credit Agreement in each of the Credit Documents shall
hereafter mean the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Except as
specifically amended hereby or otherwise agreed, the Credit Agreement is hereby
ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect according to
its terms.

    3.2 Representations and Warranties of Credit Parties. Each of the Credit
Parties and IOL represents and warrants as follows:

         (a) It has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution,
    delivery and performance of this Amendment.

         (b) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Person
    and constitutes such Person's legal, valid and binding obligations,
    enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
    be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
    conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors'
    rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of
    whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in
    equity).

         (c) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing,
    registration or qualification with, any court or governmental authority or
    third party is required in connection with the execution, delivery or
    performance by such Person of this Amendment.

         (d) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the
    Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the
    date hereof (except for those which expressly relate to an earlier date).

         (e) With respect to the Secretary's Certificates, each dated December
    30, 2003, that each Credit Party and IOL delivered to the Administrative
    Agent, (i) those Persons enumerated as duly elected and qualified officers,
    and for whom specimen signatures were provided, remain duly authorized to
    execute and deliver on behalf of such Credit Party or IOL the Credit
    Documents to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be
    delivered by such Credit Party or IOL pursuant to or in connection with the
    Credit Documents and (ii) the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
    organizational documents attached to such Secretary's Certificate have not
    been amended, restated or otherwise modified since December 30, 2003.

         (f) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or
    Event of Default shall exist.

    3.3 Acknowledgment of Guarantors. The Guarantors and IOL acknowledge and
consent to all of the terms and conditions of this Amendment and agree that this
Amendment and all

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documents executed in connection herewith do not operate to reduce or discharge
the Guarantors' obligations under the Credit Documents.

    3.4 Credit Document. This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document under
the terms of the Credit Agreement.

    3.5 Entirety. This Amendment and the other Credit Documents embody the
entire agreement between the parties hereto and supersede all prior agreements
and understandings, oral or written, if any, relating to the subject matter
hereof.

    3.6 Counterparts; Telecopy. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original,
but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an
executed counterpart to this Amendment by telecopy shall be effective as an
original and shall constitute a representation that an original will be
delivered.

    3.7 No Actions, Claims, Etc. As of the date hereof, each of the Credit
Parties and IOL hereby acknowledges and confirms that it has no knowledge of any
actions, causes of action, claims, demands, damages and liabilities of whatever
kind or nature, in law or in equity, against the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders, or the Administrative Agent's or the Lenders' respective officers,
employees, representatives, agents, counsel or directors arising from any action
by such Persons, or failure of such Persons to act, under the Credit Agreement
on or prior to the date hereof.

    3.8 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

    3.9 Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. The
jurisdiction, services of process and waiver of jury trial provisions set forth
in Sections 9.14 and 9.17 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by
reference, mutatis mutandis.


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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Borrower, the Guarantors, IOL, the Required Lenders
and the Term Loan Lenders have caused this Amendment to be duly executed on the
date first above written.


BORROWER:                    COLGATE MEDICAL LTD,
                             a company formed under the laws of England and
                             Wales

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: DIRECTOR


GUARANTORS:                  ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL N.V.,
                             a Netherlands Antilles corporation

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: CFO


                             ORTHOFIX HOLDINGS, INC.,
                             a Delaware Corporation

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: DIRECTOR


                             ORTHOFIX INC.,
                             a Minnesota corporation

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: DIRECTOR & CFO


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                             BREG, INC.,
                             a California corporation

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: DIRECTOR


                             ORTHOFIX UK LTD,
                             a company formed under the laws of England and
                             Wales

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: DIRECTOR


                             ORTHOFIX US LLC,
                             a Delaware limited liability company

                             By:  ORTHOFIX UK LTD,
                                  Sole Member

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: DIRECTOR


                             AMEI TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
                             a Delaware corporation

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: DIRECTOR & TREASURER


                             NEOMEDICS, INC.,
                             a New Jersey corporation

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: DIRECTOR & TREASURER


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                             OSTEOGENICS INC.,
                             a Delaware corporation

                             By:  /s/ THOMAS HEIN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: THOMAS HEIN
                             Title: DIRECTOR & TREASURER


                             Breg Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.,
                             a company organized under the laws of Mexico

                             By:  /s/ BRADLEY R. MASON
                                --------------------------
                             Name: BRADLEY R. MASON
                             Title: PARTNER


IOL:                         INTAVENT ORTHOFIX LIMITED,
                             a company formed under the laws of England and
                             Wales

                             By:  /s/ GALVIN MOULD
                                --------------------------
                             Name: GALVIN MOULD
                             Title: DIRECTOR



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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
AND EXISTING LENDERS:        WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                             as Administrative Agent and as an Existing Lender


                             By:  /s/ SCOTT SANTA CRUZ
                                --------------------------
                             Name: SCOTT SANTA CRUZ
                             Title: DIRECTOR



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                             Allied Irish Bank, p.l.c.,
                             an Existing Lender

                             By:  /s/ JOSEPH S. AUGUSTINI
                                --------------------------
                             Name: JOSEPH S. AUGUSTINI
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



                             By:  /s/ MARGARET BRENNAN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MARGARET BRENNAN
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             AIB Debt Management Limited,
                             as an Existing Lender

                             By:  /s/ JOSEPH AUGUSTINI
                                --------------------------
                             Name: JOSEPH AUGUSTINI
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT
                                    INVESTMENT ADVISOR TO
                                    AIB DEBT MANAGEMENT, LIMITED



                             By:  /s/ MARGARET BRENNAN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MARGARET BRENNAN
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT
                                    INVESTMENT ADVISOR TO
                                    AIB DEBT MANAGEMENT, LIMITED



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                             Bank of America, N.A.


                             By:  /s/ JOHN L. MERCURI
                                --------------------------
                             Name: JOHN L. MERCURI
                             Title: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT



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                             GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
                             as a Lender


                             By:  /s/ STEVE J. WARNER
                                --------------------------
                             Name: STEVE J. WARNER
                             Title: DULY AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY



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                             IKB DEUTSCHE INDUSTRIEBANK A.G. LONDON BRANCH,
                             as an Existing Lender


                             By:  /s/ D.M. MATSON
                                --------------------------
                             Name: D.M. MATSON
                             Title: DIRECTOR



                             By:  /s/ M. J. WRIGHT
                                --------------------------
                             Name: M. J. WRIGHT
                             Title: DIRECTOR



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                             ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


                             By:  /s/ CHRIS GOERGEN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: CHRIS GOERGEN
                             Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY



                             By:  /s/ JERRY D. ZINKULA
                                --------------------------
                             Name: JERRY D. ZINKULA
                             Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY



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                             BLACKROCK LIMITED DURATION INCOME FUND
                             BLACKROCK SENIOR LOAN TRUST
                             MAGNETITE IV CLO, LIMITED
                             MAGNETITE V CLO, LIMITED
                             SENIOR LOAN FUND


                             By:  /s/ TOM COLWELL
                                --------------------------
                             Name: TOM COLWELL
                             Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY



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                             HAMILTON FLOATING RATE FUND, LLC


                             By:  /s/ DEAN STEPHAN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: DEAN STEPHAN
                             Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR



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                             HAMILTON FLOATING RATE FUND, LLC


                             By:  /s/ DEAN STEPHAN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: DEAN STEPHAN
                             Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR



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                             EATON VANCE SENIOR INCOME TRUST
                             BY:  EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             EATON VANCE CDO VI LTD
                             BY:  EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             EATON VANCE SENIOR FLOATING-RATE TRUST
                             BY:  EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             EATON VANCE INSTITUTIONAL SENIOR LOAN FUND
                             BY:  EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             EATON VANCE LIMITED DURATION INCOME FUND
                             BY:  EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             EATON VANCE VT FLOATING-RATE INCOME FUND
                             BY:  EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT




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                             EATON VANCE FLOATING-RATE INCOME TRUST
                             BY:  EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             GRAYSON & CO
                             BY:  BOSTON MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             SENIOR DEBT PORTFOLIO
                             BY:  BOSTON MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             TOLLI & CO.
                             BY:  EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
                                  AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL B. BOTTHOF
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             FORTRESS PORTFOLIO TRUST, as Lender
                             By:  Four Corners Capital Management LLC,
                                  as Collateral Manager


                             By: /s/ ADAM BROWN
                                --------------------------
                             Name: ADAM BROWN
                             Title: VICE PRESIDENT



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                             SEMINOLE FUNDING LLC


                             By:  /s/ MEREDITH J. KOSLICK
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MEREDITH J. KOSLICK
                             Title: ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT



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                             COLUMBIA FLOATING RATE ADVANTAGE FUND
                             BY:  Highland Capital Management, L.P., its
                                  Investment Advisor


                             By:  /s/ MARK OKADA
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MARK OKADA
                             Title: Chief Investment Officer
                                    Highland Capital Management, L.P.



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                             COLUMBIA FLOATING RATE LIMITED LIABILITY
                             COMPANY
                             BY:  Highland Capital Management, L.P., its
                                  Investment Advisor


                             By:  /s/ MARK OKADA
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MARK OKADA
                             Title: Chief Investment Officer
                                    Highland Capital Management, L.P.



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NEW LENDERS
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                             ING SENIOR INCOME FUND
                             By:  ING Investment Management Co.
                                  as its investment manager


                             By:  /s/ MICHAEL PRINCE, CFA
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MICHAEL PRINCE, CFA
                             Title: Vice President




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                             Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.


                             By:  /s/ JAYL MATTEO
                                  --------------------------
                             Name:  JAYL MATTEO
                             Title:



                             SENIOR HIGH INCOME PORTFOLIO, INC.



                             By:  /s/ JAYL MATTEO
                                  --------------------------
                             Name:  JAYL MATTEO
                             Title:


                                   SENIOR FLOATING RATE TRUST


                             By:   /s/
                                  ---------------------------
                             Name:
                             Title:



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                             Morgan Stanley Price Income Trust



                             By:  /s/ ELIZABETH BODISCH
                                --------------------------
                             Name: Elizabeth Bodisch
                             Title: Authorized Signatory



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                             PPM SHADOW CREEK FUNDING LLC



                             By:  /s/ MEREDITH J. KOSLICK
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MEREDITH J. KOSLICK
                             Title: Assistant Vice President



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                             PPM SPYGLASS FUNDING TRUST
                             ----------------------------



                             By:  /s/ ANN E. MORRIS
                                --------------------------
                             Name: ANN E. MORRIS
                             Title: Authorized Agent



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                             PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                             By:  Principal Global Investors, LLC
                                  a Delaware limited liability company,
                                  its authorized signatory



                             By:  /s/ JON C. HEINY
                                --------------------------
                             Name: JON C. HEINY
                             Title: Counsel



                             By:  /s/
                                --------------------------
                             Name:
                             Title:





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                             Citigroup Investments Corporate Loan Fund Inc.
                             By:  Travelers Asset Management International
                                  Company LLC



                             By:  /s/ MELANIE HANLON
                                --------------------------
                             Name: MELANIE HANLON
                             Title: Vice President



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                             VAN KAMPEN
                             SENIOR INCOME TRUST
                             By:  Van Kampen Investment Advisory Corp.



                             By:  /s/ BRAD LANGS
                                --------------------------
                             Name: BRAD LANGS
                             Title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR



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                             VAN KAMPEN
                             SENIOR INCOME TRUST
                             By:  Van Kampen Investment Advisory Corp.



                             By:  /s/ BRAD LANGS
                                --------------------------
                             Name: BRAD LANGS
                             Title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR