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exv10w44

	 	 	 	 	 

Exhibit
10.44

AMENDMENT NO. 8

TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT NO. 8 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this
“Amendment”) is entered as of this 29 day of April, 2011, by and between Silicon Valley Bank
(“Bank”) and Harmonic Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”) whose address is 4300 North First
Street, San Jose, California 95134.

Recitals

     A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of December 17, 2004 (as amended by the First Amendment to Second Amended and
Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 16, 2005, Amendment No. 2 to Second
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 15, 2006, Amendment No. 3 to
Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 15, 2007, Amendment No. 4
to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 12, 2008, Amendment
No. 5 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 4, 2009,
Amendment No. 6 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 4,
2010, and Amendment No. 7 to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
March 4, 2011, and as may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan
Agreement”).

     B. Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

     C. Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to extend the maturity date.

     D. Bank has agreed to so amend the Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with
the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set
forth below.

Agreement

     Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to
be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

          1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the
meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

          2. Amendment to Loan Agreement.

               2.1 Section 13 (Definitions). The following term and its definition set forth in Section 13.1
is amended in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

 

               ““Maturity Date” is June 2, 2011.”

          3. Limitation of Amendment.

               3.1 The amendment set forth in Section 2, above, are effective for the purposes set forth
herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any
amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b)
otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or
in connection with any Loan Document.

               3.2 This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and
all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan
Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full
force and effect.

          4. Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower
hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:

               4.1 Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties
contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the
date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in
which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing;

               4.2 Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform
its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;

               4.3 The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank on December 17, 2004 remain
true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and
continue to be in full force and effect;

               4.4 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower
of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly
authorized;

               4.5 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower
of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not
contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual
restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or
other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d)
the organizational documents of Borrower;

               4.6 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower
of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any
order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or
registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or

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authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower, except as already has been
obtained or made; and

               4.7 This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding
obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or
other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights.

          5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

          6. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and
delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto and (b) Borrower’s payment to Bank of all
Bank Expenses (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable expenses) incurred through
the date of this Amendment.

[Signature page follows.]

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     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed
and delivered as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	BANK	 	 	 	BORROWER	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Silicon Valley Bank	 	 	 	Harmonic Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By

	 	/s/ Nick Tsiagkas
	 	 	 	By
	 	/s/ Carolyn V. Aver	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Nick Tsiagkas
	 	 
	 	 	 	 

Name: Carolyn V. Aver
	 	 
	 

	 	Title: Relationship Manager
	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officerexv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

May 9, 2011

among

TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION

as Borrower,

The Lenders Listed Herein

and

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,

as Administrative Agent,

and

BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS,

and

FIFTH THIRD BANK

as Joint Lead Arrangers

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION
1.01. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 1.02. Accounting Terms and Determinations
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 1.03. Use of Defined Terms
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 1.04. Terms Generally
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II THE CREDIT
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.01. Commitments to Make Advances
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 2.02. Method of Borrowing Advances
	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 2.03. Continuation and Conversion Elections
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 2.04. Notes
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 2.05. Maturity of Advances; Two One-Year Extensions
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 2.06. Interest Rates
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 2.07. Fees
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 2.08. Optional Termination or Reduction of Commitments
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 2.09. Termination of Commitments
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 2.10. Optional Prepayments
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 2.11. Mandatory Prepayments
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 2.12. General Provisions as to Payments
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 2.13. Computation of Interest and Fees
	 	 	46	 
	SECTION 2.14. Increase in Commitments
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO BORROWINGS
	 	 	49	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.01. Conditions to Closing and First Borrowing
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 3.02. Conditions to All Borrowings
	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.01. Existence and Power
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 4.02. Organizational and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 4.03. Binding Effect
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 4.04. Financial Information
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 4.05. Litigation
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 4.06. Compliance with ERISA
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 4.07. Payment of Taxes
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 4.08. Subsidiaries
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 4.09. Investment Company Act, Etc
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 4.10. All Consents Required
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 4.11. Ownership of Property; Liens
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 4.12. No Default
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 4.13. Full Disclosure
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 4.14. Environmental Matters
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 4.15. Compliance with Laws
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 4.16. Capital Securities
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 4.17. Margin Stock
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 4.18. Insolvency
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 4.19. Collateral Documents
	 	 	56	 

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	SECTION 4.20. Labor Matters
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 4.21. Patents, Trademarks, Etc
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 4.22. Insurance
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 4.23. Anti-Terrorism Laws
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 4.24. Ownership Structure
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 4.25. Reports Accurate; Disclosure
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 4.26. Location of Offices
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 4.27. Affiliate Transactions
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 4.28. Broker’s Fees
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 4.29. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 4.30. Loans and Investments
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 4.31. No Default or Event of Default
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 4.32. USA Patriot Act; OFAC
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 4.33. Material Contracts
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 4.34. Collateral-Mortgage Property
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 4.35. Mortgaged Properties
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 4.36. Common Enterprise
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 4.37. Investment Policies
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 4.38. Eligibility of Portfolio Investments
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 4.39. Portfolio Investments
	 	 	60	 
	SECTION 4.40. Selection Procedures
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION 4.41. Coverage Requirement
	 	 	61	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V COVENANTS
	 	 	61	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.01. Information
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION 5.02. Inspection of Property, Books and Records
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 5.03. Maintenance of RIC Status and Business Development Company
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 5.04. Minimum Liquidity
	 	 	63	 
	SECTION 5.05. [Intentionally omitted].
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 5.06. Sale/Leasebacks
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 5.07. Minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 5.08. Acquisitions
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 5.09. Interest Coverage Ratio
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 5.10. [Intentionally omitted].
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 5.11. Loans or Advances
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 5.12. Restricted Payments
	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 5.13. Investments
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 5.14. Negative Pledge
	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 5.15. Maintenance of Existence, etc
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 5.16. Dissolution
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 5.17. Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 5.18. Use of Proceeds
	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 5.19. Compliance with Laws; Payment of Taxes
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 5.20. Insurance
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 5.21. Change in Fiscal Year
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 5.22. Maintenance of Property
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 5.23. Environmental Notices
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 5.24. Environmental Matters
	 	 	68	 
	SECTION 5.25. Environmental Release
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 5.26. [Intentionally omitted].
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 5.27. Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	69	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	SECTION 5.28. Joinder of Subsidiaries
	 	 	69	 
	SECTION 5.29. No Restrictive Agreement
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 5.30. Partnerships and Joint Ventures
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 5.31. Additional Debt
	 	 	70	 
	SECTION 5.32. [Intentionally omitted].
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 5.33. Modifications of Organizational Documents
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 5.34. ERISA Exemptions
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 5.35. Hedge Transactions
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 5.36. Performance of Loan Documents
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 5.37. Operating Leases
	 	 	71	 
	SECTION 5.38. [Intentionally omitted].
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 5.39. Compliance with Investment Policies and Investment Documents
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 5.40. Delivery of Collateral to Collateral Custodian
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 5.41. Custody Agreements
	 	 	72	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS
	 	 	72	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.01. Events of Default
	 	 	72	 
	SECTION 6.02. Notice of Default
	 	 	76	 
	SECTION 6.03. [Intentionally omitted].
	 	 	76	 
	SECTION 6.04. Allocation of Proceeds
	 	 	76	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	 	 	77	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.01. Appointment and Authority
	 	 	77	 
	SECTION 7.02. Rights as a Lender
	 	 	77	 
	SECTION 7.03. Exculpatory Provisions
	 	 	78	 
	SECTION 7.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent
	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 7.05. Delegation of Duties
	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 7.06. Resignation of Administrative Agent
	 	 	79	 
	SECTION 7.07. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 7.08. No Other Duties, etc
	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 7.09. Other Agents
	 	 	80	 
	SECTION 7.10. Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Services and Bank Products
	 	 	80	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES; COMPENSATION
	 	 	82	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.01. Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair
	 	 	82	 
	SECTION 8.02. Illegality
	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 8.03. Increased Costs
	 	 	83	 
	SECTION 8.04. Base Rate Advances Substituted for Affected Euro-Dollar Advances
	 	 	84	 
	SECTION 8.05. Compensation
	 	 	85	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	86	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.01. Notices Generally
	 	 	86	 
	SECTION 9.02. No Waivers
	 	 	87	 
	SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	 	 	88	 
	SECTION 9.04. Setoffs; Sharing of Set-Offs; Application of Payments
	 	 	89	 
	SECTION 9.05. Amendments and Waivers
	 	 	91	 
	SECTION 9.06. Margin Stock Collateral
	 	 	92	 
	SECTION 9.07. Successors and Assigns
	 	 	92	 

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	 	 	Page	 
	SECTION 9.08. Defaulting Lenders
	 	 	96	 
	SECTION 9.09. Confidentiality
	 	 	98	 
	SECTION 9.10. Representation by Lenders
	 	 	99	 
	SECTION 9.11. Obligations Several
	 	 	99	 
	SECTION 9.12. Survival of Certain Obligations
	 	 	99	 
	SECTION 9.13. North Carolina Law
	 	 	99	 
	SECTION 9.14. Severability
	 	 	99	 
	SECTION 9.15. Interest
	 	 	99	 
	SECTION 9.16. Interpretation
	 	 	100	 
	SECTION 9.17. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution
	 	 	100	 
	SECTION 9.18. Jurisdiction; Waiver of Venue; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	100	 
	SECTION 9.19. Independence of Covenants
	 	 	101	 
	SECTION 9.20. Concerning Certificates
	 	 	102	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X GUARANTY
	 	 	102	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.01. Unconditional Guaranty
	 	 	102	 
	SECTION 10.02. Obligations Absolute
	 	 	102	 
	SECTION 10.03. Continuing Obligations; Reinstatement
	 	 	104	 
	SECTION 10.04. Additional Security, Etc
	 	 	105	 
	SECTION 10.05. Information Concerning the Borrower
	 	 	105	 
	SECTION 10.06. Guarantors’ Subordination
	 	 	105	 
	SECTION 10.07. Waiver of Subrogation
	 	 	105	 
	SECTION 10.08. Enforcement
	 	 	106	 
	SECTION 10.09. Miscellaneous
	 	 	106	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibits:
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule A — Designation Notice
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A — Form of Notice of Borrowing
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B-1 — Form of Revolver Note
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B-2 — Form of Swing Advance Note
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit C — Form of Notice of Continuation or Conversion
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit D — Reserved
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit E — Form of Borrowing Base Certification Report
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit F — Form of Opinion of Borrower’s and Guarantors’ Counsel
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit G — Form of Closing Certificate
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit H — Form of Officer’s Certificate
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit I — [Intentionally Omitted]
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit J — Form of Compliance Certificate
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit K — Reserved
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit L — Form of Joinder and Reaffirmation Agreement
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit M — Form of General Security Agreement
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit N — Form of Equity Pledge Agreement
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit O — Form of Assignment and Assumption
	 	 	 	 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

          THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of May 9, 2011 among TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION, a
Maryland corporation, as borrower, the LENDERS listed on the signature pages hereof and BRANCH
BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, as Administrative Agent.

          The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

          SECTION 1.01. Definitions.The terms as defined in this Section 1.01 shall, for all
purposes of this Agreement and any amendment hereto (except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires), have the meanings set forth herein:

          “Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions (other than a Portfolio
Investment) for the purpose of, or resulting in, directly or indirectly, (a) the acquisition by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person (other than a
Subsidiary) or of any business or division of a Person (other than a Subsidiary), (b) the
acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of more than 50% of any class of Voting Stock (or
similar ownership interests) of any Person (provided that formation or organization of any Wholly
Owned Subsidiary shall not constitute an “Acquisition” to the extent that the amount of the
Investment in such entity is permitted under Sections 5.08 and 5.12), or (c) a merger,
consolidation, amalgamation or other combination by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with another
Person (other than a Subsidiary) if the Borrower or such Subsidiary is the surviving entity;
provided that in any merger involving the Borrower, the Borrower must be the surviving entity.

          “Adjusted London InterBank Offered Rate” applicable to any Interest Period means a rate per
annum equal to the quotient obtained (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of
1%) by dividing (i) the applicable London InterBank Offered Rate for such Interest Period by (ii)
1.00 minus the Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage.

          “Administrative Agent” means BB&T, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders,
and its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity.

          “Administrative Agent’s Letter Agreement” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of
February 24, 2011, between Borrower and the Administrative Agent relating to the terms of this
Agreement, and certain fees from time to time payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent,
together with all amendments and modifications thereto. If there is any conflict between the
provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Administrative Agent’s Letter Agreement, the
provisions of this Agreement will control.

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

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          “Advance Rate” means, as to any Eligible Investment then permitted to be included in the
Borrowing Base in accordance with the definition of Borrowing Base, and subject to adjustment as
provided in the definition of Borrowing Base, the following percentages with respect to such
Eligible Investment:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Portfolio Investment	 	Advance Rate
	Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents
	 	 	100	%
	Eligible First Lien Debt Investments
	 	 	40	%
	Eligible Mezzanine Debt Investments
	 	 	30	%

          “Advances” means collectively the Revolver Advances and the Swing Advances. “Advance” means
any one of such Advances, as the context may require.

          “Affiliate” of any Person means (i) any other Person which directly, or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls such Person, (ii) any other Person which directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person,
or (iii) any other Person of which such Person owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the
common stock or equivalent equity interests. As used herein, the term “control” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Affiliate” shall not include any Person that
is an “Affiliate” solely by reason of the Borrower or any Subsidiary’s investment therein in
connection with a Portfolio Investment in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the
Investment Policies.

          “Agent Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(d).

          “Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, together with all amendments and supplements hereto.

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

          “Applicable Margin” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a).

          “Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Revolver
Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolver Commitment. If the Revolver Commitments have
terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be

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determined based upon the Revolver
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

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

          “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 9.07), and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit O or any other
form approved by the Administrative Agent.

          “Assignment of Mortgage” means, as to each Portfolio Investment secured by an interest in real
property, one or more assignments, notices of transfer or equivalent instruments, each in
recordable form and sufficient under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction to reflect the transfer
of the related mortgage, deed of trust, security deed or similar security instrument and all other
documents related to such Portfolio Investment and, to the extent requested by the Administrative
Agent, to grant a perfected lien thereon by the Borrower in favor of the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties, each such Assignment of Mortgage to be in form and substance
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

          “Authority” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02.

          “Bailee Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and executed by a Person (other than an Obligor, a Loan Party or any of their
respective Affiliates) that is in possession of any Collateral pursuant to which such Person
acknowledges the Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

          “Bank Products” means any: (1) Hedging Agreements; and (2) other services or facilities
provided to any Loan Party by BB&T or any Lender that provides the initial funding of any Revolver
Commitment on the Closing Date or any Additional Lender that provides the funding of a Revolver
Commitment on any Commitment Increase Date (but not any assignee of any of the foregoing Lenders)
or any of their respective Affiliates, in each case solely until such Person has assigned all of
its interests under this Agreement (each, in such capacity, a “Bank Product Bank”) (but excluding
Cash Management Services) with respect to (a) credit cards, (b) purchase cards, (c) merchant
services constituting a line of credit, and (d) leasing.

          “Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§101, et.
seq.).

          “Base Rate” means for any Base Rate Advance for any day, the rate per annum equal to the
highest as of such day of (i) the Prime Rate, (ii) one-half of one percent (0.5%) above the
Federal Funds Rate and (iii) two percent (2%) above the Adjusted London InterBank Offered Rate for
a one-month Interest Period. For purposes of determining the Base Rate for any
day, changes in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted London InterBank
Offered Rate shall be effective on the date of each such change.

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          “Base Rate Advance” means, with respect to any Advance, such Advance when such Advance bears
or is to bear interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate.

          “BB&T” means Branch Banking and Trust Company, and its successors.

          “Borrower” means Triangle Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and its successors and
its permitted assigns.

          “Borrowing” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Revolver Advances made to the Borrower:
(i) at the same time by all of the Lenders pursuant to Article II, or (ii) by BB&T, for Swing
Advances. A Borrowing is a “Revolver Borrowing” if such Advance is made pursuant to Section
2.01(a) or a “Swingline Borrowing” if such Advance is made pursuant to Section 2.01(b). A
Borrowing is a “Base Rate Borrowing” if such Advances are Base Rate Advances. A Borrowing is a
“Euro-Dollar Borrowing” if such Advances are Euro-Dollar Advances.

          “Borrowing Base” means, based on the most recent Borrowing Base Certification Report which as
of the date of a determination of the Borrowing Base has been received by the Administrative Agent,
the sum of the applicable Advance Rates of the Value of each Eligible Investment identified in the
definition of “Advance Rate” in this Section 1.01 and includable in the Borrowing Base pursuant to
the last paragraph of this definition; provided, however, that:

     (a) in no event shall more than 10% of the aggregate value of the Borrowing Base
consist of PIK Investments (after giving effect to Advance Rates), where “PIK Investments”
shall mean an Eligible Debt Security with respect to which more than 25% of the interest
payable thereon may be paid in kind;

     (b) in no event shall more than 10% of the aggregate value of the Borrowing Base
consist of debtor-in-possession Investments (after giving effect to Advance Rates);

     (c) for purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base, no single Eligible Debt
Security shall be deemed to have a Value in excess of $10,000,000.00; and

     (d) all filings and other actions required to perfect the first-priority security
interest of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in the Portfolio
Investments comprising the Borrowing Base have been made or taken.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, inclusion of any Eligible Debt Security in the Borrowing Base
calculation at any time is subject to the following further restrictions:

     (A) Fewer than 8 Eligible Debt Securities ((A) Tier): At any time when (i)
the Borrowing Base includes fewer than eight Eligible Debt Securities OR (ii) the Borrower
has not met the Minimum Liquidity Requirement, the Borrowing Base shall not exceed 100% of
the amount of Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents.

     (B) 8-10 Eligible Debt Securities ((B) Tier): At any time when (i) the
Borrowing Base includes at least eight but not more than ten Eligible Debt Securities AND
(ii) the Borrower meets or exceeds the Minimum Liquidity Requirement, the

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Borrowing Base
shall not exceed the sum of (x) 100% of Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, (y) 40% of
the Value of Eligible Debt Securities consisting of First Lien Debt Investments and (z) 30%
of the Value of Eligible Debt Securities consisting of Mezzanine Debt Investments. If,
however, at any time that the Borrowing Base is calculated in accordance with this (B) tier,
the number of Eligible Debt Securities falls to seven, the Borrowing Base may continue to be
calculated in accordance with the (B) tier for 90 days while the Borrower seeks a
replacement Eligible Debt Security to restore the Borrowing Base to not fewer than eight
Eligible Debt Securities, said restoration to be evidenced by a certificate in the form
contemplated by the proviso to Section 2.11(e) and certifying as to the new Borrowing Base
and the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in said proviso. If after 90 days have
elapsed, the eight Eligible Debt Security minimum has not been restored, and the conditions
set forth in the proviso to Section 2.11(e) and the certificate contemplated thereby have
not been satisfied and delivered, the Borrowing Base shall be recalculated in accordance
with the (A) tier (i.e. limited to Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents) and any
associated mandatory prepayment, to the extent Advances exceed the new Borrowing Base as
calculated under the (A) tier, shall be made in accordance with Section 2.11(c). If, at any
time that the Borrowing Base is calculated in accordance with this (B) tier, the number of
Eligible Debt Securities falls to six or fewer, then the Borrowing Base shall immediately be
recalculated in accordance with the (A) tier and a mandatory prepayment, to the extent
Advances exceed the new Borrowing Base as calculated under the (A) Tier, shall be made in
accordance with Section 2.11(c). No Advances shall be made while any 90-day cure period
under this (B) tier is continuing without cure.

     (C) 11 or More Eligible Debt Securities ((C) Tier): At any time when the
Borrowing Base includes eleven or more Eligible Debt Securities, the Borrowing Base shall
not exceed the sum of (x) 100% of Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, (y) 40% of the
Value of Eligible Debt Securities consisting of First Lien Debt Investments and (z) 30% of
the Value of Eligible Debt Securities consisting of Mezzanine Debt Investments. No Minimum
Liquidity Requirement shall be applicable to this (C) tier. If, however, at any time that
the Borrowing Base is calculated in accordance with this (C) tier, the number of Eligible
Debt Securities falls below eleven, the Borrowing Base shall be calculated pursuant to the
(B) tier for 10 Domestic Business Days while the Borrower (i) seeks a replacement Eligible
Debt Security to restore the Borrowing Base to not fewer than eleven Eligible Debt
Securities, said restoration to be evidenced by a certificate in the form contemplated by
the proviso to Section 2.11(e) and certifying as to the new Borrowing Base and the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in said proviso (whereupon the Borrowing Base would
continue to be calculated in accordance with Tier C) or (ii) re-establishes the Minimum
Liquidity Requirement (whereupon the Borrowing Base would be calculated in accordance with
tier (B) after the expiration of the 10 Domestic Business Days cure period so long as the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent reasonably satisfactory evidence
that the Minimum Liquidity Requirement has been met), provided that if, after such 10
Domestic Business Days elapse, neither is the number of Eligible Debt Securities restored to
eleven or more nor is
the Minimum Liquidity Requirement re-established, then the Borrowing Base shall
immediately be recalculated in accordance with the (A) tier and a mandatory prepayment, to
the extent Advances exceed the new Borrowing Base as calculated under

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 the (A) Tier, shall be
made in accordance with Section 2.11(c). No Advances shall be made while any
10-Business-Day cure period under this (C) tier is continuing without cure.

          “Borrowing Base Certification Report” means a report in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E, and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certified by
the chief financial officer or other authorized officer of the Borrower regarding the Eligible
Investments, and including or attaching a list of all Portfolio Investments included in the
Borrowing Base and the most recent Value (and the source of determination of the Value) for each.
Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent, a Borrowing Base Certification Report shall be subject to
the Administrative Agent’s satisfactory review, acceptance or correction, in the exercise of its
reasonable discretion.

          “Capital Expenditures” means for any period the sum of all capital expenditures incurred
during such period by the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance
with GAAP; provided that in no event shall a Portfolio Investment be considered a Capital
Expenditure.

          “Capital Securities” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests
(including membership interests and partnership interests), participations or other equivalents
(however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s capital (including any
instruments convertible into equity), whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.

          “Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or deposit account with a
United States federal or state chartered commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and
surplus in excess of $500 million, so long as such bank has not been a Defaulting Lender for more
than three (3) Domestic Business Days after notice to Borrower (which notice may be given by
telephone or e-mail), which bank or its holding company has a short-term commercial paper rating
of: (a) at least A-1 or the equivalent by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or at least P-1 or the
equivalent by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or (b) at least A-2 or the equivalent by Standard &
Poor’s Rating Services or at least P-2 or the equivalent by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or, in
the case of a current Lender only, if not rated by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or Moody’s
Investor’s Service, Inc., such Lender is rated by another rating agency acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and such Lender’s rating by such rating agency is not lower than its rating by
such rating agency on the Closing Date) and (i) all amounts and assets credited to such account are
directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency thereof
(provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) or
(ii) such bank is otherwise acceptable at all times and from time to time to the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion. The Administrative Agent acknowledges that, on the Closing Date,
each current Lender and each of the Borrower’s current depository banks listed in the schedules to
the Security Agreement is an acceptable bank within the meaning of clause (b)(ii) of this
definition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash shall also include up to $15 million in the
aggregate in any demand or deposit account with a United
States federal or state chartered commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and
surplus less than $500 million.

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          “Cash Equivalents” means (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States of America or any agency thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the
United States is pledged in support thereof) with maturities of not more than one year from the
date acquired; (b) time deposits and certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one
(1) year from the date acquired issued by a United States federal or state chartered commercial
bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million, and which bank or
its holding company has a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A-1 or the equivalent by
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or at least P-1 or the equivalent by Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.; and (c) investments in money market funds (i) which mature not more than ninety (90) days
from the date acquired and are payable on demand, (ii) with respect to which there has been no
failure to honor a request for withdrawal, (iii) which are registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, (iv) which have net assets of at least $500,000,000 and (v) which maintain a stable
share price of not less than One Dollar ($1.00) per share and are either (A) directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency thereof (provided that the full
faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) or (B) maintain a rating of at
least A-2 or better by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and are maintained with an investment fund
manager that is otherwise acceptable at all times and from time to time to the Administrative Agent
in its sole discretion; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no asset, agreement, or
investment maintained or entered into with, or issued, guaranteed by, or administered by a Lender
that has been a Defaulting Lender for more than three (3) Domestic Business Days after notice to
Borrower (which notice may be given by telephone or e-mail) shall be a “Cash Equivalent” hereunder.

          “Cash Management Services” means any one or more of the following types of services or
facilities provided to any Loan Party by BB&T or any Lender that provides the initial funding of
any Revolver Commitment on the First Disbursement Date or any Additional Lender that provides the
funding of a Revolver Commitment on any Commitment Increase Date (but not any assignee of any of
the foregoing Lenders) or any of their respective Affiliates, in each case solely until such Person
has assigned all of its interests under this Agreement (each, in such capacity, a “Cash Management
Bank”): (a) ACH transactions, (b) cash management services, including controlled disbursement
services, treasury, depository, overdraft, and electronic funds transfer services, (c) foreign
exchange facilities, (d) credit or debit cards, and (e) merchant services not constituting a Bank
Product.

          “CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42
U.S.C. §9601 et seq. and its implementing regulations and amendments.

          “CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability
Information System established pursuant to CERCLA.

          “Change in Control” means the occurrence after the Closing Date of any of the following: (i)
any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (excluding the Persons that are officers and
directors of the Borrower on the Closing Date) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 35% or more of the outstanding shares of the voting
stock of the Borrower; or (ii) as of any date a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower
consists of individuals who were not either (A) directors of the Borrower as of the corresponding

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date of the previous year, (B) selected or nominated to become directors by the board of directors
of the Borrower of which a majority consisted of individuals described in clause (A), or (C)
selected or nominated to become directors by the board of directors of the Borrower of which a
majority consisted of individuals described in clause (A) and individuals described in clause (B)
(excluding, in the case of both clause (B) and clause (C), any individual whose initial nomination
for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal
of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one
or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors).

          “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change
in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request,
rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental
Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or
directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or
directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory
authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in
Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

          “Closing Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

          “Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.

          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

          “Collateral” means collectively: (1) (i) 100% of the Capital Securities of the Guarantors and
of the current and future Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower and Guarantors; (ii) 65% of the
voting and non-voting Capital Securities of any current or future Foreign Subsidiaries and (iii)
all of the other present and future property and assets of the Borrower and each Guarantor
including, but not limited to, machinery and equipment, inventory and other goods, accounts,
accounts receivable, bank accounts, brokerage accounts, general intangibles, financial assets,
investment property, license rights, patents, trademarks, copyrights, chattel paper, insurance
proceeds, contract rights, hedge agreements, documents, instruments, indemnification rights, tax
refunds, and cash; and (2) any other property which secures the Obligations pursuant to the
Collateral Documents; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, “Collateral”
shall not include (i) any assets of or any equity interests in any SBIC Entity and (ii) property
rights in Capital Securities issued by a Person other than a Subsidiary, or in any Operating
Documents of any such issuer, to the extent the security interest of the Administrative Agent does
not attach thereto pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents.

          “Collateral Custodian” means any and each of (i) US Bancorp, in its capacity as Collateral
Custodian under the Custodial Agreement to which it is a party, together with its successors and
permitted assigns and (ii) any other Person acting as a collateral custodian with respect to any
Collateral under any Custodial Agreement entered into in accordance with the

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terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Custodian shall at all times be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion.

          “Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, any
Control Agreements and all other agreements, instruments and other documents, whether now existing
or hereafter in effect, pursuant to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall grant or convey (or
shall have granted or conveyed) to the Secured Parties a Lien in, or any other Person shall
acknowledge any such Lien in, property as security for all or any portion of the Obligations, as
any of them may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

          “Communications” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(d).

          “Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c).

          “Consolidated EBITDA” means and includes, for the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries
that are Guarantors for any period, an amount equal to: (a) Consolidated Net Investment Income for
such period; plus, (b) to the extent such amounts were deducted in computing Consolidated
Net Investment Income for such period: (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; (ii)
income tax expense for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Depreciation and Amortization for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP; (iv) non-cash compensation expense; and (v) such other non-cash expenses as
may be recognized from time to time and approved by the Administrative Agent; minus (c) to
the extent included in Consolidated Net Investment Income, interest income that is paid in kind or
other than in cash. Notwithstanding the fact that the SBIC Entities are not Loan Parties, the SBIC
Entities shall be included for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA.

          “Consolidated Interest Expense” for any period means interest, whether expensed or
capitalized, in respect of Debt of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries that are
Guarantors outstanding during such period on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the fact that the SBIC Entities are not Loan Parties, the SBIC Entities shall be
included for purposes of calculating Consolidated Interest Expense.

          “Consolidated Net Investment Income” means, for any period, the net investment income of the
Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries that are Guarantors set forth or reflected on the
consolidated income statement of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period
prepared in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding the fact that the SBIC Entities are not Loan
Parties, the SBIC Entities shall be included for purposes of calculating Consolidated Net
Investment Income.

          “Consolidated Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of
which, in accordance with GAAP, would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in its
consolidated financial statements as of such date.

          “Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, at any time, Net Assets less the sum of the value,
(to the extent reflected in determining Net Assets) as set forth or reflected on the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, on a

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consolidated basis prepared in accordance with GAAP (but without giving effect to the operation of Accounting
Standards Codification No. 825-10), of

          (A) All assets which would be treated as intangible assets for balance sheet presentation
purposes under GAAP, including goodwill (whether representing the excess of cost over book value of
assets acquired, or otherwise), trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and technologies, and
unamortized debt discount and expense;

          (B) To the extent not included in (A) of this definition, any amount at which the Capital
Securities of the Borrower (i.e. stock of the Borrower, as issuer, owned by the Borrower) appear as
an asset on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries;

          (C) To the extent not included in (A) of this definition, any amount at which the
investment in any Borrower Subsidiary that is not an SBIC Entity appears as an asset on the balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries; and

          (D) Loans or advances to owners of Borrower’s Capital Securities, or to directors,
officers, managers or employees of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding the fact that the SBIC Entities are not Loan Parties, the SBIC Entities shall be
included for purposes of calculating Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.

          “Control Agreement” means (i) the Deposit Account Control Agreement dated on or prior to the
First Disbursement Date among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, as secured party on behalf of
the lenders and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as depository bank, with respect to the deposit
account wherein the Borrower maintains the Minimum Liquidity Requirement and (ii) any other deposit
account control agreement, securities account control agreement or like agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which the Administrative Agent
obtains “control” of Collateral held in deposit and securities accounts for UCC purposes.

          “Controlled Account” means each deposit account and securities account that is subject to a
Control Agreement.

          “Controlled Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with any Loan Party,
are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

          “Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the outstanding principal amount of the
Revolver Advances by such Lender.

          “Credit Party Expenses” means, without limitation, (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, in connection with this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, including (i) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of (A) counsel
for the Administrative Agent, (B) outside consultants for the
Administrative Agent, (C) appraisers, (D) commercial finance examinations, and (E) all such
out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of

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the Obligations; and (ii) in connection with (A) the syndication of the credit facilities provided for
herein, (B) the administration, management, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, and the preparation, negotiation, administration and management of any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (whether
or not the transactions contemplated thereby shall be consummated), or (C) the enforcement or
protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement or the Loan Documents or efforts to
preserve, protect, collect, or enforce the Collateral; and (b) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Secured Parties who are not the Administrative Agent or any Affiliate of
any of them, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

          “Custodial Agreement” means, collectively, the Custodial Agreement dated on or prior to the
First Disbursement Date among Borrower, Administrative Agent and U.S. Bancorp and, to the extent
required in the future, any and each other custodial agreement entered into among a Person acting
as Collateral Custodian, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in each case as the same may
from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.

          “Debt” of any Person means at any date, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or other similar instruments; (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred
purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary
course of business; (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases; (v) all
obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts payable
under a banker’s acceptance; (vi) all Redeemable Preferred Securities of such Person; (vii) all
obligations (absolute or contingent) of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in
respect of amounts which are available to be drawn or have been drawn under a letter of credit or
similar instrument; (viii) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person,
whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; (ix) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such
Person; (x) all obligations of such Person with respect to interest rate protection agreements,
foreign currency exchange agreements or other hedging agreements (valued at the termination value
thereof computed in accordance with a method approved by the International Swap Dealers Association
and agreed to by such Person in the applicable hedging agreement, if any); (xi) all obligations of
such Person under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, sale and leaseback
transaction, asset securitization, off-balance sheet loan or other off-balance sheet financing
product; (xii) all obligations of such Person to purchase securities or other property arising out
of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities or property; and
(xiii) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person. The Debt of any Person shall
include the Debt of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general
partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefore as a result of such Person’s ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Debt
provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

          “Debt Security” means a note, bond, debenture, trust receipt or other obligation, instrument
or evidence of indebtedness, including debt instruments of public and private issuers and
tax-exempt securities, but specifically excluding (i) Equity Securities or (ii) any security

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which by its terms permits the payment obligation of the Obligor thereunder to be converted into or
exchanged for equity capital of such Obligor.

          “Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, 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.

          “Default” means any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which with the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived in writing, become an Event
of Default.

          “Default Excess” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such
Defaulting Lender’s ratable portion of the aggregate Credit Exposure of all Lenders (calculated as
if all Defaulting Lenders had funded all of their respective Defaulted Advances) over the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Revolver Advances of such Defaulting Lender.

          “Default Period” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, (i) in the case of any
Defaulted Advance, the period commencing on the date the applicable Defaulted Advance was required
to be extended to the Borrower under this Agreement, in the case of a Revolver Advance (after
giving effect to any applicable grace period) and ending on the earlier of the following: (x) the
date on which (A) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender has been reduced to
zero (whether by the funding of any Defaulted Advance by such Defaulting Lender or by the
non-pro-rata application of any prepayment pursuant to Section 9.08(c)) and (B) such Defaulting
Lender shall have delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of
its intention to honor its obligations hereunder; and (y) the date on which the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (and not including such Defaulting Lender in any such
determination, in accordance with Section 9.08(a)) waive the application of Section 9.08 with
respect to such Defaulted Advances of such Defaulting Lender in writing; (ii) in the case of any
Defaulted Payment, the period commencing on the date the applicable Defaulted Payment was required
to have been paid to the Administrative Agent or other Lender under this Agreement (after giving
effect to any applicable grace period) and ending on the earlier of the following: (x) the date on
which (A) such Defaulted Payment has been paid to the Administrative Agent or other Lender, as
applicable, together with (to the extent that such Person has not otherwise been compensated by the
Borrower for such Defaulted Payment) interest thereon for each day from and including the date such
amount is paid but excluding the date of payment, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate plus two
percent (2.0%) and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation (whether by the funding of any Defaulted Payment by such
Defaulting Lender or by the application of any amount pursuant to Section 9.08(c)) and (B) such
Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent or other Lender, as applicable,
a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to such
payments; and (y) the date on which the Administrative Agent or any such other Lender, as
applicable waives the application of Section 9.08 with respect to such Defaulted Payments of such Defaulting
Lender in writing; and (iii) in the case of any Distress Event determined by the Administrative
Agent (in its good faith judgment) or the Required Lenders (in their respective

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good faith judgment) to exist, the period commencing on the date that the applicable Distress Event was so
determined to exist and ending on the earlier of the following: (x) the date on which (A) such
Distress Event is determined by the Administrative Agent (in its good faith judgment) or the
Required Lenders (in their respective good faith judgment) to no longer exist and (B) such
Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a written
reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder; and (y) such date as the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent mutually agree, in their sole discretion, to waive the
application of Section 9.08 with respect to such Distress Event of such Defaulting Lender.

          “Default Rate” means, with respect to the Advances, on any day, the sum of 2% plus the then
highest interest rate (including the Applicable Margin) which may be applicable to any Advance
(irrespective of whether any such type of Advance is actually outstanding hereunder).

          “Defaulted Advance” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Defaulting Lender”.

          “Defaulted Investment” means any Portfolio Investment (a) that is 30 days or more past due
with respect to any interest or principal payments or (b) that is or otherwise should be considered
a non-accrual investment by the Borrower in connection with its Investment Policies and GAAP.

          “Defaulted Payment” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Defaulting Lender”.

          “Defaulting Lender” means, for so long as any Default Period is in effect, any Lender that (a)
has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Revolving Advances within two Domestic Business
Days of the date such Revolver Advances were required to be funded hereunder (each such Revolver
Advance, a “Defaulted Advance”) unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more
conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable
default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to
the Administrative Agent, any Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be
paid by it hereunder (each such payment a “Defaulted Payment”) within two Domestic Business Days of
the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender
in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder (including in
respect of its participation in Swing Advances), or has made a public statement to that effect
(unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Revolver
Advance hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a
condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default,
shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has
failed, within three Domestic Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or
the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will
comply with its prospective
funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a
Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the

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subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for
it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of
creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets,
including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory
authority acting in such a capacity (each, a “Distress Event”, and each Person subject to a
Distress Event, a “Distressed Person”); provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting
Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or
any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership
interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts
within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets
or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm
any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent
that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and
binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, for so
long as such Default Period is in effect, upon delivery of written notice of such determination to
the Borrower, each Swingline Lender and each Lender.

          “Depreciation and Amortization” means for any period an amount equal to the sum of all
depreciation and amortization expenses of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries that are
Guarantors for such period, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the fact that the SBIC Entities are not Loan Parties, the SBIC Entities shall be
included for purposes of calculating Depreciation and Amortization.

          “Distress Event” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Defaulting Lender”.

          “Distressed Person” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Defaulting Lender”.

          “Dollars” or “$” means dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

          “Domestic Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in North Carolina are authorized or required by law to close.

          “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is organized under the laws of any state or
territory of the United States of America.

          “Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under
Section 9.07(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under
Section 9.07(b)(iii)).

          “Eligible Debt Security” means, on any date of determination, any Debt Security held by
Borrower as a Portfolio Investment that meets the following conditions:

     (i) the investment in the Debt Security was made in accordance with the
terms of the Investment Policies and arose in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s
business;

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     (ii) the Debt Security is not a Defaulted Investment and is not owed by an
Obligor that is subject to an Insolvency Event or as to which the Borrower has
received notice from an Obligor of an imminent Insolvency Proceeding;

     (iii) the Obligor of such Debt Security has executed all appropriate
documentation, if any, required in accordance with applicable Investment Policies
and such Debt Security is evidenced by Investment Documents that have been duly
authorized, that are in full force and effect and that constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Obligor of such Debt Security to pay the stated amount
of the Loan and interest thereon, and the related Investment Documents are
enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with their respective terms;

     (iv) the Debt Security, together with the Investment Documents related
thereto, does not contravene in any material respect any Applicable Laws (including
laws, rules and regulations relating to usury, truth in lending, fair credit
billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection
practices and privacy) and with respect to which no Obligor party thereto is in
violation of any Applicable Laws or the terms and conditions of such Investment
Documents, to the extent any such violation results in or would be reasonably likely
to result in (a) an adverse effect upon the value or collectability of such Debt
Security, (b) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, any
of (1) the financial condition, operations, business or properties of the Obligor or
any of its respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (2) the rights and remedies of
the Borrower under the Investment Documents, or the ability of the Obligor or any
other loan party thereunder to perform its obligations under the Investment
Documents to which it is a party, as applicable, taken as a whole, or (3) the
collateral securing the Debt Security, or the Borrower’s Liens thereon or the
priority of such Liens;

     (v) the Debt Security, together with the related Investment Documents, is
fully assignable (and if such Investment is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust or
similar lien on real property, and if requested in writing by the Administrative
Agent, an Assignment of Mortgage executed in blank has been delivered to the
Collateral Custodian);

     (vi) the Debt Security was documented and closed in accordance with the
Investment Policies, and each original promissory note representing the portion of
such Debt Security payable to the Borrower, has been delivered to the Collateral
Custodian, duly endorsed as collateral or held by a bailee on behalf of the
Administrative Agent;

     (vii) the Debt Security is free of any Liens and the Borrower’s interest in
all Related Property is free of any Liens other than Liens permitted under the
applicable Investment Documents and all filings and other actions required to
perfect the security interest of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Secured Parties in the Debt Security have been made or taken;

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     (viii) no right of rescission, set off, counterclaim, defense or other
material dispute has been asserted with respect to such Debt Security;

     (ix) any taxes due and payable in connection with the making of such Debt
Security have been paid and the Obligor has been given any assurances (including
with respect to the payment of transfer taxes and compliance with securities laws)
required by the Investment Documents in connection with the making of the Portfolio
Investment;

     (x) the terms of the Debt Security have not been amended or subject to a
deferral or waiver the effect of which is to (A) reduce the amount (other than by
reason of the repayment thereof) or extend the time for payment of principal or (B)
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest (or any component
thereof), in each case without the consent of the Administrative Agent, not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed;

     (xi) the Debt Security, together with the Investment Documents related
thereto (if any), is a “general intangible”, an “instrument”, an “account”, or
“chattel paper”, within the meaning of the UCC of all jurisdictions that govern the
perfection of the security interest granted therein;

     (xii) all material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or
registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority required to be
obtained, effected or given in connection with the purchase of such Debt Security
have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect;

     (xiii) the Debt Security is denominated and payable only in Dollars in the
United States and the Obligor is organized under the laws of, and maintains its
chief executive office and principal residence in, the United States or any state
thereof;

     (xiv) there is full recourse to the Obligor for principal and interest
payments with respect to such Debt Security (i.e., recourse is not limited to
certain assets or certain amounts);

     (xv) the Obligor with respect to the Debt Security is not (A) an Affiliate
of the Borrower or any other Person whose investments are primarily managed by the
Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower, unless such Debt Security is expressly
approved by the Administrative Agent (in its sole discretion), (B) a Governmental
Authority or (C) primarily in the business of gaming, nuclear waste, bio-tech or oil
or gas exploration; and

     (xvi) all information delivered by any Loan Party to the Administrative
Agent with respect to such Debt Security is true and correct to the knowledge of
such Loan Party.

     “Eligible Debt Security” shall not include any Debt Security of any SBIC
Entity.

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          “Eligible First Lien Debt Investment” means an Eligible Debt Security which is also a First
Lien Debt Investment.

          “Eligible Investment” means, on any date of determination, (i) Unrestricted Cash and Cash
Equivalents or (ii) any Eligible Debt Security that is either a First Lien Debt Investment or a
Mezzanine Debt Investment.

          “Eligible Mezzanine Debt Investment” means an Eligible Debt Security which is also a
Mezzanine Debt Investment.

          “Environmental Authority” means any foreign, federal, state, local or regional government that
exercises any form of jurisdiction or authority under any Environmental Requirement.

          “Environmental Authorizations” means all licenses, permits, orders, approvals, notices,
registrations or other legal prerequisites for conducting the business of a Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of a Loan Party required by any Environmental Requirement.

          “Environmental Judgments and Orders” means all judgments, decrees or orders arising from or in
any way associated with any Environmental Requirements, whether or not entered upon consent or
written agreements with an Environmental Authority or other entity arising from or in any way
associated with any Environmental Requirement, whether or not incorporated in a judgment, decree or
order.

          “Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or other governmental restrictions relating to the environment or
to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products,
chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into the environment, including
ambient air, surface water, groundwater or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants,
contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous
substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof.

          “Environmental Liabilities” means any liabilities, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise,
arising from and in any way associated with any Environmental Requirements.

          “Environmental Notices” means notice from any Environmental Authority or by any other person
or entity, of possible or alleged noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental
Requirement, including any complaints, citations, demands or requests from any Environmental
Authority or from any other person or entity for correction of any violation of any Environmental
Requirement or any investigations concerning any violation of any Environmental Requirement.

          “Environmental Proceedings” means any judicial or administrative proceedings arising from or
in any way associated with any Environmental Requirement.

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          “Environmental Releases” means releases as defined in CERCLA or under any applicable federal,
state or local environmental law or regulation and shall include, in any event, any release of
petroleum or petroleum related products.

          “Environmental Requirements” means any legal requirement relating to health, safety or the
environment and applicable to a Loan Party, any Subsidiary of a Loan Party or the Properties,
including but not limited to any such requirement under CERCLA or similar state legislation and all
federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations, orders, writs, decrees and common law.

          “Equity Security” means any equity security or other obligation or security that does not
entitle the holder thereof to receive periodic payments of interest and one or more installments of
principal.

          “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or any successor law and
all rules and regulations from time to time promulgated thereunder. Any reference to any provision
of ERISA shall also be deemed to be a reference to any successor provision or provisions thereof.

          “Euro-Dollar Advance” means, with respect to any Advance, such Advance during Interest Periods
when such Advance bears or is to bear interest at a rate based upon the London InterBank Offered
Rate.

          “Euro-Dollar Business Day” means any Domestic Business Day on which dealings in Dollar
deposits are carried out in the London interbank market.

          “Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(c).

          “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

          “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other
recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder,
(a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise
taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal
office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located,
(b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by
any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender,
any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such
Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to
such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply
with Section 2.12(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional
amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.12(e).

          “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to
the next higher 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on

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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 Domestic Business Day next
succeeding such day, provided that (i) if the day for which such rate is to be determined is not a
Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions
on the next preceding Domestic Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Domestic
Business Day, and (ii) if such rate is not so published for any day, the Federal Funds Rate for
such day shall be the average rate charged to BB&T on such day on such transactions as determined
by the Administrative Agent.

          “First Disbursement Date” means the date of the first Advance under this Agreement.

          “First Lien Debt Investment” means a Portfolio Investment which is a Debt Security of an
Obligor, which is secured by a first priority, perfected security interest in all or substantially
all of the assets of the Obligor, and which has the most senior pre-petition priority in any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceedings.

          “Fiscal Quarter” means any fiscal quarter of the Borrower.

          “Fiscal Year” means any fiscal year of the Borrower.

          “Foreclosed Subsidiary” shall mean any Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of
the Borrower solely as a result of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower acquiring
the Capital Securities of such Person, through a bankruptcy, foreclosure or similar proceedings,
with the intent to sell or transfer all of the Capital Securities of such Person; provided,
that, in the event that the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Borrower is unable to sell
all of the Capital Securities of such Person within 180 days after the Borrower or such Subsidiary
of the Borrower acquires the Capital Securities of such Person, such Person shall no longer be
considered a “Foreclosed Subsidiary” for purposes of this Agreement.

          “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other
than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the
United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.

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

          “Fronting Exposure” means with respect to any Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of outstanding Swingline Advances made by such Swingline Lender other than
Swing Advances as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated
to other Lenders.

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

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          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with those
which, in accordance with Section 1.02, are to be used in making the calculations for purposes of
determining compliance with the terms of this Agreement.

          “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).

          “Guarantee” by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person (i) to secure, purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
provide collateral security, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such
Debt or other obligation 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.

          “Guaranteed Obligations” means the Obligations, including any and all liabilities,
indebtedness and obligations of any and every kind and nature, heretofore, now or hereafter owing,
arising, due or payable from the Borrower to one or more of the Lenders, the Hedge Counterparties,
any Secured Party, the Administrative Agent, or any of them, arising under or evidenced by this
Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents or any other Loan Document.

          “Guarantors” means collectively: (i) the Initial Guarantors and (ii) all direct and indirect
Subsidiaries of the Borrower or Guarantors acquired, formed or otherwise in existence after the
Closing Date and required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.28; provided,
however, no SBIC Entity shall ever be a Guarantor.

          “Hazardous Materials” includes (a) solid or hazardous waste, as defined in the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq. and its implementing regulations and
amendments, or in any applicable state or local law or regulation, (b) any “hazardous substance”,
“pollutant” or “contaminant”, as defined in CERCLA, or in any applicable state or local law or
regulation, (c) gasoline, or any other petroleum product or by-product, including crude oil or any
fraction thereof, (d) toxic substances, as defined in the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, or
in any applicable state or local law or regulation and (e) insecticides, fungicides, or
rodenticides, as defined in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1975, or in
any applicable state or local law or regulation, as each such Act, statute or regulation may be
amended from time to time.

          “Hedge Counterparty” means BB&T or any Lender that provides the initial funding of any
Revolver Commitment on the First Disbursement Date or any Additional Lender

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that provides the funding of a Revolver Commitment on any Commitment Increase Date (but not
any assignee of any of the foregoing Lenders) which Lender or Additional Lender has provided the
Administrative Agent with a fully executed designation notice substantially in the form of Schedule
A — Designation Notice, or any of their respective Affiliates, in each case solely until such
Person has assigned all of its interests under this Agreement, that enters into a Hedging Agreement
with the Borrower that is permitted by Section 5.35.

          “Hedge Transaction” of any Person shall mean any transaction (including an agreement with
respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into by such Person that is a rate swap, basis
swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction,
cap transaction, floor transaction, collateral transaction, forward transaction, currency swap
transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction
(including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof,
whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices
or other financial measures.

          “Hedging Agreement” means each agreement or amended and restated agreement between the
Borrower and a Hedge Counterparty that governs one or more Hedge Transactions entered into pursuant
to Section 5.35, which agreement shall consist of a “Master Agreement” in a form published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., together with a “Schedule” thereto in the
form the Administrative Agent shall approve in writing, and each “Confirmation” thereunder
confirming the specific terms of each such Hedge Transaction.

          “Hedging Obligations” of any Person shall mean any and all obligations of such Person, whether
absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired under
(i) any and all Hedge Transactions, (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals,
terminations or assignments of any Hedge Transactions and (iii) any and all renewals, extensions
and modifications of any Hedge Transactions and any and all substitutions for any Hedge
Transactions.

          “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

          “Initial Guarantors” means ARC Industries Holdings, Inc., Brantley Holdings, Inc., Energy
Hardware Holdings, Inc., Minco Holdings, Inc., Peaden Holdings, Inc. and Technology Crops Holdings,
Inc., each a Delaware corporation and Subsidiary of the Borrower.

          “Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a decree or
order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person or any
substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall
remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such
Person of a voluntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or the
consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such
law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for
any

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substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts
become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

          “Insolvency Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization,
suspension of payments, or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the
rights of creditors generally.

          “Interest Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest
Expense.

          “Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Borrowing, the first day of
each month and (b) with respect to any Euro-Dollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of three
months or shorter, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing and, (c) in the
case of any Euro-Dollar Borrowing with an Interest Period that exceeds three months, the respective
dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period.

          “Interest Period” means: (i) with respect to each Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
first, third or, if available to Lenders, sixth month thereafter, as the Borrower may elect in the
applicable Notice of Borrowing; provided that:

     (a) any Interest Period (subject to clause (c) below) which would otherwise end on
a day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding
Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in another calendar
month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Euro-Dollar
Business Day;

     (b) any Interest Period which begins on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
appropriate subsequent calendar month) shall, subject to clause (c) below, end on the last
Euro-Dollar Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar month; and

     (c) no Interest Period may be selected that begins before the Termination Date and
would otherwise end after the Termination Date.

          (ii) with respect to each Base Rate Borrowing, a calendar month (commencing on the first
day of each calendar month and ending on the last day of each calendar month regardless of whether
a Base Rate Borrowing is outstanding on either date); provided that:

     (a) the initial Interest Period applicable to Base Rate Borrowings shall mean the
period commencing on the Closing Date and ending May __, 2011; and

     (b) the last Interest Period applicable to Base Rate Borrowings under this
Agreement shall end on the Termination Date.

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          “Internal Control Event” means a material weakness in, or fraud that involves management of
the Borrower, which fraud has a material effect on the Borrower’s internal controls over public
reporting.

          “Investment” means any investment in any Person, whether by means of (i) purchase or
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person (or of a division or line of
business of such Person), (ii) purchase or acquisition of obligations or securities of such Person,
(iii) capital contribution to such Person, (iv) loan or advance to such Person, (v) making of a
time deposit with such Person, (vi) Guarantee or assumption of any obligation of such Person or
(vii) by any other means.

          “Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940.

          “Investment Documents” means, with respect to any Debt Security, any related loan agreement,
security agreement, mortgage, assignment, all guarantees, note purchase agreement, intercreditor
and/or subordination agreements, and UCC financing statements and continuation statements
(including amendments or modifications thereof) executed by the Obligor thereof or by another
Person on the Obligor’s behalf in respect of such Debt Security and any related promissory note
(except in the case of Noteless Loans), including general or limited guaranties and, if requested
by the Administrative Agent, for each Debt Security secured by real property by a mortgage
document, an Assignment of Mortgage, and for all Debt Securities with a promissory note, an
assignment thereof (which may be by allonge), in blank, signed by an officer of the Borrower.

          “Investment File” means, as to any Portfolio Investments, those documents that are delivered
to or held by the Collateral Custodian pursuant to the Custodial Agreement.

          “Investment Policies” means those investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the
Borrower as in effect on the Closing Date as described in Borrower’s annual report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any
modifications or supplements as may be adopted by the Borrower from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.

          “Joinder Agreement” means a Joinder and Reaffirmation Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit L.

          “Joint Lead Arrangers” means Branch Banking and Trust Company and Fifth Third Bank.

          “Lender” means each lender listed on the signature pages hereof as having a Revolver
Commitment and their respective successors and assigns.

          “Lenders’ Letter Agreement” means that certain Fee Letter, dated as of February 24, 2011,
among Borrower and the Lenders (other than BB&T) signatory hereto relating to the upfront fee
payable by the Borrower to or for the account of such Lenders. If there is any conflict between
the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Lenders’ Letter Agreement, the
provisions of this Agreement will control.

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          “Lending Office” means, as to each Lender, its office located at its address set forth
on the signature pages hereof (or identified on the signature pages hereof as its Lending Office)
or such other office as such Lender may hereafter designate as its Lending Office by notice to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

          “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of trust,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest, security title, preferential arrangement which has the
practical effect of constituting a security interest or encumbrance, servitude or encumbrance of
any kind in respect of such asset to secure or assure payment of a Debt or a Guarantee, whether by
consensual agreement or by operation of statute or other law, or by any agreement, contingent or
otherwise, to provide any of the foregoing. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Borrower or
any Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds
subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease
or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.

          “Liquidity” means at any time the aggregate Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and the
Guarantors, but excluding Cash and Cash Equivalents included in the Borrowing Base.

          “Loan” means any loan arising from the extension of credit to an Obligor by the Borrower in
the ordinary course of business of the Borrower.

          “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Hedging
Agreements, any other document evidencing or securing the Advances, the Custodial Agreement, and
any other document or instrument delivered from time to time in connection with this Agreement, the
Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Hedging Agreements, the Custodial Agreement or the Advances,
as such documents and instruments may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

          “Loan Parties” means collectively the Borrower and each Guarantor that hereafter becomes a
party to any of the Loan Documents.

          “London InterBank Offered Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(c).

          “Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as defined in Regulations T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time, together with all official
rulings and interpretations issued thereunder.

          “Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of
whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or
governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any other event or
events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences, whether or not related, a
material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, any of (a) the financial condition,
operations, business or properties of the Loan Parties and any of their respective Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the
Loan Documents, or the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations
under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, as applicable, or (c) the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document or (d) the Collateral, or the

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Administrative Agent’s Liens for the benefit of the Secured Parties on the Collateral or the
priority of such Liens.

          “Material Contract” has the meaning given such term in Section 4.33.

          “Mezzanine Debt Investment” means a Portfolio Investment which is a Debt Security of an
Obligor and is either a mezzanine, subordinated or second lien Debt Security and not a First Lien
Debt Investment.

          “Minimum Liquidity Requirement” has the meaning given such term in Section 5.04.

          “Mortgage” means, collectively the fee simple and leasehold mortgages, deeds of trust and
deeds to secure debt by the Borrower, in form and content reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and in each case granting a Lien to the Administrative Agent (or a trustee for
the benefit of the Administrative Agent) for the benefit of the Secured Parties in Collateral
constituting real property (including certain real property leases) and related personalty, as such
documents may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

          “Mortgaged Property” means, collectively, the Mortgaged Property (as defined in the Mortgages)
covering the Properties described on Schedule 1.01 — Mortgaged Property.

          “Mortgaged Property Owner” means the owner of a fee simple title (or leasehold interest to the
extent permitted under this Agreement) to a Mortgaged Property.

          “Mortgaged Property Security Documents” means collectively, the Mortgages and all other
agreements, instruments and other documents, whether now existing or hereafter in effect, pursuant
to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary grants or conveys to the Administrative Agent and the
Secured Parties a Lien in, or any other Person acknowledges any such Lien in, real property as
security for all or any portion of the Obligations, as any of them may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.

          “Mortgaged Property Support Documents” means, for each Mortgaged Property, (i) the Title
Policy pertaining thereto, (ii) surveys (unless the title insurance company will insure over the
absence of survey), flood hazard certifications and environmental assessments thereof in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, prepared by recognized experts in their
respective fields acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (iii) as to Mortgaged Properties located
in a flood hazard area, flood hazard insurance, (iv) lessees’ estoppel, waiver and consent
certificates and subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreements, in form and reasonably
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, if necessary, (v) opinions of local counsel
with respect to the Mortgages or leasehold mortgages, as applicable, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (vi) such other documentation as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require, in each case as shall be in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

          “Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

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          “Net Assets” means, at any time, the net assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries that are Guarantors, as set forth or reflected on the most recent consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP and filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Notwithstanding the fact that the SBIC Entities are
not Loan Parties, the SBIC Entities shall be included for purposes of calculating Net Assets.

          “Net Proceeds of Capital Securities/Conversion of Debt” means any and all proceeds (whether
cash or non-cash) or other consideration received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower
in respect of the issuance of Capital Securities (including the aggregate amount of any and all
Debt converted into Capital Securities), after deducting therefrom all reasonable and customary
costs and expenses incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly in connection with the
issuance of such Capital Securities.

          “Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at
such time.

          “Noteless Loan” means an Eligible Debt Security with respect to which (i) the underlying
Investment Documents do not require the Obligor to execute and deliver a promissory note to
evidence the indebtedness created under such Debt Security; and (ii) no Loan Party nor any
Subsidiary of a Loan Party has requested or received a promissory note from the related Obligor.
Except as approved by the Administrative Agent in writing, no Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a
Loan Party shall request or receive a promissory note or other instrument from any Obligor in
connection with a Noteless Loan.

          “Notes” means collectively the Revolver Notes and Swing Advance Notes and any and all
amendments, consolidations, modifications, renewals, substitutions and supplements thereto or
replacements thereof. “Note” means any one of such Notes.

          “Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

          “Notice of Continuation or Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.

          “Obligations” means the collective reference to all of the following indebtedness obligations
and liabilities: (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of: (i) the principal of and
interest on the Notes (including any and all Revolver Advances and Swing Advances), when and as
due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise
and any renewals, modifications or extensions thereof, in whole or in part; (ii) each payment
required to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement when and as due, including payments in
respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon, and obligations, if any, to provide
cash collateral and any renewals, modifications or extensions thereof, in whole or in part; and
(iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower to the Secured Parties under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is or is to be a party and any renewals,
modifications or extensions thereof, in whole or in part; (b) the due and punctual performance of
all other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
the Borrower is or is to be a party, and any renewals, modifications or extensions thereof, in
whole or in part; (c) the due and punctual payment (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
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and all Hedging Obligations arising under the Hedging Agreements and obligations which, but
for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due), indebtedness
and liabilities of the Borrower, now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in
connection with any and all Hedging Agreements and any renewals, modifications or extensions
thereof (including, all obligations, if any, of the Borrower as guarantor under the Credit
Agreement in respect of Hedging Agreements), and the due and punctual performance and compliance by
the Borrower with all of the terms, conditions and agreements contained in any Hedging Agreement
and any renewals, modifications or extensions thereof; (d) the due and punctual payment and
performance of all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of any one or more of the Borrower and
Guarantors arising out of or relating to any Bank Products; (e) the due and punctual payment and
performance of all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of any one or more of the Borrower and
Guarantors arising out of or relating to any Cash Management Services; and (f) the due and punctual
payment and performance of all obligations of each of the Guarantors under the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which they are or are to be a party and any and all renewals,
modifications or extensions thereof, in whole or in part.

          “Obligor” means, with respect to any Portfolio Investment, the Person or Persons obligated to
make payments pursuant to such Portfolio Investment, including any guarantor thereof.

          “OFAC” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

          “Officer’s Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(e).

          “Operating Documents” means with respect to any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other legally authorized
incorporated or unincorporated entity, the bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement,
limited partnership agreement, shareholder agreement or other applicable documents relating to the
operation, governance or management of such entity.

          “Organizational Action” means with respect to any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other legally authorized
incorporated or unincorporated entity, any corporate, organizational or partnership action
(including any required shareholder, member or partner action), or other similar official action,
as applicable, taken by such entity.

          “Organizational Documents” means with respect to any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other legally authorized
incorporated or unincorporated entity, the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation,
articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership or other applicable organizational or
charter documents relating to the creation of such entity.

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

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          “Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (d) of Section 9.07.

          “Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October
26, 2001.

          “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all
of its functions under ERISA.

          “Permitted Encumbrances” means Liens described in Section 5.14.

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

          “Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of
ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and is either (i)
maintained by a member of the Controlled Group for employees of any member of the Controlled Group
or (ii) maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under
which more than one employer makes contributions and to which a member of the Controlled Group is
then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding 5 plan
years made contributions.

          “Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(d).

          “Pledge Agreement” means the Equity Pledge Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit
N, by and between the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties to be executed and delivered in connection herewith.

          “Portfolio Investment” means an investment made by the Borrower in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with the Investment Policies in a Person that is accounted for under GAAP
as a portfolio investment of the Borrower. Portfolio Investments shall include Cash, Cash
Equivalents, First Lien Debt Investments and Mezzanine Debt Investments.

          “Prime Rate” refers to that interest rate so denominated and set by BB&T from time to time as
an interest rate basis for borrowings. The Prime Rate is but one of several interest rate bases
used by BB&T. BB&T lends at interest rates above and below the Prime Rate. The Prime Rate is not
necessarily the lowest or best rate charged by BB&T to its customers or other banks.

          “Proceeds” shall have the meaning given to it under the UCC and shall include the collections
and distributions of Collateral, cash or non-cash.

          “Properties” means all real property owned, leased or otherwise used or occupied by a Loan
Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, wherever located. “Property” means any one of such
Properties.

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          “Quarterly Payment Date” means each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, or, if
any such day is not a Domestic Business Day, the next succeeding Domestic Business Day.

          “Receivables” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Accounts” in the Security
Agreement.

          “Redeemable Preferred Securities” of any Person means any preferred stock or similar Capital
Securities (including limited liability company membership interests and limited partnership
interests) issued by such Person which is at any time prior to the Termination Date either (i)
mandatorily redeemable (by sinking fund or similar payments or otherwise) or (ii) redeemable at the
option of the holder thereof.

          “Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.07(c).

          “Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in lender loans,
any other fund that invests in lender loans and is advised or managed by the same investment
advisor as such Lender.

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

          “Related Property” means, with respect to any Portfolio Investment, any property or other
assets of the Obligor thereunder pledged or purported to be pledged as collateral to secure the
repayment of such Portfolio Investment.

          “Required Lenders” means (i) at any time when there are two or fewer Lenders, all Lenders and
(ii) at any time when there are three or more Lenders, Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of the
aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments or, if the Revolver Commitments are no longer in
effect, Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Revolver Notes; provided, however, that the Revolver Commitments and any outstanding Revolver
Advances of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Lenders.

          “Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.06.

          “Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the president, chief executive officer, chief
financial officer, or principal accounting officer

          “Restricted Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution on any shares of the
Borrower’s Capital Securities (except dividends payable solely in shares of its Capital
Securities); (ii) any payment of management, consulting, advisory or similar fees; or (iii) any
payment on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of (a) any shares of the
Borrower’s Capital Securities (except shares acquired upon the conversion thereof into other shares
of its Capital Securities) or (b) any option, warrant or other right to acquire shares of the
Borrower’s Capital Securities.

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          “Revolver Advance” means an advance made to the Borrower under this Agreement pursuant to
Section 2.01(a).

          “Revolver Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, (i) the amount set forth opposite
the name of such Lender on the signature pages hereof, or (ii) as to any Lender which enters into
an Assignment and Assumption (whether as transferor Lender or as assignee thereunder), the amount
of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment after giving effect to such Assignment and Assumption, in each
case as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 2.09.

          “Revolver Notes” means the promissory notes of the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B-1 hereto evidencing the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Revolver
Advances, together with all amendments, consolidations, modifications, renewals, substitutions and
supplements thereto or replacements thereof and “Revolver Note” means any one of such Revolver
Notes.

          “Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal
amount at such time of its Revolver Advances and such Lender’s participation in Swing Advances at
such time.

          “RIC” or “regulated investment company” shall mean an investment company or business
development company that qualifies for the special tax treatment provided for by subchapter M of
the Code.

          “Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing, directly or
indirectly, for the leasing by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of real or personal
property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by any Loan Party or such Subsidiary to
such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on
the security of such property or rental obligations of any Loan Party or such Subsidiary.

          “Sanctioned Entity” shall mean (i) a country or a government of a country, (ii) an agency of
the government of a country, (iii) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country
or its government, (iv) a person or entity resident in or determined to be resident in a country,
that is subject to a country sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC described or
referenced at http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/ or as otherwise published
from time to time.

          “SBIC Entities” means each of (1) Triangle Mezzanine Fund LLLP, a North Carolina limited
liability limited partnership, (2) Triangle Mezzanine Fund II LP, a Delaware limited partnership,
(3) any other future “small business investment company” owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Borrower, and (4) any Subsidiary, general partner or blocker corporation of an SBIC Entity.

          “Secured Parties” shall mean collectively: (1) the Administrative Agent in its capacity as
such under this Agreement, the Collateral Documents and the other Loan Documents; (2) the Lenders,
(3) the Hedge Counterparties in their capacity as such under the Hedging Agreements; (4) any Bank
Product Bank or Cash Management Bank; and (5) except as otherwise

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provided in the definitions of “Bank Products,” “Cash Management Services” and “Hedging
Counterparties,” the successors and assigns of the foregoing.

          “Security Agreement” means the General Security Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit M, by and between the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties to be executed and delivered in connection herewith.

          “Special Purpose Subsidiary” shall mean any single purpose Subsidiary created for the purpose
of holding specific assets.

          “Subsidiary” of any Person means a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of
stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other
ownership interest having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a
majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other
entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person; provided however, the term
“Subsidiary” shall not include any Person that constitutes an investment made by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and consistently with the Investment Policies in a
Person that is accounted for under GAAP as a portfolio investment of the Borrower. Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

          “Swing Advance” means an Advance made by BB&T pursuant to Section 2.01(b), which must be a
Base Rate Advance.

          “Swing Advance Note” means the promissory note of the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B-2, evidencing the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Swing Advances,
together with all amendments, consolidations, modifications, renewals, and supplements thereto.

          “Swingline Lender” means BB&T, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Advances hereunder.

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

          “Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) May __, 2014 (or such later date to
which such date shall have been extended pursuant to Section 2.05), (ii) the date the Revolver
Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 6.01 following the occurrence of an Event of
Default, or (iii) the date the Borrower terminates the Revolver Commitments entirely pursuant to
Section 2.09.

          “Third Parties” means all lessees, sublessees, licensees and other users of the Properties,
excluding those users of the Properties in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business and on a
temporary basis.

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          “Title Policy” means with respect to each Mortgaged Property, the mortgagee title insurance
policy (together with such endorsements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require) issued
to the Administrative Agent in respect of such Mortgaged Property by an insurer selected by the
Administrative Agent, insuring (in an amount satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) the Lien of
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties on such Mortgaged Property to be
duly perfected and first priority, subject only to such exceptions as shall be acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.

          “Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the Unused Commitment and
Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.

          “Total Unused Commitments” means at any date, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
Unused Commitments of the Lenders.

          “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the specified
jurisdiction.

          “Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents” means, as of any date of determination, the Cash and
Cash Equivalents of Borrower to the extent that such Cash and Cash Equivalents (a) are free and
clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted under Sections 5.14(j) and 5.14(l)), any legal or
equitable claim or other interest held by any other Person, and any option or right held by any
other Person to acquire any such claim or other interest, (b) are not subject to any restriction
pursuant to any provision of any outstanding Capital Securities issued by any Person or of any
Material Contract to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound (other
than the Loan Documents) and (c) are the subject of a Control Agreement that creates a valid and
perfected first-priority security interest in and lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties.

          “Unused Commitment” means at any date, with respect to any Lender, an amount equal to its
Revolver Commitment less the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the sum of its
Revolver Advances and its Applicable Percentage of Swing Advances.

          “Value” means, with respect to any Portfolio Investment and as of any date of determination,
the lesser of (i) the cost to the Borrower of such Portfolio Investment or (ii) the fair value of
such Portfolio Investment determined, not less frequently than once per Fiscal Quarter, in
accordance with, the Investment Company Act and any orders of the Securities and Exchange
Commission by the Board of Directors of the Borrower in its good faith judgment and consistent with
past practices as described in the Borrower’s 2010 annual report on Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as such practices may be amended from time to time in
accordance with the last sentence in this definition of “Value”, including consideration of
valuation procedures of Duff & Phelps or another third-party valuation firm selected by the
Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and as approved by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable credit judgment. The valuation practices described in the
Borrower’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may be
amended from time to time provided that the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent,
prior to the effective date of any such amendment or modification, prompt notice of any changes in
such practices and shall not agree or otherwise permit to occur any modification of such practices
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reasonably be expected to adversely affect the interests or remedies of the Administrative
Agent or the Secured Parties under this Agreement or any Loan Document or impair the collectability
of any Investment without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (in its sole
discretion).

          “Voting Stock” means securities (as such term is defined in Section 2(1) of the Securities Act
of 1933) of any class or classes, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, entitled to cast votes in any election of any corporate directors (or Persons
performing similar functions).

          “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary all of the Capital Securities of which are at
the time directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower.

          SECTION 1.02. Accounting Terms and Determinations. Unless otherwise specified herein,
all terms of an accounting character used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting
determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered
hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent (except for
changes concurred in by the Borrower’s independent public accountants or otherwise required by a
change in GAAP) with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the
Lenders, unless with respect to any such change concurred in by the Borrower’s independent public
accountants or required or permitted by GAAP, in determining compliance with any of the provisions
of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents: (i) the Borrower shall have objected to
determining such compliance on such basis at the time of delivery of such financial statements, or
(ii) the Required Lenders shall so object in writing within 30 days after the delivery of such
financial statements, in either of which events such calculations shall be made on a basis
consistent with those used in the preparation of the latest financial statements as to which such
objection shall not have been made (which, if objection is made in respect of the first financial
statements delivered under Section 5.01 hereof, shall mean the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.04).

          SECTION 1.03. Use of Defined Terms. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have
the same meanings when used in any of the other Loan Documents, unless otherwise defined therein or
unless the context shall otherwise require.

          SECTION 1.04. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,”
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The
word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the
context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as
from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person
shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this
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to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits
and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules
to, this Agreement, (e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise
specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time;
(f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to
refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights; and (g) titles of Articles and Sections in this Agreement are for
convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDIT

          SECTION 2.01. Commitments to Make Advances.

     (a) Revolver Advances. Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions set forth herein, to make Revolver Advances to the Borrower from time to time
before the Termination Date; provided that, immediately after each such Revolver
Advance is made, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolver Advances by such
Lender together with such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of all Swingline Advances shall not exceed the amount of the Revolver
Commitment of such Lender at such time, provided further that the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolver Advances shall not exceed the: lesser of: (1) the Borrowing
Base; and (2) the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments of all of the Lenders at such
time. Each Revolver Borrowing under this Section 2.01 shall be in an aggregate principal
amount of $1,000,000 or any larger multiple of $100,000 (except that any such Revolver
Borrowing may be in the aggregate amount of the Total Unused Revolver Commitments) and shall
be made from the several Lenders ratably in proportion to their respective Revolver
Commitments. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow under this Section, repay
or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.10, prepay Revolver Advances and reborrow under
this Section 2.01 at any time before the Termination Date.

     (b) Swing Advances. In addition to the foregoing, the Swingline Lender shall
from time to time, upon the request of the Borrower, if the applicable conditions precedent
in Article III have been satisfied, make Swing Advances to the Borrower in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding $5,000,000.00; provided that,
immediately after such Swing Advance is made, the conditions set forth in Section 2.01(a)
shall have been satisfied. Each Swingline Borrowing under this Section 2.01(b) shall be in
an aggregate principal amount of $100,000.00 or any larger multiple of $100,000.00. Within
the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay and
reborrow under this Section 2.01(b) at any time before the Termination Date. Solely for
purposes of calculating fees under Section 2.07(b), Swing Advances shall not be considered a
utilization of the Revolver Commitment of the Swingline Lender or any other Lender
hereunder. All Swing Advances shall be made as Base Rate Advances. At any time, upon the
request of the Swingline Lender, each Lender other than the Swingline Lender shall, on the
third Domestic Business Day after such request is made, purchase a participating interest in
Swing Advances in an amount

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equal to its ratable share (based upon its respective Revolver Commitment) of such
Swing Advances. On such third Domestic Business Day, each Lender will immediately transfer
to the Swingline Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation.
Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any such Lender its
participating interest in a Swing Advance, the Administrative Agent receives any payment on
account thereof, the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its participating
interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to
reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding
and funded); provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the
Administrative Agent is required to be returned, such Lender will return to the
Administrative Agent any portion thereof previously distributed by the Administrative Agent
to it. Each Lender’s obligation to purchase such participating interests shall be absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including: (i) any
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender or any other
Person may have against the Swingline Lender requesting such purchase or any other Person
for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or the
termination of the Revolver Commitments; (iii) any adverse change in the condition
(financial, business or otherwise) of any Loan Party or any other Person; (iv) any breach of
this Agreement by any Loan Party or any other Lender; or (v) any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

	 	 	SECTION 2.02. Method of Borrowing Advances.

     (a) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent notice in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A (a “Notice of Borrowing”) prior to (i) 12:00 P.M. (Eastern time) at
least one Domestic Business Day before each Base Rate Borrowing, and (ii) 11:00 A.M.
(Eastern time) at least three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days before each Euro-Dollar
Borrowing, specifying:

     (i) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Domestic Business Day in the
case of a Base Rate Borrowing and a Euro-Dollar Business Day in the case of a
Euro-Dollar Borrowing,

     (ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing,

     (iii) whether the Revolver Advances comprising such Borrowing are to be Base
Rate Advances or Euro-Dollar Advances, or stating that such Borrowing is to be a
Swingline Borrowing and

     (iv) in the case of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the duration of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest
Period.

     (b) Upon receipt of a Notice of Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the contents thereof and (unless such Borrowing is a Swingline
Borrowing) of such Lender’s ratable share of such Borrowing and such Notice

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of Borrowing, once received by the Administrative Agent, shall not thereafter be
revocable by the Borrower.

     (c) Not later than 11:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the date of each Borrowing, each Lender
shall make available its ratable share of such Borrowing, in Federal or other funds
immediately available in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to the Administrative Agent at its
address referred to in or specified pursuant to Section 9.01. Unless the Administrative
Agent determines that any applicable condition specified in Article III has not been
satisfied: (1) in the case of a Revolver Borrowing the Administrative Agent will promptly
disburse the funds so received from the Lenders to the Borrower, and (2) in the case of a
Swingline Borrowing, the Swingline Lender will make available to the Borrower the amount of
any such Swingline Borrowing.

     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no
Euro-Dollar Borrowing may be made if there shall have occurred a Default, which Default
shall not have been cured or waived.

     (e) In the event that a Notice of Borrowing fails to specify whether the Revolver
Advances comprising such Borrowing are to be Base Rate Advances or Euro-Dollar Advances,
such Revolver Advances shall be made as Base Rate Advances. If the Borrower is otherwise
entitled under this Agreement to repay any Revolver Advances maturing at the end of an
Interest Period applicable thereto with the proceeds of a new Borrowing, and the Borrower
fails to repay such Revolver Advances using its own moneys and fails to give a Notice of
Borrowing in connection with such new Borrowing, a new Borrowing shall be deemed to be made
on the date such Revolver Advances mature in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
Revolver Advances so maturing, and the Revolver Advances comprising such new Borrowing shall
be Base Rate Advances.

     (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, there shall not be more
than six (6) Interest Periods outstanding at any given time; provided that for purposes of
this Section 2.02(f), Base Rate Advances shall not be deemed to have an outstanding Interest
Period.

          SECTION 2.03. Continuation and Conversion Elections. By delivering a notice (a
“Notice of Continuation or Conversion”), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
C, to the Administrative Agent on or before 12:00 P.M., Eastern time, on a Domestic Business
Day (or Euro-Dollar Business Day, in the case of Euro-Dollar Advances outstanding), the Borrower
may from time to time irrevocably elect, by notice one Domestic Business Day prior in the case of a
continuation of or conversion to Base Rate Advances or three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days prior in
the case of a continuation of or conversion to Euro-Dollar Advances, that all, or any portion in an
aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or any larger integral multiple of $100,000 be, (i) in the
case of Base Rate Advances, converted into Euro-Dollar Advances or (ii) in the case of Euro-Dollar
Advances, converted into Base Rate Advances or continued as Euro-Dollar Advances; provided,
however, that (x) each such conversion or continuation shall be pro rated among the applicable
outstanding Revolver Advances of all Lenders that have made such Revolver Advances, and (y) no
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amount of any Revolver Advances may be continued as, or be converted into, any Euro-Dollar
Advance when any Default has occurred and is continuing. In the absence of delivery of a Notice of
Continuation or Conversion with respect to any Euro-Dollar Advance at least three (3) Euro-Dollar
Business Days before the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, such
Euro-Dollar Advance shall, on such last day, automatically convert to a Base Rate Advance.

          SECTION 2.04. Notes. The Revolver Advances of each Lender shall be evidenced by a
single Revolver Note payable to the order of such Lender for the account of its Lending Office in
an amount equal to the original principal amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment. Upon the
request of the Swingline Lender, the Swing Advances may be evidenced by a single Swing Advance Note
payable to the order of the Swingline Lender in the original principal amount of $5,000,000.00.
Upon receipt of each Lender’s Note pursuant to Section 3.01, the Administrative Agent shall deliver
such Note to such Lender. Each Lender shall record, and prior to any transfer of its Note shall
endorse on the schedule forming a part thereof appropriate notations to evidence, the date, amount
and maturity of, and effective interest rate for, each Advance made by it, the date and amount of
each payment of principal made by the Borrower with respect thereto and such schedule shall
constitute rebuttable presumptive evidence of the principal amount owing and unpaid on such
Lender’s Note; provided that the failure of any Lender to make, or any error in making, any
such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under
the Note or the ability of any Lender to assign its Notes. Each Lender is hereby irrevocably
authorized by the Borrower so to endorse its Notes and to attach to and make a part of any Note a
continuation of any such schedule as and when required.

          SECTION 2.05. Maturity of Advances; Two One-Year Extensions. Each Revolver Advance
included in any Borrowing shall mature, and the principal amount thereof, together with all accrued
unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on the Termination Date. On or prior to each of
the first and second anniversaries of the Closing Date, the Borrower may, by notice to the
Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Lenders) request that the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders extend the date set forth in clause (i) of the definition of Termination Date by
one year, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may, each in their sole and individual
discretion, elect to do so, it being understood that (a) no extension shall be effective unless all
Lenders unanimously agree to extend and (b) any Lender who has not responded to such extension
request within fifteen (15) Domestic Business Days following the date of the Administrative Agent’s
notice of such extension request to the Lenders, shall be deemed to have rejected such request.
In the event that one extension request is exercised and accepted by all Lenders, this Agreement
shall be automatically amended as of the first anniversary date of this Agreement to provide that
the Termination Date in clause (i) of the definition would be extended to May __, 2015. In the
event that two extension requests are exercised and accepted by all Lenders, upon effectiveness of
the second extension, this Agreement shall be automatically amended as of the second anniversary
date of this Agreement to provide that the Termination Date in clause (i) of the definition would
be extended to May __, 2016. Any extension pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall be effective as of
the date of the amendment to this Agreement effecting such extension and each such amendment shall
be conditioned upon: (x) no Default or Event of Default and (y) continued accuracy of the
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respects. The first extension request shall expire if not made on or prior to the first
anniversary of the date of this Agreement and shall not take effect prior to the first anniversary
of the date of this Agreement. The second extension request shall expire if not made on or prior
to the second anniversary of the date of this Agreement and shall not take effect prior to the
second anniversary of this Agreement. There shall be no more than two (2) extension requests,
resulting in total extensions no longer than two (2) years.

	 	 	SECTION 2.06. Interest Rates.

     (a) “Applicable Margin” means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Advance, 1.95% and (b)
with respect to any Euro-Dollar Advance, 2.95%.

     (b) Each Base Rate Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof, for each day from the date such Advance is made until it becomes due, at a rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate for such day plus the Applicable Margin. Such interest shall
be payable on each Interest Payment Date while such Base Rate Advance is outstanding and on
the date such Base Rate Advance is converted to a Euro-Dollar Advance or repaid. Any
overdue principal of and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, overdue interest on any
Base Rate Advance shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day until paid in full at
a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate.

     (c) Each Euro-Dollar Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof, for the Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the sum
of: (1) the Applicable Margin, plus (2) the applicable Adjusted London InterBank Offered
Rate for such Interest Period. Such interest shall be payable on each applicable Interest
Payment Date. Any overdue principal of and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law,
overdue interest on any Euro-Dollar Advance shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each
day until paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate.

     The “London InterBank Offered Rate” applicable to any Euro-Dollar Advance means for the
Interest Period of such Euro-Dollar Advance the rate per annum determined on the basis of
the rate for deposits in Dollars of amounts equal or comparable to the principal amount of
such Euro-Dollar Advance offered for a term comparable to such Interest Period, which rate
appears on the display designated as Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or such other successor
page as may replace Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or such other service or services as may be
nominated by the British Banker’s Association for the purpose of displaying London InterBank
Offered Rates for U.S. dollar deposits) determined as of 11:00 a.m. London, England time,
two (2) Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period,
provided that if no such offered rates appear on such page, the “London InterBank
Offered Rate” for such Interest Period will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) of rates quoted by not less than two (2) major
lenders in New York City, selected by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 10:00 A.M.,
New York City time, two (2) Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to the first day of such
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comparable to such Interest Period in an amount comparable to the principal amount of
such Euro-Dollar Advance.

     “Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage” means for any day that percentage (expressed as a
decimal) which is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement
for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in respect of “Eurocurrency liabilities” (or
in respect of any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to
which the interest rate on such Euro-Dollar Advance is determined or any category of
extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by a non-United States office of
any Lender to United States residents). The Adjusted London InterBank Offered Rate shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Euro-Dollar
Reserve Percentage.

     (d) The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the
Advances hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent
shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the Lenders by telecopy of each rate of
interest so determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error.

     (e) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (other than
an Event of Default under Sections 6.01(g) or (h)), the principal amount of the Advances
(and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, all accrued interest thereon) may, at the
election of the Required Lenders, bear interest at the Default Rate; provided, however, that
automatically whether or not the Required Lenders elect to do so, (i) any overdue principal
of and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest on the Advances shall bear interest
payable on demand, for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate,
and (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default described in
Section 6.01(g) or 6.01(h), the principal amount of the Advances (and, to the extent
permitted by Applicable Law, all accrued interest thereon) shall bear interest payable on
demand for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate.

          SECTION 2.07. Fees.

     (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of each
Lender an unused commitment fee equal to the product of: (i) the aggregate of the daily
average amounts of such Lender’s Unused Commitment during such previous quarter, times (ii)
a per annum percentage equal to 0.375%. Such unused commitment fee shall accrue from but
not including the Closing Date to and including the Termination Date. Unused commitment
fees shall be determined quarterly in arrears and shall be payable on each Quarterly Payment
Date and on the Termination Date; provided that should the Revolver Commitments be
terminated at any time prior to the Termination Date for any reason, the entire accrued and
unpaid fee shall be calculated and paid on the date of such termination. Any such unused
commitment fee for the first quarter following the Closing Date shall be prorated according
to the number of days this Agreement was in effect during such quarter.

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     (b) The Borrower shall pay (i) to the Administrative Agent, for the account and sole
benefit of the Administrative Agent, such fees and other amounts at such times as set forth
in the Administrative Agent’s Letter Agreement, and (ii) such fees and other amounts at such
times as set forth in the Lenders’ Letter Agreement.

          SECTION 2.08. Optional Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower may,
subject to any applicable prepayments pursuant to Section 2.11, upon at least 3 Domestic Business
Day’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate at any time, or proportionately
reduce from time to time by an aggregate amount of at least $2,000,000 or any larger multiple of
$1,000,000, the Revolver Commitments; provided, however: (1) each termination or reduction, as the
case may be, shall be permanent and irrevocable; (2) no such termination or reduction shall be in
an amount greater than the Total Unused Revolver Commitments on the date of such termination or
reduction; and (3) no such reduction pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall result in the aggregate
Revolver Commitments of all of the Lenders being reduced to an amount less than $20,000,000, unless
the Revolver Commitments are terminated in their entirety, in which case all accrued fees (as
provided under Section 2.07) shall be payable on the effective date of such termination. Each
reduction shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolver
Commitments.

          SECTION 2.09. Termination of Commitments. The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on
the Termination Date, as may be extended pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and any Revolver
Advances then outstanding (together with accrued interest thereon) shall be due and payable on such
date.

	 	 	SECTION 2.10. Optional Prepayments.

     (a) The Borrower may, upon at least one (1) Domestic Business Day’s notice to the
Administrative Agent, prepay any Base Rate Borrowing in whole at any time, or from time to
time in part in amounts aggregating at least $1,000,000 or any larger integral multiple of
$100,000 (or any lesser amount equal to the outstanding balance of such Advance), by paying
the principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest thereon to the date of
prepayment. Each such optional prepayment shall be applied to first to any Swingline
Advances outstanding and then to prepay ratably the Base Rate Advances of the several
Lenders included in such Base Rate Borrowing.

     (b) Subject to any payments required pursuant to the terms of Article VIII for such
Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the Borrower may, upon at least three (3) Domestic Business Day’s
prior written notice, prepay in minimum amounts of $1,000,000 with additional increments of
$100,000 (or any lesser amount equal to the outstanding balance of such Advances) all or any
portion of the principal amount of any Euro-Dollar Borrowing prior to the maturity thereof,
by paying the principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest thereon to the
date of prepayment and such payments required pursuant to the terms of Article VIII. Each
such optional prepayment shall be applied to prepay ratably the Euro-Dollar Advances of the
several Lenders included in such Euro-Dollar Borrowing.

     (c) Upon receipt of a notice of prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.10, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof and of

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such Lender’s ratable share of such prepayment and such notice, once received by the
Administrative Agent, shall not thereafter be revocable by the Borrower.

          SECTION 2.11. Mandatory Prepayments.

     (a) On each date on which the Revolver Commitments are reduced or terminated pursuant
to Section 2.08 or Section 2.09, the Borrower shall repay or prepay such principal amount of
the outstanding Revolver Advances, if any (together with interest accrued thereon and any
amount due under Section 8.05), as may be necessary so that after such payment the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Revolver Advances does not exceed the aggregate amount of the
Revolver Commitments as then reduced. Each such payment or prepayment shall be applied
first to any Swing Advances outstanding and then ratably to the Revolver Advances of the
several Lenders outstanding on the date of payment or prepayment in the following order or
priority: (i) first, to Base Rate Advances; (ii) second, to Euro-Dollar Advances.

     (b) In the event that the aggregate principal amount of all Revolver Advances at any
one time outstanding shall at any time exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolver
Commitments of all of the Lenders at such time, the Borrower shall immediately repay so much
of the Revolver Advances as is necessary in order that the aggregate principal amount of the
Revolver Advances thereafter outstanding, shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the
Revolver Commitments of all of the Lenders at such time. Each such payment or prepayment
shall be applied ratably to the Revolver Advances of the several Lenders outstanding on the
date of payment or prepayment in the following order or priority: (i) first, to Base Rate
Advances; (ii) second, to Euro-Dollar Advances.

     (c) In the event that: (1) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolver Advances,
together with the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Advances at any one time
outstanding shall at any time exceed the Borrowing Base (including as a result of a change
of Borrowing Base tiers, as contemplated by the definition of Borrowing Base); or (2) the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolver Advances, together with the aggregate principal
amount of the Swing Advances at any one time outstanding shall at any time exceed the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments of all of the Banks at such time, the Borrower
shall immediately repay so much of the Advances as is necessary in order that: (1) the
aggregate principal amount of the Advances thereafter outstanding, together with the
aggregate principal amount of the Swing Advances shall not exceed the Borrowing Base; and
(2) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolver Advances thereafter outstanding, together
with the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Advances shall not exceed the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Commitments of all of the Banks at such time.

     (d) If at any time when the Borrower is required to be in compliance with the Minimum
Liquidity Requirement, the Borrower is not in compliance with the Minimum Liquidity
Requirement, the Borrower shall immediately repay so much of the Revolver Advances as is
necessary in order that, after giving effect to such repayment, the Minimum Liquidity
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permitted in the definition of the Borrowing Base, the Borrower may elect to acquire
additional Eligible Debt Securities in lieu of such prepayment. Each such payment or
prepayment shall be applied ratably to the Revolver Advances of the several Lenders
outstanding on the date of payment or prepayment in the following order or priority: (i)
first, to Base Rate Advances, and (ii) second, to Euro-Dollar Advances.

     (e) If at any time (i) the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties does
not own or have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in any Eligible
Investment or (ii) any representation or warranty with respect to any Eligible Investment
included in the Borrowing Base is not true and correct in all material respects, then upon
the earlier of the Borrower’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent or the
Borrower becoming aware thereof, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, shall either (x)
repay the Advances outstanding (together with any amounts owing under Article VIII relating
to such repayment) to the extent required by Section 2.11(c) after giving effect to the
exclusion of such ineligible Portfolio Investment from the Borrowing Base, or (y)
substitute an Eligible Investment for such ineligible Portfolio Investment;
provided that no such substitution shall be permitted unless (1) such
substitute Portfolio Investment is an Eligible Investment on the date of substitution, (2)
after giving effect to the inclusion of the substitute Eligible Investment, no repayment of
any Advances outstanding shall be required under Section 2.11(c) (after giving effect to
the exclusion of such ineligible Portfolio Investment from the Borrowing Base), (3) all
representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article IV shall be true and
correct, in all material respects, as of the date of substitution, (4) all actions or
additional actions (if any) necessary to perfect the security interest of the
Administrative Agent in such substitute Portfolio Investment and related Collateral shall
have been taken as of or prior to the date of substitution and (5) the Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent on the date of such substitution (A) a certificate of a
Responsible Officer certifying that each of the foregoing is true and correct as of such
date and (B) a Borrowing Base Certification Report (including a calculation of the
Borrowing Base after giving effect to such substitution).

     (f) Any repayment or prepayment made pursuant to this Section shall not affect the
Borrowers’ obligation to continue to make payments under any Hedging Agreement, which shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such repayment or prepayment, subject to the
terms of such Hedging Agreement.

     (g) Any repayment or prepayment made pursuant to this Section shall be in cash without
any prepayment premium or penalty (but including all breakage or similar costs) on the
customary terms of the Administrative Agent.

          SECTION 2.12. General Provisions as to Payments.

     (a) The Borrower shall make each payment of principal of, and interest on, the Revolver
Advances and of fees hereunder without any set off, counterclaim or any deduction
whatsoever, not later than 2:00 P.M. (Eastern time) on the date when due, in Federal or
other funds immediately available in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to the Administrative
Agent at its address referred to in Section 9.01. The Administrative

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Agent will promptly distribute to the Swingline Lender each such payment received on
account of the Swing Advances and to each Lender its ratable share of each such payment
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders.

     (b) Whenever any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Base Rate Advances or of
fees shall be due on a day which is not a Domestic Business Day, the date for payment
thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Domestic Business Day. Whenever any
payment of principal of or interest on, the Euro-Dollar Advances shall be due on a day which
is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the
next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in
another calendar month, in which case the date for payment thereof shall be the next
preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day. If the date for any payment of principal is extended by
operation of law or otherwise, interest thereon shall be payable for such extended time.

     (c) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of
any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 and may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event,
if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to
the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the
Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the
case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on
interbank compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the
interest rate applicable to Base Rate Advances or the Euro-Dollar Advances as the case may
be. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for
the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the
Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender
pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so
paid shall constitute such Lender’s Advance included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the
Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that
shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent

     (d) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which
any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that
the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the
Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon
such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower
has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the
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distributed to such Lender, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation

     (e) Taxes.

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

     (ii) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the
provisions of paragraph (i) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to
the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

     (iii) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify
the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand
therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts
payable under this Section) associated with the transactions contemplated herein and
paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate
as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own
behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

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

     (v) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an
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in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan
Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at
the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by Applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made
without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender,
if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other
documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements.

     Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the
Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States of America, any Foreign
Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of
copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such
Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time
thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if
such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is
applicable:

     (A) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN
claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the
United States of America is a party,

     (B) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

     (C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the
exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a
certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (1) a “bank”
within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent
shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of
the Code, or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section
881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN, or

     (D) any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming
exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly
completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be
prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower to determine the
withholding or deduction required to be made.

     (vi) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or a
Lender determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of
any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with
respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this

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Section, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only
to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the
Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to
such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative
Agent or such Lender, 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 Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or
such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority)
to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or
such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This
paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender
to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes
that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

          SECTION 2.13. Computation of Interest and Fees. Interest on the Advances shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day). Utilization fees, unused commitment fees and
any other fees payable hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for
the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

          SECTION 2.14. Increase in Commitments.

     (a) The Borrower shall have the right, at any time prior to the date that is one
hundred eighty (180) days prior to the Termination Date by written notice to and in
consultation with the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and the Joint Lead Arrangers,
to request an increase in the aggregate Revolver Commitments (each such requested increase,
a “Commitment Increase”), by having one or more existing Lenders increase their respective
Revolver Commitments then in effect (each, an “Increasing Lender”), by adding as a Lender
with a new Revolver Commitment hereunder one or more Persons that are not already Lenders
(each, an “Additional Lender”), or a combination thereof, provided that (i) any such
request for a Commitment Increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000, (ii)
immediately after giving effect to any Commitment Increase, (y) the aggregate Revolver
Commitments shall not exceed $90,000,000 and (z) the aggregate of all Commitment Increases
effected shall not exceed $40,000,000, (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the applicable Commitment Increase Date (as hereinafter
defined) or shall result from any Commitment Increase, (iv) immediately after giving effect
to any Commitment Increase (including any Borrowings in connection therewith and the
application of the proceeds thereof), the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants
contained in Article V, (v) no consent of any Lender to such Commitment Increase shall be
required and no Lender shall be obligated to participate as a Lender in such Commitment
Increase, and (vi) the Borrower shall give the existing Lenders the right of first refusal
for participating in any such Commitment Increase by providing such notice to the
Administrative Agent ten (10) Domestic Business Days before executing a commitment with any
Person that is not already a Lender. An existing Lender shall have priority over

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Additional Lenders to participate in such requested Commitment Increase if such
existing Lender provides written notice of its election to participate within ten (10)
Domestic Business Days of such existing Lender’s receipt of such notice. Such notice from
the Borrower shall specify the requested amount of the Commitment Increase. No Lender shall
have any obligation to become an Increasing Lender and any decision by a Lender to increase
its Commitment shall be made in its sole discretion independently from any other Lender.
Other than fees payable under the Administrative Agent’s Letter Agreement, which shall be
paid in accordance with its terms, any fees paid by the Borrower for a Commitment Increase
to an Increasing Lender, an Additional Lender, the Administrative Agent or BB&T and Fifth
Third Bank, as joint lead arrangers, shall be for their own account and shall be in an
amount, if any, mutually agreed upon by each such party and the Borrower, in each party’s
sole discretion.

     (b) Each Additional Lender must qualify as an Eligible Assignee (the selection of which
shall include the prior approval of the Administrative Agent). The Borrower and each
Additional Lender shall execute a joinder agreement, and the Borrower and each Lender shall
execute all such other documentation as the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers may
reasonably require, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower, to evidence the Revolver Commitment adjustments referred to in
Section 2.14(e); provided that the failure of any Lender that is not an
Additional Lender or an Increasing Lender to execute any such documentation shall not impair
the ability of the Additional Lenders, the Increasing Lenders and the Borrower to effect a
Commitment Increase pursuant to this Section 2.14.

     (c) If the aggregate Revolver Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section
2.14, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent), Increasing Lender(s) (if
any) and Additional Lender(s) (if any) shall agree upon the effective date (the “Commitment
Increase Date,” which shall be a Domestic Business Day not less than thirty (30) days prior
to the Termination Date). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of
such increase and the Commitment Increase Date.

     (d) Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 2.14 to the contrary, the
Borrower shall not incur any Revolver Advances pursuant to any Commitment Increase (and no
Commitment Increase shall be effective) unless the conditions set forth in Section 2.14(a)
as well as the following conditions precedent are satisfied on the applicable Commitment
Increase Date:

     (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each dated the
Commitment Increase Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent:

     (A) a supplement to this Agreement signed by the Required Lenders and
each other Lender committing to the Commitment Increase, setting forth the
reallocation of Commitments referred to in Section 2.14(e), all other
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pursuant to Section 2.14(b) and such other modifications, documents or
items as the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their counsel may
reasonably request;

     (B) an instrument, duly executed by the Borrower and each Guarantor
acknowledging and reaffirming its obligations under this Agreement, the
Collateral Documents, and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;

     (C) a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the
Borrower and each Guarantor, certifying to and attaching the resolutions
adopted by the board of directors (or similar governing body) of such party
approving or consenting to such Commitment Increase;

     (D) a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or another Responsible
Officer of the Borrower, certifying that (x) as of the Commitment Increase
Date, all representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Guarantors
contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and
correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such
representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a
specific date, in which case such representation or warranty is true and
correct as of such date), (y) immediately after giving effect to such
Commitment Increase (including any Borrowings in connection therewith and
the application of the proceeds thereof), the Borrower is in compliance with
the covenants contained in Article V, and (z) no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, both immediately before and after giving
effect to such Commitment Increase (including any Borrowings in connection
therewith and the application of the proceeds thereof);

     (E) an opinion or opinions of counsel for the Borrower and the
Guarantors, in a form satisfactory to Administrative Agent and covering such
matters as Administrative Agent may reasonably request, addressed to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, together with such other documents,
instruments and certificates as the Administrative Agent shall have
reasonably requested; and

     (F) such other documents or items that the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders, the Swingline Lender or their counsel may reasonably request.

     (ii) In the case of any Borrowing of Revolver Advances in connection with such
Commitment Increase for the purpose of funding an Acquisition, the applicable conditions
set forth in this Agreement with respect to Acquisitions shall have been satisfied.

     (e) On the Commitment Increase Date, (i) the aggregate principal outstanding amount of
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effect to the Commitment Increase shall be deemed to be repaid, (ii) immediately after
the effectiveness of the Commitment Increase, the Borrower shall be deemed to have made new
Borrowings of Revolver Advances (the “Subsequent Borrowings”) in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Advances and of the types and
for the Interest Periods specified in a Notice of Borrowing delivered to the Administrative
Agent in accordance with Section 2.01, (iii) each Lender shall pay to the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds an amount equal to the difference, if positive, between
(y) such Lender’s pro rata percentage (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment
Increase) of the Subsequent Borrowings and (z) such Lender’s pro rata percentage (calculated
without giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the Initial Advances, (iv) after the
Administrative Agent receives the funds specified in clause (iii) above, the Administrative
Agent shall pay to each Lender the portion of such funds equal to the difference, if
positive, between (y) such Lender’s pro rata percentage (calculated without giving effect to
the Commitment Increase) of the Initial Advances and (z) such Lender’s pro rata percentage
(calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the amount of the Subsequent
Borrowings, (v) the Lenders shall be deemed to hold the Subsequent Borrowings ratably in
accordance with their respective Revolver Commitments (calculated after giving effect to the
Commitment Increase), (vi) the Borrower shall pay all accrued but unpaid interest on the
Initial Advances to the Lenders entitled thereto, and (vii) the signature pages hereto shall
be deemed amended to reflect the Revolver Commitments of all Lenders after giving effect to
the Commitment Increase. The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (i) above in respect
of each Euro-Dollar Advance shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower pursuant to
the provisions of Section 8.05 if the Commitment Increase Date occurs other than on the last
day of the Interest Period relating thereto.

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS TO BORROWINGS

          SECTION 3.01. Conditions to Closing and First Borrowing. The obligation of each
Lender to make an Advance on the First Disbursement Date is subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 3.02 and the following additional conditions:

     (a) receipt by the Administrative Agent from each of the parties hereto of a duly
executed counterpart of this Agreement signed by such party;

     (b) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a duly executed Revolver Note for the
account of each Lender, complying with the provisions of Section 2.04;

     (c) receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of counsel to the Loan Parties,
dated as of the First Disbursement Date (or in the case of an opinion delivered pursuant to
Section 5.28 hereof such later date as specified by the Administrative Agent) in a form
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and covering such matters set forth in Exhibit
F hereto and such additional matters relating to the transactions contemplated hereby as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

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     (d) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate (the “Closing Certificate”),
dated the First Disbursement Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto,
signed by a chief financial officer or other authorized officer of each Loan Party, to the
effect that, to his knowledge, (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the First
Disbursement Date and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained
in Article IV are true on and as of the First Disbursement Date;

     (e) receipt by the Administrative Agent of all documents which the Administrative Agent
or any Lender may reasonably request relating to the existence of each Loan Party, the
authority for and the validity of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents,
and any other matters relevant hereto, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, including a certificate of incumbency of each Loan Party (the
“Officer’s Certificate”), signed by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a member,
manager, partner, trustee or other authorized representative of the respective Loan Party,
substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, certifying as to the names, true
signatures and incumbency of the officer or officers of the respective Loan Party,
authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents, and certified copies of the following
items: (i) the Loan Party’s Organizational Documents; (ii) the Loan Party’s Operating
Documents; (iii) if applicable, a certificate of the Secretary of State of such Loan Party’s
state of organization as to the good standing or existence of such Loan Party, and (iv) the
Organizational Action, if any, taken by the board of directors of the Loan Party or the
members, managers, trustees, partners or other applicable Persons authorizing the Loan
Party’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan
Documents to which the Loan Party is a party;

     (f) completion of due diligence to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent with
respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including but not limited to review of the
Investment Policies, risk management procedures, accounting policies, systems integrity,
compliance, management and organizational structure and the loan and investment portfolio of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

     (g) the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the other Collateral Documents,
each in form and content satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been duly
executed by the applicable Loan Parties and such documents shall have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent and shall be in full force and effect and each document (including each
UCC financing statement) required by law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent
to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, upon filing, recording or possession by the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, a valid, legal and perfected first-priority
security interest in and lien on the Collateral described in the Collateral Documents shall
have been delivered to the Administrative Agent; Borrower shall also deliver or cause to be
delivered the certificates (with undated stock powers executed in blank) for all shares of
stock or other equity interests pledged to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
Lenders pursuant to the Pledge Agreement or such equity interests shall be held by the
Collateral Custodian under the Custodial Agreement for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Secured Parties;

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     (h) the Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a search of the UCC
filings (or equivalent filings) made with respect to the Loan Parties in the states (or
other jurisdictions) in which the Loan Parties are organized, the chief executive office of
each such Person is located, any offices of such persons in which records have been kept
relating to Collateral described in the Collateral Documents and the other jurisdictions in
which UCC filings (or equivalent filings) are to be made pursuant to the preceding
paragraph, together with copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed
by such search, and accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that
the Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances indicated in any such financing statement (or
similar document) have been released or subordinated to the satisfaction of Administrative
Agent;

     (i) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Base Certification Report, dated
as of the date of the initial Notice of Borrowing and satisfactory in all respects to the
Administrative Agent;

     (j) [Intentionally omitted];

     (k) the Borrower shall have paid all fees required to be paid by it on the Closing
Date, including all fees required hereunder and under the Administrative Agent’s Letter
Agreement to be paid as of such date, and shall have reimbursed the Administrative Agent for
all fees, costs and expenses of closing the transactions contemplated hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents, including the reasonable legal, audit and other document
preparation costs incurred by the Administrative Agent; and

     (l) such other documents or items as the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their
counsel may reasonably request.

          For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 3.01,
each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or
accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented
to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection
thereto.

          SECTION 3.02. Conditions to All Borrowings. The obligation of each Lender to make an
Advance on the occasion of each Borrowing and the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make a
Swing Advance are each subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

     (a) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing as required by Section
2.02, together with a Borrowing Base Certification Report dated as of the date of delivery
and satisfactory in all respects to the Administrative Agent;

     (b) receipt by the Administrative Agent of such documentation as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably require confirming that the Borrower shall be in compliance with the
Minimum Liquidity Requirement, if applicable;

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     (c) the fact that, immediately before and after such Borrowing, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing;

     (d) the fact that the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in
Article IV of this Agreement and the other representations and warranties contained in the
Loan Documents shall be true in all material respects, on and as of the date of such
Borrowing (except to the extent that any such representations and warranties speak as to a
specific date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true as of such
date); and

     (e) the fact that, immediately after such Borrowing (i) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Revolver Advances of each Lender together with such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Swing Advances,
will not exceed the amount of its Revolver Commitment and (ii) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Revolver Advances together with the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of all Swing Advances, will not exceed the lesser of: (A) the aggregate amount of
the Revolver Commitments of all of the Lenders as of such date; and (B) the Borrowing Base.

          Each Borrowing and each Notice of Continuation or Conversion hereunder shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Loan Parties on the date of such Borrowing as to the truth and
accuracy of the facts specified in clauses (c), (d) and (e) of this Section.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          The Borrower and Guarantors represent and warrant that:

          SECTION 4.01. Existence and Power. The Borrower is a corporation, and each Guarantor
is a corporation, limited liability company or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as
the case may be, is duly qualified to transact business in every jurisdiction where, by the nature
of its business, such qualification is necessary, and has all organizational powers and all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as
now conducted.

          SECTION 4.02. Organizational and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention. The
execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral
Documents and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party (i) are within such Loan
Party’s organizational powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary Organizational
Action, (iii) require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority
that has not been obtained or made when required, (iv) do not contravene, or constitute a default
under, any provision of Applicable Law or regulation or of the Organizational Documents and
Operating Documents of such Loan Party or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or
other instrument binding upon such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and (v) do not result in
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asset of such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Liens in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Obligations).

          SECTION 4.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding
agreement of the Loan Parties enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the Notes, the
Collateral Documents and the other Loan Documents, when executed and delivered in accordance with
this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Loan Parties party to such
Loan Document enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, provided that the
enforceability hereof and thereof is subject in each case to general principles of equity and to
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

          SECTION 4.04. Financial Information.

     (a) The audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of December 31, 2010 and
the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the
Fiscal Year then ended, reported on by Ernst & Young, copies of which have been delivered to
the Administrative Agent for delivery to each of the Lenders, fairly present, in conformity
with GAAP, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of such dates and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows
for such periods stated.

     (b) Since December 31, 2010 there has been no event, act, condition or occurrence
having a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 4.05. Litigation. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending, or to the
knowledge of the Loan Parties threatened, against or affecting the Loan Parties or any of their
respective Subsidiaries before any court or arbitrator or any Governmental Authority which in any
manner draws into question the validity or enforceability of, or could impair the ability of the
Loan Parties to perform their respective obligations under, this Agreement, the Notes, the
Collateral Documents or any of the other Loan Documents.

	 	 	SECTION 4.06. Compliance with ERISA.

     (a) The Loan Parties and each member of the Controlled Group have fulfilled their
obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each
Plan and are in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, and have
not incurred any liability to the PBGC or a Plan under Title IV of ERISA.

     (b) Neither the Loan Parties nor any member of the Controlled Group is or ever has been
obligated to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan.

     (c) The assets of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party do not and will
not constitute “plan assets,” within the meaning of ERISA, the Code and the respective
regulations promulgated thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and the borrowing and repayment of amounts hereunder, do not and will not
constitute “prohibited transactions” under ERISA or the Code.

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          SECTION 4.07. Payment of Taxes. There have been filed on behalf of the Loan Parties
and their respective Subsidiaries all Federal, state and local income, excise, property and other
tax returns which are required to be filed by them and all taxes due pursuant to such returns or
pursuant to any assessment received by or on behalf of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary have been
paid other than those being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and with respect to which such Person has established adequate reserves in accordance
with GAAP. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Loan Parties and their
respective Subsidiaries in respect of taxes or other governmental charges are, in the opinion of
the Loan Parties, adequate. No Loan Party has been given or been requested to give a waiver of the
statute of limitation relating to the payment of Federal, state, local or foreign taxes.

          SECTION 4.08. Subsidiaries. Each of the Subsidiaries (other than any Foreclosed
Subsidiary) of each Loan Party is a corporation, a limited liability company or other legal entity,
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization, is duly qualified to transact business in every jurisdiction where, by the nature of
its business, such qualification is necessary, and has all organizational powers and all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as
now conducted. No Loan Party has any Subsidiaries except those Subsidiaries listed on Schedule
4.08 and as set forth in any Compliance Certificate provided to the Administrative Agent and
Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(c) after the Closing Date, which accurately sets forth each such
Subsidiary’s complete name and jurisdiction of organization.

          SECTION 4.09. Investment Company Act, Etc. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Affiliates is a “holding company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935. The Borrower qualifies as an RIC and is an “investment company” that
has elected to be a “business development company” as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment
Company Act and is subject to regulation as such under the Investment Company Act including Section
18, as modified by Section 61, of the Investment Company Act. The business and other activities of
the Borrower, including but not limited to, the making of the Advances by the Lenders, the
application of the proceeds and repayment thereof by the Borrower and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party do not result in
any violations, with respect to the Borrower, of the provisions of the Investment Company Act or
any rules, regulations or orders issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

          SECTION 4.10. All Consents Required. All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders
or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority (if any) required in connection
with the due execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and any Loan
Document to which any Loan Party is a party, have been obtained.

          SECTION 4.11. Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Loan Parties and their
respective Subsidiaries has title or the contractual right to possess its properties sufficient for
the conduct of its business and none of such properties is subject to any Lien except as permitted
in Section 5.14.

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          SECTION 4.12. No Default. No Loan Party nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is
in default under or with respect to any agreement, instrument or undertaking to which it is a party
or by which it or any of its property is bound which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or to materially affect or alter the business of the Loan Parties as
presently conducted. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

          SECTION 4.13. Full Disclosure. The Loan Parties have disclosed to the Lenders in
writing any and all facts which, alone or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or to materially affect or alter the business of the Loan Parties as
presently conducted.

          SECTION 4.14. Environmental Matters.

     (a) No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party is subject to any Environmental
Liability which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and no Loan
Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party has been designated as a potentially responsible
party under CERCLA. None of the Properties has been identified on any current or proposed
(i) National Priorities List under 40 C.F.R. § 300, (ii) CERCLIS list or (iii) any list
arising from a state statute similar to CERCLA.

     (b) No Hazardous Materials have been or are being used, produced, manufactured,
processed, treated, recycled, generated, stored, disposed of, managed or otherwise handled
at, or shipped or transported to or from the Properties or are otherwise present at, on, in
or under the Properties, or, to the best of the knowledge of the Loan Parties, at or from
any adjacent site or facility, except for Hazardous Materials, such as cleaning solvents,
pesticides and other materials used, produced, manufactured, processed, treated, recycled,
generated, stored, disposed of, and managed or otherwise handled in minimal amounts in the
ordinary course of business of such Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Requirements.

     (c) The Loan Parties, and each of their respective Subsidiaries, has procured all
Environmental Authorizations necessary for the conduct of the business contemplated on such
Property, and is in compliance in all material respects with all Environmental Requirements
in connection with the operation of the Properties and the Loan Party’s, and each of their
respective Subsidiary’s, respective businesses.

          SECTION 4.15. Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of a Loan
Party is in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, including all
Environmental Laws and all regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (including with respect to timely filing
of reports).

          SECTION 4.16. Capital Securities. All Capital Securities, debentures, bonds, notes
and all other securities of each Loan Party and their respective Subsidiaries presently issued and
outstanding are validly and properly issued in accordance, in all material respects, with all
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applicable states and the federal securities laws. The issued shares of Capital Securities of
each of the Loan Party’s respective Subsidiaries are owned by the Loan Parties free and clear of
any Lien or adverse claim.

          SECTION 4.17. Margin Stock. No Loan Party nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is
engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or
carrying any Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or
carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
Margin Stock, or be used for any purpose which violates, or which is inconsistent with, the
provisions of Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Following the
application of the proceeds from each Advance, not more than 25% of the value of the assets, either
of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, will be
“Margin Stock.”

          SECTION 4.18. Insolvency. After giving effect to the execution and delivery of the
Loan Documents and the making of the Advances under this Agreement, no Loan Party will be
“insolvent,” within the meaning of such term as defined in § 101 of Title 11 of the United States
Code or Section 2 of either the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or the Uniform Fraudulent
Conveyance Act, or any other applicable state law pertaining to fraudulent transfers, as each may
be amended from time to time, or be unable to pay its debts generally as such debts become due, or
have an unreasonably small capital to engage in any business or transaction, whether current or
contemplated.

          SECTION 4.19. Collateral Documents. Upon execution by the applicable Loan Parties,
the Collateral Documents shall be effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the
Collateral, securing the Obligations, and, upon (i) the filing of one or more UCC financing
statements in the appropriate jurisdictions and (ii) delivery of the certificates evidencing shares
of stock, partnership interests and other equity interests and delivery of the original notes and
other instruments representing debt or other obligations owing to the Loan Parties to the
Collateral Custodian as bailee for the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall have a
fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of
the applicable Loan Parties, in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof that can be perfected upon
filing of one or more UCC financing statements and execution and delivery of such equity interests,
notes and other instruments and such Control Agreements, in each case prior and superior in any
right to any other Person. The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in the
Collateral Documents are true and correct.

          SECTION 4.20. Labor Matters. There are no strikes, lockouts, slowdowns or other labor
disputes against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party pending or, to the knowledge of
any Loan Party, threatened. The hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Loan Parties
and each Subsidiary of any Loan Party have been in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and
any other applicable federal, state or foreign law dealing with such matters. All payments due
from the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made
against the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee
health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the
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Subsidiary, as appropriate. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party is party to a
collective bargaining agreement.

          SECTION 4.21. Patents, Trademarks, Etc. The Loan Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries own, or are licensed to use, all patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights,
technology, know-how and processes, service marks and rights with respect to the foregoing that are
material to the businesses, assets, operations, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of
the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The use of such patents,
trademarks, trade names, copyrights, technology, know-how, processes and rights with respect to the
foregoing by the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, does not infringe on the rights of
any Person.

          SECTION 4.22. Insurance. The Loan Parties and each of their Subsidiaries has (either
in the name of such Loan Party or in such Subsidiary’s name), with insurance companies believed by
the Borrower to be financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in at least such
amounts and against at least such risks (including on all its property, and public liability and
worker’s compensation) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies of
established repute engaged in the same or similar business.

          SECTION 4.23. Anti-Terrorism Laws. None of the Loan Parties, nor any of their
respective Subsidiaries, is in violation of any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering,
including the Patriot Act.

          SECTION 4.24. Ownership Structure. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.24 is a
complete and correct list of all Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Borrower and of each Loan Party
setting forth for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary,
(ii) each Person holding any Capital Securities in such Subsidiary, (iii) the nature of the Capital
Securities held by each such Person, and (iv) the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary
represented by such Capital Securities. Except as disclosed in such Schedule, as of the Closing
Date (i) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of all Liens and has the
unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding Capital Securities in each Person shown to be held by
it on such Schedule, (ii) all of the issued and outstanding Capital Securities of each Person is
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (iii) there are no outstanding subscriptions,
options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including any
stockholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or voting of, or
outstanding securities convertible into, any additional Capital Securities of any type in, any such
Person.

          SECTION 4.25. Reports Accurate; Disclosure. All information, exhibits, financial
statements, documents, books, records or reports furnished or to be furnished by the Loan Parties
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any Loan Document,
including reports furnished pursuant to Section 4.04, are true, complete and accurate in all
material respects; it being recognized by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that the
projections and forecasts provided by Borrower in good faith and based upon reasonable assumptions
are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any
such projections and forecasts may differ from the projected or forecasted results. Neither this
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document, certificate or statement furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of material fact
or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or
therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. There is no fact
known to any Loan Party which materially and adversely affects the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
or in the future is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 4.26. Location of Offices. The Borrower’s name is Triangle Capital
Corporation. The location of Borrower (within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) is Maryland.
The Borrower has not changed its name, identity, structure, existence or state of formation,
whether by amendment of its Organizational Documents, by reorganization or otherwise, or has
changed its location (within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) within the four (4) months
preceding the Closing Date or any subsequent date on which this representation is made.

          SECTION 4.27. Affiliate Transactions. Except as permitted by Section 5.27, neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary nor any other Loan Party is a party to or bound by any agreement or
arrangement (whether oral or written) to which any Affiliate of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any
other Loan Party is a party.

          SECTION 4.28. Broker’s Fees. Except as set forth in the Administrative Agent’s Letter
Agreement, no broker’s or finder’s fee, commission or similar compensation will be payable with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. Except as set forth in the Administrative Agent’s
Letter Agreement, no other similar fees or commissions will be payable by any Loan Party for any
other services rendered to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries ancillary to the transactions
contemplated hereby.

          SECTION 4.29. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. All statements
contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of
the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including, but
not limited to, any such statement made in or in connection with any amendment thereto or any
statement contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered by or on
behalf of any Loan Party prior to the Closing Date and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection with the underwriting or closing of the transactions contemplated hereby)
shall constitute representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in favor of the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders under this Agreement. All such representations and
warranties shall survive the effectiveness of this Agreement, the execution and delivery of the
Loan Documents and the making of the Advances.

          SECTION 4.30. Loans and Investments. No Loan Party nor any of their respective
Subsidiaries has made a loan, advance or Investment which is outstanding or existing on the Closing
Date except (i) Portfolio Investments in the ordinary course of business and consistently with the
Investment Policies, (ii) Investments in Subsidiaries and Affiliates as set forth on Schedule 4.24,
(iii) Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents, and (iv) other Investments in existence on the
Closing Date and described on Schedule 4.30.

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          SECTION 4.31. No Default or Event of Default. No event has occurred and is continuing
and no condition exists, or would result from any Advance or from the application of the proceeds
therefrom, which constitutes or would reasonably be expected to constitute a Default or Event of
Default.

          SECTION 4.32. USA Patriot Act; OFAC.

     (a) No Loan Party nor any Affiliate of a Loan Party is (1) a Person that resides or has
a place of business in a country or territory named on such lists or which is designated as
a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
(“FATF”), or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through such a jurisdiction;
(2) a “Foreign Shell Bank” within the meaning of the USA Patriot Act, i.e., a foreign lender
that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not affiliated with a
Lender that has a physical presence and an acceptable level of regulation and supervision;
or (3) a person or entity that resides in or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
designated by the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Section 311 or 312 of the
USA Patriot Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns.

     (b) No Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party (i) is a Sanctioned Entity, (ii) has
a more than 10% of its assets located in Sanctioned Entities, or (iii) derives more than 10%
of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Entities. The
proceeds of any Advance will not be used and have not been used to fund any operations in,
finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Entity. No
Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party are in violation of and shall not violate any of
the country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC
that are described or referenced at http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/ or as
otherwise published from time to time.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing to the contrary, no Loan Party
shall have any duty to investigate or confirm that any shareholder of Borrower or any
officer, director, manager, employee, owner or Affiliate of a Portfolio Investment is in
compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.32, and any violation by any such shall not
be a Default under this Agreement.

          SECTION 4.33. Material Contracts. Schedule 4.33 is, as of the Closing Date, a
true, correct and complete listing of all contracts to which any Loan Party is a party, the breach
of or failure to perform which, either by a Loan Party or other party to such contract, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Contract”). The Borrower, its
Subsidiaries and the other Loan Parties that is a party to any Material Contract has performed and
is in compliance with all of the material terms of such Material Contract, and no Loan Party has
knowledge of any default or event of default, or event or condition which with the giving of
notice, the lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a default or event of default, that
exists with respect to any such Material Contract.

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          SECTION 4.34. Collateral-Mortgage Property. With respect to each Mortgaged Property
within the Collateral the Administrative Agent has: (i) a first priority lien upon the fee simple
title to the Mortgaged Property; (ii) a first priority lien upon the leases and rents applicable to
the Mortgaged Property; (iii) a first priority lien upon all equipment and fixtures applicable to
the Mortgaged Property; and (iv) all Mortgaged Property Security Documents reasonably requested by
the Administrative Agent.

          SECTION 4.35. Mortgaged Properties. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 1.01 is a
correct and complete list of all Mortgaged Properties included in the Collateral.

          SECTION 4.36. Common Enterprise. The successful operation and condition of the Loan
Parties is dependent on the continued successful performance of the functions of the group of Loan
Parties as a whole and the successful operation of each of the Loan Parties is dependent on the
successful performance and operation of each other Loan Party. Each Loan Party expects to derive
benefit (and its board of directors or other governing body has determined that it may reasonably
be expected to derive benefit), directly and indirectly, from (i) successful operations of each of
the other Loan Parties and (ii) the credit extended by the Lenders to the Borrower hereunder, both
in their separate capacities and as members of the group of companies. Each Loan Party has
determined that execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents
to be executed by such Loan Party is within its purpose, will be of direct and indirect benefit to
such Loan Party, and is in its best interest.

          SECTION 4.37. Investment Policies. The Investment Policies are fully and accurately
described in all material respects in the Borrower’s annual report on Form 10-K most recently filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other information filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. There have been no material changes in the Investment Policies
other than in accordance with this Agreement, and the Borrower has at all times complied in all
material respects with the Investment Policies with respect to each Portfolio Investment.

          SECTION 4.38. Eligibility of Portfolio Investments. On the date of each Borrowing,
(i) the information contained in the Borrowing Base Certification Report delivered pursuant to
Section 3 is an accurate and complete listing in all material respects of all the Eligible
Investments that are part of the Collateral as of such date, and the information contained therein
with respect to the identity of such Portfolio Investment and the amounts owing thereunder is true
and correct in all material respects as of such date and (ii) each such Portfolio Investment is an
Eligible Investment.

          SECTION 4.39. Portfolio Investments. The Borrower has not authorized the filing of
and is not aware of any financing statements against the Borrower that include a description of
collateral covering the Portfolio Investments other than any financing statement that has been
terminated and financing statements naming the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties as secured party pursuant to the terms hereof. The Borrower is not aware of the filing of
any judgment or tax Lien filings against the Borrower. Each Portfolio Investment was originated
without any fraud or material misrepresentation by the Borrower or, to the best of the Borrower’s
knowledge, on the part of the Obligor.

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          SECTION 4.40. Selection Procedures. No procedures believed by the Borrower to be
adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders were utilized by the Borrower
in identifying and/or selecting the Portfolio Investments that are part of the Eligible Investments
and are included in the Borrowing Base.

          SECTION 4.41. Coverage Requirement. The Advances outstanding, together with the
aggregate principal amount of the Swing Advances, do not exceed the lesser of (i) the aggregate
amount of the Revolver Commitments of all the Lenders and (ii) the Borrowing Base.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

          The Borrower and Guarantors agree, jointly and severally, that, so long as any Lender has any
Revolver Commitment hereunder or any Obligation remains unpaid:

          SECTION 5.01. Information. The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent, who
will then promptly deliver to each of the Lenders:

     (a) as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal
Year, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of
the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’
equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all certified by Ernst & Young or other
independent public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, with such
certification to be free of exceptions and qualifications not acceptable to the Required
Lenders;

     (b) as soon as available and in any event within 50 days after the end of each of the
first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related
statement of income and statement of cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion
of the Fiscal Year ended at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter and the corresponding
portion of the previous Fiscal Year, all certified (subject to normal year-end adjustments)
as to fairness of presentation, GAAP and consistency by the chief financial officer or the
principal accounting officer of the Borrower;

     (c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in
clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit J
and with compliance calculations in form and content satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (a “Compliance Certificate”), of the chief financial officer or other authorized
officers of the Borrower (i) setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations required to
establish whether the Loan Parties were in compliance with the requirements of Sections
5.04, 5.05, 5.07, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12 and 5.37 on the date of such financial statements,
(ii) setting forth the identities of the respective Subsidiaries on the date of such
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certificate and, if any Default then exists, setting forth the details thereof and the action which the
Loan Parties are taking or propose to take with respect thereto;

     (d) [Intentionally omitted];

     (e) within 5 Domestic Business Days after the Borrower becomes aware of the occurrence
of any Default, a certificate of the chief financial officer or other authorized officer of
the Borrower setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Borrower is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto;

     (f) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other
reports, proxy statements and other materials filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all functions of said
Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its
shareholders generally, as the case may be;

     (g) if and when the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group (i) gives or is
required to give notice to the PBGC of any “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA) with respect to any Plan which might constitute grounds for a termination of such
Plan under Title IV of ERISA, or knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or
is required to give notice of any such reportable event, a copy of the notice of such
reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC; (ii) receives notice of complete
or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA, a copy of such notice; or (iii)
receives notice from the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA of an intent to terminate or appoint a
trustee to administer any Plan, a copy of such notice;

     (h) promptly after the Borrower knows of the commencement thereof, notice of any
litigation, dispute or proceeding (and any material development in respect of such
proceedings) involving a claim against a Loan Party and/or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party
for $1,000,000 or more in excess of amounts covered in full by applicable insurance (subject
to customary deductibles);

     (i) a Borrowing Base Certification Report, substantially in the form of Exhibit
E and otherwise in form and content reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
which report is certified as to truth and accuracy by the chief financial officer or other
authorized officer of the Borrower and which report shall be delivered (A) by the
5th Domestic Business Day following the last day of each month and (B) by the
10th Domestic Business Day following the day a Portfolio Investment enters or
leaves the Borrowing Base (including by reason of such Portfolio Investment ceasing to meet
one or more requirements for eligibility).

     (j) promptly at the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) copies of the Investment
Documents with respect to any Portfolio Investment and (ii) to the extent not subject to a
nondisclosure provision, the most recent valuation report of the Borrower’s and its
Subsidiaries’ loan and investment portfolio, conducted by Duff & Phelps or such other third
party appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that, the
Borrower shall use its best efforts to obtain the consent of Duff & Phelps or such other
appraiser to release such report to the Administrative Agent;

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     (k) promptly upon the occurrence of any Internal Control Event which is required to be
publicly disclosed of which a Responsible Officer (other than a Responsible Officer
committing the fraud constituting such Internal Control Event) has knowledge; and

     (l) from time to time such additional information regarding the financial position or
business of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries, and each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent,
at the request of any Lender, may reasonably request.

          For purposes of clauses (a), (b) and (f) of this Section 5.01, all financial statements and
other information contained therein filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be
deemed delivered hereunder; provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing shall
be deemed to relieve the Borrower of its obligation to deliver a Compliance Certificate pursuant to
clause (c).

          SECTION 5.02. Inspection of Property, Books and Records. The Borrower will (i) keep,
and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep its books and records in conformity with GAAP for
all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities; (ii) permit, and will
cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower and each Loan Party to permit, at reasonable times with at
least five (5) Domestic Business Days’ prior notice (or such lesser time period agreed upon by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower), which notice shall not be required in the case of an
emergency, the Administrative Agent or its designee, at the expense of the Borrower and Loan
Parties, to perform periodic field audits and investigations of the Borrower, the Loan Parties and
the Collateral, from time to time; and (iii) permit, and will cause each Subsidiary to permit, with
at least five (5) Domestic Business Days’ prior notice (or such lesser time period agreed upon by
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), the Administrative Agent or its designee, at the
expense of the Borrower and the Loan Parties, to visit and inspect any of their respective
properties, to examine and make abstracts from any of their respective books and records and to
discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers, employees
and independent public accountants; provided that the Borrower shall only be required to reimburse
the Administrative Agent for only one such inspection each Fiscal Quarter unless a Default shall
have occurred and be continuing. The Loan Parties agree to cooperate and assist in such visits and
inspections, in each case at such reasonable times and as often as may reasonably be desired.

          SECTION 5.03. Maintenance of RIC Status and Business Development Company. The
Borrower will maintain its status as a RIC under the Code and as a “business development company”
under the Investment Company Act.

          SECTION 5.04. Minimum Liquidity. At any time when the Borrowing Base is comprised of
ten or fewer Portfolio Investments, the Borrower will maintain Liquidity of not less than 10% of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the sum of all Revolver Advances as of the date of
determination (the “Minimum Liquidity Requirement”), with such Liquidity to be maintained in a
depository account at the Administrative Agent subject to a Control Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Borrower shall not be required to maintain the Minimum Liquidity Requirement during
any of the ten Domestic Business Day cure periods contemplated under Tier (C) of the definition of
Borrowing Base.

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          SECTION 5.05. [Intentionally omitted].

          SECTION 5.06. Sale/Leasebacks. The Loan Parties shall not, nor shall they permit any
Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction

          SECTION 5.07. Minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth shall not be less than the sum of (i) 80.0% of the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth on the
Closing Date plus (ii) 85.0% of the cumulative Net Proceeds of Capital Securities/Conversion of
Debt received after the Closing Date, calculated quarterly at the end of each Fiscal Quarter.

          SECTION 5.08. Acquisitions. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party (other
than a the SBIC Entity) shall make any Acquisition, or take any action to solicit the tender of
securities or proxies in respect thereof in order to effect any Acquisition.

          SECTION 5.09. Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will maintain, as of the end of
each Fiscal Quarter, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2011, an Interest Coverage
Ratio of not less than 2.00:1.00, determined for the period of the four consecutive preceding
Fiscal Quarters ending on the date of determination.

     SECTION 5.10. [Intentionally omitted].

          SECTION 5.11. Loans or Advances. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party
shall make loans or advances to any Person except: (i) solely to the extent not prohibited by
Applicable Laws, employee loans or advances that do not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000) in the aggregate at any one time outstanding made on an arms’-length basis in the
ordinary course of business and consistently with practices existing on December 31, 2010 and
described in the Borrower’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; (ii) deposits required by government agencies or public
utilities; (iii) loans or advances to the Borrower or any Guarantor that is a Consolidated
Subsidiary; (iv) loans and advances by or to SBIC Entities, (v) loans or advances consisting of
Portfolio Investments, (vi) loans and advances outstanding on the Closing Date and set forth on
Schedule 5.11; provided that after giving effect to the making of any loans, advances or deposits
permitted by this Section 5.11, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. All loans or
advances permitted under this Section 5.11 (excluding Noteless Loans) shall be evidenced by written
promissory notes. Except as approved by the Administrative Agent in writing, no Loan Party nor any
Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall request or receive a promissory note or other instrument from any
Obligor in connection with a Noteless Loan.

          SECTION 5.12. Restricted Payments. The Loan Parties will not declare or make any
Restricted Payment during any Fiscal Year, except that:

     (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to the Borrower, on at
least a pro rata basis with any other shareholders if such Subsidiary is not wholly owned by
the Borrower and other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; and

     (b) the Borrower may declare or make Restricted Payments from time to time in
accordance with Applicable Law to owners of its Capital Securities so long as (i) at the

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time when any such Restricted Payment is to be made, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) the chief executive officer,
chief financial officer or other authorized officer of the Borrower shall have certified to
the Administrative Agent and Lenders as to compliance with the preceding clause (i) in a
certificate attaching calculations; provided, however, that notwithstanding
the existence of a Default or an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified
in Sections 6.01(g) or (h)), the Borrower may pay dividends in an amount equal to its
investment company taxable income, net tax-exempt interest and net capital gains that is
required to be distributed to its shareholders in order to maintain its status as an RIC and
to avoid excise taxes imposed on RICs.

          SECTION 5.13. Investments. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall
make Investments in any Person except as permitted by Sections 5.08 and 5.11(i) through (iv) and
except Investments in (i) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) Investments not constituting loans or
advances in the Capital Securities of their respective Subsidiaries and equity investments as set
forth on Schedule 4.24 and (iii) Investments in Portfolio Investments (or in the case of
Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party other than the Borrower, in securities that would
constitute Portfolio Investments if made by the Borrower) made in the ordinary course of business
and, in the case of the Borrower, consistent with the Investment Policies, or in the case of any
other Loan Party, consistent with such Loan Party’s investment policies.

          SECTION 5.14. Negative Pledge. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party will
create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it,
except:

     (a) Liens existing on the date of this Agreement encumbering assets (other than
Collateral) securing Debt outstanding on the date of this Agreement, in each case as
described and in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule 5.14;

     (b) Liens for taxes, assessments or similar charges, incurred in the ordinary course of
business that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith and with
due diligence by appropriate proceedings;

     (c) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure payment of
workers’ compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions or other social security programs
which in no event shall become a Lien prior to any Collateral Documents;

     (d) Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers or other like liens,
securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that: (1) are not yet due
and payable and which in no event shall become a Lien prior to any Collateral Documents; or
(2) are being contested diligently in good faith pursuant to appropriate proceedings and
with respect to which the Loan Party has established reserves reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and Required Lenders and which in no event shall become a Lien prior to
any Collateral Documents;

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     (e) good faith pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure
performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or
leases, not in excess of ten percent (10%) of the aggregate amount due thereunder, or to
secure statutory obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar
bonds required in the ordinary course of business which in no event shall become a Lien
prior to any Collateral Document;

     (f) any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any
Debt secured by any Lien permitted by any of the foregoing clauses of this Section,
provided that (i) such Debt is not secured by any additional assets, and (ii) the
amount of such Debt secured by any such Lien is not increased;

     (g) encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other restrictions on
the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the use of such property by
Borrower in the operation of its business, and none of which is violated in any material
respect by existing or proposed restrictions on land use;

     (h) any Lien on Margin Stock;

     (i) any Lien imposed as a result of a taking under the exercise of the power of eminent
domain by any governmental body or by any Person acting under governmental authority;

     (j) Liens securing reasonable and customary fees of banks and other depository
institutions on Cash and Cash Equivalents held on deposit with such banks and institutions;
provided that such Liens are subordinated to the Liens described in Section 5.14(l);

     (k) (i) Liens restricting the ability of any SBIC Entity to encumber its assets
pursuant to Applicable Law and (ii) Liens of any SBIC Entity in favor of the U.S. Small
Business Administration and its assigns;

     (l) Liens securing the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties created or arising
under the Loan Documents;

     (m) Liens securing Debt permitted under Section 5.31(d), provided that (i) such Liens
do not at any time encumber any property other than property financed by such Debt, (ii) the
Debt secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of
the property being acquired on the date of acquisition, and (iii) such Liens attach to such
property concurrently with or within ninety (90) days after the acquisition thereof; and

     (n) Liens existing at the time Borrower or any Subsidiary acquires an interest in a
Person following a default under a Portfolio Investment.

     Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 5.14 to the contrary, no Loan Party
or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party will create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on

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the Collateral except the Liens in favor of the Secured Parties under the Collateral
Documents and the Permitted Encumbrances.

          SECTION 5.15. Maintenance of Existence, etc. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause
each Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, maintain its organizational existence and carry on its business
in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same line or lines of business or line or
lines of business reasonably related to the business now carried on and maintained. Any Subsidiary
pledging Collateral hereunder shall be organized as a corporation, limited liability company,
limited partnership or other legal entity.

          SECTION 5.16. Dissolution. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall
suffer or permit dissolution or liquidation either in whole or in part or redeem or retire any
shares of its own Capital Securities or that of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, except: (1) through
corporate or company reorganization to the extent permitted by Section 5.17; (2) Restricted
Payments permitted by Section 5.12; or (3) pursuant to the terms of the Organizational Documents of
any SBIC Entity.

          SECTION 5.17. Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets. No Loan Party will, nor
will it permit any Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease
or otherwise transfer all or any substantial part of its assets to, any other Person, or
discontinue or eliminate any business line or segment, provided that (a) Subsidiaries of a Loan
Party (excluding Loan Parties) may merge with one another; and (b) a Loan Party or any Subsidiary
of a Loan Party may effect a merger if it results in the simultaneous payoff in immediately
available funds of the Obligations in their entirety. The foregoing limitation on the sale, lease
or other transfer of assets and on the discontinuation or elimination of a business line or segment
shall not prohibit divestitures of Portfolio Investments in the ordinary course of business if,
after giving effect thereto the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma
basis, after giving effect to any such divestiture, with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement; provided, however, that upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of a Default or an Event of Default, the Borrower shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any asset (including any Portfolio Investment) without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent.

          SECTION 5.18. Use of Proceeds. No portion of the proceeds of any Advance will be used
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in connection with, either directly or indirectly, any tender
offer for stock of any corporation with a view towards obtaining control of such other corporation
(other than a Portfolio Investment; provided that the board of directors or
comparable governing body of the Obligor in which such Investment is made has approved such offer
and change of control), (ii) directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental
or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, or (iii) for any purpose in violation of
any Applicable Law or regulation. Except as otherwise provided herein, the proceeds of the
Advances shall be used: (a) for working capital and other lawful corporate purposes of the
Borrower, (b) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and (c) for
investments in Portfolio Investments by the Borrower. No part of the proceeds of any Advance will
be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that would violate any rule or regulation
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U or X.

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          SECTION 5.19. Compliance with Laws; Payment of Taxes. Each Loan Party will, and will
cause each Subsidiary of a Loan Party and each member of the Controlled Group to, comply in all
material respects with Applicable Laws (including but not limited to ERISA and the Patriot Act),
regulations and similar requirements of governmental authorities (including but not limited to
PBGC), except where the necessity of such compliance is being contested in good faith through
appropriate proceedings diligently pursued. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary
of a Loan Party to, pay promptly, prior to any delinquency, all taxes, assessments, governmental
charges, claims for labor, supplies, rent and other obligations which, if unpaid, might become a
lien against the property of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, except liabilities
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and against which, if
requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have set up reserves in accordance with
GAAP.

          SECTION 5.20. Insurance. Each Loan Party will maintain, and will cause each
Subsidiary of a Loan Party to maintain (either in the name of such Loan Party or in such
Subsidiary’s own name), with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance on all
its Property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks as are usually insured
against in the same general area by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar
business. Upon request, the Loan Parties shall promptly furnish the Administrative Agent copies of
all such insurance policies or certificates evidencing such insurance and such other documents and
evidence of insurance as the Administrative Agent shall request.

          SECTION 5.21. Change in Fiscal Year. No Loan Party will make any significant change
in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required or permitted by GAAP, or change
its Fiscal Year (except to conform with the Fiscal Year of the Borrower) without the consent of the
Required Lenders.

          SECTION 5.22. Maintenance of Property. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, maintain all of its properties and assets in good condition, repair
and working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

          SECTION 5.23. Environmental Notices. Each Loan Party shall furnish to the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of all Environmental Liabilities, pending,
threatened or anticipated Environmental Proceedings, Environmental Notices, Environmental Judgments
and Orders, and Environmental Releases at, on, in, under or in any way affecting in any material
respects the Properties or any adjacent property, and all facts, events, or conditions that could
lead to any of the foregoing.

          SECTION 5.24. Environmental Matters. No Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party
will, and the Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts not to permit any Third Party
to, use, produce, manufacture, process, treat, recycle, generate, store, dispose of, manage at, or
otherwise handle or ship or transport to or from the Properties any Hazardous Materials except for
Hazardous Materials such as cleaning solvents, pesticides and other similar materials used,
produced, manufactured, processed, treated, recycled, generated, stored, disposed, managed or
otherwise handled in minimal amounts in the ordinary course of business in compliance with all
applicable Environmental Requirements.

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          SECTION 5.25. Environmental Release. Each Loan Party agrees that upon the occurrence
of an Environmental Release at, under or on any of the Properties it will act immediately to
investigate the extent of, and to take appropriate remedial action to eliminate, such Environmental
Release, whether or not ordered or otherwise directed to do so by any Environmental Authority.

          SECTION 5.26. [Intentionally omitted].

          SECTION 5.27. Transactions with Affiliates. No Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of a
Loan Party shall enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with any Affiliate of a Loan Party
or such Subsidiary (which Affiliate is not a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party), except as
permitted by law and in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to reasonable terms which are
no less favorable to the Loan Party or such Subsidiary than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s
length transaction with a Person which is not an Affiliate.

          SECTION 5.28. Joinder of Subsidiaries.

     (a) The Loan Parties shall cause any Person which becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of a
Loan Party (other than a Foreclosed Subsidiary or any SBIC Entity) after the Closing Date to
become a party to, and agree to be bound by the terms of, this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents pursuant to a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L
and otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in all respects and executed and
delivered to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Domestic Business Days after the day
on which such Person became a Domestic Subsidiary. The Loan Parties shall also cause the
items specified in Section 3.01(c), (e), (g) and (h) to be delivered to the Administrative
Agent concurrently with the instrument referred to above, modified appropriately to refer to
such instrument and such Subsidiary.

     (b) The Loan Parties shall, or shall cause any Subsidiary (other than any SBIC Entity)
(the “Pledgor Subsidiary”) to pledge: (a) the lesser of 65% or the entire interest owned by
the Loan Parties and such Pledgor Subsidiary, of the Capital Securities or equivalent equity
interests in any Person which becomes a Foreign Subsidiary after the Closing Date; and (b)
the entire interest owned by the Loan Parties and such Pledgor Subsidiary, of the Capital
Securities or equivalent equity interest in any Person which becomes a Domestic Subsidiary
after the Closing Date, all pursuant to a Pledge Agreement executed and delivered by the
Loan Parties or such Pledgor Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Domestic
Business Days after the day on which such Person became a Domestic Subsidiary and shall
deliver to the Collateral Custodian, as bailee for the Administrative Agent, such shares of
capital stock together with stock powers executed in blank. The Loan Parties shall also
cause the items specified in Section 3.01(c), (e), (g) and (h) to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent concurrently with the pledge agreement referred to above, modified
appropriately to refer to such pledge agreement, the pledgor and such Subsidiary.

     (c) Once any Subsidiary becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Section
5.28(a) or any Capital Securities (or equivalent equity interests) of a Subsidiary are
pledged to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 5.28(b), such Subsidiary
thereafter shall remain a party to this Agreement and the Capital

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Securities (or equivalent equity interests) in such Subsidiary (including all initial
Subsidiaries) shall remain subject to the pledge to the Administrative Agent, as the case
may be, even if such Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary
ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower as a result of the Borrower’s transfer or sale of
all of the Capital Securities of such Subsidiary owned by Borrower in accordance with and to
the extent permitted by the terms of Section 5.17, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
agree to release such Subsidiary from this Agreement and release the Capital Securities of
such Subsidiary from the Pledge Agreement.

     (d) The Loan Parties acknowledge that (i) the SBIC Entities are not Loan Parties or
Guarantors and shall not become Loan Parties or Guarantors at any time in the future, (ii)
the assets of and equity interests in the SBIC Entities are not Collateral and (iii) the
capital stock and equity interests of the SBIC Entities have not been pledged and will not
be pledged to any party. Notwithstanding the fact that the SBIC Entities are not Loan
Parties, the SBIC Entities shall be included for purposes of calculating Consolidated
EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Expense, Consolidated Net Investment Income, Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth and Depreciation and Amortization.

          SECTION 5.29. No Restrictive Agreement. No Loan Party will, nor will any Loan Party
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, after the date of this Agreement, any indenture,
agreement, instrument or other arrangement that, directly or indirectly, prohibits or restrains, or
has the effect of prohibiting or restraining, or imposes materially adverse conditions upon, any of
the following by the Loan Party or any such Subsidiary: (i) the incurrence or payment of Debt,
(ii) the granting of Liens (other than normal and customary restrictions on the granting of Liens
on Capital Securities issued by a Person other than a Subsidiary in respect of any Portfolio
Investment made in the ordinary course of business) or (iii) the making of loans, advances or
Investments or the sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of property, real, personal or
mixed, tangible; except in each case for prohibitions and restraints on SBIC Entities. No Loan
Party will, nor will any Loan Party permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, after the date
of this Agreement, any indenture, agreement, instrument or other arrangement that, directly or
indirectly, prohibits or restrains, or has the effect of prohibiting or restraining, or imposes
materially adverse conditions upon, the ability of the Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to
declare or pay Restricted Payments or other distributions in respect of Capital Securities of the
Loan Party or any Subsidiary, except for prohibitions and restraints on the SBIC Entities relating
to or arising from their borrowings from and regulation by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

          SECTION 5.30. Partnerships and Joint Ventures. Without the prior written consent of
the Required Lenders, no Loan Party shall become a general partner in any general or limited
partnership or a joint venturer in any joint venture, other than the SBIC Entities.

          SECTION 5.31. Additional Debt. No Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall
directly or indirectly issue, assume, create, incur or suffer to exist any Debt or the equivalent
(including obligations under capital leases), except for: (a) the Debt owed to the Lenders and
Hedge Counterparties under the Loan Documents; (b) Debt of SBIC Entities; (c) the Debt existing and
outstanding on the Closing Date described on Schedule 5.31; (d) purchase

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money Debt hereafter incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance the
purchase of equipment so long as (i) such Debt when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of
the asset(s) financed, and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Debt permitted
under this clause (d) shall not at any time exceed $3,000,000.00; and (e) convertible Debt incurred
after the date hereof with a maturity not less than one year after the Termination Date (after
giving effect to any extensions of the Termination Date which have been exercised at the time of
incurrence of the Debt) and with terms no more restrictive than those in this Agreement, so long as
such Debt is (i) unsecured and (ii) subject to subordination terms as are market for such Debt,
including indefinite payment blockage on any payment default with respect to the Obligations (after
the expiration of any cure periods) and not less than one year payment blockage on any non-payment
default with respect to the Obligations (after the expiration of any cure periods).

          SECTION 5.32. [Intentionally omitted].

          SECTION 5.33. Modifications of Organizational Documents. The Borrower shall not, and
shall not permit any Loan Party or other Subsidiary to, amend, supplement, restate or otherwise
modify its Organizational Documents or Operating Documents or other applicable document if such
amendment, supplement, restatement or other modification has or would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 5.34. ERISA Exemptions. The Loan Parties shall not permit any of their
respective assets to become or be deemed to be “plan assets” within the meaning of ERISA, the Code
and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder.

          SECTION 5.35. Hedge Transactions. The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any
of their Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedge Transaction, other than Hedge Transactions entered
into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Loan Parties are
exposed in the conduct of their business or the management of their liabilities. Solely for the
avoidance of doubt, the Borrower acknowledges that a Hedge Transaction entered into for speculative
purposes or of a speculative nature (which shall be deemed to include any Hedge Transaction under
which any Loan Party is or may become obliged to make any payment (i) in connection with the
purchase by any third party of any common stock or any Debt or (ii) as a result of changes in the
market value of any common stock or any Debt) is not a Hedge Transaction entered into in the
ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks.

          SECTION 5.36. Performance of Loan Documents. Each Loan Party will at its own expense
duly fulfill and comply with all obligations on its part to be fulfilled or complied with under or
in connection with the Collateral and all documents related thereto and will do nothing to impair
the rights of any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, or of
the Secured Parties in, to and under the Collateral. Each Loan Party shall clearly and
unambiguously set forth, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in its
financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the Administrative
Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties has the interest therein granted by the Loan Parties
pursuant to the Loan Documents.

          SECTION 5.37. Operating Leases. Other than operating leases in amounts not to exceed
$50,000 individually or $500,000 in the aggregate, no Loan Party nor any

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Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall create, assume or suffer to exist any operating lease except
operating leases which: (A) (1) are entered into in the ordinary course of business, and (2) the
aggregate indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties under all such operating
leases during any period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters shall at no time exceed
$3,000,000; (B) are between a Borrower or Guarantor, as landlord and a Borrower or Guarantor as
tenant; or (C) are set forth on Schedule 5.37.

          SECTION 5.38. [Intentionally omitted].

          SECTION 5.39. Compliance with Investment Policies and Investment Documents. The
Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, comply at all times with its Investment
Policies in all material respects and, at their own expense, timely and fully perform and comply
with all material provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by each of them
under the Portfolio Investments and the related Investment Documents. The Borrower shall furnish
to the Administrative Agent, prior to its effective date, prompt notice of any changes in the
Investment Policies and shall not agree to or otherwise permit to occur any modification of the
Investment Policies in any manner that would or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect
the interests or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties under this Agreement
or any Loan Document or impair the collectability of any Portfolio Investment without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

          SECTION 5.40. Delivery of Collateral to Collateral Custodian. As soon as reasonably
practical after making a Portfolio Investment but in no event greater than within sixty (60)
Domestic Business Days, the Borrower shall deliver possession of all “instruments” (within the
meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) not constituting part of “chattel paper” (within the meaning of
Article 9 of the UCC) that evidence any Investment (including equity Investments held by the
Guarantors), including all original promissory notes, and certificated securities to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or to a Collateral Custodian on its
behalf, indorsed in blank without recourse and transfer powers executed in blank, as applicable.

          SECTION 5.41. Custody Agreements. No Loan Party shall enter into any custody
agreement or equivalent arrangement with any person to hold securities, cash or other assets of any
Loan Party unless the Person acting as custodian shall have delivered a Custodial Agreement and, if
requested by the Administrative Agent, a Control Agreement, to the Administrative Agent (in each
case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS

          SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. If one or more of the following events (“Events of
Default”) shall have occurred and be continuing:

     (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay when due any principal of any Advance (including any
Advance or portion thereof to be repaid pursuant to Section 2.11) or shall fail to pay any
interest on any Advance within three Domestic Business Days after such interest shall become
due, or any Loan Party shall fail to pay any fee or other amount

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payable hereunder within three Domestic Business Days after such fee or other amount
becomes due; or

     (b) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant contained in Section
5.01(e) and (i), 5.02 (ii) and (iii), 5.03, 5.04, 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14,
5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.29, 5.31, 5.33, 5.34, and 5.41; or

     (c) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained
or incorporated by reference in this Agreement (other than those covered by clause (a) or
(b) above or clauses (n) or (q) below) or any other Loan Document; provided that such
failure continues for (1) ten (10) days in the case of Section 5.01, Section 5.11 or 5.27 or
(2) otherwise, thirty days, in each case after the earlier of (A) the first day on which any
Loan Party has knowledge of such failure or (B) written notice thereof has been given to the
Borrower by the Administrative Agent at the request of any Lender; or

     (d) any representation, warranty, certification or statement made or deemed made by the
Loan Parties in Article IV of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or in any financial
statement, material certificate or other material document or report delivered pursuant to
any Loan Document shall prove to have been untrue or misleading in any material respect when
made (or deemed made); or

     (e) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall fail to make any payment in
respect of Debt (other than the Notes) having an aggregate principal amount in excess of
$1,000,000.00 after expiration of any applicable cure or grace period; or

     (f) any event or condition shall occur which results in the acceleration of the
maturity of Debt outstanding of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party in an
aggregate principal amount in excess of $1,000,000.00 or the mandatory prepayment or
purchase of such Debt by any Loan Party (or its designee) or such Subsidiary of a Loan Party
(or its designee) prior to the scheduled maturity thereof, or enables (or, with the giving
of notice or lapse of time or both, would enable) the holders of such Debt or commitment to
provide such Debt or any Person acting on such holders’ behalf to accelerate the maturity
thereof, terminate any such commitment or require the mandatory prepayment or purchase
thereof prior to the scheduled maturity thereof, without regard to whether such holders or
other Person shall have exercised or waived their right to do so; or

     (g) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall commence a voluntary case or
other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself
or its debts under any Bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, administrator,
custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or shall
consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such
official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in
writing its inability, to pay its debts as they become due, or shall take any corporate
action to authorize any of the foregoing; or

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     (h) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to it or its debts under any Bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator,
administrator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its
property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and
unstayed for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief shall be entered against any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party under the federal Bankruptcy laws as now or
hereafter in effect; or

     (i) any Loan Party or any member of the Controlled Group shall fail to pay when due any
material amount which it shall have become liable to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan under
Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a Plan or Plans shall be filed under
Title IV of ERISA by any Loan Party, any member of the Controlled Group, any plan
administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings
under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any
such Plan or Plans or a proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any such Plan or
Plans to enforce Section 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA and such proceeding shall not have been
dismissed within 30 days thereafter; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC
would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any such Plan or Plans must be
terminated; or

     (j) one or more judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in
excess of $1,000,000.00 (after taking into account the application of insurance proceeds)
shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party and such judgment
or order shall continue unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or

     (k) a federal tax lien shall be filed against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a
Loan Party under Section 6323 of the Code or a lien of the PBGC shall be filed against any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party under Section 4068 of ERISA and in either case
such lien shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 days after the date of filing; or

     (l) a Change in Control shall occur; or

     (m) the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, shall fail for any
reason to have a valid first priority security interest in any of the Collateral (other than
by reason of any act or omission solely on behalf of the Administrative Agent); or

     (n) a default or event of default shall occur and be continuing under any of the
Collateral Documents or any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any material
obligation to be observed or performed by it under any Collateral Document, and such
default, event of default or failure to perform or observe any obligation continues beyond
any applicable cure or grace period provided in such Collateral Document; or

     (o) a default or event of default shall occur and be continuing under any of the
Material Contracts that would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or

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any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any material provision or any payment
obligation to be observed or performed by it under any Material Contract, and such default,
event of default or failure to perform or observe any such provision or obligation continues
beyond any applicable cure or grace period provided in such Material Contract; or

     (p) [Intentionally omitted]; or

     (q) (i) any of the Guarantors shall fail to pay when due any Guaranteed Obligations
(after giving effect to any applicable grace period) or shall fail to pay any fee or other
amount payable hereunder when due; or (ii) any Guarantor shall disaffirm, contest or deny
its obligations under Article X; or

     (r) if the Borrower at any time fails to own (directly or indirectly, through Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries) 100% of the outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting membership
interests or equivalent equity interests of each Guarantor; or

     (s) any Loan Party shall (or shall attempt to) disaffirm, contest or deny its
obligations under any Loan Document or any material provision of any Loan Document for any
reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms; or

     (t) a Collateral Custodian that is in the possession of any Collateral (1) shall (or
shall attempt to) disaffirm, contest or deny its obligations under, or terminates or
attempts to terminate, or is in default of its obligations under, a Custodial Agreement or
(2) ceases in any respect to be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion and, in each case, such Collateral Custodian is not replaced by, and any
Collateral held by such Collateral Custodian is not delivered to, a replacement Collateral
Custodian satisfactory to the Administrative Agent within 10 days after (A) the first date
of such occurrence, in the case of clause (1) or (B) the date written notice thereof has
been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (2); or

     (u) any SBIC Entity becomes the subject of an enforcement action and is transferred
into liquidation status by the U.S. Small Business Administration; or

     (v) the Borrower agrees or consents to, or otherwise permits any amendment,
modification, change, supplement or rescission of or to the Investment Policies in whole or
in part that has or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the interests or
remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties under this Agreement or any Loan
Document or impair the collectability of any Portfolio Investment without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent; or

     (w) the occurrence of any event, act or condition which the Required Lenders determine
either does or has a reasonable probability of causing a Material Adverse Effect,

then, and in every such event, the Administrative Agent shall (i) if requested by the Required
Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower terminate the Revolver Commitments and they shall
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terminate the Swingline facility set forth in Section 2.01(b); and (iii) if requested by the
Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower declare the Notes (together with accrued
interest thereon) and all other amounts payable hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to be,
and the Notes (together with all accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts payable hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the
Loan Parties; provided that if any Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) above
occurs with respect to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, without any notice to any
Loan Party or any other act by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, the Revolver Commitments
shall thereupon automatically terminate and the Swingline facility set forth in Section 2.01(b)
shall thereupon automatically terminate and the Notes, including the Swing Advance Note, (together
with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts payable hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents shall automatically become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall have available to it all rights and
remedies provided under the Loan Documents (including the rights of a secured party pursuant to the
Collateral Documents) and in addition thereto, all other rights and remedies at law or equity, and
the Administrative Agent shall exercise any one or all of them at the request of the Required
Lenders.

          SECTION 6.02. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall give written notice
to the Borrower of any Default under Section 6.01(c) promptly upon being requested to do so by any
Lender and shall thereupon notify all the Lenders thereof.

          SECTION 6.03. [Intentionally omitted].

          SECTION 6.04. Allocation of Proceeds. If an Event of Default has occurred and not
been waived, and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated pursuant to Article VI hereof, all
payments received by the Administrative Agent hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, in
respect of any principal of or interest on the Obligations or any other amounts payable by the
Borrower or any other Loan Party hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, shall be applied by
the Administrative Agent in the following order:

     (a) To payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities,
Credit Party Expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article VIII and Section 2.12)
payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such; and then

     (b) To payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting indemnities, Credit
Party Expenses and other amounts (other than principal, interest and fees) payable to the
Lenders (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and
amounts payable under Article VIII and Section 2.12), ratably among them in proportion to
the amounts described in this clause payable to them; and then

     (c) To the extent that Swing Advances have not been refinanced by a Revolving Advance,
payment to the Swingline Lender of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued but
unpaid interest on the Swing Advances; and then

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     (d) To payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid
interest on the Advances and other Obligations, and fees (including unused commitment fees),
ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause
payable to them; and then

     (e) To the extent that Swing Advances have not been refinanced by a Revolver Advance,
to payment of the Swingline Lender of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid
principal of the Swing Advances; and then

     (f) To payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the
Advances, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in
this clause held by them; and then

     (g) To payment of all other Obligations (excluding any Obligations arising from Cash
Management Services and Bank Products), ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to
the respective amounts described in this clause held by them; and then

     (h) To payment of all other Obligations arising from Bank Products and Cash Management
Services to the extent secured under the Collateral Documents, ratably among the Secured
Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause held by them; and
then

     (i) The balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in
full, to the Loan Parties or as otherwise required by law.

ARTICLE VII

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

          SECTION 7.01. Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably
appoints Branch Banking and Trust Company to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such
actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by
the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party
beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term
“agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the
Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express)
obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a
matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship
between contracting parties.

          SECTION 7.02. Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent
hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and
may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or
“Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires,
include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such
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to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and
generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower 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

          SECTION 7.03. Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any
duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and
its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

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

          (b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan
Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the
Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided
for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall
not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose
the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law,
including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay
under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of
property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and

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

          The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with
the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be
necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 9.05 and 6.01) or (ii) in the absence of
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
by final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have
knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.

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

          SECTION 7.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request,
certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic
message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative
Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have
been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In
determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of an Advance, that by its terms
must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such
condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Advance. The Administrative Agent may
consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), 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.

          SECTION 7.05. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all
of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or
through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by
or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall
apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the
credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents
except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and
non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful
misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

          SECTION 7.06. Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at
any time give written notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of
any such written notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation
with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United
States of America, reasonably acceptable to Borrower, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an
office in the United States of America. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring
Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the
Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may
(but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative
Agent, reasonably acceptable to Borrower, meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or
not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such
notice on the Resignation Effective Date. With effect from the Resignation Effective Date, the
retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and
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collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the
Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security
until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments,
communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent
shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required
Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the
acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall
succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring
(or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from
all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already
discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a
successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless
otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article
and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent,
its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

          Upon resignation by Branch Banking and Trust Company as Administrative Agent, Borrower’s
obligations under Section 5.04 to maintain Liquidity in a depository account at Branch Banking and
Trust Company shall terminate.

          SECTION 7.07. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender
acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each
Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in
taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

          SECTION 7.08. No Other Duties, etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
none of the Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or
responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity,
as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.

          SECTION 7.09. Other Agents. The Borrower and each Lender hereby acknowledges that any
Lender designated as an “Agent” on the signature pages hereof (other than the Administrative Agent)
shall not have any obligations, duties or liabilities hereunder other than in its capacity as a
Lender.

          SECTION 7.10. Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Services and Bank Products. Except
as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Collateral Document, no Bank Product Bank, Cash
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hereunder or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Collateral Document
shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the
release or impairment of any Collateral) or any Guaranty (including the release or impairment of
any Guaranty) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent
expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article
VII to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of,
or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under
or related to Cash Management Services, Bank Products and Hedge Agreements unless the
Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting
documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank,
Bank Product Bank or Hedge Counterparty, as the case may be.

          SECTION 7.11. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency
of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan
Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Advance or Obligation
shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled
and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

          (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Advances 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
and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents
and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.07
or 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

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

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the
Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.07 or 9.03.

          SECTION 7.12. Collateral and Guaranty Matters. (a) The Secured Parties irrevocably
authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,

     (i) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (x) upon termination of all Revolver
Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent
indemnification obligations), (y) that is sold or otherwise disposed of

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or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any
sale or other disposition permitted under the Loan Documents, or (z) subject to
Section 9.05, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required
Lenders;

     (ii) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such
property that is permitted by Section 5.14(m); and

     (iii) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such
Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the
Loan Documents.

          Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in
writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular
types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty
pursuant to this Section 7.12.

          (b) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or
inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the
Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or
any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative
Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of
the Collateral.

ARTICLE VIII

CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES; COMPENSATION

          SECTION 8.01. Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair. If on or
prior to the first day of any Interest Period:

     (a) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that deposits in Dollars (in the
applicable amounts) are not being offered in the relevant market for such Interest Period,
or

     (b) the Required Lenders advise the Administrative Agent that the London InterBank
Offered Rate as determined by the Administrative Agent will not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Euro-Dollar Advances for such Interest
Period,

the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Borrower and the
Lenders, whereupon until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the circumstances
giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the obligations of the Lenders to make Euro-Dollar
Advances specified in such notice, or to permit continuations or conversions into Euro-Dollar
Advances, shall be suspended. Unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least two
(2) Euro-Dollar Business Days before the date of any Borrowing of Euro-Dollar Advances for which a
Notice of Borrowing has previously been given, or continuation or conversion into such Euro-Dollar
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has previously been given, that it elects not to borrow or so continue or convert on such date,
such Borrowing shall instead be made as a Base Rate Borrowing, or such Euro-Dollar Advance shall be
converted to a Base Rate Advance.

          SECTION 8.02. Illegality. If, after the date hereof, the adoption of any Applicable
Law, rule, treaty or regulation, or any change in any existing or future law, rule, treaty or
regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof (any such authority, bank or agency being referred to as an “Authority” and any such event,
including those referenced in the last sentence of this Section 8.02, being referred to as a
“Change in Law”), or compliance by any Lender (or its Lending Office) with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) of any Authority shall make it unlawful or impossible for
any Lender (or its Lending Office) to make, maintain or fund its Euro-Dollar Advances and such
Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give
written notice thereof to the other Lenders and the Borrower, whereupon until such Lender notifies
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no
longer exist, the obligation of such Lender to make or permit continuations or conversions of
Euro-Dollar Advances shall be suspended. Before giving any notice to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to this Section, such Lender shall designate a different Lending Office if such
designation will avoid the need for giving such notice and will not, in the judgment of such
Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. If such Lender shall determine that it may
not lawfully continue to maintain and fund any of its portion of the outstanding Euro-Dollar
Advances to maturity and shall so specify in such notice, the Borrower shall immediately prepay in
full the then outstanding principal amount of the Euro-Dollar Advances of such Lender, together
with accrued interest thereon and any amount due such Lender pursuant to Section 8.05.
Concurrently with prepaying such Euro-Dollar Advances, the Borrower shall borrow a Base Rate
Advance in an equal principal amount from such Lender (on which interest and principal shall be
payable contemporaneously with the related Euro-Dollar Advances of the other Lenders), and such
Lender shall make such a Base Rate Advance. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for
purposes of this Section 8.02 and Section 8.03 below, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in
connection therewith shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted,
adopted or issued.

          SECTION 8.03. Increased Costs.

     (a) If any Change in Law shall:

     (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or
for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any
reserve requirement reflected in the applicable Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage) with
respect to this Agreement; or

     (ii) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever (other than the
Excluded Taxes) with respect to this Agreement or any Euro-Dollar Advances made by
it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect

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thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 2.08(e)
and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by
such Lender); or

     (iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition,
cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Euro-Dollar Advances by such Lender or
participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Euro-Dollar Advance (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such
Advance), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder
(whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon written request of such
Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

     (b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any
lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s
capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement, the Revolver Commitments of such Lender or the Advances made by such Lender, to a
level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but
for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of
such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

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

     (d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this
Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation,
provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to
this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months
prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to
such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation
therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to
include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

          SECTION 8.04. Base Rate Advances Substituted for Affected Euro-Dollar Advances. If
(i) the obligation of any Lender to make or maintain a Euro-Dollar Advance has been suspended
pursuant to Section 8.02 or (ii) any Lender has demanded compensation under Section 8.03, and the
Borrower shall, by at least five (5) Euro-Dollar Business Days’ prior notice

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to such Lender through the Administrative Agent, have elected that the provisions of this
Section shall apply to such Lender, then, unless and until such Lender notifies the Borrower that
the circumstances giving rise to such suspension or demand for compensation no longer apply:

     (a) all Advances which would otherwise be made by such Lender as or permitted to be
continued as or converted into Euro-Dollar Advances shall instead be made as or converted
into Base Rate Advances, (in all cases interest and principal on such Advances shall be
payable contemporaneously with the related Euro-Dollar Advances of the other Lenders), and

     (b) after its portion of the Euro-Dollar Advance has been repaid, all payments of
principal which would otherwise be applied to repay such Euro-Dollar Advance shall be
applied to repay its Base Rate Advance instead.

In the event that the Borrower shall elect that the provisions of this Section shall apply to any
Lender, the Borrower shall remain liable for, and shall pay to such Lender as provided herein, all
amounts due such Lender under Section 8.03 in respect of the period preceding the date of
conversion of such Lender’s portion of any Advance resulting from the Borrower’s election.

          SECTION 8.05. Compensation. Upon the request of any Lender, delivered to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amount or amounts as shall
compensate such Lender for any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of:

     (a) any payment or prepayment (pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11, 6.01, 8.02 or
otherwise) of a Euro-Dollar Advance on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period
for such Advance; or

     (b) any failure by the Borrower to prepay a Euro-Dollar Advance on the date for such
prepayment specified in the relevant notice of prepayment hereunder; or

     (c) any failure by the Borrower to borrow a Euro-Dollar Advance on the date for the
Borrowing of which such Euro-Dollar Advance is a part specified on the Closing Date;

such compensation to include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of interest
which would have accrued on the amount so paid or prepaid or not prepaid or borrowed for the period
from the date of such payment, prepayment or failure to prepay or borrow to the last day of the
then current Interest Period for such Euro-Dollar Advance (or, in the case of a failure to prepay
or borrow, the Interest Period for such Euro-Dollar Advance which would have commenced on the date
of such failure to prepay or borrow) at the applicable rate of interest for such Euro-Dollar
Advance provided for herein over (y) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such
Lender) such Lender would have paid on deposits in Dollars of comparable amounts having terms
comparable to such period placed with it by leading lenders in the London interbank market (if such
Advance is a Euro-Dollar Advance).

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ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

          SECTION 9.01. Notices Generally.

     (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be
given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (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:

     (i) if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, to it at 3700 Glenwood Avenue,
Suite 530, Raleigh, NC 27612, Attention of Steven C. Lilly (Facsimile No. (919)
719-4777; Telephone No. (919) 719-4789);

     (ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to Branch Banking and Trust Company at 200
West Second Street, 16th Floor, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, Attention of
Matthew W. Rush (Facsimile No. (336) 733-2740; Telephone No. (336) 733-2422);

     (iii) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in
its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered
mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by 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 paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph
(b).

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

     (c) Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address or
facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other
parties hereto.

     (d) Platform.

     (i) Each Loan Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be
obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Lenders by
posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially
similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”).

     (ii) The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties
(as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly
disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of
any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, 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 Communications or the Platform. In no event
shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the
“Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower or the other Loan
Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind,
including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or
consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise)
arising out of the Borrower’s, any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s
transmission of communications through the Platform. “Communications”
means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or
other material that any Loan Party provides to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications
pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.

          SECTION 9.02. No Waivers. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any Note or other Loan
Document shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights or remedies provided by law.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the
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Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all
actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and
maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Article VI for the benefit
of all the Lenders; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative
Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely
in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any
Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.04, or (c) any Lender from filing
proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a
proceeding relative to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable debtor
relief law.

          SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

     (a) Costs and Expenses. The Loan Parties shall, jointly and severally, pay (i)
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its
Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided
for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
shall be consummated), and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any
counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or
protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Advances made
hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout,
restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Advances.

     (b) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall, jointly and
severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and each Lender
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, penalties, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or
asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan
Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby
or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder
or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii)
any Advance or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or
alleged presence or Environmental Releases on or from any property owned or operated by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on
contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or
any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto,
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Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by
final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any
other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s
obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party
has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by
a court of competent jurisdiction.

     (c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that a Loan Party for any reason
fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to
be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any Swingline Lender
or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Swingline Lender or such Related Party,
as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the
applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount,
provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability
or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Swingline Lender in its capacity as such,
or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or
any such sub-agent) or any such Swingline Lender in connection with such capacity. The
obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph (c) are subject to the provisions of
Sections 9.10 and 9.13.

     (d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Law, the Loan Parties shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any
Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive
damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a
result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Advance or the use
of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be liable
for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other
materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information
transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

     (e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly
after demand therefor.

     (f) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the
termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.

          SECTION 9.04. Setoffs; Sharing of Set-Offs; Application of Payments.

     (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each
of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to
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deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever
currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by
such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any
other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party
now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party
may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender different
from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided
that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x)
all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for
further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.08 and, pending such
payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held
in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting
Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in
reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised
such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that
such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application,
provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such
setoff and application.

     (b) 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 its Advances
or other Obligations (excluding any Obligations arising under or related to Cash Management
Services, Bank Products and Hedging Agreements) hereunder or under any other Loan Document
resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its
Advances and accrued interest thereon or other such Obligations (excluding any Obligations
arising under or related to Cash Management Services, Bank Products and Hedging Agreements)
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 Advances and such other
Obligations (excluding any Obligations arising under or related to Cash Management Services,
Bank Products and Hedging Agreements) 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 Advances and other amounts owing them, provided that:

     (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the
payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and
the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

     (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x)
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express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising
from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender
as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its
Advances to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).

Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively
do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements may exercise against each Loan Party rights of setoff and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct
creditor of each Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

          SECTION 9.05. Amendments and Waivers.

     (a) Any provision of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Documents may be
amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by
the Borrower and the Required Lenders (and, if the rights or duties of the Administrative
Agent or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, are affected thereby, by the Administrative
Agent or the Swingline Lender, as applicable); provided that no such amendment or
waiver shall, unless signed by all the Lenders, (i) increase the Revolver Commitment of any
Lender or subject any Lender to any additional obligation (it being understood and agreed
that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 3.02 or of any Default or
Event of Default is not considered an increase in Revolver Commitments of any Lender or any
Lender’s obligation to fund), (ii) reduce the principal of or decrease the rate of interest
on any Advance or decrease any fees hereunder, (iii) defer the date fixed for any payment of
principal of (including any extension of the Termination Date but excluding mandatory
prepayments) or interest on any Advance or any fees hereunder; provided, however, that only
the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default
Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate, (iv)
reduce the amount of principal, decrease the amount of interest or decrease the amount of
fees due on any date fixed for the payment thereof; provided, however, that only the consent
of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to
waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate, (v) change the
percentage of the Revolver Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the
Notes, or the percentage of Lenders, which shall be required for the Lenders or any of them
to take any action under this Section or any other provision of this Agreement, (vi) change
the application of any payments made under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in a
manner that would alter any pro rata sharing requirements, (vii) release, share or
substitute all or substantially all of the Collateral held as security for the Obligations,
(viii) change or modify the definition of “Required Lenders,” or this Section 9.05, or (ix)
change the definition of the term “Borrowing Base”, “Eligible Investment”, “Unrestricted
Cash and Cash Equivalents” or any component definition of any of them if as a result thereof
the amounts available to be borrowed by the Borrower would be increased without the consent
of each Lender, provided that the foregoing shall not limit the discretion of the
Administrative Agent to change, establish or eliminate any reserves or to make
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any guaranty given to support payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or (xi) amend or
waive any provision of the Loan Documents in any manner that permits a Defaulting Lender to
cure its status as a Defaulting Lender without requiring such Defaulting Lender to pay in
full its unfunded obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no
Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver, or
consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver, or consent which by its terms requires the
consent of all Lenders may be effected with the consent of all Lenders other than Defaulting
Lenders) provided that, without in any way limiting Section 9.08, any such amendment,
waiver, or consent that would increase or extend the term of the Revolver Commitment or
Revolver Advances of such Defaulting Lender, extend the date fixed for the payment of
principal or interest owing to such Defaulting Lender hereunder, reduce the principal amount
of any obligation owing to such Defaulting Lender, reduce the amount of or the rate or
amount of interest on any amount owing to such Defaulting Lender or of any fee payable to
such Defaulting Lender hereunder, or alter the terms of this proviso, will require the
consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Hedging
Agreements, the Administrative Agent’s Letter Agreement and the agreements evidencing the
Bank Products and Cash Management Services may be amended, or rights or privileges
thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto and (2) any Commitment
Increase meeting the conditions set forth in Section 2.14 shall not require the consent of
any Lender other than (i) the Required Lenders and (ii) those Lenders, if any, which have
agreed to increase their Revolver Commitment in connection with the proposed Commitment
Increase.

     (b) Notwithstanding anything in clause (a), (i) unless also signed by the
Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, no amendment, waiver or consent
shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender, as
applicable, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (ii) the Administrative
Agent’s Letter Agreement may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, only by
means of a written agreement executed by all of the parties thereto. Additionally,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Lender is entitled to vote as such
Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Advances, and each
Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the
United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and the Required
Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the
context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on
all of the Lenders.

          SECTION 9.06. Margin Stock Collateral. Each of the Lenders represents to the
Administrative Agent and each of the other Lenders that it in good faith is not, directly or
indirectly (by negative pledge or otherwise), relying upon any Margin Stock as collateral in the
extension or maintenance of the credit provided for in this Agreement.

          SECTION 9.07. Successors and Assigns.

     (a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
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Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
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 paragraph (b) of
this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
(d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject
to the restrictions of paragraph (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or
transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed
or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto,
their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent
provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby,
the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

     (b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more
Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Revolver Commitment and the Revolver Advances at the time
owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following
conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts.

     (A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
assigning Lender’s Revolver Commitment and/or the Advances at the time owing to it
or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the
amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the
case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no
minimum amount need be assigned; and

     (B) in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the
aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitment (which for this purpose includes
Advances outstanding thereunder) or, if the Revolver Commitment is not then in
effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Advances of the assigning Lender
subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and
Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent
or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the
Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative
Agent and, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower
otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

     (ii) Proportionate Amounts. 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 Revolver Advances or the Revolver Commitment
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     (iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment
except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

     (A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) shall be required unless (x) a Default has occurred and is continuing at
the time of such assignment, or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of
a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to
have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written
notice to the Administrative Agent within 5 Domestic Business Days after having
received written notice thereof and provided, further, that the
Borrower’s consent shall not be required during the primary syndication of the
Facilities prior to the Closing Date;

     (B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of
(i) the Revolving Facility or any unfunded Revolving Commitments if such assignment
is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolver Commitment in respect of such
Revolving Facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to
such Lender.

     (C) the consent of the Swingline Lender shall be required for any assignment
in respect of the Revolving Facility.

     (iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500. The Eligible Assignee, if it is not a Lender,
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

     (v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A)
the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) to any Defaulting
Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder,
would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).

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

     (vii) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights
and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective
unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties
to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an
aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright
payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other
compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Advances previously requested but not
funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor
hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then
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Agent, each Swingline Lender and each
other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as
appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Advances
and participations in Swingline Advances in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of
any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without
compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall
be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance
occurs.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c)
of this Section, 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 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 8.03 and 9.03 with respect to facts and circumstances
occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the
extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender
will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s
having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations
under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph 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 paragraph (d) of this Section.

     (c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an
agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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 Revolver Commitments of, and principal
amounts of the Revolver Advances owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from
time to time (the “Register”). In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain
on the Register the designation, and the revocation of designation, of any Lender as a
Defaulting Lender of which it has received notice. The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall 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. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice

     (d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or
notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person
(other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights
and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolver
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and/or the Revolver Advances owing to it); provided that (i) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall
remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and
(iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely
and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the
indemnity under Section 9.03(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its
Participant(s).

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to
approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not,
without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in Section 9.05(a) (i) through (x) (inclusive) that affects such Participant.
Subject to paragraph (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 8.01 through 8.05 inclusive to the same extent as if it
were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the
benefits of Section 9.04 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be
subject to Section 9.04 as though it were a Lender.

     (e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled
to receive any greater payment under Section 8.03 than the applicable Lender would have been
entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the
sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be
entitled to the benefits of Section 2.12 unless the Borrower is notified of the
participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Borrower, to comply with Section 2.12 as though it were a Lender.

     (f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security
interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement 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.

          SECTION 9.08. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, to the extent permitted by Applicable
Laws:

     (a) during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting
Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to
this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 9.05(a);

     (b) until such time as the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall
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except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.08, any payment of principal,
interest, fees, or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity,
pursuant to Article VI or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08), shall be
deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender to be applied at such time
or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first,
to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative
Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts
owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Swingline Lender hereunder, third, if
so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a
non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of
that Defaulting Lender to fund Revolver Advances under this Agreement;
fourth, as the Borrower may request, so long as no Default exists and is
continuing, to the funding of any Revolver Advance in respect of which such
Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this
Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, to the payment
of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the Swingline Lenders as a result of any
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or Swingline
Lenders against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s
breach of its obligations under this Agreement; sixth, so long as no Default
exists and is continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a
result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower
against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its
obligations under this Agreement; and seventh, to that Defaulting Lender or
as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if
(x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Revolver Advance in
respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share
and (y) such Revolver Advance was made at a time when the conditions set forth in
Section 3.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay
the Revolver Advance of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to
being applied to the payment of any Revolver Advance of that Defaulting Lender until
such time as all Revolver Advances and funded and unfunded participations in
Swingline Advances are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the
Commitments under the applicable Facility without giving effect to Section 9.08(e).

     (c) until such time as all Defaulted Payments with respect to such Defaulting Lender
shall have been paid, the Administrative Agent may (in its discretion) apply any amounts
thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender to
satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s obligations to make such Defaulted Payments until such
Defaulted Payments have been fully paid.

     (d) no assignments otherwise permitted by Section 9.07 shall be made to a Defaulting
Lender or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates that are Distressed Persons.

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Advances shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s
Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 3.02 are
satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise
notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such
reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any non-Defaulting
Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. No reallocation
hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a
Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any
claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increased
exposure following such reallocation.

     (f) so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be
required to fund that portion of any Swingline Advance for which it has Fronting Exposure.

     Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are
applied (or held) as provided in the above Section 9.08(b) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting
Lender shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender
irrevocably consents hereto.

          SECTION 9.09. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood
that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of
such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested
by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties
(including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any
remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f)
subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to
(i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related
Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by
reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; (g) on a
confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries or the Revolving Facility or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in
connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Revolving
Facility, (h) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to
the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential
basis from a source other than the Loan Parties or their Affiliates.

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          For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the
Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries relating to the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries
or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Loan
Parties or any of their Subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of information received
from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof, such information is clearly
identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information.

          SECTION 9.10. Representation by Lenders. Each Lender hereby represents that it is a
commercial lender or financial institution which makes loans in the ordinary course of its business
and that it will make its Advances hereunder for its own account in the ordinary course of such
business; provided, however, that, subject to Section 9.07, the disposition of the
Note or Notes held by that Lender shall at all times be within its exclusive control.

          SECTION 9.11. Obligations Several. The obligations of each Lender hereunder are
several, and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or commitment of any other Lender
hereunder. Nothing contained in this Agreement and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto
shall be deemed to constitute the Lenders to be a partnership, an association, a joint venture or
any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a
separate and independent debt and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights
arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and it shall not be necessary for any
other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

          SECTION 9.12. Survival of Certain Obligations. Sections 8.03(a), 8.03(b), 8.05, 9.03
and 9.09, and the obligations of the Loan Parties thereunder, shall survive, and shall continue to
be enforceable notwithstanding, the termination of this Agreement, and the Revolver Commitments and
the payment in full of the principal of and interest on all Advances.

          SECTION 9.13. North Carolina Law. This Agreement and each Note shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of North Carolina.

          SECTION 9.14. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in
this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents should be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall be
enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

          SECTION 9.15. Interest. In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable
hereunder or under the Notes exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law, and in
the event any such payment is inadvertently made to any Lender by the Borrower or inadvertently
received by any Lender, then such excess sum shall be credited as a payment of principal, unless
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have such excess sum returned forthwith. It is the express intent hereof that the Borrower
not pay and the Lenders not receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in
excess of that which may legally be paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.

          SECTION 9.16. Interpretation. No provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party hereto by any
court or other governmental or judicial authority by reason of such party having or being deemed to
have structured or dictated such provision.

          SECTION 9.17. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.

     (a) Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed
in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which
shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter
agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire
contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all
previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof. Except as provided in Section 3.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it
shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent
shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of
each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e. “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement

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

          SECTION 9.18. Jurisdiction; Waiver of Venue; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.

     (a) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each Loan Party irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of
any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or
otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Related Party of the
foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of
North Carolina sitting in Forsyth County, and of the United States District Court of the
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the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such
courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding
may be heard and determined in such North Carolina State court or, to the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that
a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may
be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided
by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right
that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or
any other Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

     (b) Waiver of Venue. The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this
Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of
such action or proceeding in any such court.

     (c) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of
process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will
affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by
Applicable Law.

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

          SECTION 9.19. Independence of Covenants. All covenants under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition
is not permitted by any such covenant, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or
would be otherwise allowed by, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default if such
action is taken or such condition exists.

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          SECTION 9.20. Concerning Certificates. All certificates required hereunder to be
delivered by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary and that are required to be executed or
certified by the Chief Financial Officer or any other authorized officer of the Borrower, any
Guarantor or any Subsidiary shall be executed or certified by such officer in such capacity solely
on behalf of the entity for whom he is acting, and not in any individual capacity; provided
that nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed as a limitation on liability of any officer for any
acts of willful misconduct, fraud, intentional misrepresentation or dishonesty in connection with
such execution or certification.

ARTICLE X

GUARANTY

          SECTION 10.01. Unconditional Guaranty. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably,
unconditionally and jointly and severally guarantees, each as a primary obligor and not merely as a
surety, to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and the premium, if any, and interest on the Guaranteed Obligations and
any and all other amounts due under or pursuant to the Loan Documents, when and as the same shall
become due and payable (whether at stated maturity or by optional or mandatory prepayment or by
declaration, redemption or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. The
Guarantors’ guaranty under this Section is an absolute, present and continuing guarantee of payment
and not of collectability, and is in no way conditional or contingent upon any attempt to collect
from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations (or
any portion thereof) or upon any other action, occurrence or circumstances whatsoever. In the
event that the Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail so to pay any such principal, premium, interest
or other amount to the Administrative Agent, a Lender or any other Secured Party, the Guarantors
will pay the same forthwith, without demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind (all of
which are waived by the Guarantors to the fullest extent permitted by law), in lawful money of the
United States, at the place for payment specified in the Loan Documents or specified by such
Administrative Agent in writing, to such Administrative Agent. The Guarantors further agree,
promptly after demand, to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured
Parties the costs and expenses incurred by such Administrative Agent, Lender or other Secured Party
in connection with enforcing the rights of such Administrative Agent, Lenders and the other Secured
Parties against the Borrower and any or all of the Guarantors (whether in a Bankruptcy proceeding
or otherwise) following any default in payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or the
obligations of the Guarantors hereunder, including the fees and expenses of counsel to the
Administrative Agent, such Lenders and the other Secured Parties.

          SECTION 10.02. Obligations Absolute. The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder are
and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability
of this Agreement, any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any of the Loan Documents, shall not be
subject to any counterclaim, set-off, deduction or defense based upon any claim any of the
Guarantors may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any other Secured Party, hereunder or otherwise, and shall remain in full force and
effect without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected by, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any circumstance or condition whatsoever (whether or not any of
the Guarantors shall have any knowledge or notice thereof), including:

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     (a) any amendment or modification of or supplement to any of the Loan Documents or any
other instrument referred to herein or therein, or any assignment or transfer of any thereof
or of any interest therein, or any furnishing or acceptance of additional security for any
of the Guaranteed Obligations;

     (b) any waiver, consent or extension under any Loan Document or any such other
instrument, or any indulgence or other action or inaction under or in respect of, or any
extensions or renewals of, any Loan Document, any such other instrument or any Guaranteed
Obligation;

     (c) any failure, omission or delay on the part of the Administrative Agent to enforce,
assert or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred on or available to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or any Guarantor, any Subsidiary of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Guarantor;

     (d) any Bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment, composition, liquidation or similar
proceeding with respect to the Borrower, any Guarantor, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary of any Guarantor or any property of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any such
Subsidiary or any unavailability of assets against which the Guaranteed Obligations, or any
of them, may be enforced;

     (e) any merger or consolidation of the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any
Guarantor or any of the Guarantors into or with any other Person or any sale, lease or
transfer of any or all of the assets of any of the Guarantors, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor to any Person;

     (f) any failure on the part of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower or any Guarantor for any reason to comply with or perform any of the terms of any
agreement with any of the Guarantors;

     (g) any exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other
Secured Party, of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect of any of the
Loan Documents or the Guaranteed Obligations, including under this Section;

     (h) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance or payment
of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

     (i) any furnishing or acceptance of security, or any release, substitution or exchange
thereof, for any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

     (j) any failure to give notice to any of the Guarantors of the occurrence of any breach
or violation of, or any event of default or any default under or with respect to, any of the
Loan Documents or the Guaranteed Obligations;

     (k) any partial prepayment, or any assignment or transfer, of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations; or

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     (l) any other circumstance (other than payment in full) which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor or which might in any
manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Guarantor.

          The Guarantors covenant that their respective obligations hereunder will not be discharged
except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Loan Documents and this
Agreement and the final payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors
unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law (A) notice of any of the matters
referred to in this Section, (B) any and all rights which any of the Guarantors may now or
hereafter have arising under, and any right to claim a discharge of the Guarantor’s obligations
hereunder by reason of the failure or refusal by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other
Secured Party to take any action pursuant to any statute permitting a Guarantor to request that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender attempt to collect the Guaranteed Obligations from the Borrower,
any of the Guarantors or any other guarantor (including any rights under Sections 26-7, 26-8 or
26-9 of the North Carolina General Statutes, O.C.G.A. § 10-7-24, or any similar or successor
provisions), (C) all notices which may be required by statute, rule of law or otherwise to preserve
any of the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party against the
Guarantors, including presentment to or demand of payment from the Borrower, any of the
Subsidiaries of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or any of the other Guarantors with respect to any
Loan Document or this agreement, notice of acceptance of the Guarantors’ guarantee hereunder and/or
notice to the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or any Guarantor
of default or protest for nonpayment or dishonor, (D) any diligence in collection from or
protection of or realization upon all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security
therefor, any liability hereunder, or any party primarily or secondarily liable for all or any
portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, and (E) any duty or obligation of the Administrative Agent,
any Lender or any other Secured Party to proceed to collect all or any portion of the Guaranteed
Obligations from, or to commence an action against, the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other
Person, or to resort to any security or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the
books of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower,
any Guarantor or any other Person, despite any notice or request of any of the Guarantors to do so.

          SECTION 10.03. Continuing Obligations; Reinstatement. The obligations of the
Guarantors under this Article X are continuing obligations and shall continue in full force
and effect until such time as all of the Guaranteed Obligations (and any renewals and extensions
thereof) shall have been finally paid and satisfied in full and shall thereafter terminate. The
obligations of the Guarantors under this Article X shall continue to be effective or be
automatically reinstated, as the case may be, if any payment made by the Borrower, any Guarantor or
any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor on, under or in respect of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the recipient upon the
insolvency, Bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower, any Guarantor
or any such Subsidiary, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee
or other officer with similar powers with respect to the Borrower, any Guarantor or any such
Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any such
Subsidiary, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. If an event permitting the
acceleration of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations shall at any time have occurred
and be continuing, and such acceleration shall at such time be stayed,

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enjoined or otherwise prevented for any reason, including because of the pendency of a case or
proceeding relating to the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any
Guarantor under any Bankruptcy or insolvency law, for purposes of this Article X and the
obligations of the Guarantors hereunder, such Guaranteed Obligations shall be deemed to have been
accelerated with the same effect as if such Guaranteed Obligations had been accelerated in
accordance with the terms of the applicable Loan Documents or of this Agreement.

          SECTION 10.04. Additional Security, Etc. The Guarantors authorize the Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Lenders without notice to or demand on the Guarantors and without affecting
their liability hereunder, from time to time (a) to obtain additional or substitute endorsers or
guarantors; (b) to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against, and grant indulgences
to, the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor, any other Guarantor or others;
and (c) to apply any sums, by whomsoever paid or however realized, to the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on, and other obligations consisting of, the Guaranteed
Obligations. The Guarantors waive any right to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any
other Secured Party to proceed against any additional or substitute endorsers or guarantors or the
Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or any other Person or to pursue any other remedy available
to the Administrative Agent, any such Lender or any such other Secured Party.

          SECTION 10.05. Information Concerning the Borrower. The Guarantors assume all
responsibility for being and keeping themselves informed of the financial condition and assets of
the Borrower, the other Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries, and of all other
circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature,
scope and extent of the risks which the Guarantors assume and insure hereunder, and agree that
neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any other Secured Party shall have any duty to
advise the Guarantors of information known to the Administrative Agent, any such Lender or any such
other Secured Party regarding or in any manner relevant to any of such circumstances or risks.

          SECTION 10.06. Guarantors’ Subordination. The Guarantors hereby absolutely
subordinate, both in right of payment and in time of payment, any present and future indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor to any or all of the Guarantors
to the indebtedness of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary or to the Administrative Agent, Lenders
and the other Secured Parties (or any of them), provided that the Guarantors may receive scheduled
payments of principal, premium (if any) and interest in respect of such present or future
indebtedness so long as there is no Event of Default then in existence.

          SECTION 10.07. Waiver of Subrogation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, until the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantors hereby waive any
right of subrogation (under contract, Section 509 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise) or any other
right of indemnity, reimbursement or contribution and hereby waive any right to enforce any remedy
that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party now has or may hereafter have
against the Borrower, any Guarantor or any endorser or any other guarantor of all or any part of
the Guaranteed Obligations, and the Guarantors hereby waive any benefit of, and any right to
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Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party to secure payment or performance
of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other liability of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent,
any Lender or any other Secured Party. The waiver contained in this Section shall continue and
survive the termination of this Agreement and the final payment in full of the Guaranteed
Obligations.

          SECTION 10.08. Enforcement. In the event that the Guarantors shall fail forthwith to
pay upon demand of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party any amounts due
pursuant to this Article X or to perform or comply with or to cause performance or
compliance with any other obligation of the Guarantors under this Agreement the Administrative
Agent, any Lender and any other Secured Party shall be entitled and empowered to institute any
action or proceeding at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid or for
the performance of or compliance with such terms, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding
to judgment or final decree and may enforce such judgment or final decree against the Guarantors
and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Guarantors, wherever situated,
any monies adjudged or decreed to be payable. The obligations of the Guarantors under this
Agreement are continuing obligations and a fresh cause of action shall arise in respect of each
default hereunder.

          SECTION 10.09. Miscellaneous. Except as may otherwise be expressly agreed upon in
writing, the liability of the Guarantors under this Article X shall neither affect nor be affected
by any prior or subsequent guaranty by the Guarantors of any other indebtedness to the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any other Secured Party. Notwithstanding anything in this
Article X to the contrary, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder shall in no event
exceed the maximum amount which could be paid out by such Guarantor without rendering such
Guarantor’s obligations under this Article X, in whole or in part, void or voidable under
Applicable Law, including (i) the Bankruptcy Code, and (ii) any applicable state or federal law
relative to fraudulent conveyances.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, under
seal, by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Steven C. Lilly 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 

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INITIAL GUARANTORS

ARC INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	BRANTLEY HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	ENERGY HARDWARE HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	MINCO HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	PEADEN HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	TECHNOLOGY CROPS HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

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	COMMITMENTS	 	BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,

as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	 	 	(SEAL)
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	Revolver 

Commitment:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$25,000,000
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Lending Office
	 	 	Branch Banking and Trust Company
	 	 	200 West Second Street, 16th Floor
	 	 	Winston-Salem, NC 27101
	 	 	Attention: Matthew W. Rush
	 	 	Facsimile number: (336) 733-2740
	 	 	Telephone number: (336) 733-2422
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	And a copy to:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Jacqueline E. Camp, Esq.
	 	 	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
	 	 	300 North Greene Street
	 	 	Suite 1900
	 	 	Greensboro, NC 27401
	 	 	Facsimile number: (336) 574-4547
	 	 	Telephone number: (336) 574-8069

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	COMMITMENTS	 	FIFTH THIRD BANK,

as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	 	 	(SEAL)
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	Revolver 

Commitment:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$25,000,000
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Lending Office
	 	 	Fifth Third Bank
	 	 	2105 Blue Ridge Road, Suite 150
	 	 	Raleigh, NC 27607
	 	 	Attention: Robert B. Weaver, V.P.
	 	 	Facsimile number: (919) 573-1918
	 	 	Telephone number: (919) 573-7802
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	And a copy to:

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